Me and my friend are currently re-playing the game and we're actually confused as to wether Andrew Ryan knew Jack was his son or not in the end? When the government attempted to nationalize it as parkland, Ryan's response was to burn it to the ground to deny it to the "Parasites".[12]. He serves as the primary antagonist of the first half of the first BioShock and a minor character in its sequel, BioShock 2 and its prequel, BioShock Infinite: Burial at Sea. [35][36] On the surface, when Congress moved to nationalize one of Ryan's privately owned forests, he preferred to burn it to the ground. His actions regarding Frank Fontaine and the imprisonment of his followers in Fontaine's are the subject of debate and discussion among the populace, as they prepare to celebrate the coming of the 1959 new year. The scene took a long time for the developers to finish. But it's just sex. He later anglicized his name to Andrew Ryan. frank fontaine, fontaine futuristics, ryan industries Back to Design. With self-destruction of Rapture activated, Jack has a final confrontation with Ryan. Waves of Splicers sent by Ryan begin to invade the area when Jack opens the door to let Atlas into the submarine chamber. While Elizabeth is unconscious, Atlas and his henchmen are able to escape from Fontaine's and carry out their planned attack against the Kashmir Restaurant. After being fatally beaten by Atlas, a dying Elizabeth is given a glimpse into the future, showing Jack's arrival and the downfall of both Ryan and Atlas. [12] In the United States, Ryan became an incredibly wealthy business magnate, and was initially content with the capitalist society the country offered him. [28] Ryan, whom Levine described as essentially an Objectivist, holds certain ideals and refuses to surrender or compromise on them. (Here's a map.) A few stretched necks are a small price to pay for our ideals. For a time, Rapture was everything Ryan dreamed it would be: a paradise of freedom and prosperity. Atlas then drops her off at Suchong's Free Clinic, where she obtains the Ace. Atlas speaks with an Irish accent, specifically, a working-class Dublin accent. Steinman Non-Consensual Body Modification Body Horror Brainwashing Manipulation Canonical Child Abuse Medical Examination Father-Son Relationship Atlas (BioShock) is Not Frank Fontaine Lobotomy Alternate Universe - Canon Divergence Uxoricide Subject Delta is able to listen to Ryan's voice booming over the presentations there. Fontaine spliced up so he could change his appearance and name in order to hide from Ryan. The social conditions resulting from the economic readjustments allowed Frank Fontaine to establish the influential but philosophically-undermining Fontaine's Home for the Poor. [23][24] This alienated many of his former friends, some of whom betrayed him, only to be discovered and executed. Andrew Ryan is always seen with his hair slicked back and sporting a smart suit and necktie. : Perhaps with Atlas in BaSx being so fond of Lobotomy ( a medical procedure and very odd detail in the game ), it is plausible that Dr J. S. Steinman, in that alternate universe, had killed Fontaine and made himself Atlas ( Maybe THAT also explains why Atlas/Fontaine doesn't know WYK in that story ).. Atlas, Hangman : . He is the Chairman of the Rapture City Council, owner and operator of Hephaestus, and one of the most important men in the city. No, no, he dun know. Andrew Ryan (born [5] [6]) is the founder of Rapture and the owner of Ryan Industries. Bioshock Physical Tonic Sticker. [32] A strong atheist,[33] Ryan disregards all forms of organized religion. He authorized the use of a pheromone which made Rapture's citizens vulnerable to his mental suggestion, thus ending the conflict, though he did so with much reluctance. Steinman Non-Consensual Body Modification Body Horror Brainwashing Manipulation Canonical Child Abuse Medical Examination Father-Son Relationship Atlas (BioShock) is Not Frank Fontaine Lobotomy Alternate Universe - Canon Divergence Uxoricide One of them, "Falling Into Place", can be found at the Imago Fine Arts gallery within Dionysus Park. While posing as Atlas, Fontaine tells Jack that he brought his wife, Moira, and son, Patrick down from the surface to Rapture. Aliases Andrew Ryan is a fictional character in the BioShock series by Irrational Games.He serves as the primary antagonist of the first half of the first BioShock and a minor character in its sequel, BioShock 2.Ryan is an idealistic business magnate in the 1940s and 1950s; seeking to avoid scrutiny from governments and other oversight, he ordered the secret construction of an underwater city, Rapture. In Audio Diaries, he initially congratulates Porter on his success, but as time passed, Ryan grew suspicious of him. Nothing more, nothing less. To get legal proof of Fontaine's smuggling, Ryan ordered investigations into Fontaine and his men. [11] The Bolshevik Revolution in 1917 forced Ryan to flee Russia and immigrate to the United States (also like Rand). His actions drove Andrew Ryan to become a paranoid tyrant At the end of the day, Fontaine is ultimately responsible for the downfall of Rapture as his conquest for power led him everywhere from his plasmid business getting thousands of people killed to killing Andrew Ryan just so he could take over Rapture. Andrew Ryan simply had too much power and was about to clamp down on Fontaine and shut down Fontaine's operations. Both are ideologists hell-bent on pushing their way of life on others regardless of consequences. BioShock Wiki is a FANDOM Games Community. on September 12, 1958. Editor Ryan Geddes agreed, adding that he felt there was more to Ryan than Rapture. [38], Superficially, Ryan accentuates these beliefs to the extreme, denouncing all forms of governmental control, including laws. "[14] He created shield companies on the surface like Warden Yarn (an anagram of his name), and through it conducted business with suppliers, such as Orrin Lutwidge's Scarlet Sovereign Import and Export, to purchase materials necessary to build his city. Frank Fontaine, Bioshock's main antagonist, assumes the disguise of a man named Atlas. Unknown, Sometime in the Future: With her tiny community in peril, Konstance is the last hope for the human race. but eventually discovers that he is the illegitimate son of Andrew Ryan and . What's important about the belief system that we've set up in Columbia is that if you were unwilling to listen to the other side, then it's going to lead to your downfall. LazyGamerMike 8 yr. ago Ryan is one of the only three characters in the first game with unique models, the other two being Sander Cohen and late-game Frank Fontaine. Lamb espoused a collectivist, altruist philosophy that directly opposed Rapture's ideological founding. Although he built Rapture to escape the sort of "big government" that could take over private industry, Ryan was forced to engage in precisely the same behavior. The people might not be my parents but they did work for Fontaine, and there's money hidden away . Hanover replaced Baldwin as the voice of Fontaine in, Even though Atlas is a major character, he does not have a uniquely designed model (unlike Andrew Ryan, Sander Cohen, and late-game Frank Fontaine). Ryan also appears in BioShock's sequel, BioShock 2, largely through audio diaries, which give the player an expanded insight into Ryan's history and ideals. And perhaps one day he would, but right now he had his hands full with his Atlas persona. Jack was Fontaine's "ace in the hole",[27] a sleeper agent who would return to Rapture in the event the civil war didn't go his way. He despotically impales their bodies on the wall outside his office as a warning to others. He is self assured to the point of arrogance, which is also what made him an inspirational figure to others. Ryan's first appearance in the franchise is in BioShock, the first installment of the series. Any time "Parasites" gained control of such a world, they ruined it. With how much he had learned of Ryan's habits and activities, he would be well on his way to imitating him if he so desired. ", Ryan is an ever-present voice while Jack travels through Rapture. ! [4] While he is saner than the opponents the players encounter before him, including a plastic surgeon who takes his ideal of beauty too far, he is as unmovable as he is unwilling to change his ideals. Ryan attempts to do whatever possible to kill Jack, who is guided through Rapture by Fontaine, still disguised as Atlas. Fontaine reveals that his ultimate goal was not simply to conquer Rapture, but to use it and the ADAM technology to extend his power to the surface and become an industry tycoon. Male Ryan was created by Irrational Games' Ken Levine, based on figures like Ayn Rand, Howard Hughes,[1] Charles Foster Kane, and Walt Disney. The iconic "Who Is Atlas?" He invented the alias of Atlas, mimicking an Irish accent and rallied the people against Ryan, leading them into a civil war in 1959 which tore the city apart. Rapture's high-water mark can be traced to New Year's Eve, 1958. The child was named Jack and Fontaine ordered a scientist under his employment, Dr. Yi Suchong to accelerate Jack's growth, and make him vulnerable to several mental techniques; one such technique was to force Jack to perform any requested action upon hearing the phrase "Would you kindly?" Power? Ryan appears in Episode Two, when Elizabeth infiltrates one of his offices in search of a device. How did Fontaine turn into Atlas? Return To Rapture. Despite being defeated and murdered by his own son and shortly afterwards having his city taken over by his sworn enemy, Ryan ultimately dies on his own terms, believing he got the last laugh over Jack and Atlas. He asks Jack to help him reach his family in a submarine hidden in the Smuggler's Hideout, a secret cave used by the smugglers before the Civil War and located below the foundation of Fontaine Fisheries in Neptune's Bounty. Jack had been forced to obey every command Atlas gave, triggered by a single trivial phrase: "Would You Kindly". In today's video, I'll be talking about the Story of Frank Fontaine. Ryan coined his own economic philosophy which he calls the 'Great Chain of Industry', or simply the 'Great Chain', similar to the "invisible hand of the market" metaphor coined by Adam Smith. With the name , he grew up in a Jewish-Belarusian family during the time when the Tsar still held autocratic rule over that country. [68] He is ranked ninth in Electronic Gaming Monthly's list of the top ten video game politicians. Ken Levine originally liked this version of Atlas, but playtesters didn't trust him from the get-go. Atlas was a name Fontaine adopted when he staged his own death in a shootout at Fontaine Fisheries in 1958 when Security Chief Sullivan's city security forces . Fontaine realized that Jack, as the child was named, could be a powerful tool able to access secure areas where only Ryan was permitted. [16] However, once Fontaine's businesses grew in such power that they began rivaling Ryan's own, Ryan took measures to curb Fontaine's influence. Atlas is the revolutionary who led many of the disillusioned of Rapture against Andrew Ryan and his supporters during the Civil War. [49] He has also been compared to the eponymous character of Citizen Kane. Crucial to this philosophy is the concept of free market, with Ryan asserting that all industry should be kept completely unfettered by government intervention. Designing the encounter between the player and Ryan was a controversial decision for the developers due to the question of what the player's motive is at this point. He realizes he was drunk with power, and acted like a complete a hypocrite. If everyone in the U.S. lined up single file, the line would stretch around the Earth almost 7 times. Bound together by a single ancient text, these tales interweave to form a tapestry of solace and resilience and a celebration of storytelling itself . The frustration of this situation affected Ryan deeply, causing him to use questionable methods to catch the criminals. BioShock Wiki is a FANDOM Games Community. Andrew Ryan Moira (Bioshock) Brigid Tenenbaum Big Daddy (BioShock) Little Sister (BioShock) J.S. A passionate businessman and a cutthroat leader, he considers Rapture his greatest creation and a paradise away from the worries of the surface. Originally a Russian immigrant who became a wealthy tycoon in America, Andrew Ryan is the founder and governor of Rapture, a secret underwater city he built with the intention of creating a free market paradise where the best of humanity could escape from post-World War II society, make groundbreaking advances in business, science, art and Ryan had Porter arrested and incarcerated in Persephone for his "crime," leaving Wahl in control of Minerva's Den, and so Rapture Central Computing and the Thinker. Ryan's actions (burning an entire forest down when the government nationalized it and then isolating himself from the rest of the world) closely mirrors that of another character in the novel, Ellis Wyatt, who burnt down his oil fields and retreated to Galt's Gulch. Ryan has been compared to several different real-life and fictional figures, and his world of Rapture compared to the world of Galt's Gulch in the Ayn Rand novel Atlas Shrugged. Died These signs were already present in the original iteration of this place in the first BioShock. Ryan's unpopular war measures alienated many of his supporters, turning them against him, as did Ryan's lover, Diane McClintock, who later sided with Atlas. Andrew Ryan Alternate Ending Alternate Universe - Canon Divergence Atlas (BioShock) is Not Frank Fontaine An alternate ending of Bioshock 1 where Atlas decides to do his own dirty work. These efforts eventually were successful in destroying the smuggling operation, but Fontaine for a long time remained elusive, always managing to be "where the evidence isn't." from Ayn Rand's novel. Inexplicably, Ryan knows of Elizabeth's presence in the city of Rapture, the fact that she's been working to help Atlas escape Fontaine's Department Store, and the deal she made with Suchong, whom he interrupted for making a deal without consulting him first. BioShock director Ken Levine described Andrew Ryan (whose appearance is based on Vincent Price) as a character of ideals, in contrast to the game's other antagonist, Frank Fontaine, who has no ideals. The same facial similarities can be seen on the Audio Diary portraits of Fontaine and Atlas in. By populating a city with ambitious experts, opportunists, geniuses, and breakthrough artists, Ryan set up a top-heavy class system. Answer (1 of 3): There's definitely some ammo on the tables around the edges of that final room, including at least one napalm canister. Like Rand, he was born in the Russian Empire, to a middle-class Russo-Jewish family. The theme park eventually embraced the city's new ADAM-culture, exalting Plasmids like Incinerate! by maplefoot $2.50 $2.00 . Despite always being suspicious of him,[15] Ryan initially defended Fontaine's exploits in the genetics industry, stressing his core belief in free market. Scene of strung up people in Fontaine's Department . He only appears in person in the Rapture Central Control level. Levine states that to him, Ryan's philosophies come from Art Deco, describing the style as, "Yes, we are men, and we control the universe! To find a way forward, she must look to the oldest stories of all for guidance. Sex and power. Voice Actor 6 yr. ago For all he knew, Atlas hijacked one of Fontaine's projects after its sponsor died. One of the many "Who is Atlas?" Tenenbaum was the one who . 1960 He taunts and threatens Jack through his journey, and his hostility towards him only increases as he gets closer to his lair in Hephaestus. My next question is, why did Andrew Ryan make you kill him? in a Hall of the Future section of the park. [18] However, just moments after his broadcast, the citizens of Rapture were alerted to an "incident" at the Kashmir Restaurant, where a masquerade ball thrown for Rapture's elite was taking place. Frank Fontaine, as Atlas, sends Jack on his journey to kill Ryan using the "Would You Kindly" trigger phrase, though Ryan is not aware of it at first; when Jack first arrives in Rapture, Ryan assumes he is someone from the Russian K.G.B. With Ryan dead, Atlas orders Jack to use the city's genetic control key to stop Rapture's impending destruction and to transfer control to Atlas. I am not a fan of big-versus-little matches, but I do like little Steve D, who is so far out of his depth in this hotel match, he might be drowning. Andrew Ryan was born Andrei Rianofski in a village near Minsk in Russia (modern Belarus), during the time when the Tsar still held . During a discussion about the potential plot of the game's sequel BioShock 2, editor Hilary Goldstein said that Ryan should reappear in it, and that while it should be in a new area, it should still have connections to him. The name "Atlas" is, like Andrew Ryan, inspired by the works of Ayn Rand, The posters inscribed "Who is Atlas?" Atlas, with his situation now desperate, and with few unspliced followers who were not susceptible to Ryan's pheromones, was forced to use his "ace in the hole. Minsk was on the front lines in the First World War. [63], Andrew Ryan has appeared in a number of "top" character lists. As a boy in 1919, he fled to America, believing it to be a place where a great man could prosper. A significant character in BioShock, he guides Jack through the failed utopia after his arrival. His childhood experiences in his home country helped shape his belief in objectivism. - Andrew Ryan. It would be a couple of years before a young Irishman would fulfil their need for vengeance. [21], When Andrew Ryan and Jack finally meet, Ryan states that Jack was his "greatest disappointment." The package at the beginning of the game is revealed to be a gun, "Would you kindly..?" Karl Hanover. He willfully engaged in acts that were completely against his beliefs - censorship, forceful nationalization of private corporations, trade sanctions and etc. Blog Critics editor described Ryan as arrogant, greedy, and naive, adding that these traits led Rapture to destruction. Ryan IndustriesRapture Central Council Learn how and when to remove this template message, massive multiplayer online role-playing games, "Exclusive: Ken Levine on the making of Bioshock", "GDC: Ken Levine Speaks: Empowering Players to Care About Your Stupid Story", "Ken Levine on BioShock: The Spoiler Interview", "Rationalizing Rapture with BioShock's Ken Levine", "BioShock Infinite's Ken Levine: of sounds and pixels", "Opinion: When Should Games Say Goodbye? Intending for this to be his only law, Ryan inadvertently accelerated the black market for smuggled goods, which assisted the rise of Frank Fontaine's criminal enterprises. Born in 1911 in a village near Minsk in the Russian Empire (modern day Belarus). As Fontaine was later to relate in one of his Audio Diaries, "Ryan wanted Frank Fontaine dead, I just gave him what he wanted. When she refuses, Ryan sends his men in to kill Elizabeth, though she manages to defeat them. - Andrew Ryan. Fontaine's illegal profits enabled his businesses to expand, placing him in a good position to fund and exploit the new ADAM industry. Atlas speaks with an Irish accent, specifically, a working-class Dublin accent. [14], Throughout Rapture's history Ryan had frequent encounters with a businessman and smuggler named Frank Fontaine, who later became a leading figure in Rapture's genetic arms race towards the end of the 1950s. SPOILERS BioShock Andrew Ryan, Atlas, and Frank Fontaine 10,697 views May 17, 2014 118 Dislike Share Save Ken McGowan 76 subscribers Fair warning, there are BioShock SPOILERS in this video!. Atlas takes Jack through the Medical Pavilion and then to Neptune's Bounty. Before delivering a final, fatal blow, he realizes that he still needs Elizabeth alive so she can decode the paper. 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Leigh calls him a "cautionary example of the danger of pure philosophy", adding that while he begins as the primary antagonist, players sympathize with him once it becomes clear that he is so "bitterly wrong". Ryan utilized the services of people such as Augustus Sinclair, who offered to imprison Ryan's enemies in his private detention facility, Persephone, for profit. [9] Raiding parties attacked Big Daddies to kill Little Sisters for their ADAM, seized weapons, caused many casualties,[10] and disrupted Rapture's economy. As the conflict with Atlas escalated, Ryan's methods to keep control over the populace became more extreme and ruthless, culminating in using mind-controlling pheromones through Rapture's air system to subjugate the city's spliced inhabitants to his will. I'm pretty sure Tenenbaum didn't know that Atlas was Fontaine, or that you were the child sent to the surface. If we are not careful, the government will become cancer.". Jack is freed from Fontaine's control by Lot 192, the antidote to his mental conditioning, found in Olympus Heights and Apollo Square. He is the main antagonist throughout most of BioShock. Appears in "There's no going back if you do. However, Elizabeth knows that he will perish by Jack's hand in the end. After Elizabeth delivers the Ace in the Hole (revealed to be the trigger phrase to command Jack) to Atlas, he hits her upside the head with a wrench, not being in need of her services any longer. But even the increasingly oppressive policies Ryan resorted to were not enough to snuff out the rebellion and public order in the city continued to degenerate. Haha . he knew Jack was being controlled by "Atlas" clearly. Inside Fontaine's apartment in Olympus Heights, a phonograph can be heard playing "Danny Boy" by Mario Lanza, a famous Irish song. Cookie Notice He is the main antagonist throughout most of BioShock. This same video is also seen at the beginning of BioShock 2 Multiplayer. He's also learned that Atlas' army will be trouble, and sends Ryan Security to Fontaine's in order to eliminate the threat. As Ryan predicted, citizens in Rapture created a culture of entrepreneurship that was unrivaled, with numerous businesses established and unprecedented scientific advancements, including the discovery of ADAM by Brigid Tenenbaum. [26], When Jack (the player's character in BioShock) arrives in Rapture in 1960, Ryan views him as a threat, initially believing him to be a government agent, most likely sent by the Russian KGB or the American CIA. Andrew Ryan : On the surface, I once bought a forest. They awarded BioShock "Best use of sound". [10] Ryan also watched as the Bolshevik Red Guard executed his aunt and uncle during a purge for associating with Ryan's father and other opponents of the Communist regime before fleeing with his father to Constantinople.? Unbreakable. 6 Facts You May Not Know About Atlas and Frank Fontaine | Bioshock 6 Amazing Facts About Fontaine! Ryan, facing destruction of his city, agreed to Suchong's suggestion, claiming that if Atlas and his supporters were to win, they would turn their opponents into slaves, and free will would vanish regardless. For more information, please see our The "Would You Kindly" board outside Ryan's office shows how he put together the clues connecting himself to Jasmine Jolene, with Jack as their illegitimate son. He is the Chairman of the Rapture City Council, owner and operator of Hephaestus, and one of the most important men in the city. [61] IGN editors Phil Pirrello and Christopher Monfette described him as being more communist than Vladimir Lenin, the first head of state of the Soviet Union, also comparing him to Italian philosopher and writer Niccol Machiavelli. . "[66] The PlayStation Official Magazine placed him as the eighth best videogame villain on PS3. [16] With much of his Splicer army now neutralized, Atlas and his few remaining unspliced rebels went into hiding in the ruined city, unable to escape Rapture with the bathyspheres locked down since early in the war. Ryan - Given A 'Bum Rap'(By the game writers) : Andrew Ryan got Rapture built and ran it for over a decade, and also he had built an industrial empire starting from nothing previous. With Ryan eliminated, Jack takes the genetic key to Rapture's systems from his corpse and unwittingly hands control of the city to Fontaine. or the American C.I.A., come to make an already disintegrating situation worse. - Andrew Ryan. Atlas states that he had come to Rapture in search of a better life (like many among the working class), but now feels as if "God's punishing [him] for bringing her and Patrick to this place.". Sometime in 1956, Ryan unknowingly impregnated an Eve's Garden exotic dancer named Jasmine Jolene. Jack survives Fontaine's attempts to put an end to his life with the help of Brigid Tenenbaum and her saved Little Sisters and pursues the conman. By accepting all cookies, you agree to our use of cookies to deliver and maintain our services and site, improve the quality of Reddit, personalize Reddit content and advertising, and measure the effectiveness of advertising. Seemingly providing shelter for orphans and the poor, in reality he was subjecting them with ADAM, a deadly substance he forcibly extracted from little girls, turning them into dangerous and insane Splicers. [54] Total PlayStation editor gave similar praise to Shimerman, commenting that he and Atlas' voice actor rounded out the cast. Answer (1 of 3): To be honest, they have so many similarities as villians that I have a hard time making a decision. Andrew Ryan has been given an updated character model in, The monitor screen image Andrew Ryan uses to communicate with Elizabeth in. Physical Description Fontaine admits that just about everything he said as Atlas was a lie. [25] Despite the devastation brought about as a result of the fighting, he maintained the hope that his city would rise again. From Brainwashing Ja. Died Ryan educates Jack about his true self, telling him of his birth, his conditioning, his experiences in Rapture, and the phrase "Would You Kindly", which controls his actions. Frank Fontaine, aka Atlas, is the Arch-Enemy of Andrew Ryan. I want to take the ears off, but I can't. I hop, and when I hop, I never get off the ground. [3] Rapture wouldn't be nearly as interesting without Ryan and his complementing the action and exploration, shouting propaganda and taking every opportunity to broadcast his world view. In the aftermath of Fontaine's perceived death, Ryan took a step that many took to be a betrayal of his philosophy: the nationalization of Fontaine Futuristics. During the prologue cutscene at the start of the single player campaign (set on December 31, 1958) Ryan can briefly be seen on television screens, offering a toast to the new year while Subject Delta takes Eleanor Lamb out to gather ADAM. [50] Adam Volk of Gamasutra described him as a fascinating take on the mad scientist character, adding that if more developers steer away from stereotypes of the character type, these characters could easily rival those in film, television, or novels. Ryan's response was to use his entire fortune to build Rapture; a community where "the artist would not fear the censor, where the scientist would not be bound by petty morality, where the great would not be constrained by the small," in the only place he felt the "Parasites" could not touchthe depths of the Atlantic Ocean. [67] Bit-Tech placed Ryan #10 on their top ten list of gaming NPCs. [17] Once his smuggling activities were finally exposed, Ryan ordered his security chief to kill Fontaine. 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