Introduction
I am ANDREW RYAN, and I'm here to ask you a QUESTION: Is a man not entitled to the sweat of his brow?
'NO!' says the man in Washington, 'It belongs to the poor.'
'NO!' says the man in the Vatican, 'It belongs to God.'
'NO!' says the man in Moscow, 'It belongs to everyone.'
I rejected those answers; instead, I chose something different. I chose the IMPOSSIBLE. I chose... RAPTURE!--- a city 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! And with the sweat of your brow, RAPTURE can become your city as well.
- LONG BEFORE CONSTRUCTION, RAPTURE was already the dream of wealthy business magnate, ANDREW RYAN. A man who believed and upheld the ideals of American capitalism and individualism, he quickly was becoming disillusioned with the world and the altruistic values that he often felt intervened in his and others' endeavors of reaching full potential. The bombings of Nagasaki and Hiroshima during the Second World War drove Ryan into taking his vast wealth and beginning official, secret construction of the city of Rapture, fearing the effects of newfound nuclear weaponry and how it would destroy the surface world. RAPTURE was planned to be the utopia through which the best examples of humankind might flourish without the choking vice of the 'parasites'. It attracted many, many people to plunge into the depths of the North Atlantic Sea, people who shared Ryan's views and hoped for a new start for themselves. In order to maintain its secrecy, all of Rapture's citizens quite literally vanished off the face of the earth to go and live in Ryan's city. Here, for a time, a glorious Golden Age existed. However, things quickly fell apart over the coming years, claiming the lives of nearly everyone who came in search of paradise.
- The city of Rapture first began undergoing construction in the year 1945. It is located in the North Atlantic Sea off the coast of Iceland, and one can gain access to the city only by taking a bathysphere set up in a lighthouse that stands alone in the middle of the ocean. The final product was finished in 1951, but by then there were already several people living in the metropolis. The city was designed to be entirely independent from the outside world, using volcanic vents to power its large and sprawling infrastructure. The buildings and their interior were made with the highest of art and sophistication in mind, inspired heavily by the classic art deco style that prevailed during the 1920s. Like any large city, it is made up of its fair share of locations: from nightclubs to restaurants to doctor's offices, there was no expensive spared on laying out the cityscape and dolling it up with its amenities. The entire place is reminiscent of a luxury resort, in fact. Though, it does have its ugly side: a makeshift, temporary home was made for the workers who built Rapture, a place called Pauper's Drop. The poor certainly existed and struggled in Rapture, however, due to its philosophies, the city nor its people did much to change this leaky, grimy place. Most stayed in the prettier parts of the city, places like Fort Frolic where the arts thrived and blossomed or Arcadia, the beautiful forest that supplied the city with air. People of Rapture travelled to and fro by train lines called the Rapture Metro, a system quite similar to New York's subway lines. There were shops for any and every need, places for any entertainment one may want, truly a city of dreams. But not all were content in this fairy tale.
- Andrew Ryan had invited only the best and brightest of people to live in his underwater city, and one of those people was Frank Fontaine. Frank Fontaine was a con-man who saw any opportunity to better himself and took it without question. In Rapture, this would not normally cause any sort of problem, but Fontaine was a different sort of breed from the type Andrew Ryan wanted in his city. Fontaine was a smuggler, breaking the law of Rapture to smuggle down goods from the surface for a good profit. According to Ryan, Fontaine was a threat and so he was killed--- or so everyone thought. Fontaine wanted Rapture to himself, and in order to do this he faked his own death and took on a new persona to manipulate the people of Rapture into working for him. He became ATLAS, a proclaimed liberator who planned on helping the unfortunates of Rapture by overthrowing Ryan. Fontaine, now Atlas, was also responsible for the creation of ADAM, a substance many people of the city began abusing as things fell to chaos. ADAM gave people the ability to literally have super-human powers, from shooting fire from their fingers to freezing a person on the spot. It was this that gave Atlas supporters their power to fight against Andrew Ryan's personal security forces, only creating more and more tension until the lid finally blew off. At the 1959 New Year's Eve celebration, Atlas and his followers stormed a popular and crowded restaurant called the Kashmir, officially ignited the civil war between Ryan and Atlas. Many were killed, and more and more people began turning to ADAM to protect themselves and their loved ones from the horrors that ravaged the city. The dream of Rapture was finally becoming a nightmare.
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Prudence Mitford
"Etiquette goes with everything, my dear."
Celestine Dubois
"I'm so good, you'll want the recipe."
Sofia Lamb
Psychiatrist, Mother of The Rapture Family (NPC)
Cordelia Devereux
"They call me Dr. Heart, did you know that? How silly. . ."
James Vaughn
"I got stories to tell for every type of person here, if people would just listen."
Sander Cohen
Great artist, writer, musician (NPC)
Brigid Tenenbaum
Scientist, Doctor, Creator of ADAM (NPC)
ATLAS
Liberator of Rapture (NPC)
Frank Fontaine
Ryan's adversary (NPC)
Andrew Ryan
The founder of Rapture (NPC)
Trending
Cordelia Devereux
"They call me Dr. Heart, did you know that? How silly. . ."
Frank Fontaine
Ryan's adversary (NPC)
ATLAS
Liberator of Rapture (NPC)
Celestine Dubois
"I'm so good, you'll want the recipe."
James Vaughn
"I got stories to tell for every type of person here, if people would just listen."
Andrew Ryan
The founder of Rapture (NPC)
Brigid Tenenbaum
Scientist, Doctor, Creator of ADAM (NPC)
Sander Cohen
Great artist, writer, musician (NPC)
Barbara Fox
"I have the power to tear anyone down with a single story."
Sofia Lamb
Psychiatrist, Mother of The Rapture Family (NPC)
Most Followed
Frank Fontaine
Ryan's adversary (NPC)
Andrew Ryan
The founder of Rapture (NPC)
James Vaughn
"I got stories to tell for every type of person here, if people would just listen."
Prudence Mitford
"Etiquette goes with everything, my dear."
Cordelia Devereux
"They call me Dr. Heart, did you know that? How silly. . ."
Sander Cohen
Great artist, writer, musician (NPC)
ATLAS
Liberator of Rapture (NPC)
Barbara Fox
"I have the power to tear anyone down with a single story."
Celestine Dubois
"I'm so good, you'll want the recipe."
Sofia Lamb
Psychiatrist, Mother of The Rapture Family (NPC)
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Hestia Chambers is bought by Fontaine and made into a Poor House.
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Located in the top most floors of Fontaine's poor house, this place is used to organize the resistance's attacks and print propaganda to spread ATLAS' message.
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A cramped apartment complex for the low income, working class of Rapture. It is eventually bought by Fontaine and converted into his "Home for the Poor".
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Lower class, less luxurious housing and apartments.
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Other luxury apartment complex fitted with amenities out the yin yang.
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A residential and recreational area, both Market and High Street serve as a shining example of the finery of Rapture.
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A space owned by Sofia Lamb, the park is used to exhibit art that conflicted with Andrew Ryan's ideals. It is eventually taken over by Stanley Poole before the civil war.
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Once a beautiful, glamorous housing and shopping hub, it becomes a red-light district after the civil war.
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A makeshift housing area for the poorest of the poor.
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Home to the most celebrated of Rapture's elite.
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Luxury apartments reserved for the richest and elite of Rapture's citizens.
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A fishery owned by Frank Fontaine; used as a front for Fonatine's smuggling ring.
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A two-story pub owned by Bill McDonagh.
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A complex port where the majority of the city's fish are caught and packaged for consumption.
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THE MEDICAL PAVILION provides for any medical care one might be in need of.
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THE WELCOME CENTER to RAPTURE is the first place one sees once stepping off of the bathysphere and is a recreational area designed to show newcomers the wealth and luxury of the city.
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The lush heart of Rapture, a forest that provides the city with air.
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Large and lively marketplace where citizens may buy fresh foods and beverages.
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A lavish theater for patrons to grab a drink and enjoy a show.
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Popular casino styled after ancient Egyptian nobility.
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Fort Frolic ↪ Sir Prize Owner: hollywood
Casino and bar.
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Fort Frolic ↪ Eve's Garden Owner: hollywood
A gentleman's club where the men and women of Rapture could relax and seek out some beautiful company for a night.
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Glamorous location home to showcasing the arts, finery shops, and casinos and strip clubs. Run by Rapture's celebrated artist, Sander Cohen.
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The sprawling, underwater metropolis that is home to thousands of people. Rising from the bed of the ocean floor, it appears in magnificent splendor like the skyline of any modern-day city, lit up by neon signs and dotted by window lights.
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