Anorak

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Do-Gooder
Full Name	James Donovan Halliday
Alias(es)	James Halliday Anorak the All Knowing Jim
Origin	Ready Player One
Occupation	Founder and former administrator of OASIS
Powers / Skills	Buisness Telekinesis Creating Three Keys
Hobby	Find three keys to win the prize.
Goals	To bring the first key. (succeeded) To bring the second key. (succeeded) To bring the third key. (succeeded).
Family	Unnamed Parents. (deceased)
Friends / Allies	Wade Owen Watts, Samantha Evelyn Cook, Ogden "Og" Morrow, Helen Harris, Toshiro Yoshiaki, Akihide Karatsu
Enemies	Nolan Sorrento, F’Nale Zandor, I-R0k, Sixer
Type of Hero	Founder Buisnessman (formerly)Wizard

“	Hello. I am James Halliday. If you're watching this, I'm dead. Before I died, I created what we in the biz call an "Easter egg. A hidden object in a game that gives special powers to whoever discovers it. The first person to find the egg I've hidden somewhere inside the OASIS will inherit my stock in Gregarious Games, currently valued in excess of half a million do... Uh, half a trillion dollars' worth, and total control of the OASIS itself. In the form of my avatar, Anorak the All-Knowing, I created three keys. Three hidden challenges test for worthy traits revealing three hidden keys to three magic gates. And those with the skill to survive these straits will reach the end, where the prize awaits.	„
	~ Halliday hosting a video when he’s dead.

James Donovan Halliday (1972-2039) is one of the major protagonist of Ogden "Og" Morrow, and main character and tech industry businessman in the backstory of Ready Player One. He was the creator of OASIS, a massive online simulation used by billions of people in the story's dystopian future setting. When the story begins, the late Halliday has just willed a major prize to whosoever finds a unique, hidden easter egg in his VR realm, the OASIS. The terms of the will would give the finder his half-trillion-dollar fortune, along with administrative control over the OASIS itself.

He was portrayed by Mark Rylance who has played The BFG in The BFG.

Quotes

“	Off you go, keys.	„
	~ Anorak telling the keys to go

“	The keys aren't just laying around under a rock somewhere. I suppose you could say they're invisible, hidden in a dark room that's at the center of a maze that's located somewhere up here.	„
	~ Anorak telling them the Keys aren’t laying around

“	Let the hunt for Halliday's Easter egg, begin.	„
	~ Anorak’s challenge to find three keys.

“	Goodbye, Parzival. Thanks. Thanks for playing my game.	„
	~ James Halliday's last words to Parzival.

Trivia

• James Halliday is Mark Rylance's third role in a Steven Spielberg film. Rylance had previously appeared in two other Spielberg films: Bridge of Spies and The BFG (where Rylance played the titular character).