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| “ | Look, Father. I know you may not have wanted a daughter. But, love is just a chemical. We give it meaning by choice. | „ |
| ~ Eleanor |
Eleanor Lamb is the deuteragonist of the 2010 video game BioShock 2, the second installment in the BioShock game series. She is the daughter of Sofia Lamb and Subject Delta and was previously a Little Sister in Rapture. In the story of BioShock 2, her behavior and personality is highly influenced by Delta's actions towards the Little Sisters and NPCs. Roughly ten years after the 1958 New Year's Eve Riots, she contacts Subject Delta, beginning the events of the game.
Eleanor still remembers Delta after ten years and knows he is searching for her. Throughout the course of the game, she will mentally communicate with him through their pair bond connection and leave him gifts and messages written on the walls of the city.
She was voiced by Sydney Unseth (as a child) and Sarah Bolger (as a teen), who also played Umi Matsuzaki in From Up on Poppy Hill, Aurora in Once Upon a Time, Mallory Grace in The Spiderwick Chronicles (film and game), and Sabina Pleasure in Stormbreaker.
Biography[]
Early Life[]
She was born in 1951 to Sofia Lamb, though raised in isolation from the other children of Rapture. Sofia lectured her daughter on philosophy and psychology, hoping to raise her to uphold her own altruistic ideals. As a young girl, Eleanor was highly intelligent, and taught herself how to take apart and reconstruct electronics.
However, she disobeyed her mother on numerous occasions, sneaking out to see other kids, and disabling the security systems that her mother installed. At first, Eleanor was stand-offish towards the other children, whimsically referring to them as "dog-eaters" since her mother told her they were "raised on a diet of dog-eat-dog."
During one of Eleanor's frequent escapes, she encountered a boy named Amir, and eventually got into a fight with him, making his nose bleed in the process, but eventually became his friend. In a later audio diary, Eleanor mentions that she had a childhood crush on him.
When Eleanor was about seven years old, her mother, who was arrested by Andrew Ryan, was taken away to Persephone. Eleanor was entrusted into the care of one of her mother's patients and close follower, Grace Holloway, who had long wanted a child, and Eleanor lived with her for a time in her apartment at The Sinclair Deluxe in Pauper's Drop.
This arrangement proved short-lived, because Eleanor quickly discovered that Stanley Poole was Ryan's spy who had gathered information on her mother's political activities, and he was now bankrupting Dionysus Park through overspending on mad parties.
Eleanor eventually confronted Stanley and threatened to tell her mother what he was doing with her home, fortune, and followers. In fear of reprisal, Poole had Eleanor kidnapped and sold to the Little Sister's Orphanage.
Eleanor spent time in the orphanage in Siren Alley before she was transferred to the care of Dr. Gilbert Alexander. Dr. Alexander, who was ignorant of her true identity, turned her into a Little Sister and partnered her with Subject Delta. However, Eleanor's time as a Little Sister did not last very long, because Sofia Lamb escaped from prison and tracked her daughter down on New Year's Eve, 1958.
With the help of a gang of Splicers, Sofia managed to abduct Eleanor, and used a mind-control Plasmid on Subject Delta to command him to remove his helmet and shoot himself. Sofia then retreated back to Persephone, taking Eleanor with her. Since then, Eleanor constantly thought of Delta and still dreamt about him.
After Sisterhood[]
Sofia actually worked with Dr. Alexander over several years to rehabilitate Eleanor. Eventually, they were able to undo her Little Sister conditioning, but they could not remove the sea slug that had been implanted within her. Sofia then began her plans to create a perfect altruist by using ADAM to experiment on Gilbert Alexander, who volunteered to become "The First Utopian".
During this time, Eleanor was confined to Persephone and the Fontaine Futuristics building, but she was horrified at seeing the changes Dr. Alexander went through as the experiment began to fail. She became more rebellious, seeing the hypocrisy in her mother's altruistic ideals; Sofia forced her own will on others, just as Andrew Ryan did before her, but while she wanted to force her ideals to eliminate "the self", he wanted to take control to eliminate the "Parasites", and both became what they despised.
Eleanor wanted to escape. However, Sofia changed the focus of her experiments to Eleanor when she realised that Gil Alexander would not succeed. Lamb realized that Eleanor's condition as a Little Sister protected her from the genetic damage that would be caused by using ADAM. Therefore, Dr. Lamb began injecting Eleanor with massive doses of ADAM, and glorifying her as a holy vessel for her loyal followers in The Rapture Family.
As a result of her mother's experiments and plans for her, Eleanor started to think of fleeing attempts. Eleanor had formed a bond with the new Little Sisters kidnapped from the surface, and she could control their actions outside of Persephone. Using them, she was able to carry out her plans around the city, even though her mother had her trapped in confinement.
Part of Eleanor's rebellion against her mother was remembering her time with her bonded Big Daddy, Subject Delta. In that case, Eleanor sent out the Little Sisters to find samples of Delta's genetic sequence, planning to revive him at a Vita-Chamber. With the help of Brigid Tenenbaum, she succeeded in removing Delta's Big Daddy conditioning, and brought him back to life.
BioShock 2[]
| “ | Father. It's me - Eleanor. I know you're awake in there, I can feel it. Mother won't be able to… to toy with you like that. Ever again. | „ |
| ~ Upon Delta's awakening |
In her bid for freedom and escape to the surface, Eleanor instigated the events of BioShock 2 by using the new Little Sisters to resurrect Subject Delta, more than ten years after his original death. Due to the powerful and potentially lethal bond that they share, Delta is forced to journey through Rapture and seek his former Little Sister.
Eleanor aids her father whenever she can, by leaving him gifts and messages from the Little Sisters, and she tries to hide her contact with him from her mother. Eleanor observes the way Delta interacts with the Little Sisters, choosing to save them or kill them, and the way he gives mercy or vengeance to the people he meets (Grace, Stan, and Gil). Delta then begins to learn more about Eleanor and himself as he travels through the city.
However, during this time, her mother is not deceived, and she begins to accelerate Eleanor's treatments as Delta draws nearer. Eventually, Delta arrives in Persephone to find Eleanor imprisoned in a quarantine chamber. Eleanor is in a deep sleep as he approaches, but as he tries to enter the chamber, Sofia smothers Eleanor with a pillow, stopping her heart long enough to sever the pair bond and put Delta in a coma.
Eleanor recovers and tries to salvage her connection with Delta, sending him a Little Sister for him to control, helping him escape from his bindings. Eleanor gets him to bring her a Big Sister suit for her to wear so that they can escape together. Eleanor then joins Delta to fight against the remnants of the Rapture Family in Persephone to reach Augustus Sinclair's escape pod to the surface.
When she fights, Eleanor uses the Big Sister powers that she has accumulated from all the ADAM she'd absorbed over the years. The player's choice of whether to harvest or save Little Sisters affects Eleanor's personality in combat. If Delta saved all Little Sisters, then her personality will be one of righteous anger at her mother and the Rapture Family. If Delta harvested one or more Little Sisters, her personality will be one of cruel amusement as she enjoys toying with her enemies in revenge for what was done to her.
The explosion charges rigged by Lamb's followers cause the chamber holding the lifeboat to fill with water. Thinking quickly, Eleanor forms a plan to use the other Little Sisters to help her boil off the water. Depending on the player's choice to either harvest or save the Little Sisters throughout the game, Eleanor will either use the Little Sisters completely, draining them of their energy and killing them in the process, or be gentler with them, eventually bringing them with her into the escape pod and saving them.
| “ | Mother was right about one thing. I have been watching you, Father, studying the way you have treated others, and now I know who I am. I am free. After everything that Mother has done to me, I am alive and sane enough to be curious about the Sun. When you rescued my new Sisters, I felt every one, and it gave me hope for the first time in years. Now, I will do the same for all the others, starting with this one. | „ |
| ~ If Delta is a Savior |
| “ | Mother was right about one thing. I have been watching you, Father, studying the way you have treated others, and now I know who I am. I survive, no matter the cost, just as you have. My new Sisters trusted you, but you took what you needed and disposed of them, and I felt every one. It wasn't personal, it was… the law of nature. So, this… what I'm about to do… is perfectly natural. | „ |
| ~ If Delta is a Harvester |
Endings[]
Delta's choices in dealing with Grace Holloway, Stanley Poole, Gilbert Alexander, and the Little Sisters will alter the ending; good, neutral, and bad endings are possible. As the final bombs in the level detonate, Eleanor races with Subject Delta to reach the elevator to the escape pod. A set of charges goes off directly in their path, forcing Eleanor to teleport to the rising escape craft.
Delta is stranded on the outside of the pod, while Eleanor makes it safely inside and finds her mother there. Sofia is drowning due to the flooding inside the escape craft, and Delta's choices of whether to save or kill the adults and Little Sisters he met earlier in the game affect whether Eleanor takes pity on her mother and gives her oxygen to keep her alive, or whether she pulls her down to drown her. The events after they reach the surface depend purely upon the player's choice to save or harvest Little Sisters.
Sofia's Fate[]
Sofia Lives: As Sofia Lamb struggles to reach a pocket of air, Eleanor will swim in and hand her mother a small air tank to breathe from, allowing her to live. If Delta has saved all of the Little Sisters and been merciful towards at least one of the NPCs, then Sofia Lamb will be saved from drowning by her daughter. If Delta has harvested at least one Little Sister but spared all the NPCs, Eleanor will still let her mother live. Depending on how the Little Sisters have been treated, Eleanor says different things during this sequence.
| “ | And then, Father, the Rapture dream was over. You taught me that 'evil' is just a word. Under the skin, it's simple pain. For you, mercy was victory. You sacrificed, you endured, and when given the chance, you forgave. Always. Mother believed this world was irredeemable, but she was wrong, Father. We are Utopia, you and I, and in forgiving, we left the door open for her. | „ |
| ~ If Delta saved all Little Sisters |
| “ | And then, Father, the Rapture dream was over. You taught me that right and wrong were tidal forces, ever-shifting. To survive in Rapture, Father, you took what you needed from the innocent. But… when the guilty posed no further threat, you simply walked away. I wanted Mother dead, but broken as she was, how could she hurt me? Now, she will grow old and die, knowing that I rejected her. | „ |
| ~ If Delta harvested a Little Sister |
Sofia Drowns: If Delta has saved all of the Little Sisters and killed every NPC, then Eleanor will drown her mother. Sofia also drowns if Delta has harvested at least one Little Sister and killed at least one NPC. Depending on how the Little Sisters have been treated, Eleanor says different things during this sequence.
| “ | You taught me that Justice is a contract. Once broken, it can never be mended. You sacrificed so much to preserve the innocent, but to the guilty, you offered no mercy. I loved my mother, and I never wanted to hurt her. But with what she did to us, she gave up the right to exist. My hands were shaking when I did it, but you were there to steady them. | „ |
| ~ If Delta saved all Little Sisters |
| “ | And then, Father, the Rapture dream was over. You taught me that innocence is chrysalis, a phase designed to end. Only when we are free from it, do we know ourselves. You showed me that my survival, my joy, are all that matter. I Indulge, nothing else exists. | „ |
| ~ If Delta harvested a Little Sister |
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Licensing[]
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