He awakes to find the airship under the control of Daisy Fitzroy, leader of the Vox Populi. When Booker directs the ship to New York City with the intention of delivering Elizabeth to the Luteces, she knocks him out and flees. The pair work towards the First Lady's Aerodrome, planning to take an airship to Paris, a city Elizabeth has always wanted to see. After freeing Elizabeth, her warden, the Songbird - a thirty-foot tall bird creature - attacks and destroys the tower she was held in, and Booker and Elizabeth narrowly escape with their lives. Along the way, he discovers a large device called the Siphon and the ability Elizabeth wields which can open Tears, rips in the space-time continuum that lead to other parallel worlds.
Booker, now a wanted man, fights his way to Monument Island where Elizabeth is held within a tower. This is a sign of the 'False Shepherd' which city leader and prophet, Zachary Comstock, prophesied would 'lead the lamb (Elizabeth) astray' and bring about Columbia's downfall. With instructions from the Luteces to "bring us the girl and wipe away the debt," DeWitt enters the structure which houses a rocket silo that transports Booker to the flying city of Columbia.īooker's presence in Columbia goes unnoticed until a policeman identifies the letters "AD" branded on Booker's hand. In 1912, Booker DeWitt is taken by the mysterious Lutece twins to an island lighthouse off the coast of Maine. Flags, patriotic music, and propaganda posters promote the idea that Columbia is a 'haven' from the so-called 'unwanted' of the world. Here, the philosophical concept of "American Exceptionalism" is perverted into ultra-nationalism, religious fanaticism, and social Darwinism. Booker has been given the job of finding a woman named Elizabeth, who has been confined by a flying beast called Songbird and the city's "Founder" leader Zachary Hale Comstock.įollowing in the footsteps of previous BioShock games, the world of Infinite explores the chaos that results when strong ideals are taken to an extreme. The game takes place in the airborne city of Columbia, in 1912, where the player assumes the role of Booker DeWitt, a disgraced Pinkerton agent.
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