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[rachel]

It is the year 1961, exactly ten years after the underwater metropolis 'Rapture' was built. The massive city was forged at the bottom of the Atlantic Ocean, located west of Iceland. These underwater buildings are connected by a series of glass, water-tight tunnels. It was built by the personal dream of Andrew Ryan to escape from political, social, and religious anxieties of the post World War II.

Thousands of people moved to this underwater paradise. A natural substance dubbed "ADAM" worked a lot like a drug. It's dangerous properties were unknown, and soon the whole of the population of Rapture became insanely addicted to it. "ADAM acts like a benign cancer, destroying native cells and replacing them with unstable stem versions. While this very instability is what gives it its amazing properties, it is also what causes the cosmetic and mental damage. You need more and more ADAM just to keep back the tide. From a medical standpoint, this is catastrophic."

An altered version of ADAM, called "EVE" allows the person to use the abilities gained from ADAM.

Rapture later fell, and was forgotten. The city is now merely a jumble of ruins; every building either flooded or damaged. Lights flicker, salty water spurts through the cracked windows. You were once a humble visitor of Rapture. You were one of the thousands to become addicted to the mysterious chemical called ADAM. Now, you are trapped beneath the ocean's surface, fighting for your own survivor against other "splicers" (Severely mutated humans due to ADAM) You try to avoid the Big Daddies, and Big Sisters, but you crave the ADAM the Little Sisters hold. Will you survive, or become a victim of Rapture?

ADAM is excreted by a Sea Slug found near Rapture. However, the sea slug did not naturally produce ADAM in large enough quantities for serious research and exploitation. Brigid Tenenbaum developed a procedure whereby a sea slug was implanted in a host's stomach. After the host fed, inducing regurgitation yielded up to thirty times the amount of usable ADAM. Female children, known as Little Sisters after implantation, were found to be the only viable hosts on a technical and biological level. Although Tenenbaum hoped to keep the children in a vegetative state, they had to be fully functional in order to produce ADAM. They still maintained many of the ordinary characteristics of children: laughing, playing, smiling, and singing.

EVE is a modified version of ADAM which allows the use of Plasmids. In its liquid form, it glows bright blue and can be seen in the dark. When EVE reaches zero, the use of Plasmids is unavailable to the user.

Plasmids are special serums made from processed ADAM that introduce modified stem cells into the body, allowing for genetic modification and mutation, giving the user what some might call "super powers". Their use requires a supply of EVE, which can be injected into one's arm. Plasmid bottles are recognizable by their deep red color.

Electro Bolt Sends a jolt of electricity through the fingertips

Incinerate Sends a burst of flames from the palm

Insect Swarm A hive is created upon the user's arm, giving them the ability to send out swarms of bees

Telekinesis Can move an object with their mind as they please

Winter Blast Temporarily freezes whatever they chose to


Little Sisters are young girls who have been genetically altered and mentally conditioned to reclaim ADAM from the corpses around Rapture. Little Sisters are almost always accompanied by a Big Daddy. They are almost completely immune to damage and have no offensive abilities. Attacking them, however, will incur the wrath of their protectors. The older they become, the more aggressive they are, which then the transition to become a Big Sister is made.








A Big Daddy is a genetically enhanced human being who have had their skin and organs grafted into an enormous diving suit. Their primary purpose is to protect Little Sisters while they escort them around Rapture.

Big Daddy helmets have three light colors: green indicates the Big Daddy is hypnotized and friendly, yellow indicates awareness but indifference to his environment, and red indicates rage towards assailants.

Types-

Bouncer- Bouncers are clad in a very unique heavy diving suit, the entire torso of which is covered by a high-gauge metal carapace. The head protrudes directly forward from the upper chest area, and is encased in a hemispherical helmet studded with eight lit portholes. A large, fully-functional conical drill is attached to the right arm just forward of the elbow, and is used for powerful attacks. The Bouncers get their name from an attack they use, in which they strike the ground with their drills, resulting in a tremor that gives close-proximity enemies unstable footing.



Rosie- Rosies are clad in a basic heavy diving suit, the upper torso of which is covered by a high-gauge metal carapace. The head is guarded by a high-gauge metal diving helmet welded to the torso carapace, and has three large lit portholes. They wield large Rivet Guns and Proximity Mines at long range, and use the Rivet Gun for powerful attacks as well.



Rumbler- The Rumbler is most recent type of Big Daddy. It His arsenal includes deployable Miniature Turrets and RPGs. This Big Daddy type seems to be more mobile than the other two types, although less armored. Its combat style gives it an advantage in open spaces, unlike its two counterparts, and it seems to fare well in long to mid-range combat. Its attacks are designed to keep it's opponent on the move, and it can quickly turn the environment to its advantage and give the opponent as little cover as possible.



Alpha Series- These Big Daddies have long lost their Little Sisters. They will attack anything near them, and have the ability to use Plasmids, unlike the other Big Daddies.




The Big Sisters are older Little Sisters that have become unstable in Rapture's environment. Eight years after becoming a Little Sister, they are charged with maintaining the ecological balance in Rapture. Their extreme level of powers, far beyond normal Plasmid users, can be attributed to their bodies adapting the ADAM created in their bodies as children while they were still developing. Thus they have a much more natural affinity for the powers that ADAM creates.






Splicers are the main threat within the walls of Rapture. They are mostly the remains of Rapture's human population,and they are the result of the violent conflict during the Rapture Civil War. During this war and the chaotic days that followed, the Splicers apparently murdered most of the sane population of the city. Due to abusive ADAM consumption, their bodies and minds have been deformed beyond repair, and they have become dependent on the substance, both mentally and physically. Many of them still wear Masquerade Ball masks as a way to hide their deformed faces. Some may still appear human, but most are beyond that.

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