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| “ | Now where'd you get that brand boy? Don't you know that makes you the back-stabbing snake in the grass False Shepherd? And we ain't lettin' no False Shepherd into our flock, haha! Show him what we got planned, boys! | „ |
| ~ Jeremiah Fink to Booker DeWitt at the raffle. |
| “ | Now, now, I know all about your little job for Fitzroy. But do you really want to take her job over mine? Do you know how many people would kill to be Head of Fink Security? You're a tough nut to crack, Mr. DeWitt! A tough nut! But, I promise you this...I will get what I want. | „ |
| ~ Fink to Booker, angered at the latter rejected his offer. |
| “ | What is the most admirable creature on God's green Earth? Why, it's the bee! Have you ever seen a bee on vacation? Have you ever seen a bee take a sick day? Well, my friends, the answer is no! So I say, be… the bee! Be the bee! | „ |
| ~ Fink's personal creed. |
Jeremiah Fink is a major antagonist in the science fiction video game BioShock Infinite and a supporting character in its DLC story BioShock Infinite: Burial at Sea - Episode 2.
He is the founder, president, and principal "inventor" of the Fink Manufacturing conglomerate, Fink is one of the richest and most powerful men in all of Columbia. He is the host of the annual Columbia Independence Day event known as "The Raffle." He also privately collaborated with Yi Suchong, creating Vigors and the Songbird in the process.
He was voiced by Bill Lobley, who also voiced Bragg in The Darkness and Stanley Poole in BioShock 2.
History[]
Background[]
Jeremiah Fink was born around the early-to-mid 1800s, and is the brother to Albert Fink, who would become a musician. Becoming a industrialist, Fink established his company Fink Manufacturing, and started to support the preacher Zachary Hale Comstock during the formation of Columbia. Moving to the flying city, Fink became one of the wealthiest citizens, managing to do so by sponsoring other inventors. He continued to support Comstock by becoming a member of the Founders party, and used his wealth to strengthen the group's military and police. Despite helping the prophet, he was an atheist that never believed in any of Comstock's prophecies, and only helped him in his endeavors to gain more wealth.
In 1894, Albert discovered a tear playing music and informed his brother, who was initially skeptical of using them to make a profit. However, he changed his toon when Albert obtained great wealth from plagiarizing future music from the tears to sell as his own. Seeing the potential to expand his manufacturing company, Fink used the Lutece's device to see other realities, and steal inventions from other creators, many of which came from the underwater city Rapture. Encountering Dr. Yi Suchong, he started to steal ADAM and Plasmids to create Vigors, a tonic that gave the user abilities. Suchong discovered this, and the two soon became collaborators by trading technology with each other.
Both of their collaborations led the creations of the Big Daddy and the Songbird, with the latter being used to keep Comstock's "daughter" imprisoned. During his attempts to have Songbird imprint on Elizabeth, Fink experimented on animals, but would leave them to die when they couldn't imprint. Fink later ended the partnership after Songbird imprinted on Elizabeth after she helped him, believing he could do more without the doctor. As a result, Suchong wasn't able to obtain locks of Elizabeth's hair since he believed they could help the Big Daddy's imprint on the Little Sisters.
Becoming even more wealthy, Fink soon became the mayor of his industrial town called Finkton, strengthening the Founders' military and police, and had his employees manufacture numerous goods such as Vigors and vending machines. As his company grew, Fink started to exploit and manipulate his workers, and viewed them as nothing but cattle. By creating Fink Tokens, their pay was only valid for his stores, which left many of his employees to become homeless. This resulted in many of his employees becoming disgruntled, seeing as nothing but an exploitive slaver, and wanting to join Daisy Fitzroy's rebellion. Despite these setbacks, Fink was popular among the upper class in Columbia, and by the events of the game, became the host of the annual raffle to have citizens humiliate minorities.
In 1909, Rosalind and Robert Lutece discovered that Elizabeth would fulfill Comstock's prophecy due to her ability to create and open tears. Comstock learned of the pairs plan to stop him, and tasked Fink with killing the Luteces by sabotaging their device. Jeremiah carried on with the plan, and was awarded by the prophet with the Luteces' patents, thus giving him ownership of their inventions. Unbeknownst to Fink or Comstock, the Luteces survived the attempt and were able to exist in all dimensions, and decided to continue with their plan to stop the prophet. In addition, Fink had a son with an unknown woman, but their relationship is unknown.
Bioshock Infinite[]
In 1912, the Luteces bring Booker DeWitt to their reality to have him rescue Elizabeth, but Dewitt becomes a contestant in Fink's annual raffle. Upon presenting the interracial couple, Fink and the police notice Booker's "AD" brand on his hand, thus alerting Comstock that the "False Shepard" has arrived. Jeremiah left the raffle when DeWitt started to fight the police, but decided to get information on him. Learning of his past as a former pinkerton, and knowing that the Vox Populi are growing, Fink decides to instead offer DeWitt a position as his head of security. Despite sending the police after DeWitt, he manages to rescue Elizabeth from her tower and evade Songbird in the process.
While getting information on Booker, Fink learns that DeWitt made a deal with Fitzroy to help them obtain weapons from the gunsmith Chen Lin in exchange for the First Lady's airship. Wanting to still make his deal with Booker, Fink has the police apprehend and interrogate Lin on what he knows. He then tests Booker by sending the police and heavy hitters, but becomes angered when DeWitt rejects his offer. Despite Lin being killed by the police, Elizabeth is able to open a tear to other realities where the gunsmith is alive and later where Lin created the weapons for the Vox Populi. This results in Fink's company being ruined by the Vox Populi's revolt, as the military and police are stopped by the rebellion.
At his factory, Fink and his son are confronted by Fitzroy, who murders Jeremiah by shooting him in the head. Daisy then takes his son as a hostage, but is killed by Elizabeth. Afterward, Fink's corpse was scalped by the Vox and placed at a port alongside other scalps from the Founders.
Burial at Sea[]
In the first episode of the story expansion, Fink is mentioned by Dr. Suchong in his audio diary of catching Fink stealing ADAM and Plasmids. Fink later makes a appearance in the second episode, where he is held hostage by Fitzroy alongside his son. It's later revealed that Fitzroy was tasked by the Luteces by holding the child hostage, as he would make Elizabeth stop her. Elizabeth later explores Fink's laboratory and learns of Suchong's collaborations with Suchong. She also learns of Fink's fear of the rise of the Vox Populi, wanting to find a solution to stop the threat they posed.
Quotes[]
| “ | Splendid, haha! And now, the 1912 Raffle has officially begun! | „ |
| ~ Fink starting the raffle. |
| “ | Come on, are you gonna throw it...or are you taking your coffee black these days? Hahahahahaha! | „ |
| ~ Fink to Booker at the annual raffle. |
| “ | I told you, Comstock -- you sell 'em paradise, and the customers expect cherubs for every chore! No menials in God's kingdom! Well, I've a man in Georgia who'll lease us as many Negro convicts as you can board! Why, you can say they're simple souls, in penance for rising above their station. Whatever eases your conscience, I suppose. | „ |
| ~ Fink's "Solution to Your Problems" voxophone. |
| “ | What is the most admirable creature on God's green Earth? Why, it's the bee! Have you ever seen a bee on vacation? Have you ever seen a bee take a sick day? Well, my friends, the answer is no! So I say, be… the bee! Be the bee! | „ |
| ~ Fink's creed. |
| “ | DeWitt? Fink here. Listen, my boy...we had our eye on you, and I can tell you right now, you are our top candidate! Top! My associate Mr. Flambeau will help you with anything, haha. | „ |
| ~ Fink to Booker. |
| “ | Ah, DeWitt, my boy! You know, the best kind of interview is one where the applicant doesn't know he's being evaluated! Hahaha! But, I've watched you since the other day at the lottery. Heh heh...you're a brute! And in times like this, I could use a brute! | „ |
| ~ Fink to Booker, attempting to hire him. |
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Trivia[]
- Fink's use of Fink Tokens to pay his employees corresponds to similar practices common in early 20th century America, brought on by the Industrial Revolution.
- Fink seems to be based on several nineteenth-century American industrialists, such as George Pullman, who similarly ran a controlling company town of his namesake in Chicago. His motives in regards to attempting to recruit Booker, an ex-Pinkerton agent, as his head of security resembles that of Carnegie Steel executive Henry Frick, who hired Pinkerton agents in an attempt to quell the Homestead labor strike.
- Fink strongly resembles Bill "the Butcher" Cutting, a character inspired by William Poole, portrayed by Daniel Day-Lewis in the movie Gangs of New York. Aside from his appearance, Bill shares a similar utter lack of mercy towards foreigners, his persuasion as a businessman, and influential leader of his Ultra-Nationalist party. More notably, Fink's Top hat and Bill's belt feature the exact styled patriotic stripes.
- The word "Fink" may be used to refer to someone who is thought to be obnoxious or loathsome.
- On the board of scalps in Port Prosperity in Emporia, it can be seen that Fink supposedly has gray/white patches of hair. Strangely, these areas are never visible. It is possible that the scalp used was from an older version of Fink before a revision (much like the model for the golden statues).
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