If they do happen to spot Booker, they will momentarily stand still. However, they can be completely bypassed: they can only see whatever their masks illuminate and so walking outside of their range of vision won't attract their ire. The minions themselves only wield wooden clubs, but come in great numbers and are tougher than most enemies.Īttacking a Boy of Silence serves no purpose, as they are impervious to damage and will immediately sound the alarm. Though the scream deals only minor damage at close range, it pulls every nearby minion through to the current reality, allowing them to attack Booker and rendering them mortal. If he stays for too long, gets too close to the Boy, or attacks it, the Boy of Silence will let out a piercing scream and teleport away. If Booker enters a Boy of Silence's line of sight it will stand still and focus on him. A beam of white light from their mouths indicates their line of "sight," and Booker must maneuver around them to avoid notice.
The Boys of Silence are encountered in an alternate-timeline version of Comstock House, and act as stationary sentries. They can be seen saluting the Boys of Silence occasionally.īioShock Infinite Main article: BioShock Infinite “ Watch where you step! Don't say a word! You'll be in trou-ble if the Boys have heard!” ― Excerpt from Columbian nursery rhyme The event also instilled in them minor Tear-like characteristics such as intangibility, and thus they cannot be harmed unless awakened by a Boy of Silence. This traumatic experience shattered the mind leaving them as broken, will-less husks who shuffle aimlessly around the facility. In order to be "purified," they were exposed, via Tears, to every version of themselves across time and space. Once ordinary citizens of Columbia, these individuals did not fall in line with Elizabeth's totalitarian rule and were brought to the asylum to be reconditioned. The Lunatics are the inmates of Comstock House. When summoned, the Lunatics charge head-on and will not hesitate to land devastating blows with cudgels like Thuggish Splicers. Rather than fight Booker directly, Boys of Silence summon the men to fight for them. Their primary purpose is to keep watch over the facility, and of the similarly brainwashed men in George Washington, Benjamin Franklin, and Thomas Jefferson masks, who are referred to as the Lunatics. The Boys of Silence do not actually engage in combat. This allows them to partially control the Lunatics of Comstock House, and to teleport out of existence after raising the alarm or being attacked. Because of Elizabeth's intervention, they also have limited control over Tears. Referred to as " Elizabeth's children", they are in fact men brainwashed from childhood and forced into total subservience for decades. Apparently fitted with their uniforms early in life (and have since outgrown them), their blazer sleeves are too short for their arms and their trousers have torn, despite being called "Boys", their hands show apparent deterioration of advanced age. These helmets have been fitted onto leather shoulder straps, fastened on by metal clamps, and padlocked shut. Their most noticeable feature is their large metal helmets, which amplifies their hearing but obscures their face.
Although the Fireman's appearance did not appear in the Vigor Junkie concepts, a Vigor Junkie character in a top hat, glasses, and a black coat shows many of the same Devil's Kiss abilities as a Fireman.“ My children are without blame, without fault - and without choice.” ― Elizabeth īoys of Silence are outfitted in blue suits that are reminiscent of a school uniform. Three of the characters' madness has been exacerbated by their repeated use of a particular Vigor, such as Murder of Crows and Shock Jockey respectively, and the latter even has small Shock Jockey crystals protruding out of his head. Small aspects of the Vigor Junkies are still present in three of the characters: the Zealot of the Lady, Cornelius Slate, and one of Slate's Soldiers with the same abilities as a Crow. However, the Rapture comparison limited the use of Vigor Junkies in the game, and an in-game explanation by Citizens' dialogue in the Columbia's Fair mentions that average Citizens were not that interested in obtaining Vigor abilities, due to the formula's "kinks" that Fink needed to work out.īioShock Infinite Main article: BioShock Infinite As Columbia's version of the Splicers from Rapture, they suffer psychological deterioration as a result of excessive Vigor abuse.
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