Stanley Poole



Stanley Poole is a character in BioShock 2. He can be described as a man who only thinks for himself. A former reporter for the Rapture Tribune, Poole was used by Andrew Ryan to spy on Lamb's Rapture Family prior to the Civil War. Ryan did this because he wanted to get proof that Lamb's ideology went beyond a private religion and more towards a movement that needed to be squashed. Poole would find the evidence needed to prove Lamb's intentions.

Like everyone else who inhabits Rapture, he is obsessed with splicing, and requires Subject Delta to help him find Little Sisters in order for the player to continue. In order for Stanley to get what he wishes, he locks himself within the Atlantic Express control room, that way Delta has no control for continuing any further. Stanley was put in charge of Dionysus Park when Sophia Lamb is taken away. He makes the park go bankrupt with all of the wild parties he throws. Eleanor tells Stanley that she was going to tell her mother about what Stanley did. He kidnaps her and sells her to an orphange and she is taken away to Subject Delta and the two become little sister and Big Daddy. Stanley also ratted out Subject Delta to Andrew Ryan and he was made a Big Daddy. Poole became increasingly paranoid that members of the Family were talking about him and seeks to keep his secret quiet. In order to accomplish this, he causes the flooding of Dionysus Park that the player had to undo before entering the level. As the level comes to a conclusion, the player discovers that Lamb knew about Poole's actions all along and has forgiven him. However, she leaves it up to the player whether or not Poole should live or die.