Pearl Porter

Pearl Porter
Born	1917
Died	September 7th, 1940
Place of Death	London, England
Family	Charles Milton Porter (Husband) Mr. and Mrs. Walter Philips (Parents) Mr & Mrs Samuel Porter (In-Laws)
Physical Description
Gender	Female
Hair Color	Black
Eye Color	Brown
Appearances
Appears in	BioShock 2: Minerva's Den
Voice Actor	Tijuana Ricks

Pearl Porter, is the late wife of Charles Milton Porter, and the only person he really cared for. Pearl was killed in the Blitz over London in 1940, causing great grief to Porter, and leading him to accept the invitation to Rapture, given to him by Andrew Ryan.

History

Early Life

Pearl was born Pearl Anne Philips, in 1917, and was the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Walter Philips. While Charles was attending college at Lincoln University, Pearl worked as a waitress in her mother's diner. One day, Charles entered the diner to eat breakfast, and was visibly shy to the presence of Pearl, although they talked a little. He then came in every day, ordering the same dinner. Pearl's mother told her that his interest was actually in her rather than the food. The two began dating, and a year later, in July 1939, they were married in a ceremony held in Oxford Church, Pennsylvania, and Pearl took the surname Porter.

In London

Charles and Pearl in London.

The following year, with World War II in progress, Alan Turing selected Charles for his codebreaking team, and Pearl decided to move with her husband. While in London, Charles worked in Bletchley Park, attempting to invent a computer capable of cracking the Enigma Machine. This stressed their relationship, as Charles was not allowed to tell Pearl what he was working on, and she felt uncomfortable when alone in her apartment. While in London, on Charles' suggestion, they made several recordings that he planned for them to listen to when they got old. In the beginning, Pearl was uncomfortable with this, but eventually she got used to it, and would spend her time recording while alone. Before Charles was able to give her the attention she needed, The Blitz struck London while he was at Bletchley. Charles returned to the place he last saw her to find nothing but ashes, confirming her death.

After Death

Pearl's death left a hole open in Charles' mind, and he was frustrated about losing her to a war which he did not feel involved in. In the end, the loss of the only person Charles cared about led him to accept his invitation to Rapture, where he accepted Ryan's way of thinking. He constructed The Thinker with Reed Wahl, and started to consider making the machine replicate Turing himself, although he eventually realized he was actually thinking about Pearl. On The Thinker's suggestion, Charles played the recordings of Pearl, which he had brought with him, to The Thinker, giving it insight into her personality. When he was done feeding audio data about her to The Thinker, the machine managed to perfectly replicate Pearl's personality and voice. Charles was quickly put off by the conversation, as he was aware he was only talking to a machine, causing him to end the tests.

After the events of Minerva's Den, Charles is restored to a man again, and manages to escape Rapture. Charles visits Pearl's grave in London, where he leaves a letter, explaining that he has realized that it was wrong to attempt to bring her back, that she would not want that, and he had now learned to let go of her death, although he will never forget her.

Gallery

The Porter's wedding portrait.

Pearl's grave.

Audio Diary

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