In B:I, you will play Booker DeWitt, a former Pinkerton agent with a tragic past.

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As Booker DeWitt, a former Pinkerton agent, the player must rescue, or kidnap, Elizabeth away from her predicament.

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But every comic lover knows the difference between Booker DeWitt and Batman.

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The man formerly known as Booker DeWitt had to die.

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In these universes, the man he becomes is Booker DeWitt, a Pinkerton muscle man tasked with the Columbia mission, the one who sold his daughter, and the one who eventually led the Vox Populi to victory over Comstock.

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