Hailed as the Prophet, Zachary Hale Comstock is the leader of the flying city of Columbia, and the primary antagonist of Bioshock Infinite. Once a man driven by fear and guilt, these emotions have twisted him into a religious and jingoistic maniac. Representing everything wrong with America during the Gilded Age, Comstock and his city believe that they are above all other forms of life, and are obsessed with "cleansing" the world of these lesser races. Comstock's player also plays such characters as the Uber Ethereal and Parsee Mizuhashi, and is the first to pick up Comstock.