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Hiya! <3

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The VALORANT Lore Discord Community had the amazing opportunity to get our questions regarding VALORANT's Lore and Storytelling Philosophy answered by the Creative Director David Nottingham himself!

Here are some highlights from the Q&A!

  • As we know, Brimstone and Viper are labeled as “Agents 1 and 2”
    Here Nottingham suggests the two of them are not alone in being “founders” Most notably, he states they withhold information regarding the central conflict from the other Agents.

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  • We also discussed Radiants, and the dynamics of their powers.
    Nottingham explains that there are indeed weaker and more powerful Radiants, but the VALORANT Protocol exemplifies the strongest of the bunch. He also explains the circumstances in which an individual can achieve Radiance.

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  • He also provided some context to Reyna’s issues with non-Radiants. Stating, “Not everyone feels the way she does.” Recall my post from launch regarding the Radiant Conflict and Reyna

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  • Someone also asked if it were possible for an Agent to die canonically:

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  • "What happened to Omen?"

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  • Finally, he left us with some of the design philosophy they have when it comes to implementing storytelling into a game that is primarily a competitive shooter.

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Those were the highlights! More was said, so check our the lore-and-theories channel if you'd like to see the full Q&A!

We are super duper thankful for the opportunity to chat with David Nottingham! We can't wait to see what he and the team has in store for us in the fast-approaching year!

If you're interested in VALORANT's world and characters, do consider joining the Community Discord Server!

Not a fan of Discord? We also have a Twitter page!

Thanks for your interest and time!

-Cynprel/ u/BloodyThumbtack

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Originally posted by Boogeeb

Omen is also trying to figure out what happened to Omen

There we have it, definitive proof that omen is indeed a squid

you mean octopus right?