E8 Cinematic Teasers!

[subtle sleet]

IT'S LORE TIME AT LAST
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d8xmylUTu0I

[valid ermine]

This answers a question stuck in my mind on whether or not Iso did come clean that he was supposed to kill omen or not

[dense oriole]

Yep

This does clear up his allegiance

[subtle sleet]

#lore-and-theories message
Excellent point by Sabot

[devout perch]

Oh MY GOD OH MY GOD OH MY GOD HO MY GOD

Sry I am exited

[dense oriole]

So we can say he joined the VP initially to kill Omen, but changed his mind after interacting with the team

The vibes saved Omen

[little rover]

they're twinning your honor

[analog island]

OMG

[noble crystal]

So Iso child soldier is kinda true now?

[sweet shale]

CANT WAITTT

[dense oriole]

I think so

Or more like child assassin

Like Shang Chi

[noble crystal]

Also what did Iso think like

[little rover]

i was just about to say

[short sand]

what the fU-

[noble crystal]

Randomly killing omen

That would just allert the agents, they would beat the shit out of him and sage would bring omen back idk

[analog island]

I've been waiting for more lore

[short sand]

then sage brings iso back to kill him again

[subtle sleet]

So, Cypher was standing there, watching as Iso grappled with his decision
I know he can read people well, but how was he that confident that Iso would choose peace?

[steep shoal]

Lmao

[little rover]

imagine them curbstomping the shit out of iso

[noble crystal]

You see, if Iso killed omen they would just beat the shit out of him and bring omen back no problem

[dense oriole]

Given how Omen's physical body reacted to Sage shooting him in UNITED, I think Cypher knows normal bullets can't kill Omen

[little rover]

also is this the first instance of BuildTheWorld being connected to lore directly?

[short sand]

im late with the lore tho

[noble crystal]

https://tenor.com/view/jojos-bizarre-adventure-milton-jojo-kicking-fight-gif-16647809

[short sand]

from waht i get on ISO

[dense oriole]

YEP THIS

[short sand]

dude wants to kill every single person involved in a certain project

yes?

[little rover]

Fade in the corner: "lmao skill issue"

[dense oriole]

Yes to an extent

[subtle sleet]

I believe so

[subtle sleet]

Eh not quite

[analog island]

I feel like he is contracted to do that

[subtle sleet]

He's just a hitman doing what his handler asks of him

Or, at least, was

[noble crystal]

This episode should have Fade as Omens emotional support lesbian

[short sand]

the trailer sounded like that was the job tho

[subtle sleet]

Doesn't seem like he'll be working for/with them much longer

[steep shoal]

Thats the thing im convinced he had some communication with them before this. Like, why would cypher act so chill seing some random dude put a gun to omrns hed. Also i can only image val hq being decently secure. I have a hard time believing iso just walked in

[short sand]

not jut a hitman

....ffs this is just Pyke from LoL

[analog island]

PFTT

[dense oriole]

#1191744601829167206 message

[short sand]

pyke's lore (sorta) + BRAZIL's Morde = Iso

[steep shoal]

Hmmm

[short sand]

[valid ermine]

Guys... please dont send unrelated gifs in forums. this section is supposed to be on topic

[steep shoal]

THERE

[short sand]

the topic is that Iso sounds like another character I know

[dense oriole]

The help being "shield me from Hourglass"?

[amber kindle]

okay but not in threads please 😌

[short sand]

welp

[subtle sleet]

Walked in? He was formally recruited
He's been with the VP for some time now, and Cypher has found him quite sus for a while
Which is why I'm confused as to why Cypher was so confident

[short sand]

next cinematic: Iso x Omen beating up bad guys together

[little rover]

could be, who else would get Iso spooked?

[steep shoal]

Ohh heck i missed that

[analog island]

Fuck ye

[dense oriole]

True

[subtle sleet]

https://kingdomarchives.com/ has you covered

[steep shoal]

Ty!

[subtle sleet]

Check out all the Voicemails and Emails from the past ~4 patches

[steep shoal]

Will do

[short sand]

roger roger

[steep shoal]

Forgot i’ve bern out of the val loop for like two months

[subtle sleet]

Don't blame you tbh
There hasn't been much going on that's worth being invested in

[neat heath]

Cypher is so hot anyway that’s my contribution

[valid ermine]

My current read of the teaser is not that Iso actually pointed a gun to Omen's head, I think this represents the dilemma in Iso's mind about choosing the VP over Hourglass or vice versa and settles that Iso did choose the VP. I think his last voicemail to Brimstone also was building up to show us that he made up his mind in being loyal to the VP

[subtle sleet]

I feel like there is some timeline fuckups going on here

Kinda like what we had with Gekko

Teasers don't align chronologically with where we are with the Emails/Voicemails

[dense oriole]

Ye

[little rover]

I am also working on the basis that this is prior to Iso's official recruitment and interactions with the agents that we see in game. So at his current state of mind, working from the perspective of someone getting into an org to finish a job: To Iso at that point in time, Valorant and Hourglass are two formidable organizations, but Valorant has Iso conviced that they actually do it for the good of their universe, and that trumps over Hourglass's overall objective

[wraith prawn]

Hello

[subtle sleet]

Anyway imma go afk for half an hour I want to go through the whole thing frame-by-frame before I talk more

[dense oriole]

Ello

[subtle sleet]

See y'all

[dense oriole]

Later

[subtle sleet]

Greetings!

[wraith prawn]

So what secrets do you think they'll show for omen

[dense oriole]

It's on Youtube btw @subtle sleet

[steep shoal]

Ohhhhhh now it all makes more sense lol

[valid ermine]

What I am thinking is that the teaser might also not be literal. See how Omen is steady in trimming the Bonsai? That is showing he is at that point in a stable mindset. I want to know if his control be shaken after seeing what Iso shows him or not.

[subtle sleet]

Ik
That's what I'm watching

[dense oriole]

His past for starters

[dense oriole]

Not another Chamber trailer again

[wraith prawn]

I think they might also go into how his kit works

[valid ermine]

not exactly as metaphorical as chamber's trailer but also not as literal as we see maybe

just a guess

[little rover]

ya might be cooking Strawbs

[dense oriole]

Well we already he physically rips himself apart when he tps

[steep shoal]

Yeah the ”shrouded step” at the top of the kill order thing is interesting to me

[dense oriole]

Do cook Strawbs

[steep shoal]

Especially with what looked like a bunch of folders underneath

[dense oriole]

Prolly just his first ability

[subtle sleet]

#media message
So this tweet got deleted

[steep shoal]

Yeah i guess

[little rover]

it's probably Omen's greatest asset according to Hourglass, since they contracted Omen for assassinations before

[valid ermine]

it is also interesting that hourglass knows exactly what abilities Omen have

[subtle sleet]

It probably wasn't meant to be posted at all, since only VALORANTsa sent it out

[wraith prawn]

Oh yeah

[dense oriole]

Yep now that I think about it, it was sent early definitely

[dense oriole]

True

[valid ermine]

speak of the devil best beast
https://vxtwitter.com/VALORANT/status/1742191515097813117

[subtle sleet]

Oh lol

[little rover]

lmao

[thick jackal]

description has #DEFIANCE in it

could be episode 8s name

or the cinematic name

or both

[dense oriole]

Nah episode names end in "tion"

[visual anvil]

Say, if Hourglass were erasing people linked with Landall...
And Omen was linked to Landfall...
Does that mean Viper also had some link to the project and could have been a possible target?
Considering she used to (still does or something?) work for Kingdom and she had something to do with whatever happened to Omen

[thick jackal]

oh yeah so it's probably just the cinematic name

unless they're breaking the formula

[valid ermine]

afaik Viper no longer works for Kingdom; I would say Viper's research did help in project landfall one way or another, we do hear about Dr.Sabine Callas' files being limited access in an announcement in Sunset.
one of my guesses were that Viper was supposed to be Omen's target (if his experiment went successfully) but Omen got destroyed and that never happened

[little rover]

I mean Viper's old "legacy project" sounds like it is still heavily classified by Kingdom from the Sunset announcements

[little rover]

so is it safe then to assume that if Viper, Omen, Kingdom and Hourglass were all involved in a messy tango back then, then Viper and Omen are partied to possibly a collaboration between Hourglass and Kingdom?

[valid ermine]

THAT I am not sure of... I don't know if Viper knew about hourglass at all

[little rover]

hmm imma hold my tongue cus BP territory, but this is a rabbit hole i'm more than willing to burrow deeper

[little rover]

but yeah, Viper being partied to it does not necessarily mean that she knew about Hourglass, just that there was a collaboration between Kingdom and a third party

[visual anvil]

Also, this is assuming Hourglass are just your run of the mill mysterious underground assassination guild and not something more... specific

[little rover]

coughcough they could be the org that evolved from the same group than ran Alpha's Lotus with Astral Guardians' insight coughcough

[dense oriole]

Let's put it this way
ASSUMING Omen did come from Hourglass, is an assassin and is targeting Viper;

1. Omen allowing himself to be experimented is prolly a way to get closer to Viper, much like how Iso joined VP to get closer to Omen
2. This explains the names/aliases in Omen's dossier, being linked to him faking identities for assassinations
3. This also explains Hourglass having a file on Omen, and Omen having recollection of the symbol

[valid ermine]

Omen's experiment was not a one and done thing btw imo. Viper has this voiceline " One more time Omen; how many time have you heard that now?"

[dense oriole]

Further thinking on 2, does this mean Fade has info on Omen's past?

[little rover]

sounds logical enough, since Viper didn't seem to have any insight about this part of Omen's past, despite being ardent on shielding it from him

[marsh mesa]

hey friends!!

[dense oriole]

Ye constant repeats

[marsh mesa]

finally new omen lore im so excited !!!!

[dense oriole]

Aye

[valid ermine]

hi, yeah after more than 3 years it is high time 😄

[visual anvil]

or the Hourglass is an organisation that is seeking to limit or maybe even remove Radianite influence on society by removing prominent members

[dense oriole]

Yeah I don't think Viper knew

[little rover]

Anti-Kingdom go brr

[valid ermine]

tbh imo hourglass are currently the top candidate for the ones who destroyed Alpha Lotus

[visual anvil]

Why so?

[little rover]

yeah i have a theory in the kitchen that involves these people and Alpha Nexus

but a key event is missing

[visual anvil]

Along those anti-radiance lines or something else?

[valid ermine]

I am honestly thinking they might be also who greaves actually worked for

[little rover]

wait ...

hold on

[valid ermine]

The reason, involves hourglass having fought REALM before and the map Drift

gimme a sec I need to go afk for a bit, I'll be back and write on it more

[visual anvil]

That would make sense, having a mole in an organisation that might deal with ancient Radianite artifacts

[valid ermine]

and not just any artifact. THE artifact that was the key to Lotus

[little rover]

the artifact that Greaves was supposed to wrestle from Harbor is directly linked to the Nexus, that would validate some aspects of Hourglass, since they are interested in dimensional research afaik

[valid ermine]

I'll brb a bit and cook a little when I'm back

[little rover]

i need to stop using discord on my phone cus the app was not scrolling and when i finished typing it just looks like i'm saying the same shit as strawb

[visual anvil]

If they had an interest in the Nexus and dimensions, why would they destroy it before they realise that the key they need is now out of their reach?

[fossil spruce]

wait where did we get this from?

[visual anvil]

Or did they not know a key existed and simply decided it was safer to leave the tech, such as it is, buried, so to speak

[dense oriole]

Strawbs' theory, she needs time to cook for this one

[fossil spruce]

I didn't know there was any correlation between REALM and hourglass

[little rover]

could just be that the people who theoretically wrecked Alpha Nexus was their predecessors

[valid ermine]

Omen's voiceline to Harbor and The outfits of some of the people we see in Iso's trailer ( have a thread on this)

[visual anvil]

It's a theory for now

[fossil spruce]

oh ok I must have missed that, I'll read it now

[valid ermine]

brb fr now

[fossil spruce]

ty

[little rover]

we wait for dinner

[visual anvil]

So while we're waiting for that...
What do we think the cinematic will be about?

Maybe something along the lines of Iso pulling Hourglass out of the shadows ?

[amber kindle]

the raid on hourglass

[little rover]

Iso good guy arc ig, feeding info to Cypher and whoever that's gonna be fielding the mission on Hourglass

[visual anvil]

Also, can we talk about how willing Cypher is to let people possibly run amok within VALORANT? First Fade, and now Iso.

[little rover]

bro died too many times he stopped giving a shit

[visual anvil]

One day, he's going to let someone walk who caused more trouble than they eventually become worth

[dense oriole]

And Chamber

[visual anvil]

Oh yeah, he has to have some knowledge about that too doesn't he...

[dense oriole]

Yerp

[fossil spruce]

Did he let Fade run amok? I felt like he led the charge in tracking Fade down

[dense oriole]

I think he meant allowing people with questionable loyalty to VP to join

Suspicious pasts and questionable allegiances

[visual anvil]

Yeah, but then one interrogation later (during which he absolutely could have been compromised after being in contact with someone who can mess with your mind) he recommends her for the VP without a second thought.

[visual anvil]

+1

[fossil spruce]

ohh I see

I'm wondering why Hourglass is specifically interested in Shrouded Step

[visual anvil]

There was a scroll bar, it was the first ability in his list

[dense oriole]

Wait a sec you might be right

[fossil spruce]

oh true

[dense oriole]

Why would they break the pattern tho

Like

[visual anvil]

It's probably the cinematic name

[dense oriole]

Hopefully

[visual anvil]

If we're not willing to believe they'll stray away from the episode naming convention

Plus the name would fit, a cinematic where Iso goes against his former, possibly overbearing, employer

Oh no, NVM...

[dense oriole]

I seriously hope not

[visual anvil]

Mike had confirmed EP8 is called DEFIANCE

[dense oriole]

I still haven’t recovered from Gekko’s theme text not using the uniform font the other agents used

[visual anvil]

So much for consistency

[dense oriole]

Ye that’s why I said it in the first place

[cerulean arrow]

whoops i’m a little late but i just read everything here and i have a quick question! i’m a little behind on the valo lore rn, so what exactly is hourglass? i honestly know very little about iso haha 😭 i got kinda the gist from reading everything here but does anyone have like a video or thread i can reference?

[cerulean arrow]

also i find this soooo fascinating! he seems to like to just let things play out. i’m really interested to see that one day his plan doesn’t work out and someone gets hurt! but i guess it makes sense. valorant needs dangerous people to work with. where better to find dangerous people than those who have proved themselves against them?

[visual anvil]

The Hourglass is a mysterious organisation with as of yet unknown objectives. They were the people Iso used to kill for and their insignia is on the final card of Iso's contract track. Hourglass tasked Iso with killing people linked with a Kingdom project known as "Landfall" (stuff in relation to Deadlock and the greater lore of the universe is being passed over here) and it just so happens that Omen is on that list. However, since joining VALORANT, Iso has started to fray away from the Hourglass and now seems to be poised to fully align himself with VALORANT and pull the Hourglass out of the shadows.

Sorry for the long post 😛

[subtle sleet]

'Hourglass' is just the name we've given to the organization that Iso works (worked) for

Since their logo is an hourglass, and we lack a better one

[visual anvil]

But that's all I got, please fact check

[subtle sleet]

All good

[subtle sleet]

Aight now time for this

Firstly, a map of the place

Behold my skill

The point being that the two shots we got staring down the hallway were in different directions
Cypher didn't teleport into there, he was always standing there

Just the other way

[cerulean arrow]

ohh okay, thanks! don’t apologize for the long post, i appreciate it ^^

[foggy imp]

Thank you for this

[cerulean arrow]

also everything i’ve seen discussed in this thread hasn’t mentioned omen that much? because i feel like omen totally knew 100% that iso was there. i think that’s pretty obvious by the way he stops when iso is abt to pull the trigger. either omen intuited by himself what was going to happen, or cypher gave him a warning and told him he’d keep an eye on iso. either way, i think omen knew cypher would take care of it and trusted him, no? if not he probably just planned on dodging the bullet or some cool omen thing? idk just was thinking abt that

[midnight tusk]

Now was bro guarding omen?

[subtle sleet]

Which carries into, secondly:
I find it very weird that Iso was willing to just stand there with his gun held out for so long. This isn't some random kid, he is an experienced and deadly assassin who knows what he's doing* (remind me to touch on the * later)
It is extremely unprofessional of him to be caught red-handed like that
Even more so because Cypher was standing there all this time, watching Iso. He saw him pull out the sheriff and point it at Omen. The fact that Iso was willing to risk that while another hostile agent was within sight (that, or he didn't even notice Cypher standing there at all) is beyond me

Which makes me want to go with Strawbs' theory that a part of the teaser was, in fact, just something in his head

Him picturing what it would be like if he pulled out his gun and shot Omen

[cerulean arrow]

ohhh that’s an interesting theory!

[dense oriole]

This

[fossil spruce]

Did anyone notice Iso's eyes flicking back and forth at 0:21 - 0:22? I'm kinda perplexed as to why they would be doing that

[midnight tusk]

the sound of him putting the phone on the table is pretty close to the sheriff gunshot noise if I'm not tripping so I also agree

[cerulean arrow]

honestly though i’d be inclined to think he never saw cypher until after. i think it’s still unprofessional but it shows his changing alliance, and that inner turmoil of who he’s siding with now. but because of it being kind of a heavy decision, i’d say he was kinda locked into his own world and likely didn’t notice cypher, professional killer or not

[fossil spruce]

Also using a loud ass Sheriff of all guns in such a secure facility full of some of the strongest individuals on the planet. He would have little to no chance of surviving if he went through with the plan

[subtle sleet]

Yeah I was going to discuss that next
It definitely was a sheriff gunshot that was heard at the end, not him banging a phone onto a table

Also note that he fully pulled the trigger back

Idk how revolvers work but I'm pretty sure once you pull the thing that makes the bullet go out, you can't stop the bullet from going out

[midnight tusk]

Yeah! My first thought for the weird parallel is that omega iso made a different choice

but like

[visual anvil]

The trauma of his killing catching up with him in a moment where it is not life or death? His target is unarmed and seemingly unaware, so he's free to process the other aspects of what he's doing, unlike the other cases where he'll be fighting to stay alive as well

[midnight tusk]

omen can't die and be removed from the roster 🗿

[subtle sleet]

Another thing
At 0:34, Omen's response to the 'gunshot' is nothing like how you would respond to a loud noise right next to you
He doesn't jerk away and brace himself/look to the source of the sound, he just calmly pulls the scissors back

Much more like how you would react if, say, a person you know well just walked into your room

[visual anvil]

InB4 Omen realises one of his bonsais have a lot less leaves and there's a bullet hole on the wall on the other side.

[subtle sleet]

Continuing

[fossil spruce]

Hmm after thinking on it, my interpretation was that he's trying to construct an image of all the surroundings, based on the fact that he has his signature hexagon shapes in his pupils and Sage literally referring to him as an "architect"

[subtle sleet]

Look at the branch at the top here

look at it very well

Now look at this

See any similarities?

[visual anvil]

Or it could just be a thought experiment again...

[subtle sleet]

In the structure of the leaves, and the peculiar shape of the branch?

It's nearly the exact same

[visual anvil]

So he's making a headspace to see his options?

[fossil spruce]

Yeah kind of

[abstract goblet]

new agent could be a bounty hunter or contract killer

[valid ermine]

Am bacc... I still think not everything we saw happened exactly and part of it was Iso's descision making

[subtle sleet]

Oop had to go somewhere

[abstract goblet]

put a hit on omen

[subtle sleet]

Anyway, it's the same fucking branch guys

This gives us a definite chronology

[visual anvil]

As in mental decision making?

[abstract goblet]

or devs got tired and coppied the same branch 😩

[subtle sleet]

We already established that the loud bang at that frame was certainly a sheriff shot (which may or may not have been in Iso's head) and not him banging the phone on the table

[valid ermine]

as in it represents the dilemma Iso is in

[visual anvil]

Cuz, yeah that does seem to be becoming an integral part of our interpretations

[fossil spruce]

Also based on the other bonsais in the room, I would think that this table is mainly used by Omen for bonsai trimming. So then what is the source of these scratches on the table?

they're not dry leaves right?

[valid ermine]

sorry how are you sure?

[subtle sleet]

This further tells us that there was a significant time skip between Omen first hearing Iso and Iso putting the whone down

[abstract goblet]

gekko fooled around too much in omens space

scratched the desk

[valid ermine]

I don't think that sound is a gunshot

[visual anvil]

Him scraping or scratching the table in momentary fits, if he has them?

[subtle sleet]

This, mostly

[subtle sleet]

Really?

[visual anvil]

It's pretty close

I think it may have been for effect though

[valid ermine]

I think it is a sound effect not an actual gunshot

[visual anvil]

Like we ponder for the second "wait did he actually do it"

[subtle sleet]

https://www.voicy.network/sounds/0wrdNs_Q9EeAycuL-yox1Q-valorant-weapon-sherrif
Check this random not-shady-at-all website I found which has the sound effect

[subtle sleet]

Yeah, that's what I meant, mb
It's meant to be a gunshot, not a phone bang

[valid ermine]

I think the sound is meant to be similar but not a gunshot yes

[subtle sleet]

And whether he actually shot the gun or if it was just in his head is up to debate

[valid ermine]

Also, Omen is incredibly observant. We know this because he was the only one picking up on Maxbot being sus. I feel like he would not be this oblivious to Iso just standing there with his gun out

[visual anvil]

Once again, InB4 Omen realises one of his bonsais has a lot less leaves and branches and there's a bullet hole on the wall on the other side.

[subtle sleet]

Hmm
They do look similar

But they also are distinct

[valid ermine]

my apologies, why are we focusing on the bonsai leaves? for chronology?

[fossil spruce]

The only noticeable difference to me is the initial couple moments, I think it's the sound of the bullet leaving the barrel?

[abstract goblet]

yall cypher aint holdin a trip pretty sure thats a coin. hes flipping it around his fingers as if it werre atrip but it doiesnt have the texture on it which means he could have completed the bounty on say Earth 2 Omen rather than Earth 1 Omen.

[midnight tusk]

I do agree that the leaf pattern on the branches lines up and they definitely frame it in the final shot like it could be important but I also want to toss out there that they've copy/pasted the models of the final branches on the table, probably to save time

[subtle sleet]

Yeah I absolutely agree strawbs

[abstract goblet]

its too thin to be e trip

[midnight tusk]

in the bottom right you can see they're both the same but scaled

so it could be an animator trying to save time

[valid ermine]

Cypher has a coin with his logo on it. We can see him play with it in Warm Up Cinematic too

[abstract goblet]

ttffff

adang missed that

[subtle sleet]

Ok fuck then I take it back

[valid ermine]

I'm not Salty fjkdhfksdjlfsdhfksdjfl

[subtle sleet]

fuck

[valid ermine]

[midnight tusk]

I don't think it invalidates it fully. like also to the point of your theory we do see an empty table and then when he slams the phone down there are multiple branches on it

[fossil spruce]

Or (this is pure speculation) it's Iso's personal recreation of the space, and he didn't get enough detail to distinguish between branches

[midnight tusk]

but it's also unclear if that's deliberate or animators saving time

[valid ermine]

also that lol

[subtle sleet]

Both your names start with S and my brain isn't functioning well enough to tell the difference

[valid ermine]

A kinda wild guess here is that we might be introduced to a map in the end of the cinematic

[visual anvil]

I kinda doubt it, we have a gun and an agent already on the horizon with the agent being teased in the BP. Would they tease a map alongside all this as well?

[valid ermine]

Well you see I am taking Drift as the map tease

[visual anvil]

Oh, yeah that I can agree with

[valid ermine]

As for Why I thought Greaves might be working for hourglass

and just how the heck hourglass connects to REALM, We have two points of connection to the hourglass with Iso and Omen. I have covered it a bit in this thread for Iso :
https://vxtwitter.com/Strawberry79/status/1715106638770675860
And Also here for Omen
https://vxtwitter.com/Strawberry79/status/1708520537591267732

Both Iso and Omen have worked for hourglass before, both men have had encounters with Realm one way or another. the question is why? And what would stop an organization like this to actually try and infilterate REALM instead of you know, fighting it.

they have had two chances of getting their hands on an artifact with Yoru's mask while it was in Kingdom possession (no idea if they knew or not) and Harbor's Bracelet and they missed on both of those fortunately.

[eager estuary]

wahooooo

[valid ermine]

Considering two of the three astral guardian artifacts were in Asia, and the Nexus is also located in Asia and hourglass also seem to be an asia based org with our current info I think it is not too far fetched of a guess to think hourglass could have had messed with Alpha Lotus (which I had also mentioned in this thread: https://twitter.com/Strawberry79/status/1735744080108458202)

[sonic estuary]

ISO's plan to assassinate omen was to help omen get his memories back, omen would be emotionally out of control for a short period of time due to recovering his memories like Viper said, and then he would be completely torn apart, after all, he needed to stay focused to maintain stability. The perfect assassination plan.

[eager estuary]

my contribution is that

Iso gets manicures and omen has a green house

shiny and many plants

Many bonsai plants

[cerulean arrow]

DIDNT EVEN NOTICE THE ROOM WITH A TON OF OTHER PLANTS i love that

[little rover]

hoping praying that Omen is revealed to have a Viet origin 🙏

[eager estuary]

THAT WOULD BE SO COOL

[valid ermine]

screaming because I just actually fully got just how WIDE you drew Iso

leaving this here just in case:
threado
https://vxtwitter.com/Strawberry79/status/1742345797755109845

[amber kindle]

wideso

[little rover]

oh my good lord that is no longer "Wideso" that is "Girthso"

[dense oriole]

Cmon guys he's not Wideso or Girthso, he is canonically that W I D E
He's just Iso

[subtle sleet]

Iso the W i d e

[foggy imp]

I can't wait for the cinematic poster guys

[visual anvil]

People say the jacket adds to his figure, but only a few were lucky enough to have the truth shared with them

[foggy imp]

almost 24h since the last teaser.....

[subtle sleet]

Hopium for something in 9 minutes

[devout perch]

and is there something?

[foggy imp]

Lotus changes

[devout perch]

bruh

[jagged parrot]

Is no one going to talk about how "Primary Target" implies there are other targets?

[crisp spade]

i mean he did have other targets

like the scientists

[jagged parrot]

The scientists were a different job though.

If this was a hit assignment, "Primary Target" implies he needs to kill Omen, but he may also be assigned to kill everyone else in the VP.

(killing everyone else in the VP is an example, it could very well be a non-lethal goal like steal info, idk)

[amber kindle]

https://fxtwitter.com/VALORANT/status/1742939182589186301?s=20

[subtle sleet]

LORE

[grim notch]

I feel like since launch (E1 perhaps), Omen has never understood who they were

[subtle sleet]

So uh
Why tf is he saying that now
He's had info on Omen since forever

[grim notch]

Perhaps Cypher has only imformation on the Omega Omen...

[subtle sleet]

https://kingdomarchives.com/search?agent=Cypher&search=share&id=1809

[tepid mountain]

would cypher be one to lie?

[subtle sleet]

He had info and didn't give it to Omen because... Omen couldn't pay his 'price'

but now he's giving some info freely

[tepid mountain]

or maybe he meant he has the means to get the info

[subtle sleet]

but the context implies that it's not the same data

Anyway

https://media.discordapp.net/attachments/700802526848614471/956418282389385216/valorant_lore_economy.gif

[tepid mountain]

what if something happened and omen could pay the price now?

[little rover]

Oh he served, ate and cleaned them dishes

[eager estuary]

or maybe omen paid it

[amber kindle]

is this canon

[thick jackal]

omen inherits 2 million dollars and can now pay cypher

[eager estuary]

what

[little rover]

That teaser needs Partition from Beyonce blasting in the backgroud

[subtle sleet]

On a serious note though he has no right to be this hot

[eager estuary]

real

agreed

[tepid mountain]

whats in the background tho

[eager estuary]

the swag

[tepid mountain]

it looks like a ruin

[noble crystal]

isnt it bind

[little rover]

No sound like all teasers are ig

[subtle sleet]

It is bind? Maybe Hookah?

[tepid mountain]

i don't think any part of bind has that floor

or maybe im washed

[eager estuary]

looks like a house in the city where bind is

[tepid mountain]

yeah maybe

[subtle sleet]

In fairness the way a map looks in cinematics ins't 100% faithful to the game

For example, retake

[tepid mountain]

oh

true

[little rover]

Yep it's bind-inspired at least, looks like it belongs in a bazaar

[eager estuary]

because this looks like a mirror to me

[tepid mountain]

i see what you mean but it could also just be a doorway

[eager estuary]

or that

but it doesn't look like bind map at least

[tepid mountain]

wait theres a spectre on the floor why doesn't he pick it up :(

[little rover]

He don't shoot he slays

[eager estuary]

immediately cocks his hip when he sees the enemy

[tepid mountain]

mb he don't need no fancy gun

[eager estuary]

I hope if we get any decent cypher content in the BP it's not behind a paywall

[midnight tusk]

that's a terrible flank trip 😔

[tepid mountain]

who says its a flank trip

[midnight tusk]

valid and real

[dense oriole]

And we don’t even know if Cypher’s trips work like they do in game

[midnight tusk]

they murder him in every cinematic to avoid having to animate it /j

[valid ermine]

THANK YOU

[valid ermine]

I made a smol thread for the Cypher teaser but I held up for the one with Omen and Outlaw because I am STILL THINKING ABOUT IT

Omen standing in front of closet number 8 which contains many outlaws and holding an outlaw himself, while having the animation that indicates he's trying to sense something... WHAT IS HAPPENING?

not to mention just the name of the hecking weapon itself... is agent 8 an outlaw? what did they do?

[still schooner]

valorant lore is just a whole freaking drama show at this point

the chaos never ends

the constant cliffhangers

[silk junco]

Real

[valid ermine]

https://vxtwitter.com/VALORANT/status/1743301655666258193

[valid ermine]

leaving the threado here as well for topic
https://vxtwitter.com/Strawberry79/status/1743310888113676327

[proud cipher]

sova mentioned lets go

[late smelt]

cypher and his boyfriends !!!!!

[eager estuary]

omen being tall because he's a wraith and Sova being tall because ... well jesus no complaints

[silk junco]

!!!!!!

[valid ermine]

I love that this artwork does stick to canon heights... I am assuming Sova, Omen and Chamber are all the same height basically

[little rover]

Cypher our short king