🔻 Map 8 Teasers Explained w/ Cynprel 🔻
Hey Leak Friends,
ValorLeaks has invited me to compile and explain the various teasers for VALORANT's next map!
At a glance:
- Map 8 is likely to be in Lisbon, Portugal 🇵🇹
- It takes place on Ω-Earth
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Teaser 1 // Oct. 2021
The first teaser was delivered in a dev blog post about Fracture's development.
The standout email was this one from Rúben's niece, Aurora. It detailed a Lusophone country with a geo-dome used to avoid a harsh climate on Ω-Earth.
"What the heck is an Omega Earth?"
In a nutshell:
Ω-Earth is the Earth that the attacking-side VALORANT Protocol Agents hail from. VALORANT's primary conflict is the one between the α-VP and the Ω-VP. We refer to it as "The Mirrorverse Conflict"
Teaser 2 // Nov. 2021
In Killjoy's Lab, in the Arcane visual novel, a set of coordinates could be seen on a support beam.
38º 42' 5.4" N 9º 8' 24.19" W
This helped us narrow down the list of Lusophone countries to just Portugal. Landing us in the capital, Lisbon.
Teaser 3 // Jan. 2022
A map of Lisbon was hidden in a couple of scenes from the WARM UP cinematic.
Teaser 4 // The Alpha-Omega Bridge
This isn't so much a single teaser, but rather the progression of the narrative telling us fairly explicitly, that the next map will be on Ω-Earth.
Chamber, undoubtedly with ulterior motives, provided blueprints for a teleporter --
-- that would allow the α VALORANT Protocol to traverse to Ω-Earth for the first time.
Ω-Earth has had access to this technology for a good while longer. You can actually see their cross-Earth teleporters on Fracture!
Teaser 5 // Yellows on Rails
This card, found at the end of the current battlepass, depicts the Eléctrico 27 Tram carrying Rúben and Oran through an underwater tunnel.
There's a ton of lore to unpack here. Avoiding a tangent: These yellow tram cars are famously from Lisbon!
6 // Fade Crosses Over
In this voicemail from Fade, added in 4.09, we get a brief retelling of her scouting mission through the Alpha-Omega teleporter. She explains that she saw a "place of secrets" in the minds of Lisbon's people.
There is a ton more to say about the lore in and around this next map, but Twitter is not the ideal platform for it.
Want to know more? Have questions? Catch me live on Twitch *right now!* Also, stay up to date with VAL Lore by following me: @cynprel ♥️
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