Skye is the 14th Agent to join the VALORANT Protocol. Hailing from Australia, she uses her Radianite powers to animate trinket beasts and heal others.
Hailing from Australia, Skye and her band of beasts trail-blaze the way through hostile territory. With her creations hampering the enemy, and her power to heal others, the team is strongest and safest by Skye’s side.
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Lore[]
She uses her Radiant powers to animate wooden figures which she calls her pack. The pack is her company, as she usually works alone. It consists of the wooden trinkets or totems as referred to in the game files: a hawk (more specifically, a brown goshawk), a Tasmanian tiger, and three creatures similar to jellyfishes. She also has a totem for her healing ability in the shape of four plants. Skye has tried to create more complex animated animals, such as a dragon, which didn't turn out well.
Skye has a strong connection with plants and animals demonstrated through her trinkets and the drawings on her suit. This has earned her the title of eco-warrior and shaped her antagonistic view towards the Kingdom Corporation and their invasion of natural spaces.
Skye joined the VALORANT PROTOCOL after Sage invites her in. A Rift had appeared in the forest outside an unknown Kingdom facility in Australia. Skye told Sage that she plans to stay and protect her land, but after she realizes that many more of such Rifts were opening up all over the world, she accepted Sage's offer to become part of the VALORANT PROTOCOL[3]. All this happens after the events of the DUALITY Cinematic[4] (for more on the events that lead up to her recruitment, see Skye's Agent trailer).
Skye's powers comprise weaving life into things through the power of her will, not through any special trait in her totems. The totems are simply inanimate wood carvings, which she uses to better focus her power[5]. It is implied that Skye has not reached her full potential yet. Several Agents, such as Omen and KAY/O, comment on this.
Skye has been a key agent when it comes to on the ground tracking missions. Prior to Harbor's recruitment, she was sent along with Omen to India for these reasons, entrusted with tracking and reporting on his encounters with REALM operatives. She can also maneuver different terrains with expertise and read the environment well; evidenced by how she left Brimstone a detailed report of the environmental clues about Harbor and REALM's encounter in Sundarbans Mangroves. She later even managed to retrieve Harbor's bike after he was recruited.
Despite her smaller stature Skye also exhibits considerable stealth and strong combat ability, which she showcased again when she was selected to go on the mission to the City of Flowers with Astra and Harbor; as the ATLAS forces managed to catch up to the trio when they got closer to the lost city, Skye stayed back to fight off ATLAS and buy time for Harbor and Astra to make their way to the gates of the city. In the fight that ensued, Skye managed to eliminate more than dozen ATLAS soldiers with speed and efficiency before shaking them off her trail. She later left a report of the fight for Brimstone too.
Dossier[]
The blackmailer released a dossier about Skye in Patch 4.04:
The Blackmailer begins by describing Skye's achievements before she joined the PROTOCOL. Apparently, Skye had a long history of performing Anti-Kingdom acts, particularly in the NSW Region of Australia (NSW, or New South Wales, is the state in which Skye's hometown (Nimbin) is located).
The Blackmailer calls her the 'Great Reclaimer', suggesting her role as someone fighting to protect nature. This is also what her playercard of the same name refers to.
They pry at Skye, using the contrast between Skye's earlier actions and her current situation, describing how she no longer continues her vital role protecting the wilds. Her absence, the Blackmailer suggests, is disastrous.
They go even further, comparing the VALORANT PROTOCOL to Kingdom, talking on how both are 'corporate machines' with their own agendas; on how Skye, after fighting against Kingdom for years, now bows before the PROTOCOL like a pet.
Appearance[]
The prevalent color in Skye's outfit is green, including the hairband she uses to tie her braid. She wears a collar with two metallic leaves, another frequent imagery in her clothes. In her right hand glove and on her back there is a code, 161211420, which translates (through a simple A1Z26 Cipher) to Plant.
Numeric code
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English
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161211420
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p(16) l(12) a(1) n(14) t(20)
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While her left arm is covered up, her right arm is filled with large scars with uncertain origin. They could be the result of her animated animals resting on her arm, scratching it in the process, or they could have originated from various fights. Her pants feature a more dull brown.
Similar to her style, her summons also have a green theme, punctuated with orange streaks and some brown. They also all have glowing green eyes.
Relationships[]
Skye respects Brimstone and accepts him as a leader, although at times she jokes about his age. Despite the respect she has for the founder of VALORANT, she is not afraid to call him out for his view on Kingdom, evidenced by a voicemail she left for him[6], voicing out her frustration of Brimstone letting Kingdom get away with stuff scott free, while also acknowledging and understanding his past with the massive corporation.
Skye feels Viper's poison is greatly harmful, not only to the Agents but also to the environment. She is thus greatly aggravated by how Viper carelessly dumps all of her poison into the air. Viper is one of the Agents that believes Skye is yet to reach her full potential. Viper is encouraging towards Skye, and trusting in her ability to guide the team.
Omen is one of the Agents who believes Skye is yet to reach her full potential. Indeed, he is likely to have the best understanding of her true potential among all the Agents. Omen has great respect for Skye, referring to her as "the lifeweaver" and "Nature's Wrath". Skye, in turn, has a generally amiable attitude towards Omen.
Her relationship with Killjoy follows the same trend as with Viper, with a conflict over Skye's organic pack and Killjoy's robotic companions. Skye feels Killjoy's technology is inferior to nature.
Sage was the one who recruited Skye into the PROTOCOL, and appears to have known Skye since before she joined. Both the healers are friendly towards each other. Sage expresses relief to finally have someone else to help shoulder the burden of keeping the team fully healed.
Skye has a great respect for Reyna's power and skill. Reyna is one of the Agents who believes Skye is yet to reach her full potential, and is encouraging towards her to do the same.
Breach and Skye both share a passion for working out, at times hitting the gym together. Skye thinks of Breach as a brutish animal, but in a friendly sense.
Cards[]
The VALORANT Skye card is a generic portrait of Skye.
The Great Reclaimer shows Skye alongside her tiger in front of a Kingdom facility. The name suggests they are there to reclaim the land for nature.
In the Skye ID card is Skye's VALORANT PROTOCOL identification card.
The The Way Forward card gave a first look at Skye's Guiding Light ability.
The Holidaze card shows Skye relaxing in a beach with her summons.
The Snowbirds card shows Skye in a snowball fight, with her summons in the background
This card shows Skye standing on top of Mount Ngungun looking at Australian Glass House Mountains
Voicelines[]
Find all of Skye's voicelines here
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Trailbazer teaser
On September 10th 2020 the What’s New in VALORANT Act III article showed the first full body art for Skye. The name was not revealed yet, but her release date was.
The 7th of October of 2020 @PlayVALORANT tweeted an image of Skye's Tasmanian tiger in an attack stance, the first time her Trailblazer ability was seen. The tweet read:
Who's hunting who?
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A day after the tweet Skye's reveal trailer was published, which offered insight into how she joined the VALORANT PROTOCOL and the Rifts appearing all over the world.
As of October 21st 2020, a week before the Agent was made playable, @playvalorantofficial posted a final teaser showing Skye and the Tasmanian tiger in a forest. The caption of the post read:
The hunt begins...
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Notes[]
- Skye's working name in the files is "Guide".
- The title of eco-warrior is granted by Max Grossman and Miranda O'Hare
- Skye's first name, Kirra, translates to 'leaf' or 'dancing leaf' in the Yugambeh language, spoken by the Aboriginal peoples of the Nimbin area.
- Skye teaches woodworking classes to the other Agents between missions. [7]
- As with every other Agent, Skye has a Spotify playlist:
Sources[]
- Skye's Agent page Go
- Skye's Voicelines Go
- The What’s New in VALORANT Act III article Go
- Trailblazer tease Go
- Final Skye and Trailblazer teaser Go
- Skye trailer Go
- Kotaku's interview to Max Grossman about Skye Go
- TikToks from Miranda O'Hare Go Go
References[]
- ↑ Skye's Hometown - Instagram Story Go
- ↑ Nimbin is Skye's 'place of origin', and likely the location seen in her Agent Trailer Go
- ↑ Skye's Agent Trailer Go
- ↑ Skye was hired after DUALITY - Discord QnA Go
- ↑ ParmCheesy (Writer) talks on Skye's Powers - Discord QnA Go
- ↑ Skye's voicemail for Brimstone (Patch 6.04) - Kingdom Archives Go
- ↑ #BuildTheWorld Tweet from the official VALORANT Twitter