VALORANT Protocol - Deadlock

About the world: In the world of Valorant, Earth is transitioning into a new, unpredictable age following a mysterious event known as The First Light. This event has altered the very fabric of reality, sparking the rise of strange powers and advanced technologies, as well as a rare substance, Radianite, that has the potential to shift the balance of power. Nations, once in control of their destinies, now face the chaos unleashed by this unexplainable force.

The world is now a volatile mix of high-tech urban landscapes and ancient secrets. Cities are no longer just centers of civilization—they are battlegrounds for both human and supernatural forces. In this shifting world, a covert organization known as the VALORANT Protocol has formed to protect what remains of global stability. Their agents are a diverse group, each gifted with unique abilities that stem from their backgrounds, from military operatives to scientists, to those whose powers seem to defy natural law. These individuals are not simply fighters but have deep, personal connections to the events that reshaped the world.

While nations still try to hold onto power, the true struggle lies in the control of Radianite, which holds secrets that could either save or doom the planet. As conflicts erupt across the globe, agents of the VALORANT Protocol work in the shadows, carrying out missions to safeguard critical resources, prevent devastating technologies from falling into the wrong hands, and uncover the true nature of the forces behind The First Light.

In this fractured world, alliances shift, truths are hidden, and the boundaries between science, magic, and war are constantly redrawn. The future is uncertain, but one thing is clear: the agents of Valorant are the last line of defense in a world teetering on the edge of destruction.

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🕶️ VALORANT Protocol (VP) – "The Good GuysTM" (Mostly) Founded by: Brimstone and Viper (duo of tactical boomers) Affiliation: Alpha Earth

The VALORANT Protocol is a covert organization assembled to respond to the threats caused by Radianite and mirror-earth intrusions.

✨ Goals: Stop Omega Earth incursions

Prevent misuse of Radianite

Recruit Radiants (people with powers) and skilled agents to protect the world

🕵️‍♀️ Agents: Each agent is either:

A Radiant: Born with powers (like Phoenix, Jett)

A Tech-enhanced human: With gadgets and Radianite-powered gear (like Killjoy, Cypher)

💼 Structure: HQ is hidden and advanced

They have codenames, uniforms, and a “we-fight-for-the-world” vibe

Some agents are morally gray, sassy, or just hot messes with trauma (lookin’ at you, Chamber 😏)

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🧪 VALORANT Legion – The Mirror Squad 🪞 Affiliation: Omega Earth

The VALORANT Legion is the Omega Earth’s version of the VALORANT Protocol. They're like the evil twin you pretend doesn’t exist on family holidays.

🧨 Main difference? They look identical to the agents of VP—because they are mirror versions.

Omega Earth's goal: Steal Radianite from Alpha Earth

Possibly save their dying planet (or conquer ours... y’know, the usual villain starter pack)

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Event "UNMADE" (Deadlock's backstory): At one point during the VALORANT Protocol's investigations into a Los Angeles-based Kingdom Corporation project called "Landfall", the organization was able to pick up on chatter about a cargo pickup happening in Norway. Viewing this to be something of interest, the Protocol sent Sova to follow the team and track down its destination. Leading him to a specialized facility known as The Vault in the far northern archipelago of Svalbard, Sova arrived to find no activity there, no signs of life, except for a faint beacon activated from within. Entering The Vault, the Russian (Sova) eventually made his way to a containment room to discover the aftermath of an attack, with all the pickup team dead except for one remaining survivor - a blonde-haired woman with one of her arms completely obliterated.

The woman, named Iselin, had been one of three elite hunters from the security force Ståljeger who had been assigned to escort a Project Landfall scientist to The Vault and oversee the extraction and transport of a very special item; a radivore that had mimicked the form of a bear. Her team had also arrived at The Vault to find it empty and with hardly any power left, and on entering Containment they had discovered the radivore had broken out of its enclosure, right before it then attacked them, killing her fellow Ståljeger comrades and the Landfall scientist in quick succession. With one nearby chamber still operational, Iselin was able to lure the radivore into it. As she attempted to confine it within though whilst the chamber powered up, the bear forced its head between the closing doors, biting down onto her left arm and holding it in its jaws. From that bite, substances from the radivore's body entered Iselin's own system, causing her to become disoriented and numb, attempting to yell at the radivore to let go of her, before the sound of a gunshot broke her out of her state of delirium. The scientist, in his final living moment while dying on the ground, had fired a shot at the radivore before collapsing. With the chamber now fully powered up, Iselin activated it to produce a surge of energy that filled the chamber and burst through the gap between the doors, obliterating both the radivore and the arm trapped in its jaws. The ordeal now over, Iselin slowly made her way over the the body of the fallen scientist to mourn his passing, before picking up a dropped beacon nearby and activating it moments before finally collapsing.

After being rescued by Sova, Iselin was taken back to VALORANT HQ, where she received a new prosthetic replacement for her missing arm, and has since joined the organization as its twenty-third agent, "Deadlock". Though grateful for the Protocol's investment, her recent experience has caused her to be bitter towards Gekko's critters, who themselves are also radivores previously held by Kingdom. To her, they and the rest of Landfall's creations aren't friendly companions but creatures with dangerous potential. Now the second agent associated in some way with Landfall to be recruited into VALORANT, interest in Kingdom's project and what its end goals are is higher than ever for the Protocol, and Deadlock will be there to help them uncover its secrets.

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Ståljeger: Ståljeger (Steel Hunters) are a private military group consisting of weapons experts, extraction specialists and in general elite hunters. They were contacted by Kingdom to extract a dangerous Radiavore. Team Briar of Ståljeger were eradicated by this Radiavore and to check on them Team Ursa (including a Kingdom scientist) were sent. Only survivor of this mission was Deadlock.

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