Valorant Agent 21 Teased With Chai, Samosa Chaat & Natraj Pencil

Riot Video games teased the subsequent Agent – Agent 21 – in its (September 2022) dev weblog. Developer  John “RiotMEMEMEMEME” Goscicki spoke intimately about Agent 21. The weblog made it amply clear that the brand new agent can be a controller since that class of brokers has not been explored because the launch of Astra. Riot Video games additionally teased an thrilling picture within the weblog publish that doubtlessly revealed the nation of origin of Agent 21. Notably, the brand new agent might be an Indian controller who appears to take pleasure in piping scorching samosas and a scorching cuppa.

Particulars about Agent 21 

RiotMEMEMEMEME wrote within the weblog publish, “Except for Viper, introducing Controllers that may cowl giant open areas is a blue ocean of alternative. We’ve let this soak lengthy sufficient, and Agent 21 is sort of able to exit. I don’t need to flood you with an excessive amount of info on this blurb right here, so I’ll maintain off on saying far more.” 

From this, it seems to be evident that the brand new Indian agent can have smokes in his equipment that may enable him to cowl giant open areas. Notably, the developer has used phrases like “soak”, “blue ocean”, and “flood” – all indicative of water our bodies – whereas speaking about Agent 21. These phrases may very well be doable easter eggs for the agent’s equipment and it's leaning in the direction of powers of water.

Decoding the picture teaser

Bear in mind the evil eye that was teased for Fade? Riot Video games is teasing Agent 21 with one other picture pregnant with references and easter eggs. Firstly, in case you attempt to save the picture onto your PC, you’ll discover that the picture is known as “samosachaat”. Moreover, we will discover a plate of samosas, an Indian avenue meals, positioned subsequent to a diary and a cup of tea. Upon nearer inspection, you also needs to be capable to discover the Gateway of India within the background. The boats and this monument within the background point out that Agent 21 is presently within the metropolis of Mumbai.

The pocket book and the pencil positioned rigorously within the center are additionally indicative of sure clues. The pencil is made by the well-known Indian stationery model referred to as Natraj. The notes within the diary embody a map of India and arrows suggesting a transfer from the West (Mumbai) to the Japanese a part of the nation.

Lastly, the developer signed off with a Hindi phrase: “Jald hello milte hain,” which interprets to “See you quickly.”

Earlier, a brand new electronic mail from the follow vary hinted at a brand new unknown character, codenamed Mage, who was considered Valorant’s twenty first agent. Although Riot Video games had not made an official announcement on who Agent 21 may very well be, the e-mail talked about a brand new character referred to as Varun Batra, the keeper of Legion’s new energy supply.

With new hints pointing in the direction of India within the dev weblog, Varun Batra, the Mage, may very properly be the water-based controller who will quickly be combating alongside our brokers.