#Apex Legends Lore

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[spook5hadow]

FUSEHOUND NATION WE ARE WINNING!!!

Can't believe our babies are engaged T-T

[is-there-a-filipino-legend-yet]

I'm a bit surprised that Conduit has trouble speaking straight Tagalog (Filipino) but it's safe to assume her VA grew up in California (as a lot of Filipino-American, or Fil-Am folks do) and that her family, maybe the fringe world of Nexus to an extent, is Space California

[the-mechanica]

Partner

[relevant-revenant]

"Revenant Reborn", a complete rework of Revenant, is the featured legend of season 18: Resurrection.

[neganessie]

Has anyone noticed?

Has anyone noticed the parallels of Wraith and Pathfinder gaining their memories back while Mirage is possibly losing his?

[lezzieline]

i feel sick to my stomach being my mother’s daughter

[hrghhhhhhhhh]

[revenant-dumpster-fire]

Okay, I came up with a reason why Revenant may have "changed his mind", although it's a little bit of a shot in the dark:

(explanation below the cut for those interested)

TW: death mention & suicide mention below

So, for initial context:

When biological bodies (animal or human) take near-lethal damage or perceive they are about to die, there is a very strong chemical neurological kickback to fight like hell for one's life. Adrenaline is part of it, but people fail to realize how strong it can be and how severe that kickback can be.

In the very taboo documentary called The Bridge—which is a film about people who successfully and unsuccessfully committed suicide by throwing themselves from The Golden Gate Bridge—survivors are asked about their experiences during the fall. Consistently, during the fall to their perceived death, they state that everything that made them want to commit suicide in the first place becomes negligible. Suddenly, every seemingly unsolvable problem is solvable. Every bit of despair is vanquished. Every close tie that was severed can be tied back together. Suddenly, they don't just lose the want to die, they are rushed with the will to live. Many of these survivors give some of the most compelling testimonies as to why suicide is not the real solution, despite being paralyzed and permanently traumatized by their jump.

So that context given:

Revenant seems fine with his decision to die during the opening of this cinematic. He rolls his head to Loba and lets her (for some reason instead of shooting it), break the glass slowly with her staff to drive the equivalent of a stake through his eye.

Duardo teases his upgrades, which provides new power to him.

But also, the snap decision also occurs at a prime moment: Loba stabs and penetrates his eye, meaning she's one more blow away from killing him. (A stake into the eye will hit the brain, which with some rare exceptions is a killing blow.)

If Revenant still has any connection to how his biologics react (which it is heavily implies he does), that is the prime moment he would have the neurological kickback to live. Not just live, but fight to live. And Duardo just gave him new power to solve every problem in his head that might have led him to be so suicidal for so long.

He can claim this was always just him wanting to control himself, but I don't think he was playing 4D chess this whole time: I think that realization was the solution to his suicidal feelings mixed with the biological feralness to cling to life.

He is giving himself another chance.

What will that lead to?

Hard to say, but that is how I perceive the sudden change of heart he has.

[the-mechanica]

I am confident that they used Andrea Beaumont for inspiration when creating Loba Andrade and Revenant's backstory in Apex Legends. Loba was already cited as "Catwoman with Batman's backstory" by the devs, while Rev is technological Death incarnate who spent years tracking down and taking revenge on the mobsters and scientists that created him. If Loba had taken on Rev's persona and started murdering everyone involved with the hit put on her father, she would be Andrea Beaumont.

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Andrea Beaumont

Andrea ‘Andi’ Beaumont lived a life of violence and trauma as well as great passion and romance.  She lost her mother at a young age and was primarily raised by her father, Carl Beaumont, whom she loved dearly.  A chance encounter while visiting her mother’s grave saw Andi begin a whirlwind romance with Bruce Wayne.  The two were kindred spirits in many ways and the pair fell very much in love.  

Bruce had returned to Gotham to begin his campaign to avenge his parents murder by waging a one-man war on crime.  Thus far it had not gone well.  He wanted to remain committed to his plan, yet meeting Andrea caused him to rethink the whole matter.  Andrea’s kindness, her wit and beauty elicited a warmth and sense of peace that Bruce had not felt since the death of his parents.  What if he abandoned his plan and instead used his resources to combat crime through more traditional means?  Certainly his parents would want him to be happy.  Bruce decided to propose to Andrea and she joyfully accepted.  

This dream come true turned quickly into a nightmare when Andrea’s father revealed to her that he had embezzled funds from The Valestra crime family and had been found out.  The two were forced to flee the country and a heartbroken Andrea could only leave behind her engagement ring and a hastily-written note telling Bruce to move on.

Equally heart-broken, Bruce took it as a sign that peace and happiness were not a part of his destiny.  He returned to his original plan and thus The Batman was born.

Agents of Salvador Valestra eventually located Carl Beaumont and murdered him. An enraged Andrea became committed to revenge. She took on the guise of The Phantasm and hunted down those responsible.  This ultimately led to an unexpected reunion between Bruce and Andrea, now in the new forms that vengeance and sorrow had forged them into.  

Actress Dana Delany provided the voice for Andrea, with the character first appeared in the animated feature, ‘Batman: The Mask of The Phantasm.’

[aethira]

// this is how the world ends

// stare into the hollow sky

[twintraps]

training :^)

[the-mechanica]

3 true things about Revenant:

1) he’s 361 years old

2) he’s only been self aware for 27 of those years

3) he’s stuck being a mental snapshot of a 44 year old (as per Path’s Quest)

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Apex Legends: Kill Code was a plotline that started on July 17, 2023, and ended on December 3, 2023. This event climaxed with the reveal of Revenant Reborn.

[mothjinxed]

show me i'm not afraid of you now

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Thinking about this moment because we actually see Rev panic and lose control. He’s angry, sure, but he’s also scared. And that’s what I think is mainly motivating his actions this time. He’d just regained some of his autonomy, and hadn’t even begun to process how he didn’t even know he lacked it for a couple hundred years, before his autonomy was being threatened AGAIN.

The first thing Rev voices panic at as he malfunctions is his lack of control. Pair that with him hearing the others refer to him as an “asset” and discuss what happens to him as though he’s a weapon and not a person? He loses it. Full tunnel vision. He’s cornered, and that fear of being right back where he was for hundreds of years is pushing him to lash out harder than he has before. Coupled with the rage that accompanies that? Not a good combo. He’s seeing red, determined to take down whoever’s messing with him, and act as out of control as possible to show them-and everyone else- that he is not controllable anymore.