Killjoy

Killjoy is an Agent in VALORANT and the third Sentinel to be released.
==Profile==
===Biography===
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Biography =
Klara Böhringer is an inventor from Germany who was born to one parent with Germanic ancestry. A nominee for the Distinguished Inventor award, Böhringer became the lead for Kingdom's R&D department at the age of 18. Incredibly successful, she had many breakthroughs during her time at Kingdom with several of her creations and innovations.VALORANT Lore Discord Narrative AMA: Killjoy's ethnicity
Böhringer was the fourth agent to join the VALORANT Protocol as "Killjoy". She earned her call sign after her team initially used it to compliment her outstanding skills that reduced the amount of work the rest of them had to do, with Klara deciding to keep the nickname. Killjoy now continues her innovative work as an agent of VALORANT and the protégé of the organization's commander, Brimstone. From inventing spike defusers under pressure of an incoming detonation to building teleporters for transportation between worlds, any device the Protocol needs for any purpose - with the right tools, Killjoy can make it.
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Timeline of events =
====KLARA BÖHRINGER: Early Life====
*Böhringer knows people called Zehra and Emil.VALORANT Protocol#The Blackmailer's agent dossiers
*Böhringer is nominated for the Distinguished Inventor award.
*Böhringer becomes Kingdom’s R&D lead at 18.
====KILLJOY: VALORANT agent====
*Recruited as its fourth agent.
*Killjoy is assigned as a member of the Rabat strike team.Cinematics#DUALITY
**She is the first agent of the team to arrive on site along with her Turret and starts to analyze the active spike.
**She is able to successfully defuse the spike using a defuser powered by a superheated Radi-Core from her Turret.
====The Omega Project====
*Killjoy is assigned to produce an Alpha-Omega teleporter for the VALORANT Protocol to use.
**She initially only has standard Alpha teleporter blueprints to use as a reference, and she also needed a suitable power source, prompting her to apply for more funding.3.09 Viper Email and Killjoy Voicemail
***She eventually receives Alpha-Omega teleporter blueprints from Chamber.3.10 Cypher Email
**Whilst working on the Everett-Linde data, Killjoy realizes the facility’s research was far ahead of what she is used to, and she expresses unease about the events resulting in its ruined state and the deaths of its workers.3.12 Killjoy Voicemail
*Killjoy is present during the Max Bot training exercise at VALORANT HQ.Cinematics#WARM UP
**Killjoy creates Max Bot along with Raze and is one of the agents to fight against him.
*Continuing to build the Alpha-Omega teleporter:
**With Neon recruited as a VALORANT agent, Killjoy is able to work with her to reboot the portal using Neon’s radiant abilities as a power source, also suggesting that now a stable connection was feasible that leadership should begin plans for the operation details once on the ground at Omega.4.0 Killjoy Voicemail
**As the project continued, Killjoy reportedly becomes more lax with her own safety protocols, prompting Neon to raise concerns to Brimstone.4.02 Neon Voicemail
====Continuing the Omega Project====
*Killjoy informs Brimstone of the events of the Alpha-Omega teleportal test trip.4.09 Killjoy Email
*Killjoy is reported to be working on reverse-engineering a spike, being close to a prototype.4.10 Chamber Email
*Killjoy creates a dimensional radiometer, which she successfully uses at Alpha Lisbon to calculate the Alpha-Omega mesh there and learn that the area's radianite fabric was strong on the Alpha side.4.11 Sova Voicemail
====First ventures into Omega====
*Killjoy is assigned as a member of the Omega Lisbon Data Center strike team.Cinematics#SHATTERED
**She hacks into a terminal to locate where stockpiles of Alpha radianite are being kept. Further investigations also reveal Omega isn't using it for weapons as they had suspected, but life support systems.
*Killjoy helps to repair Neon's surge protector after it was damaged during the mission to the Data Center.5.0 Neon email
*Killjoy gets some tickets for a large concert in Berlin, and goes along with Phoenix, Raze, and other Protocol agents before their next mission.5.05 Phoenix Voicemail5.06 Killjoy Voicemail
**She contacts Brimstone after the concert to tell him that Raze had gone missing.
*Killjoy helps with locating Varun Batra by using a link between between Astra's gauntlet and Batra's bracelet to narrow down his position.Harbor Twitter Teaser
====Journey into the City of Flowers====
*Killjoy helps Astra and Harbor with analysis of the effects of Omega's City of Flowers being activated whilst Alpha's remains in ruins.5.09 Harbor voicemail
*Killjoy takes time away in Salvador, Brazil, with some of the other agents before the Protocol's main mission to the City of Flowers.Salvador Vacation Twitter posts
====Project Landfall====
*Killjoy tries to buy some eelpouts and microorganisms as a gift for Raze but can't find any sellers that are in stock. She discovers the reason for this is that a hazmat reserve company contracted with Kingdom is buying them all.6.02 Killjoy Email
*Killjoy works together with Reyna and designs a capacitor for Neon to help her control her pack's limiter.6.06 Neon Email
*Killjoy helps Raze with repairs on her Boom Bot.Execute R.V.N.G. Program Teaser
**Whilst she is distracted, Max Bot takes the opportunity to hack into her tablet and gain access to the Protocol's portal systems and data files in order to initiate his revenge program.
*Killjoy messages Brimstone to offer her support as he prepares VALORANT to deal with Kingdom Corporation's Project Landfall themselves.7.03 Killjoy Email
*Killjoy investigates the disappearance of Landfall's team leadership.7.06 Killjoy email
**She finds no evidence of any involvement from Omega, but does discover the presence of a mysterious intruder.
====Scions of Hourglass====
*Killjoy locates the Scions of Hourglass' Elder Grotto.8.09 Killjoy email
*Killjoy confirms for Yoru that he can safely take one of the blades stored in the Elder Grotto's vaults for his own collection.9.0 Yoru voicemail
*Killjoy analyzes the Hourglass archives at the Elder Grotto.9.01 Killjoy voicemail
*Killjoy is assigned to a strike team defending Los Angeles from the VALORANT Legion as part of a set of simultaneous incursions across Alpha.INCURSIONS
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===Personality===
The epitome of German efficiency, Killjoy always shows excitement at the opportunity of being able to use the technology she builds to its fullest extent, as well as the chance to retrieve additional knowledge. Always ambitious in her work, Killjoy has shamelessly admitted that she has a history of exploiting tech-related missions in order to "weasel more money" out of the Protocol's quarterly budget. 
While she describes herself as "cool as a cucumber," Killjoy grows frustration whenever she sees her teammates not participating alongside her requests such as testing new tech or reading the data reports she has written. Nevertheless, she is fully confident in her own genius, as seen when she tells her teammates (particularly the tech users) to entrust their gadgets for her to fix, and when she reminds the team to leave the overthinking to her. 
A glimpse of her sympathetic nature was shown in a voicemail sent to Brimstone wherein she expressed sadness over the loss of non-military lives following the destruction of the Everett-Linde Laboratory.
===Appearance===
Killjoy is a young German woman with slick dark brown hair and brown eyes. She is often seen wearing a padded yellow jacket with a blue interior, purple "X" patches on either shoulder and a green beanie-like hat. Underneath the jacket she wears a gray shirt with a rising bars graphic. She has round glasses with black outlines, a pair of silver hoop earrings in either ear, and a pair of green shoes that resemble Converse Chuck Taylor's with silver toes and loose tongues. Covering her hands are a pair of black gloves with blue straps that exposes her ring and pinkie fingers. She wears black ripped skinny jeans with a green strap on her left thigh which is also connected to a fanny pack.
In "WARM-UP," Killjoy is seen wearing a white hoodie jacket with a logo of a frog mascot, and a yellow variation of her beanie. 
==Abilities==
===Basic===
===Signature===
===Ultimate===
==Agent Cosmetics==
The following are cosmetics related to Killjoy from Agent Gear and from other sources (e.g. Battle Pass).
===Gear===
===Other cosmetics===
Player Cards
Image	Name 	Source
 	#SAVEWIDEJOY 	Battle Pass:EP 04 Act 2
 	Beware the Sentinels 	Battle Pass:EP 08 Act 3
 	Caffeine Dreams 	Battle Pass:EP 06 Act 3
 	Champions Squad 	Event Pass:Champions 2023
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Part of collection:
 	Chill-joy 	Battle Pass:EP 02 Act 1
 	Doodle Buds // Agents 	Store:
 	Duo's Day: Game Night 	Store:
 	Electric Jealousy 	Battle Pass:EP 07 Act 1
 	EP 2 // FORMATION 	Prime Gaming Drops
 	EP 5 // DIMENSION 	Event Pass:Recall
 	Epilogue: #SAVEWIDEJOY 	Battle Pass:EP 04 Act 2
 	Epilogue: Mementos Pt. 1 	Battle Pass:EP 02 Act 3
 	Epilogue: No Hands 	Battle Pass:EP 07 Act 2
 	Epilogue: VAL-SICLES 	Battle Pass:EP 08 Act 2
 	Fortune's Hand // The Magician	Store:
 	Friendly Fire 	Event Pass:Crossover
 	Give Back // 2022 	Store:
 	In the Pocket 	Battle Pass:EP 07 Act 3
 	Killjoy ID 	Battle Pass:EP 01 Act 2
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Part of:
 	Late Night Snack 	Battle Pass:EP 06 Act 1
 	Legion 	Event Pass:Crossover
 	Meet Your Main 	Battle Pass:EP 05 Act 2
 	Mementos Pt. 1 	Battle Pass:EP 02 Act 3
 	Nanobomb 	Battle Pass:EP 07 Act 2
 	No Hands 	Battle Pass:EP 07 Act 2
 	Operation Vacation 	Battle Pass:EP 05 Act 1
 	Pixel Moments 	Battle Pass:EP 06 Act 2
 	Radiants Detected 	Battle Pass:EP 06 Act 3
 	Rainfall 	Battle Pass:EP 03 Act 2
 	Scare Tactics 	Prime Gaming Drops
 	Spike Sanded 	Battle Pass:EP 08 Act 2
 	Troubleshoot 	Battle Pass:EP 09 Act 2
 	VAL-SICLES 	Battle Pass:EP 08 Act 2
 	VALORANT GO! Vol. 1 Killjoy 	Store:
 	VERSUS // Raze + Killjoy 	Battle Pass:EP 01 Act 3
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Part of collection:
 	Vertraulich(teaser) 	Battle Pass:EP 01 Act 1
 	Warm Up // Maxbot 	Battle Pass:EP 04 Act 3
Sprays
Image	Name 	Source
 	#SAVEWIDEJOY 	Battle Pass:EP 04 Act 2
 	Accidental Renaissance 	Login Bonus
 	Caught One 	Battle Pass:EP 08 Act 2
 	Cool Joy 	Battle Pass:EP 05 Act 1
 	Crispy 	Battle Pass:EP 03 Act 2
 	Cuteness Overload 	Battle Pass:EP 08 Act 1
 	Deep Breath 	Battle Pass:EP 08 Act 2
 	Don't Watch This 	Battle Pass:EP 04 Act 3
 	Epilogue: #SAVEWIDEJOY 	Battle Pass:EP 04 Act 2
 	Give Back // 2022 	Store:
 	Go Team Go 	Battle Pass:EP 08 Act 3
 	Hold Up 	Battle Pass:EP 03 Act 2
 	Keeping Secrets 	Battle Pass:EP 04 Act 3
 	Killjoy! I Choose You! 	Battle Pass:EP 03 Act 1
 	Last Person Standing 	Battle Pass:EP 06 Act 1
 	Light 'Em Up 	Prime Gaming Drops
 	Nice Try! 	Battle Pass:EP 03 Act 2
 	No Duelist No Problem 	Battle Pass:EP 05 Act 1
 	Party's Here 	Prime Gaming Drops
 	Perfect Disaster 	Battle Pass:EP 06 Act 3
 	Techie's Trouble 	Battle Pass:EP 07 Act 2
 	Thumbs Up 	Battle Pass:EP 01 Act 3
 	Too Early for This 	Battle Pass:EP 06 Act 2
 	VALORANT GO! Vol. 1 Killjoy	Store:
 	You Did What Now? 	Battle Pass:EP 07 Act 1
Weapon Skins
Image	Edition	Skin	Weapon 	Variant	Source
 	 	 	Shorty 	Base 	Store
 	 	 	Stinger 	Base 	Store
 	 	 	Phantom 	Base 	Store
 	 	 	Ares 	Base 	Store
 	 	 	Ghost 	Killjoy	Battle Pass:EP 03 Act 1
 	 	 	Judge 	Base 	Battle Pass:EP 03 Act 1
 	 	 	Guardian	Killjoy	Battle Pass:EP 03 Act 1
 	 	 	Ares 	Killjoy	Battle Pass:EP 03 Act 1
 	 	 	Spectre 	— 	Store
Buddies
Image	Name 	Source
 	Give Back // 2022 	Store:
 	VALORANT GO! Vol. 1 Killjoy	Store:
==Quotes==
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== Update History ==
==Spotify Playlist==
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== Trivia==
*Killjoy plays League of Legends, and has shown to be an avid fan of the video game.Reddit Narrative AMA: Existence of Riot Games within VALORANT
*Her sentry bot is known to be powered by a Radi-Core. Whilst unable to do so in game for gameplay/balancing reasons, the turret is able to move and run on its two legs.
*She and Raze developed the training robot known as Max Bot, who was designed to imitate and replicate the powers and skills of his opponent.
*If Killjoy successfully defuses a spike, her voiceline suggests that she may have something to do with its creation.
**"Oh, no no, you don't deserve my inventions!"
*** This is likely referring to her Omega counterpart, as it is the VALORANT Legion who have been the primary aggressors in the conflict between Alpha Earth and Omega Earth.
*Killjoy created Brimstone's bracer.Killjoy Reveal article (in German)
=== Relations ===
* She is Brimstone's protégé, having a close bond and learning much about tactics from him. He is a guardian figure to her.VALORANT Lore Discord Narrative AMA: Killjoy and Brimstone (Discord link)
* Killjoy and Raze have a friendly rivalry.
**This rivalry will then develop them into a romantic relationship. This was confirmed by Riot via a Twitter post, being the first pair of characters in the game to have a canonical relationship.
===Development===
*Killjoy originally had an ability called "Seeker".
*Lockdown used to belong to the scrapped agent Joules.
*Killjoy was originally male during her first development phase.
*She was a robot during part of her development.
==Gallery==
Killjoy Agent Reveal Trailer - VALORANT
TX_Character_FullPortrait_KJ.png|An early concept of Killjoy
Killjoy concept 1.jpg|Concept art
Killjoy early concept.jpg|Concept art
Killjoy Turret concept.jpg|Turret concept art
Duality Killjoy.png|DUALITY
Heiliger strohsack.jpg|"Fwooh! Heiliger strohsack, this is crazy!"Killjoy Tweet
Jigsaw Killjoy Art.png|Jigsaw Killjoy
Killjoy Arcane 1.jpg|Killjoy Arcane PromotionKilljoy Arcane Promotion
Killjoy Arcane 2.jpg|Killjoy Arcane Promotion
Killjoy Arcane 3.jpg|Turret SkinTurret Skin Artwork
Warm Up Raze Killjoy.png|WARM UP
Shattered Killjoy.png|SHATTERED
Salvador Vacation Restaurant.jpg|Salvador Vacation
Salvador Vacation Shopping.jpg|Salvador Vacation
Salvador Vacation Raze Workshop.jpg|Salvador Vacation
Salvador Vacation Live Music.jpg|Salvador Vacation
Salvador Vacation Raze Killjoy Kiss.jpg|Salvador Vacation
Salvador Vacation Conclusion.jpg|Salvador Vacation
Revelation Poster 2.jpeg|REVELATION poster (Ω-counterpart)REVELATION Poster
Pride 2023.jpeg|Pride 2023Pride 2023
Unmade Killjoy.png|UNMADE
Incursions Killjoy.png|INCURSIONS
==References==
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