Cypher

Cypher is an Agent in VALORANT and one of the first Sentinels available to play since the Closed Beta.
==Profile==
===Biography===
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Biography =
Amir El Amari (Arabic: أمير العماري; meaning "prince of the moon") hails from Rabat, Morocco. Growing up and living there in poverty at times, his city's resources were depleted due to the activities of Kingdom Corporation in the area, with El Amari harboring a negative view towards them as a result. An information broker who is constantly gathering intel, El Amari mostly keeps the results of his work and his secrets close to his chest - especially those about himself. Going to great lengths to ensure no one can gather secrets on the man who knows all the secrets, El Amari has set up multiple safehouses in order to stay hidden as well as never going anywhere without wearing his black face-concealing mask. Even once recruited by the secretive VALORANT Protocol as its fifth agent, "Cypher", El Amari still keeps his face and identity hidden from his fellow agents. For now, nothing is worth the risk of removing his mask - not even for those closest to him.VALORANT Reddit AMA - Cypher's identity.
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Timeline of events =
====AMIR EL AMARI: Early Life====
*El Amari knew someone called Nora.VALORANT Protocol#The Blackmailer's agent dossiers
*El Amari has set up safehouses in Rabat, Tangier, and Marrakesh.
====CYPHER: VALORANT agent====
*Recruited as its fifth agent.
*Cypher enters into a transaction with Omen wherein he is tasked to find information regarding "hard to find answers".Discord Dev Q&A: Cypher selling intel to Omen (Discord link)
**He is successful in keeping his end of the deal and awaits payment from Omen before he reveals what he discovered.
====The Omega Project====
*Cypher is assigned as a member of the Everett-Linde data recovery mission.3.09 Viper Email
**He attempts to recover data from the ruined facility's Alpha-Omega teleporters.
*Cypher is involved in Chamber's recruitment into VALORANT.3.10 Cypher Email
**Cypher gives a background check on Chamber to Brimstone.
**Though Chamber's history was as he claimed, Cypher shows concern over how spotless Chamber's reputation appeared to be, suspecting the Frenchman of hiding something.
*Cypher is present during the Max Bot training exercise at VALORANT HQ.WARM UP
**Cypher remains outside the training area to play chess by himself.
*Cypher is involved in removing surveillance shots of the Venice incident off the internet when they began to appear on conspiracy sites.4.01 Breach Email
====The Blackmailer====
*Cypher is involved in tracking down the blackmailer.
**Despite Cypher's experience and knowledge in such areas, messages sent by the blackmailer are untraceable even to him, leaving Cypher impressed at their skill.4.03 Sova Email
**Cypher is eventually able to narrow their search down to Türkiye.4.05 Cypher Email
**Discussing what to do once they apprehended the blackmailer, Cypher understood execution was ideally to be avoided but he did not know what the alternatives could be.
*Cypher is assigned as a member of the Istanbul strike team.Istanbul Strike Team
**Cypher's role was to handle surveillance of the city, though he also fights in combat for the team's final move to apprehend their target.
**He tracks the target to a warehouse and keeps tabs on local authorities to ensure their presence is not detected.
*Cypher is involved with the interrogation of the blackmailer.4.07 Phoenix Voicemail
**Cypher is reported to be joining Brimstone in multiple meetings with the blackmailer that are being kept need-to-know.
** In one of his interrogations, Cypher looks to understand how she was able to obtain so much information about himself and his fellow agents.Cypher interrogation audio log
***When he moves on to the topic of her missing person, Cypher assures her that the VALORANT Protocol has nothing to do with it. When questioned on who would be responsible if not them, he reveals the existence of other worlds to her.
*Cypher completes audio analysis of the interrogations and supports the blackmailer's recruitment into VALORANT.4.08 Cypher Voicemail
====Continuing the Omega Project====
* Cypher implores Brimstone to restock their supply of coffee pods as they had run out and the other agents were resorting to drinking Cypher's "expensive" tea instead.4.10 Cypher Voicemail
====First ventures into Omega====
*Cypher investigates evidence which suggested that Omega VALORANT has obtained a new type of power source.5.01 Cypher Email
*Cypher informs Brimstone what he has been able to learn so far about ATLAS.5.03 Cypher Voicemail
**Cypher finds out that ATLAS has dealings with Omega Kingdom, but surprisingly has no official connection with Omega VALORANT. Cypher ultimately presumes that any deal made between ATLAS and Omega VALORANT is "a whisper." 
*Cypher is involved in VALORANT's dealing with REALM, as well as the Protocol's mission to locate and eventually recruit Varun Batra. 
**He discovers that REALM exists only on Alpha Earth and that no similar organization is present on Omega. He has revealed this information at least to Yoru.
**In his efforts to track down Varun Batra, Cypher hacked into REALM's database and retrieved several significant pieces of information, including an audio recording of a conversation between two REALM operatives who were in the middle of a capture operation, and an image of one of REALM's scrapes with Batra.
====Journey into the City of Flowers====
*Following Batra's (now Harbor) successful recruitment into VALORANT, Cypher retrieved an audio recording of a conversation between Harbor and Astra when the two visited a VALORANT HQ research wing.Research Wing recording
**The conversation reveals more details about Harbor's artifact, its connection with an unknown entity known as the "Guardians," and information regarding a lost "Flower City" which is revealed by Harbor to be destroyed on Alpha Earth, with Astra pointing out that the said location may still be intact on Omega. 
*Cypher is known to have direct access to communication logs of VALORANT agents assigned to venture into Omega Earth and locate its City of Flowers.5.12 Audio Log
*Cypher contacts Brimstone over concerns about Fade's health and that she appears to be always troubled. He asks Brimstone if there is anything the Protocol can do to help her.6.01 Cypher Voicemail
====Project Landfall====
*Following Gekko's actions in stealing four creatures from a K-SEC facility, Cypher covers up the incident. He confirms the lack of incriminating surveillance videos, and also coded a worm to hunt online footage.6.05 Reyna email
*Cypher contacts Brimstone to request for more servers to increase the capacity of their surveillance library and pleads with the Protocol leader not to force him to purge any of the archives to make space instead.6.11 Cypher Voicemail
*Cypher obtains intel on the members of a Project Landfall team heading to a facility in Norway for a cargo pickup.UNMADE teasers
*Cypher works alongside Jett undercover operating a surveillance truck outside a Kingdom facility in Los Angeles that covers as a food truck serving Kingdom employees.7.02 Jett voicemail
**He receives Kingdom data from Deadlock that allows him to access the facility's video surveillance systems.No more hiding: VALORANT Story Trailer
====Scions of Hourglass====
*Cypher is asked by Omen to keep him updated on the investigation into the disappearance of Landfall's leadership after the Protocol has discovered a symbol related to the case that Omen has recognized.7.07 Omen email
**He later discovers the source of the symbol to be from a hitman, who Cypher establishes contact with.7.08 messages
**He also finds a recording showing the hitman's skills, which he shares with the other agents, as well as some information relating to Omen. Cypher later meets with Omen to inform him about what he's found.MYTHS Twitter Teasers
**After the hitman is eventually recruited by the Protocol, Cypher continues to watch him closely.7.09 Iso voicemail
*Cypher talks to Brimstone about the next card game event at VALORANT, some new additions to the usual group, and Omen's interest in observing the game.
*Cypher continues to question Iso about his former employer.7.10 Iso voicemail
*Cypher observes Iso's complete defection from the Scions of Hourglass when he informs Omen about their assassination order on him.RECKONING Twitter Teaser
*Cypher is assigned as a member of the Jakarta strike team.RECKONING
**He and Iso first travel to Casablanca and take down a Scions of Hourglass cell there to obtain intel on the location of Iso's former boss, which they learn is at an SoH skyscraper base in Jakarta.
**In Jakarta, he is tasked with a supportive role while Omen enters the base alone, providing intel to him from a terminal.
*Cypher is able to track down Omen's whereabouts after Omen intentionally deactivated his tracker when going on extended leave.8.03 Cypher voicemail
*Cypher has frequent meetings with Brimstone relating to Omen.8.04 Sage voicemail
*Cypher works with Clove and Harbor to investigate an Hourglass journal recovered by Omen.8.05 Cypher email
*Cypher obtains the navigation logs of an Hourglass ship, finding coordinates to some islands they believe are the location of the Hourglass Elder Grotto.8.08 Clove email
*Cypher meets with Omen and Sage to go over what remains of the Elder Grotto's archives.9.0 Sage email
**His initial decryptions uncover coordinates for two more Hourglass facilities.9.0 Sage email
*Cypher is assigned to a strike team defending the ruins of Venice from the VALORANT Legion as part of a set of simultaneous incursions across Alpha.INCURSIONS
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===Personality===
Cypher is constantly gathering secrets, information, and intel, to the point of managing to retrieve the passwords of everyone in the VALORANT Protocol. His continued passion to gather whatever information he can find is not always shared by his teammates, as Jett found out the hard way during an undercover mission in Los Angeles. He keeps most of this information to himself, making sure that no one ever discovers them and only revealing anything he knows for a price. In contrast of how he knows a lot about his allies, they do not know much about him, and he prefers to keep it that way. 
While Cypher has a history of being a killer, he has shown to have warmer ties with some of the agents in the Protocol, to the point of referring to them by nicknames; for example, he refers to Killjoy as 'little engineer', Phoenix as 'little star', and Jett as 'wind assassin', among others. A calculated person who enjoys a game of chess, Cypher is known to be rather observant towards others, as seen when he noted that sacrifice plays for victory's sake was not Phoenix's usual engagement style. 
He is also known to be rather cheeky, and tends to take parts or tools from his fellow agents whenever he needs them, often informing them later on that he has done so rather than asking them if he can use them beforehand.
===Appearance===
Cypher's overall appearance resembles a typical depiction of a detective or gumshoe. His main piece of apparel is a large, white coat that extends from his shins up to his neck. This overcoat is where he keeps his utility stored. He wears dull grey pants, which are paired with black shoes. Gold, brown, and blue colors accentuate his predominantly black and white color scheme. Notably, not a single inch of Cypher's skin is directly visible. Aside from his coat and pants, Cypher wears a pair of blue gloves that have a bright glow at the center of the palm, which serves as a magnet and allows for Cypher to recall any of his utilities back to his hand at will. Undoubtedly, the most defining part of his wardrobe is his characteristic mask with hexagonal eye holes that hold a bright blue glow. This mask is high tech and is confirmed to be "vision-specific."VALORANT Lore Discord Narrative AMA: Cypher's eyes
Cypher wears a hat with an antenna attached to it. This device is what's used to locate and transmit the locations of enemies when Neural Theft is used as it floats over the body at Cypher's command.
==Abilities==
===Basic ===
===Signature ===
===Ultimate===
==Agent Cosmetics==
The following are cosmetics related to Cypher from Agent Gear and from other sources (e.g. Battle Pass).
===Gear===
===Other cosmetics===
Player Cards
Image	Name 	Source
 	Beware the Sentinels 	Battle Pass:EP 08 Act 3
 	Caught One 	Prime Gaming Drops
 	Doodle Buds // Agents 	Store:
 	Duality 	Login Bonus
 	Eyes Up 	Unobtainable
 	Fortune's Hand // The Hermit	Store:
 	Give Back // 2024 	Store:
 	Hitlist 	Battle Pass:EP 08 Act 2
 	Home Again // Cypher 	Battle Pass:EP 04 Act 2
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Part of collection:
 	Legion 	Event Pass:Crossover
 	Night Shift 	Battle Pass:EP 08 Act 2
 	Not A Peep 	Miscellaenous
 	Nothing Stays Hidden 	Battle Pass:EP 08 Act 1
 	Skin Shopping 	Battle Pass:EP 04 Act 3
 	Spike Showdown 	Battle Pass:EP 05 Act 2
 	Unstoppable // Cypher 	Battle Pass:EP 07 Act 1
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Part of collection:
 	Up in Arms 	Prime Gaming Drops
 	VALORANT GO! Vol. 1 Cypher 	Store:
 	VERSUS // Sova + Cypher 	Battle Pass:EP 02 Act 2
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Part of collection:
 	Warm Up // Maxbot 	Battle Pass:EP 04 Act 3
Sprays
Image	Name 	Source
 	All Aboard 	Battle Pass:EP 04 Act 2
 	Always Watching 	Battle Pass:EP 05 Act 3
 	Defuse Deception 	Battle Pass:EP 07 Act 2
 	Give Back // 2024 	Store:
 	Guess That's It 	Battle Pass:EP 05 Act 2
 	Here I Am 	Login Bonus
 	Just Business 	Prime Gaming Drops
 	Keep It Cool 	Battle Pass:EP 07 Act 1
 	Keeping Secrets 	Battle Pass:EP 04 Act 3
 	On My Own 	Battle Pass:EP 08 Act 2
 	One Last Bite 	Battle Pass:EP 07 Act 3
 	Scheming Cypher 	Battle Pass:EP 09 Act 2
 	Sentinel Slide 	Battle Pass:EP 08 Act 2
 	Shhh! 	Battle Pass:EP 02 Act 2
 	Terrible Day for Rain 	Battle Pass:EP 04 Act 3
 	VALORANT GO! Vol. 1 Cypher	Store:
 	Without a Trace 	Battle Pass:EP 02 Act 3
Weapon Skins
Image	Edition	Skin	Weapon 	Variant	Source
 	 	 	Marshal 	Base 	Store
 	 	 	Sheriff 	Base 	Battle Pass:EP 05 Act 2
 	 	 	Sheriff 	Orange 	Battle Pass:EP 05 Act 2
 	 	 	Sheriff 	Blue 	Battle Pass:EP 05 Act 2
 	 	 	Sheriff 	Green 	Battle Pass:EP 05 Act 2
 	 	 	Guardian	— 	Store
Buddies
Image	Name 	Source
 	Give Back // 2024 	Store:
 	Neural Pattern 	Battle Pass:EP 07 Act 1
 	VALORANT GO! Vol. 1 Cypher	Store:
==Quotes==
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==Update History==
==Spotify Playlist==
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== Trivia ==
*He is particularly fond of playing chess, as seen in the WARM UP cinematic.
*Cypher is the first agent to be featured in the game as a non-playable character (NPC). An animated model of his character was added in the Range beginning patch . Since then in subsequent updates, he has occasionally been removed and re-added.
**In each time Cypher is re-added, a new lore-relevant audio log is available in his office. 
=== Relations===
*Omen has reached out to Cypher for help in his search for some "hard to find answers". Cypher has been able to gather some information regarding this, but he still requires Omen to pay him something in return before he hands the intel over.VALORANT Discord Dev Q&A - Cypher selling intel to Omen (Discord link)
*Cypher's secrecy conflict with Sova's values of honesty and transparency. While Sova has been vocal about his distrust for Cypher, it is currently unknown if the intel broker reciprocates the feeling.VALORANT Reddit AMA - Rivalry between Cypher and Sova
**Cypher has referred to the hunter as his "measured friend."Cypher to Sova - "Ah, Sova. My measured friend, that was amazing!"
**Cypher is aware that some details in Sova's background files is fabricated, such as the hunter's claims about how he lost his right eye. 
***"Sova, I accessed your background file, a good story! But that's not really how you lost your eye."
*In his email sent to Brimstone, Cypher is shown to be wary towards Chamber as he validated the French agent's work history.
==Gallery==
Cypher concept.png|Concept Art
Cypher Character Concept.jpg|Concept Art
Cypher Concept Art.jpg|Concept Art
Warm Up Cypher.png|WARM UP
Cypher Range Leaning.png|Cypher outside his office in the Range. He is the first agent to be featured as an NPC in-game.
Cypher Range Standing.png|Cypher standing up after the player approaches him.
Pride 2023.jpeg|Pride 2023Pride 2023
Reckoning Teaser 2.jpeg|RECKONING teaserRECKONING teaser
Reckoning Teaser 3.jpeg|RECKONING teaserRECKONING teaser
Reckoning Cypher.png|RECKONING
Incursions Cypher.png|INCURSIONS
==References==
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