Breach

Breach is an Agent in VALORANT and one of the first Initiators available to play since the Closed Beta.
==Profile==
===Biography===
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A criminal from Sweden, Erik Torsten was set to be convicted along with the rest of his family for their crimes. As he was a double congenital amputee however, the judge was pitiful and lenient towards him, giving him a smaller sentence that soon allowed Erik to return to his old ways. Building himself his own mechanical arms to use, Erik would hit back with his own criminal assignments, becoming so notorious for the terrible things he had done that he eventually had to go into hiding and effectively exile himself from his home. During these times, he also encountered the young Brazilian Tayane Alves, who worked alongside him for a while and provided some major upgrades to his arms, resulting in the carbon-steel titanium-plating version that he uses to this day.
Later approached to become a VALORANT agent, Torsten accepted the offer though his induction was not a smooth affair. Leaving behind his criminal life in line with VP procedure, his records were sealed and he became the Protocol's thirteenth agent, "Breach". Despite now serving for the secret organization with more dignified actions however, the consequences of his criminal past forever remain, leaving him a man that, for all he does now, can still never truly return home.
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Timeline of events =
====ERIK TORSTEN: Early Life====
*Torsten is separated from his family when they were imprisoned. The judge had specifically taken pity on Erik due to him being a double congenital amputee.VALORANT Protocol#The Blackmailer's agent dossiersVALORANT Lore Discord Narrative AMA: Breach was born without arms
*Erik continues his criminal activities in locations such as Stockholm, Gothenburg, and Salvador.
**He also attempts a hit in Bengaluru but is stopped by REALM's forces, including agent Varun Batra.Harbor-Breach chat interaction 
*Erik meets and works with Tayane Alves.VALORANT Lore Discord Narrative AMA: Breach's arms
====BREACH: VALORANT agent====
*Recruited as its thirteenth agent.
**Breach's induction is not a smooth affair.Breach's induction into VALORANT.
**Breach's recruitment results in his criminal records being sealed.VALORANT Lore Discord Narrative AMA: Breach's past
====The Omega Project====
*Breach contacts Brimstone with concerns about VALORANT's secrecy, given the recent reappearance of footage of the Venice incident on the internet and family members of Everett-Linde employees asking questions.4.01 Breach email
====The Blackmailer====
*Breach is assigned as a member of the Istanbul strike team.Istanbul Strike Team
**Breach's role was to help with extraction, but he only ends up reinforcing the rest of the squad when they come under attack.
====Continuing the Omega Project====
*Breach is reported to be having arguments with Brimstone.4.09 Raze Voicemail
====First ventures into Omega====
*Breach is assigned to carry out a raid on a Kingdom Industries site to obtain intel.5.01 Breach Voicemail
**The mission is a successful, clean job.
*Breach thanks Brimstone for pulling strings to get the sentence of Breach's nephew reduced.5.09 Breach Voicemail
====Project Landfall====
*Breach invites Brimstone to a jam session at VALORANT after finding out the commander plays bass.6.02 Breach Voicemail
*Breach talks to Jett about her needing to lay low.7.07 Jett voicemail
====Scions of Hourglass====
*Breach 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===
If there's anyone who knows the risk - and the thrill - of their job as a VALORANT agent best, it's probably Breach. This bionic man has hinted at having a long history of being in the battlefield, and any shootout is always fun for him. He mainly treats his current occupation in VALORANT as nothing more than another post wherein he drops into the fight, wins, and gets paid. However, he's also looking for excitement and will not hesitate to wreck havoc along the way. 
According to Sova in his voicelines, Breach lacks patience and tends to rush into fights while leaving his team behind. The Swede has also earned the ire of Yoru for being a loudmouth who doesn't shut up. With his gimmick for aggression, Breach believes in getting the job done quick, and when the guns are being held up on his face, that's when he knows that it's just another Tuesday. 
===Appearance===
Breach is a tall man with long brown hair tied in a ponytail, while sporting a beard and a mustache. He is most noticeable with his metal arms that are made out of carbon steel with titanium plating. He wears a green vest that covers a black shirt that sports a red logo of a horned demon. The Swede also sports a large tattoo on his chest. He wears green pants which carries a holster on both sides, completed by a pair of boots.
==Abilities==
===Basic ===
===Signature ===
===Ultimate===
==Agent Cosmetics==
The following are cosmetics related to Breach from Agent Gear and from other sources (e.g. Battle Pass).
===Gear===
===Other cosmetics===
Player Cards
Image	Name 	Source
 	Doodle Buds // Agents 	Store:
 	Mementos Pt. 2 	Battle Pass:EP 07 Act 3
 	Rotating 	Battle Pass:EP 09 Act 2
 	On Cooldown 	Battle Pass:EP 03 Act 3
 	VERSUS // Breach + Raze	Battle Pass:EP 07 Act 3
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Part of collection:
 	War Dawgs 	Login Bonus
Sprays
Image	Name 	Source
 	Alas Poor Robot 	Battle Pass:EP 02 Act 1
 	Awkward Breach 	Battle Pass:EP 08 Act 2
 	Breach's Approval 	Battle Pass:EP 05 Act 3
 	Break Time 	Battle Pass:EP 07 Act 3
 	Dap Team 	Battle Pass:EP 01 Act 2
 	Last Person Standing	Battle Pass:EP 06 Act 1
 	Let's Go! 	Battle Pass:EP 06 Act 2
 	Loyal Look 	Battle Pass:EP 07 Act 2
 	Nothing to See Here 	Battle Pass:EP 06 Act 3
 	Pump Action 	Battle Pass:EP 03 Act 1
 	Pumped Up 	Battle Pass:EP 07 Act 1
 	Simple Instructions 	Battle Pass:EP 05 Act 3
Weapon Skins
Image	Edition	Skin	Weapon 	Variant	Source
 	 	 	Phantom	Base 	Store
 	 	 	Ares 	Base 	Store
==Quotes==
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==Update History==
==Spotify Playlist==
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==Trivia==
* Canonically, Breach is currently the tallest agent among the VALORANT roster.Agent Heights - as of Harbor's addition.
===Relations===
*Breach's quotes hint that he knew Raze before joining VALORANT.
**The nature of their shared past was one that operated outside the law.
*** "Raze! Huh, together again and we're not even breaking the law!"
**Raze sometimes calls Breach by a nickname, "Breachy."
*** "You know Breachy, in all this chaos it would be terrible if some equipment just...got lost...you know?"
*Viper was involved in Breach's recruitment into VALORANT.
*There is friction between him and Brimstone, with Breach suggesting that Brimstone has reasons the prefer not working with him, though Brimstone appears to deny some of these claims.
** "It could be worse Brimstone. Instead of working together, we could be facing off. Or maybe you'd prefer that..."
** "Haha, when that Brimstone sees me here, he's gonna be sooo pissed."
** "Brimstone, the corporate sellout. Here to look out for Kingdom's special interests?"
*** "You don't know what you're talking about, Breach."
=== Development ===
* Previous designs of Breach had him with a orange or brown jacket, black arms, blonde hair, and a mask.
* The earliest known concept of Breach was the scrapped agent, Crusader. The differences between these two is that Crusader was female, and Crusader's abilities featured a Sword, a Flash Grenade, and the scrapped ultimate ability, Riot Shield.
==Gallery==
Early_breach.png|Early Concept
Snowball vote.jpg|Game Mode Vote ArtworkGame Mode Vote Promotional Images
Breach chill.gif|Chill OutBreach Chill out
Incursions Breach.png|INCURSIONS
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