Fox Clan

The Fox Clan are a group of warriors which first appeared by name in Chapter 2: Season 5. They previously served as one of the five syndicates within MEGA City. 
==Overview==
The Fox Clan are a group of hunters underneath the protection of the kitsunes, each specialized in stealth and combat. The members of the clan are distinguished by their kitsune masks and their Rift-based powers - taking the form of an electrical aura. 
Until the events of Chapter 4: Season 2, they were in conflict with the River Guard, their historical rivals.
==Locations, Members and Technology==
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===Locations===
Name & Image 	Name & Image	Information
MEGA City 	 	The neo-city where most of the clan members resided. They also owned a bookstore there.
Rolling Blossoms Farm	 	A farm where Vi resides.
Twinkle Terrace 	 	A small village with a Fox Clan base.
Seaport City 	 	A city with a Fox Clan base.
All You Can Catch! 	 	A restaurant which advertises itself with Fox Clan imagery.
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===Leader===
Leader	Description
Vi 	A huntress previously thought to be the last living member of the Fox Clan. She restored the Fox Clan after they narrowly survived their enemies,Fox Clan Reborn and became its de-facto leader ever since.
===Guardian===
Guardian 	Description
Kimiko Five-Tails	An ancient fox spirit watching over and guarding the Fox Clan."An ancient fox spirit who watches over the Fox Clan." - Kimiko Five-Tails's Skin Description"I'm worried about these masks, guardian." - Vi to Kimiko Five-Tails, Chapter 6: Season 1
===Members===
Members 	Description
Drift 	A graffiti artist from Earth transported to Reality Zero. He received his mask prior to the establishment of the current Fox Clan, but joined them to restore it. Serves as the Fox Clan's recruitment expert.
Catalyst 	One of Drift's counterparts from an alternative timeline. She was taken into Reality Zero by the unstable Zero Point during Season X.
Vox Hunter	The Fox Clan's dauntless tracker. Digital avatar and a poet.
Stray 	Special Ops expert; Drift's first recruit and apprentice."I told you. You pick up strays, you have to train 'em." - Vi to Drift, Chapter 6: Season 1 Brother of the regal Empress Mizuki and former member of the River Guard.
Serge 	Drift's second recruit and apprentice; said to be his most promising.
Kitsune 	Catalyst's Kitsune.
===Stray's Special Ops Unit===
Name 	Description
Fox Clan's Special Ops	Unnamed Fox Clan members part of Stray's Special Ops Unit.
===Infinite Drift Unit===
A unit composed of Drift variants from different Realities. 
Name 	Description
Rift Strider Drift	An alternate version of Drift who appears in Chapter 4: Season OG's Reality. He comes from an unknown Reality. Leader of the Infinite Drift Unit.
Skulldrifter 	An alternate version of Drift who appears in Chapter 4: Season OG's Reality. He comes from a Reality where Drift is the Skull Trooper. Infinite Drift Unit's grim intimidator.
Fishdrift 	An alternate version of Drift who appears in Chapter 4: Season OG's Reality. He comes from a Reality where Drift is a Fishstick from Atlantis. Infinite Drift Unit's aquatic charmer.
===Other Drift variants===
Other existing Drift variants part of the Fox Clan, but whose status as members of the Infinite Drift Unit is unknown.
Name 	Description
Summer Drift	A Snapshot of Drift with Summer theming. He once asked about Fox Clan business."Are you here on Fox Clan business?" - Summer Drift's special dialogue with Drift, Summer Drift, Snow Drift, Driftwalker and Catalyst, Chapter 5: Season 3.
Snow Drift 	An alternate version of DriftSnow Drift likely hails from Reality: 659 and its Snow Biome, much like Snowheart (see Snowheart's Kingdom) - as both are featured in the Frost Legends Pack, and several of the reality’s inhabitants are ice-themed remixes bundled in various outfit packs. who appears to be made of ice.
Driftwalker 	Snapshots of Drift corrupted by vampiric power of The Last Reality."Fly forth from the Last Reality." - Description of the Corrupted Tendrils glider Multiple snapshots were hunted by the High Stakes Club.Joni the Red Trailer
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===Pickaxes===
Name and Icon	Name and Icon 	information
 	Rift Edge 	Drift's rift powered scythe.
 	Dual Edge 	Summer Drift's rift powered swords.
 	Crooked Claw 	Vi's rift powered sickle.
 	Vox Fangs 	Vox Hunter's rift swords.
 	Vox Mane 	Vox Hunter's pickaxe.
 	Foxfire Edge 	Stray's rift powered swords.
 	Kitsune Claws 	Kimiko Five-Tails' rift powered claws.
 	Surging Edge 	Serge's high tech, rift powered sword.
 	Strider's Slicers 	Rift Strider Drift's rift powered slicers.
 	Skull Scythe 	Skulldrifter's rift powered scythe.
 	Atlantean Trident 	Fishdrift's rift powered trident.
 	Glacial Rift Edges 	Snow Drift's frozen swords/scythe.
 	Corrupted Rift Edges	Driftwalker's corrupted rift powered swords.
===Gliders===
Name and Icon	Name and Icon 	Information
 	Driftstream 	Drift/Summer Drift's Glider.
 	Rift Rider 	Catalyst's glider, most likely used by other Fox Clan members.
 	Corrupted Tendrils	Driftwalker's Tendrils/wings.
 	Skycarver 	Stray's ridable glider.
===Other Technology===
Name and Icon	Name and Icon	Information
 	Kitsune Mask 	Masks that most clan members wear. They seem to give them their spatio-temporal powers.
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==History==
===Unknown Period of Time===
The Fox Clan was founded in Reality: 783 on the Island of Oninoshima"Fox Clan have survived a lot of rough times. Made dangerous enemies. And now, we're back where it all began. Right here. Demons, magical masks, it's like the old stories are coming to life. Those stories didn't go great for us, the first time 'round." - Vi when asked about the Fox Clan, Chapter 6: Season 1 - and harnessed magic through special masks made by a family of artisans: the ancestors of Daigo, Jade, and Kendo. One day, their mask suppliers created Masks of Power, which contained dangerous capabilities that threatened the whole Island. An event known as the Shattering War broke out between the people of the Island and the Demon Warriors, resulting in most of the masks being destroyed and magic being banished. The Fox Clan was blamed for the incident, and since then became sworn enemies with the River Guard.
In Reality: UN-1, Drift obtains a Fox Clan mask - though it is unknown when he got it and who gave it to him.
===Season 5===
Drift is an ordinary human from California in the "real" world, Earth. After finding and spray-painting a Durrr Burger head in the desert, he is brought to the island by a Rift. 
===Season X===
Catalyst appears on the island, brought to it by the unstable Zero Point.
===Chapter 2: Season 5===
The Fox Clan appears to have been attacked and tracked down by an unknown enemy, "something old ... something bad ...". Vi seems to be the only one to have escaped the attacker, appearing as the last known member of the clan's original iteration. She attempts to contact Drift, and asks him to team up in order to survive because he too is one of the targets because of his mask. 
Vi managed to find Drift and the two teamed up, Catalyst another Fox Clan Mask bearer, despite not being a member, joined the group as well. The Three then refounded the Fox Clan, with Vi as its leader, starting a new era for the Fox Clan.
Vi's secret transmissions to Drift:
"///////Establishing Connection ----Beginning Scan---- Possible match found///// Drift? Drift. Come in. Do you read me?"
"I know you don't know who I am, but the Fox Clan is in trouble. We need you."
"We always thought we were the trackers, but something is tracking US down now. Something old. Something… bad."
"They got everyone. I barely escaped. I'm… I'm the only one left."
"Whoever gave you that Fox Clan mask made you a target..."
"If we don't work together - team up - they'll come for you next."
"They're closing in."
"I need to wipe my tracks, but I hope you got this transmission. If you did, I'll see you soon. I hope. ///Connection terminated."
Shortly after the final message, all relevant tweets were deleted.
===Chapter 2: Season 7===
A member of the Fox Clan, named Vox Hunter appears on the Island. He seems to be one of the original members of the Fox Clan like Vi, who managed to escape the unknown threat before joining the new Fox Clan. He is distinguished from his allies by the fact that he is a digital avatar. He is recognized as the Fox Clan's dauntless tracker, a cunning warrior and a poet.
Vox Hunter encountered The LooperVox Hunter Quests and the former wanted them to do "something worth writting about". The Looper started an "Odyssey", followed by Vox Hunter. After demonstrating charisma and courage, as well as several "conquests" "victories" and "losses", Vox Hunter told them that they remind him Fox Clan's most powerful warrior, and that the two would get along well.
After this, Vox Hunter decided to write a song about The Looper, asking their name to see what would rhyme with it, before leaving.
===Chapter 3: Season 3===
Summer Drift is one of three NPCs who can spawn on the beach coast of Sanctuary. When interacted with by certain Fox Clan members, he reveals secret dialogue: "Are you here on Fox Clan Business?"
===Chapter 4: Season 1===
Three Driftwalker snapshots took refuge within Faulty Splits at the abandoned bowling alley - however Joni the Red arrived to hunt them down and kill them.
Vi, Drift and Catalyst seem to be working together; they can appear as a Rift Encounter with a piece of what looks like an IO Surface Hub. However if the player approaches, they use their Rift powers to teleport away - shortly after one of them claims they "can't be here" and "need to go back".
After Update v23.40, only two of them appear together in the encounter; they scout the area, and should the player get too close, state: "Again?! No! Not right now. Not when they need us." - then Rift away.
After Update v23.50, a single member will appear, wordlessly upset or exhausted for an unknown reason. They will not teleport, even if the player is close to them.
===Chapter 4: Season 2===
Prior to Chapter 4: Season 2, Drift recruits Stray, the brother of the regal River Empress Mizuki, into the Fox Clan. As MEGA City is being rifted into the island, Stray falls out of a Rift in the sky, and lands on Asteria. It's later revealed that he had left behind his home alongside the River Guard in order to join the Fox Clan during an unknown period of time, raising tensions between the two historic rivals as a result.
During the Syndicate Quests, after being impressed by The Looper, the Fox Clan agrees to attend a dinner hosted by the Peace Syndicate in order to negotiate with the River Guard. All goes well and resentments are cleared, thus they both become allies to each other and the Peace Syndicate, resulting in their longtime rivalry coming to an end. 
Kimiko Five Tails appears on the Island as the guardian of the Fox Clan, though doesn't make herself known until Chapter 4: Season 3.
===Chapter 4: Season 3===
Kimiko Five Tails reveals herself.
===Chapter 4: Season OG===
In Chapter 4: Season OG's Reality - an offshoot timeline from Reality Zero - a version of Drift identical to that within the prime timeline is brought to the island by a Rift during the same era as Season 5, mirroring the initial events of Reality Zero. Later, another version of Drift, known as Rift Strider Drift, appears in the timeline. 
Rift Strider Drift serves as the leader of the Infinite Drift Unit - a combat group entirely composed of alternate versions of Drift, including Skulldrifter and Fishdrift.
===Chapter 6: Season 1===
The Fox Clan returns to Oninoshima, creating a hideout underneath Twinkle Terrace, a smaller base within Seaport City, and founding the All You Can Catch! restaurant. Various kitsune statues can be found scattered throughout the island as well. 
Vi patrols Rolling Blossoms Farm, and reveals that though they seem to have sustained positive relationships with their allies (namely Mizuki and the River Guard), the emergence of the Oni and various elemental masks across the island seem to trouble the clan, and brings contemplation towards the mending of their historic rivalry. With danger on the horizon, she confides in her worries with Catalyst, and Kimiko Five-Tails. Vi, likewise to their formal rival Mizuki,"You swim dark waters, mask master. Beware they don't drain you. - Mizuki to Daigo, Chapter 5: Season 1 also shows a disliking towards Daigo and his ancestors, hinting at another historic fued and a threat to their safety."I just hope you're not like your foolish ancestors." - Vi to Daigo, Chapter 5: Season 1
Admist the re-emergence of the Fox Clan, Vox Hunter has sustained his passion for poetry which Vi indulges in, wondering, and possibly worrying about what the poets think of their clan."What are the poets saying about us, Voxy?" - Vi to Vox Hunter, Chapter 6: Season 1 Drift appears to have taken Stray as a direct mentee - though Vi has to remind him to train his apprentice. 
Though the River Guard too seems to reflect on their history with the clan, neither side appears to want to break their ongoing peace treaty - should none cause any problems for the other.
Later, Serge appears on the island as Drift's second apprentice and newest recruit,"Drift's most promising apprentice." - Serge Outfit description with Vi welcoming him into the clan, while also trying to keep Drift on track with training his recruits."Ah, Drift's newest recruit. Has he trained you up yet?" - Vi to Serge, Chapter 6: Season 1
==Messages==
On January 24th 2021, the banner and profile picture of Fortnite's Twitter account was changed to Vi's logo. The Twitter account made a series of tweets regarding the situation of the Fox Clan. It was reverted to its original state only half an hour later. 
==Trivia==
*Through the messages of Vi, it's revealed that Drift was given his Kitsune mask - although he was not an official member of the clan at this time. It's unknown how, why, and who gave it to him. 
**By the time of Chapter 4: Season 2, the Fox Clan seemed to have been completely reborn, and there was no trace nor mention of the unknown enemy who previously attacked them.
**It is possible that the Fox Clan's attacker was the army of The Last Reality, which is already known by all of the syndicates of MEGA City by the time of Chapter 4: Season 2 suggesting a previous encounter with them.
**It is also possible this attacker may have originated from Reality: 783 and the time of the Shattering War.
*Summer Drift considers Driftwalker and Snow Drift as members of the Fox Clan according to his secret dialogue.
**Although an official member, Vox Hunter doesn't activate the Fox Clan-specific secret dialogue of the Summer Drift NPC; he also doesn't appear with Drift, Vi and Catalyst in their Rift Encounters.
*The Fox Clan's former historic rival is the River Guard, ruled by River Empress Mizuki.
*Ninjas seem to be the primary inspiration for the Fox Clan, while Samurai are the primary inspiration for the River Guard.
*All members of the Fox Clan generally produce rift energy at the level of the eyes of their mask and their shoulders; the color varies according to the member.
**Serge is the first and only masked member to lack this particularity.
*There is various Fox Clan related imagery in MEGA City, such as Drift on advertisements and a Kitsune sign.
==Gallery==
Fox Clan (Profile Picture) - Logo - Fortnite.png|Temporary profile picture of the Twitter account
Fox Clan (Twitter Banner) - Promo - Fortnite.jpg|Temporary banner of the Twitter account
File:Fox Clan Thingy.png|A byōbu depicting several members of the Fox Clan
==References==
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