Impact

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— Official Description

Impact is an agent in Valorant

Rohan Banks is a radiant born and raised in Kingston, living in Denham Town. He was known as the little helper around town as he tried his best to be beneficial to those around him by helping around town. That was until his abilities awakened and he caused an entire building to collapse by accident, causing him to become more reserved and keep to himself. Although he still helped as much as he could, using his powers from the shadows, catching the attention of the Valorant Protocol.

#### Before First Light

* Rohan is born in Kingston, Jamaica to a small family of two children. His father is a mechanic and his mother is a nurse.
* He grew up mostly around his father's shop barely seeing his mother because of her night shift.
* At first, his father just sent him on errands to deliver something or the other but as he grew older, he started walking around the neighborhood helping anyone he could with menial tasks and his popularity only grew.
* Soon after his older brothers joined him, they all became known around the neighborhood.

#### The First Light: 0FL

* Rohan's youngest sister had just been born and his power awoke not long afterwards, causing an entire building to collapse on top of him and several others.
	+ Two people died from this accident and several people were rushed to the hospital, including him.
* After being bedridden for a couple of weeks, he returned home to the relief of his family who believed the accident was caused by a freak earthquake. Only he knew the truth and the guilt from this stopped him from going around the neighborhood like before, worrying his parents.

#### After First Light: 1-5aFL

* Rohan continues to hide his powers all the way through high school and instead focused on his dream of becoming a pilot.
* During this time, he becomes his sister's babysitter as his parents were busy with work and his brothers had gone off to college.
	+ It was from this he noticed his sister had powers as well and did his best to hide it from his parents.
* Nearing the end of his secondary school years, while watching his sister in his father's shop, he stopped some crooks from stealing their savings, using his powers again after many years of hiding.

#### After First Light: 6-7aFL

* He continues to train his powers and decides to restart his neighborhood walks but this time helping from beyond the sight of anyone. He also brings his sister along and convinces her to continue hiding her powers even after he goes to college.
* During his gap year, he continues his "evening walks" and begins to garner suspicion as more and more people begin to notice more weird things happening.

#### After First Light: 8-11aFL

* Rohan gets attends college and pauses his exploits until he goes home during the holidays.
* He finds out his sister didn't keep her promise as she uses her powers to try and deter The Kingdom in their area which attracted unwanted attention towards their neighborhood.

##### Attracting the Valorant Protocol

* Due to his sister's actions, the VP come over to Kingston to investigate. At the worst possible time, his sister was trying to sabotage some Kingdom trucks transporting radianite.
* To protect her, Rohan decided to use himself as a decoy to let her get away. He was able to get them off her but was easily caught by Jett and Neon not long after.
* To his surprise, he is offered a spot on the protocol due to his proficiency with his powers.

### Personality

— Impact (Getting a kill)

Following the incident of his power awakening, he had become more reserved but as he became more in tune with his powers, he has started showing his true self, an energetic fast-talker with a relatively upbeat and fiery personality. He tries his best to see the light of any situation but knows when to be quiet an observe. especially in a place he is unfamiliar with. He is also relatively stubborn and has a tendency to be very irritable but he tries his best to be reliable in any situation

### Appearance

He is dark-skinned, tall man with dark brown hair twisted into dreadlocks with most of it tied up with a red and black band with the rest falling to the back of his head and dark brown eyes. He is relatively tall and has a slight athletic build hidden in his usual baggy clothes.

## Update History

**v6.11**
* Oppress
	+ Recon function added when equipped and fired
	+ Damage reduced 25>>>20
	+ Damage function now requires ALT FIRE to activate after enemies are detected
	+ Icon changed
* Decimate
	+ Changed from detain to slow
	+ Damage to allies reduced 7>>>5
	+ Shape of filed changed from hemisphere to cylinder

**v6.05** - Added

## Trivia

* Before joining the Valorant protocol, he was in college studying to become an aerospace engineer.
	+ This was actually a compromise because he wanted to become a pilot but he also did not want to spend too much time away from home.
* Despite all his powers, he has a crippling fear of falling from any height, even from just tripping.
* He speaks English usually but he switches to Patois to show that he sees you as a friend.
	+ Or when he's really angry.
* His favorite genres of music are dancehall and hip-hop.
* The '09' on his hoodie has no special meaning. His mother always bought t-shirts with the number and he eventually integrated it into his style.

### Development

* Impact went through a lot of changes during his inception
	+ In his first few designs, he wore more militarized outfits, including a bulletproof vest and combat boots.
	+ At first, he was meant to be from Canada but it was changed not long after.
	+ Some of his early callsigns were: Rise, Shock and Outburst but were all rejected due to them not feeling memorable enough.
	+ His design is based off of several characters including, Sean Paul and Elephant Man in Def Jam Fight For New York (some of his quotes are inspired from theirs) and Bishop from the X-Men.
* His name, Rohan means *ascending*. Fitting for someone that floats regularly.
	+ It's also the name of Bob Marley's son but that was by pure coincidence.
	+ In-universe, it was his grandfather's name.