Friday ‘Nite: Three Mysteries Introduced In Fortnite Chapter 3 Season 3

Fortnite Chapter 3, Season 3 is all about good vibes and celebrating the obvious defeat of the Imagined Order, as we noticed within the Chapter 3, Season 2 finale, Collision. Proper out of the gate, the island has taken on a complete new vibe. The celebration ambiance is a brand new search for the island, which is so usually underneath duress that loopers might not know what to do with themselves this season–take our suggestion: Journey the curler coster.

Whereas it is all enjoyable and video games for now, do not count on it to final. By means of teases within the finale occasion, in addition to the introduction to the brand new season, it appears we have already got a number of issues to start out worrying about for the foreseeable future. Get that coaster journey in now; it might not be lengthy for the island. Listed here are three new mysteries in Fortnite holding gamers up at evening.

Is Slone lifeless?

I may virtually reply this one in a word–“no”–because I strongly consider she is not. A part of why I believe that’s as a result of she’s the very best and I do not need her to be gone. However extra importantly, a close look on the sequence of occasions resulting in her supposed loss of life suggests she might have narrowly escaped. Subsequently, I discover the extra attention-grabbing thriller just isn’t whether or not she survived, however how will she resurface?

It looks like Epic is placing the Imagined Order within the rear-view, like a comic book arc that wraps up and sends the superhero down one other path clashing with a brand new enemy (who we’ll get to in a second). I are inclined to anticipate the IO, or no less than Slone, will come surging again to the island someday quickly. Will she be reformed, dejected, or maybe simply as hellbent on grabbing energy for herself as ever earlier than?

Who–or what–is Geno, actually?

After years of rumors and namedrops, we lastly noticed a glimpse of Geno (pronounced “jen-oh”) within the Season 2 finale occasion. We realized that he’s the true chief of the IO, not Slone–which I and others have theorized–but that straightforward truth hardly clarified something as a result of the glimpse we obtained of him solely left issues extra complicated. He did not seem human, however neither did he precisely appear like one of many alien-like characters we have seen earlier than, corresponding to The Origin or the Dice Queen. Is he a part of a brand new, beforehand unseen race? Does he actually have a bodily physique, or is he maybe some type of laptop program? If it is him we see Slone speaking to in her revealing loading display, it is odd that his first two scenes in-game come as holograms.

This figures to be one of many longest-running mysteries within the recreation, so do not count on a solution right here for one more yr or two, maybe not till Chapter 4, at present anticipated to reach in December 2023.

Who’s the flowery spectator watching over the island?

With Slone out of the image (for now anyway), the story wants a brand new Large Unhealthy. Epic could also be hinting at simply that character on the finish of the Chapter 3, Season 3 story trailer (embedded above). Whereas the mysterious character has no official identify but, one standard lore theorist, Ako, has taken to calling her the Bloomwatcher, provided that she was each watching over the island and resembles Bloom, the alien fauna character that type of appears to be like like an off-world Bushranger.

That is the grandest thriller of all of them, for my part, as a result of the fan theories are all over. One prominent theory says Bloomwatcher is definitely the Dice Queen, who appeared to die by drowning on the finish of Chapter 2 when the island flipped and crushed her under. Their proof: They give the impression of being alike, with each characters that includes pink hair (or a hair-like substance anyway), each have putting blue eyes, and it might be argued that Bloomwatcher appears to be like like a mix of coral and seaweed, like in some way the Dice Queen morphed into this hybrid oceanic alien-looking creature upon her demise.

There are a number of holes in that concept, although, particularly that the character appears to have already got a better-fitting origin story, as informed by Ako. In accordance with them, the Bloomwatcher might come from wherever Bloom comes from, which in-game is described as “a mysterious forest.” It appears as if the brand new locale, Actuality Falls, is definitely this identical forest now spreading throughout the island, maybe intentionally.

We additionally know from in-game particulars on Bloom’s beauty set that he is a “Pluxarian,” which appears to be the identify of his alien race. Maybe Bloomwatcher can also be Pluxarian as the 2 characters resemble one another fairly intently. It is my concept that the Pluxarians had been invaded by The Final Actuality (the Dice Queen’s military, principally) whereas she was out colonizing new universes. This was additionally her intent when she arrived in Actuality Zero, to take over the Fortnite island–but she failed.

To place all of it collectively, I consider Bloomwatcher is Pluxarian, her individuals had been overtaken by The Final Actuality, and now that The Final Actuality and the Dice Queen have been defeated, Bloomwatcher is adrift within the omniverse and seeking to resettle on Fortnite’s island. This could make her like Slone–a considerably misunderstood and arguably tragic villain. She appears to have in poor health intentions given the temper shift of the trailer when she comes on display, however as a survivor of violent colonization, she could also be appearing out of desperation as she lingers over (or someplace on?) the island.

There’s a lot extra to be taught, however that is the very best I’ve obtained by way of theory-crafting for now. Because of Ako and others within the Fortnite group, as all the time, for serving to me make sense of one other dizzying story growth.