Sova

"Wherever they run, I will find them."

- Character selection

Sova is an Agent in VALORANT.

Biography
Hailing from the town of Severomorsk (Russian: Северомо́рск), in Murmansk Oblast, Russia, Sasha Novikov is an archer who became an agent for the VALORANT Protocol as its sixth recruit, "Sova". As an agent, Sova primarily served as the team's scout, gathering information and searching for targets using olden methods should technology come up short. His capabilities in the field earned him a reputation of being the most trusted man of the Protocol's commander, Brimstone.

With his right eye replaced with a mechanical one after he lost it, Sova has had multiple encounters with radianite-related events, having traveled through a rift and met his mirror counterpart. When an anonymous blackmailer threatened to publicly expose VALORANT's data, Sova worked to locate the threat, albeit with little success. He advised Brimstone to postpone plans of traversing to Mirror Earth and give priority into finding the blackmailer in order to ensure the continued secrecy of the Protocol's existence.

Personality
""I believe in all of you, like I believe in myself""

- Sova (Match Start)

A humble hunter that has taken down man and beast alike, Sova works carefully and with precision, scouting around and retrieving information before taking out the enemy. As he has told Phoenix, Sova believes in the value of patience and strategic thinking. Being the team player that he is, Sova always commends his allies and never hesitates to voice out his vote of confidence in them. He seems to value the team to the point of risking his own life, to which Brimstone reminds him that it is equally important that he looks out after himself.

Cypher has described the hunter to be a 'measured' person, referring to his calm and collected nature. Described as a man of principle, Sova values honesty and transparency, and he expects nothing less but the same from his teammates.

Appearance
Sova has a fair skin tone and sports long blond hair that flows down to his shoulders. He has a bionic right eye with blue lenses. He is seen wearing a fur-lined coat suited for the cold weather of his home along with a dark blue cape with a white leaf-shaped symbol on the left shoulder and a X-shape on the back. He wears archery leather gloves and his owl drone rests against his left forearm. His bow is slung across his back in an easy-to-reach position. His boots take on the appearance of owls. His quiver of shock darts is located on the side of his right thigh and he has a hunting knife strapped against his left calf.

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Trivia

 * Sova means "owl" in most Slavic languages.
 * Sova does photography. So far, he has shown to have taken interest with nature as his subject.

Development

 * Sova's Owl Drone ability was originally the ability Drone Dart for the scrapped agent, Joules.
 * Originally, Sova was supposed to be a female and was supposed to have a visor.

Relations

 * Sova has close ties with his grandmother.
 * "My babushka (grandmother) told me not to brag. But for this I make an exception!"
 * There is friction between him and Cypher due to all the secrets Cypher keeps to himself, which conflicts with Sova's values of honesty and openness and makes Cypher difficult to trust.
 * "Goodbye Cypher. You will not be missed."
 * Sova has met the mirror version of himself.
 * "Sova, I spared you when we first met. I can't let you go again."
 * Whilst many agents react to the fact that there is a mirror of themselves on the opposing team, Sova is one of the few agents who mentions anything about having met them before the battle.

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