Cypher

"Nothing stays hidden from me. Nothing."

- Character selection

Cypher is an Agent in VALORANT.

Biography
Amir El Amari (Arabic: اَمير; meaning "prince") hails from Rabat, Morocco, where Bind is also located. Growing up and living there in poverty at times, he harbors a negative view towards Kingdom Corporation because of their ventures into his hometown, depleting it of resources. He once knew someone called Nora, though she along with other members of El Amari's family met a tragic fate.

Recruited by the VALORANT Protocol as its fifth agent, "Cypher", El Amari intentionally kept his face and identity hidden even from his teammates. In line with his work of gathering intelligence, Cypher gained several rivals. Eventually, his network of information would prove to be an invaluable asset for the Protocol and its objectives.

He has been involved in events surrounding the Protocol's interest in the Everett-Linde Research Facility, particularly with replicating the Alpha-Omega teleporters, having attempted data recovery on-site before a new agent arrived with the necessary blueprints. VALORANT then faced several threats to its secretive nature; the first were investigations being reopened in regards to the events that occurred at Venice in 10 AFL, with Cypher working to wipe out the surveillance shots of Phoenix and Mirror Jett that surfaced. Afterwards, an anonymous blackmailer soon made its presence known, threatening to expose the organization before the world. Cypher worked to track the new threat, but with little success as their message encryption proved to be untraceable.

Personality
"I will stop anyone who tries to come through. I must keep my secrets with me"

- Cypher (Match Start)

Cypher is constantly gathering secrets, information, and intel, to the point of managing to retrieve the passwords of everyone in the VALORANT Protocol. He keeps most of this information to himself, making sure that no one ever discovers them and only revealing anything he knows for a price. In contrast of how he knows a lot about his allies, they do not know much about him, and he prefers to keep it that way.

While Cypher has a history of being a killer, he has shown to have warmer ties with some of the agents in the Protocol, to the point of referring to them by nicknames; for example, he refers to Killjoy as 'little engineer', Phoenix as 'little star', and Jett as 'wind assassin', among others. A calculated person who enjoys a game of chess, Cypher is known to be rather observant towards others, as seen when he noted that sacrifice plays for victory's sake was not Phoenix's usual engagement style.

He is also known to be rather cheeky, and tends to take parts or tools from his fellow agents whenever he needs them, often informing them later on that he has done so rather than asking them if he can use them beforehand.

Appearance
Cypher wears a hat with an antenna attached to it. This device is what's used to locate and transmit the locations of enemies when Neural Theft is used as it floats over the body at Cypher's command. He wears an overcoat where he keeps his utility stored and always has a mask on to keep his face hidden. This mask is high tech and vision-specific.

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Trivia

 * He is particularly fond of playing chess.

Relations

 * Omen has reached out to Cypher for help in his search for some "hard to find answers". Cypher has been able to gather some information regarding this, but he still requires Omen to pay him something in return before he hands the intel over.
 * Cypher's secrecy conflict with Sova's values of honesty and transparency. While Sova has been vocal about his distrust for Cypher, it is currently unknown if the intel broker reciprocates the feeling.
 * Cypher has referred to the hunter as his "measured friend."
 * In his email sent to Brimstone, Cypher is shown to be untrusting towards Chamber as he validated the French agent's work history.

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