Sage

"I am both shield and sword."

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Sage is an Agent in VALORANT.

Biography
Ling Ying Wei is a Radiant monk from China who went on to become an agent for the VALORANT Protocol, being its seventh recruit, "Sage". She was able to work her way quickly up the ranks, becoming the Protocol's second-in-command under Brimstone and over more veteran agents. Sage has especially been active in radiant agent recruitment and training, interacting with multiple new radiants upon recruitment and taking the lead on a radiant training program.

Personality
""I wasn't strong enough before. But now, now I am strong enough for us all""

- Sage (Match Start) Described as a stronghold, Sage is an agent who always looks out for her teammates and offers help whenever she can. She has fully embraced her powers which give her control of life, and wishes to use them to keep her team alive for as long as possible. Calmer and more collected than some of her more energetic allies, Sage always imparts encouraging words to rally the team up and guide them to victory.

Appearance
Sage is a fair skinned, apparently tall woman with very long black hair that reaches her knees. Her inner clothing is black, and her outer, looser clothing is white. She also wears green, as a collar, belt and design on her outer clothing. For accessories, she wears her green orbs around her lower body and smaller ones as earrings.

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Trivia

 * Sage's ability orbs appear to be the same orbs she wears on her belt.
 * Sage's orbs are actual radianite, as shown by her contract's chapter 2, level 1 unlock "Radianite orb buddy."
 * It's been suggested by people around Sage that her radiant powers have a human cost and that the toll of these "victims" climbs up as she continues with every "selfless" act.
 * Omen icon.png "Sage, the life you give. Do you ever wonder where it's taken from?"

Development

 * An old game file from a very early stage in development shows the names of some of the agents at the time. One of the agents, 'Mirai Kimura', had the call sign 'Thorne', which would end up becoming Sage's codename within VALORANT's files.
 * Because this comes from a very early stage in development, it is likely that Mirai Kimura and Sage are completely different characters, even if they have links between their codenames/call signs or abilities, as evidenced by other agents from this stage also sharing call signs with current agents' code names despite appearing to have different nationalities and genders from each other.

Relations

 * Sage and Viper have crossed paths before, though their collaboration did not go as planned, with Sage apparently failing at her role in their efforts.
 * Viper icon.png "Sage, you're the only one who can keep us alive. Don't fail us now like you failed me then."
 * Viper still holds some resentment towards Sage for what happened, though Sage still wants to help her where she can.
 * Viper icon.png "That's payback, Sage!"
 * "Viper, have you thought about my offer? You don't have to-"
 * Viper icon.png "Never, ever, assume you can help me! You can't help me, you can't help them!"
 * Sage and Omen have a good, solid "connection."
 * Sage is wary of Reyna's philosophies, describing them as "too dangerous for new recruits."