Apex Legends Mobile's Debut Legend Gets A Lore Revamp And A Surprising Reveal

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In a recent Twitter post, David Bartle--Respawn Entertainment's Apex Legends lore historian--gave fans an update on Fade, the first new character to hit Apex Legends Mobile. According to Bartle (better known by his Twitter handle, FrozenFroh), the character bio that appeared on launch day was not the final draft, and has since been updated. The revised biography now gives players more information on the masked legend's dark past and future goals.

Fade's Bio on Mobile has received an update (on most languages!). The previous version was not the final draft. pic.twitter.com/6EyGiXBl0Z

The update adds a bit more context to the events surrounding Fade's acquisition of his simulacrum suit, his family history, and his goals in the Apex Games. Fade's new bio also reveals that he had several brothers who, along with his former-mercenary father, perished when another group of mercenaries discovered that Fade and his family had tracked down the simulacrum suit.

While it's not clear exactly what kind of work Fade's father did in his mercenary days, the Apex Games are overseen by the Mercenary Syndicate, a group of skilled criminals hired by the IMC during the Frontier War, so it's possible Fade's father was once a part of this group. The Syndicate has grown significantly since the war and controls a group of planets collectively referred to as Syndicate Space, which includes all of the locations used as maps in both Apex Legends Mobile and the console/PC version of the game. The most recent planet to join Syndicate Space is Salvo, home to Fuse and Mad Maggie--and Salvonians aren't particularly pleased with The Syndicate's aggressive reappropriation of their land of their once-lawless planet.

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