Apex Legends is a battle royale with over a dozen interesting and unique Legends to take onto the battlefield. What's more is that Respawn Entertainment works hard to include plenty of extended universe and in-game lore for the various Legends that participate in the Apex Games.
Now, Respawn has just released another bit of extended universe lore by way of the Apex Legends: Pathfinder's Quest lore book. Interestingly, it seems that Respawn has hid a surprise face reveal for Apex Legends' masked adrenaline junkie, Octane, within the the lore book.
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Though the Pathfinder's Quest lore book naturally center's around everyone's favorite friendly robot, it seems that some other Legends may also get some additional lore if this Octane reveal is anything to go off of. Ever since Octane's reveal in Season 1 back in 2019, fans have been wondering what the Legend actually looked like under his face mask and goggles. Surprisingly, he looks like a perfectly normal person, despite what some would be lead to believe by his over-the-top voice lines and wacky personality. Unsurprisingly, however, is his lime green hair that matches his original color scheme, which suits the Legend perfectly.
It's also worth giving some kudos to the Apex Legends art team for making Octane's face believable while matching his eccentric personality. Fans will notice his chipped tooth, the scar on his left nostril, and even the mask marks around his eyes from constant use. It's little imperfections and details such as those that help bring a character to life and really lend to Octane being a death-defying daredevil. Hopefully, the Pathfinder's Quest book is filled with even more extra bits of lore as surprising as Octane's face reveal.
For those Apex Legends players who haven't really taken the dive into the game's extensive lore, it's a pretty fascinating subject to check out. Each of the Legends competing in the Apex Games have their own reasons for entering, whether it's for a self-gratifying reason like Octane's or a quest for personal revenge, in Loba's case. Seeing as Apex Legends is entering Season 8 today, there will no doubt be bits and pieces of in-game lore scattered across the Season. It wouldn't be surprising to here unique dialogue from the new Legend, Fuse, while playing on the destroyed King's Canyon map, considering he's partially to blame for it's destruction.
At any rate, it seems like Season 8 is going to be the first all-new season for a bunch of Apex Legends players. Recently, Apex Legends hit a new player record on Steam, for total concurrent players online at once. The game hit a concurrent player count of 129,928 over the weekend, and averages around 7,000 new players per day. Hopefully, these new players can find their favorite Legends this season and discover some new bits of lore about them along the way.
Apex Legends is available now on PC, PS4, and Xbox One, with Mobile and Switch versions in development.