「 HEADCANON 」
► august brinkman:
➸ a leo. bday between July 23 to about August 22
➸ he was called "caliber" previously in older leaks, maybe it can be another alias if he needs a different name.
➸ when he says he's an excellent chef he means it. man can cook.
➸ knows how to play chess & card games, but it doesn't get him going like blood sport.
➸ used to own a dog but it died of old age, so he now has a hologram to remember it by.
➸ he likes cats
⇒ the symbol for finishing the battle pass is a lion
⇒ cat socks
⇒ "the time is meow" banner
⇒ a grey cat magnet on the fridge in the comic with pathfinder
⇒ his neon sunset/vice grip skins have a watch on them, and has the logo from "the time is meow" banner... customized watch. cat logo.
⇒ racing stripes (tiger) & prowess (cheetah) rare skins. out of 24 legends ballistic is one of the 10 with both so it's maybe an intentional choice? this isn't evidence, most likely a coincidence.
⇒ doesn't mean he doesn't like dogs. he has a hologram of one, or is it his in the first place? or did he grow to enjoy cats bc they're more independent and don't need too much like dogs during his self isolation??
➸ man owns the gaea equivalent of the invite only v rich black credit card
➸ the devs used john wick/james bond as inspiration so i'm going to let ballistic know the martial arts they know until devs officially say otherwise, so i'm going to let him know:
⇒ gun fu ( x )
⇒ judo
⇒ brazilian jiu jitsu
⇒ boxing
⇒ jeet kune do
⇒ karate
⇒ arnis
⇒ parkour
Additional fighting notes: He has unique animations as shown in 3rd Person and in the Olympus boxing arena (warning loud music with the second link)
⇒ He's still very stylish and graceful despite smashing the butt of a smart pistol on someone's head. Still dangerous even when he runs out of bullets, which is rare in itself.
⇒ In the boxing arena video he does the following: forward punch, chop, palm strike, elbow strike or a right hook, straight kick... and a scream?? there's also a move where he slams two fists downward that i don't recognize. Seems to share the animations with all legends after testing it out so this doesn't specifically apply to him, but it shows he and all the legends know moves/trained.
⇒ Outside of these two circumstances, he shares melee animations with all the legends where they can do a flying kick and a right hook(?)
➸ his parents died and left him billions like batman so i'm gonna steal his networth and say august is worth 100 billion.
➸ his will: everything goes to nathaniel and sok leng. everything. (but will they accept it?)
➸ what if he knew some singaporean mandarin and malay because of the wife and brother-in-law...
➸ "Origami is a popular hobby in Singapore" thinking of ballistic learned how to origami bc of sok leng
➸ While he's skilled with every weapon known to man, Ballistic has a preference for short to medium ranged weapons. Primarily the CAR SMG, the Wingman, and a Smart Pistol.
► family:
➸ he still loves sok leng up to this day.
1) info: using the term "the love of his life" in his bio
2) lobby animation: fiddles with his left ring finger and looks pretty sad about it. maybe it's just the metal bearings on his hands but it is specifically the left ring finger.
3) banner frame - study: has a picture of her still up in his study
4) voice lines: still fondly talks about her/as if she was there in several voice lines:
⇒ i did it the old way, sok leng. our way.
⇒ CAR SMG here. I thought to name myself after this weapon once. Sok Leng talked me out of it.
⇒ Apex Predator - the absolute summit. If only Sok Leng and Kit Siang were by my side.
⇒ You may not believe me, Sok Leng... but I do this for the boy.
5) canon motivations: even though he's estranged from his wife and son for two decades, if anyone lays a hand on them august is going to murder the one responsible for it.
➸ kit siang was his best man at the wedding. they were best friends. guilt consumes him constantly with no end in sight, so he wears his red sunglasses to honor him upon joining the apex games.
► the brinkman estate:
➸ the brinkman estate has several rooms:
⇒ rooms confirmed via trailers:
- front lawn with a gate
- living room area... connected to his garage?
- kitchen
- office
⇒ rooms confirmed via banner frames:
- armory
- garage
- lounge
- study
⇒ rooms confirmed via voice lines:
- east wing (burned, in repairs)
- west wing
- jacuzzi (unconfirmed where in the estate it's located)
confirmed via lore comic/video:
- fireplace located in another room of the house
- gallery. located in the easy wing so it's in need of repairs, the start of the fire is located here
- ballroom, which is inspired by the BATB ballroom so let's say it's exactly that.
⇒ headcanon areas:
- several bedrooms: ballistics, his sons, guest bedroom/s (obviously)
- dining
- dining room
- backyard/garden/hedge maze/etc
- indoor pool?
- game room
- training area/gymnasium
- firing range
- research time
- cellar
- library
- observatory
- atelier
- some secret areas
- armory/batcave of sorts (s17 lobby) that includes a personal firing range ( x ) + this will be discussed in detail below.
➸ he has an artillery room that's sort of some batcave thing, probably underground? based on the Season 17 lobby. it has various lighting as show here. it also has a firing range that fights back. he also has the following weapons as revealed in the lobby screen:
2x smart pistols
3x krabers
3x alternators
1x havoc
1x bocek
1x longbow
1x r99
1x devotion smg
as revealed from the dressed to kill collection bg:
another devotion
another havoc
another car smg
another r99
➸ based on this, i imagine he has weapon mods (extended magazine, suppressor, counterweight) for the lady grey smg outside the apex games.
➸ most likely has various secret compartments with weapons in the estate similar to his pool table.
➸ he's got this at home (previous abilities that were leaked but changed in the end):
-- Suppressor Turret: Deploy a makeshift turret from a copy of your active weapon. The turret will automatically fire at enemy targets once it spots them. The weapon copy utilized by the turret will have greatly reduced damage and will fire in small bursts rather than continuously.
-- Auto Loader: Deploy a box that feeds ammo directly into nearby players' current weapons.
「 THEORIES 」
► what if "she" from the song beyond the sea represents his thoughts about sok leng? on the other hand it also represents the fame he had before and will gain again.
► what if one of the reasons of grief and neglect was because whenever he looks at sok leng he's reminded of who he took from her and how he hurt her: a brother. a friend. family.
► did torres silva plant the news about august and his son knowing he would watch it? did he plan for his return? if so, why?
► i think the animated lion badge from the season pass represents him. king of the jungle kind of thing, like how he's a thunderdome champion as well as being praised for how much skill he has, the fame, etc. it's also the reason i decided to make him a leo while ticking many traits leos share at the same time.
► season 17 - arsenal:
➸ he's the narrator on the prize tracker. kinda fits with how he had to do the voice over in the firing range. either him or loba as they both enjoy luxury.
"I hope you're dressed to kill because the Armed & Dangerous mode is back. Whether you're engaging the enemy up close and personal or keeping your distance, you should look stylish while you do it, no? Play matches to gain points and unlock some exceptionally beautiful skins. Go on, I think luxury suits you."
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