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So first, throwing a few things out here Cypher has this line “I am Prometheus, and you are just a god” And his player card is called “Redeemer’s folly”, he is dramatically standing in the light staring at it. Okay so first a few things about Prometheus and why this one line of his is so important. Prometheus was a titan who instead of fighting against the Greek Gods decided to join them and fight by their side. Then, he was tasked with creating humans, he shaped them to resemble the Gods. However, the humans lived a rather ‘animalistic’ life. They were scared of the dark, lived in caves, ate their meat raw, depended completely on the gods to survive since they lacked characteristic such as ‘sharp claws and teeth’. Prometheus took pity on them, so decided to trick the gods multiple times in an attempt to help the people.

1. When the gods demanded sacrifice from the humans, Prometheus decided to fuck over Zeus by hiding the yummy parts of the sacrifice under disgusting looking stuff, guts if i remember right. And then he hid the bones and fat under and other useless stuff under some appealing looking stuff. So when it came to Zeus choosing which one of the two he would eat, he chose the appealing looking but in reality disgusting stuff (bones and fat), while the humans got to eat the yummy stuff. At least, this is the version I know. Might be wrong, but it doesn’t matter that much now.

2. This one is more important and I am sure you know of the tale already. Prometheus stole fire from the gods and took it from the Olympus to the humans. With fire on their hands the humans started building civilizations, creating various devices, they were no longer scared of the dark nor did they depends much from the gods any longer. Now Zeus, this not being the first time Prometheus has made him incredibly mad by tricking and disobeying him has decided to punish the titan by shackling him to the side of a mountain and send his eagle out to tear out then eat Prometheus’ liver every single day for all eternity. And that is exactly what happened. Even if Zeus offered him freedom, Prometheus refused. (After a few years of torment he got saved by Herakles but that doesn’t matter now.) Now, Prometheus among the humans is celebrated as “The titan of fire” or “Champion of humankind”. Prometheus is a selfless hero, who sacrificed himself (although unwillingly) for his people. And in a way, Cypher has done the exact same thing. If we look at Bind, which is on Morocco, we can see the cranes and various other devices destroying the building, the culture. The map is full of posters, either pro-kingdom propaganda or anti-kingdom stuff. Calling them liars and shit. Judging by the voice lines (Viper, Cypher) Kingdom wasn’t doing much to help the people, nor did they care for what they wanted. All they are there for is the Radianite, exploiting the people for it like the Gods have exploited humans, living off of their sacrifices. See the connection?

Side note: Multiple works (poems), such as Goethe’s “Prometheus” state that Gods are useless and while they try to make it look like the people depends from them, it is the other way around. 'The Gods wouldn’t be anywhere without the humans’ sacrifices; they need them for survival.’ And while the Gods sit on their asses not giving a shit, it is Prometheus who actually cares for the humans, his people. He is the one seen as a hero, not the Gods.

Let’s look at his card for a bit, Redeemer’s Folly. REDEEMER, as someone (in this case) trying to liberate a group of people, which in this case is most likely the people of Bind/Morocco. FOLLY, which is more interesting because Cypher is many things but a fool is not one of them. Now, what I think this means is that he fucked up. He fucked up bad, as he tried to liberate his people just like Prometheus has done with humans, he was also doomed to eternal torment (eternal for him, it lasts until he dies after all). While Prometheus had to live with the pain of his liver getting torn out every single day, Cypher, someone who values family so deeply, has to live with the pain of his family dying, torn away from him (and he most likely blames himself for it.) Side note: Skye has a voice line: “Cypher, I knew you were a legend from the start…!” Which leads me to believe that Cypher has made himself quite a name being a thorn in Kingdom’s side. Another reason he is hiding his identity, to protect his remaining (?) family (“I must survive to protect my family. I can’t lose them. I can’t feel that pain again.”) Okay, back to the card but this time, the visuals.

1. First the arch. Judging by the massive size of those things I am certain that he is not standing under it, but either inside the building or outside, looking straight into the light that is shining on him (I’ll get back to the light later.) Now, in Islam it is forbidden to picture holy figures in architecture so they express their holiness by structuring geometric patterns (I know this thanks to @itisi-james ) So keep this in mind, Cypher standing dramatically, staring into the light coming from architecture that is used to honor holy figures. (Also that condemn in Cypher’s voice when he says “(…) And you are just a god” makes it clear that he is an atheist.)