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Oh Spider no one in this franchise deserves you except maybe Kiri (platonicly)

WHAT DO YOU MEAN NORM HAS TWO KIDS AND A WIFE!¡!

So the lore right now (JC can still change it): - Norm's wife is Olangi and that's why Norm wears a lot of Olangi accessories. - They have 2 kids and one of them is Popiti (Tuk's best friend according to Visual Dictionary) and they are both supposed to be there when Norm plays the fiddle in High Ground comic. These two kids are his biological offspring not adopted.

Maybe the person by Norm in this panel is his wife. Maybe the 2 kids in the front holding hands are Tuk and Popiti or maybe they are both Norm's kids. The art is not very detailed in this one so it's hard to tell if any of the kids has more fingers or eyebrows (even Jake is lacking eyebrows in wide shots). But this one is for sure one of Norm's kids and I think they look more Na'vi like.

- Olangi were decimated during the Tree of Souls battle and the survivors joined with Omatikaya. They lived in their yurts set between the new Hometree and Hell's Gate before RDA came back. - There might be Norm/AVTR Program comics in the future about the time before coming to Pandora (with Tommy and applying to go) and/or the time between A1 and A2. I want this so much right now.

On the non-Norm news side

There was also talk about some other media stuff coming, international fandom experiences available and merchandise.

He talks how they supervise lore to make it consistent between different media but movies always are most important. This includes any mistakes in pronunciation or grammar (which actually makes Na'vi more like real language aa none are ever 100% consistent).

Quaritch's ikran is not named Cupcake. Stephen Lang gets to name it and Zoe Saldana gets to name Neytiri's new ikran. I wonder if other actors got to name theirs.

Here is it whole thing

Omar is the Creative Director of "From the Ashes!"

He worked on Far Cry 6, and now that I know that I won't be able to unsee it.

He was already thinking of what to do next after the close of "Frontiers," and says feedback from the players is "gold."

There was a lot of close work with Lightstorm and Josh Izzo's team on how to implement aspects of the world into the game, and there's a good brand understanding.

They initially went with the first person POV for immersion, but saw feedback regarding third person and decided to implement it.

He was inspired by Neytiri's fighting in "The Way of Water," for So'lek's fighting in "From the Ashes," and there is a possibility it could come to the base game.

He saw something special in So'lek from the beginning of the game from his initial lines to Alma in the opening scene, to his deadpan "It is soundproof, Priya.." comment. He describes So'lek as "dark, mysterious, funny." (He forgot extremely sexy lol)

This is So'lek's "found family" arc

They wanted to incorporate more companions, and know how much people love their Sarentu. Naming the Sarentu gives them a more canon presence as well.

Some things did have to be cut, but it meant improving others.

They wanted everything to be cohesive with the movie, like the Windtrader gondolas.

The mo-cap used real props, like Zari's sniper rifle

They wanted to tell an emotional journey with this DLC, and described So'lek as "the perfect character" for that. The themes of grief and of letting go parallel off of "Fire and Ash."

So much talk about The Nor Scene - I haven't gotten there in game yet help I'm scard

He was asked "Is the Quaritch line at the end from pre- or post 'Fire and Ash'?" and responded "You should've asked Josh!"

What aspects of Pandora would he like to explore more? He'd love to do more with water, and hypothetically, he'd be interested in a pre-RDA Pandora.

The Fireback Mastodon was the mascot of the project. They wanted that fight to be more "Avatar," in the sense that you help the giant creature, rather than fighting him. You can also find the mastodon after the fight??

The mural by So'lek's camp has all the major moments from his comic "So'lek's Journey."

I loved being on team pulse deeply, I'm so already excited for next year!

Hey Avatar Community!

Omaticon 2025 has kicked off and I will be leaving updates on my experiance for my first Omaticon!