Fox Clan

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“

Talk fast. Fox Clan don't like being out in the open.

”

— Stray

The Fox Clan is a group that first appeared in Chapter 2: Season 5 and one of the five syndicates of MEGA City.

Overview

The Fox Clan are a clan of hunters under the protection of the kitsunes. They are specialized in stealth and combat. The members of the clan are distinguished by their kitsune masks and their Rift-based powers taking the form of an electrical aura.

Members, Locations and Technology

Name and Icon		Information
	Drift	A graffiti artist from Earth transported to Reality Zero.
	Catalyst	One of Drift's counterpart from an alternative timeline. She was taken into Reality Zero by the unstable Zero Point during Season X.
	Vi	A hunter, previously the last surviving member of the Fox Clan.
	Vox Hunter	The Fox Clan's "dauntless tracker", digital avatar and a poet.
	Stray	Special Ops expert. Brother of the regal Empress Mizuki and former member of the River Guard.

Infinite Drift Unit

Name and Icon		Information
	Rift Strider Drift	A member of the Fox Clan as well as an alternate version of Drift who appears in the altered timeline. He come from an unknown Reality. Leader of the Infinite Drift Unit.
	Skulldrifter	A member of the fox clan as well as an alternate version of Drift who appears in the altered timeline. He come from a Reality where Drift is the Skull Trooper. Infinite Drift Unit's grim intimidator.
	Fishdrift	A member of the fox clan as well as an alternate version of Drift who appears in the altered timeline. He come from a Reality where Drift is a Fishstick. Infinite Drift Unit's aquatic charmer.

Protector

Name and Icon		Information
	Kimiko Five-Tails	An ancient fox spirit watching over the Clan.

Possible Members

Name and Icon		Information
	Summer Drift	A snapshot of Drift with Summer theming.
	Snow Drift	A snapshot of Drift covered in ice.
	Driftwalker	A snapshot of Drift corrupted by vampirism.
	Kitsune	Catalyst's Kitsune.

Locations

Name and Icon		Information
	MEGA City	The neo-city where most of the clan members come from.

Technology

Name and Icon		Information
	Kitsune Mask	Masks that all clan members wear. They seem to give them their spatio-temporal powers.
	Rift Edge	Drift's rift powered scythe.
	Dual Edge	Summer Drift's rift powered swords.
	Crooked Claw	Vi's rift powered sickle.
	Skull Scythe	Skulldrifter's rift powered scythe.
	Atlantean Trident	Fishdrift's rift powered trident.
	Strider's Slicers	Rift Strider Drift's rift powered slicers.
	Foxfire Edge	Stray's rift powered swords.
	Vox Fangs	Vox Hunter's rift swords.
	Vox Mane	Vox Hunter's pickaxe.

History

Unknown Period of Time

The Fox Clan and the River Guard became enemies through a conflict so grand, it was said to be historical.

Season 5

Drift, an ordinary human from California in the "real life" world, after finding and spray-painting the Durrr Burger, is brought to the island by a Rift. It is unknown when and how Drift received his mask from the Fox Clan and who gave it to him.

Season X

Catalyst appears on the island, brought to it by the unstable Zero Point.

Chapter 2: Season 5

The Fox Clan appears to have been attacked and tracked down by an unknown enemy, "something old ... something bad ...".Vi seems to be the only one to have escaped the attacker; she tries to contact Drift and asks him to team up in order to survive because he too is one of the targets. Vi, Drift and Catalyst are next seen running across rooftops together in the Fox Clan Reborn loading screen.

Chapter 2: Season 7

A digital avatar of a member of the Fox Clan appears on the island: Vox Hunter. He seems to have succeeded in escaping from the unknown enemy and is here "to find the truth", according to the description of the Vox Hunter's Quest Pack.

Chapter 3: Season 3

Summer Drift is one of three NPCs who can spawn on the beach coast of Sanctuary. When interacted with by certain Fox Clan members, he prompts a secret dialogue: "Are you here on Fox Clan Business?"

Chapter 4: Season 1

Three Driftwalker snapshots took refuge in Faulty Splits within the abandoned bowling alley. However, Joni the Red arrived to hunt them down and kill them.

Vi, Drift and Catalyst seem to be working together; they can appear as a Rift Encounter with a piece of what looks like an IO Surface Hub. However, they use their Rift powers to teleport away, shortly after one of them claims they "can't be here" and "need to go back".

After Update v23.40 only two of them appear together in the encounter; they scout the area and, if the player gets too close, state "Again?! No! Not right now. Not when they need us." then Rift away.

After Update v23.50, a single member will appear, crying or nervous for an unknown reason. They will not teleport, even if the player is close to them.

Chapter 4: Season 2

As MEGA City is being rifted into the island, Stray falls out of aRift in the sky, and lands on Asteria. It's revealed that he left behind his home alongside the River Guard in order to join the Fox Clan during an unknown period of time, raising tensions between the two historic rivals as a result.

During the Syndicate Quests, after being impressed by The Looper, the Fox Clan agrees to attend a dinner hosted by the Peace Syndicate in order to negotiate with the River Guard. All goes well and resentments are cleared, thus they both become allies to each other and the Peace Syndicate, resulting in their longtime rivalry coming to an end.

Chapter 4: Season 3

Kimiko Five Tails appears on the island.

Altered Season 5

Drift, an ordinary human from California in the "real life" world, after finding and spray-painting the Durrr Burger, is brought to the Island by a Rift. It is unknown when and how Drift received his mask from the Fox Clan and who gave it to him. Later, an alternate version of him known as Rift Strider Drift arrived in the altered timeline. This version of Drift appear to be the leader of a combat unit of the Fox Clan called the Infinite Drift Unit, which composed of alternative versions of Drift. The team is composed of Skulldrifter and Fishdrift.

Messages

On January 24th 2021, the banner and profile picture of Fortnite's Twitter account was changed to Vi's logo. The Twitter account made a series of tweets regarding the situation of the Fox Clan. It was reverted to its original state only half an hour later.

The following messages are the tweets that were sent out, all highly implied to come from Vi:

"///////Establishing Connection ----Beginning Scan---- Possible match found///// Drift? Drift. Come in. Do you read me?"

"I know you don’t know who I am, but the Fox Clan is in trouble. We need you."

"We always thought we were the trackers, but something is tracking US down now. Something old. Something… bad."

"They got everyone. I barely escaped. I’m… I’m the only one left."

"Whoever gave you that Fox Clan mask made you a target..."

"If we don’t work together - team up - they’ll come for you next."

"They’re closing in."

"I need to wipe my tracks, but I hope you got this transmission. If you did, I’ll see you soon. I hope. ///Connection terminated."

Shortly after the final message, all tweets were deleted.

Gallery

Trivia

Through the messages, it's revealed that Drift was given his Kitsune mask although he was not an official member of the clan at this time. It's unknown how, why and who gave it to him.
Summer Drift considers Driftwalker and Snow Drift as members of the Fox Clan according to his secret dialogue.
- Although an official member, Vox Hunter, doesn't activate the Fox Clan-specific secret dialogue of the Summer Drift NPC, he also doesn't appear with Drift, Vi and Catalyst in their Rift Encounters.
The Fox Clan's former historic rival is the River Guard, ruled by Mizuki.
Ninjas are the primary inspiration for Fox Clan members, while Samurai are the primary inspiration for members of the River Guard.
All members of the Fox Clan generally produce electricity at the level of the eyes of their mask and their shoulders; the color varies according to the member.
There are several Fox Clan related symbols in MEGA City, such as Drift on advertisements and a Kitsune sign.
The Infinite Drift Unit is a combat unit of the Fox Clan appearing in the altered chapter 1 timeline, they are all Drifts from alternate realities/timelines.
Each member is identifiable by the logo of their mask, usually placed on the forehead or depicted with an item or the logo on their shoulders.
- Members who have the same logo are actually the same person, but from different timelines or realities.

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