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Lore: added Walter Fairfax, updated trivia
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== Background ==
== Background ==
{{Fates_Tale|synth}}
{{Fates_Tale|synth}}
[[File:Walter fairfax.PNG|thumb|177x177px|Walter Fairfax statue]]


=== Lore ===
=== Lore ===
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Pocket expresses regret for killing most of their enemies and say they only chose violence as a last resort.<ref>{{VoiceLineCite|name=Pocket|file=Pocket_unselect_09.mp3|transcription=There has to be a better way than violence.}}</ref><ref>{{VoiceLineCite|name=Pocket|file=Synth killstreak mid 01.mp3|transcription=Please give up, don't make me kill you.}}</ref>
Pocket expresses regret for killing most of their enemies and say they only chose violence as a last resort.<ref>{{VoiceLineCite|name=Pocket|file=Pocket_unselect_09.mp3|transcription=There has to be a better way than violence.}}</ref><ref>{{VoiceLineCite|name=Pocket|file=Synth killstreak mid 01.mp3|transcription=Please give up, don't make me kill you.}}</ref>
A statue of Walter Fairfax, presumably an ancestor of Pocket, can be found in the garden behind the [[Baroness Hotel]]. Walter is depicted as an old man with frogs crawling over his legs.
== Character interactions ==
== Character interactions ==


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* Pocket was named '''Synth''' in ''[[Neon Prime]]''. They were later renamed to '''Fairfax'''.
* Pocket was named '''Synth''' in ''[[Neon Prime]]''. They were later renamed to '''Fairfax'''.
* Pocket is voiced by '''Greg Chun''', who also voices [[Shiv]].<ref name=":4">{{YouTubeCite|1=https://youtu.be/cB8SgHZF1GQ?t=229|2=Greg's top 100 Voiceover roles 2025}}</ref>
* Pocket is voiced by '''Greg Chun''', who also voices [[Shiv]].<ref name=":4">{{YouTubeCite|1=https://youtu.be/cB8SgHZF1GQ?t=229|2=Greg's top 100 Voiceover roles 2025}}</ref>
* Pocket used to have the highest [[Melee Damage|light melee damage]] in the game.
* A possible inspiration for Pocket's kit is the hero [https://liquipedia.net/dota2/Puck Puck] from ''Dota 2''. Besides having similar names, both Pocket and Puck have the abilities to send a slow moving projectile that damages enemies and that they can teleport to, deal AOE burst damage, and become invulnerable for a short time by going into hiding.
* "Sulking in the Hideout" is displayed as one's status in the in-game Friends List when playing as Pocket in the [[Hideout]].
* "Sulking in the Hideout" is displayed as one's status in the in-game Friends List when playing as Pocket in the [[Hideout]].
* Pocket's backstory and abilities have some similarities to the Biblical [[wikipedia:Plagues_of_Egypt|Plagues of Egypt]]: the death of the firstborn, the plague of frogs, and the pestilence (Affliction).


== References ==
== References ==