The few months have been really rough for Valve as they have just announced their anticipated game after a while, Artifact a trading card game designed by Richard Garfield himself. Besides the game, Dota 2 also received its much-anticipated patch 7.20. The community especially Dota 2 players seems to be forgetting something during these many updates about the hero teased not so long ago. Yep, I’m talking about Dota 2 hero Mars. Almost nothing is known about the new but we might have a clue how he looks like according to the new comic related to the Dota 2 universe, Call to Arms.
Valve’s new comic “Call to Arms” might be hinting at the new Dota 2 hero Mars
Before getting on the main topic I want you to check out the teaser for Mars once again,
This teaser was a really clever one as it did not reveal any of the hero abilities letting us specualte or wonder what they might be unlike the other teasers or trailers. For instance when Pengolier and Dark Willow was announced.
What is the new comic has to do with Dota 2?
Artifact is the trading card game which is based on Dota 2 universe. The new comic focuses on further into the ongoing storyline and revealing the origin of Artifact. Which focuses on few heroes especially Legion Commander, People from Red Mist and their storyline. To understand more about the Artifact origin check out the comic, Call to Arms from here.
Why is this all related to the new hero? You might wonder. That’s a good question as this comic might show us how he looks like. We are not sure, however, but nothing’s wrong with speculation, right?
Possibility #1 – Marcus, Legion Commander’s Right Hand Man
This possibility might sound stupid but sometimes things you do not expect to happen, happens. Also, we should consider every possibility. So, who is this Marcus? we can see him riding beside Tresdin as from the comic it is clear that he has a very important role to play in the army as she, Legion Commander, happens to advise the commander as he aids her in the combat. Suggesting he leads the charge. And from the trailer, we can see a bunch of soldiers with Mars.
Possibility #2 – Rix, The wolf-like character in the Legion
Rix, who is the wolf-like character which we can see besides legion is the 2nd candidate for our speculation of Mars. He seems to be working in under Tresdin (Legion Commander) and seems like a reliable ally. However, at the end of the comic, he starts a rebellion against legion which makes him the antagonist and honestly at this point he doesn’t look like a guy we are looking for but we can never tell.
Possibility #3 – Legion Commander’s Emperor
Last but not least, the only characters left which we can be Mars are no other than the person who seems to be Tresdin’s emperor. Why he? He may not look like Mars as we have seen from the teaser but we can imagine what he might look like when he will not have his garb. Moreover, he does not in any way look like your normal emperor with having horns like things around his head and are on fire. Here’s what Mars, the Greek God of War looks like:
Looks familiar right? We all know Mars is the God of War in Greek Mythology with having powers to obliterate enemies with his spear. He looks exactly like the guy in the teaser. In the last bits of the comic, we can see Tresdin disagreeing with the emperor and saying
Fine, we will win this war without your spears
Does this line Ring any bells? No, let me remind you. Some time ago some files related to Mars abilities were leaked on Reddit suggesting his abilities:
And here’s what the Emperor looks like:
Oh boy, this all makes sense. I strongly believe that the Emperor is the character which will be coming in the winter. However, we have to wait for the official update which is not that far as the new hero is coming in the winter and I think it’s safe to say we can expect him either in the December holidays or in January. What do you think? Let us know about your opinions and views down in the comments below.