Fortnite Fracture Event EXPLAINED & What Happened To The Paradigm?

[@supremeseregios6810]

The Herald has been rumoured to escape, as the tree she was found solidified in during the event was chromed, but was completely made of wood on the island. Not to mention that the back of the tree looked broken, as if something escaped. It is likely that the Herald was able to become chrome to phase out of the remains of the Reality Tree whilst also leaving her own 'remnants' behind. We have seen her and countless other people turn into chrome blobs and return to normal elsewhere before, so it is truly possible that The Herald is still alive.

[@leothebrat2048]

@@psamonix4661 But at that point was it still chromed or not?

[@Hiboyboy123]

There's now a file that is labled death breath. It seems it'll come from the heralds tree.

[@FazmavAnimations]

There is a sound called deathbreath, this comes from the tree. The herald is dead. She moulded into the tree and, because of the chrome, she completely solidified and her eyes begun to chromify, showing us that she is dead. Plus, why would the zero point bring the herald back to destroy the zero point, it wouldn't make sense

[@KAIKILIO]

It’s not chrome because there would be no reason it wouldn’t be moving and spreading on the island.

[@Therealdragoxx]

the broken tree part doesnt make sense because she can just become a blob and escape so she didnt escape it might have been the explosion which caused it and even if she escaped she could have made this island chrome and destroyed it too right? so shes not dead or escaped she is now OFFICIALLY A TREE!

[@Topixed]

I believe that The Zero Point itself, intentionally blew up the island, knowing that extensions of itself (the reality tree and its roots) had been tampered with, took matters into its own hands and stopped the chrome before it could spread and destroy reality zero anymore, or even itself.

[@HJLusio]

The Last Reality is still active. The Death Star-esque Cube Cradle & the massive armada fleet is somewhere out there in space, and they might now be on their way over to claim the Zero Point

[@literallyinsanelycool28]

there's a deleted scene for this event that confirms that TLR is functioning

[@dodolordxd]

Yes, totaly!

[@MrJayOWhy]

I like the The paradigm foundation similarity that’s awesome 👏 So the herald was like a fuse Makes sense why the herald was besotted with the tree “I must light that” 😂

[@ladinahat]

On the chapter 4 island, if you go to Shattered Slabs there are these 'kinetic chunks' that they are mining and the oathbound quests talk about them. I think they are going to be the next part of the storyline.

[@reeanisgone]

IO is still here because there are IO logos on the ramps in spawn island. Geno is also here as well so it would make sense to bring the IO back 1 last time

[@Staticiguess]

Its a snapshot of geno

[@GavinZbeatsfan9999]

Last reality is still there too

[@GavinZbeatsfan9999]

The last reality is still there. From cut scenes in the event the motherships comes in and snatches the zero point however it blew up the ship. There’s probably more motherships that are stalking the island

[@ladinahat]

1:36 I think that the reality tree was the island's weak point and that's why the Herald was watching it all season.

[@SlarpyMustayfer]

i feel like the reality tree was made by the zero point and it was connected to the tree, when the tree got overtaken, the zero point(which was connected to it) got unstable and destroyed everything around it and thats why we had to gather zero fragments to stabilize it again and that must be why the paradigm says "Whatever you're doing, it's working, it's stabilizing the zero point, keep doing it!"

[@GunNutproductionsOG]

I also wanna ask if there’s no more IO who is controlling the loop? Is the zero point just randomly still bringing people to the iland of its own volition? Am I overthinking all of this? Probably but I still wanna know

[@staymadgummybeef8078]

Amie said she was talking with geno except she didn't know it was geno and also on the description of geno it says that it's a snapshot and it's clearly a young version of geno meaning he (the original geno) put the young snapshot on the island for some reason I assume it's for the cube fragments as stated in the quest with Amie (also if you are willing too,let me know how much times I said geno ik I said it a lot lol)

[@x2brxo]

you said geno 6 times

[@emoney7404]

The herald new that the tree would blow up, and was gonna kill her so she probably took her chances on covering herself with chrome to survive.

[@ItzCruz77]

Breakdown of live event: The loopers fought the Harold, she sacrificed herself to fracture the zero point so the nothing can get to it and we’re left with no home, so paradigm sacrifices herself to make a new home however the zero point is still fractured. Long story short, The Harold died, paradigm died, We have a new home. The zero point is exposed in space still fractured. C4S1 Story: After Geno died, he had a snapshot, which quickly took over our new home, and there’s this strange power similar to the chrome/cube at shattered slabs.

[@Weld9o]

I thought maybe the herald accidently fused with the tree and then the zero point blew up the island to protect its self kinda like it didn't want to deal with the herald cause right after it blew up the zero point instantly started peicing the new island, almost like it planned everything out

[@joshiebooo5385]

I think the snap shot of Jeno restored the io because if you look under the battle bus there is the io symbol on the rail

[@WarheadWarlord]

Well i think No Sweat Insurance is gone so what was the point of the baloons and where is The Underwriter

[@SingularZero.]

True

[@monkwave1682]

The only one that survived was the crackshot cabin which was floating in space during the event and that’s for winter fest

[@dodolordxd]

The Last reality is always out there, the herald is a tiny piece of TLR dont you remember the Mothership fleet in ch2 sn8. They WILL return

[@kmggames896]

What happened was “laziness” 🙌

[@byjuu3777]

Reality tree had roots everywhere, so the herald must have used the trees roots to turn the whole Map to crome, and then bam she forced the crome out in all directions.

[@Boxingbtos7890]

2:06 the herald is dead, you can see their body frozen into a tree on the current island.

[@Greenboy1961]

There’s a hole in the back in the tree so she escaped and that statue of her in the tree was chrome in the shape of her, she isn’t dead

[@Nightshade_Ronin]

That new place up in the snow is apparently the HQ of the Reality warriors, sounds like a new faction.

[@primalthunder3968]

Theory: The Herald’s true target was the Zero Point. Because the Reality Tree’s roots are connected to the zero point, chroming the tree would truly mean chroming the zero point and if the chrome came into contact with the Zero Point, then chrome could’ve spread to every other reality in existence and The Nothing would’ve truly won. The Zero Point then basically blew up the island as a defense mechanism. In the deleted scenes for Fracture, TLR was supposed to continue the plan, showing up to abduct the zero point. The Herald was supposed to take one for the team so that The Last Reality could hone in on the zero point.

[@oofybloxhello.5741]

The last reality is still existing. There are many more members, as seen in the portal from the end of ch2.

[@kylea_yidaspr]

I think paradigm is gathering resources on Asteria to begin production on ways to revive the seven and find Jonesy and Foundation, with most of the seven gone, I believe jones and the looper will join as Seven official members so then there’s 4 or 5 (counting AMIE)

[@Avaitor_YT]

The qeen is alive FOR SURE, but considering there was no energy coming from the tree the Herald was in... Yeah she's dead, and it's even better because we saw the body as some might say.

[@melissabegue6430]

I don’t think TLR is done. Donald doesn’t bring a character in just to kill them (foundation, paradigm, etc.) he would bring them back sooner or later. I honestly think we haven’t even seen the end of the cube queen. I feel like TLR has something bigger than the Gerald and the cube queen up their sleeve. If they have chrome, motherships, sideways, and cubes, they could use all those at the same time. Even if I’m wrong, and the herald and CQ is dead they still have bytes and the nothing. Possibly even more threats to release all of their powers at once. Edit: they also have the trespassers and kymera (If that’s how you spell it) Edit two: CQ stands for cube queen

[@rp23-rmi85]

the herald is alive, you can see her as a tree near the snow area

[@marioeaterlovesyoshiyoshieater]

It would be cool to see the herald and the cube queen team up and then we will see chrome cubes

[@TA_Flame]

i dont think the herald blew up the island 1. Her face seems too shocked. 2. Paradigm, Jonesy, and Bushranger had plans to do something with the reality tree. 3. Paradigm knew what to do *IMMEDIATELY* after the island fractured (pun intended).

[@abhilashampili]

You are right but the foundation was not sacrificed.he contained the blast and went uncauntious then got stuck in Gotham city

[@triggerplz8764]

the zero point is also somewhat sentient

[@FrshIce_Midas]

How did the herald get out on the reality tree?

[@chanwoo9687]

there is skin that looks exactly like heralf but in new form without chorme,iam 100% sure she is alive but in different form with different powers or something,she is on new map and if you walk around where her tree is you can hear her breathing inside tree making really creepy noises so aye

[@r3ktshadows968]

Great video as always!!! Chapter 4 has been great so far so excited for where they take the storyline now

[@KrazyKegan]

Fortnite: everyone we are hinting villains and hero’s coming back (us: IT HAS BEEN A YEAR EPIC

[@hazzlevr]

Wait why would the zero point bring the heralds tree and her to the island?

[@enriquelopezmancillas1141]

The paradigm is alive

[@enriquelopezmancillas1141]

Thank You 👍

[@destxg9202]

its makes so much sence now the Herald was going to explode the map so the zero point would be exposed but the paradigm would need to do zero Fusion so the zero point would be protied

[@ChryslerCarparkingMobile]

The only members we got of the seven is Jones foundation and amy

[@TheKaktusakCz]

Where is Jonesy and Foundation?

[@RushGamesA-1000]

The Herald Deception?

[@Therealdragoxx]

the IO is not gone well maybe yes but the oathbound according to donald mustard the oathboundis an early version of the Imagined Order or IO and idk about the seven and how the island is going to defend against the threats but im pretty sure epic will do something and create a new set of people like the seven or if you see the brutal bastion POI it seams weirdly familiar right it looks almost like the SANCTUARY from chapter 3 and theres a totally unheard faction called REALITY WARRIORS maybe they will be the early version of the SEVEN idk

[@jsnsneshbdbdbe4076]

I think the nothing is literally what is sounds like it basically means there is nothing left they kept saying the nothing is coming as the island would be destroyed

[@Vortex-me3lu]

Maybe Geno’s snapshot killed Paradigm? After all, he has his own empire on the map

[@DDDTJ]

Paradigm wasn’t even on the island

[@Vortex-me3lu]

@@DDDTJ In the trailer she was taken to the new map with a piece of snowy island

[@absoluterainbow]

You used the wrong combination of words. "Total letdown"? Then "strange" wouldn't be all that appropriate there. Therefore, terms like "stupid", "waste of time" or "unworthy", or similarly degrading terms (or worse yet: the actual swear words) would be more appropriate there, but since you refused to rant about the matter, you got a pass. Also, Donald Mustard said that's the beginning, so there's still hope that all the currently unanswered questions would eventually be revealed and answered by lore in the foreseeable future. It's may be that Epic might not be ready (to give away too much lore) yet. Also, while the Herald and the Paradigm sacrificed themselves for their respective goals: the Herald destroying the island, allowing the Zero Point to be utterly exposed and potentially exhausted, letting the Nothing and/or the Last Reality to destroy it; the Paradigm initiating Zero Fusion, having the Loopers collect the Zero Fragments to repair the Zero Point for that purpose. And guess the Paradigm succeeded. Not sure whether is she's still alive. However, it's possible that the Herald survived her sacrifice and the destruction, maybe fully solidifying herself like you said, merging her with the Reality Tree. Hence the part of the tree in the new map showing her in, and the broken back log. Her hand seems to even moved as well. At the end of the day, nice video.

[@SlarpyMustayfer]

2:14 if thats true then she'll be back since the tree and her are on the current island right now

[@dapper_1313]

In the bytes quests I think the nothing said that the herald wouldn't survive so she had to sacrifice herself and the reality was maybe a part of the zero point and it stopped the chrome from corrupting it due to its energy

[@Pqieu484ur]

The Herald is probably dead because in game she is on the reality tree turned completely wood.

[@fusedbymyst]

Three things: I agree with you about the herald, first of all there is no way epic would kill of a villain that they introduced the very same season, even though it was sort of that way with the cube queen, and second, I also think she she shielded herself from the explosion of Reality Zero. Second, I don’t think that the Paradigm is dead, because we never actually saw her seal herself into the zero point. I think that is just speculation and my theory is that she is trying to find the rest of The Seven and she is going to regroup with them and then they all will go back to the island. I also think that Geno’s snapshot will actually be used by geno to conquer the island, then he will replace the snapshot with his current self, and we know he is alive because of the comics. Third, I think that Midas has been building SHADOW back up in, well, the shadows, and he will bring them back to help the seven fight against geno and possibly the IO next season. Maybe the IO imprisons The Seven and then SHADOW and IO fight? We know that E.G.O/GHOST (SHADOW’s former enemy) is part of the IO, so SHADOW could be working with The Seven, plus Midas tried to get us out of the loop using his device which is part of what The Seven is trying to do. This is by far the longest comment I have ever typed out lol.

[@bijantehrani4325]

But TLR is still active though

[@kyleweech91]

After rewatching the live event I'd say the herald destroyed the map and not the reality like she intended. But it syikk looks like my first theroy of escaping reality zero came true.

[@A.Peacock]

The herald can't fly, teleport, or anything of the sort. She can turn to chrome and move along the path of Chrome. Maybe even move detached from the chrome as chrome. That's it. If she has some other secret power that they implemented last minute then all ill say is that ain't cool. Anyway saying she somehow is alive with the island gone she had no land to stand on. Only thing that could have happened is she fell into the zero point. Nothing else. Or she is just floating though space.

[@justynawec6004]

I think that loop didin't get where in the hel was ground and loop just go boom

[@davidchan401]

Nah man Herald is dead she scarified her life to destroy reality zero, and then somehow She came back but as a statue?

[@burkie7]

she legit got blew up into nothing, she gone fr

[@U_MUM]

@@burkie7 she's a statue in the tree

[@burkie7]

@@U_MUM oh i haven’t seen much of the new chapter

[@Greenboy1961]

She escaped, there’s a hole in the tree

[@silverclaw1026]

If you look underneath the battle bus the io symbol is under the launch pand meaning they'll be back

[@mimik173]

I hope you make a rant about the event

[@Rezztro]

My most recent short was a rant about it lol.

[@A.Peacock]

What does the power of the zero point have to do with a human life. Why does it need a life just to fuse island pieces. If that's the case then how did the chapter 2 map come to be. Whose life was sacrificed and to make the chapter 2 and 3 islands. Sounds like them wanting to get rid of the paradigm or make the whole thing dramatic or something.

[@A.Peacock]

@goldenfry1842 Come on man. Why couldn't paradigm make a device that acts as the anchor. She could have has it in her pocket until the light speed travel was over then launch the device. She was in reality 659 this whole time and all she was doing was studying the chrome?

[@Staticiguess]

Why was herald on one of the islands the zero point brung to it is she on the map then???

[@Staticiguess]

She is close to anvil square she is stuck to the tree

[@lordardbrown9531]

Herald is in the shriveled reality tree on the chapter 4 map. The tree is quite small now but you will notice it

[@t-spin4252]

Where is the tree?

[@lordardbrown9531]

@@t-spin4252 can't remember the exact location but if you explore a bit you will see like a burnt area with a big tree where the herald is partly in it turned to wood

[@Greenboy1961]

There’s a hole in it, she escaped

[@Viki4a]

I'm still wondering what happens when you get chromed?

[@Buzey2489]

The Herald* could be dead on the chapter 4 island she is on a small little tree somewhere near the center of the map her body is ingraved in the tree

[@shacharmovies327]

thanks i really no idea what happend to the pardigme!

[@Guilty3457]

Io’s still on the island. Under the battle bus launch pac thing an io symbol is there👀👀

[@basilplushie2534]

Who will protect the island Probably geno Also are we still in reality zero?

[@Zolothepug]

Jones the legend is unknown?

[@m.jthomas5793]

You wrong the last reality are not gone they still out there waiting to strike

[@PhantomCitadel]

Third (I don’t really count the original cube) time’s the charm, I guess

[@Fxndationn]

Just sleeping in da chrome dats all

[@TheDominoEffect1]

The I.O and Tlr are most certainly still around, just weaker then before. The I.O has reverted back to its former state, the oathbound, whilst the last reality can be seen in a deleted scene in which they attempt to steal the zero point, only for it to blow up yet another mothership. TLR's goal is more clear now then ever, they want the zero point (freed this time by there herold as it was last time by raz) to destroy all other realities, leaving Nothing in their path. The seven are most likely still trapped in the cube cratel, except the imagined and the paradigm. Paradigm is dead (most likely) and the imagined was most likely replaced with a snapshot sent by the reformed geno to infiltrate the sevens ranks, hence why she is confirmed to still be alive in vibin'. As for the other members. Jones was seen at the end of the event, the foundation, visitor and scientist have all been captured or killed (probably not) and the origin may be in the same boat but could be being brainwashed into returning to his former position with the queen gone.

[@obayezzabi6438]

What happend to the order

[@lucymartin8541]

What happened to chapter 2 map

[@flashfan7894]

It blew up with the chapter 3 map.

[@gamingwithwreck2120]

I thought the last reality would return

[@basilplushie2534]

Bruh the Harald IS part of the last reality But in a unused cut scene The Harald Kill herself just so she can break the bubble of reality zero Which lead to the cube spaceship taking the zero point but the zero point fight back resulting in destroying the space ship and all of the cube inside that ship and the zero point escape lol Idk why this wasn't in the final version

[@Greenboy1961]

@@basilplushie2534 it just looked to weird, the zero point never moves so why would they use it

[@basilplushie2534]

@@Greenboy1961 I don't think it's the zero itself that is moving I think paradigm did something resulting to that happening

[@yoursosalty]

Bro the event was all scrapped like how the herald died to her own weapon

[@TheHistoryOfEverything-]

I love the theory but I do have something to say. I think that the herald was working with the last reality to try and gain ownership of the zero point and so she solidified the entire island until the last reality arrived and protected the zero point for their rule but, unbeknownst to her, the last reality had already been and set everything up for the herald to die not anticipating that she'd die and so when they say reality explode they went to get the zero point but it still had consciousness and fought back deciding to flee from its creation point and go to the closest area with loopers to protect them. I've been able to deduce this much from the deleted scene of the last realitys mothership coming and stealing the zero point but it decided to fight back. thank you for your time if you read this. :)

[@samuelcottman8594]

Who from the seven are alive

[@theparrishshow9803]

Well we’re not exactly quite sure. The Paradigm seemingly went missing. No one knows what happened to the Foundation and the Order. The Scientist, Visitor, and the Origin were absorbed by the chrome but it hasn’t exactly been confirmed that this killed them. It’s heavily implied that their souls were taken captive by the chrome and rescuing them is possible but it won’t be easy. The only member of the seven that has been confirmed dead without a doubt is the Imagined. She was killed after falling into the zero point with Geno in an attempt to kill him durning the Collision.

[@samuelcottman8594]

@@theparrishshow9803 well the Imagined could be alive bc Geno could rebuild himself due to being genetically modified but he also did the same same for the order and imagined

[@thechosen3171]

I still think the live event was epic……..nobody’s gonna change my mind.

[@luis_villagomez]

Yeah the cut scenes were really good

[@thechosen3171]

@@luis_villagomez thanks.

[@zacharyortopan5645]

I don’t think we have seen the last of the Nothing

[@JackTrahanOfficial]

Yes!

[@dmi_editz1359]

What about Angeles (geno)

[@Jferraro24]

nah herald is dead she’s on the new map solidified in the tree

[@marvellowibawa7953]

Awesome

[@richardwkent3407]

To short

[@Faker-freddy]

So there is a tree,with the Herald but it's wooden, not chrome so the Herald is dead

[@alienfish7197]

I mean think about it that could be a piece of the reality tree and the The Herald was the only thing controlling the Chrome making it spread and when the herald sealed herself/ combined herself with the reality tree the Chrome stopped spreading even when a piece of the Chrome Island came it did not spread but I do agree that the herald is dead I just think that The Herald after she sealed herself/combined herself with the tree I think she shrunk down to a smaller size and that's why that wooden slash Herald tree is there

[@Greenboy1961]

Bruh there’s a hole in it

[@alienfish7197]

@@Greenboy1961 the whole was there during the fracture event and it's normal for any type of trees to have pieces missing from them

[@Greenboy1961]

@@alienfish7197 but the hole looks like someone escaped out of it

[@alienfish7197]

@@Greenboy1961 I'm just going to say this but I'm not trying to be rude that whole doesn't look like some Escape through it

[@Flash12Gaming]

Nice

[@Minimoviecreations7]

Yo rezz its me matt back in chapter 2 season 7 we played a custom and fashion show and i still have you added my epic is matty icey 77 or something like that you have gotten so popular im proud you were only at 1 k you grew so muchvgood job