In Fortnite: Battle Royale, the map is changing again. The ice seems to be melting, and a mysterious “Fire King” has escaped from the dungeon. Will Season 8 bring the epic battle between fire and ice?
What is the “Fire King” all about? In Fortnite: Battle Royale, there is a special skin each season that you can only obtain by completing a certain number of challenges.
In Season 7, you will only receive the skin after completing 60 individual challenges, which can earliest happen with the upcoming tasks from week 9.
What you will get has already been leaked. A monstrous figure named “The Prisoner”, who was presumably held captive in the dungeon of the Ice Castle at Polar Peak. However, due to the ongoing melting ice, the prison has thawed, allowing the prisoner to escape. This is also seen in a leaked title image.
Why is the prisoner called the “Fire King”? The skin seems to have several phases, and the further these progress, the “more fiery” the skin becomes. By the end, he is even engulfed in flames.
Therefore, fans speculate that the prisoner is meant to be the “Fire King”, the eternal antagonist of the Ice King.
His escape can only mean that there will soon be less ice in Fortnite.
Will “Fire” be the new theme in Season 8?
These are the signs for a map change: According to the theory of some fans, the release of the “Fire King” should soon bring about a turning point and cause the now completely frozen map of Fortnite to thaw again. Initial signs of this theory have recently been observed in the northeast of the map.
There, the ice is beginning to disappear and has already returned grass in a thin strip along the coast.
What comes after Season 7? It seems that towards the end of Season 7, winter is slowly fading away and it is getting warmer. But what comes next? Some fans still anticipate the big boss battle event with the Ice King, possibly alongside the Fire King.
And then all of this could also be a hint for the next season. Perhaps spring and fire will be the new themes. Maybe the map is also slowly burning away and becoming a desolate desert?
Is a Game-of-Thrones event coming? Season 8 may also orient itself to the fantasy epic “Game of Thrones”. This title means in the original book “A Song of Ice and Fire”. Moreover, the dragon eggs from the castle have not hatched yet and the medieval sword found in the datamining has also not been used yet.
Additionally, the final season of Game of Thrones, which also features an expected final battle between ice and fire, coincides with the duration of Season 8.
