This post contains spoilers for "Gen V" through season 2, episode 4, "Bags."

"Gen V" has a new big bad this season: Cipher (Hamish Linklater), the new dean of Godolkin University. So far, much about his character remains unknown. As our heroes Marie (Jaz Sinclair), Emma (Lizze Broadway), and Jordan (London Thor/Derek Luh) have noted, his name is literally Cipher, or a word referring to a personalized secret code designed to conceal a message. Cipher is sometimes used as a synonym for a "blank slate," because in theory, you can plug whatever you want into a cipher and create meaning.

What we do know is that Cipher was somehow involved in the "Odessa" project linked to Marie's birth, and he's very interested in helping her master her blood-control powers . Any "Avatar: The Last Air

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