if you pause the video at the right time, you can see that tusk has black cargo pants
Yup. So heās most likely not as ancient as we think.
His retro will be exactly like his old lookā¦ except heāll be wearing those shorts under the furry speedo. ;D
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I think heās essentially a Highlander; heās an ancient immortal, but has been alive and adapting through the age, or has been frozen.
The first option explains his black cargo pants, and the modern clasps on his shoulder pauldron, while avoiding the time travel trope.
I also suspect he is the general or warlord who was part of Kan Raās conspiracy.
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Well, according to Tuskās KI2 bio:
āA barbarian killing machine from the cold wastelands to the north, Tusk is the last of a warrior caste decimated by the bitter rivalry of the Warlords and finally reduced to a sole survivor during their costly banishment to Limbo. He now lives in wealth and glory as Champion of the old worldās Gladiatorial Arena; but when the demonic shadow of Gargos rises again, Tusk sets his jaw, takes up his blade and casts aside all other responsibilities to settle this blood feud once and for all.ā
So yeah, maybe heās been hunting Gargos since ancient times.
In KI2 I gave Tusk the status of āgodlikeā, such was my liking for him.
The demi-god/highlander theory is a nice one, but Iām just curious though. In which area of Tusk are we to find a weakness?
Heās set up as so much as such a badass right now. Having the visual reference just supports that further.
If theyāre going with the Capcicle approach (I keep saying that lately) it wouldnāt be odd to see him in modern clothes that still resemble an older style in some manner.
It does seem a bit odd though that he looks a bit like a Spinal 2.0ā¦a newer version thatās more fleshed out. (CwutIdidthar?)
After looking a bit closer to him I see a lot of conflicting design in his accessories. His harness looks like nylon straps but the claps look pretty much like the frozen vikings in his background, & although itās harder to make out any details their straps seem more like leather. Also he has laces on his boots, & obviously thatās more modern for boot design, but aside from that they still look like an ageless boot design. Thereās not much more to go off of, but judging from whatās shown Iād have to say he looks like heās been displaced in time going into battle with as close to as familiar gear as possible so it doesnāt throw him off. If it was more of a Highlander approachā¦well letās put it this way: in the modern settings of the Highlander series/movies they never went into battle wearing kilts. They changed with the times & updated their clothing accordingly as they passed through different countries & eras. Tusk obviously has not.
Itās also not out of the question to believe weāre looking at the Retro costume, and not the modern one.
I dare say it is out of the question, as that doesnāt look like Tusk in KI2.
KI2 Tusk had a ponytail, no beard, no shoulderguard, a dragon tattoo and furry loincloth.
They may make his retro VERY close to the original, but what Iām saying is that what weāve seen in the teaser isnāt so overtly modern to rule out the idea of it being a retro.
That was a really long sentence to essentially end up with āIāll be interested to see how his costumes pan out during revealsā
Agree. I donāt think Tusk will be some man from the past thousands of years old to come and fight Gargos like some fans here think, I think heāll be from this Era in his mid 30s and that looks like a flannel shirt to me with a canteen of water not a kilt like some members here think.
most modern canteens arenāt held together with stitched leather.
Donāt misunderstand me, this is actually exactly what I want.
Iām just saying, we saw Rashās Retro first, and itās possible this is the same kind of situation.
That not a shoulder guard, it looks like a makeshift holster for the sword. Made from a backpack from the looks of it, the round thing on the back is a magnet. Think āCloudā
The #notaviking has got me thinkingā¦
So, yes, Tusk has alot of Viking elements on him. The furry boots, the tattoos, his hair, the shoulderguard and the design on his greatswordā¦ But the modern elements, like his pants and the shirt, and together with the #notaviking, makes me think that Tusk is indeed a modern man, however a man fascinated with Viking culture, maybe with some Norse heritage - kinda like Maya who is also a modern woman, but is a descendant of an ancient clan who guarded Kan-Raās tomb.
Maybe Tusk is indeed a metalhead of sorts, or someone who has taken inspiration in the grunge-culture when it comes to fashion, which would explain the pantsā¦ And he somehow came across this ancient Viking sword which might have something magical about it, giving him the powers and warrior spirit that makes him Tusk!
A He-Man accessory set would make alot more sense, if that was the case. 
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Heās a survivor
Even when come to look at the shoulderguard and the bootsā¦
Notice the laces on the boots and the strap + hinges on the shoulderguard. Theyāre pretty modern too, not really ancient Viking material.
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I donāt completely understand your response? so you want him to be modernized or you want him to be a man from the past? I think seeing that Season 3 is going to release in March and Tusk probably will be playable at launch, I think what we saw is final since Season 3 will release in 5 weeks max and heās probably in certification now, his retro will probably be revealed at launch but I canāt say for sure. As for Rash, he was beta so what we saw wasnāt a finished product so thatās most likely why he had his retro before his main costume.