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• Thorns is one of the six Operators teased at the end of the CN server's 1st anniversary livestream. The others are Archetto, Mountain, Saga, Surtr, and Goldenglow.
• Thorns has the traits of a sea urchin, specifically a black long-spined sea urchin (Diadema setosum), with his codename referring to the spines present in his namesake, and his poison-generating talent referring to the poisonous nature of the spines. This makes him the first (and currently only) echinoderm Aegir.
  • Thorns is one of the few Operators whose animal(s) they are based on are notably absent in their Elite 2 artwork, although the spikes on his sword's handguard have a similar shape with sea urchin's spikes.
  • An official Arknights chibi figure of Thorns feature a sea urchin on top of his head, confirming that he is based on sea urchins.
• A scene from a short animation shown in the CN server's 1.5 year anniversary livestream shows Surtr stabbing a sea urchin served on a plate while a piece of cabbage is served on a plate for Thorns. In Japan, sea urchins in captivity or cultivation are typically fed with cabbages. As a matter of fact, Thorns eating cabbages has become a joke in the Arknights community.
• Starting from the CN community, "Thornification," a.k.a. putting Thorns' head and skin color onto other Operators, has become a popular meme in the Arknights community.
• The English name of Thorns' third skill was initially translated as "Supreme Arts", a direct translation of its Chinese name (至高之术). The update that went live with the Rewinding Breeze event in the Global server changed the name to the intended Destreza.
  • The name itself refers to a school of Spanish fencing and literally means "dexterity" or "skill" in the Ibero-Romance languages, notably in Spanish. The school's full name is La Verdadera Destreza, which is translated as "the supreme art" – hence its original name.
• According to the CN server's 2nd Anniversary livestream, Thorns ranked third in a list of top 6★ Operators promoted to Elite 2.
• He has been occasionally compared to Blue Archive's Kakudate Karin, due to both having dark skin and yellow eye color with similar facial expressions.