New Chembarons On the Way?
Isn't it interesting that Finn and Renni's symbols are straight-up excluded in this quick shot of the chembaron hall? Of all the chembaron symbols, Finn and Renni's are the least recognizable when you compare the promotional material to the show appearance.
From right to left I can find the Scrap Hackers run by Smeech, the big yordle, the Vyx, run by the blonde woman, and the Hush Company in the center run by the old man in the hat. The last two are supposed to be for the Sludgerunner and Slickjaw factions, which were led by Renni and Finn, respectively.
At first, I assumed that all the symbols were probably simplified to make them more readable on screen. But that didn't make sense because one, the first three chembaron symbols I mentioned still resemble their first iteration. And two, Finn's symbol has the simplest design, a capital letter 'F' that looks like a weapons holster. For Renni, if they wanted to simplify her symbol, you'd think they would keep the flame motif, but it's nowhere to be seen.
My next thought was that maybe the designers thought there were too many letter based symbols and tried to go for something different with Finn. I went through Finn's tattoos to see if maybe one was similar to the sigil on the far left. The best I could guess was that the knife and hammer that's on the back of his head MIGHT resemble it if you just focused on the outline of the tattoo creates.
But then I realized that didn't make sense eother because Finn's original faction symbol is still in the show! Finn had it engraved on his lighter and it was present when he tried to broker a deal with Sevika. Finn even had the lighter out during his failed assassination of Silco. So Finn's symbol still exists in the show, but just like Renni, it's not depicted with the rest of the chembarons.
My best guess is that these last symbols don't belong to either Renni or Finn, this is the show hinting at new chembarons for next season to take their place. If it's true, then that means that these symbols actually foreshadow the factions that will take their place. It makes sense, look at what's left after the finale. Finn's dead after a failed coup, either his own lieutenants will fight for power and change it in their image, or a smaller faction will seize the opportunity to absorb it. Renni's already going to be on Jinx's shitlist for trying to kill Silco, Jinx might not know now, but she always finds out. I can also see Renni trying to seek revenge against Jayce for her son's death in the immediate chaos of Jinx's rocket. There were witnesses there when Jayce raided the factory with Vi and the enforcers, and he's the chembaron with the highest visibility. Some workers could have escaped or even hid during it, and told her later who was responsible. Renni is more likely to end up getting killed by Jayce, Jinx, Viktor, or even Mel as tensions and paranoia soar, and leave her faction leaderless.
The one thing I confidently don't know is who those symbols actually belong to. I can't find any in-game or in-show reference for them so far, so maybe they're entirely new characters we get to see next season!
