@@lmntrix898 Not really actually, Remember that, thanks to Pantheon's latest story, Aattox's fight with Pantheon was 40 years ago. Aatrox's latest thing is him destroying tryndamere's village
Necrit, one thing to point out is that in Taarosh's voice lines, he says "Aatrox, I have heard your call!", as well as Xolaani when she dies, she calls out "Aatrox-!". Aatrox is most probably the one that assumed control after Setaka went missing, and he's the one that declared war against Xolaani's efforts.
Again, his lore show that he a noble warrior and one of the greatest accended, his lore also mention that he didnt chose war, he was forced to, likely that when he know what Xolaani done, he fight her because she try to controlled his friends and allies, and unintentionally started the civil war
@@nicolaspereyra420 almost definitely. All the darkin's descriptions mention a 'Darkin General' and Taarosh outright names his general as Aatrox. In addition, Xolaani's card art tells us she engaged in a civil war with Aatrox, so it makes sense that she was the leader of one side of this conflict, making Aatrox as the general of a group of darkin the other side. He seems to have won, judging by how rent free he is in her head. Another clue is that the statue of 'The Faceless God' (who is Xolaani) shown in the 'The Call' video is faceless because of a giant single gash through it's face. All this new information seems to indicate that gash was made by Aatrox.
Man...Yi can't catch a break. First his village gets nuked and then when he tries to rebuild and teach the wuju technique to others, a vast majority of them die.
yeah and his students can’t do much bc they’re still students ofc even if it is the wuju style… like there’s an extreme difference between master yi and even the best of his students.
Having a full village of Wuju masters would be an unstoppable force, better the lore never lets it happen or Ionia is going to conquer all of Runeterra.
Yeah, at this rate the future of Wuju is going to fall onto the hands of a monkey.
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I like the fact that before we had more Darkins in canon League's lore, the three we had were inspired by the four horseman of the apocalypse of christian belief, with Aatrox's sword representing war, Vaarus' bow representing conquest and Rhaast's schythe representing death. I always wondered myself if Riot ever introduced another Darkin, how would they be able to represent famine, as it's christian symbol is a pair of scales. Is it only my impression, or Xoolani's twin sickles by her side make her seem as a scale? It might be an homage to what the Darkins original inspiration was.
@@theyounglinker5044 That would make sense, seeing as Anubis (a god in egyptian mythology, depicted as a dog) is also know as the "Guardian of scales". Problem with that would be, that Nasus is already a pretty good representation of Anubis in League.
I personally feel like Varus fits the bill for famine instead of conquest. The scales would make sense also because a bow is no good without the arrows, further Varus is made of 2 humans to the 1 Darkin. There's a clear dichotomy which I think represents balancing the scales. I don't know how to explain my vision much better than this haha
@@MrShuthefukup I'd still think he's Conquest, since his whole shtick is vengeance, going out with a goal and being hellbent to make it happen. I feel like both theories are interesting as eachother though, any way you can spin this is probably still going to turn out awesome hahaha
@@Trox9996 But does he call Aatrox "my general"? You see, that is the point of a hint. It is quite obviously Aatrox, and I'd find it hard to believe that it were someone else, but since Taarosh doesn't specifically say "my general", it isn't really a confirmation. It's still obviously Aatrox, don't get me wrong.
@@lehiergendwo8291 Aatrox was the general of the ascended. It only makes sense with Aatrox also being the general of the darkins who are his former allies.
The general is obviously Aatrox. There is even a voice line for one of the cards calling to him. + wasn't he a general when they were ascended? I feel like it said in his lore that he lead the other ascended into battle. You know like a general. + he was one of the first people to become ascended so you would think someone who has been around of that long would lead people
@@Fahklevi But again in his lore it says he was one of the first and that he lead people into battle both before and after becoming ascended (hence why he was one of the first since he lead soldiers into battle)
@@ongseungwu4311 He doesn't show it in the video but a voice line from a 9 cost darkin card (forgot the name of the card) literally calls aatrox the general so I think that is proof enough. Also no they are not in a civil war since the civil war ended centuries ago after they got trapped in their own weapons
A darkin that managed to get a wuju student as a host? NOW THIS IS COOL. There is just way too much potential for lol's lore. So many characters, so many connections.
@@dejakiller69 i wonder how it is going to use the dagger. If riot wants the dog to walk on 4 legs then it would have to hold the dagger in its teeth or maybe use it with the tail. Or they can go the easy route and make the dog be biped and turn it into a creature similar to alistar.
I got the sense from the voice lines that the general teased in all the flavor text was Aatrox. A lot of them say his name when they're killed, summoned, etc.
The civil war was between xolani and aatrox, so I think the xolani haters' general would be aatrox. But I don't know what he would be doing at icathia.
I do love Xolaani a lot, but honestly I don't like how her card's effects have nothing to do with her abilities. I know that's kinda petty though, I still enjoy her character a lore-wise.
I think its a perfect translation of her abilities, the weapon makes whoever dies with it into one of her followers, and her effect represents her reviving her host with blood magic multiple times.
I don’t like how the darkin have little synergy with each other, I get that they’ll add more cards for them but this is literally the darkin expansion. It should’ve been their main focus rather than 5 champions and equipment
I think they are perfect. All darkin weapons can be played as equipment or you can "break" them to unleash their inner darkin unit. Xolaani specifically can never truly die (for she, is the one who undestands best the concept of immortality) and thus she is the only Darkin when you kill her she returns to your hand as a weapon again. I think they did a good job.
I believe the general is Aatrox himself, Xolaanis card text mentions a civil war between them and Taaroshs card text mentions him almost killing Xolaani. I think Taarosh fought under Aatrox, probably together with the other darkin, who mention their general, against Xolaani and the Darkin she controlled.
I think it would probably be a mage or an adc because making a high range tank wouldn't make much sense and would be kinda unhealthy for the game. Also it would be nice to have another monster adc
I think I can speak for everybody when I say we want all of these as champions. Seriously, these look awesome! So many cool creature designs in LOR and we're only getting humans.
@@yone1598 the only darkin that seemed boring to me in design strangely is xolaani since she looks very humanoid but apart from that the other darkin look amazing XD
I saw the relation between Master Yi’s students, Jun, Kayn, and The Darkin Bloodletters (Xolaani) but I couldn’t piece together the full picture, thanks necrit.
One thing I thought: Xolaani could be Varus' sister. There has always been the theory that the darkin we got in LoL where based of the 4 horsemen of Apocalypse, who carried a sword (Aatrox), a scythe (Rhaast), a bow (Varus) and a pair of scales. And dual blades hanging from Xolaani's arms may be a weapon representing a pair of scales
@@articmy xolaani is a Shurima card. All of the other darken match the region they are located in, so in this hypothetical future she must have moved to shurima at some point. That being said, lor is an alternate universe, and the whole kayn invading yi and his students isn't canon with league, so who knows
@@danielsniff6405 Eh I don't see this working at all for Xolaani being Varus' sister, it just doesn't add up. Currently with lor we can assume she is in Ionia as we know Varus' story is not happening in the future because it's during the Noxus invasion while this hypothetical timeline in lor happens after the invasion. I don't see why they would put her in Ionia for lor but in the main timeline she's in Shurima... it would just be easier for them to just say Varus' sister is Naganeka instead who is alive and in Shurima already. I think people are just trying too hard to make Xolaani make sense for.. anything really, only because she is the main focus while the other Darkin are not.
@@chadachi3970 yeh, that's all fair, I don't really know if I buy that she's varus' sister either. She is pushed pretty hard though, and I wouldn't be surprised if she became a champion in the future, be it in LOR of LOL
@@danielsniff6405 I would be down for her to be a champion, she looks pretty cool and her being the original source of the blood magic in the Darkin makes her fit perfectly as famine. As long as she isn't some Renata ass revive empower bs lmao
13:16 if Rhaast takes over Kayn he slaughters everyone and beats Xolaani or just doesnt even let Jun take the weapon. Anyways, Rhaast kills even Master Yi.
u cant see yi's body anywhere so it could be that yi just escaped or yi lost his mind after losing his best student and fled or rhaast killed yi or yi wasnt even there at that moment, i highly doubt Rhaast wouldnt have a hard time against yi
@@haytamhaytam7227 Same here despite an ascended’s powerful status they’ve been injured for way less so you’d expect some form of injury or resistance for the darkins.
i was kinda hoping that this darkin champ gets only 1 A on their name so we’ll have more voicelines from Aatrox complaining about having double A’s on every darkin name
What do people actually like on her design? It looks terrible with that emo-hair and Predator-copy eyepatch. She looks more fitting for a random anime than Runeterra
4:10 That must be the most terrifying thing to witness: a massive weapon you extracted from ruins suddenly coming to life. If you compare this to Galio or the Petricite statues, that's their expected behavior because Petricite absorbs magic so it's a somewhat unexpected but natural consequence of the statues that're sculpted out of a magic absorbing stone. That Darkin weapon however is of unknown origin for the people who unearthed it. (If they knew its origin, they wouldn't have taken it.)
Many many years ago, when making "fan champions" was popular, I made a Hemomancer Healer Darkin that had a similar theme to what Renata currently is. Seeing this kinda makes me happy. Hard to explain.
The fact that there's a possibility that Aatrox somehow teams up with Kai'sa in her efforts to defeat Bel'Veth is something I didn't fully expect but definitely find interesting.
When i was reading the new cards i was actually sad to see JUN's downfall, and sad for yi again losing another wuju blademaster student. I was rooting so hard for JUN :((. Xolani taking over jun looks pretty sick tho. But jun :((
South African here - the name Xolani (the X makes a clicking sound) is of Xhosa or Zulu origin meaning "please forgive", or "peace". This is a really good name that reflects well on her character's goal to unite all for peace, even if it's executed in a bad way haha. I'm really proud to see a character with a South African name! 🇿🇦
One of Taarosh's quotes when you play him is: "Aatrox, i have heard your call". And the flavor text on the darkin halberd says that: "Taarosh heard his genrals call". Thats why i think it might be possible that both Taarosh and the other darkin that mention a call, might be referring to Aatrox as their general.
@@user-sz9vt4sd7y dont forget about comparing her abilities to the fact that blitzcrank slows himself. very important step if you want to be annoying in the league community
Taarosh flavor text is him answering his general's call, and his voiceline is "Aatrox, I've heard your call!". Aatrox has to be the general, and I bet Aatrox want to open the largest void rift so they could end the world.
Wow, how badass would it be to have aatrox gather his army in icathia, since he probably is the general, with the intent of allying himself with the void in order to end reality and finally have a chance at resting, but only there, they all realize that bel'veth, who now is the most powerful active force of the void, does not intend on ending reality, but rather make it her own, and so we have a 2.0 war against the void, with the same people who fought in the first place, only now they are darkin, and not ascended. Damn that would be great ! :)
this time they aren’t masters but wuju students otherwise kayn wouldn’t have gotten close to xolaani. Just comparing yi to the best of his students is already an extreme gap which makes sense why the story writers decided Wuju needs to get nuked(quite literally).
It took 5 long years for more darkin lore but man was it worth the wait! Even the card voice lines in runeterra are sooooo good and riot actually made them feel like powerhouses or threats on the board! Cant wait for the second half of the saga expansion probably for varus!
@@justsomeguywhoneverdies9210 why the hell not? Its not too far off to have a different character as a skin. Specially since we all know taatosh aint getting into the game. Best bet we have is just getting him as a skin. And hecarim fits just well.
There's no way shadow assassin Kayn can ever become canon, right? Like it wouldn't be phisically posible for a human - Kayn - to overpower a Darkin. Sooner or later, Raast will consume Kayn. The only question is "when?" Right?
Well, Kayn is strong enough to withstand Rhaast, he could be strong enough to overpower him. Remember, Rhaast is in a very weakened state rn, seeing as he is trapped inside a scythe. He would probably be fully consumed tho, if he were to pick up Xolaani. I think 2 Darkin weapons are too much for anyone, even for Kayn.
the general mentioned is very likely aatrox as aatrox vs xoolani was mentioned in xolaanis lore we know this we know taarosh calls to aatrox we know xolaani cries out vs aatrox its very likely aatrox
My theory is that the wuju or Jun was near Xolani and maybe Aatrox was able to sense that Xolani is coming back and gathering the other darkin is the best way to fight xolani and also not everyone hate xolani so there might be a chance she also has a darkin army.
i hope they release xolaani with the same mechanics as kayn where if she heal/shield/buff her ally a meter will fill and when full and become a stronger healer, or when she damages her enemies a diff meter will fill and when fully filled will become somewhat of an offensive support like pyke
I really wonder what will happen with Kayn in the future, like at some point we will get a darkin event and you cant have kayn just as kayn i think they should make him be the assasing for some time and maybe at some point he gets badly injured and Rhaast takes over from there
That is the hard part when they created kayn like this. But if the Darkin Saga ever become an official lore they'll have to decice who they must kill to keep the other.
I think why Taarosh could sense the taint of death is not cause of the blood magic but because he is in the Shadow Isles. All the Darkin have a region icon. Taarosh is Shadow Isles. Just like how Naganeka has Noxus icon and Horazi has Targon with her "perspective in the burning celestial matter.."
They came up with a character that just can't have a real ending, because that'd lead to one of them dying. Rhaast's story is nonexistent though, and Kayn overall is totally disconnected from the Darkin retcon which came with Aatrox back in 2018
Might have wanted to get your info updated cause the champion after the "monster hunter" is the Male enchater. They had to rearrange the releases since the roadmap recording.
I didn't realize that every darkin was tied to a weapon, whether it be the majority in sivir's chakram, aatrox in the sword, rhaast in the scythe, xolaani in the bloodletters, etc. Also the darkin are having a hard time deciding on whether to follow the memo or not
This card interactions also intriguing. Taarosh, as i understand, repsect Aatrox. So mb Aatrox is general for darkins? IIRC, Aatrox did lead darkins in battle as their leader in Icathia war
Well actually Aatrox was a general of Ascended army and when they become Darkin too. So yea 90% the "General" they talking is Aatrox, but not sure what's he doing in Icathia
@@freshlymemed5680 in the voice lines Aatrox says "once i stood against the void. Now i would welcome it" So if he is going to the south he is maybe going to join forced with her
I hope she has a good design so badly! Darkin are so cool and have so many different ways to look :o Edit: Not what I wanted if I'm honest... Kinda tired of pretty faces :I
if you are talking about the darkin champion, this is probably the next champion monster which would make it look very different from the rest of the 3 darkin that we have, something like naganeka in the card they showed us
@@Ruined_Poro I mean, Rhaast took over Kayn’s body but he still looks like an inhuman monster. I think they could have easily made Xolaani more monstrous looking.
Since Renekton's story, I see it as both the ascended and the darkin as having hemomancy and that's why some of them have ultimates that give them stat buffs and change their body sizes (Aatrox, Nasus, Renekton). Perhaps it is the most powerful of them who can use hemomancy but not all? I also just had a realization that riot could rework Cho'Gath's lore into being a fully void corrupted ascended. All void beings have a desire to consume something and most void beings on runeterra are twisted versions of things that were already there.
The Ascended and the Darkin aren't different, they are the same, however the current Darkins are just the souls of the Ascended melded with their weapons, a bond they can't escape from. But they always had superb healing powers from their fiery magic, the power of the Sun is what they were imbued with. However, blood magic may not be related to this. In the story on the webpage, it was said the Ascended started using dark and forbidden magics to make themselves stronger, it was never implied anywhere before LoR that they invented blood magic. Aatrox's story for example clearly mentions he barely used any hemomancy (if any at all) before his imprisonment. Ta'anari tried to reshape himself, however he could never fully heal his form, so this also implies not all Ascended could use blood magic to the same extent, and they had differences regarding their strengths too
This is the one of the most coolest lore in this universe I hope they push this for something bigger things like a event or what if univers like corrupted versions of aspects
Now i know it won’t be a dog carrying a dagger in his mouth (which i am thankful for) because if a chicken touched the balista and naganeka looks like that, oh boy I can’t wait for that dog to touch the daggers.
Couldnt it be possible that bel veth assimilated an Ascended/Darkin that is meant to be the "general" of the Darkin? i dont know why but the Void seems to stirr up in Icathia more and more story wise and Belveth seemingly wants more and more powerfull Food to assimilate into her lavender sea. It would make sense (and be pretty terrifying) for a Darkin to get absorbed since the Darkin fought the void and already got corrupted.
Icathia is the first place the void ripped itself into and destroyed while the Icathians were in combat against the ascended shuriman army (let by Setaka, Nasus and Aatrox were there). very interesting theory, I feel like Darkin/ascended and the void are like the 2 biggest potential threats, so something that comes from both of them would be pretty sick to see. Look how different Aatrox is compared to Nasus, all because of the void (and blood magic ofc) i would love to see what an ascended would look like if the void took it all the way
@@NorthernHarker Nasus and their generation are like the 3rd or 4th wave, meanwhile Aatrox and Sekata are the first wave, First Ascendeds in Runeterra, so i think there is a different with each Ascended gen. And in Leona lore did mention about an Ascended with gold armor and wings big like a sky, i doubt that is Aatrox.
@Fact Driven but with what Aatrox said about his Ascended form and what in Leona lore is likely the same, specially about the wings like the sky with stars
Kinda weird that you missed all the hints towards the fact that Aatrox is the general. The card text specifically phrased that Aatrox was against Xolaani and many joined him in effort to defeat her.
@@rammus4930 No official statement about it yet but there are some theories running around: 1. Aatrox wants everyone to unite to defeat Xolaani as she was resurrected and awoke every Darkin out there. 2. He wants to end it all by calling them all over so he can kill them or let them kill him. 3. To fight the Void. 4. Icathia has a nice restaurant to hang out with friends.
Not that we didn't figure it'd happen, but it is interesting that they retconned there only being 5 Darkin. Now technically all 4 new ones introduced here could die in the void event or something keeping the canon number to 5 still. In any case we have the daggers yet to come and if they aren't Varus' sister then we can guarantee at least one more Darkin bringing a possible total to 9+. In any case it is odd that Noxus and Ionia had 2 weapons sealed each, though to be fair with Noxus conquering land they probably weren't both originally in Noxian land. Taarosh was likely sealed in the Blessed Isles and Horazi was in Targon with Aatrox previously sealed in the Freljord. We know Varus' sister should be in Shurima. This leaves Demacia, Icathia, and Bilgewater as regions that may yet have Darkin sealed there. Whichever is in Icathia will likely be some hybrid voidborn/darkin. Demacia may already have found it and sealed it even further which could lead to some further stuff with the civil war, maybe it being the catalyst to bring Kayle and Morgana back. Bilgewater one is probably deep beneath the sea and could maybe get picked up by a Marai? Depending on how spread out each was when sealed its possible there are even more, maybe 2-3 more in the northern continent and 1 more in the southern continent, which the idea of potentially 15 or more Darkin is terrifying.
The general is aatrox cuz one of his cards description just calling every other darkin to shurima for war, in aatrox splash art he was fighting xolaani and kayle was there, ryze was there too. It's finally here the second darkin war ❤️ please make the video and explain what's happening so far
The General is most likely Aatrox. When you summon Taarosh, one of his lines is "Aatrox, I have heard your call!"
wasnt he in freljord
no he roams around runterra fucking shit up just cuz. he was last seen around targon, fighting pantheon .
He got the memo, obviously he is ally of Aatrox.
@@lmntrix898 Not really actually, Remember that, thanks to Pantheon's latest story, Aattox's fight with Pantheon was 40 years ago. Aatrox's latest thing is him destroying tryndamere's village
@@lok4890 well maybe he got cold from that shity place and went to shurmia to chill a bit
Necrit, one thing to point out is that in Taarosh's voice lines, he says "Aatrox, I have heard your call!", as well as Xolaani when she dies, she calls out "Aatrox-!". Aatrox is most probably the one that assumed control after Setaka went missing, and he's the one that declared war against Xolaani's efforts.
Again, his lore show that he a noble warrior and one of the greatest accended, his lore also mention that he didnt chose war, he was forced to, likely that when he know what Xolaani done, he fight her because she try to controlled his friends and allies, and unintentionally started the civil war
Is aatrox the one calling them from icathia? I dont even know where he is now, I know he went to friedjord and targon but nothing else
@@nicolaspereyra420 no one knows tbh, the way is waiting 2 months to see the next part of the darkin saga on lor, and hope for Aatrox!
@@bielx1dragon675 the saga might be split in three part so could assume that Varus is on the second one then Aatrox the big bad is last
@@nicolaspereyra420 almost definitely. All the darkin's descriptions mention a 'Darkin General' and Taarosh outright names his general as Aatrox. In addition, Xolaani's card art tells us she engaged in a civil war with Aatrox, so it makes sense that she was the leader of one side of this conflict, making Aatrox as the general of a group of darkin the other side.
He seems to have won, judging by how rent free he is in her head.
Another clue is that the statue of 'The Faceless God' (who is Xolaani) shown in the 'The Call' video is faceless because of a giant single gash through it's face.
All this new information seems to indicate that gash was made by Aatrox.
Man...Yi can't catch a break. First his village gets nuked and then when he tries to rebuild and teach the wuju technique to others, a vast majority of them die.
yeah and his students can’t do much bc they’re still students ofc even if it is the wuju style… like there’s an extreme difference between master yi and even the best of his students.
At least Wukong is doing well.
Having a full village of Wuju masters would be an unstoppable force, better the lore never lets it happen or Ionia is going to conquer all of Runeterra.
@@CK1000997 for now
Yeah, at this rate the future of Wuju is going to fall onto the hands of a monkey.
I like the fact that before we had more Darkins in canon League's lore, the three we had were inspired by the four horseman of the apocalypse of christian belief, with Aatrox's sword representing war, Vaarus' bow representing conquest and Rhaast's schythe representing death. I always wondered myself if Riot ever introduced another Darkin, how would they be able to represent famine, as it's christian symbol is a pair of scales. Is it only my impression, or Xoolani's twin sickles by her side make her seem as a scale? It might be an homage to what the Darkins original inspiration was.
Well, people are speculating that the new darkin will be a dog, and that's also a common depiction of famine.
@@theyounglinker5044 That would make sense, seeing as Anubis (a god in egyptian mythology, depicted as a dog) is also know as the "Guardian of scales". Problem with that would be, that Nasus is already a pretty good representation of Anubis in League.
@@theyounglinker5044 No one is speculating that, it has already been confirmed to be an animal-turned-darkin.
I personally feel like Varus fits the bill for famine instead of conquest. The scales would make sense also because a bow is no good without the arrows, further Varus is made of 2 humans to the 1 Darkin. There's a clear dichotomy which I think represents balancing the scales.
I don't know how to explain my vision much better than this haha
@@MrShuthefukup I'd still think he's Conquest, since his whole shtick is vengeance, going out with a goal and being hellbent to make it happen. I feel like both theories are interesting as eachother though, any way you can spin this is probably still going to turn out awesome hahaha
Note: Taarosh's voice lines confirm that Aatrox is the general.
I wouldn't really call it "confirm", but they strongly hint at it.
@@lehiergendwo8291 My man he literally says "Aatrox, i've heard your call"
@@Trox9996 But does he call Aatrox "my general"? You see, that is the point of a hint. It is quite obviously Aatrox, and I'd find it hard to believe that it were someone else, but since Taarosh doesn't specifically say "my general", it isn't really a confirmation. It's still obviously Aatrox, don't get me wrong.
@@lehiergendwo8291 but the general called. So if the general called, and Taarosh tells Aatrox that he heard his call, what gives.
@@lehiergendwo8291 Aatrox was the general of the ascended. It only makes sense with Aatrox also being the general of the darkins who are his former allies.
The general is obviously Aatrox. There is even a voice line for one of the cards calling to him. + wasn't he a general when they were ascended? I feel like it said in his lore that he lead the other ascended into battle. You know like a general. + he was one of the first people to become ascended so you would think someone who has been around of that long would lead people
He was one of the first because he was champion of Shurima. Strongest warrior there ever was, a so called perfect warrior.
But aren't they on a civil war? So maybe the voice line is like " yes btch im coming for round 2," i kind of thing so the war continues again
Maybe he took the general position after xetaka dies
@@Fahklevi But again in his lore it says he was one of the first and that he lead people into battle both before and after becoming ascended (hence why he was one of the first since he lead soldiers into battle)
@@ongseungwu4311 He doesn't show it in the video but a voice line from a 9 cost darkin card (forgot the name of the card) literally calls aatrox the general so I think that is proof enough. Also no they are not in a civil war since the civil war ended centuries ago after they got trapped in their own weapons
A darkin that managed to get a wuju student as a host? NOW THIS IS COOL. There is just way too much potential for lol's lore. So many characters, so many connections.
And then next champ that's a darkin takes a dog as a host nice
@@dejakiller69 i wonder how it is going to use the dagger. If riot wants the dog to walk on 4 legs then it would have to hold the dagger in its teeth or maybe use it with the tail. Or they can go the easy route and make the dog be biped and turn it into a creature similar to alistar.
@@motivatedvergil9145 think of Zacian from Pokémon Sword/Shield
@@motivatedvergil9145 nagenaka's host is a chicken and look at her now.
@@bronzeadollur3271 i dont know anything about pokemons but i googled that one and yeah it looks good. The little wolf from TFT is similar.
I got the sense from the voice lines that the general teased in all the flavor text was Aatrox. A lot of them say his name when they're killed, summoned, etc.
The civil war was between xolani and aatrox, so I think the xolani haters' general would be aatrox. But I don't know what he would be doing at icathia.
Necrit straight up forgot that the cards had voice lines, lmao
@@miksapribus2140 trying to kill himself with the void
@@sangminyi93 he maybe deaf lmao
I do love Xolaani a lot, but honestly I don't like how her card's effects have nothing to do with her abilities. I know that's kinda petty though, I still enjoy her character a lore-wise.
I think its a perfect translation of her abilities, the weapon makes whoever dies with it into one of her followers, and her effect represents her reviving her host with blood magic multiple times.
I don’t like how the darkin have little synergy with each other, I get that they’ll add more cards for them but this is literally the darkin expansion. It should’ve been their main focus rather than 5 champions and equipment
Agreed
I think they are perfect. All darkin weapons can be played as equipment or you can "break" them to unleash their inner darkin unit. Xolaani specifically can never truly die (for she, is the one who undestands best the concept of immortality) and thus she is the only Darkin when you kill her she returns to your hand as a weapon again. I think they did a good job.
I personally think it’s okay cuz it opens the window to her becoming a champion similar to how LOR has Yone but it’s past version of him
I believe the general is Aatrox himself, Xolaanis card text mentions a civil war between them and Taaroshs card text mentions him almost killing Xolaani. I think Taarosh fought under Aatrox, probably together with the other darkin, who mention their general, against Xolaani and the Darkin she controlled.
I want to play chicken darkin so bad. A artillery tank, that sounds so cool, man
I think it would probably be a mage or an adc because making a high range tank wouldn't make much sense and would be kinda unhealthy for the game. Also it would be nice to have another monster adc
Naganeka as an artillery champion (as an adc main I am hoping adc of course) sounds like extacy
I think I can speak for everybody when I say we want all of these as champions. Seriously, these look awesome! So many cool creature designs in LOR and we're only getting humans.
@@yone1598 the only darkin that seemed boring to me in design strangely is xolaani since she looks very humanoid but apart from that the other darkin look amazing XD
@@yone1598 Your opinion is invalid. everybody loves darkin
@@yone1598 Speaking for everyone? These cards are cool as hell. People will most likely remember them even after months.
@@asbani07 your existence is invalid. Go and study child
@@franciscoOrellana29 hehhhh? Nice joke child
A Darkin from Ionia, that knows the Wuju Style and Hemomancy. Imagine how broken of a champion it will be.
I saw the relation between Master Yi’s students, Jun, Kayn, and The Darkin Bloodletters (Xolaani) but I couldn’t piece together the full picture, thanks necrit.
when I saw the thumbnail, I immediately thought "OH, IS THIS THE NEW DAGGER DARKIN?!?"
i just hope that we can have Xolaani as a champion in the future
Aatrox is the general, calling the Darkin to do battle with Xolaani and stop her plans to enslave them all.
The general is aatrox. The 10 cost dude that summons followers that you slew confirms it when he calls on AAtrox
Rhaast the most cruel of the Darkin Necrit? Rhaast is the most melancholic and nostalgic one, maximum.
One thing I thought: Xolaani could be Varus' sister. There has always been the theory that the darkin we got in LoL where based of the 4 horsemen of Apocalypse, who carried a sword (Aatrox), a scythe (Rhaast), a bow (Varus) and a pair of scales. And dual blades hanging from Xolaani's arms may be a weapon representing a pair of scales
Varus sister is in Shurima so it cant be her
@@articmy xolaani is a Shurima card. All of the other darken match the region they are located in, so in this hypothetical future she must have moved to shurima at some point. That being said, lor is an alternate universe, and the whole kayn invading yi and his students isn't canon with league, so who knows
@@danielsniff6405 Eh I don't see this working at all for Xolaani being Varus' sister, it just doesn't add up.
Currently with lor we can assume she is in Ionia as we know Varus' story is not happening in the future because it's during the Noxus invasion while this hypothetical timeline in lor happens after the invasion. I don't see why they would put her in Ionia for lor but in the main timeline she's in Shurima... it would just be easier for them to just say Varus' sister is Naganeka instead who is alive and in Shurima already.
I think people are just trying too hard to make Xolaani make sense for.. anything really, only because she is the main focus while the other Darkin are not.
@@chadachi3970 yeh, that's all fair, I don't really know if I buy that she's varus' sister either. She is pushed pretty hard though, and I wouldn't be surprised if she became a champion in the future, be it in LOR of LOL
@@danielsniff6405 I would be down for her to be a champion, she looks pretty cool and her being the original source of the blood magic in the Darkin makes her fit perfectly as famine.
As long as she isn't some Renata ass revive empower bs lmao
13:16 if Rhaast takes over Kayn he slaughters everyone and beats Xolaani or just doesnt even let Jun take the weapon. Anyways, Rhaast kills even Master Yi.
Just like in-game, Rhaast is just plain better
If you look closely at Rhaast's splash art, you can see Jun dead on the ground. He didn't even give her a chance to touch Xolaani.
thank you mr World Ender
u cant see yi's body anywhere so it could be that yi just escaped or yi lost his mind after losing his best student and fled or rhaast killed yi or yi wasnt even there at that moment, i highly doubt Rhaast wouldnt have a hard time against yi
@@haytamhaytam7227 Same here despite an ascended’s powerful status they’ve been injured for way less so you’d expect some form of injury or resistance for the darkins.
i was kinda hoping that this darkin champ gets only 1 A on their name so we’ll have more voicelines from Aatrox complaining about having double A’s on every darkin name
Varus only has one though?
Xolaani is Aatrox's sister.
old champions in League don't get new voice lines when a new champion is added...
@@Ortelim Could be. All Darkins with double A are allies of Aatrox it seems.
@@aatroxtheworldender933 no, Xolaani has double As and she’s Aatrox’s enemy
Cant wait for Xolaani to be added to the game in the next 30 years😢
I hope so much Xolaani will someday be playable in the rift. Her lore, champion designe and the fact that she is a healer, makes her so interesting
she was a healer*
What do people actually like on her design? It looks terrible with that emo-hair and Predator-copy eyepatch. She looks more fitting for a random anime than Runeterra
4:10 That must be the most terrifying thing to witness: a massive weapon you extracted from ruins suddenly coming to life. If you compare this to Galio or the Petricite statues, that's their expected behavior because Petricite absorbs magic so it's a somewhat unexpected but natural consequence of the statues that're sculpted out of a magic absorbing stone. That Darkin weapon however is of unknown origin for the people who unearthed it. (If they knew its origin, they wouldn't have taken it.)
Also you lost some chickens...
Many many years ago, when making "fan champions" was popular, I made a Hemomancer Healer Darkin that had a similar theme to what Renata currently is.
Seeing this kinda makes me happy. Hard to explain.
The fact that there's a possibility that Aatrox somehow teams up with Kai'sa in her efforts to defeat Bel'Veth is something I didn't fully expect but definitely find interesting.
Aatrox despite human and Aatrox can 1v1 bel'veth so i don't think thats gonna happen
Doubt Bel'Veth can stand a chance againts Aatrox
If he dies, he dies and he finds peace.
If he doesn't die he will be compelled by the power of friendship and find a new purpose.
The general is Aatrox 100% cuz Taarosh says "Aatrox, I have heard your call!"
When i was reading the new cards i was actually sad to see JUN's downfall, and sad for yi again losing another wuju blademaster student. I was rooting so hard for JUN :((. Xolani taking over jun looks pretty sick tho. But jun :((
True. I saw few people talking about this on the comments, but I think this is the most interesting and sad part of the story
Where can I read these stories without playing LoR please tell me
it's so sad cuz there's 2 scenarios: Jun gets absorbed by Xolaani or Jun gets killed by Rhaast. She doesn't survive jn any timeline lmao
South African here - the name Xolani (the X makes a clicking sound) is of Xhosa or Zulu origin meaning "please forgive", or "peace". This is a really good name that reflects well on her character's goal to unite all for peace, even if it's executed in a bad way haha. I'm really proud to see a character with a South African name! 🇿🇦
Are you sure it's South African? The name sounds very Nahuatl to me.
One of Taarosh's quotes when you play him is: "Aatrox, i have heard your call". And the flavor text on the darkin halberd says that: "Taarosh heard his genrals call". Thats why i think it might be possible that both Taarosh and the other darkin that mention a call, might be referring to Aatrox as their general.
FINALLY, take bel'veth and give us Xolaani please
No. I like void mommy
@@doolaloo8496 true. This guy will be crying how Xolaani is "broken" "braindead" and "elo inflated" on her release.
@@user-sz9vt4sd7y dont forget about comparing her abilities to the fact that blitzcrank slows himself. very important step if you want to be annoying in the league community
Take the only cool champion we got since God knows when?
@@thelastcrow5660 since renata glasc?
Taarosh flavor text is him answering his general's call, and his voiceline is "Aatrox, I've heard your call!". Aatrox has to be the general, and I bet Aatrox want to open the largest void rift so they could end the world.
is it me or is Jun/Xolani's story a champion level story? the main issue ofc being that Kayn technically needs to become shadow version to create her.
Wow, how badass would it be to have aatrox gather his army in icathia, since he probably is the general, with the intent of allying himself with the void in order to end reality and finally have a chance at resting, but only there, they all realize that bel'veth, who now is the most powerful active force of the void, does not intend on ending reality, but rather make it her own, and so we have a 2.0 war against the void, with the same people who fought in the first place, only now they are darkin, and not ascended. Damn that would be great ! :)
Random facts about Runeterran lore:
- Seraphine needs to be erased
- The map needs to be updated
- Everyone loves the Darkin
Agreed
Except Xolaani. Me and the boys hate her
I would like a rework of seraphine instead of downright deleting her...
Double A thing is the coolest shit i ever saw.
and Varus needs to be changed to Vaarus
Dude, poor Yi, this is the second time every Wuju master besides him got killed.
this time they aren’t masters but wuju students otherwise kayn wouldn’t have gotten close to xolaani. Just comparing yi to the best of his students is already an extreme gap which makes sense why the story writers decided Wuju needs to get nuked(quite literally).
@@cocoearmuffs6207 Definetly, for sure. I was just saying that more in the sense that he lost all of his comrades twice over.
It took 5 long years for more darkin lore but man was it worth the wait! Even the card voice lines in runeterra are sooooo good and riot actually made them feel like powerhouses or threats on the board!
Cant wait for the second half of the saga expansion probably for varus!
Been waiting for this
Taarosh is so damn cool man. Would love to have him as a champ, or a Heca skin
Heca skin? hell no, that's impossible. Taarosh is an actual character with a Darkin weapon, so he'll probably just get's added to the game
@@dennis_nl7587 could work as a legendary lore skin
@@eylore3934 legendary skins are still them in future/past or from another universe. Not another character.
@@justsomeguywhoneverdies9210 why the hell not? Its not too far off to have a different character as a skin. Specially since we all know taatosh aint getting into the game. Best bet we have is just getting him as a skin. And hecarim fits just well.
There's no way shadow assassin Kayn can ever become canon, right? Like it wouldn't be phisically posible for a human - Kayn - to overpower a Darkin. Sooner or later, Raast will consume Kayn. The only question is "when?"
Right?
I think the Shadow Magic is powerful and shouldn't be underestimated
Well, Kayn is strong enough to withstand Rhaast, he could be strong enough to overpower him. Remember, Rhaast is in a very weakened state rn, seeing as he is trapped inside a scythe. He would probably be fully consumed tho, if he were to pick up Xolaani. I think 2 Darkin weapons are too much for anyone, even for Kayn.
Shadow magic is bastarded moon magic and moon magic can kill darkins so yes Kayn can kill Rhaast
the general mentioned is very likely aatrox
as aatrox vs xoolani was mentioned in xolaanis lore
we know this
we know taarosh calls to aatrox
we know xolaani cries out vs aatrox
its very likely aatrox
This is the best part of every new runterra expansion, Necrit explaining the hidden lore behind each card. Love it and keep up the good work.
The new card interactions are very interesting as well. Kayn, Jun, Yi and RhAAst have all decent lines to each other
Having new darkin lore is just a blessing for my heart
My theory is that the wuju or Jun was near Xolani and maybe Aatrox was able to sense that Xolani is coming back and gathering the other darkin is the best way to fight xolani and also not everyone hate xolani so there might be a chance she also has a darkin army.
The double A thing!!! Naganeka forgot like Varus ….Come on , THERE WAS A MEMO!
I'd love a Varus Rework of some sort to also make him look Darkin, could even release both darkins at the same time make it a lore
i hope they release xolaani with the same mechanics as kayn where if she heal/shield/buff her ally a meter will fill and when full and become a stronger healer, or when she damages her enemies a diff meter will fill and when fully filled will become somewhat of an offensive support like pyke
I really wonder what will happen with Kayn in the future, like at some point we will get a darkin event and you cant have kayn just as kayn i think they should make him be the assasing for some time and maybe at some point he gets badly injured and Rhaast takes over from there
That is the hard part when they created kayn like this. But if the Darkin Saga ever become an official lore they'll have to decice who they must kill to keep the other.
Yeahlike the void event this easter that never came
@@bonk5221 yeah hehe
I think why Taarosh could sense the taint of death is not cause of the blood magic but because he is in the Shadow Isles. All the Darkin have a region icon. Taarosh is Shadow Isles. Just like how Naganeka has Noxus icon and Horazi has Targon with her "perspective in the burning celestial matter.."
We finally have a new info from the release of Aatrox. Yes, Aatrox is the general of the Darkin. Aatrox can unleash all the Darkin with a war cry.
Necrit really is spoiling us with all this content.
They should find a way to separate Rhaast and Kayn, maybe in a fight where Kayn drops Rhaast and a random soldier picks him up.
The 3 of them would die
would be a rather unsatisfying end wouldn't it, maybe rhaast escapes the scythe instead?
They came up with a character that just can't have a real ending, because that'd lead to one of them dying. Rhaast's story is nonexistent though, and Kayn overall is totally disconnected from the Darkin retcon which came with Aatrox back in 2018
Might have wanted to get your info updated cause the champion after the "monster hunter" is the Male enchater. They had to rearrange the releases since the roadmap recording.
I didn't realize that every darkin was tied to a weapon, whether it be the majority in sivir's chakram, aatrox in the sword, rhaast in the scythe, xolaani in the bloodletters, etc.
Also the darkin are having a hard time deciding on whether to follow the memo or not
I want xolani as a champ so badly
This card interactions also intriguing. Taarosh, as i understand, repsect Aatrox. So mb Aatrox is general for darkins? IIRC, Aatrox did lead darkins in battle as their leader in Icathia war
Well actually Aatrox was a general of Ascended army and when they become Darkin too. So yea 90% the "General" they talking is Aatrox, but not sure what's he doing in Icathia
@@baobaotr4683 Maybe he sensed Bel'veth and now he wants a rematch with the void.
@@freshlymemed5680 i'm not sure about that since he said "I stood against the void, but now i would welcome it"
@@freshlymemed5680 in the voice lines Aatrox says "once i stood against the void. Now i would welcome it"
So if he is going to the south he is maybe going to join forced with her
The smell of death Taarosh mencions is the shadow islands, because thats the region his card is from
I hope she has a good design so badly! Darkin are so cool and have so many different ways to look :o
Edit: Not what I wanted if I'm honest... Kinda tired of pretty faces :I
if you are talking about the darkin champion, this is probably the next champion monster which would make it look very different from the rest of the 3 darkin that we have, something like naganeka in the card they showed us
I wouldn't exactly call her pretty, Jun was pretty but she kinda mangeled the whole body
Xolani looks like that only beacuse she took over Jun's body. You can even see how she morphed with Jun's gogles.
@@Ruined_Poro I mean, Rhaast took over Kayn’s body but he still looks like an inhuman monster. I think they could have easily made Xolaani more monstrous looking.
Aatrox is the general
Joraal is the captain of the battalion of soldiers who stood their ground in the void. He is the front
Since Renekton's story, I see it as both the ascended and the darkin as having hemomancy and that's why some of them have ultimates that give them stat buffs and change their body sizes (Aatrox, Nasus, Renekton). Perhaps it is the most powerful of them who can use hemomancy but not all? I also just had a realization that riot could rework Cho'Gath's lore into being a fully void corrupted ascended. All void beings have a desire to consume something and most void beings on runeterra are twisted versions of things that were already there.
The Ascended and the Darkin aren't different, they are the same, however the current Darkins are just the souls of the Ascended melded with their weapons, a bond they can't escape from. But they always had superb healing powers from their fiery magic, the power of the Sun is what they were imbued with. However, blood magic may not be related to this.
In the story on the webpage, it was said the Ascended started using dark and forbidden magics to make themselves stronger, it was never implied anywhere before LoR that they invented blood magic. Aatrox's story for example clearly mentions he barely used any hemomancy (if any at all) before his imprisonment. Ta'anari tried to reshape himself, however he could never fully heal his form, so this also implies not all Ascended could use blood magic to the same extent, and they had differences regarding their strengths too
This is the one of the most coolest lore in this universe I hope they push this for something bigger things like a event or what if univers like corrupted versions of aspects
"Yes, he got the memo" That's gold lmfaooo
Now i know it won’t be a dog carrying a dagger in his mouth (which i am thankful for) because if a chicken touched the balista and naganeka looks like that, oh boy I can’t wait for that dog to touch the daggers.
Couldnt it be possible that bel veth assimilated an Ascended/Darkin that is meant to be the "general" of the Darkin?
i dont know why but the Void seems to stirr up in Icathia more and more story wise and Belveth seemingly wants more and more powerfull Food to assimilate into her lavender sea. It would make sense (and be pretty terrifying) for a Darkin to get absorbed since the Darkin fought the void and already got corrupted.
Icathia is the first place the void ripped itself into and destroyed while the Icathians were in combat against the ascended shuriman army (let by Setaka, Nasus and Aatrox were there). very interesting theory, I feel like Darkin/ascended and the void are like the 2 biggest potential threats, so something that comes from both of them would be pretty sick to see. Look how different Aatrox is compared to Nasus, all because of the void (and blood magic ofc) i would love to see what an ascended would look like if the void took it all the way
@@NorthernHarker Nasus and their generation are like the 3rd or 4th wave, meanwhile Aatrox and Sekata are the first wave, First Ascendeds in Runeterra, so i think there is a different with each Ascended gen. And in Leona lore did mention about an Ascended with gold armor and wings big like a sky, i doubt that is Aatrox.
@Fact Driven but with what Aatrox said about his Ascended form and what in Leona lore is likely the same, specially about the wings like the sky with stars
@@baobaotr4683 in that case, why do you doubt it’s him?
@@NorthernHarker because...bad english ? 😂
The amount of desktop background images I got from this video is astounding
It brings me great joy that she did, indeed, read the memo
All these Darkin disguised as weapons being called into another civil war over the world sounds…familiar.
*Transformer noises*
LoR has posted mini roadmap for future content. Theres gonna be more darkin cards and maybe champions!
There is a line that Aatrox says that he would gladly accept the Void now , maybe its not cannot or anything but it might be related.
It's so amazing how couple cards can hold a whole storyline if you look a little closer.
I wonder how yi react when coming into the room and see his student's coprse lying under Rhaast
Kinda weird that you missed all the hints towards the fact that Aatrox is the general. The card text specifically phrased that Aatrox was against Xolaani and many joined him in effort to defeat her.
But why he would tell them to travel to icathia
@@rammus4930 No official statement about it yet but there are some theories running around:
1. Aatrox wants everyone to unite to defeat Xolaani as she was resurrected and awoke every Darkin out there.
2. He wants to end it all by calling them all over so he can kill them or let them kill him.
3. To fight the Void.
4. Icathia has a nice restaurant to hang out with friends.
Xolaani sounds like a amazing champion.
Ah yes, Necrit I've been waiting for this
Damn xoolani got me acting unwise
Finally I've been waiting on this video
I wanna see more Darkin champions on LOL. I feel it's a character type with so much potential!
If Riot is indeed building up a big story to start the void event. Calling the darkins again to fight of the void. A new Icathia war.
I gotta say I love the direction they went with kayne and master yi's cards, using both of them to tell an interconnected story
Not that we didn't figure it'd happen, but it is interesting that they retconned there only being 5 Darkin. Now technically all 4 new ones introduced here could die in the void event or something keeping the canon number to 5 still. In any case we have the daggers yet to come and if they aren't Varus' sister then we can guarantee at least one more Darkin bringing a possible total to 9+.
In any case it is odd that Noxus and Ionia had 2 weapons sealed each, though to be fair with Noxus conquering land they probably weren't both originally in Noxian land. Taarosh was likely sealed in the Blessed Isles and Horazi was in Targon with Aatrox previously sealed in the Freljord. We know Varus' sister should be in Shurima. This leaves Demacia, Icathia, and Bilgewater as regions that may yet have Darkin sealed there. Whichever is in Icathia will likely be some hybrid voidborn/darkin. Demacia may already have found it and sealed it even further which could lead to some further stuff with the civil war, maybe it being the catalyst to bring Kayle and Morgana back. Bilgewater one is probably deep beneath the sea and could maybe get picked up by a Marai? Depending on how spread out each was when sealed its possible there are even more, maybe 2-3 more in the northern continent and 1 more in the southern continent, which the idea of potentially 15 or more Darkin is terrifying.
I think that "stench of rot etc" in Taarosh is Blessed Isles after the ruination. That buildings look like those from there imo
See Varus?! Sol-aa-ni. DOUBLE A's VARUS DOUBLE A's
Taarosh mostly refer the land around him turning from the Blessed Isles to SI
Surely we at least get Xolaani as a champ
She looks dope asf
This game does things in such smart ways…
When I saw Xolaani in the announcement. I really wanted her to be in the rift!
new necrit video before school :) thank you for uploaded content is very enjoyable and happy! excited for next videos to watch them!
Can't wait for the dog general to start BARKING out orders.....
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I'll show myslef out
They never even had naferi referenced in these cards
Xolaani is famine (black horseman of apocalypse), as you can see her arm bind to some sickle
The general is aatrox cuz one of his cards description just calling every other darkin to shurima for war, in aatrox splash art he was fighting xolaani and kayle was there, ryze was there too. It's finally here the second darkin war ❤️ please make the video and explain what's happening so far
I woke up to this, this is a good day!
Necrit you are my favorite youtuber ever always comin at us with the Riot news and lore. Thank you man!!!
THANK YOU NECRIT, i have got all my friends interested in the MMO and overall, League of Legends universe. Really love the content, keep it up : )
Another new champ for me to complete my ultimate feeder challenge
In the Kayn what if story, it's either Rhaast exist or Xolaani, either way a darkin will reign supreme in corpse of Ionia
The corruption refered to in taaroshs text is the black mist not blood magic, i think. His weapon was probably hidden on the blessed isles
ashen knight pyke's dagger with the red chroma looks similar to the dagger teaser for the new darkin if you remove the glow with ctrl+5