Yo honestly reflecting back on all of this, you are right. They honestly gave him main character vibes... makes me want to invest in Ryze products just in case his stock gets launched haha
@@femboy-alex117 They dont really actively advertise that. I would safely assume that most of the player base wouldnt say Ryze if you asked them who is the mascot of league. I bet they would say teemo before ryze lol
For us to understand the significance of Ornn forging a blade in the cinematic, we must know first that Ornn swore not to forge any more weapons of war after Volibear and his followers slaughtered all of Ornn's disciples, with the very weapons Ornn and his disciples forged for Volibear and his followers. Seeing Ornn forge a weapon after his vow signifies that a massive war or conflict is now looming and approaching...
There are three full Pentakill albums. The first album is Karthus, Olaf, Mordekaiser, Yorick, and Sona. The second album introduces Kayle as a female vocalist and the third album was entire interactive concert experience with Viego as a heavy metal screamer/singer as an antagonist to Pentakill.
@@NerdyBigBrother If you do the Pentakill live performance video, I'd recommend watching the video "Accounts of the Aftermath" first, it sets the scene and hypes it up and has some really cool artwork. (Theres a few really cool Pentakill lore videos with Viego that Riot set up the album with)
The huge tree in the cinematic where Ryze is, is the tree that made the walls of Demacia. The Petricite. It absorbs magic so it's perfect container for the Runes he is collecting. It prevents the runes to release magic energy that could endanger the world. Sometimes it amazed me how good and very detailed their lore is to the point that I'm more interested on the lore than the game itself.
Pentakill is one of my favorite in-universes for League, and a fun fact about that music video is basically their song is used to summon Kayle, the angel of rock metal.
I think Drew was talking about something when it happened, but when they summoned Morde, that shit felt next level for me the first time I saw it. Honestly they made that universe incredible
One Fact: The one u called Volibear isn't Volibear. Its an Ursin who prays to the Volibear which in return transforms then into half bear half human like creatures. Volibear itself is a primal god. You can see a picture of him as seju yells.
@@NerdyBigBrother Tbh i thought the same when i saw it the first time but then there would have to be many volibears which cant really be true. Thats the way i realised it :D
Fun fact: in the lore, he's called "The Volibear", not just Volibear. He also has other names, like Valhir. You can hear some of them in his champion theme iirc 🤔.
thank you for noticing that. This is one of the reasons I take pride in showing my friends this stuff. We all love each other and its so fun showing them stuff they remember from years ago together
Just started it brother! I want to upload random gaming stuff and KBC stuff too. You and I need to talk, because I want to do some different audiobook things.
It sounds like you already plan on showing off the music videos and alternate universe animations (the ones that focus on skin lines), so the only 2 things I'd recommend would be Terror in Demacia, and if you're feeling gung-ho towards the end of this series, Necrit's video called "The World of Riot's MMO is Already Done" can help with understanding a lot of the relationships between characters, locations, while also generating hype for a confirmed project.
Just wanted to give a small tidbit of lore of Ornn. He is the god of the forge, he once made himself a fork. A simple fork he made and later threw to the sea where a merfolk took it. It was such a powerful trident that he used it to rule the waters.
@@NerdyBigBrother In that cinematic, that expedition from Olaf and Sej is to find another "simple" item made by Orrn, a bowl which is told that can feed entire villages. (Their people is starving due to the lack of food)
@@NerdyBigBrother to add to that, Ornn also made a door once, and after thousands of years the stone that was holding the door in place eroded away and the door fell over. The support Braum found the door one day and has been using it as a shield and it is one of the strongest shields in the league universe.
Just a bit of context for The Call. Kai'sa is helping Taliyah amd they get ambushed by the Xer'sai, children of Rek'sai. Rek'sai appears and Kai'sa decides to go back into the place she came from if it means that Rek'sai can't get to Taliyah. Basically, going back into her hell just after she got out of it. Pantheon(in this case, Atreus) is at Mount Targon. For some backstory, Atreus was the host for the Aspect of War called Pantheon. Pantheon ended up taking full control of Atreus when they went to fight Aatrox which led to Pantheon dying but Atreus living and Aatrox in a sword. From there, Atreus starts to hate the Aspects and goes to Mount Targon, where there is a portal to the world of the Aspects and where people become hosts of Aspects. When he fights the 4 soldiers, he puts down his weapon as he doesn't want to raise one against mortals. Leona, the host of the Aspect of the Sun, shows up and he fights her. During the fight, a meteor strikes them. Who does it is unsure. Most likely Aurelion Sol. Atreus, after getting hit, finds out that he still has residual power from Pantheon which he uses to fly away. For Sejuani, she is trying to find an artifact that can feed her people. That artifact is under the possession of the Ursine, a tribe that worships Volibear, a demigod. The Ursine was granted power by Volibear which made them look more like a bear and let them control lightning. Also, the guy with two axes might not be Olaf since Olaf just wants to die but can't because he is too strong for his opponents. Ornn is just chilling and making a sword.
btw Pentakill has 3 albums and a full length concert that aired about two years ago. The concert was actually performed live by real artists and slapped 3D models of the characters onto them. Its really cool.
@@NerdyBigBrother The first and second album was played in a ceremonial opening final (2015 and 2017) of CBLOL which is a brazilian league of its esport. CBLOL is the only regional league that matches the quality of Worlds championship openings. Really! (well 2015 wasn't any Worlds opening yet, so it was too easy xP) Checkout all of them searching like "abertura CBLOL 2017"
Ryze is the most powerful mortal wizard in the entirety of runeterra (the world in wich all the lore of League of legends takes place) and is pretty old. He has witnessed the "rune wars" wich almost destroyed Runeterra. In the cinematic you can see him collect these Runes and store them in a place only he knows where it is. He defeated his own master who had succumbed to the power of one of the "world runes" wich are incredibly powerful and have a mind on their own. He just used his own magical power to do so. Also he tried to train someone to help him keep the runes safe, but that person also fell for a rune and is now the champion Brand. The ARAM map "Howling Abyss" might be a bridge connecting Demacia and Freljord, wich is where Sylas fled to after escaping prison in Demacia wich was probably shown in the Warriors cinematic. Last Year there was a huge event featuring Pentakill with a virtual concert where viewers could interact with it. It featured a new batch of pentakill skins including one for Viego as the opponent to the original 6 Pentakill characters. Pentakill as three albums; the first one was Smite & Ignite featuring skins for Karthus, Yorick, Mordekaiser, Sona and Olaf. The second album brought a skin for Kayle as a new member to the band and the third album brought the new batch of skins and the addition of Viego to the skin line. There are more artists that join in to pentakill than there are members. Karthus is sung by Jørn Lande, Kayle is being performed by Noora Louhimo, frontwoman of the band Battle Beast and it appears that Viego is given voice by Tyler Smith of The World Alive. Every song is named after an Item that is or was in the game.
Seriously thank you for that write up and effort. Ryze is absolutely going to make some kind of bigger appearance here soon whether its a TV show or movie, I can just feel it
18:24 the question mark pings are the greatest thing in this whole video. I was about to dive down here and correct him when the editor made me crack up.
lmfaoooo I couldnt hear what he said, and the screen was on Kaisa so I thought he asked if Kaisa was an adc lmfaoo. I edited that in myself, I did all the graphics and everything myself :) glad you caught on and liked that actually.
Atreus was an incompetent soldier that was deemed unworthy by the Aspect of War Pantheon himself. Unlike Leona or Diana, his body was completely taken over until Pantheon was killed by Aatrox. "The God died, the man lives" as Atreus rose up and cut off Aatrox hand, gaining access to a portion of Pantheon power (through Pantheon spear and shield). What essentially happened in The Call was that when Viego revived Pantheon, Atreus once again laid dormant in his own body, hence his frustration when he returned as he felt like a human will was nothing in the face of higher beings. However, since he is The Mantheon, the most GIGACHAD character, he found his wil, climbed mount Targon, fought Leona and her minions with absolutely zero aspect power, just pure manpower.
In Warriors, the Garen/Lux/Sylas portion is in Demacia. But it's in the northern section at one of the garrisons along the border of the Freljord. Which is where Sylas went after he escaped from the Demacian mage prisons. That's why he's wearing the furs and leading an army of Freljordian warriors to attack the Demacian Keep. If you go into the music side of things, you definitely need to show him the Worlds videos. KD/A is an obvious choice as well. Pentakill has 3 full albums. Smite & Ignite was the 1st, Grasp of the Undying the 2nd and the most recent Lost Chapter. The Pentakill songs are as good, if not better than the stuff coming out from "real" bands. Everyone raves about KD/A, and they seem to get all of the hype and attention from Riot. But There are those of us who remember that Pentakill is where the music side of Riot started. Something else about Pentakill songs, they are all named after an item that is (or in some cases, was) in the game. If he's into rock, you all should definitely react through the Pentakill albums. They don't get nearly the attention they rightfully deserve (not even from Riot). If you do react to the albums, I HIGHLY recommend watching the promo shorts they released for the 3rd Album. They actually built a whole seperate universe just for Pentakill with it's own lore. It's insane. Sadly (in my opinion) the interactive concert failed to do the band or the album justice, but was still a halfway decent watch. With Senna and Lucian, there are really 3 cinematics that lead up to the encounter with Viego. the teaser and full cinematic for the release of Senna as a playable champ, and The Climb. Riot even explained that Senna's trailer was the first time they had really tied a cinematic directly into a previous one. If/when you check them out with your buddy, be sure to watch them in proper order. With "Dark Passage" first, then "The Climb" and "Shadow's Embrace" last. Even though the Climb came out before the others, the order will make perfect sense once you watch the three together. Following up on that, you should also go through some of the more current champion trailers. Especially for champions he might not be familiar with, or those which had reworks since he stopped playing. There is so much lore being put into the trailers in the past few years. It's not just random semi-cool showcases any more. It's all about world building these days and making sure all of the champions feel interconnected with the rest of the existing lore and world in some way. Warwick's rework cinematic (and even the trailer for his Wild Rift release) are just pure world building and character development. The Fiddlesticks rework cinematic is just a masterpiece. The Bel'Veth teaser and trailers... so good and tie into aspects of characters that have been in the game since the beginning. It really is a whole universe they are building that goes so much deeper than anyone would expect just playing the game. Even in many of the ones you watched here, there are continuity tie-ins and callbacks/easter eggs hidden throughout the newer event and champion cinematics. Like if you've watched A Twist of Fate, you can see that the top Ryze's scroll is still cut from his fight with Nocturne in that cinematic. Or even the fun ones, like if you pause the Mortal Reminder video when Karthus is flipping through the pages of his tome, there's literal a frame showing a page with a list of items' names, with the ones that Riot has removed from the game over the years being crossed out. A complete you have to know it's there, and do work to see it Easter Egg just because they could. And they do this type of stuff in pretty much every video coming out.
A fun little fact that I thought was cool they included in The Call was that Pantheon (or Atreus in this case. Pantheon choose Atreus to be the vessel of the aspect of war btw) fought those Solari soldiers as another soldier just using a shield, only when another aspect showed up he uses his spear. Atreus is all about fair fighting and he hates aspects due to how they spit on humanity and think they're superior. This was a great video, loved watching your reactions 😄
@@NerdyBigBrother I get goosebumps every time I watch it too! Another great thing I noticed is that in Warriors when Lux calls her wand you can see for a second that the wards around her stopped for a second and turn to her. That's because magic is feared and forbidden in Demacia (where Lux and Garen are from), and they didn't knew Lux Crownguard (one the noble families of Demacia) was a mage! And Lux didn't care to show her powers to everyone just to save his brother, even if that meant that they would exile or even kill her for being a mage. I loveed the final scene where everyone lines up on her back while Lux charges her final spark.
@@ismaelm.80 You share some of the great parts I enjoy too. It just goes to show that Riot had a vision and a message they wanted people to hear/see and they executed it to perfection... so fun.
Fought those Solari minions with bare hands and fought Leona with his own power (can't access power of the Aspect of War Pantheon until the very end of the cinematic). Dude was a menace.
A little bit of lore about Viego the Ruined King and the Ruination... Viego was once a powerful king of the far eastern kingdom of Kamavor. He is married to Ysolde (pronounced "ee-sold") whom he loves dearly. But as most powerful leaders have it, Viego has a lot of enemies and may attempted to have him assassinated. Unfortunately, one assassination attempt that was supposed to be aimed at Viego, accidentally claimed Ysolde's life. Much was Viego's grief and denial about his wife's death that he became obsessed with finding a way to resurrect her, until finally, he found a potential way of resurrecting Ysolde in the then called Blessed Isles. Upon arriving at the Blessed Isles, Viego was welcomed warmly by the monks that guard and maintain the Isles. But when Viego requested a ritual to be performed on her wife to be resurrected, the Elder monks denied him, saying it violates the laws of life and death. Viego did not relent and threatened to destroy the isles with his army if they did not comply. The elders had no choice but to follow his demands. To make it simple, something went wrong with the ritual, and Ysolde's spirit came back as an angry spirit, asking Viego why did he returne her back from the dead and why cant he let her go and let her rest. The botched ritual was starting to corrupt the Isles, and Ysolde had to stab Viego in the heart with his own blade, to stop him from continuing the ritual. But it was too late, the ritual released a massive corrupting wave that spread through out the Blessed Isles. And that event was forever known as the Ruination. The island is now covered by a corrupting heavy fog (called the Black Mist) composed of the corrupted souls of all the living things that was present in the Isles during the Ruination. The Blessed Isles is now gone, only the Shadow Isles remained. Decades later, it was revealed that Viego was still "alive". He was now the one controlling the Black Mist and his goal is to find the pieces of Ysolde's soul that was shattered during the Ruination, to once more bring her back. One of Ysolde's soul shard was in Senna, and in the video, you can actually hear Ysolde warning Senna when Viego and the Black Mist was approaching, and when Viego was slowly pulling her out of Senna. Senna and Lucian are members of the Sentinels of Light, an elite group of warriors from Demacia, trained to be uncorruptable and to fight off the Black Mist, especially during the Harrowing when the Black Mist spreads out beyond the Shadow Isles and terrorises the nearby ports and cities...
Yo.... thank you so so so much for this write up. You wrote things really well, that was easy to follow. Also, Senna is even more epic than I originally thought... and I love how blown away Drew was when Viego was first shown
i love the fact that you are the second person i ve seen reactinc that actually realises that scene with draven, most ppl think him as a coword that se was trying to hit her on her back but in reality he just gave her sword back to her so they can have a fair fight, tho it s understandable why they would see it like that since most of ppl i ve seen reacting weren t league players so they didn t knew that was her swrod
Yeah that wasnt a cheap shot at all on his part. He literally was so bored, and FINALLY found competition. Not only did he provide her with a sword, but he broke her chain so it was a fair fight. LIT
about warriors cinematic: garen and lux fight sylas in freliord (northern region of valoran continent) near demacia border during sylas's mage rebelion (yes thats a oficial lore); cait and vi fight in prison in Zaun where urgoth is held after cait arested him for the first time (city below, together with Piltover, Zaun are gate between Valoran and Shurima continents) LoL have tons of lore, if you want i recommend Necrit he is your lore master, who talks about regions, champions stories and more edit, the call, the bear dude is not voli, it's ursine shaman, follower of volibear turned to bear form
@@NerdyBigBrother demacia is just your normal humans with absolute hatred for magic (magic is absolutely illegal and punished with prison and torture) :/ try reading a bit about continent of Ionia (semi asia of LoL where if you fu*k with nature your home can walk away when you go to work or market xD)
Answers to some questions : 1. NOT Vel'koz in Ryze cinematic 2. Aatrox did that to the statue in the call 3. NOT Volibear in The Call cinematic, they are the Ursine, followers of The Volibear which is the brother of Ornn and Anivia (Primal gods of Freljord). Though you can see his spirit being called in the SKY. 4. I dont think it's an Infinity Edge that he's forging but this is CANON lore.. There is also a follow up to The Call that is an introduction to the champion Bel'veth 5. Awaken is most likely canon too it has 3 locations with different events that did happen 1rst being the Ionian invasion, 2nd Riven fighting in the colosseum before being exiled I think* and 3rd Camille chasing Jhin in piltover which I think it before he got to Ionia but not certain about that. I also think warriors is canon but I really ain't certain about it. The best video to get context in a general way that is recent enough about the lore is the video ''The world of Riot mmo is already done'' by Necrit. Very generalized but very good to start learning the lore of Runeterra in general.. I would watch a reaction of that.
The League of Legends World Championship's music videos go absolutely crazy, I think those are incredible for reactions too, as well as having many easter eggs for people who know some stuff about the Pro League scene. They started these in 2014, done one every year since, I believe.
@@NerdyBigBrotherthat place is in Demacia. Demacia is in the middle of a magic absorbing forest. Those trees are petricite. Demacians use it to build everything including their city, weapons, and constructs like Galio. Play Legends of Runeterra. You'll see other constructs.
@@NerdyBigBrotheralso, that wasn't Vel'Koz. That was Watchers which are extra dimensional beings that send voidborns like Vel'Koz to destroy Runeterra
So about the warriors cinematic sylas in the lore did go to hte freljord (ice region) to recruit people for a rebellion against demacia but im not sure about the other parts Also to get back to the items some items are items from different champions like steraks gage is aatrox arm that was cut off or dead mans plate is gankplanks shoulder pat And to the call the statue where the face is destroyed was destroyed by Aatrox btw every single skin line has its own lore
Gotta say I love the setup, both the room and especially the video format.The font is crisp, the camera is nice HD, overall looks super clean!! I'll support you, I like watching reaction channels in my spare time, especially reactions to League stuff and certain series/animes! Subbed/liked/obviously commented lmao! If you guys ever get to Champion Teasers/Voicelines in the future, I can give suggestions or even some compilations I did myself for specific Champions to help reacters! Take care and have a good day! 🤟
Whoa, these are all incredible compliments to hear considering I edited and made everything myself!! If you could come up with a small compilation of teasers/voicelines which 5 would you pick? Ill consider it right now and ill tell drew about it.
@@NerdyBigBrother You're welcome, the hard work deserves the praise, it was nice and crisp and I'm sure it will do well on TH-cam! ☺ When I said Champion teasers, I meant small videos that tease new Champions, might be interesting for your friend who hasn't seen a lot of League after he quit his Kennen journey lmao! They have tons of those on the League TH-cam channel, I could hand pick a few in a compilation and send that to you? For voicelines, those are a bit more lenghty and go deeper into the lore, but they make for fantastic reacting videos and reach the same LoL community that usually help channels grow. The most popular ones reactors usually start with are : Aatrox, Pantheon, Fiddlestick, Swain & Jhin. As a Kayn main I obviously am biased into recommending his voicelines to your attention hehe. My playlist on my channel has his voicelines for both skins in seperate videos. Those took a long time to edit and compile, I made them for myself and for reactors, since the Skin Spotlight videos for Kayn aren't great! 😒 Sorry for the wall of text lol, lots of context & specifics! Have a good day and good luck! 😄
@@CZ2_Delta You really do lay out your thoughts really well. Thank you for this information, and I will be taking a look at your playlists! Sometimes its hard to imagine people really enjoying the stuff I make. But this comment sure did boost my mental. Thank you.
@@NerdyBigBrother In my last comment I stated which Champion Voicelines I'd recommend to start with since you asked! As for the Champion Teasers, here's a playlist I made just now, includes the most recent ones (I hand picked the best looking ones for reaction purposes). th-cam.com/play/PL9rp20Uoi3QEg0sg1tqk_Ei_TxDiS1agZ.html Hope it helps! 😗
Quick info-dump about Viego: The "Ruined King" has been a character in the Lore for a long time. But he was more like a myth. Just recently Riot decided, to turn him into a full champion. However we can never be sure how long in advance they are planning something. I mean we got champion-reworks with teasers for Arcane almost 5 years beforehand.
I think they strategically (or luckily) released information in perfect amounts. they have the freedom to "announce" something years in advance knowing it can take any form it needs to when the times comes. Everything ends up working out it appears. Superior story telling!
Maybe Im wrong but I dont think its Vel’Koz in the animation. At Freljord there is some creatures (I don’t know their name in English) and I think the one we saw in the video is Vel’Koz skin, as one of those creature, so I would guess it’s the creature and not Vel’Koz. But maybe I’m totally wrong on this. A little info about Demacia : Demacia is an anti magic nation, and the Crownguards is a family who protect the king, Garen and Lux are Crownguard. But Lux is a magic user, and Sylas is a magic user too who did a rébellion against demacia, so , in the animation, its make a lot of sense to see Garen look at Lux this way (when he’s on the floor and she’s standing up to take the stick from a magic user). Then she summons Galio which is a big anti-magic guardian. (Even if she seems to summon him with magic… we’ll pass this detail)
You are right these are the wathcers the masters of Velkoz they are imprisoned by Lissandra behind her eternal balck Ice whis is why they are in the vision behind this ice, they only can influence the minds of mortals and not interact directly with them, and they tried this here with Ryze to use the world runes, bc. it would probably destroy runeterra which is the ultimate goal of the watchers.
in the video at 28:50 min the statue is of xolaani a darkin. the massive gash was caused by Aatrox who hates her for the part she played in the darkin war and the usage of blood magic now associated with the darkin.
The in game items have lore. Brk is Viego's sword Deadman's plate is Gangplank's ledt shoulder. Gorgoyle's stone plate is actually galio Axiom Arc is Qiyana'a hoop Storm Razor is Yasuo's sword. Jak'sho is a voidling similar to Kai'sa armor. Turbo Chemtank you can see in Arcane Locket is Leona Shield
@NerdyBigBrother It is a long one as it's their full album (around 45 mins) it was an interactive online concert. th-cam.com/users/livevnwp6PHn9Kk?feature=share There's the official video if you want to give it a look :)
Yeah, every one of these is from the lore. Warriors is my favorite video cause it shows that fight in Demacia. Lux was reluctant to use her abilities because the kingdom frowns on magic. I don't know if anyone commented this yet, but Sylas was a little bit of a mentor to Lux while he was imprisoned. She, unwittingly, helped him break out by touching his hand, and he absorbed some of her magic to escape. She felt responsible and tried to stop him. Garen didn't even know she had magical abilities; in the comic, he is told by Sylas that he has magical blood as well (Sylas is technically only able to absorb magic in the lore, which is why he summoned Garen's sword). If you get the chance to read some of the comics of hers, they're really good and they show you a bit of that lore for Demacia.
Sylas can absorb any magic and use it however he wants, unlike in the game where he steals a specific ability. Ironically, Garen doesn't use magic at all. When he uses his R in-game, he's actually praying to the Aspect of Justice (Kayle) which answers his call by dropping a huge blade from the heavens. Knowing this, it's kinda weird for Sylas to have used magic to mimic his sword 🤔.
23:00 "Any volunteers to charge blindly into a storm of souls?" - Senna I hear a lot of calls for a movie, but it takes Fortiche studios so much time and effort to produce 3-6 minute cinematics that we'd be waiting for a generation for a film to be made.
I feel like you two will have a wild fun watching Necrit's "The world of RIOT'S MMO is already done" basically giving a discussion about what the world looks like in a summary. but I suggest to only watch it after watching majority of the epic cinematic so no spoilers
@@NerdyBigBrother I think so, I might be in the minority but there is a satisfaction in being familiar with some of them first as he will be referencing them in the video, especially for your friend who may not know some of the new champions. like Yone's videos shows a huge lore in Ionia, it'd be nice to be familiar with them first. You can take your time in the cinematics learning about the champions funfacts, it will be fun.
I`m sorry but it`s criminal that you didn`t watch The Ionian Myth cinematic. I would like to recomend doing Ornn cinematics ( 3 videos ), voicelines of champions, like if you played LoL you will have a heartattack from happines while listening to the interactions between champions! The video was dope, keep it up!
I think Vel'koz was not supposed to be the watcher in the Ryze cinematic, but it makes me happy to believe it is. Demacia is holding onto the runestones things The soul of Viego's wife bonded with Senna; he was trying to reclaim it so he could bring her back to life. Pantheon is trying to end the aspects only, which is why he put his spear down for fighting the guards and picked it back up for Leona. Miss Fortune was wearing a different skin in the Ryze cinematic Camille is a cyborg (Flashing eyes) and is in her mid 80's leading a spy/counter-spy thing in Piltover. Viego has been added to Pentakill Pentakill's songs are titled after items in-game Urgot was sent to Piltover/Zaun as a political for trying to start a rebellion in Noxus. Regional help and Characters from these cinematics: Demacia HATES magic and mages and is home to Garen, Lux, Poppy, Vayne, Gallio, and Sylas Noxus is a lot like Rome (Expansionist, led by a triumvirate) and is home to Darius, Samira, Sion, Draven, Riven, and Urgot (originally) Ionia is like Feudal Japan (Emphasis on balance and nature) and is home to Yasuo, Karma, Irelia, Kennen, Akali, Jhin (originally), Sona(?) Piltover/Zaun (No explanation needed) home Caitlyn, Vi, Ekko Targon (think Mount Olympus) is where Pantheon and Leona are from. Freljord is home to Olaf, Sejuani, the ursunites (Ursonians?) Shurima is Ancient Egypt, home to Talia, Rek'sai,
Since everyone point out everything that I know of, here is one of the smallest fact: in Awaken, you can see Camille using her passive through her eyes. It turns orange (AD) for a bit and turn back to blue (AP) as she trying to make a shield to fit with the dmg, but since Jhin E is doing both AD and AP, she got confused.
You should watch the live perfomance of "Giants". That was so awesomeee♥ And if you liked the "style" of the music video, you should watch "More" by K/DA a girl group with Akali, Ahri, Kai'sa and Evelyn! And a Conceptual Video called "Villain" where you can see different ideas of what Evelyn is like with an awesome music and graphics.
6:15 - it's probably a watcher in the Ice, i guess ? There Void Beeings that lust for Annihilation, they got a whole Story Arc to them with Lissandra, Freljord etc. Atleast it looks like a Watcher kinda.(Ryze Story Arc - He's trying to lock away the "World Runes".) 16:30 - The Event is called "The Great Mage Rebellion", because Demacia had a whole Anti Mage Propaganda and Sylas was imprisoned because of his Magic. There is so much to learn in the LoL Lore, thats why i love it and every Day you find something new and exciting. 22:00 - The Beginning of the "Ruination Arc", which is kinda interesting and has a good Game about it. I don't want to spoil anything about the Lore, because it's fantastic to read it and i'm not 100% sure about it, thats why i just put up the Story Arc's, for further Research.
@@NerdyBigBrother My Timestamps were a bit scuffed, edited them now :D, and hey thanks for giving us the reaction. I did like the Reaction very much. :)
honestly considering how many people read into lore of league of legends you might want to add such a person on set to give you a bit of background on each cinematic. the lore of league is so massive, i think you really would enjoy it with a bit more context. Truth to be told im kinda dissapointed you chose true damage instead of KDA´s Popstars, but ill look forward to seeing more reactions from league of legends because theres just SO MUCh.
@@NerdyBigBrother thats honestly a great idea. ive noticed that you had some questions on what exactly is happening in these cinematics and maybe some of your friends can shed a light into the whole theme. i do advise some caution as riot more then once decided to rewrite basically the whole world lore, so some stuff is still old (2010) and some stuff has been updated like 80 times.... (im not looking at you lux.....)
@@TrueReptainlove as a fellow world builder and author for 11 years... I know how it feels to need to change history in your world... haha thankfully I never had to do it too much personally, but Riot seems to get away with it pretty easily which I think is a nice bonus for them.
jhin didnt shoot camille he let her catch him in lore jhin is a huge master mind shen and zed and there master went insane trying to hunt him down then the master finally caught him again bec jhin let him then they asked help from him bec ionia was being invaded by noxus now jhin is feared by all nations and wanted in all of them he also loves art and has his own definition in it but whenever he fights he "sets the stage" one of his lines is "wait for ur cue your only here to herald my entrance" jhin is my fav character lore wise
Demacia lore dump to clear up the ambiguity at 20:05; Garen is the leader of a unit called the Dauntless Vanguard within the Demacian military. Several other characters in the game are also part of that unit. Xin Zhao, Quinn, and Fiora are members, and Demacia's crown prince Jarvan IV is also a member. Sion's lower jaw is actually the crown of Jarvan I who he killed in battle. The dauntless Vanguard was hunting a dragon when they encountered Shyvana, who was hunting the same dragon because it had killed her father, who was also a dragon. She and the members of the vanguard consider each other to have each others lives in that fight and are strong allies because of it. Demacia has an extreme distrust of mages and makes a habit of imprisoning them in torturous conditions. Sylas is leading a revolt against this practice in this cinematic. Lux is only spared this treatment because she was born into an influential family. The walls and especially the prisons in Demacia are built out of petricite, a mineral that absorbs and negates magic. Galio is a massive petricite golem built to protect Demacia by one of its greatest craftsmen.
You should have seen my face when you typed Sions Jaw is the crown of Jarvin I.... And honestly, the pieces you just pieced together in my mind helped so much. Galio being made of the petricite stuff is actually blowing my mind. And why does it sound so epic that they were hunting a dragon, found a dragon hunting the same dragon, and became friends because of it haha.
@@NerdyBigBrother The lore is full of awesome connections like that. If makes for a fun read if you have an hour or two to kill. I just pick a random character and read.
@@grantharriman284 Ive been writing a book series for over a decade now. I totally appreciate their detail and world building. Its something I do as a hobby too
Fun fact: the "World Runes" are actually the 5 runes in game: Precision (yellow), Domination (red, i.e. the one shown in the Call of Power cinematic), Sorcery (blue in game, violet in lore), Resolve (green), and Inspiration (teal in game, blue in lore).
28:50 - The "claw mark" was made by Aatrox on the statue of Xolaani. She is another darkin that uses blood magic to control others, including other darkin (before she got corrupted, she was a healer so I guess that's how she learned blood magic). She hates wars and wants to make peace in the world through servitude. Hers is the one will.
Lux was so reluctant to do anything because in Demacia it is strictly forbidden to use magic to a point where there is "inquisition" that hunts people with magic abilities and imprisons them. She, as a royal is hiding her powers to be able to live a normal life. Then this battle happened, it is a real part of the lore, Sylas returning with army he built in Freljord to take revenge on Demacia after being imprisoned there for years. He managed to escape thanks to Lux's hidden powers because he managed to steal a "spark" from her and escape thanks to it. In this battle, Demacia would have lost, Lux saw her brother is about to be murdered by "her mistake" so she decided to sacrifice her normal life for him and come out of hiding as a mage. She cast the Final Spark into the sky for a reason. These huge statues (Galio is one of them) sense big spikes of magical power and come to help, so she basically called one of them to help them in the fight. Demacia emerged victorious after this.
you are absolutely right about riot setting a very high standard, the shot of jhin bowing is my second favourite shot of all time. The cinematics riot make are eclipsed only by blizzard's cinematics imo. The wow expansion trailers are unmatched in terms of animation. And the diablo 4 announcement trailer ("By Three They Come") is for me the best game trailer ever created (my absolute favourite shot is from there). If you feel like it i'd love to see you reacting to these. It was very enjoyable to hear you explaining to him the videos after and the discussions... and also i just need to mention that the room setup is super cool! Edit: we forget and never mention the 2023 cinematic. For all I know 2023 had no cinematic
Pentakill has 3 full albums. For the third Album, they did a full interactive music video with all the songs in the Third Album. Even called out a Twitch Streamer in the video.
pentakill has 3 albums so far and a 45 min amazing VR concert (at the time interactive). They have it all up on their Riot Games Music YT channel. I am also sad that they didn't make any more songs for True Damage - It is so awesome. Also, did you see at 0:07 in the video the Arcane tease poster? Remember, this is 2019 - Arcane came out in 2021 ;) And I strongly recomment to check out the 2019 worlds opening ceremony - it is amazing! Also, I think you would absolutely love the ionian cinematic of the brothers Yasuo and Yone. They are called "The Path, An Ionian Myth | Spirit Blossom 2020 Animated Trailer" and "Kin of the Stained Blade | Spirit Blossom 2020 Cinematic". Another one high up in my tier list is the "Annie- Origins" cinematic - an absolutely beautifully crafted cinematic which stands out with it's unique grafics. Also I am not sure if you are familiar with the general story of Darkins. Essentially they were ascended shuriman golden warriors which were tainted and became so called 'Darkins' - then though some story twists they were sealed into weapons and everybody who touches this weapon will be overtaken by the Darkin. It is best you watch the explanation from Necrit to one of the best champion introductions so far: The cinematic is called "Naafiri - Hounds of Iron". The champion will be released in the game in a few days. Another good one to watch and directly continues after "the Call" would be "All That Will Ever Be | Bel'Veth Cinematic". This was a champion introduction cinematic from last year and she is a 2nd force in the war against the Void. BTW. The Call has the 3 stories that revolve around the cinematic finally directly pinned in the comment section of the video - just if you want to read any further. All in all I advocate for you to watch Necrits video "The World of Riot's MMO is Already Done" because you just get a better picture of all the different story lines of Runeterra. Most people only know Arcane and tbh this is only a tiny fraction of what the world has to offer. As for the ruination - there are a bunch of trailers and cinematics that help you get an idea of the Ruination Story. You have to watch them in a certain order so you won't be confused - just for now I want to explain that Viego took the "blue crystal ball" from Senna which is a part of Isolde's soul that has been hidden within Senna and Gwen (the doll Isolde sewed by herself and awakened with her soul). Viego is collecting her soul in order to revive her "she IS my world" - Isolde is his dead wife. They also have a book released about the ruination event which is very good. Necrit called it the Game of Thrones of League :) I hope one day they make a movie ! The League universe (Runeterra) has so much potential! Also maybe you want to watch the star guardian cinematics and trailers together and in order. The Star Guardian alternative universe is up to now the biggest Lore parallel universe they crafted so far.
3 albums is a freaking achievement! and no, I didnt see the Arcane teaser but now im going to notice everytime now. I already planned on showing him the true damage worlds opening too :) And wow wow wow. Thanks for this lore dump. Im sensing a trend of doing champion highlights and teasers already, so my mind is spinning on trying to get that in the works. Its sounding like Drew needs to come back over ASAP.
In the comics, Shen shows up to the aftermath of the Jhin v Camille fight. There is an open trapdoor in the stage, and the piano is smashed. It would seem that Jhin bowed, and dropped through the trapdoor to leave Camille hirtling into the piano. The whole thing was an immaculately planned middle finger to Camille. Jhin is, in fact, a virtuoso, lol!
Feel like Draven got a little shafted in the Awaken cinematic. A lot of people don't notice on their first watch that he throws Riven's sword at her chains to cut her free so they could have a more fair or entertaining fight and assume he just missed her. And even more, after watching someone do an extensive breakdown of the cinematic, I'm convinced that they rearranged scenes from the fight. Draven grins > Riven headbutts him > final clash. If you look, Draven already has a bloody nose when he grins. I believe Riven actually headbutts him FIRST. He eats it and grins, giving us this little badass moment for him to show that despite him struggling, he's having some fun. The animators probably wanted to give them both their cool moments, but someone higher up or in marketing told them to swap the scenes around to make it look more in line of Riven putting Draven in his place. It's a minor nitpick, but I don't see why they had to upsale Riven at the cost of diminishing Draven. She was already doing some awesome work and being badass without the help
if you guys are interested in the world in LoL, I'd recommend watching 2 of Necrit's videos: - Story of League of Legends Explained - The World of Riot's MMO is Already Done
Also, Ornn may not be forging Infinity Edge, but his in-game masterwork item, Edge of Finality. The runes on the blade are very similar and the shape is identical.
I dont know if someone mentioned this, For jhin and camille, their was a continuation of the fight but was never shown. This was in zed and shen comics. In the comics, it showed only the aftermath of the fight and for jhin he looks fine and continuing his plan for zed and shen
@@NerdyBigBrother forgot the name of the comics but its free to read online, i think i read that in the LoL fandom or lol wiki fandom. Just search zed and shen comics something like that Comics focus on zed, shen and jhin. Comics is great
Some lore corrections for you: First Cinematic: Ryze is the good guy in this situation. He and Brand are racing each other to gather the World Runes, the magical artifacts that created and control the natural elements of the world. In time long past, mortals used these runes basically as nuclear weapons, and killed millions. Ryze witnessed it, and wants to prevent it from ever happening again, so he is gathering them and hiding them in the petricite forest. Petricite is a type of tree that grows in Demacia, a region that was first settled by refugees of the Rune Wars and that absorbs magic. Most people think that it counteracts magic, but in reality, it acts kinda like a battery, storing it, and Sylas can actually tap into the magic that's stored in the petricite. In the Lux comic, which is the immediate predecessor to the Lux/Garen/Sylas story in the third cinematic, he taps into the petricite in the royal palace of Demacia to use Kayle and Morgana's magic that's been stored there since the sisters fought in the palace centuries ago. Second Cinematic: I don't really have any major lore corrections. Just that Jhin is the best character and that entire thing was badass. Third Cinematic: The ice area that they're in is actually the Freljord. After the king of Demacia, Jarvan III, was killed during the mage rebellion, Sylas, Lux, and a number of mages that were hiding out in the city of Demacia itself fled north into the Freljord, seeking asylum, as their home nation is quite literally committing a genocide on them. Lux's last name is Crownguard, and she and her brother Garen are nobles. Their aunt leads the Mageseekers in their quest to commit genocide on anyone born with magical abilities. Using their influence, they are able to hide Lux's magic from most of the city and prevent her from getting arrested and killed by the Mageseekers. Lux is also powerful enough to awaken Galio, the petricite golem, singlehandedly. Also, when you said that it was gonna be Awaken, I was thinking to the first time they did this song in 2014 with the original artists, Imagine Dragons, as the musicians. Fourth Cinematic: Lucian and Senna's entire story has been told in cinematics pretty much. Senna was killed and her soul trapped in Thresh's lantern. However, Lucian freed her, and now the pair are hunting to kill Thresh and eventually Viego, the Ruined King, before he can claim more victims. The blue soul-looking thing that Viego pulls out of Senna isn't her soul itself, but rather, a piece of the soul of Viego's wife and queen, Isolde. He's looking for her relentlessly, killing anyone who gets in his way and taking their spirits to add to his undead army. However, she is resisting him, and everyone and everything that a piece of her spirit finds grows into something to help fight back against him. As for the True Damage one, not a single champion in that band actually deals true damage in-game. The closest it gets is that Yasuo gets 50% armor pen after using his ult.
TruDamage and KDA are both in the same 'universe'. There, after KDA released their first song, Popstars they went on hiatus where each member split off to do their own thing. Akali's thing was to bring TruDamage together and make Giants. So naturally, this means you'll have to show the entire KDA cycle from Popstars all the way through I'll Show You. ^_^
U guys should take a look at the live consert Pentakill did called (Pentakill III: Lost Chapter - An Interactive Album Experience) its a 45min long live in caracter concert Pentakill and Riot did together with streamers showing up and mentioned a few times as they rock. The visual quality isent up to par with the cinematics but ofc the band is playing live with some kind of motion capture layered ontop as we se the caracters move. That was 1 hell of an event.
Great point! Honestly if only a couple of them were shown at first I might have recognized them as an individual creature! But the mass amount of them makes my brain not want to focus in on them individually.
Yo double comment but just finished the video. Do more league content. Check out all of the Legends of Runeterra cinematics. They will not disappoint. But if you want another game recommendation with the best cinematics I would say check out Diablo.
Yeah, he has no idea how far out Riot plans their characters. They may not have all the details, but they have rough character ideas like a decade before they come out (some of them). For example, Elise was a Halloween Easter Egg that was laying in a coffin in the corner of the Main Map about 8 years before she came out. That being said, they are ok with rapid change too. Urf the Manatee was supposed to be a character, but they decided he was too silly and wrote into lore that Warwick ate him. Now he is a spirit that shows up during Halloween AND the force behind the Ultra Rapid Fire game mode (which is why there is a kind of seal bark that they use as the background music).
Jhin is arguably league's most perfect champion, and It's not just mine opinion, many-MANY people think the same. And I personally think, that bow in "Awaken" was a reference to his ultimate, because it called "Curtain call" or to one of his emotes where he bows in a same way.
Answer to question at 6:25 No wasn't Vel'Koz, was a voidborn that was stuck in the ice where that World Rune was located. Many people, me and you included, thought it was Vel'Koz when this first came out tho lol.
The Call is my favorite cinematic, My boi Ornn looked so good. But Warriors, is so good, always get chills and nostalgia when watching it. Also a bit of back story on Ornn, He is Volibears Brother and refuses to fight human conflicts. So as Volibear gave the humans strength and power, Ornn just chills. Ornn and Voli end up fighting over the difference between helping and staying out of human conflicts and they fight, but kills of Ornns followers and fellow black smiths on the base of the mountain/volcano which Ornn resides. Also Braum stole Ornns front door and uses like a shield.
The cold area Lux and Garen were in is called the Freljord, they were there since Sylas broke out of prison in Demacia and started a mage revolution (since Demacians are kind of racist toward mages due to the rune shit that Ryze’s story is based around) and the tree you see in Call of Power is in Demacia.
Sylas teamed up with some Freljordians to fight off Demacia, and he chose to go there since it neighbours Demacia and Freljordians tend to be quite unpredictable and aggressive toward others.
Did you know that Viego's search for his Queen (Isolde) even affected Valorant to the point that there were weapons "Ruination" (to possess agents) and "Sentinel's of Light" (to cleanse agents)
sejuani is looking for Ornn becuse they are starving, pantheon is going to targon prime to maybe talk to the other aspects or fight the gods,kai'sa has another video. and it was't volibear it was shamans that thru vorship as been morfted in to bears. other corect me if im wrong about something
Atreus climbed Targon to regain access to Pantheon power as he lost control of it after Viego revived Pantheon and forced Atreus soul to laid dormant in his own body(again). He felt frustrated but found the will to fight for humanity, as always, so at the end of The Call cinematic he can finally tap into that source of power.
Not sure if it was said or not in the comments but you were partially right about jhin’s traps. They do actually look beautiful to everyone when they go off but it’s just a magical illusion in the traps which make the blood and gore turn into pretty colors. You can see the illusion turned off in the Zed comics which is a great read
So cool little tidbit about the Warriors cinematic in case you didn't know: Demacia HATES mages to the point where they have a task force made specifically to hunt them down. Even the city itself is made from a material (Petricite) that dampens magical ability. Galio is also made from this material and only wakes up when he detects magic so he can defend Demacia. Lux is a mage in hiding, which Garen knows about and he accepts her, but can never acknowledge her. In the cinematic, Lux uses her ability, knowing that it could mean being outcast or even hunted down, to shoot her ult into the sky which created enough magic to wake up Galio, summoning him to help in the fight.
Im a bit late to the party, but i'd like to make a few points: 1. Fun Fact about Jhin: he is confirmed to be between 40-44 years old. Also his 4th shot also has Missing Health Damage that scales up. 2. Camille= Attack on Titan 3. When Vi/ Caitlyn are coming in (just before Urgot gets freed) they blows on the henchmen are in time to the beat of the music. Caitlyn is from Piltover (high upper class), Vi grew up in Zaun (the slums) which is ran by the Chem-Barons. Vi grew up hating police brutality but then became known as THE person on the force who shows the most brutality. In the cinematic, it is in Zaun. Urgot was the Noxian Executioner before Draven but was exiled and imprisoned in Zaun. Arcane borrows from the main universe but IS NOT CANON TO LEAGUE LORE. 4. 2020 Warriors is actually a cover for 2014 Warriors by Imagaine Dragons (better song not as great animation in my opinion) 5. Galio is a THICCC BOI. 6. In Demacia (Where Garen and Lux are from), Mages are put in concentration camps and used as slaves. Sylas broke out and started a rebellion. He references his weapons in game as they are the actual shackles that kept him imprisoned. The Icy Area is not actually in Demacia but a fort to the North of Demacia but it is in a Demacian territory in the Frejlord. 7. Lux likes Sylas and visited him in secret when he was imprisoned and helped him escape, she then fights him in this cinematic because she didn't realise that he was going to try to rebel and kill the King of Demacia (who is Jarven IV). Sylas' pet name for Lux is "Little Light". 8. Viego is a big simp, his wife was assassinated 1000years ago so he got corrupted and became the ruined king. His wife's soul is split in 2 between and is in Senna and Gwen. Gwen was Isolde's doll. Isolde is the name of Viego's wife. 9. Lucian fun fact: In his lore it tells you that his gun is fired by intent and there is a story where Senna is explaining this to him (Senna was the one who brought him into the Sentinels of Light) and he says "With every fibre of my being?" where he suggests that he can fire his gun with his P*nis. 10. Most items are owned by champions. Blade of the Ruined King (BORK), is Viego's sword. Collectors is Miss Fortune's gun. Tri-force is Irellia's blades. Stormrazor is Yasuo's sword, Dead Man's Plate is Gangplank's shoulder armour piece etc. 11. The bear's that are fighting Sejuani/ Olaf are not Volibear. Volibear is controlling the bears. Lissandra, Anvivia, Volibear and Ornn are all siblings that are over 9000 years old. 12. Pantheon is about 65 years old. And like Diana, Leona and Taric is a Targonian aspect. The God he got his power from, is the God of War who was killed by Aatrox. 13. The ending with Kai'sa leads up to the Bel'Veth cinematic. 14. Arcane Season 2 is said to be released in 2024 mid-late. 15. I skipped the Pentakill and Ryze cinematic as I really dislike them. I'm sorry i just don't. 16. In True Damage: Giants, at the beginning, it shows an Arcane poster in the background. This was back in 2019 it is came out 3 years before Arcane is released. 17. The language swapping is there to show how large of a community LOL is. 18. If you think the animation is sick, then you should watch the LIVE Giants performance at Worlds 2019 the Staging is insane. 19.The Korean Rapper who is represented by Akali is also in KDA also represented by Akali. 20. The first one Senna is in, she is sat on a Giant statue of her gun. 21. Sadly due to the flop of True Damage compared to KDA meant that Riot will most likely never bring back True Damage as Giants has, as of 2023, about 120,000,000 views, whereas Pop-Stars (KDA's first) has I think around 600,000,000 (defo more than 550 million views). 22. Also i really Disagree with your earlier statement of Warriors 2020 being the best cinematic. Kin of the Stained Blade is by far the best in my opinion, as it seriously is like Demon Slayer with the art style, and it also starts to tie up the lore for the Ruination, as at the very end, it sets up a side game by Riot that focuses on the lore; Ruined King. They recently released a new game called Mageseeker that expands on Sylas' lore. 23. Please do a reaction to Kin of the Stained Blade. I'm not doing this to be rude but as genuine information as a GIANT LOL nerd. Thanks for reading this far.
I have a correction to make for a few punkts here first punkt 3 a few days ago riot claimed that arcane is canon, second punkt 11 Lisandra is not a sister to a Volibear Orn and Aniva, she betrayed her sisters which are dead now for power which she got from a contract with the watchers from the void and later she betrayed the watchers aand sealed them in the ice under the Aram bridge and is kipping her eyes on them
A lot of people forget that while each nation has their main story, our boi Ryze here playing for the biggest game in the background.
Yo honestly reflecting back on all of this, you are right. They honestly gave him main character vibes... makes me want to invest in Ryze products just in case his stock gets launched haha
well he is supposed to have MC vibes since he is or was the champ that represents RIOT and LOL@@NerdyBigBrother
@@femboy-alex117 They dont really actively advertise that. I would safely assume that most of the player base wouldnt say Ryze if you asked them who is the mascot of league. I bet they would say teemo before ryze lol
he's the main protagonist of league of legends collecting the runes like infinity stones
Ryze is pretty much the protagonist of the whole league universe
IMAGINE you show him the full opening ceremonies for 2018 and 2019 world championships..... he will be speechless
Its now on the list!!
especially 2019 was crazy to date the best imo
Even the online experience for 2021 Worlds Opening was great (My first Worlds)
I mean, 2017 wasn't bad either... :)
"lets act like you havent seen these videos so we can get views for some reason! " hi barbie! hi ken! energy, i live for it! :3
Who are you quoting here? lol I told people from the get go that Ive seen these before and I was showing my friend :)
38:52 something almost everyone missed here is that Sona uses her Speed Boost ability for Mordekaiser to do the Guitar Solo
hahah I cant believe it. That is such a good eye
For us to understand the significance of Ornn forging a blade in the cinematic, we must know first that Ornn swore not to forge any more weapons of war after Volibear and his followers slaughtered all of Ornn's disciples, with the very weapons Ornn and his disciples forged for Volibear and his followers. Seeing Ornn forge a weapon after his vow signifies that a massive war or conflict is now looming and approaching...
Holy shit.... way to add a whole different level of lore. I love that
After seeing the recent Song of Nunu trailers, I feel like that's what it was referencing 👀.
There are three full Pentakill albums. The first album is Karthus, Olaf, Mordekaiser, Yorick, and Sona. The second album introduces Kayle as a female vocalist and the third album was entire interactive concert experience with Viego as a heavy metal screamer/singer as an antagonist to Pentakill.
its been added to the list. the whole live experience they did is coming soon hopefully
@@NerdyBigBrother If you do the Pentakill live performance video, I'd recommend watching the video "Accounts of the Aftermath" first, it sets the scene and hypes it up and has some really cool artwork. (Theres a few really cool Pentakill lore videos with Viego that Riot set up the album with)
The huge tree in the cinematic where Ryze is, is the tree that made the walls of Demacia. The Petricite. It absorbs magic so it's perfect container for the Runes he is collecting. It prevents the runes to release magic energy that could endanger the world.
Sometimes it amazed me how good and very detailed their lore is to the point that I'm more interested on the lore than the game itself.
I mean, seriously.... its almost divine when people can create world structures so detailed.
Pentakill is one of my favorite in-universes for League, and a fun fact about that music video is basically their song is used to summon Kayle, the angel of rock metal.
I think Drew was talking about something when it happened, but when they summoned Morde, that shit felt next level for me the first time I saw it. Honestly they made that universe incredible
Dragonslayer Olaf profile picture, what a chad.
One Fact: The one u called Volibear isn't Volibear. Its an Ursin who prays to the Volibear which in return transforms then into half bear half human like creatures. Volibear itself is a primal god. You can see a picture of him as seju yells.
Good call honestly, I have found that out a couple times now from the comments. Thank you for the correction!!
@@NerdyBigBrother Tbh i thought the same when i saw it the first time but then there would have to be many volibears which cant really be true. Thats the way i realised it :D
Fun fact: in the lore, he's called "The Volibear", not just Volibear. He also has other names, like Valhir. You can hear some of them in his champion theme iirc 🤔.
you guys were fun to watch . i hope to see more videos from you guys .
Totally appreciate that. I think my friends are hilarious, I would love to make more videos with them!
'Is that my boy?!' is adorable XD
thank you for noticing that. This is one of the reasons I take pride in showing my friends this stuff. We all love each other and its so fun showing them stuff they remember from years ago together
I didn’t even know you guys had a TH-cam channel! Nice to see Kyle, I too really like League of Legends. - Aidan Hallman
Just started it brother! I want to upload random gaming stuff and KBC stuff too. You and I need to talk, because I want to do some different audiobook things.
It sounds like you already plan on showing off the music videos and alternate universe animations (the ones that focus on skin lines), so the only 2 things I'd recommend would be Terror in Demacia, and if you're feeling gung-ho towards the end of this series, Necrit's video called "The World of Riot's MMO is Already Done" can help with understanding a lot of the relationships between characters, locations, while also generating hype for a confirmed project.
Awesome recommendations. Let me get that nerd back over here so we can watch them together haha
Seriously doing a cinematic + lore breakdown reaction from necrit is something i like watching from reaction videos.
Truly some visionary stuff here, "my react didn't got recorded, fine lemme grab my friend and i'll react with him" lol
Im confused what angle your comment is coming from lol huh?
The Jhin bow is my pc background too since I saw the video for the first time. it's amazing. perfect palet of colors for me!
you have good taste! haha
Just wanted to give a small tidbit of lore of Ornn. He is the god of the forge, he once made himself a fork. A simple fork he made and later threw to the sea where a merfolk took it. It was such a powerful trident that he used it to rule the waters.
This is actually cannon??? I need to hear this story told lmao
@@NerdyBigBrother Yes! There's a universe page where they post short stories. You should find the one this came from with "the lost tales of Ornn"
@@NerdyBigBrother In that cinematic, that expedition from Olaf and Sej is to find another "simple" item made by Orrn, a bowl which is told that can feed entire villages. (Their people is starving due to the lack of food)
@@Shurikinnn great eye!
@@NerdyBigBrother to add to that, Ornn also made a door once, and after thousands of years the stone that was holding the door in place eroded away and the door fell over. The support Braum found the door one day and has been using it as a shield and it is one of the strongest shields in the league universe.
you guys are so flipping entertaining to watch it's crazy!!
that is such an awesome compliments. Ive always really enjoyed my friends and our interactions. I figured this was a really great way to show them off
@@NerdyBigBrother waiting for the next react already
13:02 - That is my background too!!! So epic!!! Please do more reactions!!!
you are the first one to know... but this upcoming Friday he comes over again!!
Just a bit of context for The Call. Kai'sa is helping Taliyah amd they get ambushed by the Xer'sai, children of Rek'sai. Rek'sai appears and Kai'sa decides to go back into the place she came from if it means that Rek'sai can't get to Taliyah. Basically, going back into her hell just after she got out of it.
Pantheon(in this case, Atreus) is at Mount Targon. For some backstory, Atreus was the host for the Aspect of War called Pantheon. Pantheon ended up taking full control of Atreus when they went to fight Aatrox which led to Pantheon dying but Atreus living and Aatrox in a sword. From there, Atreus starts to hate the Aspects and goes to Mount Targon, where there is a portal to the world of the Aspects and where people become hosts of Aspects. When he fights the 4 soldiers, he puts down his weapon as he doesn't want to raise one against mortals. Leona, the host of the Aspect of the Sun, shows up and he fights her. During the fight, a meteor strikes them. Who does it is unsure. Most likely Aurelion Sol. Atreus, after getting hit, finds out that he still has residual power from Pantheon which he uses to fly away.
For Sejuani, she is trying to find an artifact that can feed her people. That artifact is under the possession of the Ursine, a tribe that worships Volibear, a demigod. The Ursine was granted power by Volibear which made them look more like a bear and let them control lightning. Also, the guy with two axes might not be Olaf since Olaf just wants to die but can't because he is too strong for his opponents.
Ornn is just chilling and making a sword.
That is all really great context for me actually. Great write up!!
btw Pentakill has 3 albums and a full length concert that aired about two years ago. The concert was actually performed live by real artists and slapped 3D models of the characters onto them. Its really cool.
im hearing that I should definitely be checking this out
@@NerdyBigBrother The first and second album was played in a ceremonial opening final (2015 and 2017) of CBLOL which is a brazilian league of its esport. CBLOL is the only regional league that matches the quality of Worlds championship openings. Really! (well 2015 wasn't any Worlds opening yet, so it was too easy xP)
Checkout all of them searching like "abertura CBLOL 2017"
Finally a good real reaction, need part 2. great video
Totally appreciate that! Much love
Ryze is the most powerful mortal wizard in the entirety of runeterra (the world in wich all the lore of League of legends takes place) and is pretty old. He has witnessed the "rune wars" wich almost destroyed Runeterra. In the cinematic you can see him collect these Runes and store them in a place only he knows where it is. He defeated his own master who had succumbed to the power of one of the "world runes" wich are incredibly powerful and have a mind on their own. He just used his own magical power to do so. Also he tried to train someone to help him keep the runes safe, but that person also fell for a rune and is now the champion Brand.
The ARAM map "Howling Abyss" might be a bridge connecting Demacia and Freljord, wich is where Sylas fled to after escaping prison in Demacia wich was probably shown in the Warriors cinematic.
Last Year there was a huge event featuring Pentakill with a virtual concert where viewers could interact with it. It featured a new batch of pentakill skins including one for Viego as the opponent to the original 6 Pentakill characters. Pentakill as three albums; the first one was Smite & Ignite featuring skins for Karthus, Yorick, Mordekaiser, Sona and Olaf. The second album brought a skin for Kayle as a new member to the band and the third album brought the new batch of skins and the addition of Viego to the skin line. There are more artists that join in to pentakill than there are members. Karthus is sung by Jørn Lande, Kayle is being performed by Noora Louhimo, frontwoman of the band Battle Beast and it appears that Viego is given voice by Tyler Smith of The World Alive. Every song is named after an Item that is or was in the game.
Seriously thank you for that write up and effort. Ryze is absolutely going to make some kind of bigger appearance here soon whether its a TV show or movie, I can just feel it
18:24 the question mark pings are the greatest thing in this whole video. I was about to dive down here and correct him when the editor made me crack up.
lmfaoooo I couldnt hear what he said, and the screen was on Kaisa so I thought he asked if Kaisa was an adc lmfaoo. I edited that in myself, I did all the graphics and everything myself :) glad you caught on and liked that actually.
Atreus was an incompetent soldier that was deemed unworthy by the Aspect of War Pantheon himself. Unlike Leona or Diana, his body was completely taken over until Pantheon was killed by Aatrox. "The God died, the man lives" as Atreus rose up and cut off Aatrox hand, gaining access to a portion of Pantheon power (through Pantheon spear and shield).
What essentially happened in The Call was that when Viego revived Pantheon, Atreus once again laid dormant in his own body, hence his frustration when he returned as he felt like a human will was nothing in the face of higher beings. However, since he is The Mantheon, the most GIGACHAD character, he found his wil, climbed mount Targon, fought Leona and her minions with absolutely zero aspect power, just pure manpower.
I guess I havent realized how epic Pantheon actually is!
I love how into it is the guy from the left, I do the same every time I see Riot's cinematics, literal chills and tears :)))
haha thank you! I love being enthusiastic!
I hope to see even more of all that remains to be seen. I really liked sharing my time with you n.n
Thank you for watching!
fun fact: jhin is actual an artist, but also a serial killer who sees art in the gruesome deaths he leaves behind
Love his duality
In Warriors, the Garen/Lux/Sylas portion is in Demacia. But it's in the northern section at one of the garrisons along the border of the Freljord. Which is where Sylas went after he escaped from the Demacian mage prisons. That's why he's wearing the furs and leading an army of Freljordian warriors to attack the Demacian Keep.
If you go into the music side of things, you definitely need to show him the Worlds videos.
KD/A is an obvious choice as well.
Pentakill has 3 full albums. Smite & Ignite was the 1st, Grasp of the Undying the 2nd and the most recent Lost Chapter. The Pentakill songs are as good, if not better than the stuff coming out from "real" bands. Everyone raves about KD/A, and they seem to get all of the hype and attention from Riot. But There are those of us who remember that Pentakill is where the music side of Riot started.
Something else about Pentakill songs, they are all named after an item that is (or in some cases, was) in the game.
If he's into rock, you all should definitely react through the Pentakill albums. They don't get nearly the attention they rightfully deserve (not even from Riot).
If you do react to the albums, I HIGHLY recommend watching the promo shorts they released for the 3rd Album. They actually built a whole seperate universe just for Pentakill with it's own lore. It's insane. Sadly (in my opinion) the interactive concert failed to do the band or the album justice, but was still a halfway decent watch.
With Senna and Lucian, there are really 3 cinematics that lead up to the encounter with Viego. the teaser and full cinematic for the release of Senna as a playable champ, and The Climb. Riot even explained that Senna's trailer was the first time they had really tied a cinematic directly into a previous one. If/when you check them out with your buddy, be sure to watch them in proper order. With "Dark Passage" first, then "The Climb" and "Shadow's Embrace" last. Even though the Climb came out before the others, the order will make perfect sense once you watch the three together.
Following up on that, you should also go through some of the more current champion trailers. Especially for champions he might not be familiar with, or those which had reworks since he stopped playing. There is so much lore being put into the trailers in the past few years. It's not just random semi-cool showcases any more. It's all about world building these days and making sure all of the champions feel interconnected with the rest of the existing lore and world in some way. Warwick's rework cinematic (and even the trailer for his Wild Rift release) are just pure world building and character development. The Fiddlesticks rework cinematic is just a masterpiece. The Bel'Veth teaser and trailers... so good and tie into aspects of characters that have been in the game since the beginning. It really is a whole universe they are building that goes so much deeper than anyone would expect just playing the game.
Even in many of the ones you watched here, there are continuity tie-ins and callbacks/easter eggs hidden throughout the newer event and champion cinematics. Like if you've watched A Twist of Fate, you can see that the top Ryze's scroll is still cut from his fight with Nocturne in that cinematic. Or even the fun ones, like if you pause the Mortal Reminder video when Karthus is flipping through the pages of his tome, there's literal a frame showing a page with a list of items' names, with the ones that Riot has removed from the game over the years being crossed out. A complete you have to know it's there, and do work to see it Easter Egg just because they could. And they do this type of stuff in pretty much every video coming out.
A fun little fact that I thought was cool they included in The Call was that Pantheon (or Atreus in this case. Pantheon choose Atreus to be the vessel of the aspect of war btw) fought those Solari soldiers as another soldier just using a shield, only when another aspect showed up he uses his spear.
Atreus is all about fair fighting and he hates aspects due to how they spit on humanity and think they're superior.
This was a great video, loved watching your reactions 😄
Actually gave me goosebumps.. now I can wait to see that part myself and understand it! Thank you for that!
@@NerdyBigBrother I get goosebumps every time I watch it too!
Another great thing I noticed is that in Warriors when Lux calls her wand you can see for a second that the wards around her stopped for a second and turn to her.
That's because magic is feared and forbidden in Demacia (where Lux and Garen are from), and they didn't knew Lux Crownguard (one the noble families of Demacia) was a mage!
And Lux didn't care to show her powers to everyone just to save his brother, even if that meant that they would exile or even kill her for being a mage.
I loveed the final scene where everyone lines up on her back while Lux charges her final spark.
@@ismaelm.80 You share some of the great parts I enjoy too. It just goes to show that Riot had a vision and a message they wanted people to hear/see and they executed it to perfection... so fun.
@@ismaelm.80not to mention the fact that an aspect literally took over his body so I feel like his hatred is very justified
Fought those Solari minions with bare hands and fought Leona with his own power (can't access power of the Aspect of War Pantheon until the very end of the cinematic). Dude was a menace.
omg the guy on the left looks like Ryan Raynolds lol
LMFAO THATS ME! and ive been told that before actually so thanks for the compliment. I find that dude to be good look haha
The fact you mentioned vel'koz makes me smile.
He doesnt get much love
Agreed, I like his short cinematic though. I think it’s a watcher in the Ryze cinematic.
A little bit of lore about Viego the Ruined King and the Ruination...
Viego was once a powerful king of the far eastern kingdom of Kamavor. He is married to Ysolde (pronounced "ee-sold") whom he loves dearly. But as most powerful leaders have it, Viego has a lot of enemies and may attempted to have him assassinated. Unfortunately, one assassination attempt that was supposed to be aimed at Viego, accidentally claimed Ysolde's life. Much was Viego's grief and denial about his wife's death that he became obsessed with finding a way to resurrect her, until finally, he found a potential way of resurrecting Ysolde in the then called Blessed Isles.
Upon arriving at the Blessed Isles, Viego was welcomed warmly by the monks that guard and maintain the Isles. But when Viego requested a ritual to be performed on her wife to be resurrected, the Elder monks denied him, saying it violates the laws of life and death. Viego did not relent and threatened to destroy the isles with his army if they did not comply. The elders had no choice but to follow his demands. To make it simple, something went wrong with the ritual, and Ysolde's spirit came back as an angry spirit, asking Viego why did he returne her back from the dead and why cant he let her go and let her rest. The botched ritual was starting to corrupt the Isles, and Ysolde had to stab Viego in the heart with his own blade, to stop him from continuing the ritual. But it was too late, the ritual released a massive corrupting wave that spread through out the Blessed Isles. And that event was forever known as the Ruination. The island is now covered by a corrupting heavy fog (called the Black Mist) composed of the corrupted souls of all the living things that was present in the Isles during the Ruination. The Blessed Isles is now gone, only the Shadow Isles remained.
Decades later, it was revealed that Viego was still "alive". He was now the one controlling the Black Mist and his goal is to find the pieces of Ysolde's soul that was shattered during the Ruination, to once more bring her back.
One of Ysolde's soul shard was in Senna, and in the video, you can actually hear Ysolde warning Senna when Viego and the Black Mist was approaching, and when Viego was slowly pulling her out of Senna.
Senna and Lucian are members of the Sentinels of Light, an elite group of warriors from Demacia, trained to be uncorruptable and to fight off the Black Mist, especially during the Harrowing when the Black Mist spreads out beyond the Shadow Isles and terrorises the nearby ports and cities...
Yo.... thank you so so so much for this write up. You wrote things really well, that was easy to follow. Also, Senna is even more epic than I originally thought... and I love how blown away Drew was when Viego was first shown
You GOTTA show him the Worlds Championship cinematics
Already planning on it!!
i love the fact that you are the second person i ve seen reactinc that actually realises that scene with draven, most ppl think him as a coword that se was trying to hit her on her back but in reality he just gave her sword back to her so they can have a fair fight, tho it s understandable why they would see it like that since most of ppl i ve seen reacting weren t league players so they didn t knew that was her swrod
Yeah that wasnt a cheap shot at all on his part. He literally was so bored, and FINALLY found competition. Not only did he provide her with a sword, but he broke her chain so it was a fair fight. LIT
Pentakill has three albums now.
Thats what im reading. I freaking love the fact they have 3. Like, who does Riot think they are creating such epicness haha
Man, I was so excited to watch more of this. Sad you havent made anymore videos following this up. Cant wait to see them.
Alright we need more reaction
Drew has been working abroad the last month. So I finally have some new content coming soon now that he is back
about warriors cinematic: garen and lux fight sylas in freliord (northern region of valoran continent) near demacia border during sylas's mage rebelion (yes thats a oficial lore); cait and vi fight in prison in Zaun where urgoth is held after cait arested him for the first time (city below, together with Piltover, Zaun are gate between Valoran and Shurima continents)
LoL have tons of lore, if you want i recommend Necrit he is your lore master, who talks about regions, champions stories and more
edit, the call, the bear dude is not voli, it's ursine shaman, follower of volibear turned to bear form
Amazing info! I think the Lux/Garen region might be my favorite. Its literally so hard to choose
@@NerdyBigBrother demacia is just your normal humans with absolute hatred for magic (magic is absolutely illegal and punished with prison and torture) :/ try reading a bit about continent of Ionia (semi asia of LoL where if you fu*k with nature your home can walk away when you go to work or market xD)
Answers to some questions : 1. NOT Vel'koz in Ryze cinematic 2. Aatrox did that to the statue in the call 3. NOT Volibear in The Call cinematic, they are the Ursine, followers of The Volibear which is the brother of Ornn and Anivia (Primal gods of Freljord). Though you can see his spirit being called in the SKY. 4. I dont think it's an Infinity Edge that he's forging but this is CANON lore.. There is also a follow up to The Call that is an introduction to the champion Bel'veth 5. Awaken is most likely canon too it has 3 locations with different events that did happen 1rst being the Ionian invasion, 2nd Riven fighting in the colosseum before being exiled I think* and 3rd Camille chasing Jhin in piltover which I think it before he got to Ionia but not certain about that. I also think warriors is canon but I really ain't certain about it.
The best video to get context in a general way that is recent enough about the lore is the video ''The world of Riot mmo is already done'' by Necrit. Very generalized but very good to start learning the lore of Runeterra in general.. I would watch a reaction of that.
Lets go!! I dont think ill ever get tired of lore dumps like this. Camille is in Piltover?? 0_0
@@NerdyBigBrother She is and she's sort of an intelligent officer of a prestigious family.. Camille is also 80 years old but augmented.
@@louisss70 freaking 80 years old? wtf lmfao I would have guessed 30 idk?
The League of Legends World Championship's music videos go absolutely crazy, I think those are incredible for reactions too, as well as having many easter eggs for people who know some stuff about the Pro League scene. They started these in 2014, done one every year since, I believe.
I think those are great to watch and could easily make nice little short videos. Thanks for the idea. I know he will think those songs are bangers too
The tree and underlying vault in Call to Power is petricite, the magic-absorbing stuff that Galio is made from.
Wait what..... if you can I need some more explanation haha.
@@NerdyBigBrotherthat place is in Demacia. Demacia is in the middle of a magic absorbing forest. Those trees are petricite. Demacians use it to build everything including their city, weapons, and constructs like Galio. Play Legends of Runeterra. You'll see other constructs.
@@NerdyBigBrotheralso, that wasn't Vel'Koz. That was Watchers which are extra dimensional beings that send voidborns like Vel'Koz to destroy Runeterra
@@ivan134 wasnt a watcher as all of them are at lissandras place
@@Link-kr2bc no they're not all there. There's an endless number of them. Only some that made it through were frozen by her.
the best part about League of Legends is the more you know, the more and more bad ass each cinematic becomes.
So about the warriors cinematic sylas in the lore did go to hte freljord (ice region) to recruit people for a rebellion against demacia but im not sure about the other parts
Also to get back to the items some items are items from different champions like steraks gage is aatrox arm that was cut off or dead mans plate is gankplanks shoulder pat
And to the call the statue where the face is destroyed was destroyed by Aatrox
btw every single skin line has its own lore
That was destroyed by Aatrox? I think I need to learn more about him. He sounds unspeakably strong
Gotta say I love the setup, both the room and especially the video format.The font is crisp, the camera is nice HD, overall looks super clean!!
I'll support you, I like watching reaction channels in my spare time, especially reactions to League stuff and certain series/animes! Subbed/liked/obviously commented lmao!
If you guys ever get to Champion Teasers/Voicelines in the future, I can give suggestions or even some compilations I did myself for specific Champions to help reacters!
Take care and have a good day! 🤟
Whoa, these are all incredible compliments to hear considering I edited and made everything myself!! If you could come up with a small compilation of teasers/voicelines which 5 would you pick? Ill consider it right now and ill tell drew about it.
@@NerdyBigBrother You're welcome, the hard work deserves the praise, it was nice and crisp and I'm sure it will do well on TH-cam! ☺
When I said Champion teasers, I meant small videos that tease new Champions, might be interesting for your friend who hasn't seen a lot of League after he quit his Kennen journey lmao! They have tons of those on the League TH-cam channel, I could hand pick a few in a compilation and send that to you?
For voicelines, those are a bit more lenghty and go deeper into the lore, but they make for fantastic reacting videos and reach the same LoL community that usually help channels grow.
The most popular ones reactors usually start with are : Aatrox, Pantheon, Fiddlestick, Swain & Jhin.
As a Kayn main I obviously am biased into recommending his voicelines to your attention hehe. My playlist on my channel has his voicelines for both skins in seperate videos. Those took a long time to edit and compile, I made them for myself and for reactors, since the Skin Spotlight videos for Kayn aren't great! 😒
Sorry for the wall of text lol, lots of context & specifics! Have a good day and good luck! 😄
@@CZ2_Delta You really do lay out your thoughts really well. Thank you for this information, and I will be taking a look at your playlists! Sometimes its hard to imagine people really enjoying the stuff I make. But this comment sure did boost my mental. Thank you.
@@NerdyBigBrother In my last comment I stated which Champion Voicelines I'd recommend to start with since you asked!
As for the Champion Teasers, here's a playlist I made just now, includes the most recent ones (I hand picked the best looking ones for reaction purposes).
th-cam.com/play/PL9rp20Uoi3QEg0sg1tqk_Ei_TxDiS1agZ.html
Hope it helps! 😗
Awaken is still in my playlist since seeing the cinematic debut. And it never fails to give me chills.
Quick info-dump about Viego:
The "Ruined King" has been a character in the Lore for a long time. But he was more like a myth.
Just recently Riot decided, to turn him into a full champion.
However we can never be sure how long in advance they are planning something. I mean we got champion-reworks with teasers for Arcane almost 5 years beforehand.
I think they strategically (or luckily) released information in perfect amounts. they have the freedom to "announce" something years in advance knowing it can take any form it needs to when the times comes. Everything ends up working out it appears. Superior story telling!
Maybe Im wrong but I dont think its Vel’Koz in the animation. At Freljord there is some creatures (I don’t know their name in English) and I think the one we saw in the video is Vel’Koz skin, as one of those creature, so I would guess it’s the creature and not Vel’Koz. But maybe I’m totally wrong on this.
A little info about Demacia : Demacia is an anti magic nation, and the Crownguards is a family who protect the king, Garen and Lux are Crownguard. But Lux is a magic user, and Sylas is a magic user too who did a rébellion against demacia, so , in the animation, its make a lot of sense to see Garen look at Lux this way (when he’s on the floor and she’s standing up to take the stick from a magic user). Then she summons Galio which is a big anti-magic guardian. (Even if she seems to summon him with magic… we’ll pass this detail)
You are right these are the wathcers the masters of Velkoz they are imprisoned by Lissandra behind her eternal balck Ice whis is why they are in the vision behind this ice, they only can influence the minds of mortals and not interact directly with them, and they tried this here with Ryze to use the world runes, bc. it would probably destroy runeterra which is the ultimate goal of the watchers.
@@ouroborus6951 I see, thanks for the info !
in the video at 28:50 min the statue is of xolaani a darkin. the massive gash was caused by Aatrox who hates her for the part she played in the darkin war and the usage of blood magic now associated with the darkin.
The in game items have lore.
Brk is Viego's sword
Deadman's plate is Gangplank's ledt shoulder.
Gorgoyle's stone plate is actually galio
Axiom Arc is Qiyana'a hoop
Storm Razor is Yasuo's sword.
Jak'sho is a voidling similar to Kai'sa armor.
Turbo Chemtank you can see in Arcane
Locket is Leona Shield
Thank you so much for this list! I had no freaking idea and now I love those items even more
Isn't trinity force irelias blades too? 👀
@@rainclouds3677 beats me!
If you enjoyed the Pentakill song you should watch the (live) performance they did for the Third album!
Live performance.... yes please. I already want to show him the live video of True Damage worlds opening. So looks like this one gets thrown in!
@NerdyBigBrother It is a long one as it's their full album (around 45 mins) it was an interactive online concert.
th-cam.com/users/livevnwp6PHn9Kk?feature=share
There's the official video if you want to give it a look :)
Yeah, every one of these is from the lore. Warriors is my favorite video cause it shows that fight in Demacia. Lux was reluctant to use her abilities because the kingdom frowns on magic. I don't know if anyone commented this yet, but Sylas was a little bit of a mentor to Lux while he was imprisoned. She, unwittingly, helped him break out by touching his hand, and he absorbed some of her magic to escape. She felt responsible and tried to stop him. Garen didn't even know she had magical abilities; in the comic, he is told by Sylas that he has magical blood as well (Sylas is technically only able to absorb magic in the lore, which is why he summoned Garen's sword). If you get the chance to read some of the comics of hers, they're really good and they show you a bit of that lore for Demacia.
Sylas can absorb any magic and use it however he wants, unlike in the game where he steals a specific ability. Ironically, Garen doesn't use magic at all. When he uses his R in-game, he's actually praying to the Aspect of Justice (Kayle) which answers his call by dropping a huge blade from the heavens. Knowing this, it's kinda weird for Sylas to have used magic to mimic his sword 🤔.
@@louisrobitaille5810 If I'm not mistaken, in one of the comics Sylas mocks Garen for his anti-magic mindset because he uses a *magic sword*.
When Jhin bowed, he knew he had his 4th shot
OTP Kennen Support here. I am glad others than me know his true potential.
23:00 "Any volunteers to charge blindly into a storm of souls?" - Senna
I hear a lot of calls for a movie, but it takes Fortiche studios so much time and effort to produce 3-6 minute cinematics that we'd be waiting for a generation for a film to be made.
I feel like you two will have a wild fun watching Necrit's "The world of RIOT'S MMO is already done" basically giving a discussion about what the world looks like in a summary.
but I suggest to only watch it after watching majority of the epic cinematic so no spoilers
Youre the first one to recommend it after more cinematics. You think its worth to hold off??
@@NerdyBigBrother I think so, I might be in the minority but there is a satisfaction in being familiar with some of them first as he will be referencing them in the video, especially for your friend who may not know some of the new champions. like Yone's videos shows a huge lore in Ionia, it'd be nice to be familiar with them first.
You can take your time in the cinematics learning about the champions funfacts, it will be fun.
I`m sorry but it`s criminal that you didn`t watch The Ionian Myth cinematic. I would like to recomend doing Ornn cinematics ( 3 videos ), voicelines of champions, like if you played LoL you will have a heartattack from happines while listening to the interactions between champions! The video was dope, keep it up!
There are too many incredible things to watch lmao
I think Vel'koz was not supposed to be the watcher in the Ryze cinematic, but it makes me happy to believe it is.
Demacia is holding onto the runestones things
The soul of Viego's wife bonded with Senna; he was trying to reclaim it so he could bring her back to life.
Pantheon is trying to end the aspects only, which is why he put his spear down for fighting the guards and picked it back up for Leona.
Miss Fortune was wearing a different skin in the Ryze cinematic
Camille is a cyborg (Flashing eyes) and is in her mid 80's leading a spy/counter-spy thing in Piltover.
Viego has been added to Pentakill
Pentakill's songs are titled after items in-game
Urgot was sent to Piltover/Zaun as a political for trying to start a rebellion in Noxus.
Regional help and Characters from these cinematics: Demacia HATES magic and mages and is home to Garen, Lux, Poppy, Vayne, Gallio, and Sylas
Noxus is a lot like Rome (Expansionist, led by a triumvirate) and is home to Darius, Samira, Sion, Draven, Riven, and Urgot (originally)
Ionia is like Feudal Japan (Emphasis on balance and nature) and is home to Yasuo, Karma, Irelia, Kennen, Akali, Jhin (originally), Sona(?)
Piltover/Zaun (No explanation needed) home Caitlyn, Vi, Ekko
Targon (think Mount Olympus) is where Pantheon and Leona are from.
Freljord is home to Olaf, Sejuani, the ursunites (Ursonians?)
Shurima is Ancient Egypt, home to Talia, Rek'sai,
These bullet points were FIRE! Thank you man seriously
Since everyone point out everything that I know of, here is one of the smallest fact: in Awaken, you can see Camille using her passive through her eyes. It turns orange (AD) for a bit and turn back to blue (AP) as she trying to make a shield to fit with the dmg, but since Jhin E is doing both AD and AP, she got confused.
You should watch the live perfomance of "Giants". That was so awesomeee♥ And if you liked the "style" of the music video, you should watch "More" by K/DA a girl group with Akali, Ahri, Kai'sa and Evelyn! And a Conceptual Video called "Villain" where you can see different ideas of what Evelyn is like with an awesome music and graphics.
6:15 - it's probably a watcher in the Ice, i guess ? There Void Beeings that lust for Annihilation, they got a whole Story Arc to them with Lissandra, Freljord etc. Atleast it looks like a Watcher kinda.(Ryze Story Arc - He's trying to lock away the "World Runes".)
16:30 - The Event is called "The Great Mage Rebellion", because Demacia had a whole Anti Mage Propaganda and Sylas was imprisoned because of his Magic. There is so much to learn in the LoL Lore, thats why i love it and every Day you find something new and exciting.
22:00 - The Beginning of the "Ruination Arc", which is kinda interesting and has a good Game about it.
I don't want to spoil anything about the Lore, because it's fantastic to read it and i'm not 100% sure about it, thats why i just put up the Story Arc's, for further Research.
Thanks for the timestamps too! Helps the viewers go to certain locations and learn quickly as well!
@@NerdyBigBrother My Timestamps were a bit scuffed, edited them now :D, and hey thanks for giving us the reaction. I did like the Reaction very much. :)
honestly considering how many people read into lore of league of legends you might want to add such a person on set to give you a bit of background on each cinematic. the lore of league is so massive, i think you really would enjoy it with a bit more context.
Truth to be told im kinda dissapointed you chose true damage instead of KDA´s Popstars, but ill look forward to seeing more reactions from league of legends because theres just SO MUCh.
I actually have multiple friends who legit know so much. Maybe they can have me react to something they like
@@NerdyBigBrother thats honestly a great idea. ive noticed that you had some questions on what exactly is happening in these cinematics and maybe some of your friends can shed a light into the whole theme. i do advise some caution as riot more then once decided to rewrite basically the whole world lore, so some stuff is still old (2010) and some stuff has been updated like 80 times.... (im not looking at you lux.....)
@@TrueReptainlove as a fellow world builder and author for 11 years... I know how it feels to need to change history in your world... haha thankfully I never had to do it too much personally, but Riot seems to get away with it pretty easily which I think is a nice bonus for them.
jhin didnt shoot camille he let her catch him in lore jhin is a huge master mind shen and zed and there master went insane trying to hunt him down then the master finally caught him again bec jhin let him then they asked help from him bec ionia was being invaded by noxus now jhin is feared by all nations and wanted in all of them he also loves art and has his own definition in it but whenever he fights he "sets the stage" one of his lines is "wait for ur cue your only here to herald my entrance" jhin is my fav character lore wise
Of course there is more to the story! The little idea I fabricated in my head was already cool, but now knowing there is even more layers, its epic!
Demacia lore dump to clear up the ambiguity at 20:05;
Garen is the leader of a unit called the Dauntless Vanguard within the Demacian military. Several other characters in the game are also part of that unit. Xin Zhao, Quinn, and Fiora are members, and Demacia's crown prince Jarvan IV is also a member. Sion's lower jaw is actually the crown of Jarvan I who he killed in battle. The dauntless Vanguard was hunting a dragon when they encountered Shyvana, who was hunting the same dragon because it had killed her father, who was also a dragon. She and the members of the vanguard consider each other to have each others lives in that fight and are strong allies because of it. Demacia has an extreme distrust of mages and makes a habit of imprisoning them in torturous conditions. Sylas is leading a revolt against this practice in this cinematic. Lux is only spared this treatment because she was born into an influential family. The walls and especially the prisons in Demacia are built out of petricite, a mineral that absorbs and negates magic. Galio is a massive petricite golem built to protect Demacia by one of its greatest craftsmen.
You should have seen my face when you typed Sions Jaw is the crown of Jarvin I....
And honestly, the pieces you just pieced together in my mind helped so much. Galio being made of the petricite stuff is actually blowing my mind. And why does it sound so epic that they were hunting a dragon, found a dragon hunting the same dragon, and became friends because of it haha.
@@NerdyBigBrother The lore is full of awesome connections like that. If makes for a fun read if you have an hour or two to kill. I just pick a random character and read.
@@grantharriman284 Ive been writing a book series for over a decade now. I totally appreciate their detail and world building. Its something I do as a hobby too
Fun fact: the "World Runes" are actually the 5 runes in game: Precision (yellow), Domination (red, i.e. the one shown in the Call of Power cinematic), Sorcery (blue in game, violet in lore), Resolve (green), and Inspiration (teal in game, blue in lore).
28:50 - The "claw mark" was made by Aatrox on the statue of Xolaani. She is another darkin that uses blood magic to control others, including other darkin (before she got corrupted, she was a healer so I guess that's how she learned blood magic). She hates wars and wants to make peace in the world through servitude. Hers is the one will.
That.... was aatrox??
@@NerdyBigBrother Aatrox is brutal. As a darkin, he passed through ascension (like Azir, Renekton, Nasus or Xerath) and obtain godlike powers.
Would love to see you react to the finals concerts
Planned for the future for sure!
Lux was so reluctant to do anything because in Demacia it is strictly forbidden to use magic to a point where there is "inquisition" that hunts people with magic abilities and imprisons them. She, as a royal is hiding her powers to be able to live a normal life. Then this battle happened, it is a real part of the lore, Sylas returning with army he built in Freljord to take revenge on Demacia after being imprisoned there for years. He managed to escape thanks to Lux's hidden powers because he managed to steal a "spark" from her and escape thanks to it. In this battle, Demacia would have lost, Lux saw her brother is about to be murdered by "her mistake" so she decided to sacrifice her normal life for him and come out of hiding as a mage. She cast the Final Spark into the sky for a reason. These huge statues (Galio is one of them) sense big spikes of magical power and come to help, so she basically called one of them to help them in the fight. Demacia emerged victorious after this.
you are absolutely right about riot setting a very high standard, the shot of jhin bowing is my second favourite shot of all time. The cinematics riot make are eclipsed only by blizzard's cinematics imo. The wow expansion trailers are unmatched in terms of animation. And the diablo 4 announcement trailer ("By Three They Come") is for me the best game trailer ever created (my absolute favourite shot is from there). If you feel like it i'd love to see you reacting to these. It was very enjoyable to hear you explaining to him the videos after and the discussions... and also i just need to mention that the room setup is super cool!
Edit: we forget and never mention the 2023 cinematic. For all I know 2023 had no cinematic
Pentakill has 3 full albums. For the third Album, they did a full interactive music video with all the songs in the Third Album. Even called out a Twitch Streamer in the video.
Giving you a like just for being a Kennen fan! xD
pentakill has 3 albums so far and a 45 min amazing VR concert (at the time interactive). They have it all up on their Riot Games Music YT channel.
I am also sad that they didn't make any more songs for True Damage - It is so awesome. Also, did you see at 0:07 in the video the Arcane tease poster? Remember, this is 2019 - Arcane came out in 2021 ;) And I strongly recomment to check out the 2019 worlds opening ceremony - it is amazing!
Also, I think you would absolutely love the ionian cinematic of the brothers Yasuo and Yone. They are called "The Path, An Ionian Myth | Spirit Blossom 2020 Animated Trailer" and "Kin of the Stained Blade | Spirit Blossom 2020 Cinematic".
Another one high up in my tier list is the "Annie- Origins" cinematic - an absolutely beautifully crafted cinematic which stands out with it's unique grafics.
Also I am not sure if you are familiar with the general story of Darkins. Essentially they were ascended shuriman golden warriors which were tainted and became so called 'Darkins' - then though some story twists they were sealed into weapons and everybody who touches this weapon will be overtaken by the Darkin. It is best you watch the explanation from Necrit to one of the best champion introductions so far: The cinematic is called "Naafiri - Hounds of Iron". The champion will be released in the game in a few days. Another good one to watch and directly continues after "the Call" would be "All That Will Ever Be | Bel'Veth Cinematic". This was a champion introduction cinematic from last year and she is a 2nd force in the war against the Void. BTW. The Call has the 3 stories that revolve around the cinematic finally directly pinned in the comment section of the video - just if you want to read any further. All in all I advocate for you to watch Necrits video "The World of Riot's MMO is Already Done" because you just get a better picture of all the different story lines of Runeterra. Most people only know Arcane and tbh this is only a tiny fraction of what the world has to offer.
As for the ruination - there are a bunch of trailers and cinematics that help you get an idea of the Ruination Story. You have to watch them in a certain order so you won't be confused - just for now I want to explain that Viego took the "blue crystal ball" from Senna which is a part of Isolde's soul that has been hidden within Senna and Gwen (the doll Isolde sewed by herself and awakened with her soul). Viego is collecting her soul in order to revive her "she IS my world" - Isolde is his dead wife. They also have a book released about the ruination event which is very good. Necrit called it the Game of Thrones of League :) I hope one day they make a movie ! The League universe (Runeterra) has so much potential!
Also maybe you want to watch the star guardian cinematics and trailers together and in order. The Star Guardian alternative universe is up to now the biggest Lore parallel universe they crafted so far.
3 albums is a freaking achievement! and no, I didnt see the Arcane teaser but now im going to notice everytime now. I already planned on showing him the true damage worlds opening too :)
And wow wow wow. Thanks for this lore dump. Im sensing a trend of doing champion highlights and teasers already, so my mind is spinning on trying to get that in the works. Its sounding like Drew needs to come back over ASAP.
@@NerdyBigBrother sounds awesome :D I am looking forward to the content.
In the comics, Shen shows up to the aftermath of the Jhin v Camille fight. There is an open trapdoor in the stage, and the piano is smashed. It would seem that Jhin bowed, and dropped through the trapdoor to leave Camille hirtling into the piano. The whole thing was an immaculately planned middle finger to Camille. Jhin is, in fact, a virtuoso, lol!
Feel like Draven got a little shafted in the Awaken cinematic. A lot of people don't notice on their first watch that he throws Riven's sword at her chains to cut her free so they could have a more fair or entertaining fight and assume he just missed her.
And even more, after watching someone do an extensive breakdown of the cinematic, I'm convinced that they rearranged scenes from the fight. Draven grins > Riven headbutts him > final clash.
If you look, Draven already has a bloody nose when he grins. I believe Riven actually headbutts him FIRST. He eats it and grins, giving us this little badass moment for him to show that despite him struggling, he's having some fun.
The animators probably wanted to give them both their cool moments, but someone higher up or in marketing told them to swap the scenes around to make it look more in line of Riven putting Draven in his place.
It's a minor nitpick, but I don't see why they had to upsale Riven at the cost of diminishing Draven. She was already doing some awesome work and being badass without the help
if you guys are interested in the world in LoL, I'd recommend watching 2 of Necrit's videos:
- Story of League of Legends Explained
- The World of Riot's MMO is Already Done
Honestly at this point I think these two need to be the ones we watch next.
Also, Ornn may not be forging Infinity Edge, but his in-game masterwork item, Edge of Finality. The runes on the blade are very similar and the shape is identical.
Im finding that what you just said is probably right!
im pretty sure that ryze (the blue guy in the first video) knows he is in a game, he has all the knowledge of the world
I dont know if someone mentioned this,
For jhin and camille, their was a continuation of the fight but was never shown. This was in zed and shen comics. In the comics, it showed only the aftermath of the fight and for jhin he looks fine and continuing his plan for zed and shen
I HAVE to go check that out ty
@@NerdyBigBrother forgot the name of the comics but its free to read online, i think i read that in the LoL fandom or lol wiki fandom. Just search zed and shen comics something like that
Comics focus on zed, shen and jhin.
Comics is great
Those are runes in the first one. The missing one is inspiration.
Some lore corrections for you:
First Cinematic: Ryze is the good guy in this situation. He and Brand are racing each other to gather the World Runes, the magical artifacts that created and control the natural elements of the world. In time long past, mortals used these runes basically as nuclear weapons, and killed millions. Ryze witnessed it, and wants to prevent it from ever happening again, so he is gathering them and hiding them in the petricite forest. Petricite is a type of tree that grows in Demacia, a region that was first settled by refugees of the Rune Wars and that absorbs magic. Most people think that it counteracts magic, but in reality, it acts kinda like a battery, storing it, and Sylas can actually tap into the magic that's stored in the petricite. In the Lux comic, which is the immediate predecessor to the Lux/Garen/Sylas story in the third cinematic, he taps into the petricite in the royal palace of Demacia to use Kayle and Morgana's magic that's been stored there since the sisters fought in the palace centuries ago.
Second Cinematic: I don't really have any major lore corrections. Just that Jhin is the best character and that entire thing was badass.
Third Cinematic: The ice area that they're in is actually the Freljord. After the king of Demacia, Jarvan III, was killed during the mage rebellion, Sylas, Lux, and a number of mages that were hiding out in the city of Demacia itself fled north into the Freljord, seeking asylum, as their home nation is quite literally committing a genocide on them. Lux's last name is Crownguard, and she and her brother Garen are nobles. Their aunt leads the Mageseekers in their quest to commit genocide on anyone born with magical abilities. Using their influence, they are able to hide Lux's magic from most of the city and prevent her from getting arrested and killed by the Mageseekers. Lux is also powerful enough to awaken Galio, the petricite golem, singlehandedly. Also, when you said that it was gonna be Awaken, I was thinking to the first time they did this song in 2014 with the original artists, Imagine Dragons, as the musicians.
Fourth Cinematic: Lucian and Senna's entire story has been told in cinematics pretty much. Senna was killed and her soul trapped in Thresh's lantern. However, Lucian freed her, and now the pair are hunting to kill Thresh and eventually Viego, the Ruined King, before he can claim more victims. The blue soul-looking thing that Viego pulls out of Senna isn't her soul itself, but rather, a piece of the soul of Viego's wife and queen, Isolde. He's looking for her relentlessly, killing anyone who gets in his way and taking their spirits to add to his undead army. However, she is resisting him, and everyone and everything that a piece of her spirit finds grows into something to help fight back against him.
As for the True Damage one, not a single champion in that band actually deals true damage in-game. The closest it gets is that Yasuo gets 50% armor pen after using his ult.
TruDamage and KDA are both in the same 'universe'. There, after KDA released their first song, Popstars they went on hiatus where each member split off to do their own thing. Akali's thing was to bring TruDamage together and make Giants.
So naturally, this means you'll have to show the entire KDA cycle from Popstars all the way through I'll Show You. ^_^
I already wanted to show him KDA so badly!
U guys should take a look at the live consert Pentakill did called (Pentakill III: Lost Chapter - An Interactive Album Experience) its a 45min long live in caracter concert Pentakill and Riot did together with streamers showing up and mentioned a few times as they rock. The visual quality isent up to par with the cinematics but ofc the band is playing live with some kind of motion capture layered ontop as we se the caracters move. That was 1 hell of an event.
People never seem to realise that the monsters attacking Ezreal and Kai'Sa are Malzahar's Voidlings. Justice 4 Malzahar!
Great point! Honestly if only a couple of them were shown at first I might have recognized them as an individual creature! But the mass amount of them makes my brain not want to focus in on them individually.
The giant claw mark is actually from Astro’s destroying that statue because it is a statue of Xolani who was a fellow Darkin who betrayed them
Yo double comment but just finished the video. Do more league content. Check out all of the Legends of Runeterra cinematics. They will not disappoint. But if you want another game recommendation with the best cinematics I would say check out Diablo.
Im a huge diablo fan!! I actually grind it all the time. And what type of videos are runeterra? They arent music videos right?
I am not sure if its fact, but I like to think that when Jhin is bowing, he is aiming his grenade on his shoulder
Yeah, he has no idea how far out Riot plans their characters. They may not have all the details, but they have rough character ideas like a decade before they come out (some of them). For example, Elise was a Halloween Easter Egg that was laying in a coffin in the corner of the Main Map about 8 years before she came out.
That being said, they are ok with rapid change too. Urf the Manatee was supposed to be a character, but they decided he was too silly and wrote into lore that Warwick ate him. Now he is a spirit that shows up during Halloween AND the force behind the Ultra Rapid Fire game mode (which is why there is a kind of seal bark that they use as the background music).
Jhin is arguably league's most perfect champion, and It's not just mine opinion, many-MANY people think the same. And I personally think, that bow in "Awaken" was a reference to his ultimate, because it called "Curtain call" or to one of his emotes where he bows in a same way.
Im excited for the MMO riot is working on that's set in Lol universe, they have some much lore to draw from that they have made over the years.
Answer to question at 6:25
No wasn't Vel'Koz, was a voidborn that was stuck in the ice where that World Rune was located. Many people, me and you included, thought it was Vel'Koz when this first came out tho lol.
I wouldnt be upset even if it was! haha
The Call is my favorite cinematic, My boi Ornn looked so good.
But Warriors, is so good, always get chills and nostalgia when watching it.
Also a bit of back story on Ornn, He is Volibears Brother and refuses to fight human conflicts. So as Volibear gave the humans strength and power, Ornn just chills. Ornn and Voli end up fighting over the difference between helping and staying out of human conflicts and they fight, but kills of Ornns followers and fellow black smiths on the base of the mountain/volcano which Ornn resides. Also Braum stole Ornns front door and uses like a shield.
I also say that pantheon right there looked like Jason Momoa
Jhin is obsessed with the number 4, so he created the perfect 4 for the end of the show. The Jhin - Camille pose is a 4 backward.
The cold area Lux and Garen were in is called the Freljord, they were there since Sylas broke out of prison in Demacia and started a mage revolution (since Demacians are kind of racist toward mages due to the rune shit that Ryze’s story is based around) and the tree you see in Call of Power is in Demacia.
Sylas teamed up with some Freljordians to fight off Demacia, and he chose to go there since it neighbours Demacia and Freljordians tend to be quite unpredictable and aggressive toward others.
Did you know that Viego's search for his Queen (Isolde) even affected Valorant to the point that there were weapons "Ruination" (to possess agents) and "Sentinel's of Light" (to cleanse agents)
sejuani is looking for Ornn becuse they are starving, pantheon is going to targon prime to maybe talk to the other aspects or fight the gods,kai'sa has another video. and it was't volibear it was shamans that thru vorship as been morfted in to bears. other corect me if im wrong about something
I think these all check out!! Thank you for the info!
Atreus climbed Targon to regain access to Pantheon power as he lost control of it after Viego revived Pantheon and forced Atreus soul to laid dormant in his own body(again). He felt frustrated but found the will to fight for humanity, as always, so at the end of The Call cinematic he can finally tap into that source of power.
Not sure if it was said or not in the comments but you were partially right about jhin’s traps. They do actually look beautiful to everyone when they go off but it’s just a magical illusion in the traps which make the blood and gore turn into pretty colors. You can see the illusion turned off in the Zed comics which is a great read
So cool little tidbit about the Warriors cinematic in case you didn't know: Demacia HATES mages to the point where they have a task force made specifically to hunt them down. Even the city itself is made from a material (Petricite) that dampens magical ability. Galio is also made from this material and only wakes up when he detects magic so he can defend Demacia. Lux is a mage in hiding, which Garen knows about and he accepts her, but can never acknowledge her. In the cinematic, Lux uses her ability, knowing that it could mean being outcast or even hunted down, to shoot her ult into the sky which created enough magic to wake up Galio, summoning him to help in the fight.
Demacian lore is actually one of my favorite lore sets to learn about so far.
True damage was a one time thing of akali taking a break from kda I believe. The main music thingy riot does with champions is pentakill and kda.
So there wont be anymore??
@@NerdyBigBrother With riot you never know they might use it again but it was almost 4 years since then so probably not.
32:05 no, infinity edge is a shuriman weapon.
Damn I was hoping it was! So is it just speculation still what item he was forging?
Im a bit late to the party, but i'd like to make a few points:
1. Fun Fact about Jhin: he is confirmed to be between 40-44 years old. Also his 4th shot also has Missing Health Damage that scales up.
2. Camille= Attack on Titan
3. When Vi/ Caitlyn are coming in (just before Urgot gets freed) they blows on the henchmen are in time to the beat of the music. Caitlyn is from Piltover (high upper class), Vi grew up in Zaun (the slums) which is ran by the Chem-Barons. Vi grew up hating police brutality but then became known as THE person on the force who shows the most brutality. In the cinematic, it is in Zaun. Urgot was the Noxian Executioner before Draven but was exiled and imprisoned in Zaun. Arcane borrows from the main universe but IS NOT CANON TO LEAGUE LORE.
4. 2020 Warriors is actually a cover for 2014 Warriors by Imagaine Dragons (better song not as great animation in my opinion)
5. Galio is a THICCC BOI.
6. In Demacia (Where Garen and Lux are from), Mages are put in concentration camps and used as slaves. Sylas broke out and started a rebellion. He references his weapons in game as they are the actual shackles that kept him imprisoned. The Icy Area is not actually in Demacia but a fort to the North of Demacia but it is in a Demacian territory in the Frejlord.
7. Lux likes Sylas and visited him in secret when he was imprisoned and helped him escape, she then fights him in this cinematic because she didn't realise that he was going to try to rebel and kill the King of Demacia (who is Jarven IV). Sylas' pet name for Lux is "Little Light".
8. Viego is a big simp, his wife was assassinated 1000years ago so he got corrupted and became the ruined king. His wife's soul is split in 2 between and is in Senna and Gwen. Gwen was Isolde's doll. Isolde is the name of Viego's wife.
9. Lucian fun fact: In his lore it tells you that his gun is fired by intent and there is a story where Senna is explaining this to him (Senna was the one who brought him into the Sentinels of Light) and he says "With every fibre of my being?" where he suggests that he can fire his gun with his P*nis.
10. Most items are owned by champions. Blade of the Ruined King (BORK), is Viego's sword. Collectors is Miss Fortune's gun. Tri-force is Irellia's blades. Stormrazor is Yasuo's sword, Dead Man's Plate is Gangplank's shoulder armour piece etc.
11. The bear's that are fighting Sejuani/ Olaf are not Volibear. Volibear is controlling the bears. Lissandra, Anvivia, Volibear and Ornn are all siblings that are over 9000 years old.
12. Pantheon is about 65 years old. And like Diana, Leona and Taric is a Targonian aspect. The God he got his power from, is the God of War who was killed by Aatrox.
13. The ending with Kai'sa leads up to the Bel'Veth cinematic.
14. Arcane Season 2 is said to be released in 2024 mid-late.
15. I skipped the Pentakill and Ryze cinematic as I really dislike them. I'm sorry i just don't.
16. In True Damage: Giants, at the beginning, it shows an Arcane poster in the background. This was back in 2019 it is came out 3 years before Arcane is released.
17. The language swapping is there to show how large of a community LOL is.
18. If you think the animation is sick, then you should watch the LIVE Giants performance at Worlds 2019 the Staging is insane.
19.The Korean Rapper who is represented by Akali is also in KDA also represented by Akali.
20. The first one Senna is in, she is sat on a Giant statue of her gun.
21. Sadly due to the flop of True Damage compared to KDA meant that Riot will most likely never bring back True Damage as Giants has, as of 2023, about 120,000,000 views, whereas Pop-Stars (KDA's first) has I think around 600,000,000 (defo more than 550 million views).
22. Also i really Disagree with your earlier statement of Warriors 2020 being the best cinematic. Kin of the Stained Blade is by far the best in my opinion, as it seriously is like Demon Slayer with the art style, and it also starts to tie up the lore for the Ruination, as at the very end, it sets up a side game by Riot that focuses on the lore; Ruined King. They recently released a new game called Mageseeker that expands on Sylas' lore.
23. Please do a reaction to Kin of the Stained Blade.
I'm not doing this to be rude but as genuine information as a GIANT LOL nerd. Thanks for reading this far.
Number 5 was the most informative :) hahahah thank you
Genuine lore Information filled with opinions but ok
Ive gone back to re-read a lot of these and you really did do a nice write up. Thank you for these.
I have a correction to make for a few punkts here first punkt 3 a few days ago riot claimed that arcane is canon, second punkt 11 Lisandra is not a sister to a Volibear Orn and Aniva, she betrayed her sisters which are dead now for power which she got from a contract with the watchers from the void and later she betrayed the watchers aand sealed them in the ice under the Aram bridge and is kipping her eyes on them