I really like how LOR gives us so much good lore, but a lot of it feels like a what-if. I would like Riot to actually care more about the lore, instead of decreasing even more the amount of stories, and just depend on this game to bring us lore.
@@Ray_bar2acuda yeah, like this event, what would happen if xolaani and aatrox fight? So, a lot of information, interactions and events in this game are just different possibilities.
@@Ray_bar2acuda A lot of stories in LoR itself have pretty much confirmed there are different timelines so not necessarily canon ig that's what they mean
I want to point out that there's an interesting interaction between Xolaani, Aspect's Bane, and Kayle, that goes kinda like this: K: "Release my mother!" X: "We are your mother" It kinda implies that Aspect's Bane not only absorbed the other Darkin... but may have absorbed Mihira too, and that's why it has that shape.
It's really cool how inhuman Mihira looks. It's great that LoR gives room for some pretty wild designs. I mean, before, all Aspects we've seen were almost purely human in appearance, with the biggest "weird thing" about them being Zoe's hair. But as LoR came out, we've seen The Traveller, and now Mihira, and know for sure that being an Aspect is more than just a fancy power-up.
@@fatcat4642 True, not to mention, it would be weird if she didn't change AT ALL after being aspect host/the aspect of Justice for over +1000 years or something like that.
The Warrior is also quite close to what Pantheon (I mean the Celestial after taking over Atreus' body, not the boi Atreus himself ) in his physical form look like. Also even Atreus as the new Pantheon also looks way more godly than every other Aspects LoL currently have, even more than Zoe. But I'm aware that it was his helm and weapons that made him look godly, Atreus looked purely human beside the glowing eyes.
I think Kayle calling Ryze old friend is a reference to League's first cinematic, where Kayle is getting bodied by Morgana and Nasus and Ryze crosses the map to save her. Quite nostalgic watching that nowadays TBH
I thought it was about the rune stones. How when Ryze taps into the memories of the runes, she recognizes “him” through them. I dont know could be stretching here. Similar to Karma maybe.
I really wish Mihira would’ve referenced Morgana somehow. I know this is more focused on Kayle, but both of them serve a different form of Justice, so I wonder if she thinks more highly of Kayle than Morgana.
Morgana seems more of a rebel while kayle just straight-up follows the rules and I assume the image of her mother, so maybe Morgana would be treated like a problem child, the black sheep of the family
@@dominicbosko8375 morgana and kayle being "dark" and "light" is purely aesthetic and their element of choice, in terms of how they administrate justice...I'd say Kayle is way darker, if you actually look into Morgana's personality you'll see she's the one who prefers seeing everyone happy instead of bound, kayle is more like a dictator
Mihira does talk about “solely retribution” in regard to Kayle, though that might have been powered-up Xolaani (which is somewhat irrelevant because by her own ambition she and Mihira are the same entity in that form).
Actually in that Xolaani card, I'm pretty sure that she is not mimicking Mihira. She actually has fused with Mihira in one of those classic LoR what-if scenarios.
@@derekfrost7751 I don't think so. As for me Kayn attacked Yi's temple and Jun took Xolaani's weapon. That's all. Next Xolaani attacked darkins im Icathia and absorbed Mihira. And here there are 2 variants: 1) Xolaani beat everyone and corrupt all the Targornian Aspects and Shuriman Ascended (Corrupted skinline). 2) Ryze with runes, Kale and Aatrox beat her.
I do like having kayle and ryze being "friends" it just fits with the aspect of justice helping the man who is hiding the most dangerous and powerful items/magic in runterra
Unless Kayle had a change of heart or Ryze hid it so well, no way Kayle will tolerate Ryze's action. His intention in the past was good but still war crimes are war crimes.
There was a quote I saw a few days ago but it was Ryze saying something about the World Runes and Kayle saying something like "Who else but you?" I think Kayle DOES tolerate Ryze's possession of the Runes, since she knows that he won't abuse that power like so many others have before.
Mihira didn't bestow her powers upon Kayle and Morgana, rather they inherited their celestial powers due to Mihira's ascension occurring while she was pregnant. Their powers awakened when Mihira sent her blade to them, but they always had them. Mihira operated as the Aspect of Justice during the Rune Wars and fought to put an end to the Rune Wars. Either this or the fact that Ryze hides the World Runes in a vault below Demacia explains why him and Kayle are acquainted.
Xolaani is such a well written villain, her initially meaning well and wanting peace with it leading to complete control, and every opposition brings out more and more of her monstrous form.
@@tobiasriley9420 if no one has fee will of doing as they please, then they don't live in true peace, because peace needs that two parts make terms each other, and here there are not two parts, just xolaani.
6:50 there is the varus follower (the one that gets elusive once you equip something) from it's description it also sounds like it's a plant corrupted by darkin
The Blooming Cultist? if I remember correctly the description literally says that nothing can escape the corruption of the Darkins not even plants or animals so yeah
Ryze was alive since before the rune wars. Kayle was a product of the rune wars. It passed some time before Kayle’s dad died and in that time Kayle was getting recognition as the protector of Demacia. They had plenty of time to connect there. They could also have connected after Kayle literally ascended to the skies.
If you haven't i recomend looking at Aatrox's interactions with the other darkin (-xolanni, kayn, and varus). They're surprisingly wholesome and you really get the sense he cares deeply for them.
I love how through her madness caused by the void xolani believes that through subjugation she can bring peace and silence much like how the watchers would want
Kayle and morgana are not aspects, they just have a portion of their mother's powers. Mihira did indeed return to the celestial realm, and Kayle joined her after her battle with Morgana (in search of a presence of mind only celestials can achieve"), which is why they have such a strong connection in the LoR voicelines. Also, Kayle's lvl 1 represents her when she first obtained Mihira's sword. Her lvl 2 splash (and lvl 16 VA in game) is what she currently looks like (in 998 AN). Morgana, however stil resides in Runeterra, although she has rejected her celestial powers and does not have much impact.
Xolaani’s final card reveals something very interesting, something that I think is the core of her character. The card says “Soon this world will be united in peace, in love, IN SILENCE”. The most important part is “Silence”, to me, that basically confirms that Xolaani is only controlled by the madness of the Void, she got influenced by the Void in Icathia so much, that now she’s the personification of their will, The Watchers now control her and they want her to silence Runeterra.
Nah. I'm pretty sure it just refers to how when she mind controls/absorbs everyone, they would have no reason to talk/think. Therefore, silence. Bringing Watchers into this seems too far-fetched imo.
@@antongrigoryev6381 i mean xolaani suddenly wanting piece while every other darkin wants to fight the void might indicate that she herself got corrupted. Edit: Ok after looking at the old Necrit video about xolaani she 100% got corrupted by the void
@@FenrirAlter Aatrox also wants peace. By destroying everything. Darkin are messed up by the Void. True, that's the whole point of them. But it does't mean they *serve* the Void in any capacity. There are no indication of that, they're just crazy and go for their own crazy goals.
Yeah i was thinking the same thing. They're certainly not servants of the void but through their extensive contact with it they seem to have adapted some of its... Desires. And if Bel'Veth can absorb enough humans to become self aware and desire to persevere, why couldn't the Darkin do the opposite
Just wanna say that Aatrox being called the Blade of Icathia doesn't necessarily mean he's Icathian. It could mean that he FOUGHT in Icathia when they stood up against the Shuriman Empire, and being Aatrox was the blade that decimated them, earning that title. Him being Icathian-born would be a little strange since he would've had stuff to say with Jax.
Agreed, I got confused since Aatrox was a Shuriman god-warrior. Why would a god-warrior be an Icathian when they are at war with the Shuriman Empire. They went ahead and got consumed by the void thinking they can use it as a weapon to combat said shuriman god-warriors which Aatrox is.
@@iSa_Ach One of the reason Icathia rebelled against Shurima was the fact their denizens were denied Ascension for several centuries since they were conquered.
I think Aatrox being the Blade of Icathia refers to him being an Ascended known for wielding a Blade at the Battle of Icathia when the Void first attacked. I'm like 99.99% sure somewhere it mentions he was at the Battle of Icathia since he and many other Ascended followed Setaka, the Ascended Warrior Queen, to fight Icathia.
@@michaellockyer4557 He was Shurima's premiere Ascended general, in command of a legion of 10000 mortals and surrounded by many god warriors who admired his nobility and strong character. He most certainly distinguished himself further in the endless battle against the Void.
Is it possible that Mihira merged with the celestial aspects of Justice, leaving no human avatar to act on Runeterra? And instead of choosing a new host like the other aspects, she gave the responsibility to her daughters. Because even though Mihira keeps her name, we've never seen a human aspect physically transform or live permanently in the celestial realm.
Ye that probably what happened, and I'm shocked why no one is talking about that, even Necrit, "lore genius", lmao. Celestials needed human host to act in Runeterra, cause they couldn't get in there with their Celestial bodies. Diana, Leona, Zoe and others wasn't changed, they look just like humans, and never were in Celestial Realm, but for some reasons Mihira was. So yes, i think Celestial of Justice find the way to merge bodies, and have access to travel to Runterra themselve, with no human host
Vladimir: thinks he is the blood lord. Xolaani (Aspect's bane): Ah you think blood is your ally? You merely adopted the blood. I was born in it, molded by it...
Maybe the reason why Kayle and Morgana were able to "become" the aspects of justice is because Mihira ascended while being pregnant with them - they too were part of her when she became an aspect. So while they don't have full authority or whatever they are still able to act in Mihira's name and with her power
I can't wait for Necrit to cover Aatrox's interactions with the other Darkin especially. It's so cool to see Aatrox actually respectful and glad to see someone.
Aatrox criticizes Varus for embracing human emotions from his mortal life, but he treats his comrades with care, and like you said, they have comradery. He's a hypocrit lol.
Ryze and Kayle interaction is so cool, my take on it is that they worked together once to restore balance and so they see each other are the only reliable ally, as a Kayle main I enjoy so much all this new lore !
There is a very interesting theory on Blood magic on the lore reddit. Tdlr version is: The Ascention is happening because of blood magic, Ascended is not just "celestial magic" but also blood magic that shape the Ascended, so Solaari or blood magic as a whole is not "new" but the darkin simply found out a way to reuse the magic that turn their mortal body onto godlike body This explain why Sivir blood can resurect and "Ascended" Azir, because that is blood magic.
I dont think that it is too out of this world for Ryze and Kayle to be friends. Ryze is very old and definitely dates back to before the rune wars. Currently he is keeping the world runes inside petricite trees somewhere near demacia, not in stone, so he was probably learned the properties of petricite pre founding of demacia (meaning before they turned it into stone, durands era) which is probably when kayle and morgana were leading demacia.
From what Im guessing, Xaolaani during a pivotal time in the Icathian war, fled. She abandoned her duty to heal the wounded and ran which is why Aatrox hates her. Later from context of other cards the Void warped her sense of keep others safe from, keep them healed into a possessive if only they listened to me I could keep them safe so she became obsessed with blood magic in controlling the Darkin. Meanwhile Aatrox's sense of duty as a soldier was warped into a bloody lust for war
Aatrox is not Icathian. One of the reasons Icathia rebelled against the Shuriman empire was because they refused to bestow the ascension ritual upon Icathia's candidates. Nezuk was an Ascended Ixtali mage.
Yeh, if anything I think he’s being called the blade of Icathia due to his battle against the void in Icathia, I doubt either Xolaani or Aatrox are Icathian
@@aatroxtheworldender933 his tier list of strength became the first reason for my doubts about his knowledge. Idk, ye he knows a lot in comparison to many players, but not that much as he presents
Kayle without inheriting the complete power of the Aspect of Justice is already that strong and able to tango with the Darkin😦 I can see why she belonged in the Top 10 of your tier list for the most powerful champions according to lore🔥
i mean, ryze was known to keep his runes in demacian woods, so kayle knowing ryze isn't that much of surprise. i don't think ryze would ever be possible to keep one of the most dangerous magic in her homelands without knowing.
I wonder what the Rioter was thinking when they updated Kayle and Morgana's story. "So their mom was the aspect of justice and she suddenly leaves behind a stockpile of her powers to both of her daughters" "Uh huh, uh huh, why didn't she come back?" "I don't freaking know, just leave it up to interpretation" "Sounds good to me, let's ship it!"
Maybe Mihira merged with the actual celestial of Justice as she grew more attuned with power kinda like Zoe did with the Twilight an how we can see Zoe's followers use similar powers to her
19:49 When Ryze became friends with Kayle? My guess is around the time he got Sona to help him. After all both Sona and Kayle lived in Demacia, so Ryze most likely visited there despite all the magic hate.
Wait, how does the Kayle-Ryze interaction bewilder you? Necrit, you're the lore guy. You know how old Ryze is. Isn't it obvious they would have met each other at some point before she left for the celestial realm? I mean, think about it for literally 2 seconds. What does Ryze do? Travel around Runeterra preventing it from being destroyed by the many forces that would do so. What do aspects do? Show up when the world is about to be destroyed. 1+1 is... I know I'm being an ass here, but this was one of my favorite pieces of world-building from this set! Ryze and Kayle are two of my favorite champions (I like to scale okay), so seeing them get fleshed out just a little here was so cool for me! So to see you act like it doesn't make sense when it 100 trillion percent does... It peeves me quite a bit. You know there are a 100 things or more we don't know about any given League character, Riot has always left gaps in the story that can be filled in later when appropriate. Why do you always act like these things come out of nowhere? This is just good practice when doing world-building!
In Xolaani, Aspect’s Bane flavour text it mentions “Soon, this world would be united in peace. In love. In silence.”. Isn’t that the goal of the void? Does this imply she is working under its influence?
More so than any other region, every Targonan lore drop reveals a more weird and wonderful side of the mountains. It makes me crazy excited to see how they could adapt it into an MMO
Necrits invents a time machine, not to fix problems, nor to slap himself in the face… but to tell us about when the video was recorded. I wouldn’t want it any other way!
19:48 when did kayle n ryze have time for this? well if kayle has been around the time that demacia was founded and if ryze has been gathering the world runes im guessing around that time. im guessing ryze has been prolonging his life with them, because he was from the blessed isles. assuming all this. ryze probably found the demacian forest that absorbed magic and made a stronghold there and kayle probably helped. i wouldnt de surprised if kayle and ryze were the orginal founders of the mage keepers
The only time I could think is that Ryze came across Demacia while Kayle and Morgana were still there (which would be a couple years into the immediate aftermath of the Rune Wars) So that would be before Kayle went too far with her whole “JUSTICE” thing.
Who is Mihira? An absolutely epic named aspekt of justice that also has a satisfying shape and is surrounded by thousands of bird-thingies that make the entire splash art freaking dope. And yeah, concept of justice is also just the icing on the cake.
I believe that when Mirah gave up her blade to Kayle and Morgana it was because she became fully divine. She crossed into the celestial realm and became the celestial aspect of justice, and passed the duty of being the Targonian aspect to her children.
7:50 eeeeh that’s not really tru tho necrit… they are looking for better land (as they are saying that the winter is becoming harsher and even the avarosans have fled) so the scout there wasn’t sent out to find darkin weapons but to scout out for possible dangers and for better land
I do like this Genshin Traveler style Ryze interactions. He suddenly feels so important actually! Previously I thought about him as this guy who's doing dirty job and no-one knows about him. But seeing him being a friend to someone like Kale is actually cool! She's a literally demigod but still asked mortal(Questionable) for some help. It's a great way to show his importance. Like maybe you don't know who he is as a typical guy that works on fields, but gods themselves acknowledge how powerful and important he is!
20:28 I wonder if Mihira gave her blade to her daughters because she was just holding onto it until her daughters would be old enough to wield its powers 🤔. They were both in her womb when she became the aspect after all.
Ryze mentions being summoned via a messenger from the celestial realm so maybe Kayle has met Ryze on multiple occasions when he has been summoned before? Ryze is after all kinda the equivalent to what Guardians of Azeroth is in WoW, who are tasked to protect the planet so he has like the same goal as the Aspects and would maybe work with them on occasion... Idk cx
If KAYLE have the Blade so Morgana have the Shackles. The next video will probably talk about Ryze, word runes, and the teasers for Belveth. The next one might be a violet themed one with belveth,morgana , and maybe another violet void creature. It would make perfect sense since there's already mihira and kayle. Why not insert Morgana to complete the family.
Kayle and Ryze being friend is just a reference to the old Cinematic of League of Legends where Ryze help Kayle fight against Morgana (OLD RYZE, KAYLE, AND MORGANA)
Ryze and Kayle probably met during the rune wars. Just like what is know, aspects descend whenever a catastrophe occurs. And the Rune Wars is undeniably one of those. Just look at the crater in the map. Kayle probably helped Ryze in retrieving the world runes from tyrants. After all, if a person holds a world rune, they have the same power that created the world. So ryze alone could've done it. But it would make more sense that he had received help from an Aspect, Kayle.
After seeing the Darkin Staff and how its being hidden in Bandlewood, now kinda wanna see a Darkin that has possessed the body of a yordle. Like just imagen this tiny little "BLOOD FOR THE BLOOD GOD!!!" little gremlin holding a sword thats 3x the yordles size
Kayle and ryze had a long time to meet, ryze was there as the shaddow Islands was created as he was a student on the blessed islands, after Ruination happened it is said that ryze and his master focused on bigger more threatening events, while another student of the blessed Islands jenda'kaya focused on creating weapon and creating the sentinals of light so when the time came the blessed islands can be freed from the shaddow
i believe ryze and kayle know each other simply because at some point she was trying to seek guidance, shown by feelings of repentance and what looked like a harsh decision at the end of the story. probably she looked for that guidense at some point with ryze, one of the most knowledgeable around demacia, but denning it until that last turning point in her story.
In the card interactions Aspects Bane Xaaloni calls Kayle her daughter… meaning she merged consciousness with the aspect of Justice. Or Xaaloni is just toying with Kayle.
I really like how LOR gives us so much good lore, but a lot of it feels like a what-if. I would like Riot to actually care more about the lore, instead of decreasing even more the amount of stories, and just depend on this game to bring us lore.
"What if"?
@@Ray_bar2acuda time traveler cythria, xolaani final boss, you know, those what ifs.
@@Ray_bar2acuda yeah, like this event, what would happen if xolaani and aatrox fight? So, a lot of information, interactions and events in this game are just different possibilities.
@@Ray_bar2acuda A lot of stories in LoR itself have pretty much confirmed there are different timelines so not necessarily canon ig that's what they mean
@@_Alaya_ really? Which ones?
I want to point out that there's an interesting interaction between Xolaani, Aspect's Bane, and Kayle, that goes kinda like this:
K: "Release my mother!"
X: "We are your mother"
It kinda implies that Aspect's Bane not only absorbed the other Darkin... but may have absorbed Mihira too, and that's why it has that shape.
I can't believe they actually hit Kayle with a "Your mom". 💀
It's not really that interesting because It literally says "Aspect's Bane"
and that is why she also kinda has a similar effect like Mihira
She kinda bad tho, ngl.
Damn so Mihiria literally just came back to die.
It's really cool how inhuman Mihira looks. It's great that LoR gives room for some pretty wild designs. I mean, before, all Aspects we've seen were almost purely human in appearance, with the biggest "weird thing" about them being Zoe's hair. But as LoR came out, we've seen The Traveller, and now Mihira, and know for sure that being an Aspect is more than just a fancy power-up.
I was expecting angel milf but was pleasantly surprised by how she actually looks.
I think it just Mihira body unable to use to he just chose to release her new form i think since how you can use sword when look like that...
@@Lolamyglad its not another basic pretty lady
@@fatcat4642 True, not to mention, it would be weird if she didn't change AT ALL after being aspect host/the aspect of Justice for over +1000 years or something like that.
The Warrior is also quite close to what Pantheon (I mean the Celestial after taking over Atreus' body, not the boi Atreus himself ) in his physical form look like. Also even Atreus as the new Pantheon also looks way more godly than every other Aspects LoL currently have, even more than Zoe. But I'm aware that it was his helm and weapons that made him look godly, Atreus looked purely human beside the glowing eyes.
Kayle’s interactions with Xolaani, Aspect’s Bane straight up confirm that to reach that form Xolaani took over Mihira’s body.
I think Kayle calling Ryze old friend is a reference to League's first cinematic, where Kayle is getting bodied by Morgana and Nasus and Ryze crosses the map to save her. Quite nostalgic watching that nowadays TBH
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I thought it was about the rune stones. How when Ryze taps into the memories of the runes, she recognizes “him” through them. I dont know could be stretching here. Similar to Karma maybe.
I kind of doubt it because Ryze in another cinematic helps Nasus. So that doesn't make sense
I really wish Mihira would’ve referenced Morgana somehow. I know this is more focused on Kayle, but both of them serve a different form of Justice, so I wonder if she thinks more highly of Kayle than Morgana.
Morgana seems more of a rebel while kayle just straight-up follows the rules and I assume the image of her mother, so maybe Morgana would be treated like a problem child, the black sheep of the family
@@Nick-nb2oz it is possible, however seeing Justice in only one light wouldn’t allow for actual Justice.
Whenever Mihira dies in game she does do a small mention to Morgana by gasping in a dying breath "my daughters!"
@@dominicbosko8375 morgana and kayle being "dark" and "light" is purely aesthetic and their element of choice, in terms of how they administrate justice...I'd say Kayle is way darker, if you actually look into Morgana's personality you'll see she's the one who prefers seeing everyone happy instead of bound, kayle is more like a dictator
Mihira does talk about “solely retribution” in regard to Kayle, though that might have been powered-up Xolaani (which is somewhat irrelevant because by her own ambition she and Mihira are the same entity in that form).
Actually in that Xolaani card, I'm pretty sure that she is not mimicking Mihira. She actually has fused with Mihira in one of those classic LoR what-if scenarios.
Yeh it is stated that xolaani actually slained mihira and obsorbed her.
@@awesomejett4459 but the hole darkin saga is a what if, because it depends if kayn prevails against rhaast or not
@@derekfrost7751 kayn undirectly becomes the importent piece that could tip the scale of the upcoming darkin war
@@derekfrost7751 I don't think so. As for me Kayn attacked Yi's temple and Jun took Xolaani's weapon. That's all. Next Xolaani attacked darkins im Icathia and absorbed Mihira. And here there are 2 variants:
1) Xolaani beat everyone and corrupt all the Targornian Aspects and Shuriman Ascended (Corrupted skinline).
2) Ryze with runes, Kale and Aatrox beat her.
@@crisendeep178 nope, if rhaast wins he kills jun and keeps the bloodletters
I do like having kayle and ryze being "friends" it just fits with the aspect of justice helping the man who is hiding the most dangerous and powerful items/magic in runterra
Plus they were alive around the same time, during the rune wars
Unless Kayle had a change of heart or Ryze hid it so well, no way Kayle will tolerate Ryze's action. His intention in the past was good but still war crimes are war crimes.
There was a quote I saw a few days ago but it was Ryze saying something about the World Runes and Kayle saying something like "Who else but you?" I think Kayle DOES tolerate Ryze's possession of the Runes, since she knows that he won't abuse that power like so many others have before.
Mihira didn't bestow her powers upon Kayle and Morgana, rather they inherited their celestial powers due to Mihira's ascension occurring while she was pregnant. Their powers awakened when Mihira sent her blade to them, but they always had them.
Mihira operated as the Aspect of Justice during the Rune Wars and fought to put an end to the Rune Wars. Either this or the fact that Ryze hides the World Runes in a vault below Demacia explains why him and Kayle are acquainted.
Xolaani is such a well written villain, her initially meaning well and wanting peace with it leading to complete control, and every opposition brings out more and more of her monstrous form.
An idea good in paper but horrible in execution.
@@mantraki why tho?
@@mantraki how so? I think as a side character the ammount of depth she has is insane
@@mantraki Explain how it is horrible in execution.
@@tobiasriley9420 if no one has fee will of doing as they please, then they don't live in true peace, because peace needs that two parts make terms each other, and here there are not two parts, just xolaani.
6:50 there is the varus follower (the one that gets elusive once you equip something) from it's description it also sounds like it's a plant corrupted by darkin
The Blooming Cultist? if I remember correctly the description literally says that nothing can escape the corruption of the Darkins not even plants or animals so yeah
When you have twins, but you only care for the one who acts like you
XD Morgana gotta be feeling light headed after that
Mihira: BE NOT AFRAID
Kayle's Dad: This is the Horniest moment in my life
The guy met Mihira's human form what are you talking about lol
😂😂😂
Ryze was alive since before the rune wars. Kayle was a product of the rune wars. It passed some time before Kayle’s dad died and in that time Kayle was getting recognition as the protector of Demacia. They had plenty of time to connect there. They could also have connected after Kayle literally ascended to the skies.
I love how 80% of the fanbase is so ready to fight for General Aatrox in the possible upcoming Darkin Civil War XD
If you haven't i recomend looking at Aatrox's interactions with the other darkin (-xolanni, kayn, and varus). They're surprisingly wholesome and you really get the sense he cares deeply for them.
I wonder if the chain we see on Xolaani's final form is some power she got from absorbing Mihira and is the same power that gave Morgana her chains.
I love how through her madness caused by the void xolani believes that through subjugation she can bring peace and silence much like how the watchers would want
Papa Necrit back at it again with the fire lore videos 🔥
6:15 ain't no way a darkin named Ball cocks made it past a drowing board at riot💀💀💀
I can't wait for LoR Morgana to be released so we can get more interactions. I'm curious about what Mihira thinks of her.
@Pineapple Swift right? I personally find Morgana far more compelling than Kayle
Kayle and morgana are not aspects, they just have a portion of their mother's powers. Mihira did indeed return to the celestial realm, and Kayle joined her after her battle with Morgana (in search of a presence of mind only celestials can achieve"), which is why they have such a strong connection in the LoR voicelines. Also, Kayle's lvl 1 represents her when she first obtained Mihira's sword. Her lvl 2 splash (and lvl 16 VA in game) is what she currently looks like (in 998 AN).
Morgana, however stil resides in Runeterra, although she has rejected her celestial powers and does not have much impact.
Xolaani’s final card reveals something very interesting, something that I think is the core of her character. The card says “Soon this world will be united in peace, in love, IN SILENCE”.
The most important part is “Silence”, to me, that basically confirms that Xolaani is only controlled by the madness of the Void, she got influenced by the Void in Icathia so much, that now she’s the personification of their will, The Watchers now control her and they want her to silence Runeterra.
Nah. I'm pretty sure it just refers to how when she mind controls/absorbs everyone, they would have no reason to talk/think. Therefore, silence. Bringing Watchers into this seems too far-fetched imo.
Now I don’t know what her true goal is both of them here seem pretty good theories
@@antongrigoryev6381 i mean xolaani suddenly wanting piece while every other darkin wants to fight the void might indicate that she herself got corrupted. Edit: Ok after looking at the old Necrit video about xolaani she 100% got corrupted by the void
@@FenrirAlter Aatrox also wants peace. By destroying everything.
Darkin are messed up by the Void. True, that's the whole point of them. But it does't mean they *serve* the Void in any capacity. There are no indication of that, they're just crazy and go for their own crazy goals.
Yeah i was thinking the same thing.
They're certainly not servants of the void but through their extensive contact with it they seem to have adapted some of its... Desires.
And if Bel'Veth can absorb enough humans to become self aware and desire to persevere, why couldn't the Darkin do the opposite
Just wanna say that Aatrox being called the Blade of Icathia doesn't necessarily mean he's Icathian. It could mean that he FOUGHT in Icathia when they stood up against the Shuriman Empire, and being Aatrox was the blade that decimated them, earning that title. Him being Icathian-born would be a little strange since he would've had stuff to say with Jax.
Agreed, I got confused since Aatrox was a Shuriman god-warrior. Why would a god-warrior be an Icathian when they are at war with the Shuriman Empire. They went ahead and got consumed by the void thinking they can use it as a weapon to combat said shuriman god-warriors which Aatrox is.
@@iSa_Ach One of the reason Icathia rebelled against Shurima was the fact their denizens were denied Ascension for several centuries since they were conquered.
I think Aatrox being the Blade of Icathia refers to him being an Ascended known for wielding a Blade at the Battle of Icathia when the Void first attacked. I'm like 99.99% sure somewhere it mentions he was at the Battle of Icathia since he and many other Ascended followed Setaka, the Ascended Warrior Queen, to fight Icathia.
@@michaellockyer4557 He was Shurima's premiere Ascended general, in command of a legion of 10000 mortals and surrounded by many god warriors who admired his nobility and strong character. He most certainly distinguished himself further in the endless battle against the Void.
@@aznereth3767 the fkd up thing too is Shurimans are erasing the entire "history" of what they conquer
Is it possible that Mihira merged with the celestial aspects of Justice, leaving no human avatar to act on Runeterra? And instead of choosing a new host like the other aspects, she gave the responsibility to her daughters. Because even though Mihira keeps her name, we've never seen a human aspect physically transform or live permanently in the celestial realm.
Interesting theory
Ye that probably what happened, and I'm shocked why no one is talking about that, even Necrit, "lore genius", lmao.
Celestials needed human host to act in Runeterra, cause they couldn't get in there with their Celestial bodies. Diana, Leona, Zoe and others wasn't changed, they look just like humans, and never were in Celestial Realm, but for some reasons Mihira was. So yes, i think Celestial of Justice find the way to merge bodies, and have access to travel to Runterra themselve, with no human host
Vladimir: thinks he is the blood lord.
Xolaani (Aspect's bane): Ah you think blood is your ally? You merely adopted the blood. I was born in it, molded by it...
Maybe the reason why Kayle and Morgana were able to "become" the aspects of justice is because Mihira ascended while being pregnant with them - they too were part of her when she became an aspect. So while they don't have full authority or whatever they are still able to act in Mihira's name and with her power
I can't wait for Necrit to cover Aatrox's interactions with the other Darkin especially. It's so cool to see Aatrox actually respectful and glad to see someone.
This is the only video I've been waiting since the new release of cards in LoR. I knew this one is so big and full of new lore and deserves a video.
Is my phone too old or Necrit turned into an ascended for a second here 17:18
Personally I really like Aatrox interactions with the darkin, him showing comradery and the like...
Aatrox criticizes Varus for embracing human emotions from his mortal life, but he treats his comrades with care, and like you said, they have comradery. He's a hypocrit lol.
Ryze and Kayle interaction is so cool, my take on it is that they worked together once to restore balance and so they see each other are the only reliable ally, as a Kayle main I enjoy so much all this new lore !
There is a very interesting theory on Blood magic on the lore reddit. Tdlr version is: The Ascention is happening because of blood magic, Ascended is not just "celestial magic" but also blood magic that shape the Ascended, so Solaari or blood magic as a whole is not "new" but the darkin simply found out a way to reuse the magic that turn their mortal body onto godlike body
This explain why Sivir blood can resurect and "Ascended" Azir, because that is blood magic.
This expansion is definetely my fav one. SO many interesting cards and cool descriptions
I dont think that it is too out of this world for Ryze and Kayle to be friends. Ryze is very old and definitely dates back to before the rune wars. Currently he is keeping the world runes inside petricite trees somewhere near demacia, not in stone, so he was probably learned the properties of petricite pre founding of demacia (meaning before they turned it into stone, durands era) which is probably when kayle and morgana were leading demacia.
Xolaani: Ima enslave everything so we can have peace!
Volibear: U WOT?! PEACE!?!
OMFG! I AM SO EXCITED FOR THIS! THANK YOU NECRIT!
From what Im guessing, Xaolaani during a pivotal time in the Icathian war, fled. She abandoned her duty to heal the wounded and ran which is why Aatrox hates her.
Later from context of other cards the Void warped her sense of keep others safe from, keep them healed into a possessive if only they listened to me I could keep them safe so she became obsessed with blood magic in controlling the Darkin. Meanwhile Aatrox's sense of duty as a soldier was warped into a bloody lust for war
All aatrox interactions are beautiful, damn you necrit
Aatrox is not Icathian. One of the reasons Icathia rebelled against the Shuriman empire was because they refused to bestow the ascension ritual upon Icathia's candidates. Nezuk was an Ascended Ixtali mage.
Yeh, if anything I think he’s being called the blade of Icathia due to his battle against the void in Icathia, I doubt either Xolaani or Aatrox are Icathian
Ye Necrit seems not that smart as many thinks. That's sad. Random lore fans able to remember all stuff, but for some reason he is "lore genius" 🤠
@@Aaniel_al.Meara. he fuks up alot, but generally he gets lore right. His tier list of champions strenght in lore is the first example.
@@aatroxtheworldender933 his tier list of strength became the first reason for my doubts about his knowledge. Idk, ye he knows a lot in comparison to many players, but not that much as he presents
Kayle without inheriting the complete power of the Aspect of Justice is already that strong and able to tango with the Darkin😦
I can see why she belonged in the Top 10 of your tier list for the most powerful champions according to lore🔥
Huhu Aatrox bodied xolani,Kayle,ryze in his world ended form
Finally, the video I've been waiting for so long!
i mean, ryze was known to keep his runes in demacian woods, so kayle knowing ryze isn't that much of surprise. i don't think ryze would ever be possible to keep one of the most dangerous magic in her homelands without knowing.
Nice video.
Looking forward to Morgana joining LoR and add something to the story
I wonder what the Rioter was thinking when they updated Kayle and Morgana's story.
"So their mom was the aspect of justice and she suddenly leaves behind a stockpile of her powers to both of her daughters"
"Uh huh, uh huh, why didn't she come back?"
"I don't freaking know, just leave it up to interpretation"
"Sounds good to me, let's ship it!"
Maybe Mihira merged with the actual celestial of Justice as she grew more attuned with power kinda like Zoe did with the Twilight an how we can see Zoe's followers use similar powers to her
19:49 When Ryze became friends with Kayle? My guess is around the time he got Sona to help him. After all both Sona and Kayle lived in Demacia, so Ryze most likely visited there despite all the magic hate.
Wait, how does the Kayle-Ryze interaction bewilder you? Necrit, you're the lore guy. You know how old Ryze is. Isn't it obvious they would have met each other at some point before she left for the celestial realm? I mean, think about it for literally 2 seconds. What does Ryze do? Travel around Runeterra preventing it from being destroyed by the many forces that would do so. What do aspects do? Show up when the world is about to be destroyed. 1+1 is... I know I'm being an ass here, but this was one of my favorite pieces of world-building from this set! Ryze and Kayle are two of my favorite champions (I like to scale okay), so seeing them get fleshed out just a little here was so cool for me! So to see you act like it doesn't make sense when it 100 trillion percent does... It peeves me quite a bit. You know there are a 100 things or more we don't know about any given League character, Riot has always left gaps in the story that can be filled in later when appropriate. Why do you always act like these things come out of nowhere? This is just good practice when doing world-building!
I hope in the next set we get morgana. I want more interactions between her and kayle + now mihira as a disapointed mother
In Xolaani, Aspect’s Bane flavour text it mentions “Soon, this world would be united in peace. In love. In silence.”. Isn’t that the goal of the void? Does this imply she is working under its influence?
All hail our lord Darkin, the incredible...BALLCOCKS!
You can only grasp how strong aatrox is when ryze is willing to use the world shards to defeat him and celestials is also intervening to stop them
More so than any other region, every Targonan lore drop reveals a more weird and wonderful side of the mountains. It makes me crazy excited to see how they could adapt it into an MMO
Necrits invents a time machine, not to fix problems, nor to slap himself in the face… but to tell us about when the video was recorded. I wouldn’t want it any other way!
Lmao, they were bored of the typical appearance of angels, so they just imitated the biblical angels.
Here we go...we have the whole darkin raid already planned for the mmo. Xolaani as a 3 phase final boss sounds absolutely incredible.
19:25 to be fair ryze knows like literally everybody who isn't evil
I like where this is going. it might be my favorite lore about league.
20:15 Mihira still seems to have the emotions of a mother so she might have just given morgana and kayle one last piece of her
necrit vids about league's lore are literally my bedtime stories
1:12 Yeah, sure Necrit, whatever you say.
Aatrox to Varius: It will take only a single swing to fell you!
TH-cam Subtitles: It will take only a single swing to sell you eight rocks!
I want a Darkin event / skins / cinematic / lore dump SO bad
in Xolaani, aspects bane's flavour text it says "Hemomantic" not harmonic, like blood magic.
19:48 when did kayle n ryze have time for this?
well if kayle has been around the time that demacia was founded and if ryze has been gathering the world runes im guessing around that time. im guessing ryze has been prolonging his life with them, because he was from the blessed isles.
assuming all this. ryze probably found the demacian forest that absorbed magic and made a stronghold there and kayle probably helped.
i wouldnt de surprised if kayle and ryze were the orginal founders of the mage keepers
The only time I could think is that Ryze came across Demacia while Kayle and Morgana were still there (which would be a couple years into the immediate aftermath of the Rune Wars)
So that would be before Kayle went too far with her whole “JUSTICE” thing.
Who is Mihira? An absolutely epic named aspekt of justice that also has a satisfying shape and is surrounded by thousands of bird-thingies that make the entire splash art freaking dope. And yeah, concept of justice is also just the icing on the cake.
Necrit the servant of viego
And
Skai'en the lorekeeper
Riot is making every league youtubers canon
I am absolutely in love with her design!
I believe that when Mirah gave up her blade to Kayle and Morgana it was because she became fully divine.
She crossed into the celestial realm and became the celestial aspect of justice, and passed the duty of being the Targonian aspect to her children.
The aspects themselves are still their own individual, Mirah was just a host, just like Zoe, Leona, Pantheon, etc.
Now the real questions begin, who has the best in lore keeping Shadow Isle Necrit or TBSky as an Old Targonian
7:50 eeeeh that’s not really tru tho necrit… they are looking for better land (as they are saying that the winter is becoming harsher and even the avarosans have fled) so the scout there wasn’t sent out to find darkin weapons but to scout out for possible dangers and for better land
Necrit use timemachine to correct his video instead of saving the world, thats how you know this guy is a gem.
I do like this Genshin Traveler style Ryze interactions. He suddenly feels so important actually! Previously I thought about him as this guy who's doing dirty job and no-one knows about him. But seeing him being a friend to someone like Kale is actually cool! She's a literally demigod but still asked mortal(Questionable) for some help. It's a great way to show his importance. Like maybe you don't know who he is as a typical guy that works on fields, but gods themselves acknowledge how powerful and important he is!
Saw the memes first, it is forever canon to me now
I wonder if morgana is coming next with sylas and malzahar for a anti spell/unit expansion!
Mihira voicelines and in game card are so amazing!
20:28 I wonder if Mihira gave her blade to her daughters because she was just holding onto it until her daughters would be old enough to wield its powers 🤔. They were both in her womb when she became the aspect after all.
Remember when riot referenced the new darkin champ being a dog? What if the new champion looks like the creature in 1:10?
This looks like a insane endgame boss
Like something you would see in endwalker
After this, if we don't get Morgana next, Imma be so upset.
About the Ryze and Kayle thing. The interactions imply that The card of the messenger is supposed to be a messenger sent by Kayle to reach out to Ryze
It's nice that Kayle has a (old) friend. If you are careful her voice soften when she pronounce "friend".
Truly turning into the best lore on the planet
Ryze mentions being summoned via a messenger from the celestial realm so maybe Kayle has met Ryze on multiple occasions when he has been summoned before? Ryze is after all kinda the equivalent to what Guardians of Azeroth is in WoW, who are tasked to protect the planet so he has like the same goal as the Aspects and would maybe work with them on occasion... Idk cx
If KAYLE have the Blade so Morgana have the Shackles. The next video will probably talk about Ryze, word runes, and the teasers for Belveth. The next one might be a violet themed one with belveth,morgana , and maybe another violet void creature. It would make perfect sense since there's already mihira and kayle. Why not insert Morgana to complete the family.
Volibear is crying in the corner rn too
The missing sibling list go on..
Morgana with Kayle
Volibear with Ornn
Yone (champion card) with Yasuo
Kayle and Ryze being friend is just a reference to the old Cinematic of League of Legends where Ryze help Kayle fight against Morgana (OLD RYZE, KAYLE, AND MORGANA)
just want to add here: it's Mi-Hi-ra mr. necrit whenever you say her name you swallow the "hi" whole for some reason
So Kayle is basically a Substitute Soul Reaper for Mihira? *Number One Starts playing*
Ryze and Kayle probably met during the rune wars. Just like what is know, aspects descend whenever a catastrophe occurs. And the Rune Wars is undeniably one of those. Just look at the crater in the map. Kayle probably helped Ryze in retrieving the world runes from tyrants. After all, if a person holds a world rune, they have the same power that created the world. So ryze alone could've done it. But it would make more sense that he had received help from an Aspect, Kayle.
This is the best part of LoR...they reveal some Lore while u can play them ingame🥰
Yay, so now have:
Nunyo Necrit of Camavor
and
Lorekeeper Skai'en :D
wow xolaani is insanely cool, especially her evolutions. Hope shes an MMO boss
this whole saga just keeps reminding me of a manga called claymore, great manga, as well as a great LoR arc
A cool thing I noticed in the card art is all the flying servants of Mihira swarming Baalkux in his art.
I love how this came out right after I wondered about it.
After seeing the Darkin Staff and how its being hidden in Bandlewood, now kinda wanna see a Darkin that has possessed the body of a yordle. Like just imagen this tiny little "BLOOD FOR THE BLOOD GOD!!!" little gremlin holding a sword thats 3x the yordles size
Kayle and ryze had a long time to meet, ryze was there as the shaddow Islands was created as he was a student on the blessed islands, after Ruination happened it is said that ryze and his master focused on bigger more threatening events, while another student of the blessed Islands jenda'kaya focused on creating weapon and creating the sentinals of light so when the time came the blessed islands can be freed from the shaddow
My point is both life for a long time and maybe they met on one of these events that threatened runeterra
i believe ryze and kayle know each other simply because at some point she was trying to seek guidance, shown by feelings of repentance and what looked like a harsh decision at the end of the story. probably she looked for that guidense at some point with ryze, one of the most knowledgeable around demacia, but denning it until that last turning point in her story.
So you are loremaster in Camavor/shadow island and TB is in Targon.
Congrads!
Now I want them to add Morgana so bad ! I really want more interactions between her and Kayle.
In the card interactions Aspects Bane Xaaloni calls Kayle her daughter… meaning she merged consciousness with the aspect of Justice. Or Xaaloni is just toying with Kayle.