Nilah it's from a time after the ruination of the Blessed Isles but way before League current age. Back in the day she was a erudite of sorts, binged every book she happened to end in her hands, so she had a lot of knowledge even before becoming Nilah (not her real name, it's the "river of fate" she mentions, she took it as her name and whole existence banished). Add to that fact that Ahsless, Lord of Joy, seems to be a fairly old demon (probs the 2nd or 3rd older).
Demons make you feel an extreme emotion and feed off of it. Evelynn with agony, Fiddlesticks with fear, Tahm Kench with despair and Nocturne with paranoia, to name a few. Nilah's demon only makes her feel joy. While only feeling joy is an extremely morbid reality, it's a huge edge she has in taking down other demons.
@@seanalgerian377 they are not unique in that regard, Swain is closer to Nilah since he is posessing an actual demon hence why they have a unique interaction ( also Kayn isnt really posessed more than he is hosting Rhast and they can actually talk to each other )
It's probably because she has been in contact with one of the most ancient demon, Ashlesh (the demon of joy ...who is also one of the ten kings) and the fact that she has basically sold her soul to it in exchange for its powers proves it ...
Think about the fact her entire emotional spectrum being wiped, forever chained in a state of constant joy. Watching your friends die and only being able to feel joyous bliss... eternal loneliness screaming into the empty void yearning to be remembered.
1:00 she says Mordekaiser fears death when he initially went to the afterlife expecting a paradise as a reward for his conquests, but when it was boring he literally conquered death itself. Nothing to fear here other than Mord himself
@@linhnt23 Do some researches and you'll know why they went with that. It's not by calling their name that they get defeated but knowing their basically gives you some form of dominion over them. In Morde's lore, you have to know his name if you want to deal with him but the thing is that almost no one knows it aside Nilah (her demon Ashlash), Leblanc and Possibly Swain.
The reason why i do think Nilah knows how to kill fiddlesticks is because of her connection with the demon of joy...which is Ashlesh, who is also one of the ten kings that fiddle mentions about... Also the fact that when she kills fiddlesticks...she mocks him by saying call the other 8 which proves the fact that she's killed the first of them and one of the first ten is latched on to her. Which brings me to the conclusion that demons are competitive in the terms of royalty. Because the fact that the demon of joy, Ashlesh let her kill off fiddlesticks proves it ....or maybe because she's already paid the price for his powers hence he cannot break off the deal and just watch one of the primordial demons die in front of himself.
I don't think she can kill him but knows how. There is a story that says that fiddle was "banned" and lost his "crown" and since Nilah is always happy and etc. she probably thinks that the fiddle has contact with the other 8, probably Ashlesh doesn't explain to Nilah about them , just the way to kill them.
She says call the other eight because she has one on her hip...and she just killed fiddles. It has nothing to do with an implication of having already killed one prior to fiddles.
As i said, i know she's been latched on to ashlesh and has made a deal with the demon itself...I'm just addressing to the fact that she knows about the ten kings
Qiyana works because she’s a flawed not good person while well you idiots keep slurping up the sassy generic female. Renata and Bel have the same issues with the cringe quips
And she actually has a reason to have ego she literally can't feel any emotions besides joy , not to mention she is welding the power of a demon that's more badass then crippling your sister and thinking you're unbeatable bec you can throw grass and rocks on people
This actually really help us categorize the different demon species of Runtera: Fiddlesticks is “first of ten” and Nila tells him to send the other 8. I think we can imply from this that her demon of Joy is one of Fiddlestick’s kin, demons of pure, primal emotion Then we have demons like Tham, Nocturne, Evelin, and Raum. These are demons of more complex human emotions; addiction, paranoia/nightmares, sadism, and secrets. She calls Darkin, “fallen lords of light” giving them a strong fallen angel vibe. I should also add lesser demons like the Azakana that Yone hunts, reminiscent of Japanese demonic spirits. Dangerous in their own right but not on a global scale like the others. And I would be remiss if I failed to mention Void born, which are clearly inspired by Warhammer’s imagining of demons
Can I correct you a bit:) you're somewhat right but you're not completely aware... You're right about The theory of the ten. Fiddle was the first among the ten whereas the demon that feeds of nilah's joy is called Ashlesh(who is also one of the ten and he's also the demon of joy). This making them the primordial demons. Hence nilah is using his power since ashlesh knows about fiddlesticks' weakness and hence nilah knows it too...since she has struck a deal with ashlesh i.e. her soul in return for his powers. The other demons such as Tahm feed on Obsession, Evelynn feeds on Agony, Nocturne feeds on Nightmares...(fiddle feeds on Fear and ashlesh feeds on joy)... But you forgot about the other demons like Raum who feeds on Secrets and Shaco who probably feeds on Confusion since he's related to delirium. But then we also have demons like Tybaulk who was mordekaiser 's assistant but was later captured by the Black Rose and then was transferred to Tibbers, whom Tybaulk used as a vessel. I'm glad you mentioned about the Azakana's since they are related to strong emotions...But yes they're lesser demons and considering how shocked yone is after looking at Evelynn is for sure that Azakanas are not as strong as the other demons. And yes Darkins are fallen adcended gods themselves....darkins like aatrox got corrupted after fighting the void...as for now we know about the darkin blade(aatrox), the darkin bow(Varus), the darkin Scythe (Rhaast) the darkin Vladimir learnt blood magic from, Valeeka(Varus' sister)(whom i believe is trapped in sona's etwahl...just a theory),Ta'anari(Panther), Enakai(Tiger), Syphax(Chameleon), Zigantus(bull), Xuuyan(Turtle), Shabaka and Shabake(Twin Ravens), Moneerah(unknown), Cebotaru(Wolf), Naganeka(Snake)
@@axeburningfire2507 it is canon:) Shaco is related to illusions and delirium. If you don't believe me you can see the journal of demons that was mentioned after fiddle's release ig. They had all the different categories for demons and Shaco was in it too:). Lorefathers like Necrit and Loremothers like Tenebrix have mentioned about it as well^^
@@rrreuelmenz well here’s the sad thing about Shaco, unfortunately he’s currently in lore limbo. He was originally a serial killer with a moniker of Demonic Jester. Now he’s essentially a possessed doll but his lore still hasn’t been fit into any over arching narrative and it probably won’t until he receives some form of update. But yes, it’s clear that demons like, Fiddle and Ashleigh, thank you for the name, are by far the oldest. That’s why Fiddlesticks knows Kindred as their original form of The Grey Man, for what was the first true fear but death itself. Similarly it’s shown that Fiddle can feed off of any living being’s fear not just humanity’s. Then demons like Tahm and his ilk are newer demons, only able to exist after humanity became able to have complex vices and thoughts. Tham, Raum, and Nocturne were born of very complex emotions, and while Eve was born from suffering it was specifically from suffering brought about by war
@@Lacucarachadefuego Well you're completely true about all of em:) and yes shaco doesn't have any lore as of now...but you remember the journal of the demons... So there was a specific category just for delirium right above bliss. So it's definitely leading towards shaco...
About 2:08 I really like the fact that she says graves deserved better, because it's nice to see that the graves x twisted fate ship wasn't "thrown away" after pride month. In my opinion they're such a great couple.
Granted she is smug since her emotional spectrum was destroyed besides joy and has slain several demons and monsters. And she has read about many monsters and gods she knows how to kill fiddlesticks who is the primordial demon old as Aurelion sol.
I really loved the idea of Fiddle being the most powerful Demon, a being that existed before anyone else on Runeterra, but now that Nilah comes out with “I know what you are and I know how to kill you”… really throws the whole thing out the window huh Edit: wtf does she mean about Mord fearing Death? He is the king of his own afterlife and knowing him he can probably come back whenever he eventually feels like it. Did I miss a story of his or is this character seriously fucking with good lore?
I mean Fiddle still can be but nothing implies Fiddle can’t die or at least die in a sense. A. Sol literally killed beings similar to him and if A. Sol can die I don’t see why Fiddle can’t.
I mean considering how arrogantly she talks, and has a demon inside of her, she may just be flat out wrong or doesn't know the full situation. After all, who can trust a demon to tell the truth
@@trollverse171 Of course it's fine if he can die, but I'd rather them not just add another good looking human being with unimaginable strength, cause at this point it feels like little kids constantly trying to one up each other in a card game where they make the cards themselves. My point being that to me, in my opinion, I think it's boring to have all these incredible looking champions like Aurelion, Fiddle, Mord, Aatrox and so on, just be outdone by a bog standard design human being. Having imaginative designs like theirs make their lore all the more interesting and fantastical /: The only thing I have against human designs is that I'm bored of them, and we all know how much better Riot can do, and has already done.
I've Read something about her demon keeping her joyful so maybe this is why she is so overconfident with fiddle and mord. I didn't read her lore yet so maybe Im wrong
Nilqh could easily become a dictator given a chance. Since she wants to eradicate everything that she considers evil. And becoming a dictator is a great way to be remembered by all.
i've heard someone say he was angry at how death really was (not actually sitting with the gods) and one can say you would only be angry at that because you are fearful you didn't get what you want. kinda a stretch but it's cool
I think she meant morde feared death in the sense that when he got to the death realm there was nothing it was boring. Morde conquered the death realm out of pure spite and hatred for not getting the afterlife he wanted.
@@d3lete473 that still doesn’t make sense to me because he literally said fuck this, conquered again and made an empire out of corpses, wouldn’t that still make him (not weak)
@@SoullessRaptor I dont think Mordekaiser is weak as far as power goes. His mentality however seems to be whats weak in him. Nailah kinda hitns that she knows Morde's weakeness. Morde might be stronger than her but he is no longer that unkillable warlord. I guess if the kindred show up in front of mordekaiser he will fear them.
I think the reason Nilah can hurt or even kill Fiddlesticks, asides from the fact that she's contracted to another Primal Demon, is because she literqlly can't feel anything but Joy, so she's a good counter towards demons since they get empowered and feed on certain emotions.
Surprised her and Yone don’t have an interaction, but her and Fiddle do. Like I understand she’s tied to Ashlesh so her/Fiddle make sense, but wouldn’t Yone be privy of that too?
Fear, Joy, Rage, Sadness, Shame. The other five are up in the air, but I'm fairly certain these are going to be 5 of the 10 kings. Shame is the one I'm least certain on, and of the ones we don't have yet, Rage is a given at this point. (Frenzy is not the same as rage)
It pisses me of if shes technically stronger than fiddlesticks. When she has no character development what so ever. An just uses the power of another ancient demon
When I heard she fights immortals I was hoping she would see Panth to be on her side. He’s the only champ that fights to protect the entire world not just their country
Can't believe someone at riot convinced the team to create a champ with most underwhelming/uninteresting design and lore wise give her great power. So she can bm literal Old gods, Ascended being, Aspects and Darkins cuz why not
Her design is pretty unique and good, her outfit has 7 hands that symbolize the 7 demons and it's fit for her acrobats Why did they give Swaim Raum? Because a character with a literal demon on their shoulder is cool.
@@scrapzyeen1043 I took a closer look and I can see why the design is so unique and interesting 7 hands and 7 demons who would have thought of that. Alongside her amazing in-game design and model where you can clearly see all the hands that suggests she is real powerful being in the lore.
@@DarkinDies you have to remember the outfit has to make sense for all the acrobats she's doing Just say you don't like the pretty girl designs personally, nilahs design and lore are pretty cool shes giving us a look into a runeterra subculture we haven't seen much of until recently
Is the Kindred kill line referencing Kindred's "creator", or is this an easter egg for a future champion? (I haven't read Kindred's lore, so if it's already in there, let me know.)
Kindred used to be a single death entity called the Grey Man, who split himself in two to have company. When Kindred die ingame, wolf clashes into lamb and they fuse before fading. Maybe, as they fuse, Nilah can feel the Grey Man's presence again?
It's certainly not the Grey Man (he's gone, his form becoming Lamb and Wolf) and probably not Mask Mother either, since there's no function for her appearing at that moment. It's most likely The Etherfiend, a vulture-like spirit that shows up to consume the other death spirits when they "die" (in lore, that happens when they're forgotten across the world). The Etherfiend is shown as a card in LoR, along with Mask Mother and some other related spirits.
@@JMBE21 I didn't wanna bring LoR lore into this because, even if the devs stated so, it doesn't really fit LoL lore. But yes, I also thought of the Mask Mother and the Etherfiend
Wouldnt be surprised if all she does is either temporary or in her mind, basically the moment she dies it all reverts. Her being forgotten by everyone would make sense as she would lie dead or paralysed and he would feed of her joy as she thinks she is defeating everyone. Demons aint stupid, Ashlesh wont just let her be the most powerful being or even a person, as he knows she would eventually come for him too.
I wish they actually went with her only feeling joy. She sound smug (not mean like Kiana at least) but not that happy. I wished she was more like "Woohoo let's fight ! Everything is SO great !" Kind of thing. That would have been more refreshing imo
Being joyful doesn't necessarily just mean constantly positive and optimistic in technicality a crazed serial killer can be joyful while she talks about cutting people.
no. its older kindred lore lol. from legends of runeterra last year. shes talking about the "etherfiend", which is the death that comes for all "deaths" that have been forgotten.
There are ten primordial demons. Fiddlesticks and Ashlesh are two of them, we don't know who the other 8 are. However, we know that Tahm Kench, Eve, Raum (Swain), tibbers, Nocturne and the other demons aren't part of the ten ancient primordial demons.
So this is About Morde cuz a lot of people we're pissed... It's true that he's afraid of that's the whole reason He's immortal y'all.. why would reject death id you aren't scared of it come on and here's a statement i copied from online "Mordekaiser, the Iron Revenant. Rejecting death and the natural flow of mortality.."
In the lore she made a deal with the demon of Joy. Demons have been in the universe for thousands of years and they knew everything so that's why Nilah knows them all (because of the demon)
shes in a "deal" of sorts with ashlesh, the primordial demon of joy. hes one of fiddlesticks's (the primordial demon of fear) siblings, and thus older than 99% of all other things. thats how she knows all this stuff. altho i agree that shes not really portrayed well. in lore, all her emotions except constant joy have been erased bc of the dmeosn corrupting influence. but her,e shes displays pride, arrogance, and such. so the voic elines arent really accurat to how shes supposed to be in lore
Nilah really is a devil's bargain esq character, she says she knows what she's sacrificed but that's obviously bullshit. A demon's a demon, can't wait for the twist.
pretty sure she knows what she gave in return. She's aware that she can only feel joy, all memories of her was wiped from everyone and her soul will be bound to Ashlesh upon her death.
I'm interested in why she has a line specifically for Fiddlesticks, out of all demons... Does 1:52 imply that Fiddlesticks is the "first of demons"? Or something else?
Fiddlesticks is one of the primordial demons/one of the ten great kings. As is Ashlesh, Nilah's demon. There are currently 8 unknown primordial demons, since every other demon of the game is a lesser demon (Evelynn, Tahm Kench, Nocturne, Raum, Tybaulk).
@@elysianeleodoro8288 so when she meets kindred and says she senses a far older presence, could that also be some sort of demon? Or are there other extremely ancient forces we know of?
Volibear is his name the gods of freljord only exist from the people who worship them. In recent times people stopped believing in volibear and started worshipping "The thousand pierced bear".
It actually makes quite a bit of sense that someone who is constantly feeling enjoy or bliss would probably channel that into arrogance or overconfidence. Keep in mind she is aware that she should be feeling of emotions she just can't feel it
Nilah Fr pulling out everyone’s government name 😭
Bro she really made them all her Sons😭
I think Remembering names is a big part of her, since She wants her own name to be remembered
Her favorite NBA player is Wardell Stephen Curry the 2nd.
How DOES she seem to know so much though? Only a handful of other legends, like Swain, seem to compare in that regard.
Nilah it's from a time after the ruination of the Blessed Isles but way before League current age. Back in the day she was a erudite of sorts, binged every book she happened to end in her hands, so she had a lot of knowledge even before becoming Nilah (not her real name, it's the "river of fate" she mentions, she took it as her name and whole existence banished). Add to that fact that Ahsless, Lord of Joy, seems to be a fairly old demon (probs the 2nd or 3rd older).
Nilah when meets J4
"Hello Exemplar of Demacia, Prince Jarvan Lightshield IV"
Or even better: she meets J4 but mentions Le Blanc
Can't wait for her to meet Kled
I think it's Lightspear
Jarvin like: 👁👄👁
Demons make you feel an extreme emotion and feed off of it.
Evelynn with agony, Fiddlesticks with fear, Tahm Kench with despair and Nocturne with paranoia, to name a few.
Nilah's demon only makes her feel joy. While only feeling joy is an extremely morbid reality, it's a huge edge she has in taking down other demons.
I think Tahm Kench feeds of Obsession and/or addiction.
@@Howtopaintstuff and Salt
@@onepuncheve9818 greed better
@@prinny7963 and power spike
Makes sense: When you’re THAT impossibly content with life already, forced or not, what power can the other demons vices hold over you?
It would be funny if she had an interaction with Amumu or Vex, her polar opposites.
She shouldve have an interaction with Kayn. Both posessed.
can't wait for Vex to completely destroy her with words as soon as she gets a legendary skin
@@moomimi kayn is posessed by a darkin, not a demon
@@guifdcanalli It's kinda the same thing, both are possessed and took the power of their demon/darkin
@@seanalgerian377 they are not unique in that regard, Swain is closer to Nilah since he is posessing an actual demon hence why they have a unique interaction ( also Kayn isnt really posessed more than he is hosting Rhast and they can actually talk to each other )
she says the real names of several champions ... I suspect something about the demon
Me too there might be so many new things about lore
What is it about ? Haven't play League since years now
It's probably because she has been in contact with one of the most ancient demon, Ashlesh (the demon of joy ...who is also one of the ten kings) and the fact that she has basically sold her soul to it in exchange for its powers proves it ...
There’s power in invoking one’s name. I think she does that to weaken the demons/gods
She called volibear the thousand pierced bear when volibear's real name is valhir
Think about the fact her entire emotional spectrum being wiped, forever chained in a state of constant joy. Watching your friends die and only being able to feel joyous bliss... eternal loneliness screaming into the empty void yearning to be remembered.
Nilah killing asol: "im a power far beyond you"
Asol and bard: **Wheeze**
I would love to see her try that in lore. She'd be incinerated in 0.2 seconds.
@@berilsevvalbekret772 I mean, there's lore about her going to the freljord to fight volibear. Nilah certainly does not back away from fights
1:00 she says Mordekaiser fears death when he initially went to the afterlife expecting a paradise as a reward for his conquests, but when it was boring he literally conquered death itself. Nothing to fear here other than Mord himself
Average Nilah vs Chad Mordekaiser
I think that to defeat Mordekaiser you need to know is real name and she does. It's the same thing for demons too.
@@smashrosa8111 who thought defeating a monster/demon/someone by calling its real name is a good idea???
@@linhnt23 Do some researches and you'll know why they went with that. It's not by calling their name that they get defeated but knowing their basically gives you some form of dominion over them. In Morde's lore, you have to know his name if you want to deal with him but the thing is that almost no one knows it aside Nilah (her demon Ashlash), Leblanc and Possibly Swain.
@@smashrosa8111 Tybault and Attakan the other 2 Demons who were with him too know the name. So by default Annie subconsciously will know too.
Nilah straight up Doxing them enemies
It's somehow so pleasant to listen to
The VA did a really good job tbh
way better than zeri cause god DAMN I was annoyed every game
I was about to write the same thing
Laura Bailey, a fantastic voice actor hella talented
@@Gemini_me She's voiced by Laura Bailey? Holy crap I didn't even realize
Nilah's voice actress is Sandra Saad.
Something about being eternally joyful makes my skin crawl. I think they did an amazing job with her character.
Eh, better than other curses and negatives other characters are stricken with. Seems like this was intentional choice she took
That unnecessarily positive friend who'll watch you lose an eye and say "look at the bright side, at least you can still see it" 💀
@@pandatree66 like Seraphine.
Why so serious?
@@Jay-el9iz bruh
Nilah: You're a cheat, a bad friend, and I don't like you.
TF: Guilty, Guilty, and... D:
😂😂😂
The reason why i do think Nilah knows how to kill fiddlesticks is because of her connection with the demon of joy...which is Ashlesh, who is also one of the ten kings that fiddle mentions about...
Also the fact that when she kills fiddlesticks...she mocks him by saying call the other 8 which proves the fact that she's killed the first of them and one of the first ten is latched on to her. Which brings me to the conclusion that demons are competitive in the terms of royalty. Because the fact that the demon of joy, Ashlesh let her kill off fiddlesticks proves it ....or maybe because she's already paid the price for his powers hence he cannot break off the deal and just watch one of the primordial demons die in front of himself.
I don't think she can kill him but knows how. There is a story that says that fiddle was "banned" and lost his "crown" and since Nilah is always happy and etc. she probably thinks that the fiddle has contact with the other 8, probably Ashlesh doesn't explain to Nilah about them , just the way to kill them.
@@Magmor152 i meant the interaction she had when she kills him... But yes your theory is absolutely correct!
She actually say "8" because she kills Fiddlesticks and the other demon is with her so 10-2=8
She says call the other eight because she has one on her hip...and she just killed fiddles. It has nothing to do with an implication of having already killed one prior to fiddles.
As i said, i know she's been latched on to ashlesh and has made a deal with the demon itself...I'm just addressing to the fact that she knows about the ten kings
Any character that praises Atreus is a good character IMO. 10/10
All she needs is a voiceline clowning Seraphine
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Hail Pantheon! Come betrayer! Come fiend!
Im happy Atreus gets a friendly interaction with her, yet he'd never ally himself with Nilah, since she's allied with a demon
@@zagiproductions1630 sera is a queen
Call me crazy, but I love this character. She feels different. Idk why.
So... Rift Herald's name is Harold?
This is a big deal guys
The first rift herald is named Shelly and the second one is named Harold I guess
Hide the pain Harold
in the italian version of lol the scuttle crab name is Giorgio
@@Giacomo562 Giovanni giorgo 😂 (sorry i had to)
"hmm. Graves deserved better" so even she knows he and Fate are dating. all the more proof that it's canon.
WAIT I JUST REALIZED THAT, LMAOOO
they literally have icons together with a rainbow flag that was released on pride month, its official canon.
Im pretty sure she likes Graves... and thinks TF isn't good enough for him lol.
@@HimitsuHunter Oh boy, she's in for a surprise...
@@Ivynling graves is bi, he takes literally everything, based on the pride short Story they released this year
It's like Qiyana but with actual charisma
And more respect.
Nilah is full of herself but without being dismissive of others.
IKR
Qiyana works because she’s a flawed not good person while well you idiots keep slurping up the sassy generic female. Renata and Bel have the same issues with the cringe quips
I still love Qiyana more for some reason
I guess im just more interested in Nilah's demon than anything.
And she actually has a reason to have ego she literally can't feel any emotions besides joy , not to mention she is welding the power of a demon that's more badass then crippling your sister and thinking you're unbeatable bec you can throw grass and rocks on people
Kindreds death interaction is a reference to the grey man in the story that Lamb tells Wolf
I think she refers to the Etherfiend. It claims the masks of every embodiment death when they got forgotten or killed.
Nilah theme sound so gorgeous in the background, honestly excited to hear the full theme song
This actually really help us categorize the different demon species of Runtera:
Fiddlesticks is “first of ten” and Nila tells him to send the other 8. I think we can imply from this that her demon of Joy is one of Fiddlestick’s kin, demons of pure, primal emotion
Then we have demons like Tham, Nocturne, Evelin, and Raum. These are demons of more complex human emotions; addiction, paranoia/nightmares, sadism, and secrets.
She calls Darkin, “fallen lords of light” giving them a strong fallen angel vibe.
I should also add lesser demons like the Azakana that Yone hunts, reminiscent of Japanese demonic spirits. Dangerous in their own right but not on a global scale like the others.
And I would be remiss if I failed to mention Void born, which are clearly inspired by Warhammer’s imagining of demons
Can I correct you a bit:) you're somewhat right but you're not completely aware...
You're right about The theory of the ten. Fiddle was the first among the ten whereas the demon that feeds of nilah's joy is called Ashlesh(who is also one of the ten and he's also the demon of joy). This making them the primordial demons. Hence nilah is using his power since ashlesh knows about fiddlesticks' weakness and hence nilah knows it too...since she has struck a deal with ashlesh i.e. her soul in return for his powers.
The other demons such as Tahm feed on Obsession, Evelynn feeds on Agony, Nocturne feeds on Nightmares...(fiddle feeds on Fear and ashlesh feeds on joy)...
But you forgot about the other demons like Raum who feeds on Secrets and Shaco who probably feeds on Confusion since he's related to delirium. But then we also have demons like Tybaulk who was mordekaiser 's assistant but was later captured by the Black Rose and then was transferred to Tibbers, whom Tybaulk used as a vessel.
I'm glad you mentioned about the Azakana's since they are related to strong emotions...But yes they're lesser demons and considering how shocked yone is after looking at Evelynn is for sure that Azakanas are not as strong as the other demons.
And yes Darkins are fallen adcended gods themselves....darkins like aatrox got corrupted after fighting the void...as for now we know about the darkin blade(aatrox), the darkin bow(Varus), the darkin Scythe (Rhaast) the darkin Vladimir learnt blood magic from, Valeeka(Varus' sister)(whom i believe is trapped in sona's etwahl...just a theory),Ta'anari(Panther), Enakai(Tiger), Syphax(Chameleon), Zigantus(bull), Xuuyan(Turtle), Shabaka and Shabake(Twin Ravens), Moneerah(unknown), Cebotaru(Wolf), Naganeka(Snake)
@@rrreuelmenz Shaco doesn't have lore yet. Don't state your fanfic as if it was canon.
@@axeburningfire2507 it is canon:) Shaco is related to illusions and delirium.
If you don't believe me you can see the journal of demons that was mentioned after fiddle's release ig. They had all the different categories for demons and Shaco was in it too:). Lorefathers like Necrit and Loremothers like Tenebrix have mentioned about it as well^^
@@rrreuelmenz well here’s the sad thing about Shaco, unfortunately he’s currently in lore limbo. He was originally a serial killer with a moniker of Demonic Jester. Now he’s essentially a possessed doll but his lore still hasn’t been fit into any over arching narrative and it probably won’t until he receives some form of update.
But yes, it’s clear that demons like, Fiddle and Ashleigh, thank you for the name, are by far the oldest. That’s why Fiddlesticks knows Kindred as their original form of The Grey Man, for what was the first true fear but death itself. Similarly it’s shown that Fiddle can feed off of any living being’s fear not just humanity’s.
Then demons like Tahm and his ilk are newer demons, only able to exist after humanity became able to have complex vices and thoughts. Tham, Raum, and Nocturne were born of very complex emotions, and while Eve was born from suffering it was specifically from suffering brought about by war
@@Lacucarachadefuego Well you're completely true about all of em:) and yes shaco doesn't have any lore as of now...but you remember the journal of the demons... So there was a specific category just for delirium right above bliss. So it's definitely leading towards shaco...
About 2:08 I really like the fact that she says graves deserved better, because it's nice to see that the graves x twisted fate ship wasn't "thrown away" after pride month. In my opinion they're such a great couple.
Imagine if she met with Jax and calls him by his real name.
Those 2 old men with long names from Full Metal Alchemist reference ehe
Saijax
She praises my boy Atreus. She knows Atreus is borderline broken as a character.
She doesn’t sound very joyful, more smug.
*New* *champion*
Katarina: here we go again.
Damn she’s calling out everyone’s. She’s the DOXXER
Nilah with pantheon is like : "BOYYYY"
Am I the only one that's really tired of overly smug characters?
Also, saying that Mordekaiser fears death is like saying Scrooge McDuck fears money.
I agree
True.
Granted she is smug since her emotional spectrum was destroyed besides joy and has slain several demons and monsters. And she has read about many monsters and gods she knows how to kill fiddlesticks who is the primordial demon old as Aurelion sol.
@@d3lete473 She could have been chill or modest about it
@@siutheyoutubeexplorer4494 she can't be. like legitimately, every emotion besides extasy has been wiped from her body.
Feeling nothing but joy all the time sounds... exhausting.
I really loved the idea of Fiddle being the most powerful Demon, a being that existed before anyone else on Runeterra, but now that Nilah comes out with “I know what you are and I know how to kill you”… really throws the whole thing out the window huh
Edit: wtf does she mean about Mord fearing Death? He is the king of his own afterlife and knowing him he can probably come back whenever he eventually feels like it. Did I miss a story of his or is this character seriously fucking with good lore?
I mean Fiddle still can be but nothing implies Fiddle can’t die or at least die in a sense. A. Sol literally killed beings similar to him and if A. Sol can die I don’t see why Fiddle can’t.
I mean considering how arrogantly she talks, and has a demon inside of her, she may just be flat out wrong or doesn't know the full situation.
After all, who can trust a demon to tell the truth
@@ssjjshawn I genuinly think she wants to die
@@trollverse171 Of course it's fine if he can die, but I'd rather them not just add another good looking human being with unimaginable strength, cause at this point it feels like little kids constantly trying to one up each other in a card game where they make the cards themselves. My point being that to me, in my opinion, I think it's boring to have all these incredible looking champions like Aurelion, Fiddle, Mord, Aatrox and so on, just be outdone by a bog standard design human being. Having imaginative designs like theirs make their lore all the more interesting and fantastical /:
The only thing I have against human designs is that I'm bored of them, and we all know how much better Riot can do, and has already done.
I've Read something about her demon keeping her joyful so maybe this is why she is so overconfident with fiddle and mord. I didn't read her lore yet so maybe Im wrong
Nilqh could easily become a dictator given a chance. Since she wants to eradicate everything that she considers evil. And becoming a dictator is a great way to be remembered by all.
Whe her first line to TF gives off an energy of the iconic quote " You are a liar and that's why Derrick don't like you"
Her theme gives me feeling of first bionicle movie
Wait wasn’t mordekaisers whole point of him was that he didn’t fear death and wanted to die to sit with the gods, nilah he’s definitely not weak LMAO
Pretty much.
i've heard someone say he was angry at how death really was (not actually sitting with the gods) and one can say you would only be angry at that because you are fearful you didn't get what you want.
kinda a stretch but it's cool
I think she meant morde feared death in the sense that when he got to the death realm there was nothing it was boring. Morde conquered the death realm out of pure spite and hatred for not getting the afterlife he wanted.
@@d3lete473 that still doesn’t make sense to me because he literally said fuck this, conquered again and made an empire out of corpses, wouldn’t that still make him (not weak)
@@SoullessRaptor I dont think Mordekaiser is weak as far as power goes. His mentality however seems to be whats weak in him. Nailah kinda hitns that she knows Morde's weakeness. Morde might be stronger than her but he is no longer that unkillable warlord. I guess if the kindred show up in front of mordekaiser he will fear them.
Anyone else hearing the Indian song from Drawn Together when Nilah starts speaking?
I think the reason Nilah can hurt or even kill Fiddlesticks, asides from the fact that she's contracted to another Primal Demon, is because she literqlly can't feel anything but Joy, so she's a good counter towards demons since they get empowered and feed on certain emotions.
Surprised her and Yone don’t have an interaction, but her and Fiddle do. Like I understand she’s tied to Ashlesh so her/Fiddle make sense, but wouldn’t Yone be privy of that too?
Nilah is the true definition of “I’ll beat everybody ass in here!!”
Yet another character to say "WILL YOU JUST SHUT UP" to
The lines are great but the music gives me such 2008 prince of persia vibes, I can't help but love the champion now
when she kills tf and says graves deserved better 😭😭 I love her
Cashier: Thank you for coming, ma'am
Nilah: You're welcome, *cashier's full name* from *complete address*
Champions used to have a lot more interactions...
I love her accent so much, and my my I remember her well
Such a wasted opportunity giving her a SG release skin rather than a headmistress like Fiora.
Finally someone remembers my fellow darkin
Fear, Joy, Rage, Sadness, Shame. The other five are up in the air, but I'm fairly certain these are going to be 5 of the 10 kings. Shame is the one I'm least certain on, and of the ones we don't have yet, Rage is a given at this point. (Frenzy is not the same as rage)
0:15 to Taric:
I hope you don't mind losing your ASS..pect
2:02 Once more with feeling, WHAT?!
Only if alexa's/siri/google's voice would be this joyous
Ah yes, Rift Heralds true name. Harold
It pisses me of if shes technically stronger than fiddlesticks. When she has no character development what so ever. An just uses the power of another ancient demon
She isn't. Ashlesh is as strong as Fiddlesticks, Nilah is merely a vessel.
When I heard she fights immortals I was hoping she would see Panth to be on her side. He’s the only champ that fights to protect the entire world not just their country
I think nilah has a crush on graves and is jelous of TF
I think it is more of Nilah being a good friend. Like, I wouldn't want my friends to date someone who doesn't deserve them.
@@bodaciouskhajiit1135she's the girl bestfriend
She literally beat him until he started talking when questioned as if Graves was in police costudy
Lord Grompulus Kevin Ribbiton of Croaksworth
Honestly, her uncanny joy scares me.
Can't believe someone at riot convinced the team to create a champ with most underwhelming/uninteresting design and lore wise give her great power. So she can bm literal Old gods, Ascended being, Aspects and Darkins cuz why not
Her design is pretty unique and good, her outfit has 7 hands that symbolize the 7 demons and it's fit for her acrobats
Why did they give Swaim Raum? Because a character with a literal demon on their shoulder is cool.
@@scrapzyeen1043 I took a closer look and I can see why the design is so unique and interesting
7 hands and 7 demons who would have thought of that. Alongside her amazing in-game design and model where you can clearly see all the hands that suggests she is real powerful being in the lore.
@@scrapzyeen1043 you dont know swain lore do you
@@yigido915 i know raum is a darling, you know full well what I meant bestie
@@DarkinDies you have to remember the outfit has to make sense for all the acrobats she's doing
Just say you don't like the pretty girl designs personally, nilahs design and lore are pretty cool shes giving us a look into a runeterra subculture we haven't seen much of until recently
Is the Kindred kill line referencing Kindred's "creator", or is this an easter egg for a future champion? (I haven't read Kindred's lore, so if it's already in there, let me know.)
I think she means mask mother (a card in legends of runeterra), who also has a color story on the universe page
its a reference to the grey man, it was implied kindred is two halfs of the grey man so creator is kind of right
Kindred used to be a single death entity called the Grey Man, who split himself in two to have company. When Kindred die ingame, wolf clashes into lamb and they fuse before fading. Maybe, as they fuse, Nilah can feel the Grey Man's presence again?
It's certainly not the Grey Man (he's gone, his form becoming Lamb and Wolf) and probably not Mask Mother either, since there's no function for her appearing at that moment. It's most likely The Etherfiend, a vulture-like spirit that shows up to consume the other death spirits when they "die" (in lore, that happens when they're forgotten across the world). The Etherfiend is shown as a card in LoR, along with Mask Mother and some other related spirits.
@@JMBE21 I didn't wanna bring LoR lore into this because, even if the devs stated so, it doesn't really fit LoL lore. But yes, I also thought of the Mask Mother and the Etherfiend
Ashlesh, Demon of Joy. One of ten.
Damn she really took the SMILE fruit from One Piece..
Mordekaiser's real name? Holy hell this is awesome
Wouldnt be surprised if all she does is either temporary or in her mind, basically the moment she dies it all reverts. Her being forgotten by everyone would make sense as she would lie dead or paralysed and he would feed of her joy as she thinks she is defeating everyone. Demons aint stupid, Ashlesh wont just let her be the most powerful being or even a person, as he knows she would eventually come for him too.
@DevilsIvyy yeah, that she is getting leached on by her demon for her emotions, while she is just thinking that she is this extremely powerful being
2:08 is this a follow-up to the tf graves relationship? Champs in League know they had a thing
Shelly's true name confirmed to be Harold? 😆
Damn... she must *really* hate Twisted Fate to think that Graves of all people deserved better.
i feel like they put much less voice lines in the new characters compared to older ones.
Yeah cause bitches complained and then they always cut corners
love how tf’s first name tobias is pretty much canon now
TF a bad friend cuz hes a great lover
I wish they actually went with her only feeling joy. She sound smug (not mean like Kiana at least) but not that happy. I wished she was more like "Woohoo let's fight ! Everything is SO great !" Kind of thing. That would have been more refreshing imo
Being joyful doesn't necessarily just mean constantly positive and optimistic in technicality a crazed serial killer can be joyful while she talks about cutting people.
Nilah: I don't like you
TF: Ok but who asked?
graves lmao
2:03 a third presence?, IS THIS NEW KINDRED LORE
It could be the grey man still existing but also not rly
no. its older kindred lore lol. from legends of runeterra last year. shes talking about the "etherfiend", which is the death that comes for all "deaths" that have been forgotten.
new champ inc
Pause pause pause, wth does she mean by other 8???
Didn't Fiddle eat the other 9???
i like her as much as i like fizz
i DESPISE fizz
Encounters ally Braum: I thought i knew joy... till i met you !!
Encounters enemy Braum: Opposing you is like opposing joy... dreadful !!
I’m wondering when Rito is going to release a champion that has interaction with sett, because Rell is the only one (from what I know)
Mostly because Rell Q completely and disgustingly counters Sett’s massive W shield instantly. So they knew people would pick Rell into Sett a lot.
Sounds like Rath from Ben 10 when she says the full name of the champs.
lol the memories
XD
Who are the other 8? She kills tahm (gluttony) and has joy. 1-eve 2-fiddle 3-noc 4-swain 5-tibbers
Shaco is delerium
There are ten primordial demons. Fiddlesticks and Ashlesh are two of them, we don't know who the other 8 are.
However, we know that Tahm Kench, Eve, Raum (Swain), tibbers, Nocturne and the other demons aren't part of the ten ancient primordial demons.
Tahm is not Gluttony, he's Addiction.
Of all the champions, none of them are Primordial Demons, just regular Demons except Fiddlesticks and Ashlesh.
So this is About Morde cuz a lot of people we're pissed... It's true that he's afraid of that's the whole reason He's immortal y'all.. why would reject death id you aren't scared of it come on and here's a statement i copied from online "Mordekaiser, the Iron Revenant. Rejecting death and the natural flow of mortality.."
He rejects what comes after death, not death itself.
Bro why does she know the names of the most intimidating champs like they were her relatives 💀
In the lore she made a deal with the demon of Joy. Demons have been in the universe for thousands of years and they knew everything so that's why Nilah knows them all (because of the demon)
shes in a "deal" of sorts with ashlesh, the primordial demon of joy. hes one of fiddlesticks's (the primordial demon of fear) siblings, and thus older than 99% of all other things. thats how she knows all this stuff. altho i agree that shes not really portrayed well. in lore, all her emotions except constant joy have been erased bc of the dmeosn corrupting influence. but her,e shes displays pride, arrogance, and such. so the voic elines arent really accurat to how shes supposed to be in lore
THE MUSIC!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! GIVE IT TO USSSSSSSSSS
Aint no way nilah is trying to fight volibear 💀💀💀💀
she did
So this is the purpose of zoes key? She stole from fiddlesticks? To unlock something fun and terrible in it's joy.
While I don't plan on playing this champ it will be cool to play Rakan with her
Nilah really is a devil's bargain esq character, she says she knows what she's sacrificed but that's obviously bullshit. A demon's a demon, can't wait for the twist.
pretty sure she knows what she gave in return. She's aware that she can only feel joy, all memories of her was wiped from everyone and her soul will be bound to Ashlesh upon her death.
Wait against fiddle she says tell the other 8
But fiddle says first of 10
So we're missing 1 fiddle?
I think the demon in her keeping is the missing one you're wondering about
Nilah has a deal with a demon, that’s where she gets her power. So it probably means her demon is one of the first ten.
1 is fiddle
2 is ashlash (nilah jar)
3-10 (???)
10 primordial demons not 10 fiddlesticks. Ashlash is the demon of joy that is accompanying nilah
1.Fiddlesticks
7. Ashlesh/Nilah (he had seven arms, and th enumber seven is everywhere in his/her lore).
we are missing numbers 2-6 and 8-10.
Nilah fkn doxing everyone just because
She's such an auntie😂😂😂
Kinda disappointed she doesn't have an interaction with Vex lmao.
I'm interested in why she has a line specifically for Fiddlesticks, out of all demons... Does 1:52 imply that Fiddlesticks is the "first of demons"? Or something else?
Fiddlesticks is one of the primordial demons/one of the ten great kings. As is Ashlesh, Nilah's demon. There are currently 8 unknown primordial demons, since every other demon of the game is a lesser demon (Evelynn, Tahm Kench, Nocturne, Raum, Tybaulk).
Fiddlesticks says "fiddlesticks first of ten fiddlesticks end of men!" Fiddlesticks is the first primordial demon and ashlash is the 7th
Oh thanks y'all, I didn't remember those tidbits of lore 🙏
@@elysianeleodoro8288 so when she meets kindred and says she senses a far older presence, could that also be some sort of demon? Or are there other extremely ancient forces we know of?
@@scylla1772 in legends of runeterra there is some kind of death of death she is talking about that you can learn more about it at necrits video
Nilah spoke to Volibear hinting the LoR expansion
Nilah quote when killing kindred Is a reference to the oblivion demon un LoR Game.
I WANT HER THEEEEEME, it sounds so GOOOD
RIGHT??
1:30 I wish she said his real name since he refuses to give it
Does he have one? I thought volibear was his name
Volibear is his name the gods of freljord only exist from the people who worship them. In recent times people stopped believing in volibear and started worshipping "The thousand pierced bear".
wasnt it valhir
So when will Yone and Nilah team up to have an event with the demons ?
she will have interaction to poop in the water?
D E S I G N A T E D
another arogant character? i get she is supposed to be super happy, but over confidence and arogance are not part of that.
It actually makes quite a bit of sense that someone who is constantly feeling enjoy or bliss would probably channel that into arrogance or overconfidence.
Keep in mind she is aware that she should be feeling of emotions she just can't feel it
Nilah basically just doxed everyone
Harold of the Rift. Harold the Herald. Hahahahaha!
I was hoping a bit more interaction with illaoi.
Tbh I was expecting they were related or some kind