wasnt he in freljord

no he roams around runterra fucking shit up just cuz. he was last seen around targon, fighting pantheon .

He got the memo, obviously he is ally of Aatrox.

@@lmntrix898 Not really actually, Remember that, thanks to Pantheon's latest story, Aattox's fight with Pantheon was 40 years ago. Aatrox's latest thing is him destroying tryndamere's village

​@@lok4890 well maybe he got cold from that shity place and went to shurmia to chill a bit

yeah and his students can’t do much bc they’re still students ofc even if it is the wuju style… like there’s an extreme difference between master yi and even the best of his students.

At least Wukong is doing well.

Having a full village of Wuju masters would be an unstoppable force, better the lore never lets it happen or Ionia is going to conquer all of Runeterra.

@@CK1000997 for now

Yeah, at this rate the future of Wuju is going to fall onto the hands of a monkey.

Again, his lore show that he a noble warrior and one of the greatest accended, his lore also mention that he didnt chose war, he was forced to, likely that when he know what Xolaani done, he fight her because she try to controlled his friends and allies, and unintentionally started the civil war

Is aatrox the one calling them from icathia? I dont even know where he is now, I know he went to friedjord and targon but nothing else

@@nicolaspereyra420 no one knows tbh, the way is waiting 2 months to see the next part of the darkin saga on lor, and hope for Aatrox!

​@@bielx1dragon675 the saga might be split in three part so could assume that Varus is on the second one then Aatrox the big bad is last

@@nicolaspereyra420 almost definitely. All the darkin's descriptions mention a 'Darkin General' and Taarosh outright names his general as Aatrox. In addition, Xolaani's card art tells us she engaged in a civil war with Aatrox, so it makes sense that she was the leader of one side of this conflict, making Aatrox as the general of a group of darkin the other side. He seems to have won, judging by how rent free he is in her head. Another clue is that the statue of 'The Faceless God' (who is Xolaani) shown in the 'The Call' video is faceless because of a giant single gash through it's face. All this new information seems to indicate that gash was made by Aatrox.

And then next champ that's a darkin takes a dog as a host nice

@@dejakiller69 i wonder how it is going to use the dagger. If riot wants the dog to walk on 4 legs then it would have to hold the dagger in its teeth or maybe use it with the tail. Or they can go the easy route and make the dog be biped and turn it into a creature similar to alistar.

@@motivatedvergil9145 think of Zacian from Pokémon Sword/Shield

​@@motivatedvergil9145 nagenaka's host is a chicken and look at her now.

@@bronzeadollur3271 i dont know anything about pokemons but i googled that one and yeah it looks good. The little wolf from TFT is similar.

​@@yone1598 the only darkin that seemed boring to me in design strangely is xolaani since she looks very humanoid but apart from that the other darkin look amazing XD

@@yone1598 Your opinion is invalid. everybody loves darkin

​@@yone1598 Speaking for everyone? These cards are cool as hell. People will most likely remember them even after months.

@@asbani07 your existence is invalid. Go and study child

@@franciscoOrellana29 hehhhh? Nice joke child

Well, people are speculating that the new darkin will be a dog, and that's also a common depiction of famine.

@@theyounglinker5044 That would make sense, seeing as Anubis (a god in egyptian mythology, depicted as a dog) is also know as the "Guardian of scales". Problem with that would be, that Nasus is already a pretty good representation of Anubis in League.

@@theyounglinker5044 No one is speculating that, it has already been confirmed to be an animal-turned-darkin.

I personally feel like Varus fits the bill for famine instead of conquest. The scales would make sense also because a bow is no good without the arrows, further Varus is made of 2 humans to the 1 Darkin. There's a clear dichotomy which I think represents balancing the scales. I don't know how to explain my vision much better than this haha

@@MrShuthefukup I'd still think he's Conquest, since his whole shtick is vengeance, going out with a goal and being hellbent to make it happen. I feel like both theories are interesting as eachother though, any way you can spin this is probably still going to turn out awesome hahaha

I wouldn't really call it "confirm", but they strongly hint at it.

@@lehiergendwo8291 My man he literally says "Aatrox, i've heard your call"

@@Trox9996 But does he call Aatrox "my general"? You see, that is the point of a hint. It is quite obviously Aatrox, and I'd find it hard to believe that it were someone else, but since Taarosh doesn't specifically say "my general", it isn't really a confirmation. It's still obviously Aatrox, don't get me wrong.

@@lehiergendwo8291 but the general called. So if the general called, and Taarosh tells Aatrox that he heard his call, what gives.

@@lehiergendwo8291 Aatrox was the general of the ascended. It only makes sense with Aatrox also being the general of the darkins who are his former allies.

I think its a perfect translation of her abilities, the weapon makes whoever dies with it into one of her followers, and her effect represents her reviving her host with blood magic multiple times.

I don’t like how the darkin have little synergy with each other, I get that they’ll add more cards for them but this is literally the darkin expansion. It should’ve been their main focus rather than 5 champions and equipment

Agreed

I think they are perfect. All darkin weapons can be played as equipment or you can "break" them to unleash their inner darkin unit. Xolaani specifically can never truly die (for she, is the one who undestands best the concept of immortality) and thus she is the only Darkin when you kill her she returns to your hand as a weapon again. I think they did a good job.

I personally think it’s okay cuz it opens the window to her becoming a champion similar to how LOR has Yone but it’s past version of him

He was one of the first because he was champion of Shurima. Strongest warrior there ever was, a so called perfect warrior.

But aren't they on a civil war? So maybe the voice line is like " yes btch im coming for round 2," i kind of thing so the war continues again

Maybe he took the general position after xetaka dies

@@Fahklevi But again in his lore it says he was one of the first and that he lead people into battle both before and after becoming ascended (hence why he was one of the first since he lead soldiers into battle)

@@ongseungwu4311 He doesn't show it in the video but a voice line from a 9 cost darkin card (forgot the name of the card) literally calls aatrox the general so I think that is proof enough. Also no they are not in a civil war since the civil war ended centuries ago after they got trapped in their own weapons

The civil war was between xolani and aatrox, so I think the xolani haters' general would be aatrox. But I don't know what he would be doing at icathia.

Necrit straight up forgot that the cards had voice lines, lmao

@@miksapribus2140 trying to kill himself with the void

@@sangminyi93 he maybe deaf lmao

Not to mention his region is the Shadow Isles, so he was almost certainly hidden there.

Correct :)

I think it would probably be a mage or an adc because making a high range tank wouldn't make much sense and would be kinda unhealthy for the game. Also it would be nice to have another monster adc

Naganeka as an artillery champion (as an adc main I am hoping adc of course) sounds like extacy

Varus sister is in Shurima so it cant be her

@@articmy xolaani is a Shurima card. All of the other darken match the region they are located in, so in this hypothetical future she must have moved to shurima at some point. That being said, lor is an alternate universe, and the whole kayn invading yi and his students isn't canon with league, so who knows

@@danielsniff6405 Eh I don't see this working at all for Xolaani being Varus' sister, it just doesn't add up. Currently with lor we can assume she is in Ionia as we know Varus' story is not happening in the future because it's during the Noxus invasion while this hypothetical timeline in lor happens after the invasion. I don't see why they would put her in Ionia for lor but in the main timeline she's in Shurima... it would just be easier for them to just say Varus' sister is Naganeka instead who is alive and in Shurima already. I think people are just trying too hard to make Xolaani make sense for.. anything really, only because she is the main focus while the other Darkin are not.

@@chadachi3970 yeh, that's all fair, I don't really know if I buy that she's varus' sister either. She is pushed pretty hard though, and I wouldn't be surprised if she became a champion in the future, be it in LOR of LOL

@@danielsniff6405 I would be down for her to be a champion, she looks pretty cool and her being the original source of the blood magic in the Darkin makes her fit perfectly as famine. As long as she isn't some Renata ass revive empower bs lmao

Just like in-game, Rhaast is just plain better

If you look closely at Rhaast's splash art, you can see Jun dead on the ground. He didn't even give her a chance to touch Xolaani.

thank you mr World Ender

u cant see yi's body anywhere so it could be that yi just escaped or yi lost his mind after losing his best student and fled or rhaast killed yi or yi wasnt even there at that moment, i highly doubt Rhaast wouldnt have a hard time against yi

@@haytamhaytam7227 Same here despite an ascended’s powerful status they’ve been injured for way less so you’d expect some form of injury or resistance for the darkins.

Varus only has one though?

Xolaani is Aatrox's sister.

old champions in League don't get new voice lines when a new champion is added...

@@ortelim9540 Could be. All Darkins with double A are allies of Aatrox it seems.

@@aatroxtheworldender933 no, Xolaani has double As and she’s Aatrox’s enemy

she was a healer*

Also you lost some chickens...

True. I saw few people talking about this on the comments, but I think this is the most interesting and sad part of the story

Where can I read these stories without playing LoR please tell me

it's so sad cuz there's 2 scenarios: Jun gets absorbed by Xolaani or Jun gets killed by Rhaast. She doesn't survive jn any timeline lmao

Aatrox despite human and Aatrox can 1v1 bel'veth so i don't think thats gonna happen

Doubt Bel'Veth can stand a chance againts Aatrox

If he dies, he dies and he finds peace. If he doesn't die he will be compelled by the power of friendship and find a new purpose.

Are you sure it's South African? The name sounds very Nahuatl to me.

Heca skin? hell no, that's impossible. Taarosh is an actual character with a Darkin weapon, so he'll probably just get's added to the game

@@dennis_nl7587 could work as a legendary lore skin

@@eylore3934 legendary skins are still them in future/past or from another universe. Not another character.

@@justsomeguywhoneverdies9210 why the hell not? Its not too far off to have a different character as a skin. Specially since we all know taatosh aint getting into the game. Best bet we have is just getting him as a skin. And hecarim fits just well.

No. I like void mommy

@@doolaloo8496 true. This guy will be crying how Xolaani is "broken" "braindead" and "elo inflated" on her release.

@@user-sz9vt4sd7y dont forget about comparing her abilities to the fact that blitzcrank slows himself. very important step if you want to be annoying in the league community

Take the only cool champion we got since God knows when?

@@thelastcrow5660 since renata glasc?

That is the hard part when they created kayn like this. But if the Darkin Saga ever become an official lore they'll have to decice who they must kill to keep the other.

Yeahlike the void event this easter that never came

@@bonk5221 yeah hehe

Chicken-Ballista Darkin somehow exist and I kinda like it's design so I trust Riot with the new Darkin too

Its gonna be like the giant wolf from dark souls

@@sorashou6229 that's what I fear, because that would look pretty ridiculous and unpractical. Not a fan.

@@dennis_nl7587 we are talking about a Game with designs from a magical cat to a Death Lord Juggernaut. It can go pretty well.

@@junbolt-gama5355 from me Riot gets an A+ in content, there are not many game designers like them. But mistakes can always happen. But as I said, I trust them to not fk up

Well actually Aatrox was a general of Ascended army and when they become Darkin too. So yea 90% the "General" they talking is Aatrox, but not sure what's he doing in Icathia

@@baobaotr4683 Maybe he sensed Bel'veth and now he wants a rematch with the void.

@@freshlymemed5680 i'm not sure about that since he said "I stood against the void, but now i would welcome it"

@@freshlymemed5680 in the voice lines Aatrox says "once i stood against the void. Now i would welcome it" So if he is going to the south he is maybe going to join forced with her

The 3 of them would die

would be a rather unsatisfying end wouldn't it, maybe rhaast escapes the scythe instead?

I think the darkins souls within sivirs weapon are "dead" more or less, so they can't tey to take over

It was used in a ritual to destroy the Darkin by essentially nuking them with moon magic. It required the heart of one of the Darkin named Tan'ari. So I don't think the others were sealed within the weapon. I haven't read Twilight of the Gods in a while tho so my memory may be a little off.

Necrit said it bad. Chalicar erased Darkins powers from existence at the full moon and they became dust. Taanari became human again but he was killed by Twilight, betrayed,tho he was only sane Darkin in there.

Sivir's weapon is only made for imprisoning the Darkin and not letting them go, the other Darkin were imprisoned in their own weapons. but they still have a consience, and like Rhaast they can sense that people are near and lure them in

if you are talking about the darkin champion, this is probably the next champion monster which would make it look very different from the rest of the 3 darkin that we have, something like naganeka in the card they showed us

I wouldn't exactly call her pretty, Jun was pretty but she kinda mangeled the whole body

Xolani looks like that only beacuse she took over Jun's body. You can even see how she morphed with Jun's gogles.

@@Ruined_Poro I mean, Rhaast took over Kayn’s body but he still looks like an inhuman monster. I think they could have easily made Xolaani more monstrous looking.

This is supposed to be a Darkin Saga so there'll probably be 1 or 2 more expansions with Darkin where Varus and Aatrox are released. Heck, we might even get 3 more Darkin expansions, the last one being the Dagger we haven't seen just yet, it wouldn't be the first time either seeing as how they released the Udyr rework in LoR before LoL. To be honest I'm a little more excited for Varus right now, Aatrox is really cool of course but Varus is still a pretty outdated champ with model, somewhat gameplay and of course voice lines that still reference his old lore before it was remade so he was a Darkin. He feels too neglected and I want to see some Varus interactions with other champions particularly the other Darkin.

@@jsc1jake512 Varus needs a reworked visual (really monstrous and more like a human hydra) like Jax, Caitlyn, Zilean, and Master Yi in LoR

Icathia is the first place the void ripped itself into and destroyed while the Icathians were in combat against the ascended shuriman army (let by Setaka, Nasus and Aatrox were there). very interesting theory, I feel like Darkin/ascended and the void are like the 2 biggest potential threats, so something that comes from both of them would be pretty sick to see. Look how different Aatrox is compared to Nasus, all because of the void (and blood magic ofc) i would love to see what an ascended would look like if the void took it all the way

@@Plem_xo Nasus and their generation are like the 3rd or 4th wave, meanwhile Aatrox and Sekata are the first wave, First Ascendeds in Runeterra, so i think there is a different with each Ascended gen. And in Leona lore did mention about an Ascended with gold armor and wings big like a sky, i doubt that is Aatrox.

@Fact Driven but with what Aatrox said about his Ascended form and what in Leona lore is likely the same, specially about the wings like the sky with stars

@@baobaotr4683 in that case, why do you doubt it’s him?

@@Plem_xo because...bad english ? 😂

Agreed

Except Xolaani. Me and the boys hate her

I would like a rework of seraphine instead of downright deleting her...

Double A thing is the coolest shit i ever saw.

and Varus needs to be changed to Vaarus