I like to think that Yasue accepted his dead here because his wind wall was on cooldown and his opponent had outsmart him, with no teammates to blame he repented for his sins by accepting his dead with honor.

How did a 4 minute video turn in to a 2 part 20+ minutes mini series? Answer: Necrit

The curiosity head tilt theory from Lamb can fit pretty well when you look at all her voice lines. Lamb is always inquisitive, curious, she wonders how and why things work and feel, while she's also so emotionless and serene. Seeing Trynd not only refuse but lash back out at "a peaceful death" could make her curious since "Why would one be angry at going in peace?"

Little fun fact, Trynda hit the wolf exactly four times (counting the hit that the wolf didn't parry), which is exactly the number of warriors he killed during the fight with Kindred. Also really cool detail. Cinematic timestamps: 3:11, 3:22, 3:25. 3:33

This makes Aatrox's sealing part so much sadder. In his final moments of freedom, he can see death there, waiting, and despite his willingness to go, lamb never shoots at him. No wonder he's so angry all the time.

The lyrics telling a story on top of the scenes are amazing. "Its in my blood its in my veins" - Morgana finally embracing who she really is and being unleashed. kayle taking up the second sword and ascending. "All my reasons cut like knives, keep replaying in my mind, all the times ive had to fight" Yasuo's regrets of all the mistakes he's made along the way and giving up on his purpose, which leads him to his end in this possible future scene. And of course "Im still here" is basically Tryndamere in a nutshell. Have not heard many people speak about the lyrics of this amazing song

The utilization of Kindred in this is so fucking cool. there so much meaning behind literally everything. Even at the beginning with Aatrox, how LAMB watches despite Aatrox being a fighter, because Aatrox WANTS to die, and Lamb simply watches and waits to give him that death. They utilize what kindred is so flawlessly in this cinematic, and being a Kindred main, I couldnt be happier with it-!

I agree that Lamb's head tilt was most likely a sign of curiosity, however for a different reason. I don't think lamb was curious how it was possible that Tryndamere was still alive and able to fight them, literal death, off. After all, Kindred at the very least have met Tryndamere before. Furthermore, they KNOW practically everyone on Runeterra ("We know your name." "We have always known it."), so I'm sure they are fully aware of HOW Tryndamere is able to survive. I believe that Lamb's curiosity stems more from the "Why?" question. Remember, Lamb is able to understand emotions, but not feel them. So I think she is simply wondering what kind of emotion, what feeling could possibly drive a mortal to even defy death. What is it, that Tryndamere values so much about living that he simply refuses to die? And I don't think Lamb even means this in a mocking or demeaning way, but that she is genuinely curious about it, wanting to understand it.

Just a bit on the "Kindred isn't santa claus" etc. Iirc, it was stated that the Kindred are, in fact, omnipresent. Whenever there is life, there is also death, so they are there. Just not in the physical sense. They are even through the timelines, always there even when Ekko resets/rewinds things

Kindred has to be in the top 5 of Riot's best design concepts, in terms of lore especially. The implications of it in Runeterra and future shows is limitless, and its the main reason I play them. I may be biased bcs big Kindred main 900k or whatever, but when I watched Arcane and saw that they didn't hint at Kindred during important deaths or lots of deaths I was very disappointed, still a great show, just a missed opportunity to make a tiny bit of the community completely ecstatic. I'm over the moon that they're getting some love this season tho

If you look close at Morgana and Kayle in the past section of the cinematic, right before they take out Aatrox, Morgana falls to her knees while Kayle rises up. It's some really heavy symbolism for both their futures.

For the lamb head tilt, seeing as it only happened after Tryndamere broke Lamb's bow, my interpretation of it is she was confused as to why Tryndamere was trying to fight her. His fight was with Wolf and not her so was probably a bit surprised when she got dragged into the fight.

I love the idea that since Lamb and Wolf are more metaphysical beings than actually there, Wolf was in part acting through/posessing/imitating the actions of the soldiers attacking Tryn. Like if Ashe didn't show up and take down the last two, the next shot from Lamb or attack by Wolf would of had him spinning to "fight" the two coming from behind.

I thought ashes facial expressions were the most muted in the cinematic, but it’s all in her eyes. She’s focused as she drops the two and enters the scene then the eyes shift to concern as she makes eye contact with Tryndamere before shifting back to securing the area. I felt like it was a perfect representation since when you slow down at the end where Ashe shoots her bird into the sky you can see more enemies closing in on Ashe and Tryndamere

I love it when Lamb is shooting at Trynda to check wether he wants to accept his fate or not and Trynda parries the arrow with his bare hand and then shouts at Lamb like "Leave me alone, you b*tch, i'm fighting the wolf!" 😂 The whole fight with Kindred was so good, i can't stop watching it.

I think the Lamb's head tilt is more like "Can he see me??" It happens after Trynd attacked her, and usually people can't fight back against death, and most likely they can't even see Kindred. Trynd having his undying power is the exception. Not only he can not die, but he can actually see Kindred and attack her (while in reality he is fighting the warriors around him). I think that while in his rage and has red eyes, he can see the death realm

*Lore Guy doing his duty* 🫡

I love that this cinematic has so much popularity and depth! And Kindred being the centerpiece of it is still the cherry on top!

How i imagined Kindred to be is that kindred is an omnipresent being whom only appears when someone is dying to claim their soul. Which means tryndamere was suppose to die when kindred appeared, but his immortality denies kindred from claiming him. (and thats how he fought off his enemies irl) So that little head tilt was probably confusion of "why cant i claim this man's soul"

After watching like 20+ times, I finally stopped to turn on the CC for the lyrics. In each scene there is so synergy with the lyrics and the action in the video. There was so much purpose in the writing of the song.

I think, when Kindred appeared when they took down Aatrox, she wasn't watching him. But was there instead to claim the soul of his host that Kayle had killed.

5:10 This was intentional and planned, to the point I wouldn't be surprised if it was part of the initial storyboards. It's a beautiful motion edit. The flying arrow from one scene becomes the exploding hawkshot. This whole cinematic is filled with beautiful editing that shows a real grasp of the fundamentals.

That's why I love Kindred. The personifications of death, embodying the duality & inevitability of mortality. The complexity between choosing a peaceful ending, or a brutal one. If you told me they were going to be centerpiece behind league's new cinematic, I would've never believed it tbh. This is absolutely peak, makes up for last year 5x over, & sets a new standard going forward.

Watching the cinematic, I noticed something interesting, though the importance of it is debatable. So far, no one (at least to my knowledge) has mentioned the mark that appears on Tryndamere's sword when the snowflake touches his blade. You've already pointed out that he's an iceborn and his blade is made of eternal ice. However, the symbolism here might be even more intriguing, especially now that we know it's Ashes Hawkshot, who was shot into the air moments before. The snowflake forms a symbol very similar to the Avarosa symbol. This could already be a subtle hint that Ashe is on his way, or that Tryndamere is regaining strength because Ashe is sending him a sign.

I've watched it at least 4 times. It's actually so good man.. I genuinely can't believe they released such a banger with lore context thats not just "fight porn"

Knowing that lamb shows up for those ready to die, im curious what you think of lamb showing up as a silhouette in Kayles fire, instead of something like Wolf's jaws.

Never thought i will see a Kindred centered cinematic.Hats off to Riot for this.🤝

The implications of him fighting Kindred are kind of cool. When death comes to someone Lamb fires an arrow to see if they are willing before letting wolf take over if they aren't, the two don't fight in tandem as we know in the lore. Meaning if someone rejects the arrow they are subject to the wolf's fury, they aren't given a way to end it peacefully. Each time lamb fired the arrow we can assume it was because one of the soldiers was supposed to deal a fatal blow to Tryndamere, giving him the option of a peaceful death over a violent one, each time Tryndamere rejected it. Tryndamere should've died three times. This theory probably has holes, but I can say that Kindred usually doesn't fight in tandem, but the case might've been unique because it's Tryndamere.

I'm never getting over this cinematic. An absolute masterpiece.

i can’t believe how much layers of stories and fine details riot put into it! thank u necrit for showing them ❤

I notice that pattern on the kindred fight and leave a comment on the first day of the cinematic. Many people agreed with me but others didn't, as the times passes more people are seeing their fight as something more than just "fighting", and i love this because the kindred's are actually having more attention from the players. I read their lore in 2015 when they launched and was amazed by how good their concept was. I never forget them and when i saw the cinematic about 5 times, i notice that pattern (all the other details i missed because i only focused on the last fight lol)

Kindred is such a unique way to portray death, and it’s shown so perfectly in this cinematic. Riot really needs to just have a branch studio or something full time making media for this universe, it’s so interesting and entertaining!

Still here have a ton of references to my favorite parts of lore, and have breathtaking battle choreography - I rewatched it 15 times in one evening. And yeah, Aatrox’s Kayle and Morgana’s scene is one of the most complex air combats that I’ve ever seen in non-anime media.

In my interpretation Kindred's head tilt is pretty obvious. It is because Trynda isfighting with them not only in a metaphorical sense but quite literally. As another commenter pointed out, he slashes the Wolf 4 times, and later we see 4 dead bodies left behind - so far this is in line with the fight being only in his mind. But then he attacks the Lamb, shattering her bow, which signifies that he is in fact fighting with Kindred. This makes the Lamb surprised and curious at the same time

I love the fact Kindred is also lining up her 3rd arrow which in game is the kill shot that sets wolf onto your target, just as ashe saves his ass

YESSS! Im so happy that finally, Kindred get to have screentime especially on a Season Cinematic. But not only that, they gave Kindred a loooot of justice and they executed their lore, relationship, fight scenes so magnificently and it also has in-depth meanings as well. This is a very good year and am also excited because Kindred will be released in Wild Rift, love it so much

Amazing video! Was waiting for more explanation and interest in the lore :D

Even Riot missed Kindred Q, when she's jumping away from Trynd E?! Oooor basically even they didn't realize what they just did by pure coincidence😂

I think that head tilt of the lamb is because of a different reason. When kindred appears before somenone, that persons time is up(I'm not deeply connected to the lore so if there is any one else escaped the kindred itself repeatedly except the darkins and the cats please let me know). Meaning either the lamb will claim their life or the wolf. Their life will be claimed no matter what. But here we see a person who fights both wolfs claws and lambs arrows. Of course anybody who refuses the lamb would be in the same situation but Tryndamere also fights back. Yes as the necrit stated in his eyes he is fightin with the wolf but actually he is fighting with his enemies. After Tryndamere spins towards the lamb, the lamb dodges. Her bow is broken but after the dodge it reappears. And the wolf also disappears during the spin and after it reappears but the lamb dodges. So I think Tryndamere starts to understand what is Kindred(Since I believe this is not their first duel, they may have another stand off during Aatrox's invasion or maybe many more times.). And the lamb starts to realise he is special. Not like special but special special. Unlike darkins Tryndamere is mortal, so he can die. That's why they are fighting in the first place and thats why kindred didn't do anything in Aatrox vs Kayle + Morgana scene. She knows she can not claim the darkins so it's just there watching not interfeering. But in Tryndamere's case, Kindred knows he is mortal and can claim his life, but she also can't because of the blood magic(undying rage). So I believe Tryndamere's life can not be claimed in combat (not in a regular one at least). But as she is Kindred she always appears before him everytime to uphold her duty to claim his life but always she can not. And we know lamb is rather merciful, since she claims lifes without pain. So in the end that head tilt is rather both sign of sympathy and nervousness from kindred. Sympathy because the things Tryndamere endures everytime he refuses both lamb and the wolf. And nervousness because yet again she couldn't claim his life. Kindred always claims mortals life but not this one.

I love these lore vids! Keep it up! Necrit!

Lore Community: Finds small easter eggs that were missed Necrit: That's content!

I can't stop remembering this cinematic and remembering the details damn riot really got us hooked. This is just starting and it's already this epic, I'm so excited on what's more to come on legue's lore and arcane 😭

This cinematic is a masterpiece , i've watched it 14 times and can't get enough ( plus the 3 times from necrit's vids if you count them lol ) and still gets some chills. I can't thank riot enough, I'm so happy X) .

I love that the fight between Kayle, Morgana and Aatrox fit perfectly with your champion strength tier list you really killed it on the rankings!

I can’t wait for riots League MMO the stories and lore they’re gonna be able to tell is going to be insane

What I also find interesting is the fact that Kindred "dodged" Tryndameres attack, the one that almost hits the neck. I don't know if "lore wise" Kindred can be slain or beaten (still kind of new to the lore), but the fact that they dodge his attack is fascinating. If they cannot be beaten or slain, or even injured then they would not even bother to dodge, after all what would be the point. If they can be slain, it brings about a whole new aspect, since Tryndamere in theory fights death all the time with his ultimate, he might be one of the few beings ever to come close to defeating/slaying death. Neat stuff. An easy explanation of course is its a riot cinematic and they wanted a fight, not a "im gonna stand here and let you slash at me until your arms give out and we can finally claim you"

Darn! So many details in those 2-3 minute cinematic! Thanks for the video!

I think the cinematic's Morgana and Kayle part is from Canticle Of The Winged Sisters story - VII (The Battle of Zeffira) and VIII (What Cannot be Undone) because as of my understanding there is a time jump after VIII, so they don't split instantly after that. And they line up quite well (Before that it only talks about them existing, so this can be an old story, just as the cinematic and after that talks about them sort of working together then splitting up)

8:25 It's so true. I also noticed when the lamb had already lowered her bow, the wolf still keep charging to attack Tryndamere. Awesome lore detail in this cinematic by Riot

I am just happy seeing Kindred into action. They are so cool and helps me to find myself more.

This is the first necrit video I knew all of it beforehand and am just watching it coz i just love the lore.

Huh, i see, how very interesting, i really do like it when they do the extra mile for Videos like this, really says a lot about their commitment and how far they are willing to go. Also, i really do wonder what Kindred think of Mordekaiser?

I think people were just hyped by the cinematic due to 2023's, so a lot more people probably watched it to see if Riot learned their lesson.

I'm not sure how I feel about the interpretation that old man Yasuo is for certain accepting death in his scene. Mostly because it feels like strange storytelling for the old ronin who thought he had walked away from the sword to take up a blade again to protect a village from bandits only to give up almost immediately with dozens of bandits still within bowshot of the village. I like to think the reason we see aspects of both the Wolf and Lamb looming over him is because he has yet to make his decision, after all, earlier in the scene he also closes his eyes before parrying an arrow at the last moment. And the labelling of the arrow that hits the screen as Hawkshot implies to me that that particular arrow, while symbolic in Yasuo's scene, is actually part of the scene it transitions us into.

I think the best thing to come out of this video is “reacting to necrits lore video” EVERYWHERE! Keep up the amazing videos!

Yeah man I was watching 2 reactions to that trailer today again. Bow yours is the third. I love this trailer so much and the scene with tryndamere (one of my favorite champs) is just... Ooh my god it's all so good!

I still maintain that Tryndamere merely managed to stay alive for long enough for Ashe to save his hide rather than him actually "fighting off" or "defeating" Kindred. Nobody in the lore is strictly speaking "immortal", even if someone like Mordekaiser or Kindred themselves comes very close. Tryndamere is a mortal. Even if he kept fighting and raging forever, he would die from exhaustion and lack of nutrition sooner or later. Aatrox as well is only 'immortal' for as long as his magical prison isn't destroyed.

Whats even more incredible about all of this is that the lyrics of the song perfecting alines and subtly mentions everyting that you are saying in a way, both in morg/kayle part, trynda part and even yasuo part, this is trully a masterpiece

funny how what i said last vid appeared in the 8th minute here. I know it has nothing to do with me but I'm happy you remembered about it! And you even delivered with the "wolf/noxus' vision of death". Love your vids dude, always having every detailed we've forgotten.

You know what would be crazy? Since they aren’t like physical beings, I can imagine Lamb not actually caring if she got sliced because she’d just reform, so what if she dodged instinctively BECAUSE trynd was about to cut their mask, so her body moved on its own as to not be split into 3, but she doesn’t actually realize that, so the head tilt is her being confused as to how she was forced to act

I like that as it switches from Yasuo to Tryndamere, with the view of the sky, you can see a circle detonating into snowflakes, which is the effect when Ashe's E reaches its target. It subtly indicates that Ashe knows where Tryndamere is and doesn't just stumble on the fight happening.

There's a small scene where Lamb tilts her head, like she was thinking "why does this guy keeps holding on to life?". That was an amazing moment. EDIT: On second watch, Necrit did mention the tilt, and it made even more sense. This cinematic is one of the best pieces of media Riot has ever released.

My favorite detail is the difference in Tryndameres fighting style with and without his rage. Untill he actually pops off the ult (and his eyes go red), his fighting style looks focused and well composed. Even the arrow shattering shot looks, precise, calculated. When Undying Rage starts, he becomes volatile, wild... literally raging and blindly fending off the death. It is very clear by how he knocks the 2nd arrow, carelessly, almost random.

Great video... awesome work! 👍

12:00 Also, actually the moment when Tryndamere swings on Kindred and destroys her bow and amlmost scratches her. She may look surprised not because she was surprised that Tryndamere doesn't die, as we discussed. As she represents the peaceful death, she may be surprised that Tryndamere doesn't want to accept the peaceful death and wants to face a difficult one. Because it would not make sense for Tryndamere to attack Kindred in that moment as he was fighting the wolf and Kindred was standing and doing nothing. Tryndamere intentionally swings through the wolf and trying to reach Kindred, wolf was not even his target in that moment, so this way he is kind of rejecting a peaceful death. 2) One more of the possible explanations also why Kindred is surprised in that moment is that. Logically, Kindred attacks only when person is ready to accept peaceful death. Wolf attacks when person resists to peaceful death. In this case, they are attacking both at the same time. This can represent that Tryndamere as a human would like to accept peaceful death, but because of the Undying Rage, he cannot do it and needs to fight. That is why she surprised, cause one moment his eyes are blue and he kind of looks like a human who would accept peaceful death, couple seconds later he is a red eye monster which swings like crazy trying to attack her.

Another interesting take is that towards the end of Tryndamere's fight with Kindred, prior to Ashe's volley, you can see that he was eventually going to submit to Lamb as his reaper. It just so happened that Death (Lamb) was a split second away from winning. You can see this when Ashe's volleys were shot (which couldve been Lamb's), and Tryndamere did not flinch to defend himself (an act of accepting his death). Crazy stuff Rito.

i swear i keep watching it and feel like the lambs head started to tilt a few degrees as the camera cuts to her before the scene where she dodges the spin attack

Ive watched this like 100 times for different reasons - like a LoL player, gamer overall, 3d artist, and cinematography lover. This is masterpiece in many aspects. Not only lore, but also the cinematic aproach of it. Lightning, music, quality of the 3D, characters, camera compositions, sound effects. Everything is very well put together. Just amazing. Many ppl dont pay attention to this, because they are not into it, or dislike it just because they dont see their main in there :). Thats fine, we should respect all opinions, but in reality there is a lot of work and effort behind this kind of cinematics, that we should appreciate more. Cheers

I may be overlooking it but the formation of the trees and how it concave to the eyes it looks like the veins of the eyes and the pupil slowly fading in death as the bright light embraces the body of going cold. As how yasuo takes a final look to his incoming end

Idk I think explanation of Trynda's situation is very obvious. He did died and Kindred came to collect his soul, as they're omnipresent and they appear automatically for those who are dying. If he would've just fought why would they come? They're already too busy for coming and watching how a random dude fights. At 3 minutes of the video we can see that he's lying, completely alone, he doesn't move or breathe. When he's getting up we already can see Lamb and the shadows envelope the space around. Assuming that this is how their ritual begins, they're awakening their prey outside of time and space and making them chose. He chose Wolf and fought him. While doing that he activated Undying Rage and his body started to heal, which made Kindred leave because there was no point for them to be here and he returned in real time and space where we can see other soldier lying and running at him. It would perfectly explain how his immortality works. He actually dies but every time fights Kindred outside of time, activates his immortality and regeneration and returns. His LoR ability makes it even more realistic, as he level ups after dying.

My headcanon for Lamb's headtilt is a mixture of both Curiosity, Indifference and Confusion. She's analyzing Trynd because everytime they meet he refuses to take her easy option, even whilst Wolf is attacking him and she's offering peace, he still attacks her. It's kinda like her going: "Why are you like this?"

Also look at the transition of fire after kayle uses her passive and before the yasuo scene comes, the kindred also appears in the dissolving fire particles watch that carefully.

Ahhh so many details. So many I've missed~

You could see the wolf eyes in the dark forest in the yauso fight scene under the bird arrow. So amazing

am having a blast watching these

I love that Tryndamere parries one of lambs arrows with his hand, showing how they arent really threatening you can almost wish them away lol.

I also think that kindred was puzzled as trynd actually lashing out at her is not a normal thing. It implies that somehow tynd can actually perceive her as a real entity and that's strange. Same with wolf actually having to jump in the way of tynd, people would normally fight wolf not attack lamb.

Sweet vid. See you in 3 days for the Extra Super Lore References :)

If you look at the new quests, there's even more to this

Am I the only one noticing that each time Trynda attacks, it counts up to 4 hits/kills on the guys in the background and Ashe come in and kill 2, which is a result of the 6 enemies on the ground at the end. Trynda hit 6-7 times overall, but some of them were parries, 4 of them were attacks. kinda fun detail that the wolf and kindred he attacked, was a killing blow to the raiders.

Been listening to it everyday

i love seeing wolfs eyes glare at yasuo from behind the arrow rain, makes for a great visual

Can confirm I've been watching Still Here at least 10 times a day since it released. Even on the first watch I was going on about how cool it was Lamb was curious about Trynd. Never noticed hawkeye going off over his head.

I remember when I watched this the first time, the Kindred head tilt what the most memorable moment for me. So much was said in that 1 second. Increadible

Best cinematic. I am glad to find another soul who loves league lore as much as I do. So glad you're telling people about the job of lamb/wolf and how they differ, because it was a huge part of the cinematic. I cried for a good minute after watching it for the first time, because it feels so good to see such a beautiful world come to life in a way that respects the source material. Thx Necrit ofc

You can see the silhouette of the wolf above Yasuo right before the scene transition.

It's possible the hawkshot at the end wasn't a signal either, it was to reveal there's more soldiers about to attack (they both look around as if it isn't safe then Trynd picks up his blade and looks ready to fight again as soldiers approach them from all around in similar armour)

That video ending joke bit was actually such a good burn

Excellent video 👍 Thank you 💜

my first though on the kindred head tilt was confusion on why somebody would attack lamb instead of wolf

I'm waiting for the third vídeo of this cinematic

Almost 45 min of content, we are slowly getting towards the full hour.

13:36, in the middle of the flames, isn t that Kindred's silhouette?

It's actually funny since I've been a fan of kindred since I started playing I've seen a lot and read a lot of things about their lore, and if you watch it with that knowledge all of the cinematic becomes really clear and awesome.

Don't know if this has been seen yet or not, but in the flame transition from Aatrox to Yasuo you see a glimpse of the outline of a figure weilding a bow. It seems pretty deliberate.

love foroshes wolf in the kindred scene how bad ass it looks to die by his bite, but in game all he is a floating head that absolutely does no damage and is no threat

Seeing assumptions crushed and false hopes dashed… so sweet… lol

yea i think ur kindred hed tilt is spot on i would love to see her interact with the likes of ekko taric zilean rengar olaf especially

I think when the lamb tilts her head, it is not only curiosity because she doesn't see that too often, but rather confusion because Kindred can't understand why a mortal would refuse to die since to them a life time is merely a second and they don't see the point in fighting of death when it will come anyways and to them just a moment after

i had understood the lamb head tilt as curiosity/realization that it was not actually his time to die