Hannah : you ask . i give me : * fist in the air * BY THE ELDER GODS !!! Hannah : sometimes me : * facepalm * ᵇʸ ᵗʰᵉ ᵉˡᵈᵉʳ ᵍᵒᵈˢ

In Order of Scene: Ornn is the Ram-like Character forging a Sword. He's the God of the Forge, one of Several Primal Gods in League of Legends (others are Aniva, think frozen pheonix ) and Volibear (thunder Bear). He's forging a Weapon. We don't know what or why, but we're glad to finally see him in a cinematic. In the Freljord (Frozen North), The Boar is named Bristles and is ridden by Sejuani, The warlike leader of a clan called the WinterClaw. Her people are starving and it is rumored that the Cauldron of Ornn can create food. So they are searching for it. The male Viking with the cool helmet and the amazing axe throw is Olaf. he's a Berserker. They are fighting against the Ursine(bear people). Ursine are Follower's of Volibear and Volibear had them take control of the Cauldron of Ornn because Volibear thinks Ornn is to soft on the mortal races. The Ursine are trying to keep Sejuani and her people from finding it. The Ursine channel the lightning of Volibear and do a good number on Sejuani's People. It's worth noting that Sejuani is a 'Frost Born' and one of few people able to hold 'True Ice' weapons, which are weapons' of permanent ice/frost that cause extreme freezing pain to non Frost Born who touch them. She uses a True Ice flail. Her Bola that turns the Ursine into ice is also True Ice and is her In Game Ultimate Ability. In the desert, the woman picking up the cloth is Taliyah(sp?). she's effectively an earth bender and is part of a tribe of displaced people in the Shuriman Desert, a land that was once ruled by ascendant god-kings (think Pharoahs) that went on a war rampage, tapped the void for death magic (evil purple stuff - might be where Arcane Shimmer comes from btw), and ended up corrupting the god kings and turning almost the entire continent into a vast desert. It used to be verdant farmland and jungle. The alien armored woman with Taliyah is Kai'sa., she became lost as a child and fell into a Void Cave and had to survive in the Void, the armor she wears is actually a living void organism that has formed a symbiotic bond with her and helped her survive the void (it can't be removed though). She's actually only just recently found a way out of the void and re-entered the world. She recently met Taliyah while attempting to clear out some caves of void creatures and decided to try and help her people safely navigate the desert to their homeland (they both know it's inhabited by some void desert creatures similar to the Tremors Worm movie). Taliyah and Kai'sa exchange a knowing look once tey see the big mama void spawn (Named RekSai) is comming. Taliyah knows they can't defeat it and the only thing to do is for Kai'sa to goad Reksai into chasing her back into the void, but that means Kai'sa will be trapped again. That explains the tender, worried look that they exchange to each other. Kai'sa sacrifices herself, attacking Reksai all out while falling back into the hole that leads to the void. Taliyah tries to fill in the hole behind her to stop other creatures from getting out. Kai'sa shows her determination as she falls, she has survived the void before, and knows she can do it again. She ensured Taliyah and her people would survive too. The Spartan Climbing the cliffs to a Magic Gate is Pantheon. He once was the Aspect of War (aspects are gods, typically of a thing or emotion (sun, moon, War, Trickery etc...). I don't know all his lore, but he lost his god-hood for some reason and vowed to slay all of the other aspects in retribution. One of the places the aspects interact with the world is through a gate to the aspects Realm on Mt. Targon (think greek Mt. Olympia), which is guarded by sun worshippers called the Solari. Pantheon at the Gate of the Aspects fights the Solari defending it and then faces of with Leona, the Heavily armored Female warrior, who is the Aspect of the Sun and Leader of the Solari. Then Pantheon gets hit by one of two things, which hasn;t been confirmed yet: A bolt from the Universal Dragon, Called Aurellian Sol, a literal star forging dragon the size of a nebula the creates and destroys stars and worlds. The Aspects long ago humiliated Aurelian Sol and tricked him into wearing a cursed crown that siphons his power away and keeps him weak. Thematically it looks like his ingame bolts. Or a bolt from the Aspect of Twilight, Zoe. She's mischievous and a trickster. In game she throws some very highly damaging and long ranged bolts. Interestingly, most of the other aspects Ignore her and she has befriended Aurellion Sol. Hope you enjoy the lore dump!

For context: this is a very lore-heavy cinematic actually tying into a lot of stories and likely building up into a large fight with the Void (where many of the monster characters are from). The Ram head guy is the God of the Forge basically, his name is Ornn, and he’s the brother of the God of the Storm, Volibear. The polar bears that are fighting Sejuani (the woman on a boar) are called the Ursine, and they’re followers of Volibear. Sejuani is attempting to recover one of Ornn’s artifacts which will feed her people, and the Ursine are trying to prevent that. The stuff with Pantheon is a battle between a bunch of gods basically, where Pantheon is a man who used to be a god and still has a fraction of his power. The desert scene is also foreshadowing a big void event as the giant monster in the sands they fight is a void monster named Reksai. The woman with the weird suit is Kai’sa, who was actually trapped in the void for a while and that’s where she gets her suit/powers from. Hope that cleared things up just a bit or at least provided some helpful context :)

Context here! In this trailer we see many champions who are on their current story lines so even though it all looks like just meaningless fighting, it's all happening in the current lore!: -Sejuani and Olaf (The lady riding the pig and the viking guy) are on a quest to fight the Volibear, basically a god, and the polar bear people are cultists who worship him -Taliyah and Kai'sa (The earth bender and the girl in the weird skin suit) are somewhere in the desert exploring a lost city when they are attacked by creatures of the void -Pantheon (the spartan looking guy) is on a quest to fight the aspects (basically gods of this world) when he's stopped by Leona (the girl in the sun armor who happens to be an aspect) -Ornn (the large ram blacksmith) doesn't do much, but he's hinting at something very big to come.. :) Hopefully this helps explain everything going on! (Also there is technically no good or evil, just who you love and wish to root for haha)

When you see Arcane for the first time and you don't know League of Legends lore, you are like "Damn ! that is soooooo cool !". But when you dig a little more into Lol lore, then you understand how insignificant is the story of Jinx and Vi, even though it's a good story, it's still so much nothing compared to the stories about : the Demons, Shurima creating accidentaly the Darkins, the Watchers, the Blessed/Shadow Isles, Mount Targon, Ryze quest, and so much more !

u can watch Necrit explain the cinematic , this is the lore cinematic relate to this year storylines of the universe

The "bear" is part of a group of shamans who worship the Volibear. Sometimes the Volibear gives part of his power to his worshippers, but it's so great that from humans they turn into those Ursines, as they're called in the lore.

Hannah: There’s not a lot of story stuff Me: **Laughs in fanboy**

There's a lot of different things to explain about the lore of this video lol, lemme try. The first guy appearing is Ornn, the demigod of Forge, appearing to be forging a sword after years and years of doing nothing. The girl on the big "boar" is Sejuani, and in the video we see her and her soldiers (including Olaf, the guy that shattered the massive ice block with his back lol) fighting the ursines, people that follows the way of The Voliber (appearing in the video only for a moment in the clouds, the other polar bears are followers of his cult), the demigod of war, brother of Ornn. Then we see Taliyah, inhabitant of Shurima (the desert region) and Kai'sa, that came from The Void. They brought the Xer'Sai (those smaller monsters) at the Faceless God (Xolaani is the name) statue, where apparently the void creatures lurk underground. Later we see a REALLY bigger creature: she is Rek'Sai, the queen of the Xer'Sai, that jumps out the tunnel, bringing down Kai'Sa with her, while Taliyah uses her power to bury the monsters underground, away from the lost city. Last but not least, the guy climbing the mountain. Long story short, Pantheon, known as Atreus, is a warrior that now is fighting the divine aspects, like Leona, the girl with the "flaming sword". Pantheon wanted to enter the Solari portal to go instantly to Mount Targon's top, while Leona, and the soldiers before her, tried to stop him. The fight is then stopped by a star falling down on Atreus (PROBABLY, but we don't know, that star is sent by the god Aurelion Sol). He then recalls on his powers to "launch himself" into the unknown sky, to probably go fight the aspects. This video in general is probably related to an incoming event of League, a void related event. I'm pretty sure i missed something, but if you wanna know more searh for the last video uploaded by Necrit, he is basically the lore god of league lmao. Also i'm sorry for the bad english, i hope you understood. I really like your reactions btw, have a nice day!

To answer your question is it always this popular? Yes, I dont need to tell you that League is incredibly popular for its cinematics because... well just look. But also League is definitely riding a wave of Arcane fans who are just getting into the lore and the cinematics etc, that series did extremely well with non-league fans thankfully.

the "eyes/looks only" communication though between Kai'sa and Taliyah. it was like i was part of the conversation.

5:22 That is Ornn, The Fire Below the Mountain, The Mountainsmith, The Shaping Hand; he is essentially the one who created Freljord and he is the brother of Volibear, Anivia and a couple other Spirit Gods that hasn't been revealed yet. Ornn has crafted and built many of the structures and items scattered across Runeterra, mostly Freljord but you get the idea, notable creations are Braum's shield, The Howling Abyss and the bridge on it, a fork that he made which he didn't like and ended up being a legendary trident wielded by Mer-People called "Marai". What's interesting about Ornn's presence in the video is that Ornn has been dormant for over 8000 years, his dormancy led to Freljord ending up as a frigid land. Ornn hasn't made a weapon since the founding of Freljord, so him making a sword of all things either means he's making a weapon for himself or for other people. Also, the dude is the size of a mountain.

Girl, me too. Literally wanted to cry cause it was THAT MUSIC, and the whole narrative was shaped to help amplify the lyrics almost:

Riot is doing such a good job with these cinematics, always really epic

This video dropped me a MANSCAPED add and It's so accurate

That part where you wanted to cry, it is actually something of an appropriate response. The guy with the spear (Atraeus/Pantheon), the Flame Sword Lady (Leona, Aspect of the Sun), and the mooks Atraeus/Pantheon bodies are all Solarii/Rakkor. It is likely that Atraeus/Pantheon trained, or trained with, all of the mooks and he grew up as friends with Leona. Atraeus/Pantheon is fighting his own people, their religion, and whole way of life. Atraeus was an Aspect (imbued with the power of a Celestial being). Atraeus was imbued with the might of Pantheon, the Aspect of War. Unfortunately, Pantheon felt Atraeus was weak, so rather than just giving him the power of an Aspect he took over Atraeus' body as well. After years and years of being Pantheon's prisoner within his own body Atraeus regained himself when Pantheon was slain. Since regaining his mind and body Pantheon has sworn to free Runeterra (League's world) of the Aspects and all others whose power is so great they can only destroy. Which is why he's trying to the top of Mount Targon. To fight the Celestials face-to-face. If you are interested in League of Legends lore I highly recommend you check out Necrit's KZfaq channel. I'm busy with my MBA right now and I'm up-to-date on my lore thanks to him.

"Who are yoooou?" "Ornn. The ally of mortals who build."

LOL is such a tricky game to get into. It's online and the other people were mean. I like offline games, personally. That way, the only mean jerk I need to put up with is me.

Just a friendly reminder that EVERYTHING in this cinematic is happening in the same world as the events in Arcane

The earthbender girl (Taliyah) and her story are largely about seperation. Her most meaningful quote is "distance means so little when family means so much." Meanwhile, her half alien friend Kai'sa's story is about lonliness, survival and fighting by yourself. Recently in the story they met up and decided they'd do whatever they could to make a safe haven in that desert city, so Kai'sa deciding to charge back into the portal to lure the monster away, and Taliyah seperating herself from her found family sister are both important sacrifices to them. After finally finding someone to lean on, they find themselves alone again. It's pretty certain they'll meet back up again eventually but this is a pretty tragic story beat for both girls

I am so happy you reacted to this video, being one of the ones who requested it. Thank you. There is alot of lore behind this cinematic that make it really hit for those who follow the lore. A huge one is the fact that Ornn is making a weapon. He swore to never make weapons after he refused to make a weapon for his brother Volibear, the god that is shown in the clouds when the Ursine(polar bear person) called on his lightning. Voli had his followers kill every follower of Ornn, when Ornn refused. He has only made tools and other utility items since then. The fact that he is forging a weapon means something big is about to happen.

It's nice to see someone get blown away who isn't used to league lore. Like those of us who play the game of course love seeing our champs appear in cinematics, but oh MAN these are so well created that everyone can appreciate it.

You want to cry in that scene because it's Pantheon's(Atreus') scene. Atreus is the manliest man in league of legends. A god steals his body to fight that god's enemy after the god that possesses him dies he is free and proceeds to kill the enemy that killed the god that possesses him. After reading his lore I can't call myself a man, now I'm just a dude.

A bit of context: 'The Call' cinematic is believed to be about the Void Invasion, Void is the eternal end of the whole Runeterra, and it is hinted on several events in League, such as Arcane :) The ram-looking guy in the intro, the one who was forging a sword, his name is Ornn, the Freljordian primal God of Forge and Fire, in this cinematic, he didn't do much besides that he is forging a sword, and apparently, there are speculations that Ornn might have a big role in the upcoming Void Invasion. The polar bear guys are called "Ursine", Ursines are just followers of The Volibear, the Freljordian primal God of Thunder, that looks like a polar bear (duh). They're once humans but their will to follow Volibear turned them into more primal and the God of Thunder used it to make them more wild and wield his powers. Also, Ornn and Volibear are brothers :D In the future, there might be more cinematics like this to push the narrative of this year's event, just like what they did with the Ruined King's story last year. It is all what I've got, I hope it helped :D

once every month or so I watch a marathon of your videos and I just want to say how much I appreciate the time and effort that you put into everything. I love your reactions because they seem so sincere, you're so thoughtful and you look interested in what you have in front of you, even if you don't know a thing, you really try to understand and watch every little detail. As a reader I had in mind buying your books but now I have no dobut that I will give them a try, because you just deserve the same support you give to other's passions. I get excited when you upload a video because I'm an animator myself and my heart warms when I see that there's people like you that enjoy this kind of content. From the bottom of my heart, thank you :)

If I hadn’t already subbed I would have subbed again for that Fern Gully poster alone.

hes not just a polarbear, he's Sir Volibear and he demands respect

5:49 Thats Sejuani . She lives in a tundra, a place that is stupid cold .Long story short about her ,she is a ruthless leader and in this cinematic she and her people are trying to get to a relic that was made by a demi-god(Ornn , the guy forging a weapon) . Basically this item is something like a pot that if you drink from , you wont exeperience hunger for a year (hunger is common for that place , especially in the winter) .The bears she fought were followers of another demi-god (Volibear , a polar bear) .they protect the relic from anyone trying to get to it .The reason why they all resemble polar bears is because of their strong belief of the power of Volibear ,it turns their appearence into an image of him(they also fight by summoning his power and throw lightings at people).The reason why they are doing this ,is because they think that this relic makes people weak and if they want it they must fight for it.

Yay! You were the first person I wanted to see react to this! I loved this cinematic and I love your reactions! Thanks for putting out so much good content!

oh no league of legends is always popular and we're not just on a wave we are on THE "WAVE".

Hey, First time I get to a video of yours so soon. And yes, that's the right feeling when watching a LOL cinematic "Why do I feel like i wann cry?" haha

The polar bear guy is actually just a random follower of the bear god Volibear. You see him in the sky when the small bear guy roars. Volibear is the most primal of all the gods, he has that nostalgic theme about him, the idea that everything was better in the past, particularily when all the people in the Freljord (viking snow place) were all brutal warriors, because at this point most of them seek some sort of peace and prosperity. Volibear and his followers don't like that because it makes them weak, so he blesses his followers with primal transformations. Some can control the transformations and can turn into a bear or boar or wolf as they please, but those are the young ones. The elders tend to stay transformed for too long so they lose their humanity and become animalistic berserkers permanently. And not just normal animals, they're usually terrifying twisted forms of real animals, like a big grizzly bear with the skull of a deer or ox for a face. Some get relly twisted aswell since when they open their giant bear mouths you can actually see the human teeth screaming from the inside. They're very cool even though they all look like polarbear-men in this cinematic. Volibear looks like a bigger and beefier version of that so thats probably why they made his representatives look like that. The ram guy is another one of these gods, Ornn. Hes more of a kind careless grumpy gandpa god so he doesn't have any spooky followers.

Haha, saw this in the new season's livestream and immediately thought about you xD

If you don't want to read the lore here's a little explaination: This cinematic shows a couple of regions' problems and battles . The regions in question are Freljord, the icy region , Sherima , the desert like region , Targon the big sparkly mountain . The Freljordians are fighting Sindra's soldiers (I'm pretty sure they have a name but I don't remember ) Sondra is an ice witch that once made a deal with the watchers when she was blind . the watchers are the previous inhabitants of Runterra's universe , back when there was nothing . When stuff began existing the watchers were irritated by existence' light and sound so now they try their best to destroy the world , that's why they needed to get Sindra to free them from their realm . When Sindra realised that the watchers are evil she froze them in indestructible Ice. I forgot why the Freljordians are fighting her soldiers but I think it has to do something with the Iceborns . The Iceborns are people with Ice powers , they have Ice weapons and often have some sort of light blue I've on them . Anyways , Sherima . Sherima is also dealing with the watchers though there it is even worse because I'm pretty sure most of Sherima is destroyed by the void ,( The void is where the watchers are ) In the cinematic you can see Talia (I hope I spelled her name right) fighting alongside Kai'sa . Talia is the rockbender girl and Kai'sa is the void looking lady ( void looking being not an official term but it means that something looks like it's from the void , shadowy , a bit animalistic, fractal design and often very purple ) Kai'sa and Talia are fighting voidborns ( monsters that come from the void ) Targon . To be honest I don't know much about Targon . It's the biggest mountain and there reside the Lunary and the Solary . The Solary are the people of the sun and the Lunary are of the moon . They are in conflict because of religion.

The god died, The man lived. Ashe : prepare yourself you face an iceborn Aatrox : prepare yourself you face a darkin Zoe : prepare yourself you face the aspect of twilight Pantheon : Prepare yourself you face a man.

League of Legends stuff, that isn't the main game, has always been popular, arcane, music, animation

Your face throughout the whole video is EVERYTHING!

As far as popularity, League of Legends is in the top 3 for current most popular game in the world. League of Legends has a Player base in the order of 100- 120 Million, with nearly 12 million concurrent players online at any given time. It's last world Tournament Final pulled in 74 million peak viewers. Arcane Only served to Heighten it's popularity. It's also the start of a Brand new ranked season, so It's in hype mode right now.

Desert area: Some of the deserts of Shurima are infested with void born creatures called the Zer'sai. The void is a dimension that existed before and outside of existence. It became aware of itself when things started existing and finds that incredibly painful. It wishes to destroy all existence so that it can return to oblivion. The void excels at corrupting and consuming. Kai'sa was a young shuriman girl who fell into a portal to the void and managed to survive there for probably a decade. Not only did she survive but made it out uncorrected due to bonding with a void symbiote. After finally escaping the void her mission is to destroy and remove the void influence from Runeterra. In trying to achieve this the Met Taliyah. A young stone weaver mage trying to lead her people to safety. She intended to lead her people over a particular bad peice of the desert as a shortcut. Kai'sa heavily warned against this but Taliyah didn't listen and so Kai'sa joined them since they were heading in the same direction. They managed to get across, but were attacked and many people were injured. Taliyah, realizing how bad the Zer'sai problem really is decides to work with Kai'sa and exterminate the nest.

Love the reactions as always. And yeah, regarding the League of Legends content, it is definitely always really popular, I mean I watch some "small" channels, their vids usually get 800 views on average, and as soon as it's League of Legends related the views just spike up to multiple thousands so yeah... That should definitely give you an idea about how massive it all is😊

Basically the entire thing is about humanity vs gods; getting stronger, climbing to the top and never giving up

My goosebumptometer broke while watching this on the live

What's interesting about this cinematic in particular is that it directly follows up stories that were released last year and it was cool to see them continue those stories.

I play League and so I found these videos. I have now also read your first book, and I love it! So happy that I found it, and you!

Oh Hannah you just gave yourself some reading assignments. Riot released some new stories before this video, and it's a continuation of where those stories ended - with the exception of the goat man making a sword. Like I've said elsewhere, that's the most significant part here - that goat man is actually Ornn, God of the Forge in the Freljord (the frozen place) and brother to the Volibear, (the shadowed figure set in the clouds). After his followers were slaughtered, Ornn cloistered into his mountain home and swore never to forge another weapon. Thousands of years later, he's forging a sword.

Blacksmith : Ornn (God, Ram) Girl riding a boar : Sejuani Viking : Olaf Bearman : Volibear (not really, but worshippers to volibear since he is a god, but he looks like them kinda) Girl on the left : Taliyah (moves the rocks you know) Girl on the right : Kai'Sa (everyone's league of legends girlfriend) Monster that comes out of the hole : Rek'Sai (yes it's a she)

That polarbear guy is just a minion the big polar bear in the sky is what matters

I can't with you, I love you so much. It's so fun to watch you react to these and experience all the awesome work put in the cinematic. Thank you for being on KZfaq and keep up the good work

Hannah looking at Ornn at the end: Who are youuu? Me: OOOOORRRRRRNNNNNNNNNNNNNNN!

I like how they flipped the "old ways of video games" and the guy wares basically only a cape while the woman he fights wears full body armor.

There are many polarbear dudes in the freljord scene =) They are Ursine, followers of the demigod Volibear. They were human once, but by following him, they started looking more and more like him

Have to say, you are so incredibly entertaining to watch. You reactions are so perfect and genuine. Keep up the great videos!

You should look necrit if you want context he makes lore videos

The girl in the snow and the dude with her with the horned helmet is Sejunai and Olaf. They're climbing that mountain to reach that lava dude forging weapons. He's Ornn, a god. The bears are the Ursine, followers of Volibear, an ancient lightning god that hates Ornn because he thinks Ornn is too soft on humans. So they're stopping her from reaching Ornn.

All main characters that are in the game: Polar Bear: Volibear Ram/Sheep Lava guy: Ornn Earth Bender Girl: Taliyah Roman Knight Guy with Hot chest hair: Pantheon Woman on Pig Creature: Sejuani That one viking that threw an axe: Olaf The girl with blasters on her shoulders: Kai'sa Sun Knight Woman: Leona Big Monster From the ground: Rek'sai

Sweet! Checking out your books now. :)

Hey! always when i watch you reacting i feel like... i dont know ahahah i wanna cry like you. You just convey (im not sure if "convey" is the correct word im sorry) me a lot of emotions. Great video!!

1. Desert part- Taliyah (stone mage) and Kai'sa(maybe you remember her from "Warriors" CGI). They both looking for the lost town somewhere in Sai Khaleek(name of the desert) to find a refuge to Talyiah's people. The monster is Rek'sai, creature of the Void, and Sai Khaleek is something like hunting grounds for her and her children. The story of Kai'sa and Taliyah is close to Caitlyn and Vi's story, maybe without shipping. 2. North part - woman on the boar is Sejuani. She is the brutal, unforgiving Iceborn warmother of the Winter's Claw , one of the most feared tribes of the Freljord. So she is definitely NOT good person. She and her warriors are looking for Orhn's cauldron that can allow her people to survive the winter. Half-bears are ursines, cruel tribe that worship to Volibear, strong and ruthless demigod. Volibear is also the brother of Orhn, the forger. Also there is another funny character - Olaf, the berserk(a man who'd broken an ice block with his back). It was foretold to him to peacefully die in his own bed. For vikings-like culture it is the most shameful death, so from that time he was trying to envolve every hard and hopeless battle to die in. Still alive XD. 3. Mountain part. The man is Atreus, born is Solari tribe. Once he become posessed by then Aspect of War itself, the Pantheon. Cast into the furthest corners of his own mind, Atreus endured only vague visions as the Aspect scoured the world for Darkin, living weapons created in a bygone age. Then Pantheon was defeated by one of Darkins and died, but Atreus survived.he vowed that day to stand against Aspects, Ascended, demons, and any who wield power so great, it can only destroy. That's why he fought agains guardians without weapon, trying not to kill them - because they're just humans.

Let me tell a little story about pour girl who are falling in the end of cinematic. The only way Kai'sa found to protect Runterra form creatures of the Void is to fall right to it and give Taliyah chanche to close the breach. And it's pure tragedy, couse Kai'sa was 10 years old when her village failed to the Void. She survived alone, killed her first beast of the Void, but it created a symbiotic relationship between them and void creature became her second skin. The skin is itching and hurting her when it wants to hunt prey, but gives her power to kill those monsters pretty effective. But not this time. She spent so much time to get out, endured so much pain to survive and became strong enough. But here we go again T_T

This cinematic is a masterpiece

Imagine that those events are taking place at the same time with Arcane. That's how huge is the world of Runeterra xD

the ram guy making a weapon forbade himself from making weapons for hundreds of years, and here he is making a weapon. huge lore drop in this video damn

So for a better understanding of what's going on in this cinematic Riot released several stories; the first about a harsh winter that was coming in freidjor and Sejuani (the girl in the snow) decided to go with olaf, and a part of her tribe, to fight the Ursine, followers of the god Volibear, to recover the Cauldron of Ornn . (the god of the forge) Legends say that if you feed from the Cauldron, you wouldn't need to feed for a long time, which would give the tribe a chance to survive. The ursine aren't real bears, they're humans who worshiped volibear and because they were under so much influence from him, they gradually became animal-like; - Pantheon (the one that is climbing) died fighting Aatrox that is not in the video, but the human he possessed, Atreus, managed to survive and got Pantheon's powers. When he encounters humans he sets the spear aside as a symbol that he doesn't want to fight. However, he uses his powers when Leona, an ascendant descends from Mount Targon to confront him, then he is hit with a cosmic blast that is presumably from Aurelion Sol, a celestial dragon who was imprisoned years ago. Apparently, A. Sol wants revenge for being arrested by the Pantheon while he was still alive. Pantheon kind of kept him on a leash. And right after the cinematics the riot launched a story narrating how Kai'sa (The girl that shoots purple plasma) sacrificed herself by calling the attention of Rek'sai (That big void creature that appears from the ground) in order to save the village and the people of the village that Taliyah (the one that controls earth) used to live in. This was really cool because Kai'sa, who didn't trust anyone, can trust Taliyah and Taliyah herself, who didn't want to leave anyone behind, accepted the fact that Kai'sa decided to go back to void. ps: Kai'sa is from the void too, she was a child when her city got buried in the void, then she killed one void creature in order to survive and the creature consumed her skin in order to not die too, they kind of has a synbiotic relationship where the creature stays alive through Kai'sa's skin and Kai'sa managed to stay alive through the creature's skin because she says in the game that the only way to survive in the void is to become part of it.

Man this cinematic hit so hard when you know Atreus' story. What a fucking chad. He's not using his spear when fighting humans, his fight is not with them. And then charging directly at fucking aurelion sol

Why did i want to cry, it's a perfectly sound question lol

All of the main characters and their motivations tend to be grey. I believe this signifies what the game is like: Any character can be teamed up with another, fight any of the other characters, and there's no knowing who will come on top beforehand. At least that's how I interpret these. There's often war but it's not clear on who's right or wrong. Or indeed who wins.

The righteous creed of a benevolent goddess. “You ask, I give… sometimes”.

the one forging the weapon at the start and end was Ornn, the forge god. brother to the giant bear you saw in sky (voliebear) when the lightning struck. sadly we didnt get to see their sister Anivia. i would have loved to see that Demigod trio, but i guess it would be rather bs to actually put demigods vs normal ppl. good vid!

The fun thing about League I have noticed. Since anyone can play any champion, Riot has done a very good job of avoiding any "pure" villains or heroes. Every single champion has some kind of backstory that seems to justify their actions. They continued that with the characters in Arcane. Heck, the character that I actually find the most terrifying (based only on cinematics), is Annie. A little girl who seems to be the concept "What if Christopher Robin was a mentally traumatized Pyromancer, and Pooh could turn into a rampaging killing machine fueled by hate?"

Ice area: The Freljord is a frozen Tundra inhabited by mostly Nomadic tribes. Sejuani (the woman on the boar) is the leader of one of the largest tribes "The Winters Claw" who survive by raiding and pillaging smaller tribes. They due to a verity of reasons failed to secure enough food for the winter. Food is always scarce in the Freljord but especially during the winter, and her people are starving and dying. A seer from a village they attacked told them about a magical item called "The Chalice of Ornn" which if drank from will remove your need to eat for one year. The Volibear (giant lightning bear in the clouds, not the lightning bear in the ground) is an ancient demigod of strength, lightning, and savagery. He believes the mortals if the Freljord are too weak and must be strengthened through blood and hardship. For this reason his Followers the Ursine (humans who have turned into polar bear kimeras through their worship of the volibear) stole the chalice of ornn and hid it in their village. This scene is the attack on the Ursine Village.

really cool yellow lighting in the background

The two at the desert scene are Talia the girl that controls earth and Kai'Sa the Purple armored girl she fights the void. The creature that attacked them is the one league players call Rek SI she is a void monster so as you saw them look at each other it was Kai'sa letting Talia know she is about to go back into the void to prevent the creatures from destroying the land Talia wants to rebuild for the people. Also, the big Ram is Ornn he forges well as far as i can tell all the weapons, I think he stoped forging a long while back but him forging weapons tells us that a big war is prob about to happen because the goat-man just really wanted to be left alone to be in peace.

The Stories are Vast and big, but i'll try to summarize the the main characters to look out for, for you. Big guy forging at the start/End of the video is called Ornn, somewhat a god/spirit of forging and fire. *Icey place people* *The Lady on the big pig* =Sejuanni (clan leader, just leading her people) *The Big Viking dude throwing the axe* = Olaf (their best warrior, he throw axe alot) *Polar Bear* = wasnt important since he was just a ursarai shaman representing Volibear and was basically channeling his power somewhat (Volibear is the god/spirit of Ice and storm) *the People fighting on the mountain* *spartan looking guy* =Pantheon, a guy who defeated the aspect/god of war and became the aspect/god himself but still believes that the power of man is more superior to the power of the other aspects/gods, hes a good guy that wants to stop the radical worship of these gods/aspects *lady with the shield fighting pantheon* = Leona, a woman from the sun worshipping faction, that are a bit radical and always hunt the poor moon worshipping people, she has a shield and armor which allows her to be somewhat a aspect of the sun. *People fighting in the desert* *Purple chick* = Kai'sa, she was born in a place called the Void where these monsters live and apparently a hole opened in the desert and some of them escaped here, she hunts them solo, a total loner occasionally helping others where they need it. *The Earthbender Chick* = Taliyah, she was born with powers to control the earth and freaked everyone around her with her power so she left her village to learn how to control her powers and then returned once she could only to find that her lands now had gods and monsters roaming them. *The Big monster (the Really Big one)* = Rek'sai, shes (yes its a she) is a void creature thats been hunting people in the desert, just eating and giving birth to mini versions of her, doing her own thing really, not that intellegent.

The polar bear guy most people mistake as The Volibear. The Volibear is one of the primal gods of the Freljord who’s siluette appears in the clouds. The polar bear people are the Ursine. Volibears followers who affected them so much that they are under his control and he takes over with his appearance coming through.

I really like that Pantheon (the 300 spartan looking guy) puts down his spear when he is fighting the regular soldiers. And only when Leona (the chick comming down the sky) comes down, does he pick up his spear as he notices a worthy opponent

I saw a comment suggesting reading the lore on their website. This will probably help you a lot, because for me that knows the lore, everything just makes sense. As an alternative, there is also a KZfaqr called Necrit that makes excellent video's explaining this all, if you are lazy like me watch him explaining the lore XD. For the rest, love your video's ;)

If you want to learn more about the freljord(The snowy place) and especially the Ursine(polar bear people) I highly recommend the short story "Silence for the damned" which pictures the woman on the boar (Sejuani) and her mentor trying to win over the Ursine to their cause. It's a 10 minute read and gives some context to the different tribes motives.

Polarbear guy was a shaman channeling the powers of the Volibear; one of the 4 primal gods of the Freljord. The god is the silhouette you see in the sky. The smith goat you creating a weapon is Ornn, also one of the four gods. Volibear has some beef with him.

League of the CLIFTHANGERS lol!!! But damn every LOL cinematic are so f dope top tier!

Mountain area: We have no context for the events leading up to this scene but we have context on characters and setting. Atreus was once a Rakor soldier. A tribe the live around the base of Mount Targon. After events he became possessed by and became an aspect of Pantheon, the God of War and Battle. During a battle with Aatrox (the Darkin "God slayer") he was stabbed through the chest with a searing magical blade, in an instant a constellation disappeared from the sky and Pantheon was dead... but Atreus survived. Infuriated at having his will hijacked for so many years and at the gods for the games they play with mortal Fates, Atreus Vowed the he, a mortal, would defend against any divine being that would seek to harm mortals. Darkin are shuriman's who ascended to Godhood via the Sun disk, and then were corrupted during a war with the void. Mount targon is a mountain the was pulled up to the celestial realm by the Celestials. It is a Hub of divine magic and a direct gateway for them to influence the world. Those who climb to the top (most dying along the way) have a chance to be chosen by a celestial (celestials=gods) as their aspect. This will allow them to inherit a portion of the celestial power (though this is not always a blessing ala Pantheon). The portal at the peek is the gateway to targon prime, the celestial realm. The Solari are a religious sect of the Rakor and the dominant religion of Targon. Leona is the Aspect of the sun and acting as Gaurd dog against pantheon. Whe dont know who those bolts came from but it was probably Aurelian Sol. The first being to exist in the universe, a Star Dragon. He spent his life creating stars until the people of Runeterra put a crown on his head that inslaved him to them. Now that Pantheon (the originator of the crown) is dead, the crowns power is weakening, and Aurelian Sol is furious.

champions in order of appearance in the video 1. Ornn 2. Sejuani 3. Taliyah 4. Kaisa 5. Pantheon 6. Olaf the one with two axes 7. people who looks like volibear they worship him 8. Pantheon was fighting solari people 9. Leona the one who came from sky and clashed shields with pantheon 10. the big monster is called Rek sai a void creature and small ones are her breads actually u can access all characters stories and all the wars on riot site Idk if I'm allowed to share links here and btw the sculpture in the mountain with no face is one of the ascendant from shurima and there is story revealed the faceless god as people called this sculpture Locations of each scene: *Ornn is the Freljordian demi-god of forging and craftsmanship. He works in the solitude of a massive smithy, hammered out from the lava caverns beneath the volcano Hearth-Home. * sejuani scene and fights with volibear people in Freljord * the desert scene in Shurima there is kind theories that it takes place in a city called Nashramae * Pantheon at mount targon * the tunnel kaisa went in the end is a void tunnel and according to the lore some of these tunnels leads directly to the void realm which actually can be located in Icathia map.leagueoflegends.com/en_US this link for league of legends map I hope you read this, if you want any more details ofc you can search youtube and google XD but if u didn't link some of the events and stories I can help.

Some Lore: The Spartan (Pantheon) and Leona (girl with shield.you’ve seen her in other cinematics) fighting him are old friends and sparring partners who respect each other despite having to fight. They are also “Aspects of Targon.” There’s this incredibly high and brutal mountain called Targon that, if climbed successfully, will grant the climber the power of a god, but the god takes over their body. The woman riding the giant boar (Sejuani and Birstle respectively) is the leader of the Lokfar, a tribe in the Freljord. By her side was Olaf (the one with horns and the axe)

on the snowy part, the situation is like that: Sejuani and Olaf (the viking-like folks) were reeling after the loss of a hefty game that would have fed their town for a while (Feljord isn't a friendly place to begin with) and were gambling on the discovery of an artefact that would have easily provided them. that didn't sit well with the Ursine tribes, pretty Darwinian in their views that only the strong should survive and that using the artefact would have made it too easy for the Feljord folks, so they ambushed them, even calling upon their deity. Sejuani had no choice but to call on her True Ice powers, even though they're really, REALLY painful to her (like on a Cruciatus curse level of painful), in order to survive and defeat the savage shamanic tribe.

Ornn is the first character you see. He is a demigod of the forge, his brother is the bear in the sky. Sejuani is the girl riding on the back of the boar, the guy with the two axes is Olaf. Taliyah is the rock girl, Kai'sa is the girl that jumps into the hole with the cool purple rockets. Rek'sai is the big ass thing that crawls out of the hole. The dude with the spear is Pantheon. The woman that he fights is Leona.

"Hold the last burning ember Let us never surrender" But for some reason I hear "Legends never surrender" the first time its being sang

Oh man, I loved this cinematic so much! I honestly think we have finally come to the other side of the uncanny valley and I cant wait to see what comes next. I also love that someone else had the guttural reaction I had to this cinematic. Also, this cinematic has a ton of lore to it, but its kind of locked behind a knowledge wall because it is depicting parts of some of riots new short stories. Speaking of those short stories, have you thought about reading/reacting/reviewing some of them here? I think you would really enjoy them as you are always talking about how you want more lore in the cinematics and that is where all the lore is, and I would be really interested in hearing your thoughts on them as a author/non game player. Something to think about at least. Hope your new year is treating you well! P.S. I just started listening to the sample of Magic Required and I am already hooked. Gonna have to go out and buy it now XD

For the context... The scene with the bear... those bears are the Ursines tribe... The Volibear's followers. The one's riding a boar is Sejuani Warmother (Chief) of the Winter's Claw tribe of the Freljord along side with Olaf the Guy with a barbarian Helmet... they are raiding the Ursines Tribe just to take the Ornn's coldron Dont know the spelling lmao... which is an artifact made by Ornn (the fiery person that has a ram horns at the end of the cinematic) the artifact has the ability to feed an entire tribe for a year thats its magic... The scene with the spear and shield... He is Atreaus the aspect of war once a human and now the aspect of war chose him as a worthy vessel to become the aspect of war. The aspect of war dies after the battle between Aatrox the world ender, Aatrox stab Pantheon ( the aspect of war) in the chest so badly his flesh cooked from the inside which represents his scar in the cinematic. The aspect (god) that chose him died and Atreaus lives and now hates all the aspects and want to kill them all for he thinks that the gods never care about humans and use them for their pety games... He is fighting Leona the Radiant Dawn, the aspect of the Sun... The 3rd one is Kai'sa and Taliyah im not sure about the story 🤔 and thats it hahahaha yeah im a nerd hahahaha

I love this vs gods theme! Looks like my favourite Aurelion Sol is going to show up big this year :3 (polar bear - volibear, I love his character but he is not a nice bear hannah - hates peace and warm fires, life should be survival type god) Thanks for the video

The red blackamith guy is Ornn, in game u can craft items while in lane without going to buy them from base and can upgrade the team's main items

League has been popular for a long time, especially their cinematics. After Arcane however their already high popularity has skyrocketed

love ur reactions of lol cinematics that s because i subscribe❤️‍🔥😉hannah

Plenty of people provided context, but if you want to read, both the Ice story and Spartan's story have short stories associated with them, that are actually pretty good. You can find them of League's website under Sejuani and Pantheon respectively. The other, with Taliyah and Kaisa (Sand Story), they have no previous story setting it up but a teaser that a story will be releasing this year, so that is actually the set-up for the story we will soon get, which is a cool flip to the other two.

Im gonna introduce you the champions appeared in this cinematic. The girl riding a boar is Sejuani and the horn helmet guy is Olaf and the guy who's forging a weapon is Ornn (Forge God). And the two girl is on the desert is Taliyah the earth bender and the violet suit girl is Kaisa and the creature who came out of the hole is Rek'sai. And the spartan guy is Pantheon and the girl came out of the sky is Leona.

Volibear is a literal thundergod. ... Could offer a more verbose explanation, but I feel like when most people think thundergod, they'll get mostly right lore notes for him.

Yes! You reacted to this one. Let's go!

Honestly, this is my favorite cinematic that they've come out with recently. It pulls together so much lore, a chilling soundtrack, and it looks like it's preparing for something very big in the future. They say that the next season in Arcane will involve the Void, and I have a feeling that whatever this event is going to be will also spill over into Arcane.

so the two women in the desert are Kai'sa (purple suit) and Taliyah (brown clothing), not sisters, friends, the looks they were giving each other was just just affirmation to do what they need to do. Taliyah doesnt want to but Kai'sa basically looks as her and goes we have to. So she dives in to fight the monster while Taliyah buries it so it doesnt come back up

While many people despise League as a game, the cinematics and other lore things are extremely popular

One interesting detail is how Taliyah picked up that cloth at the beginning. She comes from a tribe that highly prized the skill of weaving so when her geomancy powers manifested it took the form of her "weaving" with rock.

i love watching your league videos. league has always been very popular, but its gotten even more popular because of arcane. there are plenty of comics/short stories that you can read about varying different characters that are more of a cohesive story than the cinematics will be. mostly because theyre used for hyping up a new season in league or doing some sort of advertisement for the game.