I've said before but I'll say it again: Riot needs to make an audio of kindred telling their stories.

The Mask mother slowly being forgotten makes perfect sense, she asked Kindred if they still remeber her name, because she knows she is fading away.

Even if you take down the video, Pepperidge Farm remembers

Riot's world building is honestly one of the best in the game industry. I know it's still incomplete and has a lot of holes but the diversity, mythology, and the whole world itself have so many potential.

I love Kindred's lore/ stories about Kindred.

I think that when Tarnold said he has seen the end of Soates’ story, he didn’t mean that the masks she wore and then he took were connected or anything, I think the end of the story was death, and that’s what he described as „beautiful” before he vanished

Kindred has always been one of my fav characters in the universe just love'em so damn much

Creature with humanoid arms: exists Necrit: Is this a vastaya?

I like to imagine Lamb, Wolf, Vulture, and Mask Mother just show up at plays and posses people like some sort of drama club every week.

The masks are like shinigamis, the mother creates them with people's believes, and when they are forgotten, the vulture eats and vanish them.

"everyone must wear a mask" Hits different nowadays lmao

The whole community when they saw kindred card : are those new gods of deaths Necrit : nooo that's too obvious it must be a new vastaya race, worshipping death Necrit aftre 10 tweets from a Rioter and a new kindered story : oh crap I was too far away outside the box

Ohhhh, what if the reason the mask mother isn't forgotten is because she keeps switching "hosts". So maybe she finds memorable people to merge with so that her spirit isn't fully forgotten?

Me: *not into poetry and teather in general* Also me after seeing everything related to Kindred: Maybe, I was lying to myself....

i want to mention that the fading icon has a voice line to kindred saying "I was feared once, just as you are now" and wolf responding with "what is that?". I think it confirms that the fading icon was replaced by kindred in some way.

I'd personally like to see the old vid redone, it's still a really cool aspect of lore that I think is worth highlighting, maybe even moreso now that we have more info.

Necrit, Ezreal note 9# shows that ezreal is looking for the masks in the SAME THEATER

"Fight your shame, we be humans we all make mistake"(in a wow troll voice)

The new line that was written into the story could signify that the end of the story is not for the living to see. But for the dying or the dead. As those who wore the masks are now dead. Might the ending to the story just be death itself?

"You must remember me, little one! You must!"

The Mask Mother doesn't necessarily need to be on the shadow isles, she could very well be like Kindred, everywhere. We don't know.

I so badly want another champion to come out of this, mask mother or the vulture. It's some of my favourite lore.

I think the ending with Kindred killing each other is so sad. They became each other's identity to kill them, with Wolf using one of Lamb's arrows and Lamb using the Wolf's more... crude methods of killing.

I get huge Ori and the Blind Forest Vibes whenever I see Kindred, the Mask Mother, and the Vulture.

Kindred lore is so good this is still my favourite lore and it just got so much better

honestly i wouldn't mid that video being taken down. will probably just end up confusing people getting into the lore with conflicting information

I like how every new release with Kindred has been a proper Gothic story. The writers have done so well with each one!

This screams of inspiration from Robert Chambers' "The King in Yellow". You have strange beings and worlds not understood by mortals being elaborated upon through subtle and surreal theatre involving masks, a play that no one knows the ending to, but supposedly reveals irresistible yet horrific truths to whoever reads/watches it, a protagonist who seeks this knowledge and disappears as a result, and the attention of these supernatural beings being drawn to the protagonist as a result of their obsession leading them to delve too deep. The ending of the first part is even possibly a rendition of the most infamous climax of "The King in Yellow", which goes as follows: Camilla: "You, sir, should unmask." Stranger: "Indeed?" Cassilda: "Indeed it's time. We have all laid aside disguise but you." Stranger: "I wear no mask." Camilla: (Terrified, aside to Cassilda.) "No mask? No mask!" Tarnold is terrified as Camilla is in this scene, but also euphoric. It's an eldritch scene, where he finally has the knowledge he sought, but at a high cost, as he realizes he must be undone to know it. Just as no one can see "The King in Yellow" and live due to having seen beyond the King's "mask", no one without a mask (having died) can witness the finality of Soates' masterpiece, as she was merely the one who transcribed it, while the real writer is Death itself, Kindred and the other spirits accompanying them.

Hey, don't feel embarrassed about the mask mother video, it was really well done and full of interesting ideas and theories, just because your theories where a little off doesn't mean they weren't well put together, thought out ideas that made for some fun speculations!! Love your vids btw

What if the Gray Man is one of the ”ten Great Kings” that Fiddlesticks speaks of?

As good as this story is, and as much as I love kindred, I really liked the idea of Kindred being THE death and this story feels like a "power nerf" for lack of a better term.

I really loved how the actors' bodies adopted the spirits after putting on their masks. Its said that everyone wears a mask, that being the version of themselves they present to others. So if you dawn a new mask, you fundamentally change. Also the thing with the wood from that tree still being alive even when separated makes me think to how thats basically life even in death. So like how spirits are basically dead, when the tree blooms. (when someone puts on their mask) they can come back to life in a sense. anyways a lot to think about.

First Spirit Blossom, then LoR, the other day buffs and a short story, now I get to hear my boy Necrit talk about said lore. God I love Kindred so much and it feels like I'm being spoiled. A criminally underrated champion.

Thank you for the bed story. It's time to sleep, Good night everyone. 02:10 am

16:20 Doesn't jhin have a quote about this? "Everyone wears a mask... i just chose to create my own."

I think Kindred is a perfect example of a question that doesn't need an answer. We are given a vague story of their past, and how they came to be, but nothing more than that. I genuinely dislike how they are answering more of the mystery surrounding Kindred. I much prefer it be a mystery. There are just some things that shouldn't be answered.

What if Isolde is the masked mother and Riot throws a massive curveball at us

as we wait for isolde getting some death lore is nice

Tbf it was a guess out of pre-release descriptions ,so it would be nice if you revisited the video

Necrit: uploads Kindred lore video Me: *MY NAME IS BARRY ALLEN AND IM THE FASTEST MAN ALIVE*

Imagine making something so universally liked and entertaining that some other people that aren't even part of the company or anything, like have nothing to do with what you did, can some way make a living off spending their free time talking about the things you made. Impressive.

If you do decide to remove the old Kindred video, please just don’t leave it. I am of the opinion that Kindred has really good lore and even thought the first one was wrong, it still deserves a look over and you do this really well. Don’t be discouraged. You got this.

I am so happy to see more lore about my second favorite duo champion! And also, please don't , please don't remove that video, it is still good, and it is a theory, so just don't, it is good!

i like your voice lore speaking giving light to those who dont bother reading or dont get chance too.

I think the story has something lovecraftian, beautiful

I wanna put it out there that the stage was covered in black (stemmed) roses. I think I am a bit too invested in the LeBlanc Stories.

It was an enjoyably video regardless. You should change the title to say "LOR Fan Theory" or something and maybe add a prelude that explains the inaccuracy of the video. It would be a waste to lose the video after all the work you put into it!

Don't feel ashamed, we all make calls that end up wrong, treat it like a theory video, no need to take down hard work just because of speculation proven wrong

So kindred and wolf would remember each other, causing the vulture to starve. As the fading icon card wants even spirits to remember it. The ancient Shuriman death god.

I still couldn't understand pretty much anything 😭 I want a lore writer to say "Kindred is this, maskmother is that" I can't handle the unknown 😭✋

I made my own theory at the time the story was released and I am so happy me and Necrit got to the same conclusion! Well, I only got the part about the second death, and how the lady was the mask mother, and the Etherfiend being the ultimate death and whatnot. I didn't get the other details that our local genius here got xD

in the very end, death is eternal until nobody is alive to be claimed by death. The Kindred is of a tale spoken in many countries and factions. Just like Ionia's depiction of death is very different from other countries (a child wearing a mask, together with her wolf, playing around in the forests until duty calls), but the base 'foundation' of such tales stay the same; always two, always together. Therefore I think the tale of The Kindred can be dug so deep, it's endless. Many people may have rewritten such stories with their own 'witnesses'. A legend spoken of over and over to be constructed further and different from past ones. Yet death remains eternal, until forgotten. But in the universe of Runeterra, death has a face (or two). And they will always be the Kindred until the very end of existence.

I wish you'd include the link to the story in the description

I don't know if this has ever been said but "Demacia" sounds similar to "Demagia" which in spanish can more or less be translated to "no magic" as "magia" means magic and "de-" is a prefix which gives the meaning of the contrary (more or less). More than spanish i'd say it's based on latin or something but "Demacia" literally meaning "no magic" makes a lot of sense as they are against magic.

I love this Content! you showed me how cool lore is and now im into it! (my favorit lore is from shurima to be exact azir) Edit: btw as a Bard main i loved the Bard video u died i watched the whole thing ( i dont have a live)

19:00 why do i remember jhin when i hear flowers and death

With the mask that blooms with its mother tree, I can’t help but wonder if that has any connections to Lillia and her Mother Tree

I would love to see riot make an actual play based on the play mentioned in this story. With good actors, props, writing, and cinematography the play they make would be so cool to watch.

This was perhaps my most favorite story of Kindred. It was so eerie and I loved it.

So wait, if everyone just becomes immortal, or undying. Like let's say the ruination takes over all of runeterra, then in theory what Necrit is saying could happen. Death becomes a far away concept, and all death spirits like kindred loose all belief in them, then they hunt each other, and are forgotten then they are preyed upon by the vulture, who for the time being would be the strongest of the death spirits by far. Until he runs out of prey and is forgotten himself. This technically means that the ruination is a direct threat to kindred. Which means that maybe if veigo goes too far in his quest to find his wife, kindred or some other death spirits might step in to stop him from ruining all of runeterra.

Very professional of you not to remove the old video. I appreciate it because even when you are wrong I love to hear your opinions and when you're able to correct yourself I really enjoy listening along.

Theory: the spirits disappearing in the purgatory mordekaiser went to after his original death were being "eaten" by the vulture as they were completely forgotten. Mordekaiser, because of his conquest during life and by virtue of really, really wanting to continue existing, resisted the vulture and was able to finagle his way back to the realm of the living. His subsequent conquest guaranteed his continuing existence because now he'll never be forgotten.

Imagine if it was revealed that Jhin put on one of the masks but it malfunctioned somehow, so instead of the whole "sheparding souls" idea, he forces people into being souls by killing them. To be clear I don't actually want this to happen because I love Jhin so so much the way he is now, but just imagine.

Everybody is sometimes wrong about a theory. These things happen and I really enjoyed your video about the maskmother, thoug it is wrong

So if Wolf and Lamb are essentially destined to kill each other, would that imply that Wolf embraces his death and Lamb flees from hers?

I think the mask mother gave the mask to Soates, who then saw the play and started writing until she died.

Love you Necrit ♥

Please leave the old video up I like the speculation about the cards even if it is wrong it’s still fun to watch and rewatch

The music of Revendreth and Durstvar fit perfectly here. Damn, Necrit. You know how to set the mood :)

Vastayans being there before the Shadow isles itself can actually make sense to the theory that a death-worshiped Vastaya existed.

Keep the video Necrit!!! I always enjoy all your videos even if it may be speculation!! Your work is always really appreciated

I didn't even realize that Lamb and Wolf had their masks switched! What an awesome story! Another great storytelling!

I wouldn't take the video down, to be honest it was a really fun theory, I still liked watching the video :)

Coming back to it: those death spirits like the mask mother and the fading icon have a grey tinted skin, the "pale man" or "grey man" fits a similar description.

Unlucky for you, I did watch the mask mother video i will always remember it

Rito is gonna release a shadow isles vastaya now just to rub salt in the wound

I cant get past the human and blood elf world of warcraft silhouettes, I knew they were familiar

I think there might be a connection to lillia here. The mask sprouts along with its tree despite being separate. Similar to lillia. There is also a thematic link between sleep and death.

Oh, boy. Am I addicted to this channel!

The kindred tales will always give me chills.

Dude this is awesome, Kindred Stuff it's absolutely the most complex and mysterious Lore of this game, it's so complex it makes me wanna ear story's of Kindred before I go to Sleep, becouse they are beautiful and they represent Death as a totally diferent concept of the normal Horror Death Story's, and now I think of this could be Khada Jhin a 'Fan' or maybe it may follow the spirit legends of Death, and he uses a Mask, he is other one that sees Death as Peace of Art, and he is a Artist that shows the Death of the World, maybe he thinks that if he has a mask he can bring more people to belive in the Kindred, to make them more strong as a Spirit, Jhin can be so related to Kindred in this point of View! Awesome Riot GoodJob 👌

This is terrifyingly beautiful, holy shit. I wish I could write that fuckin good. Beautiful video Necrit, thank you!

I love the idea that they have the same mechanic as the Gods of Freljord, as long as someone remembers them they exist .The more people remembers them, the more powerful they are. The only difference is they are devoured by the Etherfiend when they are forgotten. I just love the idea that even gods/icons of deaths have their own version of "Death".

I honestly did not think kindred would get much lore this year with viego but im really happy they are

Thanks so much for your videos!

The Gwen trailer is out. You know what to do.

Keep it! And remake it too. I love looking at story change/grow in time

I see a theory here. The goal of the darkin is to eliminate life so that maybe they may also die, theoretically if an unkillable being were to kill all life, death itself would cease and the so would everything. Could they be planning to actually have the villians win in runeterra? If so, sick.

Wearing mask, masterpiece stage performance, death This is now giving me some huge Jhin vibe here

I enjoy your speculations even if they're not accurate it's fun to hear what you think could/will happen :)

The cursed play theme Reminds me of the king in yellow and it’s done very well.

This is just an idea and maybe someone can help me with this. I don't remember if the lore states where the Kindred masks came from. Is it possible that after the pale man split himself in two, Kindred was just a soul split in two and the mask mother gave them masks? I don't know, it's just an idea of how the mask mother could be Kindred's creator but also still have the original origin story.

The first easter egg you dont see her handing the lamb mask, thats the wolf mask. Wolf wears the lamb mask, lamb wears the wolf mask. Thats so cool

Necrit: if you haven't watch the mask mother video...... Me: already watched it- Necrit: good.... Me: oh.....

Me hears tahm Kench in the video: this is the greatest day of my life

"Especially since we're about to see Isolde pop up on PBE" oh poor poor past Necrit

Fight your shame. Fight your shame. FIGHT YOUR SHAME. FIGHT YOUR SHAME!

I'd say to not take down the video, as it still has a lot of your insight and first thoughts about the cards. Also don't be too harsh, lore theories are made from wild speculation that is then corrected by new information. Oh and rito p l e a s e make some story time videos of Kindred with lamb reading out tales we know in her own way.

"Move it football head!!" Hey! Tarnold!

The representations of Kindred are explained in how they appear to people, but the entity of death is still 1, even if they are 2 characters. 2 characters inseparable making 1 entity. Imperfect everyday knowledge sees a multitude, educated mystics, and philosophers see the 2 characters, while in truth they are one. Similar to how monotheistic religions prevailed over polytheistic ones in history, how God is represented as a holy trinity in Christianity, but in the end, God is 1, a unity. There are many gods in Hindu mythology, but all come from Brahman. Even Lovecraft's Eldrich Gods are just a Dream of one God. In Aristotle's philosophy form and matter are always combined into everything that exists, never being able to exist separated, but it's still important to see them as 2. The mystical nature of Kindred follows this trend quite neatly, which is why, in my opinion, their lore work so well.