Swain straight up appeared and said "Damn girl your father is shit. Ill be your new daddy. Im proud of you" and Saved her ass

So... Mordekaiser is so damn important in noxian history that saying "Mordekaiser's eyes!" is equivalent to us saying "Jesus Christ!". Neat.

Katarina: Glowing daggers aren't very stealthy. NEITHER IS BRIGHT RED HAIR!!!

Katarina magic working cause of her garen butterflies was something I didn't know I needed... Definitely a pleasant suprise.

Swain: I'm adopting you. Kid with great potential: But my parents aren't even dead yet. Swain: You start serving your empire tomorrow. Kid: Okay.

Its funny how katarina's magic CAME FROM FEELING SOMETHING WITH GAREN. I think that's so fricking sweet

I knew Daddy Swain was innocent. He is the best daddy after all XD

Swain just swoops in and steal the show like the absolute unit he is

Never expected Swain to surprise adopt anyone, but I'm happy he did

I love to see Katarina having so much character now.

Basically Demacia and Ionia are suffering terrible cruel gut wrenching civil war all beacuase Mordekaiser refused to fade into obscurity.

As someone who generally doesn't like 'evil' factions in fiction, I love the glow up they've done with Noxus. Between the Kat comics, the Darius LoR cinematic and the lore around Swain's relaunch, they have really transformed Noxus into a much more complex and interesting society. The old 'Might is right' transformed to valuing 'might in all its forms': martial, intellectual, artistic, etc, to empower the self and the Empire. It's to the point where, if I have the option, I am 100% going to roll Noxus in the Mmo. Swain, Darius, and Kat have really given an otherwise monstrous nation a soul.

10:39 Man that's soo cool! Katarina has such a great role now, she's kinda like the "Judger of the Trifarix", someone who can judge "Vision/Might and Guile" and eliminate them in case that they are consume by the power of their position. Kinda like a "4th" secret role in the Trifarix.

I love the look of the panel with Swain saying to Katarina "Your empire needs you"

Hemomancy is OP in every story its in. If your setting has blood magic, then its always going to be responsible for some of the most bonkers awesome stuff in the setting.

Swain was such a chad in the last chapter

So Swain just went full Batman mode and made a plan to take himself out if he gets corrupted? Sick

I love Swain so much

I think the letter was from Soreana, Katarina and Talon's mother. It would make sense since her and Cassiopeia left Noxus, they work with the Black Rose and Cassio got cursed in Shurima. So it wouldn't be a stretch to think they are in hiding there.

CAN WE PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE TALK ABOUT how MUCH this comic implies about Swain's role? About how despite sounding rather evil at times, his motivations are good? How he's actually a very selfless caring man who wants to save lives, and seems to be most likely falsely accused by some people and blamed for Darkwill's actions? How maybe even characters like Rell and Alistar might be revealed to not be harmed directly by any of Swain's orders, but rather their pain might have been caused by the noxians stuck in their old ways? THIS IS SO EXCITING. I'VE BEEN WAITING FOR MORE SWAIN/NOXUS LORE FOR SO LONG, and I am so excited to hear that Swain as a character has so many interesting layers to him, that he's fighting the demon within him, and even despite of some of his actions being cold and brutal he ultimately deeply cares for the people under his rule. I AM EXPLODING

Swain is such a daddy

Damn, imo, these few comic panels made Swain look more like an actual human, despite his more slender and pale appearance. Still wonder if Talon actually had a heart to consider Katarina his sister, or it was all just a play of his to keep her at bay while Marcus is away Hope we will get more wholesome and interesting lore like that

Man the Katarina comic is just.... It's 11/10. I can't wait to see the progression of the lore in the mageseeker game

Swain was a fucking badass in this comic and he was in it for like 2 pages. Love it.

I don't think this counts as Katarina is now a mage. She's a magic artifact user. Otherwise vi and Jaycee would also count as mages since they use magical artifacts (hextech)

When Katarina kills Jaredan, she does not throw any dagger, there was no blade of hers there, that is, she executed a perfectly canonical Shunpo, directly against the victim, only driven by her murderous intention, until the posture of wielding the blade while stabbing him. her from the back is from a melee attack and the sound effect belongs to Shunpo, just like canonically Shunpo is in the game! Just as Drann warned, two months later she has trained enough!

So Tyrant Swain Skin is from an alternate timeline where Swain looses to the demon AND Kat fails her plan to stop him

I love the fact swain has Kat with him so she can kill him if he gets 2 much power, that’s a perfect example of a “true” king.

I wonder if in an ironic twist of fate, Katarina somehow saves Demacia because of her feelings towards Garry

katarina already imagining how crownguard sounds as her last name

This comic was amazing. It set up so many things, some very obvious and other much more subtle. Kat's daggers being a result of a bonding by hemomancy shows that magic in reality is much more varied than we thought, and it is less that her friend enchanted them and more that she simply allowed her to use her own "magic" in a way that she couldn't before. And Kat's little teen moment thinking of Garen was SO CUTE, I hope rito finds some way to show Garen having one of those, because I have no doubt he is the "sharing diaries" type, he just wouldn't admit it.

So katarina, the ruthless assassin, got her magic through the power of love, cool

Winter Katarina looks amazing, makes me want to play as her in league

I'd like to think she took that moment she didn't wanted to figure everything out because garen was naive enough to trust her almost blindly, as he fell for every single of her tricks on her first try. Trust is probably something she hasn't felt for many years.

I admire Swain for his loyalty and sacrifice to Noxus and especially how he got handicap by LB along the way. We all need leader like Swain but with the tendency to corporate with other nations beside his own.

I believe Soreana wrote the letter, Katarina's mother. Would make sense that she's with Cassiopeia. ^_^

This was a splendid ending to the comic. Katarina is Swain’s sword of Damocles, and based on the characterization we’ve seen she is an excellent choice. She is loyal to Noxus and having her as the Grand General’s Assassin shows a great deal about Swain’s character. This is why I love Noxus stories, they are not evil enemies, they are very complex characters

The plot with Swain is beautiful and massive for Kata character development, i literally got the chills! what a masterpiece of story

We need more comics like this. Great review on the stories.

Can we take a second to appreciate that Katatrina and Garen ship is called KaRen in short xd

Kat looks so badass and gorgeous with that fur coat.

Leblanc isn't Faceless, that's been made very, very clear.

Just finished Mageseeker, and for anyone wondering: the only thing referencing Kat's story is a lore note from Marcus ordering Jaredan to make sure she doesn't leave Demacia alive. The note has a rose for a seal, so more Leblanc evidence.

9:45 is such a godly enterence and panel itself is really detailed and well done

I love Swain so fucking much both as an in-game character to play, as well as his Character in the lore and world of Runeterra.. He's such a unique and interesting character that I cannot even put it into words x.x

Oh, by the way, I might be rading WAY too deep into this but did you notice how Katarina's father is dressed? It resembles a lot what Swain is wearing, and I know Noxus has a particular aesthetic, but down to the EXACT STYLE. I feel like there is some sort of mirroring going on between Swain and Marcus in relation to Katarina. The way Swain compliments her for saving lives, "you have served your empire proudly", while Marcus has never once complimented her or been proud of her. It feels like it tries to portray Swain as maybe even a new fatherly figure to Katarina, and it would actually make a lot of sense since the belief system Swain believes in, and tries to establish as the norm in his vision for Noxus is that family is your nation. It doesn't matter who you are related to by blood, your own father from blood and flesh could always become a traitor, do harm to your actual family, that is just simply the people of Noxus. I feel like it serves as a methaphor of Katarina rejecting her blood family in favour of serving her nation, and Swain in turn behaves more like a supportive "father" to her as her leader than her own father ever did.

11.20 can we talk about that smile from Swain? xD

more katarina & garen please! great comic, hopefully they continue with them

LETS GO I WAS WAITING FOR YOUR VIDEO OF SWAIN AND KATARINA

Swain looks like a Gigachad in this comic

"Your empire needs you." Hol - ly

That freljord attire do look fire on Katarine

Katarina's "teen" moment was the cherry on top, SO DAMN CUTE, I want a moment where garen thinks of kata instead

i don't play league anymore but I still watch necrit's league lore videos, because of it's interesting world/character building.

I’ve seen the whole video with just a flock or ravens, thank you swain very cool

Can't wait for you to reveal all the new lore in the Mage seekers game , sadly am broke 😅

Saints be praised! Katarina has ACTUAL stakes in the lore now

the furs Kat is wearing at the end look SO good on her.

Swain is by far one of my favorite characters in league, and for sure my favorite noxian. He's just so fucking cool. aligning Katarina with him makes me thing slightly better of her. Her lore had never been too interesting before, at least in my opinion. Plus I hate her in game. But making her swains right hand, his failsafe, was a pretty good move. I hope they turn talon into an actual character too. Katarina might have gotten some good lore, but she's still being weighed down by the other characters related to her. Talon and Cass are pretty much just dog water lore champs. They aren't very interesting in or out of game.

It would be so good if we get a talon comic in Shurima when AC: Mirage is released.

The scene with Swain gives the same vibes as when Batman told Superman about his contingency plan against himself "I do have a plan, its called the Justice League." Amazing work sir Necrit, I can't say I'm much of a reader anymore but your videos really help me appreciate the lore behind these games.

The first thing I thought of when I saw Katarina with the coat on was “when skin?”

Perfect timing, was just thinking about swain

Great comic series!

I hope we get that Katarina lore skin!

What an amazing comic series! Crossing fingers for so many champs/followers from this appear in legends of runeterra! Would love to see how they implement talon, sylas, and morgana in! The immortal bastion is also holds attakhan the demon and so many others, so maybe we'll get a more demonic story in the future!

Every time I start to forget why I love Swain, something comes out that makes me fall for this man all over again, this man is just so cool and awesome, true leader, I love Noxus and Swain.

When i read the comic, i thought Swains arrival was the most epic thing. He looked so cool as he appeared, saying "No... Your empire needs you." Swain was already cool, but this just made him so much cooler.

Katarina is geting the skin: Derren citizen of Demacia.

Swain really cool like that

Its already proven that le blanc is not the guile by a rioter itself and with this comic is very possible that the guile is Katarina it has a lot hints! And talon was probably sent to his step mom and cassiopeia not to leblanc

i actually loved katarina outfit in the end, i need that freljord skin now

12:36 I WANT A SKIN OF THAT SUIT NOW frejord Katarina c'mon Riot easy money $$$$

I would love to her katarina new voice line, especially her interaction with Garen and Cassiopeia. Please Riot I need the sister interaction.

12:36 manifesting her Freljord skin coming any time soon now 🤞

Daddy Swain coming in clutch

The duality between marcus and swain is sooo good

Im surprised necrit didnt say anything about in 2:08 that morderkaiser line was so cool

Swain just straight up Pedro Pascal'd here lol

Can we talk about Kats freljord outfit? It's so cool.

The blades being bright and loud is definitely a reference to garen bro

Seeing Katarina in her Freljord attire got the same reaction from me: skin when rito?

If sylas got a game and a freljord skin, and now katarina is shown with this freljord skin. May it be that we'll have a DLC for Katarina for this game later on? I feel as a marketing strategy showing the comic for katarina and updating you on her story so you're set for a DLC is a great idea. As a player I'd love to see her swift moves calling and teleporting to her blades in this game.

I WANT THAT KATA SKIN MADE NOW

really is a great series

When I just seen Tenebrix emotion break down and go finished read comics and i feel the some a why, why its over i want more. 😵😯😍🤩😫😭

A visual novel style game whit katarina and Garen would be cool.

Huh, what an interesting turn of events, i wonder what’s next?

Remember when Rito said kat isnt magic, but just superhuman fast? Yeah, they said it during the loading tips long ago

13:06 We learned in this comic that Katarina can dash (maybe blink?) to a dagger and pull a dagger to herself. So why are there 14 extra "phantom" blades (the black and red ones) on the cover of the 2 final chapters? Is this something we'll discover in the game? A setup for a future game by Digital Sun? A setup for the next bit of lore about Katarina/Noxus?

Is Katarina considered a mage now after the blood magic? Also in the last scene it seems that she teleported witbout the use of blades. Does that mean that the encated magic affected her and she can teleport by herself without throwing the dagger first?

swain has that RIZZ face

When will we have the video on the mageseeker thoughts etc? I played the game and I can't wait for your analysis ahahaha

9:44 Notice how the demonic hand grabbing the grenade is the right one? In the following panel, it's the left one that's demonic. So the right hand is the left hand 😝.

Also, Talon being in Shurima could be setting up him with Casseiopeia (or however it's spelt I'm saying cass for short) as they are siblings in main universe and if they retconned it in this to be biological I can't remember but either way they are also siblings since Cass is Kats younger sister and in Cass story it was said that their family basically ruled as regents for a Conquered Shuriman city while working for the black rose and while yes the Noxians got overthrown there or smth can't exactly remember but Cass is still a black rose operative in Shurima and is his older/younger sister in lore

you know what would be interesting? if jarvan the third was already replaced by one of leblancs minions by the time katarina got to him, and thats why swain sent her on that mission to assassinate him. he actually sent her to assassinate one of leblancs duplicates/agents and correct whats going on in demacia to keep it out of leblancs hands because he himself has plans for the country.

This comic made me think about 3 things: 1- Katarina's father got black eyes after the magic disappeared from the eyes of Swain's demon. In my mind, since the eyes are the door to the soul, the fact of them being black symbolizes that Le Blanc took the soul from him, and that Swain's demon sees only people's souls. 2 - Probably the way to kill Swain and his demon would be Lux, since she saw her and Swain's Lux power (besides we know Lux chased away the nocturne that's a demon too. 3 - That Riot really needs to continue the stories they start, it would be awesome to have multiple Runeterra comic book series at different stages of the story.

look at that katarina drip my man gaddamn

I love that League lore is finally good again

Damn we want a Good leader like Swain whoi knows it's limits