"The watchers were annoyed by this light since they just wanted to sleep" Maybe I am a watcher

The Watcher : I’m gonna destroy the physical realm. Me : Why ? The Watcher : Cuz they disturbed my sleep. Me : Understandable, have a nice day.

Imagine Lissandra just thinks it looks neat and its based on nothing.

A rioter has/will explain more of the new Shadow Isles cards’ lore. Fading icon is the interpretation of death to the Baccai/Ascended/Darkin and he’s fading due to their “immortality.”

So basically, the watchers are just me on a Monday morning

I love Lissandra's bad ass queen energy, she really is kind of epic, its hard to know if she is a villian or a hero, she is blocking the watchers which is possibly the most good thing you could do.

"This is the end. As it was foretold -- as I promised. Sisters... forgive me." ~Lisandra (Watcher card) This quote and whole card hit me strangely and make me stop for a while before I moved on to see the rest of Freljord cards.

for those who dont know :) thrall can be also translated as a slave in old norse :)

i love how the lore in LOL expanded over years and created so many interesting stories about different regions, but nothing will ever come closer to the whole Freljord saga. Lissandra is one of the most interesting characters ever created, from her twisted horned helmet design to the confusing relationship of the three sisters and the watchers. If Riot ever released a whole film or series about Freljord, that would be a dream coming true.

This îs my theory :The masked Mother came in contact with The pale man and because he was split în half she put 2 masks that kindred are wearing

I really like Lissandra (and various other characters) and I don’t even play LoL

Maybe when the pale man/grey man split himself in two, that when the mask mother appear and gave the maskes to the two half and shaped their form into the lamb and the wolf.

Does not matter when you came, you are witnessing a masterpiece

4:11 "Before there was time, before there was anything... there was nothing. And before there was nothing... there were monsters." -the Lich, Adventure Time.

So the watcher's form is an amalgamation of all that it's witnessed in the mortal plane? Makes sense. I could definitely see a watcher looking like that. The main body 100% resembles vel'koz which is nice attention to detail. The artist are on their A game with this design.

“Why Does The Watchers Have Arms?” 30,000 viewers: well I guess I need to know

Necrit: Worrying because the video will become too long Me: Even if you upload a 24 hour video, I will gladly watch it

They have arms because if they don't how could they grab chicken nuggies

"Let's look at what madness Lissandra brought in." **Nintendo ad plays**

“Speak not the Watchers, Draw not the Watchers, Write not the Watchers, Sculpt not the Watchers, Sing not the Watchers, Call not the Watchers' name." - The commandments of the Cult of Watchers

I think the reason why the mask mother is called mother, even by kindred, is maybe the mask mother forged the masks kindred uses, allowing them to take on a physical form.

Because of the description of the "Watcher" I think the scene where the watcher destroys everything is actually the future, where Lissandra wasn't able to hold the watchers inside the ice and... the worst happened

Missing a key thing here, Balestriders and what not WERE the watchers, they were originally designed to be the watchers / they were the original concept arts for them. Riot has since tried to retcon this which is why the connections between everything are wonky. Personally I'm settling on balestriders being a creature that the watchers turned into void creatures and Lissandra had encounters with the balestriders that led to her coming into contact with the watchers and then it unfolds from there. That's really the only way it's going to make sense and it adds up considering the watchers normally scouted regions of runeterra and had void creatures there PRIOR to actually attempting to manifest.

Huge shuriman expantion : *realised* Necrit : I'm ganna portend I didn't see that

This just goes to show that the Freljord is really the COOLEST region in Runeterra. Badum tss

I wonder if Trundle knows / how he feels about his people being corrupted and mind-enslaved by Lissandra into the frozen thralls.

i just realize something. Since the watcher are constantly dreaming and learning about humans because of Lissandra, then that means there is a possibility that one day, when the watcher breaks free, they can take a human form.

Can we also not forget that the Howling Abyss map (released back in 2013) depicts the head/face of a watcher at red side fountain. How cool is that?!?!

Watchers : " We just want to sleep " Shiny Realm Light : " Understandable, have a bad day' 🤣

I wanted to say something about the concept of the Mask Mother. While I do agree that she isn't the actual mother of Kindred (and that her name is most likely Mother), that doesn't mean that she isn't a motherly figure to Kindred. After all, when the Grey Man split himself in two I could see the Mask Mother finding the both of them and making two different and special masks for the both of them and would actually give them an idea of what they are and what could be their purpose or something like that. Also there is the possibility that they meet each other every once and a while and catch up on what they have been doing. After all we don't actually know how old the Mask Mother is and her significance could be that she is one of the oldest denizens from the Spirit Realm, and is basically a motherly figure to all of the spirits that dwell in the spirit realm. Though, I might be wrong cause this is definitely a knew concept of what is going on with Kindred and the fact that she isn't actually alone in the place where life and death meet.

I hope the Draklorn armor becomes an in-game armor in the MMO... it's just way too cool

Just want to point out that stats and keywords of cards have lore meaning as well. And while Frost Thrall has more powerful stats as any other troll, and it has overwhelm (so they are much stronger), they lost they regeneration. So being tainted by black ice doesnt come without disadvantages.

Lissandra's corrupting power literally make sense She got her powers from the voids corrupting abilities Theory: what if she can actually use this ability to the lesser voidlings She could find a way to fight the watchers

I hope you continue to cover the in game quotes of the cards because they add so much to the art and flavour text

17:09 that is actually a pretty cool anthropological phenomenon. Gotta congratulate Riot for keeping things "real".

I think the Watcher card is the future. in the description Lissandra is apologizing to her sisters for not being able to keep him at bay and now is breaching through the abyss.

The fading icon is the eminent benefactor. It makes sense. It implies that he is dead and being forgotten. The quote that says "I was once powerful like you" means that he is powerful in the overworld he has many connections and artifacts he's a rich man. Also the eminent benefactor card has a last breath effect that activates when it dies in game. That means fading icon is the benefactors soul.

Me at 2 AM watching this: "I don't need sleep. I need answers."

Absolutely amazing. I really love watching all your lore videos. It makes me even more pumped about League. Lissandra is my most played champion, and one of my favourite champions created. Thank you for sharing

I have a theory on the Watcher's physical form. Since we know they have no bodies in the void, maybe when they entered reality they possessed a human body and molded it to suit them. It would explain the face and the arms and even the horns if it was just the remnant of a Draklorn helmet.

I absolutely adore your videos on the watchers and the void. By far my favourite lore

So pretty much I like to listen to Necrit while falling asleep (not weird I hope) So let's do the maths: I sleep every day; Necrit doesn't upload daily; Please do daily uploads Necrit I need it🙏🙏

Considering the Watchers are older than reality itself, would Aurelion Sol be able to stand up to them? Considering he is the Star Forger, I reckon that he has plenty of reason to be in the theoretical battle that would take place should the Watchers awaken.

The Kindred-Intro really made me sad. Yesterday, after watching your video, I typed a long comment, theorizing *exactly* what the voicelines (which I had not heard) confirmed.... And then I deleted the comment, because I felt like it was kinda an insult to your theory.

Maybe Olaf has his curse of a peaceful death because he's gonna do the ultimate hunt, slay a watcher

The watcher's design and the aggressive adaptive nature of the void makes me think it is part of Lissandra's level up requirement. If the watcher's had a way to observe the world through Lissandra or her minions particularly the powerful 8+ cost beings that Lissandra assembles to level up then it would give the watcher's the inspiration they need to morph themselves into powerful adapted beings. 8+ cost beings in legends of runterra typically have massive bodies, humanoid shapes, immense physical or magical capabilities. All the watcher's did is observe the best of the Runeterra's best (2-3 8+ cost units) and smash their designs all together to create an ultimate form. Much easier if they were able to observe what Lissandra is mustering to eventually fight them.

Ok, i´m a very Lore crazy person, and i have to say the way you talk about the storys and the whole conection between the cards and stuff i love it.... i have your vids running in the background no matter what i do ... keep it up...

I think that the watcher card maybe is referring to a dream, a thought of what he could do if he is released. I stand for this because they are gathering information from different people, and dreaming on how to finally destroy the annoying light

So the Watchers just want to go back to bed. I can respect that.

Imagine this as a game like elderscrolls with massive explorable places. Can't wait.

But a Rioter confirm that fading icon is a god of death for shurima... The baccai know him but because they are almost imortall they forget about death and the god of death they know is forgotten

Personally I really enjoy the tiny face on a monster head. It's like Armityle The Chaos Phantasm from Yu-Gi-Oh, where on top of the creature's main head you habe a smaller humanoid face and it's a design which appears in other monster designs in other media as well. Idk why but I really love that choice of design

PENTAKILL!!!!

"Let me super quickly sum up what's the deal with them... At the very beginning of time-"

I can't help but think that maybe the Mask Mother DID create Kindred after all. It is highly possible that the Grey Man actually did cut himself in half and the mask mother put a mask on either half (A Lamb and Wolf mask, duh). This could have split the grey mans spirit in half as well to form what we now know as Kindred. BIIIIIIIIIG speculation, but I could see it making sense and would explain why Kindred referred to the Mask Mother as 'Mother' beyond that simply being her name. I'd love to hear your thoughts on this Necrit.

You know it's a good day when the minute your classes end, Necrit posts a video looking like this

"I burn in a basin of fire, watchers look on as they dance in their merciless sky Watching me, watching you...watching me"

I know how a watcher feels about runeterra.I too get pissed at my alarm when it wakes me up.

3:00 Maybe a bit late, but I have another theory for the etherfiend: I do not believe it is another incarnation of Kindred/death, but the incarnation of being forgotten/forgetting. It has a quote from a person that questions what he becomes after his "second death", second death being being forgotten and also casts the spell "second death" onto a target. So the etherfiend therefore is not a direct incarnation of Kindred, as Kindred is the incarnation of death, but the etherfiend is the incarantion of the second death. So after someone is killed my Kindred, their next death awaits them in the afterlife, where the etherfiend prays on those who are being forgotten over time, such as the fading icon. The fading icon was the god of death for the baccai, ascended and Darkin, but all of these creatures are immortal and forgot that death even exists, hence the icon being a "fading" icon. That also explains why the ethherfiend killed the fading icon: it was finally forgotten and therefore died it's second death. Also, the etherfiend is pretty much as powerful - or even more powerful - as kindred is: Kindred is the god of death and can therefore never be forgotten, unless everyone is either dead or immortal. And if everyone has forgotten death, even Kindred will fall pray to the etherfiend. The etherfiend itself should be immortal, as forgetting can never be forgotten. But eventually, it will die with the death of the last entity in the entire world; being the universe including the spirit realm and all the celestials. So you could say the etherfiend is somewhat the most powerful being in existence as it will even kill aurelion sol and even maybe the Watchers?? (okay, the last one is maybe a bit farfetched, but it might be true, depending on the future lore of the void)

Maybe you could make a video on what the watchers true goals are and how their actions fit into their greater goals

I think the horned ice helmets are liss's mind control catalysts, even on the balestriders, and the face is an empowering sigil on the helmets made for the watchers to overcome their power

the watcher description, it is chilling

The watchers crown is a mind control device!!!!! That's why it's on her thrall and why it's not the watcher she summons when she levels up

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They have arms to give hugs

ITS VERY CLEAR riot is deriving a lot of inspiration from HP Lovecraft; specifically, azethoths dream with the watchers and eldritch horror appearances

It's kind of funny to see Necrit descending into madness at the end there talking about The Watchers, you can hear the confusion in his voice.

i got a ad for LoR and it was for this expansion as a trailer.. nice

The Balestriders kinda look like the new "Towering Stonehorn" from the newest expansion but in cold :D

The watcher has arms Vastaya have arms *Watchers are vastayas confirmed*

In this Watcher escaping Lysandras spell there is a winterclaw soldier, so I guess its an actual event which commes after the viego storyline

I'm glad you hear our opinion to hear the card interaction, but i think we must wait skinspotlight to see all the interaction

We need a watcher champion that tries really hard to be human

Great job as always Thanks

if i remember correclty in rea life thrall in ancient norwegian means slave

About the Watcher: as you can see he is on one of the bridges above the Abyss and is destroying 2nd one. Those bridges were created AFTER Watchers were sealed there so it's not really possible for this card to represent tge past IMO.

I have questions how they gonna deal with the Watcher soon.. because that thing seems like Celestian level OP that gonna destroy realm

Oh the Watchers sound a lot like the Eldrazi from Magic: the Gathering and I've always Loved the idea of these kind of... beings before all creation... type stories 😍🤩

The souls in the Kindred lv 2 art looks like the ones in withering wail.

Imagine the watcher's eye turning red as it becomes angry. It'd be cool

It would be so cool if a character was made that lissandra tryed to brain wash but they got away and then they could have half there face covered in black ice and arm

this whole time i though the bale striders had a bird like head with horns and we were seeing a side profile of them. seeing the art with no background I now see how alien they actually are and can see why you asked riot if there was a connection

"all they wanted to do is sleep" Man no wonder the void is my favorite region

I'm way behind on the exciting lore of LoL and so lucky to have Necrit videos for help.

I guess the fading icon is like the ferry man for league

now we have an answer why the watcher is shaped like it is here. love lore!

I listen to this while is sleep

Obviously he has arms to play with the new cards.

I think that watcher is something that will happen in the future - if you see at the left side of the picture - the watcher atempted to hold on to the abyss bridge ( aram map ) and it crumbled down as the watcher was rising !

This was a good video. The clarification in the beginning is very much appreciated. I just wanna chip in cuz I was really curious about the where did the horns thing start. I would assume it started with the watchers because lissandra got her power from them and it makes sense that her inspired power would reflect the original. Since you brought up that the striders we see are already controlled by lissandra you can tell that their horns seem frozen and not flesh, similar to the thralls. However this is only an opinion, maybe the watchers really are just copy cats by nature. But it's kinda silly to say that the watchers copied the original striders and lissandra copied the watchers copying the striders don't ya think hahaha. Great video, thanks for the information.

Funny idea i had : the face is one of a iceborn, as his body and power is used as a conduit for the watcher to arrive and form their body. Basically, ice and void possesion, because only the iceborn can wield true ice

What a good time to be a long lore fan of league of legends.

the hand

Lmao when he says riot is misdirecting people i just imagine the guy who wrote lines screaming "IM TRYING TO MAKE IT OBVIOUS!😑"

Watchers are pretty massive for creatures that literally hate matter and mass itself

The watcher has arms to point at the hour and minutes

He needs arms, how else is he gonna use his eye drops?

Well, well, well. Look where we’ve found ourselves at again so soon.

Cant wait till we finally get the war of the watchers

so vel'koz is a mini watcher. nice