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Shurima Video Story Questions

Xayous·9/12/2014, 12:11:50 AM·1 votes·1,309 views

So, I've watched the Shurima video a couple of times, and some things are really bothering me about it. Some of these might be explained away as Riot writes more information, but I doubt all the issues will be addressed. I also listed a few things that are really just coincidences, but they seem unlikely enough that I wanted them listed.

--Why is Cassiopeia looking for the "fabled lost city?"

--She's looking for a guide to lead her to a lost city. How does one guide someone to something that's lost?

--She hires Sivir, who just happens to be in this market. Sivir also just happens to have the magic key that's necessary for the ruins they chance upon.

--Five days into the desert would not be unusual for adventurers, but noone has found these towers "jutting from the dunes?" Of course, the scout also spots a stairway going down. Such a stairway would have been filled with sand long ago. Even if one spent the week or more to clear it, it's likely that it would be filled while in the tomb, thus burying the people alive.

--If this is a prison, why is it full of treasure?

--It's convenient that Sivir just happened to bring enough men into the tomb to trigger all the traps. Also, she would have had to leave some above to watch the camels/horses and supplies. I guess they're killed by Renekton and Xerath, but then how do Cassiopeia and Sivir return?

--Sivir is a long-time mercenary. She would be used to witnessing friends and allies killed. Why is she "stunned with horror?"

--Cassiopeia isn't stunned, she sees the final locked door. So, stunned though she was, Sivir walked past all the corpses to get there, too.

--Why is the key a weapon?

--Cassiopeia, a noble daughter who specializes in manipulating men, can sneak up upon, and incapacitate, a skilled mercenary in one blow?

--What good is a "guardian" that doesn't activate until AFTER someone has unlocked the door? For that matter, what good is a "guardian" that doesn't kill it's target but only transforms it into a more powerful creature?

--Renekton, completely mad and trapped for centuries, and Xerath, "an architect of torment," are released, and neither of them attack either of the helpless females laying before them?

--Obviously, Sivir is not dead. Why end the story there when we all know it can't happen?

--Finally, the narrator claims to have failed. He never appeared at any point in the story to stop Cassiopeia. Of course, he failed, he didn't even try.

Some might say that the narrator doesn't know some of the information, but he knows enough to tell us what happened outside the tomb. He also knows who Cassiopeia is.

Now, I'll admit that I'm not a fan of the changes made to the lore. I wanted just to focus on the video, though.

Thank you for reading.

4 Comments

Phrixscreoth9/12/2014, 12:50:22 AM3 votes

Why is Cassiopeia looking for the "fabled lost city?"

Power? Presitege? Bring honor to her family? The usual Cass motivations? She knows about the hidden power but doesn't tell her guide about it, claiming she only wants to find the city?

She's looking for a guide to lead her to a lost city. How does one guide someone to something that's lost?

I'd imagine that someone knows the area would know the general areas where the fabled city was supposed to have been, and would be able to lead her to those areas to be searched. The desert is a dangerous enough place the average folk don't go looking

She hires Sivir, who just happens to be in this market. Sivir also just happens to have the magic key that's necessary for the ruins they chance upon.

Based on the wording in the vid, it suggests Cass picks Sivir specifically because Cass knows that Sivir carries the key ("But not just ANY mercenary... Sivir!..."). Sivir's mercenary working grounds can be presumed to be based out of this market. A mercenary looking for work would advertise their presence and location.

Five days into the desert would not be unusual for adventurers, but noone has found these towers "jutting from the dunes?" Of course, the scout also spots >a stairway going down. Such a stairway would have been filled with sand long ago. Even if one spent the week or more to clear it, it's likely that it would be >filled while in the tomb, thus burying the people alive.

If the stairway was filled with sand, the scout wouldn't have spotted it. Therfore a stairway that WAS spotted can be presumed to be more or less clear. I'd imagine a quirk of the architecture kept it clear. Also this is fairly nitpicky for a fantasy story. I'll grant you the "jutting from the dunes" bit, though.

If this is a prison, why is it full of treasure?

Four possibilities I can think of: A) Distraction from the place the people are held, the real dangerous part. Focus on treasure, ignore opening sealed evil in a can. B) Distraction from the traps that will kill intruders, so that people get killed by the traps. C) It was originally a treasure room that got turned into a prison by nessicity. D) They treat it as a tomb, not just a prison- egyption pharohs were often burried with treasure.

It's convenient that Sivir just happened to bring enough men into the tomb to trigger all the traps. Also, she would have had to leave some above to watch the >camels/horses and supplies. I guess they're killed by Renekton and Xerath, but then how do Cassiopeia and Sivir return?

Who says ALL the traps got triggered? There could be some that the men just didn't get killed by still waiting in the wings. She wouldn't have HAD to do anything. If they found a nice shelterd spot they could have just tied up the camels. It might make sense to leave people on watch but it doesn't mean she had to do so. We don't know how Cass and Sivir return yet, this is only part 1. And I doubt Renekton and Xerath would have CARED how those two would get back.

Sivir is a long-time mercenary. She would be used to witnessing friends and allies killed. Why is she "stunned with horror?"

Long time mercenaries become long time mercenaries because they don't go ahead and get themselves killed. I would imagine that having casulties on her team don't happen super often. Also, having ALL OF THEM DIE HORRIBLY AT THE SAME TIME IN FRONT OF HER is a little different than having someone get stabbed in a fight.

Cassiopeia isn't stunned, she sees the final locked door. So, stunned though she was, Sivir walked past all the corpses to get there, too.

The actual dimensions of this temple are not made clear to us. The layout could have been such that the traps were in line of sight of the final door.

Why is the key a weapon?

Why not? The only requirements for something to be a key are that it triggers some sort of locking mechanism. And if you're trying to make the lock super secure, hiding the key as something that doesn't look like a key seems very prudant.