Cassiopeia's New Lore?

Yoza145·9/7/2014, 3:11:42 AM·1 votes·937 views

Does anyone really know it? Or can point me in the right direction to view it? I was told by a few friends that her new lore has her becoming a v2.0 of Elise. Is that true?

I mean a Elise is a deceitful character that is probably undermining the authority of her progenitor, given super powers by a venomous creature, wishes to become more powerful, is now immortal( as long as she has sacrifices for the spider god), is now transformed, but can freely transform and seductress.

Where as Cassiopeia's soon to be old lore has her a for mere seductress, hating herself for what she has become, former deceitful character that used her looks and charm to gain information, gain powers against her will by choosing to break her oath, and is quick to tempered. Well that is how I view Cassiopeia and her old lore.

If someone could tell me, that would be wonderful.

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TerraRising9/7/2014, 3:57:15 AM2 votes

The short lore was released on the PBE on Sept. 3, 2014. This was copy/pasted from Surrender@20.

"Cassiopeia is a terrifying creature - half woman, half snake - whose slightest glance brings death. The youngest daughter of one of Noxus' most influential families, she was once a beautiful and cunning temptress capable of manipulating the hardest heart. Transformed by the venom of an ancient Shuriman tomb guardian, she continues to serve Noxian interests as she always has, just in a more... visceral way."

We won't know until the full lore is released (Soon™ after the patch), but the major changes are:

Cassio may (or may not) still be the sister of Katarina (probably still is, but we just don't know for sure.)
The transformation into "hissing snake boob lady" came from raiding Azir's tomb instead of breaking a Freljord oath over a magical weapon.

I really don't like the idea of being Cass being transformed by the venom of "Random Tomb Guardian #42," but it does remove the need for an unknown Freljord chief being the catalyst.

Serpents Embrace9/7/2014, 3:23:32 AM1 votes

It seems nothing like Elise to me, although I don't believe it's been officially shown yet.

From what I can gather - Cassiopeia as a human learns of a treasure in Shurima (probably from a tryst in Noxian court) and employs Sivir to help her raid the tomb that it's in. The treasure seems to be ascension, which is what's turning her in to a snake goddess or some such.

They don't seem to be straying from the Noxian Seductress, and she still betrays someone (this time Sivir) in a way that doesn't seem clear (Cassio's new voice over has a line where she tells Sivir that "I discard tools that have exhausted their use" or something similar). It's unlikely that she still hates her snake body if it's what she was trying to achieve, but it's possible that the transformation was something she didn't expect or is a side effect of something else entirely (like a tomb's curse).

But I don't think that there's an official release yet, so. Speculation.