Ascended Renekton Skin Concept
Sorry there is no Art, I apologize as I am a terrible artist, however if anyone wants to do their vision of what this might look like, by all means. I am posting more as a thought concept for a new renekton skin accompanied by a lore update
With the new Shurima lore and story arc changing for champions such as Sivir, Cassiopeia, Renekton, Nasus, etc... Is there any chance we might get a glimpse of what Renekton was like before his fall into madness? I think this skin concept, similar to Archlight Varus before he was corrupted, could accompany a brand new lore for Renekton to make him consistent with the events at Shurima. (Perhaps have it called "Ascended Renekton" as he is referenced in Azir's lore as an ascended hero of Shurima as was Nasus) I believe that a skin for Renekton could really fit well with the new direction of the Shurima story, especially if it is released along side a lore update for everyone's favorite Crocodile.
For those currently unfamiliar with Renekton's lore, Renekton sits on the old lore where he was the guardian of the Great Library, where he sensed the true natures of those seeking Nasus' teachings of the Cycle of Life and Death. He became corrupted through prolonged exposure to the evil hearts of those seeking to use the teachings of Nasus for malevolent purposes. As he descended into madness and rage he discovered he could quell the fury building inside of him by cutting the evil from the men who possessed it, though it would only return later and stronger than before. It was at this he was locked in a struggle with Nasus, but before Nasus could defeat him the league summoned him, leaving Renekton tumbling through realities for what seemed like ages until he ended up in Zaun and later found his way to the Institute of War and back to Nasus.
If Riot considers on updating Renekton's lore (or is already working on it) to fit his past as an ascended hero and fall from it, I personally think it would be a really neat idea to have an "Ascended Renekton" released with his new lore to show how he was before the years of torment Xerath put him through. As an ascendant, you could even change his "rage" resource into something else like "knowledge" where it functions the same way as rage currently does, but for aesthetics and story purposes it is renamed. Perhaps "Ascended Renekton" builds a knowledge resource where fighting against enemies builds up knowledge against them which he can use for an enhanced ability after a certain point. This way it also makes sense it decays outside of combat like fury does, as if you're not building it up or using it you're going to get rusty and therefore the 'knowledge' would decay. (Besides, it wouldn't make much sense an Ascended hero had to build up a resources as inglorious as "rage")
Any thoughts on this idea?? Improvements/Helpful critiques welcome :D. Additionally, while I don't currently have time, if some people are interested I can make a post of what Renekton's lore (in being consistent with Shurima events) would be like as a fanfiction post over the weekend--I've already an outline of points I would hope Riot considers if they ever do a lore update for him.