Ascended Renekton Skin Concept

Arctic Wolf··1 votes·1,019 views

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.

3 Comments

The Neverworld1 votes

The problem: Varus body shape remains the same before or after the corruption. Renekton's body shape does not remain the same.

Imagine following: Gnar never had the little yordle form. He would be the giant monster gnar who throws giant stones and brutally strikes with his giant paw. Now someone suggests a skin so that the giant monster gnar becomes the pre-gnar, the little yordle. Now imagine that it wouldn't be only silly, but also very unfair that the skin changes the complete body size at all.

Arctic Wolf1 votes

I am unaware of where it states that Renekton had a different body shape/size before being entombed with Xerath. Remember, this is all speculated based off of the new direction that Riot has been taking with the Shurima release. The old lore was posted to remind people of what it currently is, and that it differs from how the portrayal of Renekton's descent into madness differs from their most recent story arc. As the background for Azir shows this is very different from how it is currently portrayed, I recommend looking at it here: http://leagueoflegends.wikia.com/wiki/Azir/Background . An Ascended Renekton can keep the same model shape as the current one, what would have to be done would include retextures and other updates to show him in a more enlightened fashion than an enraged one. I admit, it's not a perfect solution as this entire skin would play contrary to how Renekton currently appears, as a brutal and angry behemoth, but that's the fun in having an Ascended Renekton skin--to show what he was like before his descent into madness. Because of this I don't think it would be necessary to change the size of the character or any of the body shape with such a skin.

The Neverworld1 votes
  1. Look at Azir. Look at Renekton. Look at Nasus. Look at Xerath. Every four of them have ascended (Don't tell me Azir survived many centuries by NOT being ascended, maybe partially ascended), but everyone looks different, why?

a) random or
b) An ascended being mutates with time. Remember the story of Azir? It says that Renekton and Nasus "Legends" of Shurima, came to rescue Shurima - this means that both Renekton and Nasus were already ascended beings long before. Renekton and Nasus appearance changed due to the long time. Azir didn't change because he was practically dead and was later ascended, but is now between human and bird. Xerath's body exploded, his body consists of pure arcane due to the overloaded ascension.

  1. If you go with a random Champion in Ascension mode and get ascended, you automatically get bigger.

a) random or
b) A ascended being gets bigger. In Renekton's and Nasus' case, they both can get even bigger.

  1. You say "I am unaware of where it states that Renekton had a different body shape/size before being entombed with Xerath" - do you mean that Renekton became ascended through being imprisoned with Xerath ? If so, how became Nasus ascended? And how could Nasus and Renekton, two legendary heroes of Shurima, sense the malevolent Xerath who attempts to destroy Shurima, and imprison them? There are pictures of Nasus in his current form where he closes the doors while Renekton jumped with Xerath inside.

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