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My theory on Icathia

Jacksin·11/7/2019, 4:48:50 AM·4 votes·5,285 views

Icathia is a place that I seriously want to see developed.

The story highlighting the cataclysmic event that wiped the kingdom off of Runeterra was absolutely thrilling and my person favourite, it was also voted the most popular short story some time ago on the boards through a fan made tournament.

Two beloved characters Zilean and Jax both belong to Icathia, they’re very old and have been working to undo what Shurima and the void did to their home and people. These characters will most likely have stories revolving around their attempts to reconstruct their homeland which a lot of people interpret as futile and impossible but it isn’t.

Zilean has many of the Icathian citizens trapped in a stasis. He ripped them out of time and now they exist in a temporal state of immortality. Presumably, Zilean can put them back. The problem is that Icathia is most likely still infested with the void/and or when he brings them back their ages would catch up to them and they would rapidly age and turn to dust. (A common trope in story telling).

I can personally only see one direction this thread can be taken. Jax succeeds in restoring parts of Icathia to a liveable condition, Zilean returns the citizens to their home and they begin to reforge the past. However, I believe the void can still play a big part in keeping both Zilean and Jax’s story progressive and leave room for more.

Zilean could perhaps bring back the people, but needs to maintain the quantum field of immortality, making the people not able to leave Icathia as this “chunk” of area still exists in the past, however it is conjugated with the present, meaning anything that steps out of the temporal zone returns to the present timeline and dies. Anyone can come in, but only those who exist in Runeterra’s current timeline can exit. Meaning Jax and Zilean should need to actively defend their city from void threats that still threaten their home.

That or Zilean brings them back no problem and all they have to deal with is the void.

This entire story could go SO WELL with the rise of the Darkin and the return of Shurima and Ixaocan… Ancient powers are returning to the world. Imagine the political implications of all of this. Imagine how Azir would react? So much potential!!! Imagine how angry the Darkin would be!!?? Argh!

5 Comments

NotaRobot100611/7/2019, 3:41:34 PM3 votes

That's a really neat idea for lore progression.

CominTowardsYa11/8/2019, 1:04:29 AM1 votes

People stepping out of a time warp and turning to dust is depressing.

GreenLore11/8/2019, 1:56:36 PM1 votes

But Jax doesn't seem to be interested in restoring Icathia, he seems to be interested in getting a group together to fight the void.

Though Zileans Time magic could lead to Icathia being restored, which would be an easy way for Riot to add a new faction to the game.

However I wonder what will make Icathia stand out among the factions? Pretty much every faction is unique in their theme to some extend, so the question would be how Ixtal would avoid being Shurima 2.0. And I think one way would be to give Icathia a more arabic-feel to their champs and maybe make them a magocracy(since they used to have magekings until they were conquered by Shurima).

mrmeddyman11/22/2019, 5:06:46 AM1 votes

I'd like Zilean to be the sole "Make Icathia Great Again" proponent.

I see Jax as more of a citizen of the world. Saijax had nationalistic pride and hated Shurima and the Ascended as much as any other Icathian during the rebellion. After thousands of years spent wandering without a home, without a people to call his own. Jax probably sees the world more for what it is, a collection of people who have more in common than anything else.

To him Icathia is a relic of the past. The old Jax who loved it is gone. This new world is at risk and ALL people need to fight it.