Are Ethwahl and Death's Dance darkin?

Tormentula··10 votes·2,732 views

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Etwahl seems to have a symbiosis with sona similar to darkins having symbiosis with their host. According to sona's old lore, her care takers tried to sell the instrument but it kept returning as if it had some sentience and sona specifically could use its power. Granted it doesn't really look darkin but is that a requirement? Also the name doesn't have an "aa" emphasis which may or may not be a darkin characteristic.

Also

http://vignette3.wikia.nocookie.net/leagueoflegends/images/1/1c/Death%27s_Dance_item.png/revision/latest?cb=20161029063510

This just flat out looks darkin, and unless the blade itself is call "death's dance" the demon or whatever the blade is doesn't have a true name.

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Ahristocats6 votes

i don't think etwahl is a darkin, nice try though

here is why the etwahl wanted to have 100% of sona love and refused to have sona loving any other person, which is the reason the etwahl killed sona's adoptive mother

and i don't think darkins have this behavior, they just want to completly possess someone, but they do not crave for their love

Tormentula2 votes

Wait where's the lore of Etwahl killing her adoptive mother? I didn't find that anywhere unless that's old lore or what I'm reading is outdated.

Ahristocats1 votes

the judgement

read league's judgement of sona

Epicurus1 votes

It's in her League Judgement. The story also shows that the etwahl can move on its own, eliminating any doubt that it is a living thing.

I think Sona being a Darkin would be a great twist to her story.

Arakadia1 votes

Couldn't this darkin relresent jealousy? Each of them seem to represent something.

Ahristocats1 votes

if each darkin has its personality, then yeah it's possible

that's still weird, for a being that wants to possess a persone, to be jealous of this same person

GreenLore2 votes

It never killed Sonas adoptive mother,that was just a vision of what Sona fears could happen.(which was often the case,like Leona who went through her execution without getting saved by the sun in her judgement)

I mean would you really believe that Sona is so happy with her Etwahl if it did something like this to her?

AmazoX1 votes

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i don't think etwahl is a darkin, nice try though

here is why the etwahl wanted to have 100% of sona love and refused to have sona loving any other person, which is the reason the etwahl killed sona's adoptive mother

and i don't think darkins have this behavior, they just want to completly possess someone, but they do not crave for their love

holy fuck now i'm interested in Sona.

Ebonmaw Dragon5 votes

Some people may argue that Death Dance cant be a darkin because having a simple item as a Darkin would be a waste of a character, since there are only 5 of them left... However, i think that an item could be a Darkin without host... and in a future, we would recieve the darkin with the host as a character, after all, the game already has champions that are wearring in game items. Gangplank item 3742 Sejuani item 3191

Other item that could be Darkin is item 3083, since the lore mentions that is a living being.

XIII Vanitas1 votes

Isn't item 3191 related to Lissandra?

Also, I'm 100% sure item 3083 has nothing to do with darkins, since the very icon tells us that it's connected to natural energy.

Ebonmaw Dragon1 votes

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Isn't item 3191 related to Lissandra?

Also, I'm 100% sure item 3083 has nothing to do with darkins, since the very icon tells us that it's connected to natural energy.

Yes, it is, but Sejuani is the one wearring it.

And about the icon, it needs to be updated since Illaoi describes them as "metal clothes"... and darkins seem to have metallic parts. However, the quote could also mean that Warmog is not a living being anymore.

HalcyonDweller4 votes

I hadn't heard of the bit about the instrument in Sona's Lore. That's super interesting and definitely warrants some though.

However I still think it is a bit of a stretch to suggest that one of the original characters was secretly designed to have a sentient instrument and the playerbase was never told. I'd think that would be something Riot would emphasize in her lore or brag about on the forums / dev blogs.

Tormentula1 votes

I got the read from her biography at lolwiki (acknowledging every writes on it but hey)

http://leagueoflegends.wikia.com/wiki/Sona

"Her melody moves the soul, her silence sunders the body." - Jericho Swain Sona has no memories of her true parents. As an infant, she was found abandoned on the doorstep of an Ionian adoption house, nestled atop an ancient instrument in an exquisite case of unknown origins. She was an unusually well-behaved child, always quiet and content. Her caretakers were sure she would find a home quickly, but it soon became apparent that what they mistook for uncommon geniality was actually an inability to speak or to produce any sound whatsoever. Sona remained at the adoption house until her teens, watching in hopeless silence as prospective adopters passed her by. During this time, the caretakers sold her unusual instrument to anxious collectors, hoping to build her a trust. For a myriad of bizarre and unexpected reasons, however, it would be returned, or simply appear again outside the house.

When a wealthy Demacian woman named Lestara Buvelle learned of the instrument, she immediately embarked to Ionia. When the caretakers showcased the instrument for her, she rose wordlessly and explored the house, stopping outside Sona's room. Without hesitation, Lestara adopted her and left a generous donation for the instrument. With Lestara's guidance, Sona discovered a deep connection with the instrument which Lestara called an 'etwahl'. In her hands, it played tones which stilled or quivered the hearts of those around her. Within months, she was headlining with the mysterious etwahl for sold-out audiences. She played as though plucking heartstrings, effortlessly manipulating the emotions of her listeners - all without a single written note. In secret, she discovered a potent and deadly use for her etwahl, using its vibrations to Hymn of Valor.png slice objects from a distance. She honed this discipline in private, mastering her gift, that she might be prepared should a fitting recital require the harmony of her talents.

The manipulation part I read over but that's interesting wording there.

HalcyonDweller2 votes

Whoah, very interesting wording... I'd really like to hear some Rioter input on this! IF this has been planned all along then it would be like the biggest easter egg since... I dunno, some really big easter egg!

Blitzidious1 votes

It definitely wasn't the idea at first, but it's a possibility now.

Thilmer2 votes

I have never thougth in that way about the Etwhal, but is possible, since the damn instrument is VERY eldritch.

Not to mention that Sona has always been potentially non-human: floating, manipulating the emotions of other people, and her natural hair color is blue with golden tips.

Nylisa1 votes

yes also remember now that sona is part of the "new" demacia she cant be doing all these things so openly anymore , a floating girl with weird hair color that manipulates people by playing songs? i smell "BURN THE WITCH" screams by demacians all over this!

DJMason881 votes

I literally just realized Deaths Dance was a sword. I legit always thought it was like a weird cape or dress.

WOOOOOOOOHOOOOOO1 votes

Doubtful on the Etwahl, keep in mind anything written about Sona is out of date at this moment in time. Death's Dance does look more promising, but I would hope there is more variety in the Darkin

Archon Adagio1 votes

2017 EVERY ITEM IS A DARKIN!

Nylisa1 votes

Sona's lore is one of the most incomplete lores of league.there are a lot of questions and unanswered plot holes , with those uncertainties at hand its a little hard to put much thought on what you just mentioned , there are too many unknowns to even have proper guesses if you ask me.

i think this is why its taking so long for her to get a lore update.

Digielf1 votes

item 3632 Pretty sure Sona has nothing to do with the darkin, for the item deaths dance it would be a waste to have it just as an item instead of a championitem 3632

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