Although this post is a little bit early, i'd just like to point out this new void champion seems to be the first time there's been a name attached to a species from the void. I'm looking forward to hopefully some exploration of a new species of void creatures.
BLU Medic9 votesOooh, an actual species. Makes you wonder if the male Voidborns have species. What if Kha'Zix is just one of many, and there's a giant Kha'Zix-like Void mantis queen out there?
Sharjo11 votesI wonder if this means that Rek'Sai has a nest of Xer'Sai buried deep beneath the Shuriman wasteslands. This also kinda adds to Kog'Maw just a tiny little bit; he's a newborn of a specific voidborn species.
EDIT: A note, Rek'Sai of the Xer'Sai. So... Kha'Zix of the Xer'Zix? Cho'Gath of the Xer'Gath? Kog'Maw of the Xer'Maw? Vel'Koz of the Xer'Koz?
Potentially?
lighning2311 votesI wonder if this means that Rek'Sai has a nest of Xer'Sai buried deep beneath the Shuriman wasteslands. This also kinda adds to Kog'Maw just a tiny little bit; he's a newborn of a specific voidborn species.
EDIT: A note, Rek'Sai of the Xer'Sai. So... Kha'Zix of the Xer'Zix? Cho'Gath of the Xer'Gath? Kog'Maw of the Xer'Maw? Vel'Koz of the Xer'Koz?
Potentially?
i dont think there could ever be another kha zix because he ate the creatures of earth to look the way he does now. His species probably wouldn't even recognize each other because they grew up in different worlds and change on what they eat.
Sharjo5 votesNothing to say he couldn't have come from an individual species and branched out from there. Hell the Voidborn species could originate from highly successful individuals who breed to create broods of Voidborn that share superior adaptations from both parents. Xer'Sai could be one of those super successful Voidborn, and could be birthing a brood as we speak.
Ebonmaw Dragon21 votesI wonder if this means that Rek'Sai has a nest of Xer'Sai buried deep beneath the Shuriman wasteslands. This also kinda adds to Kog'Maw just a tiny little bit; he's a newborn of a specific voidborn species.
EDIT: A note, Rek'Sai of the Xer'Sai. So... Kha'Zix of the Xer'Zix? Cho'Gath of the Xer'Gath? Kog'Maw of the Xer'Maw? Vel'Koz of the Xer'Koz?
Potentially?
Maybe Vilemaw is actually Vile'Maw and Ebonmaw is Ebon'Maw
http://i0.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/facebook/000/203/685/conspiracy-keanu.jpg
And they are from the family of Kog'Maw
patmax171 votesmind -> blown
this is now my headcanon
EDIT: Xer'ath :O
ok, jk XD
A Superb Villain3 votesPersonally, I think the first syllable of a Voidborn's name their individual designation, similar to a given name, while the second set following the apostrophe identifies their particular breed.
For example, 
; Kha is his "name" or the closest human equivalent, while Zix indicates he belongs to the distinct family of Voidborn with the potential for extreme mutations.
Sharjo3 votesYeah it's what I was getting at there. So if Kha'Zix had a sister it could be Tal'Zix or something. I kinda like this as a whole, as it lends towards the idea of a greater conciousness for the Voidborn; they're not so solely focused on consuming that they don't care about anything else, they have their own way of living and being. It's a little bit of depth I can appreciate.
PhoenixSlayer131 votesI really like this theory :)
BLU Medic1 votesPotentially. It's a very high possibility, although I like to think that Vel'Koz and Cho'Gath are higher members of their species, like Rek'Sai. Imagine the family reunions.
Rainbowgasm7 votesso now we know that the void has dirt.
Meep Man9 votesOr maybe Vel'Koz's knowledge of this world is being transferred to the Void, allowing whatever makes or breeds the Void creatures in the Void to adapt what they make into creatures that can thrive in Runeterra as they prepare to invade on a large scale.
Sharjo8 votesProblem with that is that Rek'Sai is a legendary monster in Shurima; she's probably been around in Valoran much longer than Vel'Koz. She probably had some biology suited for digging and evolved specifically to burrow better.
LANWhale3 votesSo what your saying is that it evolved into what we see now? Are you implying that there other Rek'Sai roaming around Shurima in the sand? Or worse yet...What if some of her siblings or possible kin evolved to suit more than just the land? Can we maybe see some water like void creatures? I like this idea, especially since the Void is just a floating place(I guess) which means Rek'Sai wouldn't have been suited to live their, which then further says that she wasn't alive when the first of her kind came threw. And over generations did they evolve to what Rek'Sai is to this day. Which means there are more like her, not like the other void creatures, and could easily mean that they may have evolved to suit other environments because they where like earlier void creatures like Cho'Gath, who only wanted to consume...woops sorry got kinda carried away there, I usually do this when it comes to evolution and animals, my bad for the long text.
In case you don't want to read that in short, there are more of her species already in Valoran and probably all scattered threw out the world and have evolved to suit their respected environment.
PhoenixSlayer131 votesI honestly have a feeling that Rek'Sai has been around Shurima a LONG time. Y'know how Skarner and the Brackern were moved to Shurima recently? And they were guarding something... or guarding against something?
Rek'Sai might be a "rogue agent" of sorts. She came out of a portal in Icathia and over the millennia went feral.
CupcakeTrap5 votesso now we know that the void has dirt.
Non-Euclidean dirt.
There is a dirt between dimensions, between worlds.
Bow before the dirt or be consumed.
Man lives on a placid isle of ignorance amid black seas of dirt, and it was not meant that he should voyage far.
That is not dirt which can eternal lie, and with strange eons even dirt may die.
Unidad6 votesHer legs look like voidling legs. What if she's an adult voidling? Malzahar is Shurmian too, after all, and if I remember correctly it was at some shrine in the desert that he entered/saw the void? Hnnnng pls be an adult voidling.
Dreamspitter2 votesHer legs look like voidling legs. What if she's an adult voidling? Malzahar is Shurmian too, after all, and if I remember correctly it was at some shrine in the desert that he entered/saw the void? Hnnnng pls be an adult voidling.
curious
Rainbowgasm1 votesVoidlings are probably just the "rats" of the void.
LordHippoman3 votesSighs and folds up his "KASSADIN'S DAUGHTER" post-it note
If only...
But seriously, this is cool. First time we've gotten a species of Void creature...maybe there are more of her, lurking in the Void itself? They'd have to be smaller though, since it's been confirmed the Void Champs are one of a kind, except Voidlings, of course.
patmax171 votesStill waiting for daddy, here :)
CupcakeTrap3 votesUh, I'll just see myself out if I'm the only one, but…Rek'Sai of the Xer'Sai?
I'm reminded of when Xerath was being developed under the codename Magus, and was then given the title "the Magus Ascendant", leading to a lot of jokes about "Magus, the Magus Ascendant". Then Riot came out and announced his name was Xerath, prompting the community to gleefully declare that the new Champion would be "Xerath, the Xerath Ascendant".
Not going to lie, that's still what I call him sometimes. But no one remembers. T_T
Voidzilla2 votesI'm so ecstatic for this.
I love how the names of her abilities are actually making way for story, or at least speculation of the mysterious Void. What does being a queen in the Void actually entail? What or who are the Xer'Sai? What is the Void structure/ecosystem like? What is Icathia in relation to Shurima? We could be seeing some lore-love to the Void sooner rather than later.
And if we're theorycrafting, I'd like to point out something I thought was rather interesting. Considering the retcons to Skarner and Shurima, could we be seeing a tie-in with the Brackern to the Voidborn? Rek'Sai seems like she's been in Shurima for quite some time, and Skarner has been moved to be a creature of the deserts there. Has anyone noticed that Rek'Sai's color scheme is very similar to Skarner's - they both have purple, and that could just be an artistic style-choice unrelated to lore, but the shade of purple Rek'Cai has is noticeably different from Kha'Zix, Vel'Koz, Malzahar, and Kassadin's. Rek'Sai also has blue accents on her, again that are very similar to Skarner's. Considering the retcons, what if these "Xer'Sai" are or are related to the Brackern, and Skarner could be a possible descendant of the Voidborn?
A theory I have is that Rek'Sai is a leftover from the Void's earlier invasion on Runeterra, and that she survived & adapted to the deserts of Shurima after the long millenniums. It is quite possible that in that time she somehow produced offspring, and as generations passed, evolution took its course, adapting a portion of these neo/Runeterran-Voidborn into the Brackern.
Desmond Law2 votesYou get mobility, You get mobility, Everybody gets mobility!
xGvPx2 votesIsn't Queen of Xer'sai just kind of a joke on Queen of Versailles? Maybe it's more deep than that, lol but Riot likes their jokes, too.
CupcakeTrap1 votes:|
I don't know. I don't usually expect Riot to turn to AP Euro for jokes.
LordHippoman4 votesWhen she heard about the peasants lack of bread, Rek'Sai said, "Let them eat ARRGHHHGSHHRGHSHHSHS"
kokopelli21 votesMuh sides have reached orbit. LET THEM EAT ult screech
Grouchy Poro2 votesI'm loving the head cannons :D. I came onto the boards to post about the 'family names' theory that can be inferred from Rek'sai's passive. The 'Queen' title though is something I see as a title more than a role. Like, I don't think she's a queen like the queen ant or queen bee but it's more like she's called the queen because she's the most powerful. Going off this I could see Cho'gath being a king of his species considering how intelligent and powerful he seems to be. It's a cold, subtle intelligence though that's overshadowed by hunger.
All in all though, I support the void families theory, Vel'koz perhaps being a unique case as his conscious mind seems to be disconnected from most other void residents.
GreenLore1 votesyeah i was also a bit confused about the thing of the Xer'sai. I think she might be related to skarner,maybe a rival or something like that(because she could simply burrow into the cavern of the brackern)
Placentas1 votesI am really diggin' this champ and wish I hadn't just spent my 7,800 IP on Kalista..she's okay but she sure isn't Rek'Sai.
Interesting how they are getting rid of global ults, then basically give Rek'Sai a global art. Definitely looking forward to exploiting her tunnels.
So she's a Queen meaning there's more of her species (or once was more of her species), something many of us can agree upon. But this also opens up a possible Mr.Rek'Sai, a King of the Xer'Sais. I'm very interedasted.
Syruess Cole1 votesit may not necessarily be a name it could just be a title the Void Burrower might just be a title for her as a burrower, same as kha'zix the voidreaver, kassadin the void walker, simply put I believe what you think is a name attached to a species may just be a title. unless your seeing something else that you believe to be the name but I don't see any mention in your quote that shows the name of any species besides the desert people
Stars Shaper1 votesMy notice:
Derpling1 votesFor Void creatures, the first part of their name is there actual name and the second half is their tribe name.
