Why Sylas trailer ruins Lux's lore
TLDR at bottom :)
So before I go too into this, I think its important to establish why I am nitpicking this so much. Sometime last year, Riot completely changed and revamped Lux's lore from an underground spell casting badass fighting for Demacia, to using her powers in secret and talking with statues. Lux has been and will always be my favorite champion but this just seems sloppy.
Lux Lore's role: It's important to know why this breaks Lux lore by first establishing what this actually breaks. As of now, Lux has secret magical powers that is known only to an underground group known as the illumination, and the statue that is Galio. In Lux's short story, Galio senses the power from inside Lux, but galio for the most part is just that, a statue. He is empowered to move by the magic stored in Lux. Essentially, her magic is a secret to Demacia. The only people that should know is the illuminators.
Iluminator's role: This is a little more ambiguous, but we can assume a few things based on the lore as it stands.
- Lux is a member of the illuminators
- Magic is frowned upon by the city of Demacia
- The Illuminators MUST be acting as a covert underground secret magic group.
The video; Setting: We have to go based on the surroundings of this room that Sylas is in. From previous mention from various Riot employees, this champion is (or was going to be) Demacian. This is supported by the striking similarity from the room we are placed in. The architecture of the building is extremely similar, and the viewpoint outside of the lone portal to this room, seems to be of Demacian origin. We can see a good glimpse of the outside at 1:31. Also, we can assume very easily that this is some sort of Demacian prison, and again this makes sense. The chains are a Demacian gold, similar to that of Lux and Garen's armor. In addition we see what appears to be a date logging of how long Sylas was chained here. Finally we can guess why Sylas is actually locked up here and why this may play a role in why Lux is visiting. The pulses of magic coming from Sylas could mean he was locked up here for being magic in Demacia. It would damn well make sense if Lux was going to this prison to see the only other magical being mentioned (besides galio).
The broken lore: Lux is only seen for a few moments beginning at time 1:30, but in that time it shreds the lore of her character. From our various assumptions (which are very easy assumptions) Lux is walking into a prison. Now I've never actually been to a prison, but usually they are government operated with guards and things to help continue enforcing the law (in this case the sentence).
Why the hell is Lux walking into a Demacian prison with her magical staff? This would out her in a second! So either one of a few things has to happen since she is openly carrying magic in a Demacian prison.
- This prison is under control of an underground covert group called the "Illuminators" (unlikely).
- Lux literally doesn't give a F*** about her magic and will openly display it now, contrary to her lore (which honestly would make Lux badass again).
- An oversight of Riot and confusion with previous lore (possible).
- Her staff isn't magical. (extremely unlikely seeing as it literally glows with magic)
Maybe i'm looking way too into this, but something doesn't seem right. 7+ years of Lux and I feel something is wrong.
Curious to hear any others opinions.
TL;DR: Lux shouldn't be open with her magic in a Demacian prison if magic is so taboo and can get her locked up herself.
