Could the darkin be fallen angels?

GreenLore·6/14/2018, 10:42:46 AM·9 votes·6,455 views

So one of the more common theories is that Morgana is a darkin somehow,especially now that Aatrox talks about Morganas bound flesh(mirroring the darkin) and to be honest,I was never a fan of this theory,because it would either mean that: A:Kayle is a darkin as well or B:Kayle isn't Morganas sister.

However there is one line in Aatroxs new VO,that actually adds a different solution here: "We had another name once... Now, we are Darkin."

According to this line the darkin all used to be something else in the past,they weren't born as Darkin,they became Darkin,which begs the question: What were they originally?

And I think they might have been angels. I mean the darkin are based on classical demons and at least some of the most well known demons are fallen angels(new aatrox really feels like LoLs version of Satan). So it is entirely possible that Morgana was born as an angel and later became a darkin.

This would also fit to some extend with the lores of the Kayle and Morgana. I mean sure sometimes Riot completely rewrites the lores of characters,but most often they try to keep some themes and elements intact(Nautilus was still left behind,Fizzs home still got destroyed,etc.). Morgana in her original lore fought a war against Kayles faction and fought for the cause of the summoners to gain their support against Kayle,though this became kinda moot when Kayle did a deal with the summoners herself.

Now you can pretty much just replace the summoners with the shurimans and it would line up pretty well with Aatroxs new short bio,especially since Aatrox talks about how Kayle is not worthy of ascension,implying that there is a connection there as well(so Kayles faction might have convinced the shurimans to turn against the darkin,even if they did not participate in the war themselves). And as a bonus point,this would also keep the otherworldlyness of Kayle and Morgana without really adding another world,as the darkin homeworld would also be the homeworld of the angels.

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Unstoppable Monk6/14/2018, 7:29:38 PM4 votes

How about Darkin are fallen waifus and when they die they explode and become pretty anime girls.

Jaspers6/14/2018, 12:15:58 PM2 votes

I can see where you are coming from, and it could work. One thing I noticed from the voice lines is that while Aatrox haste Zoe for being the trickster who gave Runeterrans the means to capture him, he doesn't hate Kayle who by description we could assume is the Golden Warrior Queen. Meaning she isn't. You'd think you'd hate the person who gave them the means and the person who did it also. Anyway.

One thing I like from the idea that the Runeterran's stood up to and defeated the Darkin's is that it's suggested there were once more than 5, a lot more. Runeterran's basically genocided a race to survive. Only 5 remained as they were too powerful outright kill so they had to trick them.

That said what about this? Let's say the Darkin were Angels. It was the Angels who were the protectors of Shurima (in the time after Shurima's Fall but before the Darkin War). In that time, Morgana who wanting more for the Angels who did nothing but protect a nation that wasn't theirs, sacrificed herself and in turn created the Darkin from those who were once Angels? Corrupting herself, binding herself to Runeterra. The Darkin don't know this, as they can't comprehend the change but they know there was one, this would change their mindset from protectors to conquerors.

This would keep Kayle and Morgana sisters, Morgana's fallen status. Kayle would still strike the first blow against Morgana for doing this. Kayle would be the last Angel that is in Angel form as all others are now Darkin. Kayle would be the Golden Warrior Queen, leading armies against the invaders as she'd know their movements and tactics.

To be honest, I just want anything that doesn't mean Morgana is a Darkin.

Of course the line could be more simple, they had a name in their own world. Their world was Dark, they are from this Dark world, Darklings according to Runeterrans... shorterned to Darkin. :-P

Tesla Effect6/18/2018, 6:05:30 PM2 votes

More like Fallen Targonian Ascended form a distant Targon world. Kayle and Morgana could be from that same original race but transformed in different manor compared to the rest of the individuals that became the Darkin. None of them are Runeterran in origin, which is why they have close connections to Targon that most likely brought them to Runeterra to fight the Void in Shurima.

Warlord Rhinark6/14/2018, 11:35:28 AM1 votes

I mean.

It seems plausible.

Angels are basically aliens as well, just like the Darkin and both of their homeworlds haven't been revealed yet so it could very well be the same one.

But there are some holes in the theory.

  1. in Kayle's lore, the war between the Angels and the Fallen is described as still being on going. Quote: "In a world far away, where an ancient war still rages". But if there are only 5 Darkin left, and the only ones left are on Runeterra, the war couldn't still be going on. Atleast, not on their homeworld.

  2. Aatrox's quotes suggest animosity towards Targon (Taric, Pantheon, Zoe) for some reason.

  3. Aatrox's quotes also suggest that Zoe was the one that gave "them" (presumably the Shurimans) the tools to imprison him, so it couldn't have been Kayle.

  4. Morgana looks very different from the other Darkin (Although this could just be because of sexual dimorphism. We know absolutely nothing about what a female Darkin looks like)

Cetri6/14/2018, 2:54:51 PM1 votes

I'm starting to wonder... what if an angel is what happens when a Targonian (one of the spacefarers, not the people of the mountain) Ascends?

Vlada Cut6/14/2018, 2:57:43 PM1 votes

Oh hey! Darkins are the fallen angels now! Let's make Morgana a Darkin in her rework! /sarcasm