Lore: Cho'Gath Laughed At Aurelion Sol?

YouCantClickThis·8/17/2016, 4:37:39 AM·1 votes·3,598 views

Like I usually do I made a video discussing it on my channel and i summarize here:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a1enEDf-s7E

Anyway, I believe this void figure that was laughing at Aurelion Sol in his story was indeed Cho'Gath. The creature was described as hungry and indomitable, for obvious reasons I think this relates a lot to Cho'Gath. Not to mention that Aurelion Sol also said that this creature was warping things around him, and we know that Cho'Gaths Q causes spikes to erupt, "Warping" the ground causing a rupture. Cho'Gath is due for a lore update, probably around the time when the Void lore gets touched up, and i suspect Riot is building up Cho'Gaths character a bit instead of just throwing him in, having him laugh at the face of the star forger.

What do you guys think? Is this void creature laughing at Sol Cho'Gath, or another void being we havent seen yet?

16 Comments

Meep Man8/17/2016, 4:11:38 PM4 votes

Cho'Gath would be a good candidate for the "anti-Aurelion" that seeks to devour the universe since he technically can infinitely grow. He could be just as large or larger than Aurelion Sol.

YouCantClickThis8/17/2016, 2:16:25 PM2 votes

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Yes, IF. Though at this point Cho is nowhere near Aurelion. Plus Aurelion has a lot of experience fighting the Void. He has been fighting the Void for millenia and is recognized as the Voids greatest threat.

You don't know that. Cho's lore is pre-retcon, and not much about his power is said even in his lore. Story of the void was first introduced in Cho'Gaths bio so it would make sense for me to believe that he's the one who started it all. Clearly Sol is a threat but someone still laughed at his face, so how much of a threat does this void creature think he is if he's willing to laugh at him? The greatest threat to the void is not being able to enter the world of Runeterra willingly, Aurelion Sol is used by the Targonians, it's not like he and the void were natural enemies to begin with.

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Every Void creature is hungry. Kog'Maw and Cho'Gath just hunger in the most literal way. Kha'Zix is trying to be the perfect predator; when he devours his prey he takes on their strengths. You could say he hungers for perfection. Vel'Koz hunger for knowledge is insatiable and basically his whole shtick besides his appereance. The Void itself devours and feasts on other worlds. I believe, while Cho'Gath is a very strong Void creature, he doesn't have the ability to tear reality apart, like, let's say Vel'Koz, Kassadin, Malzahar and that one creature Aurelion Sol found. All of these use the energy of the void directly, as opposed to Cho'Gath and Kha'Zix, who rely solely on their physical abilities.

Every void creature is hungry, but Aurelion Sol specifically said this one was more intelligent then the others he is used to seeing. Like I said in the video, Kog'Maw, Rel'Sai, and Kha'Zix seem more primitive then Cho'Gath and Vel'Koz. Not using void energy? What about Cho Gath's roar? It sends out an energy wave that silences you. His Q sends out void spikes in the distance. I believe thats the power of the void, he's literally a manifest of the void so saying he doesn't use power of the void directly seems a bit off imo. Aurelion said the creature was hungry and distorted all the he touches, and in the trailer of Vel Koz we can see him travelling and pinning down humans. Not distorting or eating any of them. Like I said, he's hungry for knowledge, not an insatiable appetite like Cho or Kog.

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lool that's a bit stretched, "warping" the ground

He doesn't just make an earthquake, he makes void spikes under the ground that pop up in a different area. If he didn't change anything about the ground it would just be a shockwave that knocked you up. Pretty sure he's involved with Malzahar and Kassadin becoming void touched but i'm not too sure about that

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There's been quite a bit of speculation on the subject. Problem is, we honestly know zilch about the Void. And with how willing Riot has been to switch up how basic things work (see: Yordles) even the things we previously thought we knew about the Void may no longer apply.

I personally doubt it was Cho. More likely an entity on the order of Kog's 'Daddy', which according to a Rioter years ago wouldn't even be able to fit on the Summoner's Rift map. There are bigger fish, as it were, than Cho'Gath. My only hope is that Riot doesn't cast the Void as 'totally not Tyranids from another universe' since that's not only lazy, but flies in the face of Riot's recent attempts to give all their factions a bit more depth.

I'm pretty sure Cho is scaled down to fit the rift as well. Like I said in the video, Malphite is summoned onto the rift but the real size of Malphite in Runeterra is a lot bigger then the rift. Not to mention Cho's size is basically limitless

DropFill8/17/2016, 5:10:06 PM2 votes

If cho'gath ever gets a new lore, I think he is a good candidate. Aurelion couldn't care less about this world , but even him said he was impressed with that creature

Rito Staff8/17/2016, 6:42:11 AM1 votes

{quoted} and we know that Cho'Gaths Q causes spikes to erupt, "Warping" the ground causing a rupture.

lool that's a bit stretched, "warping" the ground

Byuiso8/17/2016, 8:17:34 AM1 votes

As cool as it would be that it was Cho I believe like stated earlier it was something much worse. To Aurelion I can't imagine Cho being much more than a flea to him. Kog's daddy is more like it or something way higher on the size and power scale. I imagine only Aurelion can match Kog's daddy in sheer size alone.

Digielf8/17/2016, 4:43:18 AM1 votes

I think Cho'Gath might be the acctual leader of the Void because when Taliyah interacts with him she sais ''you are the scourge that plagues this world'' or something, that wouldn't be referred to just a void creature but the source of the void

Skelenth8/17/2016, 1:37:21 PM1 votes

The creature was described as hungry and indomitable, for obvious reasons I think this relates a lot to Cho'Gath

Every Void creature is hungry. Kog'Maw and Cho'Gath just hunger in the most literal way. Kha'Zix is trying to be the perfect predator; when he devours his prey he takes on their strengths. You could say he hungers for perfection. Vel'Koz hunger for knowledge is insatiable and basically his whole shtick besides his appereance. The Void itself devours and feasts on other worlds. I believe, while Cho'Gath is a very strong Void creature, he doesn't have the ability to tear reality apart, like, let's say Vel'Koz, Kassadin, Malzahar and that one creature Aurelion Sol found. All of these use the energy of the void directly, as opposed to Cho'Gath and Kha'Zix, who rely solely on their physical abilities.

Korios8/17/2016, 8:36:58 AM1 votes

I believe the void creature that laughed at Aurelion could be Vel Koz

Insanity Song8/17/2016, 5:25:07 AM1 votes

I want to believe its cho because mind you even at 6 stacks cho is scaled hugely down compaired to say Sion

Rebonack8/17/2016, 5:33:58 AM1 votes

There's been quite a bit of speculation on the subject. Problem is, we honestly know zilch about the Void. And with how willing Riot has been to switch up how basic things work (see: Yordles) even the things we previously thought we knew about the Void may no longer apply.

I personally doubt it was Cho. More likely an entity on the order of Kog's 'Daddy', which according to a Rioter years ago wouldn't even be able to fit on the Summoner's Rift map. There are bigger fish, as it were, than Cho'Gath. My only hope is that Riot doesn't cast the Void as 'totally not Tyranids from another universe' since that's not only lazy, but flies in the face of Riot's recent attempts to give all their factions a bit more depth.