How much Petricite is in Demacian architecture nowadays?

Ralanr··4 votes·2,229 views

Cause if there's still a lot, I can't imagine how Lux could ever cast spells.

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Sharjo5 votes

Given the similarities between Galio's stonework and just about every piece of Demacian architecture we've seen...

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http://universe-meeps.leagueoflegends.com/v1/assets/images/factions/image-gallery/demacia-hallvalor.jpg

http://universe-meeps.leagueoflegends.com/v1/assets/images/factions/image-gallery/demacia-templelightbringers.jpg

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...A fucking lot of it.

We don't really know the size of this great petrified forest, but if there's enough to make Galio and as much architecture as Demacia has, then it either speaks to:

A: Demacia's great at being efficient with that woof with the lime and ash.

B: The forest is fucking enormous.

Ralanr2 votes

...Jesus Lux, where did your magic even start with all that anti magic?

Sharjo4 votes

Perhaps, like Taliyah, it manifested for the first time in a specific instance, when she was out beyond the capital, in an open field or something.

I wouldn't care she's probably wearing armour similar or pretty much made of Demacian Steel, which given its magic resistant properties as we saw with Morde's colour story, means it's probably made with the same wood in the refining process.

Jeez that must suck for Lux to wear.

Ralanr1 votes

I bet she's wearing some fake armor.

Or it's actually sealing a large amount of her power so her abilities on the rift are actually the results of power seeping out of a restraining bolt.

Sharjo1 votes

Or maybe she's trained herself to be able to bypass the protection; Galio's defenses did fail at one point, which allowed him to become sentient.

Lots of things to think about with Lux right now. Lots of things.

Avienal1 votes

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Or maybe she's trained herself to be able to bypass the protection; Galio's defenses did fail at one point, which allowed him to become sentient.

Lots of things to think about with Lux right now. Lots of things.

So basically the whole Magical girl actually has god'tier like levels of magical power schmick, where even putting a ridiculous number of anti'magic measures in place would only dampen the power and not out'right nullify it. No'wonder Lux got a Ultimate skin, if she got to go full force then she'd be making us all Taste the Rainbow to the MAX.

[slayer-pantheon-thumbs]

TyrekGoldenspear2 votes

Hey I haven't thought of that, good observation!

It would also explain why nobody found out about her power earlier.

Mogarl1 votes

I got the notion that petricite has a cap on how much magic it can absorb before weird things start happening. Galio eventually turned sentient, but Lux would be wearing a lot less of it. It could have simply ran out of space to store magic or perhaps even developed its own magical properties. Either way Given how little armor Lux wears I would bet that any anti-magic petricite armor she wears doesn't stay very anti-magic for very long.

TyrekGoldenspear3 votes

I imagine less is needed in tbe interior regions, while the outer walls have enough to stop undead juggernauts kept alive by magic from smashing through like a battering ram.

Which is probably why Demacia plays the defense game more than any nation off the top of my head save Ionia.

Ravenhale1 votes

Well, the old lore featured a College of Magic in Demacia. At one point, Lux ran to her home to show off something to her parents, implying the college was near enough for her to only worry about being marked absent.

But... I think these things could and should be retconned. I'm not saying we need to get DragonAge here with an order dedicated to killing mages if they step out of line, but I could see a College of Magic being somewhere remote in Demacian territory where they could practice their skills without terrifying the common populace.

Rebonack1 votes

Given the weirdness of Runeterra and the fact that there is a ton of that white anti-magic cement everywhere in Demacia, I get the uncanny feeling that the stone trees grow back just like normal trees.

Also: Maybe what makes Lux so special is the fact that she can cast magic in spite of the anti-magic rock?

ModThe Djinn1 votes

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Cause if there's still a lot, I can't imagine how Lux could ever cast spells.

Note that there seem to be different SORTS of magic in Runeterra. It's possible that the darker, more malevolent magic we see in characters from Noxus is fundamentally different from that wielded by, say, Lux or Bard or Brand. I imagine Brand unleashed on Demacia would still be devastating, for example, and I can't imagine Bard's magic being stopped by stone from a mortal realm.

So it may just be that Lux--and many other characters--wield a force that isn't exactly the same as the force some other mages wield. "Magic" is a catch-all term, but, like anything else, it has MANY varieties.

Eternal7911 votes

Since Demacia is a little weary of magic, I could see them trying to suppress Lux's power which could already be enough to still show with all the petricite buildings around. So maybe her armor is made to further dampen her abilities. Not that it necessarily works very well.

Lady Faceless1 votes

There are two option why Lux still has the ability to cast spells.

  1. Lux has such a high magic potential/power that even surrounded by such much Petricite doesn't affect her magic.

Or

  1. Lux has a resistance against Petricite. It would makes sense - Demacia trust their anti-magic stone so much, they would never get the idea, that the mages could evolve a immunity against it. I mean, this lies in the realm of possibility. Just look at all this antibiotic-resistant bacteria we are breeding...

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