Why the Iron Revenant's such a fitting title

Malicious Metal·10/20/2015, 5:41:49 PM·105 votes·7,228 views

Today was a good day, I woke up, took a shower and started preparing myself for another day at my University and skipping through the red tracker I noticed something odd being written in my old Morde discussion thread. And behold, Mordekaiser's title was changed to better reflect the vicious wraith haunting the Harrowing.

Now then, why is it such a fitting title? Well, for this little dissection I'm going to split the name in two just like Kindred, IRON and REVENANT

Iron -Iron is a metal, duh. -But it's much more than that, it symbolizes the iron grip Morde holds over his conquered souls. -It's cold, lifeless, it's an instrument of destruction just like The Kaiser of Morde himself. -It pays homage to his Iron man passive -It's often associated with dominance and sturdiness (Ruling with an iron fist, etc.) -It makes Morde still be affiliated with metal

Revenant -There's actually a trash/death metal band named Revenant so there's that ;D

-In the middle ages Revenants were rumored to be the reanimated spirits of the long dead, their undying will making these specters rise from Their graves to haunt the living. -> Directly tied to Morde being kept alive by his sheer force of will -Their (un)living was caused by them trying to achieve a certain goal, the need to fulfill a promise, unfinished business. Be it Revenge, an unfulfilled promise, seeking destruction, dominion, having failed to bring down their enemies and so on. -> It implies Morde's got unfinished business that makes him unable to die, Death itself is no obstacle for him! -Revenants were often associated with bringers of disease and death, which Morde's notorious for, even more so in his old lore. -Revenants are often described as the souls of fallen warriors and high ranking soldiers/kings -Revenants are a common theme in the tales of the Wild hunt, a myth similar to the harrowing, making me draw parallels with Mordekaiser and the King of the Wild hunt

All in all we can safely agree that this new title not only serves its purpose to strike fear in the hearts of metal men but also describe Mordekaiser nearly perfectly. It certainly makes me hyped for his extended lore and what riot decides to do with him in the future!

~M.M

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66 Comments

Laughing Fish10/20/2015, 6:54:28 PM22 votes

Ah yeah, you cant kill the metal! https://i.imgur.com/mGqhsQ5.gif

Núll10/20/2015, 5:58:06 PM14 votes

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Malicious Fury10/20/2015, 10:58:45 PM4 votes

You took a shower? What kind of student are you?

brad10/20/2015, 8:13:16 PM3 votes

holy shit dude u got what u wanted when are u going to stop making 50 threads a day

Kuroi8610/20/2015, 8:49:30 PM3 votes

Don't know if anyone else pointed this out, but Revenant also ties directly with his ult.

Boulderox10/20/2015, 5:44:39 PM3 votes

T_T riot is learning, now we just need some tweeks on his solo lane and golden. But this is glorious for now, a large step in the right direction.

Gunslinger74410/21/2015, 1:18:39 PM2 votes

Such a minor change and the community is overjoyed, I hope Riot learns from this.

Chromatic Eagle10/20/2015, 10:03:20 PM2 votes

Isn't Iron a crappy metal though? Still better than Riot's.

Lhostalis10/21/2015, 3:15:01 AM2 votes

You know Iron's name not its story!!!

Veraska10/21/2015, 10:02:49 AM2 votes

You put it all in words that I couldn't OvO

Monkey D Luffy10/20/2015, 10:47:16 PM1 votes

Stop making mordekaiser threads please

Señor Karthus10/21/2015, 4:24:05 AM1 votes

Congratulations! Riot has accepted your suggestion and Morde is going to have that title!!