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Let's Set the Record Straight on the New Skins

BattleBalladeer··5 votes·6,180 views

Whitebeard Ryze is a reference to Elminster of Forgotten Realms mythos. http://media-titanium.cursecdn.com/attachments/68/725/ryzewhitebeard360.jpg http://images.fasocdn.com/6562_1383385l+v=201410211738c201410211738/elminster-dungeons-and-dragons-online.jpg Sure Elminster is based off of Gandalf, but that just makes it a double reference.

And that probably means Swiftbolt Varus is Drizzt. http://media-titanium.cursecdn.com/attachments/68/697/varusswiftboltmv.jpg

https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/736x/e0/26/df/e026df8395d92329e9c24b60914b11ca.jpg

Most likely. More likely than Whitebeard Ryze being Dumbledore like some are saying.

I feel bad for getting Pirate ryze now tbh... and between these skins, Dragon Trainer, and Illaoi Rito has made way too much awesome content for once patch. [slayer-pantheon-rainbows] My wallet can only bleed so much...

EDIT: We did it, Faerûn!

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Varus is definitely a Drow in the style of the unstoppable Drizzt Do'Urden. A Drow.

^From after someone said he looked like a Night Elf- IIRC.

10 Comments

Bixits4 votes

The new Hec skin looks like the forest guardian from Maleficent (movie).

BattleBalladeer2 votes

The new Hecarim skin is really awesome too! It can rival Arcade easily. The Braum and Trist ones have me rethinking my plan to get the Illaoi bundle at release.

Bixits2 votes

They are all awesome! I admit I complained about not having the Necromancer Azir for the Harrowing, but I'm glad they released him after all! I want the Illaoi, Hec, Trist, Azir and Ryze skins :D

GreenLore1 votes

although the hecarim skin isn't part of the medieval skin-line,a rioter confirmed that rugged garen is the 5th member of the medieval skinline.

BattleBalladeer1 votes

That makes my sales purchase of it that much more awesome. I wonder which classic D&D class he is then. Vanilla fighter? Ranger? I was convinced he was an Aragorn/Lannister hybrid.

Still an awesoem skin and theme.

Krigjer2 votes

I think they're all just nods to generic RPG character tropes.

BattleBalladeer1 votes

Pretty much. Elminster was the first thing I thought of when I saw the skin though, the boots and hat and the jerkin are what I associate with the wandering wizard ever since that rendition in D&D Online.

Kindlejack in another thread did say explicitly that the Varus skin is inspired by Drizzt though.

Krigjer1 votes

Kindlejack in another thread did say explicitly that the Varus skin is inspired by Drizzt though.

He's putting more emphasis on the fact that he's a drow though, not that he's inspired directly by the character.

Ralanr1 votes

750 RP.

Let your wallet smile, THEN WHEEP MORE!

Anonymousaur1 votes

Some of the new skins make me think of World of Warcraft. It's beautiful.

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