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The Darkin just got retconned. Why?

HalfTangible·6/28/2018, 10:51:28 PM·8 votes·3,244 views

Varus' new lore came out less than a year ago. Kayn isn't AS new but he's still a recent addition to the cast, and a love of Rhaast's lines reflect the idea that there were only a few Darkin on Runeterra. Aatrox's thematics and design needed no update, just his abilities.

All 3 of them are being retconned because of the changes to the Darkin. Sure, most of what they are remained intact, but their motives are now heavily altered and it makes even LESS sense that Kayn can fight Rhaast off.

If you want to bring in older ascended who fell because of the Void, fine, that could be REALLY cool, make a story about that. If you wanted, for example, the Ascended to be thought up as a COUNTER to the darkin's initially unstoppable invasion, that could also be interesting (though it still introduces the problem of shrinking the world down)

But merging the darkin with the ascended?

This is coming from someone who liked pretty much every lore update up until this point, including highly contentious ones like Galio: THIS. IS. A. TERRIBLE. IDEA. It shrinks the world down and it's so soon after the Darkin were reintroduced as a concept to League. What next, are the Yordles going to be Targonians?

This goes far, FAR beyond the glacial pace that the lore has been updating. That, I've been okay with, and even defended in places. BUT WHAT REASON DO WE HAVE TO BE INVESTED IN THIS WORLD IF YOU'RE GOING TO CHANGE IT LESS THAN A YEAR AFTER YOU (seemingly) GET ALL YOUR DUCKS IN A ROW?!

15 Comments

Tyaisurm6/29/2018, 11:42:08 AM6 votes

One of my friends is constantly complaining about Aatrox being Riven 1.2, and how the current lore retcon is bad. (he liked the Aatrox theme and lore really much, as it was his first champion in this game)

Aatrox

He liked the idea, that Darkin were actually not originally from Runeterra, and that the "blood magic" used by Vlad (and with Sion) would have originally come from the Darkin, who came from their own world. This "made the blood magic seem much more meaningful".

As of now, he said that "now Darkin are just emos with weapons trying to end each other / themselves".

GenoXx6/29/2018, 1:47:28 AM3 votes

Yordles actually have their own planet next to Targon, whom they hate so they are sent to Runeterra to protect humans from those nasty aspects.

...I can see that in the future lore updates to come

Quepha7/2/2018, 7:28:05 PM3 votes

Riot's writers gonna write. They don't care about the old story, they don't care about existing fans, they don't care about the game. If something stands in their way they're just gonna steamroll over it.

That's why.

Stars Shaper6/29/2018, 10:24:25 AM2 votes

If you'd read the new Lore you'd know how wrong you are.

Makarakarn6/29/2018, 11:47:43 AM2 votes

Honestly? I love the new ideas rather than "they are a mysterious race that came to runeterra from another world because fucking reasons thats why". The new lore actually makes sense if you read it lmao

Decrit6/29/2018, 10:20:48 AM1 votes

I believe they did not truly reconnect, but more specifically "specify" the previous lores. I doubt they do all this without forethought, probably stuff was already decided a year prior with the release of Kayn.

WOOOOOOOOHOOOOOO6/29/2018, 2:02:28 PM1 votes

I disagree with most of all of this