Is Wraith King from DotA the King of the Shadow Isles?

IXI Cedry2k··7 votes·2,144 views

Please, notice this is just a theory that i wanted to share with people, also sorry for any mistakes my english isn't the best. (Quotes taken from leagueoflegends.com.wikia and dota2.gamepedia.com) So, I was looking at the Blade of the Ruined King item, and i noticed i looks a bit like Wraith King's sword from DotA. I also noticed gives you the same stats you should build on the Wraith King: attack speed, life steal and damage. Especially life steal, because he has a passive that gives him life steal (Vampiric Aurea). So i decided to take a look on BOTRK's trivia. ''Blade of the Ruined King is named after the mysterious "King" mentioned by the Altars on Twisted Treeline as the ruler of the Shadow Isles.'' This is tells me that BOTRK is actually a reference to some unknown king, it also states that he is the cause of the Shadow Isles current state, and the Wraith King's lore talks about how his seek for immortality and expantion of his kingdoms caused his land to become what it is now (the name of his lands lands are never stated on his lore) And now from comparing the Shadow Isles trivia and the Wraith King's lore i found out that: On the Shadow Isles, there is a saying, "Death is but a new beginning." And this made me instantly think about Wraith King's ultimate, Reincarnation: Wraith King's members regroup after death, allowing him to resurrect when killed in battle. And as stated before, Wraith King was seeking immortality: ''Should he infuse himself with Wraith Essence, he thought he might create a body as luminous and eternal as his ego. On the millennial solstice known as Wraith-Night, he submitted to a rite of transformation, compelling his subjects to harvest enough souls to fuel his ambition for immortality.No one knows how many of his champions died.'' And this quote taken from Wraith King's lore can be related to some events and aspects of the Show Isles: --he thought he might create a body as luminous and eternal as his ego. This reminds of the way most Shadow Isles related champions and skins look like. --he submitted to a rite of transformation. Let's compare this to a quote from Shadow Isles trivia: ''When the king of the Shadow Isles** ordered his sorcerers to crack open the barrier separating life and death**, the forest served as a well of power the magi drank deeply from, the sorcerers' ritual succeeded in corrupting the cycle of life and unleashing forces they could not hope to contain.'' --harvest enough souls to fuel his ambition for immortality. This make me think about what tresh did, ''His sole purpose is finding worthy souls, breaking the minds and bodies of their hosts, and then carrying them back to the Shadow Isles, where an unknown (but most likely terrible) fate awaits them.''. --No one knows how many of his champions died. As we already know the whole life in the island and the island it self was sacrified. Plese let me know what you think, and thank you for reading!

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Ebonmaw Dragon7 votes

At first i would say "NO, Dota and LoL are from different worlds/games, therefore its impossible"

... But then... i remembered... that both games already have a "lore" connection

item 3116 Rylai's Crystal Scepter. An item that was owned by a woman called "Rylai", that has ice powers, Crystal Powers.

http://media.playdota.com/hero/34/skill-2.JPG

... So... we can say that the Crystal Scepter was owned by... Rylai, the Crystal Maiden?

Yes.

So what?

Rylai, the Crystal maiden is a hero(in?)... of Dota.

http://hydra-media.cursecdn.com/dota2.gamepedia.com/1/10/Crystal_Maiden.png?version=7d18a36687b743933406cf829492f9f2

... And lets not forget about Baron Nashor... and his mysterious connection with Roshan....

Also Wukong had a bar before getting the Doran staff from Yi... and he is the Monkey King . Dota has a weapon called "Monkey King Bar"

https://38.media.tumblr.com/fb45b7c44ee2c89c98e031827f4e2ab6/tumblr_nn499efu7R1sh43kgo1_400.gif

Motajo1 votes

[{quoted}](name=Ebonmaw Dragon,realm=NA,application-id=6kFXY1kR,discussion-id=EQIlpQ07,comment-id=0003,timestamp=2015-05-26T16:37:12.310+0000)And lets not forget about Baron Nashor... and his mysterious connection with Roshan....

I'm surprised people don't notice this one more often. If not for the "sh", it'd just be Roshan spelled backwards. It doesn't get much more obvious than that. I guess people shorten the name to just "Baron" too much.

Sharjo4 votes

And then you realize that Rylai is infact just Jaina Proudmoore from Warcraft 3 renamed!

Does this mean all mobas are part of the Heroes of the Storm multiverse extravaganza?

A Superb Villain1 votes

The plot thickens.

Ebonmaw Dragon1 votes

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And then you realize that Rylai is infact just Jaina Proudmoore from Warcraft 3 renamed!

Does this mean all mobas are part of the Heroes of the Storm multiverse extravaganza?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P3ALwKeSEYs

Tesla Effect4 votes

Wraith King. Wraith. Mordekaiser is a wraith. Mordekaiser. Mordekaiser means Murder Emperor. Emperor. Emperor is similar of a King. King. Ruined King is a King...... Mordekaiser is the Ruined King. item 2050

IXI Cedry2k1 votes

That makes sense :/

Merxamers1 votes

Mordekaiser is a dark doppelganger of the Wraith King, created simultaneously with the Wraith King during his immortality ceremony. The final soul used for this was Kalista, the former right hand of the King. I'm sure she'll come to forgive him someday.

Intambulance1 votes

Thresh is like the collector of souls for the kings's reincarnation.

IXI Cedry2k1 votes

Yeah, thats what i was thinking.

Baron of Bread1 votes

I don't think so, mostly because it is stated that the King of the Shadow Isles was trying to bring someone back from the dead, not acquire immortality.

Verandure1 votes

I think equating the ceremony to the Harrowing event would be more appropriate.

Yolo Boon1 votes

ma sono solo cazzate Urgot

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