Fear the Void, you should: here's why
K, so I don't know about you guys, but the Void is my FAVORITE thing in this game (can't wait for the Runeterrian invasion ;D), and I did a lot of research on this subject, which brought me to this conclusion:
The Void KIND OF works like Aurelion Sol: Aurelion Sol creates stars, which become a part of him, and thus the more stars he makes=the more of him there is. The Void is a sentient being named "the Entity" which is, in itself, a place and a person. The more universes it takes over=the more of the Entity there is. The Entity (I really like that name!) was created soon after our favorite space dragon, Aurelion Sol. When star-boy created the light and life, a counter-part was created to balance it out=the Entity. It is the deconstruction of space and the consumption of life. It devours and corrupts nebulas, galaxies, and even entire UNIVERSES to survive.
At some point, a world was created (you guessed it=Runeterra!), and it was a powerful place filled with immense power. When the Entity found this place, it became eager to consume. Nearly a moment after he began his work, a powerful barrier repelled him from the surface (it was caused by the usage of the world runes, which created a defensive field of arcane energy). Enraged, the Entity never stopped trying to infest this darn world, forgetting that he must consume more worlds to survive. He was growing weaker as the field was become stronger from the magical powers used on Runeterra.
Suddenly, one day, the Entity stopped. He was about to give up on this damned place, when he suddenly felt a falter in the field. Three key elements had weaken the power of the protective force: Galio, Demacia, and Ryze.
- Galio was absorbing the magical powers that helped fuel the field.
- Demacia was killing off the users of magic, because they were vued as "unpure". and finally, 3. Ryze was (probably by accident) absorbing the power of the world runes that he was searching and collecting, concentrating their power into his body.
At this moment, the Void was created (because before that point, the Entity was simply a being). Firstly, a place started to take form (it kind of resembles the dark dimension from the movie: Doctor Strange). Then, the greatest horror began= the Entity created life. At first, the creatures would die after a few moments, so the Entity controlled their evolutionary formation so that they can evolve from consuming other beings. However, he sent his first Void creature BEFORE that change through a rift that created at the place where the Entity had made contact: Icathia. He named it Kog'maw. Later on, the shuriman prophet Malzahar would come to be haunted by the voice of a powerful being (guess who?), and went the the rift to be corrupted by the Void. What the Entity saw in his mind made him wonder in happiness. He had brought life to Runeterra before...
It was an odd species. that lived in Shurima. It would create tunnels underground, but they were portals-ish. After a bit of searching, he found the queen of this species, named Rek'Sai. The Entity then devised a plan (for the first time ever! lol) to invade Runeterra.
step 1. Make an army step 2. Attack Runeterra step 3. Consume everything step 4. Laugh in Aurelion Sol and Bard's faces
For him, this was his best (and only) plan ever.
) and for others (
) it's possible they picked up little bits and pieces along the way.