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@REAV3 and worldbuilders : clarity on which champions are vastaya

Xodiathe4bdn1·4/4/2017, 10:36:39 AM·1 votes·1,000 views

I , like many others, am very confused on which of the many anthromorphic champions are vistaya Now looking at the new lore provided we can say that all the vastaya have two common qualities Magical attunment and Ionian origin There are three groups of vastaya

  1. anthromorphs: complete animalistic features but walk upright
  2. Hybrids: blends of human and animal features
  3. Shapeshifters: those that can freely shift between completely human and completely animal

Some characters share these qualities completely or partially and since some have incomplete lore it we don't know for sure so I'm going to speculate some who may be vastaya and what traits work for or against them to be vastaya Ahri: confirmed vastaya hybrid Alistar: while he has the body of anthro, his current lore speaks of being a species outside of ionia and there are no magical elements in his abilities Nidalee : she has all the states to be a shapeshifter but her origin is kumungu. We know kumungu is canon thanks to Ivern so now the question now is its location. If it is Ionia then we could safely call Nidalee a vastaya shape shifter Rengar: a possible anthromorphic vastaya but the nature of his stealth is ambiguous in that it could be magical or technological . Also his claim of being the best hunter in runeterra would require him to go far to hunt beasts of different locations so his origin could be of another species outside Ionia MonkeyKing: a very likely anthromorphic vastaya when no cons to say other wise

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Tesla Effect4/4/2017, 10:52:24 AM1 votes

Alistar Fizz Trundle Volibear Nami maybe all races of vastaya (each race having its own special name) within the vastaya taxonomy.

Elise Elise and Shyvana Shyvana maybe special cases of vastaya created not by natural magicks, but with dark magicks.

Kayle, Morgana, Soraka may also be another form of vastaya from celestial natures.

Twitch and Warwick maybe vastaya through artificial chem tech means.

Vastaya is also a vast taxonomy for all sentient chimeric beings evolved through magical means. While some individual races within the taxonomy are also called Vastaya, that doesnt stop each individual races, sub-races, special individuals being called vastaya in the same named taxonomy.

This may also explain the in-universe existence of chimeric beings of close to near human nature, all share magical natures and their forms being created from magical means (natural magicks, dark magicks, celestial magicks, chem techmaturgy).

I wouldnt be even surprised if the Ascended are just another form of vastaya...given that in the journal some vastaya can also be considered immortal and legendary in nature, just created by solar magicks.

This would differenciate them from elemental beings like Dragons, Brackern Skarner , Monoliths Malphite , and Phoenixes Anivia, tree-beings Ivern Maokai , which maybe also given a special taxonomy for their own natures.

For me it seems there are 5 types of taxonomies for sentient beings: Human, Vastaya (chimeric beings), Elementals (natural elementals and elementals of artificial means like Iceborn; it may also consider Celesital beings within the Elemental taxonomy like Bard or Aurelion Sol), Spirits (including Demons, Darkin, Undead, and Yordles), Void (all voidborn void like beings)