Shadow Isles lore hinted by Kalista

GenoXx·11/5/2014, 4:43:00 AM·4 votes·4,767 views

So I just listened to the VO for Kalista. Some very interesting lines. Here: "Once, he was a noble king. Until grief overcame his reason." "In the end, it was not his blade that stole our eyes. As once it symbolized hope. So now shall it insight despair" Those are the lines she will say when Blade of The Ruined King is purchased. She also says "This place was once so beautiful."

So I am deducing that Kalista is an old Warrior of The Predeath Shadow Isles. Heres her short-in-client lore: "Kalista is an eternal spirit of retribution, who possesses a cold-burning hatred for all betrayers, deceivers, and traitors. In life, she was a legendary warrior, but while trying to avert tragedy she was** betrayed and slain by those she trusted most**. Now, she is an undying entity that can be invoked to exact vengeance, but only at great cost: the supplicant’s soul becomes forfeit, bound to her for eternity"

If Fabullista stated that Morde walks the same path as Kalista, the main person I am suspecting is Hecarim.

Hecarim Betrayed Kalista

I can't See any other way why Hecarim is on her hit list. However, This confirms my Theory of the Ruined King. Someone close to him died and he sought to bring them back using Necromancy. I would think Kalista died before this happened. Because she knows how the king was in life, It narrows it down to the fact that she's from the pre-death Shadow Isles. She also know how they looked before the king made his decision.

This is getting interesting. And here I thought Narrative was not going to give us lore about the Shadow Isles. Even if it isn't stated Narrative, Giving out clues is more than enough for me to solve the puzzle.

41 Comments

Diahane11/5/2014, 1:26:59 PM6 votes

My two cents: Kalista realized the foolishness of the Ruined King and tried to avert the Shadow Isles tragedy, but Hecarim, maybe a chief royal guard, whom she trusted, stayed faithful to his sire, the Ruined King, and killed her without heeding to her warnings about what would come from the King's big mistake. In all this I'd say Mordekaiser is probably the one who swayed the King for his own purposes.

Sharjo11/5/2014, 1:14:25 PM3 votes

I thought about it myself and came to a similar conclusion. I definetly agree in that I think Hecarim killed Kalista. I'm imagining it as Kalista seeing that the King's going to wreck everything and wants to stop him, but Hecarim stops her first, because he's eternally loyal to the King.

Xtremey11/5/2014, 4:35:26 PM3 votes

hecarim turned out to be gay and loved the king so he killed kalista to get him

Solideus11/5/2014, 1:10:15 PM1 votes

It would make sense for the centaur and the amazon, both from Greek mythology, to be connected.

Labcown11/5/2014, 3:49:43 PM1 votes

I would love to see a more in-depth look at Shadow Isles lore, but I love the theories about her being from Mt. Taragon even more.

It could even tie in the two previously unaffiliated regions by having Kalista be part of a Odyessus type expedition to the Shadow Isles where bad things happened that could involve most of the Shadow Isle cast and the Ruined King as well.

This of course would all be "ancient" lore in terms of the timeline, but it'd be neat to see Champions have more diversity in their origins rather than see most champions come from one area of Runeterra and stay there for what seems to be their whole life.

Zephyrei11/5/2014, 4:32:55 PM1 votes

Plot Twist: Mordekaiser IS the same Ruined King from the legend who set the Shadow Isles into the darkness it is in now...

LANWhale11/6/2014, 4:59:25 AM1 votes

Just wondering could it be possible that Mord...is the Ruined King? I don't know much about the Ruined King and I would be happy if some one told me when Riot said anything about a ruined king of the Shadow Isles.

Herdeiro11/8/2014, 11:55:37 AM1 votes

I would love if she was actually Lucians wife that escaped Threshs lantern, but when she escaped the other Thresh`s souls were attached to her. That Would be awesome.

pinwheelviper11/8/2014, 4:43:40 PM1 votes

i like your theory but i hope it's actually lucian wife senna with a new nameLucian

Albus Saijaxumis11/12/2014, 11:41:07 PM1 votes

What if Kalista is actually the Ruined King's daughter? Perhaps Hecarim was also normal before the Shadow Isles were as they are now, and at the time he wanted more power and so he devised a plan and part of it involved betraying and killing Kalista. The King lost his daughter, Kalista, pushing him over the edge. I believe Morderkaiser is connected, but I still am not sure how exactly. Also, I realize Karthus was a good many years after the event that turned the Shadow Isles into what they are, but I have a hunch he is connected in some way.

LANWhale11/14/2014, 4:27:24 PM1 votes

If Mord and Kalista walk the same path, as well as Karthus....then what path does Hecarim walk? Fabulista said nothing about Hecarim and no one at the time thought to, but could it be possible that, Hecarim din't betray Kalista but rather betrayed the SI. I mean in the old lore, which is no longer canon thanks to the retcon. All the SI champions where doing something for the SI, Karthus getting more souls, Elise feeding a giant spider, Yorick controlling the dead, and Mord taking souls and getting information....but Hec just ran around Runeterra killing people and saying fear the Shadow Isles. To me that doesn't make sense if Hec is helping the SI why would he run around telling people to be scared of it, wouldn't that make people concerned and make them try and stop the SI. I don't know what exactly went down on the Shadow Isles but there are two things i feel sure about.

  1. Hecarim didn't betray post Shadow Isles but rather plans on or already has betrayed the Shadow Isles
  2. Hecarim hasn't betrayed Kalista but rather some one payed Kalista to kill Hecarim, but who? Mord perhaps?
Valaran Nara11/5/2014, 5:06:36 AM1 votes

That moment it turns out Kalista, the King's true love, was betrayed by Hecarim.

Pinker 1011/14/2014, 4:34:10 PM1 votes

insight

in·sight/ˈinˌsīt/ noun the capacity to gain an accurate and deep intuitive understanding of a person or thing. in·cite/inˈsīt/ verb encourage or stir up (violent or unlawful behavior).

You want the second one. As to kalista, she's either the princess of SI or some other prominent figure. Judging by riot's recent laziness (see: retcon) it's probably the former, cus that's easier.

AntiSkillshot11/5/2014, 5:23:01 AM1 votes

Yet, the West Alter tells Hecarim that Morde can't be trusted.

If anything, it's Morde that's betrayed someone.

Morkus11/5/2014, 11:33:48 AM1 votes

I agree, Hec definitely betrayed Kalista. My dead giveaways were that he is on the hit list and in his lore he hadn't betrayed anyone and also, Kalista's and Hec's spears look SUPER similar imo.