Demacia and Noxus: Will we ever learn more about them?
http://i.ytimg.com/vi/E-VfB1HoSv4/hqdefault.jpg Demacia and Noxus. How many time we heard these 2 names, from Garen spinning around and Darius shouting it.
I only have one problem with it. These 2 states are supposed to be in a political contention, with two opposites point of view. It should be something at THE CENTER of the League of Legends universe. But in all honestly we know absolutely nothing about these 2 places. What is their culture, architecture, story? What are their values? Hell i don't even know where Demacia and Noxus are in Runeterra. But... how can you blame me, we have no TRUE informations regarding these 2 places.
All we really know is that Demacia values life and being at the service of its people, while Noxus is more about war war war and strenght. But that's a horrible way to introduce these states to us. It's the most simplistic and unactractive introduction. Every place in Runeterra has many shades and variations, i'm sure not everything in Demacia is "good" you know, and i'm also sure that Noxus is not all about conquering. After all normal pepole lives there too, am i right?
So why Demacia and Noxus seems to be left to the dust in a corner. We got SOME new informations on Shurima, Freljord and Bilgewater recently (Bilegewater was GOOD), but Demacia and Noxus, which in my eyes are maybe the 2 most important to talk about are untouched.
Can we expect something in the nearish future?
) and her shadow (
) into their fold, although for the reason of Poppy's bravery in bringing Jarvan his crown, and Galio being created by a Demacian in the first place. We can also glean from certain items (
) that Demacia has a distinct knack for ornamental items that boast defense, and wings are prominent designs. Especially winged swords. Demacians friggin' love winged swords.
), or turning an unyielding terror into an unliving abomination (
). The latter was, as we know, only possible because of an ancient and largely unknown coven hiding beneath the streets of Noxus; the Black Rose. But, even with the considerate lawlessness of the city's powers that be, the city itself has laws that citizens must abide. Murder is one thing that they're against, possibly only on the Noxian-to-Noxian level, which is evidenced by Vladimir's flight from Noxus after killing his friends. And, one could see why, as the penalty would be a death show engineered by the Glorious Executioner, Draven. While normally, executions in Noxus were gauntlets of large swathes of criminals or captives pitted against each other 'til the last man succumbed to his wounds, Draven often took the stand and gave the crowd an honest show, Whirling Death and glinting axes abound in spatters of blood. What more could a Noxian want? ...A bedside ambassador, would be the answer. Cassiopiea du Couteau. Daughter of the High General of Noxus, and ambassador of the city. Her original lore placed her as a seductress who stole secrets from other ambassadors, telling her father how to cripple and weaken his enemies before war begun, but she was turned into a serpent by a Freljordian oathblade. In the current lore, she hired Sivir, who was also once the Battle Mistress of Noxus, but now simply a mercenary, to guide her through a Shuriman tomb. After planting a knife in her back and trying to steal the legacy of the Ascended, she was transformed into the serpentine creature she is now by a great statue. What of her sister and sibling-of-honor? Katarina was raised as an assassin, though this is likely to provide duality to Cassiopiea's role as an informant. And they both share a technical "sibling" - Talon, the Blade's Shadow. He swore himself to the High General's service in exchange for his life, and he seems to honor only him; bladework is all that matters to the ruthless assassin. And, recall earlier how it's stated that they're above nothing when it comes to the advancement of cruel warfare? Singed and Warwick are testament to that. Singed's mad, psychotic concoctions being tested on live humans, and himself, to the point that his flesh is marred and needed to be covered by bandages, as well as Warwick's ceaseless hunting for test subjects through supernatural methods. And, like above, we can guess from specific items (
) that they express extreme dislike for stuff not sharpened. Even their armor must have sharp bitz.
