2018 Lore Tournament - QUARTER FINAL [2/4]: The Cage vs Twilight of the Gods

6th December: Frozen Hearts vs An Explorer's Journey 7th December: The Black Powder Plot vs Human Blood 8th December: The Girl Who Came Back vs At the Edge of the World 9th December: Leaving Weh'Le vs Art is Life 10th December: The Cage vs The Shadow Door 11th December: Stone Cold vs Hunter of Shadows 12th December: Stains on a Name vs The Monster of Kalduga Outpost 13th December: The Dreaming Pool vs The Curator's Gambit 14th December: Then, Teeth vs Frozen Hearts (winner from 6th December) 15th December: The True and Ghastly Tale of the Beast of Boleham Tower vs The Black Powder Plot (winner from 7th December) 16th December: The Principles of Strength vs At the Edge of the World (winner from 8th December) 17th December: Confessions of a Broken Blade vs Art is Life (winner from 9th December) 18th December: A Different Hunger vs The Cage (winner from 10th December) 19th December: Twilight of the Gods vs Stone Cold (winner from 11th December) 20th December: The Eye in the Abyss vs Stains on a Name (winner from 12th December) 21st December: Where Icathia once stood vs The Dreaming Pool (winner from 13th of December) 22nd December: From the Ashes vs Frozen Hearts (winner from 14th December) 23rd December: Whom does the Desert know? vs The True and Ghastly Tale of the Beast of Boleham Tower (winner from 15th December) 24th December: QUARTER FINAL: The Principles of Strength (winner from 16th December) vs Art is Life (winner from 17th December) 25th December: QUARTER FINAL: The Cage (winner from 18th December) vs Twilight of the Gods (winner from 19th December) 26th December: QUARTER FINAL: The Eye in the Abyss (winner from 20th December) vs Where Icathia once stood (winner from 21st December) 27th December: QUARTER FINAL: From the Ashes (winner from 22nd December) vs The True and Ghastly Tale of the Beast of Boleham Tower (winner from 23rd December) 28th December: SEMI-FINAL: The Principles of Strength (winner from 24th December) vs Twilight of the Gods (winner from 25th December) 29th December: SEMI-FINAL: Where Icathia once stood (winner from 26th December) vs <winner from 27th December> 30th December: FINAL: <winner from 28th December> vs <winner from 29th December>

#2018 Lore Tournament: Day 20

In the second quarter final, we have a competition between two stories about the Darkin. In The Cage, Aatrox contemplates his torturous prison, but wills himself to move forward nonetheless. In Twilight of the Gods, we learn how the Darkin came about from the once-spectacular Ascended they used to be, and how they were trapped inside their weapons.

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The Cage by Odin Shafer Trapped inside the prison of his own sword, Aatrox struggles to find a new vessel who will grasp him and give him breath. Although the Darkin Blade yearns to finally end his existence of eternal imprisonment, for now, his unstoppable will pushes him on to achieve his tragic, brutal goal.

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Twilight of the Gods by Graham McNeill Azir has fallen. Shurima is crumbling. Too many of the remaining Ascended have been scarred and corrupted by the Void, and have become Darkin. The panther Ta'anari, one such Darkin, speaks with Myisha, the former Aspect of Twilight, about what must be done to stop the violence. Little does Ta'anari know that Myisha has more in mind than simply stopping the corrupted Darkin…

[EDIT] Voting is finished and we have ourselves a Semi-Final between Principles of Strength and Twilight of the Gods