My disappointment with the direction the Darkin are going

Emperor Kayn·7/16/2017, 2:20:04 PM·4 votes·1,243 views

With Rhaast and Varus bow becoming official Darkin it has become very clear to me that the design of the Darkin being weapons will lead to them being characters that have no own identity. Varus bow aside since he doesn't even have a name rn. After seeing that Riot called the Login Screen for Rhaast "Darkin Kayn | Login Screen" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SO18eVlFrw8&feature=youtu.be I started to see something that would become very clear after seeing that even after becoming Rhaast ingame your chatname would still be Kayn. At this point I would not be surprised if you haven't played Kayn you wouldn't even know who Rhaast is. Calling Rhaast "Darkin Kayn" would be like calling Kayn "Rhaasts host". This takes away from Rhaast having his own character and reduces him to the fact that he is a Darkin. I don't think this is a good direction since a character should not be reduced to the fact that he has a certain race. And it seems like a very bad message to send out. Just as Ahri should not be reduced to the fact that she is Vastaya Rhaast should not be reduced to the fact that he is a darkin. The fact that he is a Darkin should add to his character and not be his character

And since all the future Darkin will also be weapons or weapons that already took over their host like Aatrox I have become afraid of the fact that they also could only have an identity that is related to their race or their host.

Thank you for reading

15 Comments

Sharjo7/16/2017, 2:38:14 PM6 votes

At this point I would not be surprised if you haven't played Kayn you wouldn't even know who Rhaast is.

  • "It is the order that will break you Rhaast."
  • "Kayn wasted this flesh, Rhaast will not."
  • "It's all Rhaast now!"
  • "Kneel before Rhaast!"
  • "Bringer of death, taker of lives, Rhaast if you're in a hurry!"
  • "In death Rhaast now serves me."

I mean his name is literally mentioned in the in game dialogue, by both Kayn and himself.

Dani El Pezglobo7/16/2017, 2:29:05 PM1 votes

Doesnt mean it always have to be weapons, could be other thing like jeans, everyone love jeans

SEKAI7/16/2017, 2:39:10 PM1 votes

Well, there's the petition going on about changing Kayn's name to Rhaast in the chatbox when he goes the Darkin route. So far so good.

We'll see.

I agree with you though.

Wrathof3007/16/2017, 7:53:27 PM1 votes

Varus is the bow.

The guys name is demon pants.

Though I do agree Riot should be using the name they gave him instead of referring to him as darkin Kayn.

ModAttysu The Poro7/16/2017, 8:03:18 PM1 votes

Wow...

I just realized I had no idea Varus and the bow were two different people or whatever. I'm really behind on lore, aren't I. :^ )