Varus' Bow being a Darkin weapon.

AcrylicSiren·Jun 30, 2017·8 votes·7,413 views

Varus' Bow is a Darkin weapon, the Darkin embodiment of vengeance, but we don't know the name of his bow or the conversations he has with it. Varus is listed the same way Kayn is, as a human (darkin hybrid), so I feel like he and the bow having the same goal of vengeance is a good reason for the bow having not taken over him, and since he gains power from the bow he hasn't taken over it. But since there are five Darkin total, and this is one of the 3 we know of, I truly think it's fitting that we know of its name/it is granted a name. Its a minor change that would be very cool for the lore and he could have potential for a demonbow or demon skin where the Darkin takes him over, the inverse being Arclight, which is Varus without any corruption or the Darkin weapon being conquered by Varus. It would be insanely sick to have a Darkin Varus skin, but mostly I'd like his bow to get the respect it deserves in being essentially a demon of vengeance with a name.

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101100111000Jun 30, 201712 votes

In the old lore, Varus got his power from the Pit of Pallas.

Wouldn't the bow be named Pallas?

AcrylicSirenJun 30, 20171 votes

That is a good point but idk if they'd acknowledge the old lore, however I'd be okay with that being the name, I just want them to add that to his bio so it says so!

Illâoi Evê SiônJun 30, 20172 votes

It has two a's, too. Pallas.

vLlZjHuberyJun 30, 20173 votes

been confirmed that not all darkin have double a's

GreenLoreJun 30, 20174 votes

It was never confirmed that the darkin inside Varus is the "darkin of vengeance". Varus himself seeks vengeance,but we have no idea what the darkin wants.

And at least in the old lore,Varus had tatoos that slowed down the corruption,so this might apply here too.

AcrylicSirenJun 30, 20172 votes

You're right, he's listed as both the arrow of retribution and the darkin bow so we rlly dont know what the darkin part is about, its just been presumed to be a darkin based on vengeance since aatrox is based on war and rhaast on death. It would be really neat if Varus' tattoos slowed the darkin weapon's consumption of him and he was there, but also not there at the same time.

Rakant Touch DisJul 1, 20171 votes

Its really hard to tell because Varus was released a year before Aatrox. I really want to see a lore update for my favorite champ ;;

SlythionJun 30, 20172 votes

Branching off of what AtrocityEyes said, his power stems form the Pit of Pallas (as does his weapon, we can reasonably assume because he had a normal bow before the corruption as well)

The Darkin are supposed to be immortal weapons that are eons old, maybe since the dawn of time. It would slightly contradict this aspect of the Darkin if somehow Varus and his bow "became" a darkin through this pit of power...it just doesn't fit the same way imo

AcrylicSirenJun 30, 20172 votes

His title on the page I linked with the post has him listed as The Darkin Bow, with his weapon/pet section having The Darkin Bow. It looks like his lore is really messed up rn and I hope they work it out well.

SlythionJul 1, 20171 votes

Ya, they need to remake his lore because having the Pit of Pallas be the source of Varus' power contradicts the fact that his bow is somehow a darkin.

Either his bow is a Darkin and has always been a Darkin, or it's not a Darkin and Varus' power stems from the Pit of Pallas. You can't really have both

DigielfJun 30, 20173 votes

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Branching off of what AtrocityEyes said, his power stems form the Pit of Pallas (as does his weapon, we can reasonably assume because he had a normal bow before the corruption as well)

The Darkin are supposed to be immortal weapons that are eons old, maybe since the dawn of time. It would slightly contradict this aspect of the Darkin if somehow Varus and his bow "became" a darkin through this pit of power...it just doesn't fit the same way imo

In the game Kayn literally quotes Varus for being a darkin, we have 3 of 5 darkins now and we are missing 2

ChaosThiefJun 30, 20171 votes

Not Kayn, Rhaast. Rhaast mentions Varus being the Darkin, Kayn himself has no interactions with varus.

DigielfJul 1, 20171 votes

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Not Kayn, Rhaast. Rhaast mentions Varus being the Darkin, Kayn himself has no interactions with varus.

well its still the same champion lol

ChaosThiefJul 1, 20171 votes

Well teeechnically, you're not wrong. But at the same time, Kayn isn't the scythe that can talk.

Illâoi Evê SiônJun 30, 20171 votes

Maybe the Pit was an unforged Darkin?

AcrylicSirenJun 30, 20171 votes

Thats what I was thinking but there are really good points here that got my attention.

LùmenJun 30, 20171 votes

"Did such foolishment lead to your imprisonment?" I'm pretty sure the Darkins are only trapped in those weapons if there is one inside them. Aatrox' sword is practically alive, no? I can't quite figure it out

AcrylicSirenJun 30, 20171 votes

Aatrox is the name of the sword, it conquered its wielder the same way Kayn turns into the Darkin form, it isnt actually able to be undone because the weapon is a living part of them.

LùmenJul 1, 20171 votes

Oh... Then if all the Darkins are weapons by origins, why does Kayn refer to Rhaast as an imprisoned being?

Stars ShaperJun 30, 20172 votes

The wiki page doesn't reflect the Universe one which is what we should take basic informations from.

Kayn/Rhaast voiceover hints about Varus being corrupted by a Darkin so there are surely going to be some updates in the lore and we don't know yet how much of the original will be kept. From the informations we hold now and similarities between the known Darkins I would say that Varus is indeed corrupt but he might also have suppressed the Darkin entirely since his bow doesn't talk to him nor it seems like his bow ever had a conscience to begin with.

Varus "suffers" from being really old as design (you can easily see it in the video of Kayn talking to him, the difference in quality is huge) that also predates the Darkins of a good while. I hope we will get some model polishing too with the update but I fear nothing will happen if not the add of Bios and color text.

AcrylicSirenJun 30, 20172 votes

It would be freaking amazing to get a vgu or just a visual update with the addition of a bio change or added information. There's potential with Varus. I hope they clarify it in a really clean way that ties together well. He does suffer from being very outdated and struggles with lore connections because of it.

CatdinoJun 30, 20171 votes

There is still hope for a Varus bio update and short story with Kayn's lore release

IS1c1d21220aa58ffe97d65Jun 30, 20172 votes

What if his Darkin isn't the bow?

Remember: Varus was a good marksman even before he got corrupted. What if his Darkin was in some other form like the Tendrils he flings out?

Maybe his bow was just malformed by the Darkin power in the pit. Until we get an update on Lore entries, this will continue to bug a lot of people off.

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AlienPrimateJun 30, 20179 votes

Maybe the Darkin is his pants. Rhaast calls him demon pants after all.

AcrylicSirenJun 30, 20172 votes

I honestly really hope its his pants in particular, I would cry laughing

Stars ShaperJul 1, 20171 votes

The rule 34 stuff that would come out... XD

AcrylicSirenJun 30, 20171 votes

That would be really cool. The bow is said to be a part of him, now, though. Its a weird topic that Riot will need to fill in, im thinking.

XIII VanitasJun 30, 20171 votes

As of now, it isn't. Varus' lore clearly states that the darkin that is corrupting him was previously confined inside the Pit of Corruption in an Ionian temple. Sure, Riot might update his backstory once they release Kayn, but until then we have no reason to believe that the darkin resided in his bow (except for the fact that Varus dances with it, but I wouldn't call it a solid proof).

ModThe DjinnJun 30, 20172 votes

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What if his Darkin isn't the bow?

Are Darkin bound to a specific weapon? Could you have an unbound Darkin that takes up residence in a new host weapon?

Ebonmaw DragonJun 30, 20171 votes

Kalista Embodiment of vengeance you say?

Anyways, with Rhaast there are technically 4 darkins that we know of... except that we are not sure who are 2(or 1 if we count Varus) of them

CatdinoJun 30, 20171 votes

What if when they are first made they are like the thing that corrupted varus and got into the bow and there is its body..

Hayaishi2Jul 2, 20171 votes

According to Varus' old league judgement the thing corrupting him was aiming to please. To make any of Varus' ambitions come true.

MicoLimbsJul 29, 20171 votes

Well my theory is that all darkin started as a corruption and that when varus was corrupted, this corruption turned into the darkin bow and is now consuming varus. I would also think that this happened to Rhaast and Aatrox because they probably unleashed some corruption and turned their weapons, a scythe and sword, into the darkin weapons they are today but this was never stated in their lore, but still this is just a theory

VegαAug 12, 20171 votes

When Kayn taunts an ally varus, rhaast tells varus "We find aatrox and it's a party of murder, a murder party". That makes me lean towards varus's bow also being a darkin.