Did Veigar Lose His Arm?

A Superb Villain·8/3/2015, 10:32:24 PM·14 votes·5,818 views

I know this is a rather sudden idea that is largely irrelevant to the most recent additions to lore, but hear me out.

As I was admiring Gangplank's new splashart the emphasis drawn to his fist reminded me of another champions whose hand also dominates a substantial portion of their art. I realized just how impracticably huge Veigar's gauntlet is; I have always known it was large, that is part of his design and suits his character, but I never truly considered the sheer absurdity of its size.

Veigar possesses complete control over his ridiculously-sized gauntlet despite it being fairly unreasonable his tiny yordle hands could fill it properly, and I wondered how exactly is this accomplished. Maybe it's just a magic spell, or maybe there is a complex structure inside that reacts to the movement of his fingers. But what if it is more than just a trick for intimidation?

Veigar suffered for an indeterminate amount of time in Noxus. He was tortured mentally, and more than likely not physically. There exists the possibility that at some point or another his arm was removed out of malice or more practical reasons, such as preventing an infection from spreading. When he finally managed to escape, he compensated his loss the only way he knew how, through black magic.

As a final note, I understand skins have no real relation to canon besides existing in their own universe, but all champions possess a particular resonance across their skins, traits that are retained, whether they are downplayed or emphasized. For Veigar, every skin has one hand larger than the other, but his Final Boss skin takes this one step further and has it completely removed from his body. While this likely just be a reference to Rayman's design, it could be a hint to the true nature of Veigar's gauntlet.

http://loltracker.com/images/easyblog_shared/articles_philidia/PBE/BossFinalVeigar1.jpg

30 Comments

2OmnkAKGi98/3/2015, 10:35:42 PM11 votes

I think it's supposed to be based off this...

Radnar the bold8/3/2015, 11:22:16 PM9 votes

Did urf come back to help fizz? why does rek sai need floaties if she is a shark? How can Tahm kench be a chef if he is a demon river lord? How does Mega gnar still fit into his gentleman gnars suit? Did Ziggs go to the college of winterfold to be a master arnchist?

Its a skin for fun, dont look to hard into it.

Vistha Kai8/3/2015, 11:36:24 PM3 votes
Curling Veigar8/4/2015, 12:44:32 AM2 votes

It might of just been riot's funky drawing back then.

Look at his base splash now, the gauntlet looks much more legitimate.

Dreamspitter8/3/2015, 10:49:26 PM2 votes

Vi

Ulric Greatsword8/4/2015, 7:10:07 PM2 votes

I always thought that the infamous gauntlet had a certain Noxian aesthetic to it, and with this theory it could even belong to one of his former prison guards, murdered in an act of vengeance and worn as a symbol of triumph over his past weakness.

Digielf8/5/2015, 3:45:47 AM1 votes

Yes Miss Fortune MissFortune blew up his Mage Tower and he got disabled for a few days, but then it turned out he is alive however he lost his arm

Tesla Effect8/23/2015, 11:00:11 PM1 votes

During his Release, his staff was a bit different If renders sources are true. http://img3.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb20091018224431/leagueoflegends/images/archive/7/74/20140805002448%21Veigar_Render.png Then he was your standard sharp textured (every metal is chrome) Veigar for some time. http://img2.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb20140805002448/leagueoflegends/images/archive/7/74/20150225160042%21Veigar_Render.png And now his texture is a bit better, tho Im sad his staff lost its rune writings. http://img4.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb20150225160042/leagueoflegends/images/7/74/Veigar_Render.png

DorsalChicken8/4/2015, 1:21:30 AM1 votes

As somebody that recently sold his soul to Veigar and started playing him (because that somehow makes my comment more legitimate) I like this idea a lot. Mostly because I could see him doing this with ease. Probably took the thing from some human wizard he killed.

sp4418/4/2015, 4:15:03 AM1 votes

Nah, he probably only uses that gauntlet to look more imposing and evil, not realizing that on somebody of his size it just looks silly.

Veigar's entire shtick is that he wants so hard to be a menacing villain but has no grasp on the concept despise having all the makings for it.

Arkantasa8/4/2015, 6:38:13 AM1 votes

can i just get a chroma pack for final boss veigar please?

Celio Hogane HD8/4/2015, 1:41:06 PM1 votes

I tough Final boss Veigar was just like xerath but instead of mana was evil pixels.

Frost Hellfire8/4/2015, 4:36:32 PM1 votes

Or maybe Veigar did too much... "Exercise" with his right arm.