Important Lore Missing: What Is Happening With Marucs Du Couteau???

Sovereign Krona·Jun 18, 2018·3 votes·3,155 views

With the last Noxus update with Swain, we got a little more insight into how Noxus works as a nation, and (some) of the champions' roles within it. Swain's new position towards Noxus and the Trifarix are all really well done, but one extremely event has yet to be touched upon; the disappearance/unconfirmed death of Marcus Du Couteau. The Du Couteaus in general haven't been touched in years save for Kat's new lore (which took Marcus in a direction that I don't personally agree with, but ok) and, the continued plot hole filled travesty that is Cassiopeia's lore (again, personal feelings. Cass has been my favorite champion lore-wise for several years, and I'm just frustrated with her being unfinished and ignored by the lore team, but I digress), and the fact that Talon hasn't been touched since the Assassin update 2 years ago. TWHO WHOLE YEARS. (I get that you guys are busy working other stuff, but two years? Come on...)

Marcus Du Couteau and the Du Couteau family as a whole are huge players in the Noxus lore, but we've been given next to nothing about them for so long. A lot of us fans were really hopeful to get an update with Swain's rework, but were incredibly disappointed in what we were given (or lack thereof). We would like something, anything about what's going on with such an important aspect of Noxus' story. What was Noxus' reaction to such an important figure's death? Is Cassiopeia still slumming around in the crypts and killing at night? Has she reached out to Katarina or Talon? WTF IS HAPPENING WITH TALON ANYWAY?!?! (SERIOUSLY, TWO YEARS?!?!)

I'm sorry if I sound short and impatient, but it's because...well, I am. I've submitted several Ask Riot questions about the same subject, and I've just gotten ignored. I hope someone will actually see this here and give us die-hard Du Couteau fans some desperately-needed answers.

3 Comments

Critmaster GarenJun 19, 20183 votes

kindof funny if you think about it.

he vanishes for a year or two, and one daughter falls in love with a demacian, the other turns into a snake. hes up for a suprise if he returns home.

GreenLoreJun 19, 20181 votes

They said they want to revisit Noxus later this year,so if you are lucky we might get a Talon lore update then(and I'm sure that Talons lore will focus the most on his disappearance since kata is now on bad terms with her father)

https://boards.na.leagueoflegends.com/en/c/story-art/vJoMWjvO-new-noxus-lore-lads-get-hyped?comment=00090001

OleandervineJun 19, 20182 votes

I would hope that Talon's lore update drags Cassiopeia's lore with it. All she has is a blurb about her and her color story. I would like to see where they go with her, because I think she's a PERFECT candidate for the Black Rose on many levels. First and foremost, LeBlanc has a habit of accepting monsters and manipulators into their ranks - Elise and Vlad come to mind - so Cassiopeia fits that bill to the tee. Secondly, Cassiopeia is a daughter of Du Coteau, the man who was controlled by LeBlanc and expelled by Swain, which would instantly make her an enemy of the leading forces of Noxus, which falls in line with LeBlanc's ambitions. I think there's a good direction they can go with Cassiopeia, because ironically LeBlanc could pull her into the folds and manipulate her with her desires - with risk though, because unlike Elise, Cassiopeia's power isn't controlled by LeBlanc's web of deceit, and she would need to be careful that Cassiopeia doesn't go ballistic.