A theory of what was it that killed Yasuo's elder

Angelofchaos16x··4 votes·1,925 views

Ok, so this is just me grapsing at straws, so let me leave that clear. Anywho, as we all know , in Yasuo's lore, there is a elder that has suppost to defend and he didn't and the elder was killed and Yasuo was blamed. But I do not think that Yasuo was the killer, after all he was off in the boonies fighting. Then there is Riven, who could be the killer, but I do not think that it was her. She was fighting out in the open, as Riven and her command did not like invading towns and killing people that are not soldiers. "Handling civilians was a chore that had wearied the men over the past several weeks". They’d been trained to kill soldiers in battle, not to dispatch helpless bystanders. Ionia didn’t even have a standing military." That was in Riven's Judgment So if it was not Riven nor Yasuo ( I think that Janna is kind out of the question, but who knows, may during her menstrual cycle she goes around killing elders) who was it. Well if you read Yasuo's lore you know that 1.The Elder was killed by a wind technique and 2.Yasuo was the only student in a generation to master the legendary wind technique. So what the acutual fuck right ? Anywho I think that killer is a unreleased champ, and b4 you go saying "Ohhhh really" I think I also know what is the Race of the Champ. I think that the champ will be a Darkin, for a couple of reasons. As it is written in Aatrox's lore, he is ancient, meaning that Darkins must have some form of immortality, at least age does not seem to kill him. It is also written that only 5 Darkins remain, and only 3 are known to history in any way. What if one of those 3 is a Darken that, much like aatrox is over a generation old, is also old and knows the wind technique ? Since there have been other sudents of the wind technique, but from over a generation ago, so the dude is old and most possibly imortal, at least age wise. The reasons why a Darkin would go after a elder, only Riot could tell, but again this is just me and what I think could be a champ waiting to be released, remiding you that Riot has already announced that they have 6 champs in development and I think that one is the Darkin that killed the elder. Pls tell me what you think and if you have a opinion pls share it, thanks

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Ebonmaw Dragon4 votes

{quoted} I think that Janna is kind out of the question, but who knows, may during her menstrual cycle she goes around killing elders

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Da3awss2 votes

Plot Twist: Yasuo is actually a deranged murder. He has been killing travelers from all over and was caught by the elder. The entire village believed yasuos lie because hey hes a trustworthy guy.

Narasimha1 votes

No one believed him, they all thought he was the killer. Thats WHY he is being hunted.

Sarutobi1 votes

I would think its a champ not yet released. I would think while not someone who can use wind elements. i think it would be a champion who can mimic other champions skills. it seems to me like Yasuo's Brother knew his Wind Skills and saw it as his Spells. Said Mimic champion steals the skills and uses it against the master. It could be a new Darkin and i think could fit!

Boot Tea1 votes

It's Ao shin. I believe that the elder was working for Black rose (the pinnacle of deception). Ao shins brief champion sneak peak states that he will destroy those who pose as a threat to Ionia. Ao shin uses a technique that involves the weather, so it would be the wind that would have killed the elder.

R3D R3LL1C1 votes

It is someone who obviously wants to frame yasuo. If we keep an eye out on his foes then we can easly figure it out with clues. Besides it could be someone close to him like keep your allies close but your enemys closer. I belive believe its someone yasuo knows. Sence their would be no reason to kill the elder unless you wanted yasuo framed.

GreenLore1 votes

You say Riven couldn't be the killer because she and her men weren't interested in killing civilians,but in hte end they did kill civilians,they just didn't like to do it. Not to mention that no one said that the elder was completely helpless on his own.Yeah he got a powerful bodyguard,but that doesn't mean he wasn't a capable fighter

maxaroni1181 votes

you cant say that bcuz Riven uses a sword that has wind magic woven into it. also she doesnt know any wind technique, just a whole lot of slashing. Yasuo's wind is actually like tornadoes and more stylish

GreenLore1 votes

We don't know how rivens wind cut works. Also yasuo has wind-cuts too on his Q(the regular one,where he slashes the space in front of him,with extended reach thanks to the wind cut)

maxaroni1181 votes

Ik but his is like he generates enough force from his slice to make a tornado (coming from just seeing the animations and all that)

riven's lore specifically said that she has magic in the sword, she isnt making wind, maybe its just heavy enough.

I personally think that the killer will be a new champ, possibly a maybe darkin empowered person who was granted the wish to live forever. Anyhow who taught Yasuo the wind technique? idk if it says anything on that but that he mastered it also, Yasuo's generation is in his 20-25 years timeframe

GreenLore1 votes

It could be also that rivens magic could generate a wind cut,in the end it doesn't matter how someone creates a wind cut,it only matters that riven is able to create a wind cut.

also while Yasuo is able to make small tornados,it is never specified what kind of wind technique killed the elder,so it is possible that it was a simple air-cut.

Overall I wouldn't say that riven is definetly the killer,but she is a possible candidate and pretty much our only candidate for the time being. I guess that riot will eventually release at least one more champion who could be the killer,simply because there is no mystery if there is only one possible suspect.

maxaroni1181 votes

I have no wish to argue with you but it doesnt add up. People blame Yasuo bcuz they know his style and it obviously looked like it. Also, Riven is just a brutal bunch of random slashes (no offense ofc i play riven and i love her) and her wind is just magic, not a technique so you cant count it as a technique since the power of wind it not in her but the sword. Yasuo can manipulate the wind in his sword strokes and that is the wind technique

GreenLore1 votes

It doesn't make a difference if the wind cut was made through a technique or not,the result is the same and the resulting wounds will also be the same.

Also if the elder was slain with a single strike and there wouldn't be any other traces of the battle,then there wouldn't be much to differentiate between their fighting styles.

And in the end the trial was rushed,they realized that the wound came from a wind technique and jumped to the conclusion that the guy who uses wind techniques who was supposed to protect that person has to be the killer,I doubt that they even considered that the wind technique that killed the elder,might not fit yasuos personal fighting style.

maxaroni1181 votes

Well no bcuz do you see Riven having the timing and precision and patience to make a wind attack that is so sharp it cuts you down? no riven's sword doesnt even have any wind powers loook at the animation. its just 3 pulses of light at the same time not really wind lol

GreenLore1 votes

The attack is literally called Wind slash and Yasuo himself even comments on the technique and wonders about there being "another wind blade".

maxaroni1181 votes

But thats just the point, it is a wind slash, not a wind technique. The only move that yasuo has that says wind in it is called wind wall, and it looks just like wind. But for Riven, her wind slash just looks like 3 pulses of green fire. The animation just shows us that it is not her. Yasuo may be wondering about the wind slash but the wind technique must really look like wind and keep in mind that the people in Yasuo's village know what his wind cuts look like. If they thought it was him, I doubt that Riven could recreate that kind of precision. If Riven's style of wind is not Yasuo's then the theory is inaccurate and its busted.

GreenLore1 votes

Yasuos Q is pretty much a wind slash,just one with a rather short range.

Also regardless of how Rivens ability looks ingame,yasuo himself refers to it as a wind attack,the reason why it might not look like one is probably because it is an old animation and yasuo himself clearly suspects riven.

And in the end the trial for yasuo was rushed(maybe even manipulated),I wouldn't count on the persons examining the wounds of the elder being careful enough to consider that the wounds might not match up with yasuos style entirely

maxaroni1181 votes

Well ok then if you are totally hyped for Riven to be the killer. But i don't like the idea of a current champion killing the elder. I think it may be a new champ yet to come.

GreenLore1 votes

I'm not saying that Riven is the killer,I'm just saying that she is a possible suspect. Honestly I believe that Riot will eventually add at least one other champion who could be the killer,because if a murder has only one noteable suspect,then it is either obvious that said suspect is the killer,or the solution feels really random.

Thus I am pretty sure that riot will release 1 or maybe even 2 more champs who could have killed the elder,before they solve the mystery.

maxaroni1181 votes

I just wish we would get a solid clue for once. One that is veery hidden and has to have Lore immersed league players to spot, but once you spot it, it is impossible to unsee. I just want justification for Yasuo.

Alas, they won't becuase if they do, Yasuo would bring him/her in, and he would not be the "Unforgiven" SO it is unlikely that anyone will be suspect. Or they would change yasuo completely.

GreenLore1 votes

Yeah,but I guess that is unlikely until they gave us more candidates. I mean if an upcoming champion is going to be the killer,then they themselves might have just a general idea of who the killer is,but no specific stuff,so it would be difficult to give us a hint about someone that they themselves don't know the details about.

Also Yasuo could be still unforgiven,even if he is innocent,he killed the people who hunted him and even if he kills the killer,then he might not be able to prove his innocence.

junglerboy161 votes

The key thing everyone forgets is that Yasuo was the only one to master the wind technique in his generation. That means that it could just as easily have been another elder who killed his ward, or possibly a student from the previous generation, or even that it was an accident caused by an unpracticed apprentice who had yet to master the technique from the generation following Yasuo's (because Yasuo is/was a grown man at that point in time, and generations are usually divided every 15-20 years or so, meaning a talented yet untrained initiate into the art (like 10 years old) would not be out of the question if Yasuo were between 25 and 30 years old)

Maximum Morde1 votes

It's Karma.

FloRaider421 votes

He got killed by a wind technique and the only known people Yasuo Riven who possess skills like that were fighting at the moment of the murder. There probably was a yet unreleased champion involved that will shatter our previous view on these characters...

Or you now It also could have been the champion that is unaccounted for during the time of murder and possesses unimaginable control over the wind. Janna "If you eliminate all impossibilities the remaining possibility is most often the truth."

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