Evelynn and the Black Mist

Valor Bot·Sep 22, 2017·10 votes·2,095 views

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Anyone notice how Evelynn's new teaser shows her enveloped in what looks to be a cloud of the Black Mist? If I had to guess, the Mist will probably be Eve's new source of power, fueling her ability to conceal herself in darkness and maybe even materialize/dematerialize at will. This not only gives us a clue into what her gameplay might look like (perhaps she'll have a blink, or can phase through walls like Kayn) but also hints at her origins (was Eve born on the Blessed Isles only to be transformed by the Ruination?).

If nothing else, I think this means we can expect to see quite a few spicy interactions between Yorick and Evelynn. Who wore the Mist better? ;)

Also apologies if this was obvious; hadn't seen anyone here mention it yet, so I thought it'd be worth pointing out.

45 Comments

KoKobotoSep 22, 20173 votes

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Valor BotSep 22, 20171 votes

Those are good points; I would really love to see a new flavor of the Shadow Isles though and I don't think it's entirely out of the question for her moving shadows to be the Black Mist. She also has nothing pointing her towards being a darkin whereas her current lore puts her quite firmly in the Shadow Isles. Guess we'll just have to wait and see though.

Bionic JellyfishSep 22, 20171 votes

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I don't think Evelynn is of the Shadow Isles anymore. I think if she was with anything it would be the Darkin. She has the same grayish + redish vibes going on and she did that thing to Vayne as Aatrox did to Tryndamere. The Shadow Isles mostly has greenish + black in contrast to Evelynn who is all white and red.

doubt that too. there is no confirmation as far as i know (which is not very far) there is no confirmation that eve killed vayne's parents. assuming that the darkin are based off of the four horsemen of the apocolypse, and there are four horsemen and three darkin right now in game, (Aatrox, Rhaast, and Varus' bow) that means that eve must be the last horseman, but the darkin are all weapons, and we dont know if eve rework uses a weapon. in addition, The if the Darkin are based off of the four horsemen, then Aatrox = war, Rhaast = death, and Varus' bow = conquest/pestilence. so the last horseman must be famine. and i seriously doubt eve, an assassin, would be based off of slowly killing someone through malnutrition, or killing slowly at all.

Valor BotSep 22, 20175 votes

there is no confirmation that eve killed vayne's parents.

Reav3 confirmed it.

https://image.ibb.co/noDmH5/kek.png

Bionic JellyfishSep 22, 20172 votes

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Reav3 confirmed it.

https://image.ibb.co/noDmH5/kek.png

you're cutting out the part of my quote where i said, "as far as i know" and thank you for telling me

Halodjin TyrSep 22, 20171 votes

telling you, she killed annies parents.

ArakadiaSep 22, 20172 votes

Annie's lore is outdated and meaningless for the most part. We really only know she is a disturbing young fire mage with a bear, which is what we get from her gameplay and visuals.

GreenLoreSep 23, 20171 votes

Annies parents were never killed in any version of her lore...

HalfTangibleSep 22, 20171 votes

We've established that the Darkin are weapons that have possessed a host, and Eve has no weapons. Also, Elise is another shadow isles champ with a fair bit of red in her design.

Grimm HowlSep 22, 20171 votes

Elise is a Noxian noble who was cursed by Vilemaw. Perhaps the Noxus blood in her is what brought out such a vibrant red/black color scheme in her cursed spider form.

KoKobotoSep 23, 20171 votes

Vilemaw is pretty gray and black in colours. It was probably the athame that caused her to be the color that she is.

PlacentasSep 23, 20171 votes

blessed*

GreenLoreSep 22, 20172 votes

I kinda doubt that she is a darkin,since the darkin all seem to be bound to weapons and Eve doesn't seem to have one.

Though I doubt that she is undead,she is most likely a demon,but that doesn't exclude the possibility of her being related to the black mist. I mean who said that the mist only corrupts biological beings?

FasmodeySep 22, 20171 votes

Shadow Isles is not exactly corrupting bodies, but souls. In other say, Shadow Isles has no beings of rotting fleshes (there must be exceptations though). It is full of souls trapped between life and death, begging for mercy and peace if they are not weak enough to be mindless. So, if Evelynn is a demon, as she is evil spirit, she could be affected by the Black Mist but not in a way what mortals do.

Here it is the related answer by Dinopawz, look for 8

GreenLoreSep 22, 20171 votes

Yeah you are right. In general I think it would be cool to see some other beings getting corrupted by the mist,like spirits,vastaya or void monsters.

Also I feel like that respond from dinopawz about vilemaw is pretty interesting. So vilemaw is something that came through the black mist into our world?Maybe he is the avatar of a minor god?After all Illaoi mentions that some gods ask for worship.

KoKobotoSep 22, 20171 votes

Idk how else to explain Vayne's psychopathy. Other than Aatrox -> Tryndamere, Evelynn -> Vayne + others

Eternal791Sep 23, 20174 votes

How about normal psychopathy that can be found in real people without the help of dark sentient magical weapons?

KoKobotoSep 23, 20171 votes

Well I feel that's a betrayal to her fanbase than. She pretty much was Batman of league of legends (Or that Vampire hunter or whatever) except with a few different things. Or maybe I'm the only one that cares about that. Now she's just a different version of Jinx.

Eternal791Sep 23, 20172 votes

I've never heard of there being any special reason for her psychotic nature. And she's really nothing like Jinx. Jinx is a complete maniac who blows things up because she likes explosions and enjoys causing panic and pissing the Wardens off. She's got a very childish nature, while Vayne is more mature (despite being arrogant) and methodical. She hunts and kills monsters partially because a demon killed her parents, and partially because she enjoys the thrill of it. She doesn't just run around blowing things up without reason. Vayne is a sadistic hunter, while Jinx is a gleeful terrorist.

Also its heavily implied (through Warwick's bio and VO) that Jinx has a very dark past that likely resulted in her insanity. So Vayne having something like that would make her even more like Jinx than them both enjoying dangerous situations.

KoKobotoSep 23, 20171 votes

Well the whole theory on Evelynn being like a darkin is because Aatrox -> Tryndamere, Evelynn -> Vayne.

Psychopaths aren't all alike but they do have similar traits. Also Jinx actually hasn't displayed many psychopathic traits in comparison to Vayne. Who shows how she manipulates that other monster just to kill the original monster in one of her stories.

Eternal791Sep 23, 20171 votes

That's debatable. Jinx just shows the chaotic side of psychopathy while Vayne is more manipulative and sadistic.

Also we don't know the full extent of Evelynn's power, so why does she need to be a darkin to make Vayne turn into a psychopath?

KoKobotoSep 24, 20171 votes

Cuz Darkins r kewl [sg-lux]

But that theory is out the window now. She looks nothing like a Darkin with her splash art and in-game model [sg-soraka]

So I still have no idea why Vayne is a psychopath. I guess they're trying to go for the Bayonetta root. Bayonetta isn't that dark though and she's more BDSM... I got no idea lol. [sg-lux-2]

Eternal791Sep 22, 20173 votes

I don't think Eve got her power the way every other Shadow Isle champ got theirs (if she is still related to the Shadow Isles). Assuming she is in fact a demon, it could be that she was created by all the suffering caused by the Ruination. Or if she is something else, maybe she was trapped in Thresh's Vault, likely inside some object, and got out during the Ruination. If this is the case, its possible her power had a part in causing it, as we know the Ruined King cast a spell that was amplified by the magical artifacts of the vault. It would also be interesting, if she was one of the primary magical forces that caused Thresh's sadistic tendencies (Mordekaiser's skull likely being the other).

nelogisSep 22, 20172 votes

I like the theory that she was in one of those artifacts in the Vault! Man I find tales from the Shadow Isles so exciting don't know why ^^

Eternal791Sep 22, 20171 votes

Yeah, I love the Shadow Isles.

ArakadiaSep 23, 20171 votes

Totally agree. Thats a super awesome idea.

ParallelitySep 22, 20172 votes

I think it'd be pretty cool if she ends up being the Ruined King's wife... Like after the king revives her and then uses the spell to kill her, she doesn't end up dying and the black mist gave her a new form, and obeys her as she is the reason it was created.

Ashen RiderSep 22, 20171 votes

I comment this in a semi-shitposty manner and then come down to see someone has beat me to it. [zombie-nunu-tears]

Tiniest TurtleSep 22, 20172 votes

I don't think she's undead, and I hope not too. I think she's demonic and she's wearing shadows, not the black mist.

Karn BishopSep 22, 20171 votes

Can i choose the resource to charge it then? ADC rage at losing CS for any reason.

nelogisSep 22, 20171 votes

It would actually be REALLY bad for Evelynn to be surrounded by the black mist.

The mist would kill her (if she doesn't carry the tears of life with her, but I would be surprised from where the heck she would get these other than ripping it off from Maokai) and if she is lucky, an undead version of hers would still be able to live. If she is unlucky her soul would wander around the Isles and soon or later the Chain-warden would get her.

I think the black cloud around her isn't the mist but rather "Darkness".

Also there is no reason why she should be able to fuel power out of the mist, there are not a lot of people able to do that either.

Mordekaiser gets enhanced by the magical power of the mist but doesnt control the mist by any means.

The mist kind off obeys to Yorick (The souls he freed at least do)

Karthus might be the only one that has his abilities ONLY true the powers of the mist.

Her current lore hasn't much connection with the isles either.

Wrathof300Sep 22, 20174 votes

More than likely Evelynn is already undead, hence carrying the Mist on her body wouldn't be harmful.

nelogisSep 22, 20173 votes

If Evelynn is undead then that being the mist just wouldn't make any sense now would it?

Because like said, nobody "commands" the mist. The only thing that MAY be able to command it is the Ruined King. Yorick commands some souls IN the mist, not THE mist.

"Almost lost within his grief, Yorick began to speak to the spirits around him, attempting to find solace with them as he had as a child. Instead, as he communed with the Mist, corpses left their graves, guided by his voice. He realized the bodies he once laid to rest were now his to command."

Yorick's Lore

You can't just pick up some mist, put it on your body and then use it's powers.

If she is undead then the mist would simply ignore her but let's say the mist and she have an agreement so that Eve is sucking human's life out (Succubi) and giving it to the mist, in return the mist grants her it's powers. Problem is, the mist isn't something smart, it isn't a single conciousness (Read Maokai's lore if you don't know what I mean, it explains pretty well how the mist behaves). As soon as you touch it, it consumes you.

"Cursed upon touch" - Yorick's ingame quote

The reason Yorick is "carrying" the mist is not because he wants it:

"Isolated tendrils of the Black Mist clung to him, trying to overtake the one living thing not yet corrupted. As the Mist wrapped itself around him, Yorick saw it suddenly recoil from the vial at his neck. Yorick clutched the blessed water, realizing it was all that kept him alive." - Yoricks Lore

That's the reason why Yorick has the mist on his body but Eve?

Now let's say Eve is a manifestation of the mist (even tough mist isn't smart or a single conciousness). But in that case Evelynn couldn't leave the shadow isles.

I just find it highly unlikely that the thing covering her body is the mist, unless riot wants to make her a special snowflake wich I would hate (Main reason I hate Kayn)

MuffledGarbageSep 22, 20172 votes

I think it's possible that Evelynn was turned into the stealthy succubus-demon type of thing by accepting the mist similar to how interactions between the Mist and Yorick go.

The mist bein' all "Join us yorick" and Yorick goin all "I am enough"

but what if Evelynn decided that she wasn't enough?

She decided"yeah ok mist, take me" ripped off her vial of life and became the succubus-stealth demon that we know and love albeit it's unlikely but I'll give it a guess

nelogisSep 22, 20174 votes

that would be like a Karthus type of thing, but her desire of something (and mind) had to be stronger than the maddening ruination of the mist AND she would still need to have something that attracts the mist. (I guess her desire to live was strong enough to leave a glimmer of live in her? sounds a bit cheap but could be I guess ^^, would be a good explanation why she is never seen in the Isles. because she fears to get the last bit of live ripped out of her, and why she is trying to suck the live of others? Though i have never read something about Evelynn being a Succubus do you have a link to that statement somewhere I would love to read it).

PS: Yorick doesn't choose to be alive because he thinks that he is enough, he wants to restore his home and free the isles from the ruination... wich is pretty hard to do if you are a rotten corpse with a lost soul. That's why he keeps the flask around his neck and the Maiden tells him non-stop that this goal is unreachable and that he should just give up and join them, whatever "them" is.

MuffledGarbageSep 22, 20171 votes

heh, yeah I kinda just went with the most interesting explanation I could think of.

I was mostly assuming Evelynn was a take on a succubus from her design being similar to other succubus characters; her quotes: "their pain is my pleasure", "I've... got the touch"; and her ultimate's name is "Agony's embrace" that's what I was able to come up with.

And with the yorick thing I was mostly using his in-game starting quote kinda. Thank you though for the info. Now I know more about my main!

ParallelitySep 22, 20172 votes

I just find it highly unlikely that the thing covering her body is the mist, unless riot wants to make her a special snowflake wich I would hate (Main reason I hate Kayn)

Wait Kayn is special how?

ArakadiaSep 23, 20171 votes

Couldn't it be that Evelynns presence attracts the mist? Something doesn't need to be sentient or aware in order to be attracted to another.

Eternal791Sep 22, 20172 votes

I don't think Evelyn is, or ever was a human. With that said, its quite possible she is immune to the Mist.

Also, Thresh and Kalista also got their power purely from the Black Mist.

nelogisSep 22, 20171 votes

Oh nono im not denying that the mist can give powers to those that can resist it (Karthus / Hecarim to name a few more). Im more trying to find out on why the Mist would follow here since the OP thinks its Mist that covers her....

Maybe it was just a design thing because normal clothes didn't look good so they added mist into the mixture and im overthinking it right now ^^

Eternal791Sep 22, 20171 votes

If she was trapped in Thresh's vault, its possible that the Black Myst was partially created by her black mist clothes, but that would still mean that she isn't covered in the same Black Myst that covers the Shadow Isles.

MuffledGarbageSep 22, 20171 votes

I think Evelynn is gonna be some form of what Yorick could have been if he gave into the mist

Ashen RiderSep 22, 20171 votes

What if she is the resurrected wife of the Ruined King :OOO

Meep ManSep 23, 20171 votes

I don't think that's the Black Mist. The Black Mist isn't just "Black Mist", it's a whirling concoction of souls that have been twisted and damned to an eternity of suffering. It gives off a slight blue and sometimes green hint as well, which isn't present here. I think this is more just your standard "Shadow Magic" so to speak. Dangerous of course, but not The Black Mist.