Ekko's decision.

Embertine·5/23/2015, 3:11:24 PM·29 votes·2,703 views

First of all I gotta say, great story.

Ekko tried in vain to reach his friend in time to save him. 91 times he has failed. Too late to do any more than morn. He tried a 92nd time and finally reaches him in his last moments in life. Ekko realizes then that no matter how many times he goes back, he would always be too late. However this time he receives a clue from his dying friend. And so Ekko goes back for the 93rd time. This time he attempts to kill the man whom has robbed him of his friend. However in the confrontation Ekko's device is damaged, and he is forced to go back one final time. With his device broken he has only one chance left. This time he has a decision to make. To kill the man whom has murdered his friend in cold blood, or to once again race to his friend's side? Having already arrived to find his friend dead 91 times, and having already reached and watched him die once. . . .Ekko forgoes vengeance. On his 94th rewind, he returns to his friend. And instead of exacting revenge for his murder, Ekko chooses to remain by his friend's side, and comfort him as he passes.

To me this speaks volumes of whom Ekko is as a person. While some people are complaining about the lack of lore and how Ekko has no ties with other champions, I feel that there is lore within the characters themselves. While it is not everything I want from lore, it is enough for me (at least for now) and gets me interested in the champion.

I know you all in the lore department are hard at work despite what many believe. And I hope you the best of luck and much inspiration for your writing!

Sincerely, Embertine.

30 Comments

Zenthon Prime5/23/2015, 4:37:21 PM10 votes

On the surface the comic is pretty shallow, but dang there was a lot hidden in the details.

My only fear is that they won't follow up on this.

Desmond Law5/23/2015, 7:15:18 PM4 votes

Ekko ran 91 times for about 4 minutes each run. Since the video shows he doesn't heal when he warps back, that's a lot of running. 91x4= 364 minutes 364/60= 6.067 hours Ekko ran for 6 hours straight.

Doctor Ivellius5/23/2015, 3:30:38 PM2 votes

Yeah, the basic story is a good introduction and tells a lot about his personality. It does raise some narrative questions, though, mainly about the mechanics of his Z-drive (which also can reach into alternate dimensions, apparently?). I'd like to know why damaging the device caused another time reset and how long it took Ekko to fix it. Also when he actually found Ajuna dying just to get a clearer idea of its limitations.

KING OF MASKS5/23/2015, 7:00:50 PM2 votes

Ekko is a pretty strong character (so far), but he still exists in the void that is Runeterra.

Wickedfates5/23/2015, 8:10:06 PM2 votes

honestly, i feel that this, and the last teemo skin release, is crossing boundary's that lol is not at all about..... there has not been this realistic take on serious issues before i think, and i might be wrong since this current crop is so polarizing... but i think it is not going in a good direction....

it makes me uncomfortable

Tesla Effect5/24/2015, 2:22:13 AM1 votes

In the comic, it clearly shows differences in his appearance when he rewinds, he gets cuts and gets dirtier. So he must get damaged when he rewinds, it would also make sense as to why he still remembers his action even after he rewinds, his body is going back in time, but that wont rewind anything that happened to his body.

Puri Puri Taric5/23/2015, 9:14:52 PM1 votes

does it matter his friend died because he did pull his device too late even thou he had a feeling that his friend was in trouble i for example would comfort my friend in his final minutes and then i go rewind and kill the evil guy who killed my friend and why ? because i in place of ekko would not forget the final minutes with my friend and i wont forget the feeling how good it felt to kill that evil guy.

jDVL20eCYs5/23/2015, 7:03:04 PM1 votes

as long he is broken in right hands(my) and up in bronze elo. I'm super happy and don't care much about story. he just need sot stay as cool as he is now