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the shackles of belief

TheMan292·12/17/2019, 5:36:18 AM·5 votes·10,138 views

ok, I know I'm extremely late to this, but I need to say why I LOVE this story

  1. It showcases Sylas' narcissism and delusion. Throughout his perspective, he displays a clearly biased view (what drives him to keep going...even as it got his own followers needlessly killed) and wordings are used to be more sympathetic (such as using the word "liberated). not only that, but he believes everything that happens is sorta pre-destined to happen. a great way this is shown is when he tells the prophet "thank you" and is seen almost gently putting the fur on her. at first it seems like mere sarcasm, but its him really believing she was there specifically so he could save himself.

  2. this is the kinda story we should have for villains. like "the final reign" for Mordekaiser, this story allows for a villain PROTAGONIST. due to the nature of the story, we can actually cheer for Sylas in spite of knowing he is a bad guy. it allows us to connect to his struggle and goals and want him to achieve them. I know he is more of an anti-villain, so it was easier to do this, but it should be standard for all the villains.

that's all I got, hope it's a good read and that this post isnt worthless

3 Comments

Tomoe Gozen12/17/2019, 10:43:25 PM2 votes

I love Sylas' lore. His magic is unique and it allows him to adapt to any situation but due to it, i think he tends to become overconfident in fights and easily agitated and angered, given his imprisonment in Demacia for so long.

Demacia isn't good either. They have a lot of "blood" on their hands and their treatment of mages/magic is xenophobic, to say the least. Either mages are exiled or they're imprisoned and forced to drink petricite potions, wear petricite necklaces, bracelets (trinkets) to suppress their magic and in worse cases (like Sylas), imprisoned for years or executed for "conspiring against the King".

What he believes in is that fighting against what Demacia did to them and spilling blood for the liberty of people like him, is a cause worth pursuing. And he wants nothing more than to destroy Demacia with magic - the one thing they're so afraid of and ignorantly hoard, not knowing the true meaning of petricite. I think that he fights as a man who has nothing to lose (given how he fights in Freljord) but ultimately, i don't think he would sacrifice his life for someone else. It's more that he wants to be the instigator and the leader of a rebellion.