Void Event coming? Let me convince you!
Alright, hear me out on this one, because I know it's been said and done many, many times before. But I mean, there's so much evidence that the Void is about to play a big part in something, it's tough to ignore. Let's look at the facts:
Diana's new lore story had this segment: "Cold and needing shelter for the night, Diana sought refuge within the cave. Inside, the narrow cleft widened into the crumbling ruin of what might once have been a temple or vast audience chamber. Its crumbling walls were painted in faded frescoes depicting warriors of silver and gold fighting back to back against an unending host of grotesque monsters as the sky rained comets of searing light."
Coupled with the end of Leona's new lore entry, which had this nice little tidbit: " It gifted her with incredible powers and awful knowledge that haunted her eyes and weighed heavily upon her soul; knowledge she could only ever share with one person. Now, more than ever, Leona knew she had to find Diana."
That's two obvious connections of Leona and Diana against some awful threat, but it's still no confirmation that it's the Void.
This is where it starts to get fun. Aurelion Sol's release story has him going right up against some Void portals, throwing a baby star at one. He specifically has one little bit where he thinks to himself: "A pulsing sickness lingers in the air. From the epicenter of the corruption, I feel a will... hungry and indomitable, and far from the typical mindlessness I'm accustomed to from these Voidborn aberrations. The pulsating wound on reality yawns and buckles, distorting and warping all it touches. Whatever exists on the other side is laughing."
The League's snarkiest dragon senses something super scary and powerful on the other side of the Void portals. Okay, so we have a connection to the Void now. And obviously, something is coming now that Aurelion Sol is back and those glyphs in Diana's story featured both her and Leona fighting against the Voidborn underneath his comet.
-Up next is Taric, who since re-release has had plenty of animosity towards the Void, but my favorite being this quote here: "As the Protector’s whispers faded, Taric received a final warning: He would stand as the Shield of Valoran, but crashing against him would be a wave of howling madness, an ocean of gnashing teeth intent on consuming all, a squalid horror born of the Void."
Okay, so obviously Targon is -definitely- aligned against the Void. But what massive threat could potentially be looming on the other side? Popular fan theories from eons past are Kog'Maw's daddy and Kassadin's daughter, though I definitely believe the former is far more likely at this point, seeing as how Kog himself refers to his 'daddy' as 'terror'.
I had thought my theories ending, but Taliyah herself and the newest tidbits about her birthplace are also tying into this whole deal. Taliyah features her fair share of taunts and interactions with Voidborn, and it's mentioned rather candidly that she's from relatively close to Icathia, which she also references by name. Interactions with Kassadin and Malzahar, who until literally just now have been completely ignored lore-wise, minus a couple throwaway lines (that are apparently also unused) from Battlecast Vel'Koz.
TL:DR Targon lore update and Taliyah are dropping major hints at something big coming from the Void, so don't read the TLDR and go look at the hints you jabroni. >:C
Am I crazy? Has literally anyone else noticed all these Void references? Have there been a bunch of other threads like this that I simply can't find? Let me know dudes. This theory has been burning in me for a while but I've been way too lazy to compile all my evidence until now. <3
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