What if Mordekaiser had instigated the rune wars over wanting to pass his world to a greater one?

kasfas·12/1/2016, 10:26:19 PM·1 votes·731 views

The idea is that during the rune wars, Mordekaiser was still expanding his empire, but sought greater power, to be more grandiose, to become more than possible. He acquired runes that he used in a ritual that game him knowledge above all other sentient beings. He knew the world he lived in was simply a pale comparison to ours (yes our world, or one very similar to it) and sought to gain absolute power to reach the next world. He knew he would never be able to achieve this goal in a single lifetime, so he pursued knowledge that would preserve him for near eternity. The rest of his story stays the same more or less, but this allows him to keep his fourth wall shattering ambition, and make him into someone who wants to rule not just his own world, but even more. Perhaps even the ancient targonians could've seen his ambitious behaviour after his incantation and they would be the ones to stop him, but that is a discussion for a later day.

So what do the rest of you think? And if you can please keep it constructive.

Thanks

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Sharjo12/1/2016, 10:37:57 PM1 votes

Timeline wise Mordekaiser's downfall was immediately succeeded by the birth of Noxus as their progenitors were the ones to take him down, so I feel Morde likely came to power in a time after the Rune Wars had already petered out, at least in Valoran, since the implication is that the Rune Wars just ruined all of the major civilisations and nations of Valoran. At least that's how I see it.

My point is of course moot if Noxus was around when the Rune Wars were a thing, but a part of me just says that such a thing isn't the case or else Noxus would've conquered the world long ago with World Runes.