So why are Sion and Swain rivals again?

5G8Nri0B54·Feb 15, 2015·1 votes·3,695 views

A general and a soldier, they should be OTP.

And didn't Swain play a key role in Sion's revival?

9 Comments

Dan SquaredFeb 16, 201510 votes

Sion is generally out of his mind while out of combat....and during that time see's Swain as Boram Darkwill, the Grand General that he remembers.

Its only while in the thick of combat that Sion starts to see clearly and see's that Swain is not his General, but those moments are fleeting and once the rush of battle dies down he again loses his grip on things.

5G8Nri0B54Feb 16, 20151 votes

He seems to be aware that Swain isn't his general even out of combat what with that Taunt of his.

BastionKrossFeb 16, 20151 votes

Yeah, it's kind of hazy when Sion's "bouts of clarity" are triggered. Sometimes Swain is his general, sometimes he's not. Then again, this is the new new lore team we're talking about, and their decisions are controversial at best.

KrizalidFeb 16, 20152 votes

I guess Sion disagrees to be someone's tool or something, but that's just a random thought.

A Superb VillainFeb 16, 20152 votes

Sion is Swain's rival because Swain represents everything Sion detests in Noxus; underhanded, scheming, manipulation. Sion loves and remembers a Noxus built on the merits of true strength, which is everything Noxus currently is not. In a similar vein, that is why Riven went into exile after seeing that contemporary Noxus had no qualms about employing efficient, but inhumane battlefield tactics, let alone betraying their own forces.

GreenLoreFeb 16, 20152 votes

The funny thing is that Boram darkwill himself was in control when the noble houses of noxus started to gain more influence and when they bombed their own soldiers with zaunite weaponry.

So I'd say that Swain is actually truer to the noxian standards than boram in his later years(but then again we don't know if these weren't things that the black rose arranged),even if he is still using underhanded tactics and so on.

GreenLoreFeb 16, 20151 votes

Most of the time sion simply sees swain as his leader,he sees him as a strong leader who doesn't back down no matter what.

However sion was warned to "beware of the ravens" and hates what he has become,there are times when sions mind becomes a bit clearer and he realizes this. Swain is using underhanded tactics,which probably goes against Sions principles,but sion can't break free from swains control.