Loping Cinder dropping a hint as to Brands new lore dirrection in Bards Q&A?
Bard is not omnipotent, as a spirit he can be banished, powerful magics could potentially imprison him, and a force of equal power could possibly end him.
With the retcon of the IoW and by proxy the Rune Wars, Brand is one of the champs left in the 'Lore Retcon Void'. Being an [alluded to] unwanted causality in the chaos from uninhibited and unrestricted rune warfare of times before the creation of the Institute of War. Which the IoW was created to prevent more rune war catastrophes.
Who better to do the lore retcon of Brand than someone named Loping Cinder! "Powerful magics could potentially imprison him" is oddly very specific, as Brand is an elemental spirit that was imprisoned in a cage of True Ice. Perhaps Malphite and Brands new lores will have them be akin to the Bards and Sorakas. Bard is the sprinkly spirit that inhabits that ball of hair wielding a flute, Brand is a fiery spirit that inhabits the body of Kegan Rodhe. Sorakas original form could have been one of sprinkles as well but her punishment for turning a serial killer chemist into a werewolf (to you know, help with the murdering..?) was to be banished from the celestial club and her mortal form is that of her current unicorn self.
Perhaps these celestial spirits that Bard and Soraka come from not only possess benevolent spirits but also malevolent (Brand) and neutral (Malphite) spirits as well?
Thoughts?
