What happened to the Darkin? (theory)

Bârd··3 votes·898 views

Aatrox is one of the last remaining Darkin; only 5 remain in total. They are a warlike and bloodthirsty species, who are powerful enough to turn the tide of any battle. Such a species threatens to conquer runeterra, destroying all of those who inhabit the land. The Darkin do not age and are too powerful for any runeterran to defeat in combat, so how did they die off?

The answer is simple.

Who would do anything in his power to maintain balance in runeterra?

Who is just as unkillable as the Darkin?

Who has the power of a god in runeterra?

Bard

Bard has the ability to travel through time and space, and has the power to completely destroy all who stand in the way of balance.

Not only does this mean that Bard nearly wiped out the Darkin due to a threat they might pose, it means that the surviving Darkin were considered weak and peaceful enough to let live.

Aatrox, the embodiment of war, who is so powerful that no runeterran could best him in combat; a living legend, was one of the weakest and most peaceful of his kind. He is a frail child in comparison to those who Bard erased from existence.

tl;dr dont fuck with brad

11 Comments

Ralanr1 votes

I wouldn't want to mess with something that communicates through music.

Ebonmaw Dragon1 votes

Who says that they are a "warlike and bloodthirsty species, who are powerful enough to turn the tide of any battle"?

I mean, sure that Aatrox can do that... but it doesnt means that his whole race was like that.

Just saying that the whole race is like that, because 1 guy act like that, is like saying that the yordles are a race of evil creatures with the power of darkness and control the cosmos because Veigar can do that, and he is a yordle.

What if the rest of the Darkins were just a random race of batlike people that loved eating cookies or something like that?

Ralanr2 votes

Or just didn't have a hat.

Not every race needs a hat.

Sharjo1 votes

Darkin would probably struggle with hats if Aatrox's horns are anything to go by. They'd need 'em custom made.

GreenLore1 votes

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Bard has the ability to travel through time and space, and has the power to completely destroy all who stand in the way of balance.

Uhm where are you getting that from? If bard can travel through time and space?why would he not go back in time to fix stuff like Xeraths ascension or the creation of the shadow isles?

Also who says that bard can destroy anyone?From what we've seen bard seems to be pretty weak on the offensive side.

Sharjo1 votes

So what did the Darkin do that meant they were worth Bard annihilating them? The Darkin predate humanity so it's not like they were a threat to modern species, in fact if Darkin did in fact have an empire of some kind that stretched across Runeterra then it's likely that Bard would've have ended up coming to aid them against certain threats depending on the circumstances.

No, I recon the Darkin collapsed as a species due to changes in the world or internal strife. Maybe a bit of both. Either way I doubt Bard had a hand in their downfall, if only having five members even counts as a downfall. There might've only ever been six Darkin ever. Losing them would still be a hefty percentage but not a huge downfall, y'know?

Okola13381 votes

From what i researched or believe, of the five darkins 4 are found, the first one is aatrox, second jax, third varus and fourth is the up coming champion raa'tul

Bârd1 votes

Aatrox is a Darkin, Jax is unknown, Varus is a cursed human, and I have not seen anything on Raa'tul yet.

Ralanr1 votes

Raa'tul? What?

Bârd1 votes

Looked it up. Some people mistook the "they are coming" swirls and the Tahm Kench teaser laugh to be a new darkin champion.

Ralanr1 votes

Thank you. For a second I thought they announced a new champion already.

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