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Mordekaiser Bio makes me sad.

Phhase·5/31/2019, 6:06:56 PM·4 votes·2,226 views

Not because i think it sucks or anything (I'll leave that to the mains to determine), but because it establishes that there's no afterlife in the LOL universe. No heaven, no hell, just the Fields of Asphodel and despairing entropy. Your body's death is just the beginning of your true death, of your soul's undoing.

And, like,

Why?

Why does it have to be so grimdark? Why is the only light or "hope" for an afterlife some evil asshole trying to build a castle out of people? None of your favorite champs will rest easy in the end. Not Sion, not Ekko, not Miss Fortune, not Urgot, not even the kid that Janna gave a hug. And Yorick will be really, REALLY freaking sad 'cos it turns out he couldn't save anyone and all the souls he set free are just destined to fade anyway.

The League universe goes out of its way to always offer SOME hope, even if it's soaked in (imo too much sometimes) blood. But even that is gone now, it seems.

Couldn't there at least have been some sort of token reincarnation thing like the river Lethe from the greek mythos (Drink and you will be born again. Drink more and you will be born fortunate but lose what wisdom you have earned. Drink less and you will be born unfortunate and retain some wisdom)?

6 Comments

Lewanor5/31/2019, 6:11:05 PM6 votes

It is basically and specially noted that there might be multiple afterlifes. And there is. Mordekaiser didn't get what he wanted because all he did in his life was bringing pain. In the end, he got oblivion as reward.

Malicious Metal5/31/2019, 6:13:06 PM4 votes

There are realms far beyond those of Death.

Naalith5/31/2019, 8:28:58 PM3 votes

There may be multiple versions of afterlife depending on spirits/ gods you serve. We know there's more than nothing because several champions are from or beyond the veil of the (or just one) spirit realm, usually in Ionia.

Plus think of this: perhaps the lame afterlife Mordekaiser sat in was barely a veil between life and true death or other realms. Maybe if he had just accepted his fate his Hall of Bones afterlife would've been true after all. Just speculation though.

Camille Ferrøs5/31/2019, 9:05:29 PM2 votes

I personally don't like what they did but I think there was a comment from a rioter or an implication in the lore that he got specifically that as a "punishment" of sorts for his doings in life. Or that everyone gets a different "afterlife" or that there are few different ones. OR I'm just making things up.

GreenLore5/31/2019, 11:12:04 PM2 votes

Its possible that there are multiple afterlives and that even these afterlives could have different stages.

Maybe Morde was stuck in purgatory and simply never moved on to the next stage?