Darkin Theory -Confirmed? And Other Thoughts

Still, for now, it is time to move on – I have merely opened the door on vastaya, and it will be the job of another journalist to step through it. Today, I draw my attention to the other creatures of Runeterra whose stories have yet to be told: Those horrifying, sentient weapons known as Darkin. The corrupting creatures of the Void. Those illusive fae creatures of legend, the yordles. These stories mustn’t go untold, and on my word, I shall be the explorer to do it. Indeed, I may well be the only one who can.

http://universe.leagueoflegends.com/en_US/story/vastaya-field-journal/

Sentient Weapons. Can we call that confirmed?

Or is Santangelos an unreliable narrator? And where did he get such information, since Aatrox's legend has all but been removed from the history books. I'm so glad to have some new info (or not exactly new?) on the Darkin. That aside I hope Santangelos survives predicament and lives to write another book. I sort of hope he becomes a kind of the writer of a series of in universe lore books ala "Volo's Guide to Monsters" , "Volo's Guide to Waterdeep", etc.

That aside, while I'm all for expanding Runeterra and it's inhabitants I cant help but feel that it's been ages since we learned of the Darkin. For some reason I feel I would have appreciated the DOUBLE champ release if they had revealed 2 of the five Darkin said to be remaining.