"Congratulations, ma'am, it's a healthy darkin/boy!"

Lore fiends assemble! Scurry out of your speculation caves and gaze upon this new wonder! The flavor of the year is Ionia, and after a colorful entree comes a sweet and sour main dish: A shirtless, colored hair streak, I-am-the-protagonists-best-friend-who-goes-evil type of fella with darkin for a roomate (Aatrox lost his snowflake status). He's also Zed's workplace partner/grasshopper in learning/boy to crack cold ones with. Don't forget Ionia now oficially has two bioligical-weapon-thingamajiggers (let's see if Varus gets some love now, maybe even a darkin connection). Now comes the time to lie down and sway sideways with our thumbs in our mouths as we wait for the paragraph of text that will shape darkin history for the first time in years!

PS: I kinda hoped for a frozen watcher after the teaser, but this will do just fine. Asked for the burger, they brought me the ribs, so I ain't even mad. https://boards.na.leagueoflegends.com/en/c/story-art/HFwv5eW4-new-champion-guess