What if LeBlanc killed the elder Yasuo was protecting?

NullDragon·Oct 5, 2015·6 votes·1,231 views

Per the title.

LeBlanc doesn't have wind magic. But lying is, like, 95% of what she does. And she's presumably duped people before.

Kill the elder, replace it with a body that seems like it was killed by a wind technique. People blame Yasuo, Yasuo kills a lot of people to defend his honor, an organization of Ionians suffers heavy losses.

Sure there's the suggestion of Ao Shin, and Yasuo thinks Riven did it(despite her being in infantry and not really assassinating). But what about the simple answer of 'LeBlanc THE DECEIVER tricked everyone'?

22 Comments

Maximum MordeOct 5, 20152 votes

Karma did it because the elder was molesting children. That's my head cannon anyway.

Drunk TsundereOct 5, 20151 votes

It was Riven. His elder was killed by a triple sword strike from a wind blade. That was why everyone thought it was him. But Yasuo knows who really did it.

Dextix LTOct 5, 20151 votes

No it wasnt. The job was obiviously made by someone who has wind technique, but you cant mistake the elegant yasuo technique with rivens brutal one. Swords are different, strenght is different. Yasuo doesnt know who did it, he only suspects.

GreenLoreOct 5, 20151 votes

Yasuos elegant ones?He is able to create whirlwinds with his swords,so it is not out of question that the could also make more brutal ones.(not to mention that the trial was rushed anyway,so it is possible that details like these were overlooked)

Though I agree that we can't say for sure if it was riven or not,she might be just a false lead.

Dextix LTOct 5, 20151 votes

Yes, he is able to create whirlwinds, but look at his overall fighting style on the fields. He is a fast and precise combatan. His strikes are swift and accurate, relying on injuring the opponents vitals.

Now look at rivens fighting style. Heavy strong strikes, focusing on decimating the opponent, relying on strenght not precision.

I think Ionian masters would have seen the difference. So the only other possibility is a third party, not riven and not yasuo.

GreenLoreOct 5, 20151 votes

Ionian masters might have seen the difference,but we don't know if ionian masters were even there. The trial happened during a war time,they didn't have the time to let swordmasters run through the whole country just to verify if this wound could have been made by yasuo(not to mention that there is no proof that yasuo can't do more brutish strikes if he wants to)

Overall the trial wasn't really fair and rushed,so i wouldn't count on details about the proofs being well researched

Melancholy ExileOct 5, 20151 votes

I had always assumed that the idea was that Yasuo, as "the only student in a generation to master the legendary wind technique," seemed the only possible guilty party for the murder because there were no other potential suspects with access to wind techniques. Why would they suspect a Noxian of being able to imitate such a rare Ionian discipline or believe anyone else could be guilty even if the evidence didn't quite fit Yasuo's style?

Virgin RayOct 5, 20151 votes

But why would she kill the elder? She wasn't apart of the war.

Dextix LTOct 5, 20151 votes

I dont think so. Replicating simple cuts, its easy. Replicating a technique that only a few people over valoran know? That is hard. If not impossible. Also, the body that was found was the elders and noone elses. And the elder did DIE from something, if she would kill the elder i think people would notice the diference of wounds.

LankPantsOct 5, 20151 votes

What if Yasuo's just a lying arsewhole who actually killed him?

I don't care if it's true or not but it's what I chose to believe.

GreenLoreOct 5, 20151 votes

Honestly,I see little reason for Leblanc to do that. I mean why would she go to such great lenghts just to get yasuo accused?I doubt that Yasuo was so well known in Noxus that they needed some sort of scheme to get rid of him.

King FlexxedOct 30, 20161 votes

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Honestly,I see little reason for Leblanc to do that. I mean why would she go to such great lenghts just to get yasuo accused?I doubt that Yasuo was so well known in Noxus that they needed some sort of scheme to get rid of him.

Yasuo was a part of Ionia, Leblanc was a part of a society called The black rose, Swain was the leader of Noxus and also a part of the black rose, maybe leblanc framed yasuo because he was becoming a too big threat to Noxus and Swain

GreenLoreOct 30, 20161 votes

That seems rather overcomplicated to get rid of a single soldier. I mean keep in mind that Yasuo wasn't some sort of general or anything.

warpenguin555Oct 5, 20151 votes

Hmm. Maybe. The elder could have had knowledge of the black rose and was killed for it, with the attack being a cover up. And let's frame Yasuo and boom nobody expects a thing

Angelofchaos16xOct 5, 20151 votes

I find that it is a possibility. Going be the Riven theory, she could technically have done it, but she does not have relation to the wind, other then her ulti. So if you read up on her lore - "So exceptional was her passion that the High Command recognized her with a black stone rune sword forged and enchanted with Noxian sorcery." - it states that the Noxian High Command (Leblanc and Swain, could be presumed) presented her with the sword she uses. So, if Lb and Swain enchanted her sword, the amount of tomfoolery they could pull off is quite large.

Ebonmaw DragonOct 5, 20151 votes

Plottwist: LeBlanc IS the Elder.

GreenLoreOct 6, 20151 votes

Plottwist,the Elder learned the wind techniques in secret and comitted suicide with them simply because he thought Yasuo was a jerk for leaving him alone.

Ebonmaw DragonOct 6, 20151 votes

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Plottwist,the Elder learned the wind techniques in secret and comitted suicide with them simply because he thought Yasuo was a jerk for leaving him alone.

I like this theory.

RalanrOct 6, 20151 votes

Why shouldn't it be Riven?

NarasimhaOct 6, 20151 votes

Seems too convoluted. She had no way of knowing Yasuo's reactions. Hell, I'd be surprised if she even knew who Yasuo was. Especially for Leblanc, it seems too chancy. She's the kind of person that likes to maintain absolute control over what happens.

DaemonetteNov 19, 20161 votes

It would make sense it was LB. As she has killed many powerful people. Jarvan IV for example is really dead and you are playing as LB pretending to be Jarvan IV.

RequiemsfireNov 19, 20161 votes

What would the motivation be though for Leblanc to do that? I mean Yasuo isn't a high ranking political figure nor an asset, he has no real bearing on the war effort despite his heroics.