Noxus is burning in Swain's teaser.

Blood Magicks·1/18/2018, 6:50:56 PM·13 votes·2,200 views

If you look closely at 00:16ish you'll see fires in the city. Some look like bonfires on the streets, some might be burning buildings.

This is what I think is happening.

Swain's ascension to Grand General story will be the focus of the narrative part of his rework. He will either take the throne when the city is under threat or cause the riots himself. This is most likely the anti-Darkwill rebellion.

"But the Grand-General Jericho Swain knows there are many kinds of strength—and the greatest leaders of the next age will be those who can wield them all..." - he will unite several vastly different, maybe conflicting forces, to achieve his ambitions (is this where the potential changes in Sion's promo become evident? That last one is tinfoil-y.)

EDIT: Here's a picture with the fires and all:

https://i.imgur.com/edxf0LG.png

20 Comments

TheGrawell1/18/2018, 6:54:46 PM15 votes

Do you know a thing about torches and bonfires and lack of electricity in medieval cities?

LunSeiSleidee1/18/2018, 6:59:03 PM8 votes

Cautiously optimistic about this. He has white hair so I should hope they kept him old: and the hairstyle is the same he had before, but less silly.

I just hope I'm not up for a sudden disappointment.

Wait, WHERE'S BEATRICE?????????

Bottom Laner1/18/2018, 10:53:32 PM3 votes

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"But the Grand-General Jericho Swain knows there are many kinds of strength—and the greatest leaders of the next age will be those who can wield them all" - he will unite several vastly different, maybe conflicting forces, to achieve his ambitions

Swain is a Pokemon master confirmed

Sukishoo1/18/2018, 7:05:03 PM3 votes

Well he does say "by my hand will noxus rise once more" so makes sense that it's burning ;) So he's probably gonna rise to power with that happening

Meep Man1/18/2018, 11:15:11 PM2 votes

I honestly think they are just outposts in the city. Noxus appears to sit in a fairly chilled climate, or at least a climate that would be chilly during the winter. It sits in a rather flatlands surrounded by extremely rocky mountains kind of area.

GelsominoKiller1/18/2018, 11:47:49 PM2 votes

I see blood magic...

Doozku1/19/2018, 3:25:30 AM2 votes

I don't think so. If Noxus really was burning, you would think that would be a pretty important part of the picture that the artists would put focus to, instead of an extremely subtle detail that you have to be looking for in order to find. I think those are just torches.

THE RlVER KlNG1/19/2018, 12:18:03 AM1 votes

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BCr7y4SLhck

Swain sounds so much like Terenas Menethil it's crazy. Also that music is insanely good - sounds like it was ripped straight from a Ramin Djawadi Game of Thrones piece. Haunting and melancholic then BAM demon time.

Ralanr1/18/2018, 7:01:24 PM1 votes

I didn’t hear much of a city sacking sound in the background. So I’m not sure.

KoggyStyle1/20/2018, 1:54:25 AM1 votes

ornn was meta at the time, nothing to see here.