Kindred's Long Lore has Arrived!
Kindred | League of Legends
Lists them as friends with themselves, rivals to all the undead monsters of the Shadow Isles EXCEPT Kalista, and a nice read to boot. Give it a gander!
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Friends: Kindred.
:)
To those wondering if she does the "killing blow" of sorts. Yes and no. Kindred, in essence, is death. The best possible example I can give is the shitty movie "final destination" the actual antagonist of the movie is death. Death itself is "killing" the people, however it appears to everyone else as random forms of accidents. Kindred basically has an internal timer on everyone's time to die, which is why they are always there at the right time. And when it is "your time" you're basically given the choice of how you want to die. And then kindred "confirms" your death and applies your fate. Kindreds arrow "is" the axe. Wolf "is" the army of people that chased after the kid and shot him multiple times with arrows and spears before finally stabbing him repeatedly. However the only people that see them are those already going to die.
I like this style of writing. Shorter than the judgments, and not a full backstory, but I enjoy it.
I find it a bit off as a story device if the champion can never be beaten (as far as we know). It seems like a similar problem with Bard, being too 'OP' in the role they play in Runeterra. If Kindred comes for everyone, what tension is there in their stories? How do they interact with other champions other than 'We are here to take you'? Other depictions of Death (such from Sandman and Discworld) have ways to interact with characters other than just showing up when they die. Death from Sandman has family and every hundred years takes the form of a mortal to remember how it is to be mortal. Death from Discworld is fascinated by mortals, has family, helpers and sidekicks and acted as Santa for a time, and can be beaten occasionally. Kindred to me just seems...uninteractive in interesting ways. Lamb is quick death, Wolf drawn out.
I don't understand why Kalista isn't an enemy to them. Yes, her reasons for what she does aren't like Thresh's but she still takes souls and keeps them from their final rest. To Kindred she should be no different than Thresh.
So I'm confused about something. The guy who took Lamb's arrow was in the middle of a battle, but was the squire by himself or were the soldiers coming to him? Why would Kindred bother to chase him?
Why do they hate the shadow island people except for Kalista?
Cause they be ghosts of death as well?