Thoughts on What Shaco Is

The Aqualious··6 votes·2,400 views

YES I KNOW THE LORE IS OUT DATED BUT DO TO THE LACK OF INFO ON THIS CHAMPION WE ARE GOING WITH IT

Okay, so I've been thinking about this for a while now, and after re-reading his lore a couple of times I have a theory about what Shaco truly is...

Regardless of whether you like it or not, I just wanted to share it and see what people think... Still sticking with my theory until the lore update.

Anyway, here is what we know about Shaco for sure:

  • A psychotic and sadistic killer who is beyond slippery

  • Takes pleasure in in death and violence in general

  • HE prefers to keep as little about him available for common knowledge

  • FRIENDS: Nocturne and Fiddlesticks (could change with lore update)

3 Main Theories that the Lore has provided is

1: He literally is a demon spawned from some dark hole of hell who.

2: A manifestation of humanities dark urges.

3: A really mentally screwed up assassin who only goes serious when a job is at hand.

After reviewing all of this... I have a simple idea of what Shaco may actually be...

http://fc06.deviantart.net/fs71/i/2013/223/3/d/league_of_legends__shaco_mask_by_frozenhaka-d6hqqjo.jpg

The mask... Just the mask

Before downvoting me to hell, let me explain

1: This ties all 3 together, the mask was spawned from a twisted place, summoned here due to the dark urges of humanity, later to be picked up by an individual only to corrupt said person into lunacy and a want for death

2: He is extremely slippery, harder to catch than jinx if I were to guess, that's because you can't catch a mask. Even if someone was caught and that mask was taken away... Well Demon Mask... So who knows what it would do

Probably hard to destroy and probably has some abilities without a host

Similar to Venom from spiderman if you'd like to think it that way.

3: His Friends, Harder to tell with Nocturne, but take a look at Fiddlesticks... Yes his lore is outdated but we're rolling with it

Fiddlesticks lore states if you go into the chamber, he kills you, yet is somehow friends with Shaco and Nocturne (assumed through Shaco)

Now if Shaco walked in, Fiddlesticks would have killed him, even if Shaco dip dived and dodged, he's in a very bad spot, so Shaco's host probably would have lost this duel, but the mask still remains... And probably able to communicate with Fiddle...

As for Nocturne, the friendship with him supports all the demon theories regardless as Nocturne would never deal with a human

Alright, that's my theory, feel free to calm me crazy and stupid and all this other stuff, just an idea

And for anyone that claims that's his actual face... It could be, but if this is a Demon Mask, then... Well

The mask is alive, so... We're both correct there.

I'm done now Once more

YES I KNOW THIS IDEA IS BASED ON OUTDATED INFORMATION BUT IT IS SOMETHING I WANTED TO GET OUT THERE

13 Comments

WestTiger3 votes

I remember a Riot Red confirming that his face in the Wild Card Shaco splashart is his real face.

So I'm guessing he's an actual person, abilities not withstanding. But not a 'faceless entity' of eldritch-ness. He could be possessed sure.

The Aqualious1 votes

I didn't realize this... Thanks I guess

Ralanr2 votes

But the mask idea could still work. Think of The Mask character. The mask shifts to the face, becoming a new one.

The Aqualious2 votes

I didn't think of this either...

THEORY NOT BUSTED, WOO HOO

Shadowkirby141 votes

I did my take on how Shaco became who he is, since it's confirmed that he's a real person.

http://boards.na.leagueoflegends.com/en/c/skin-champion-concepts/J7JtzABH-lore-for-the-loreless

Marshbouy2 votes

he's the caretaker of the nightmother. obviously.

Insanity Song1 votes

Oh cisero

ZT Xperimentor2 votes

The ambiguous terrors are often the most fearsome, I think particularly fleshing him out should work just as well. [slayer-pantheon-thumbs]

The Aqualious1 votes

Yeah, but due to the fact that he's an independent, I doubt it won't be a handful of months till after the assassin update that they rewrite his story...

HEY RIOT, IF YOU ARE HEARING ME I WILL HAPPILY HELP YOU WITH THIS... EVEN THOUGH YOU HAVE A TEAM OF CAPABLE PEOPLE

Ralanr1 votes

Best we can do is be ok if Riot takes our ideas.

I honestly fear that I ruin potential story lines with my fanfics. I most likely don't (they aren't that great) but it's possible since Riot should try to avoid using community created stuff for official stuff.

Honestly I'd be ok if an idea of mine turned out to be a story point.

The Aqualious1 votes

Mhm... Some of the stuff people can produce isn't the best, but that's fine, we're all just trying to give this game some form of Cannon or Story that it needs

Eunbi Bias1 votes

The Mask looks like Jhin. they share a common lore too. Take it from here

The Aqualious1 votes

Hmm... Interesting idea

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