The Word of the River King: Some interesting lines from Tahm Kench

Sharjo··3 votes·5,468 views

So the unforgettable Tahm Kench's lines are here, and god damn his voice is amazing. He also has a metric crap ton of taunts, I think for over thirty champs. Some taunts that I thought were pretty interesting:

  • "If you want to clean up the city, don't you need to understand where that dirt comes from?" Caitlyn
  • "I wonder, how can you get the attention you deserve when your brother is in the way?" Draven
  • "Wouldn't you care to travel to your people's destination?" Fizz
  • "There's a storm in your heart girl, tell me what you hunger for." Janna
  • "Only a fool wouldn't hunger for the throne. Let me help you find that seat." JarvanIV
  • "A drive for inovation? It's just a hunger for something new." Jayce
  • "Don't starve your heart child, let me take you to him." Kalista I think. Might possibly be Katarina
  • "A journey to a moonstone is one I could provide." Nami
  • "A slave's mind is never free, but I suspect you got yours on discount." Xerath
  • "Child, a shadow must run from the light eventually." Zed

17 Comments

Ebonmaw Dragon4 votes

"Gods... this dude has taunts for everyone?" -me, after 3 minutes hearing taunts-

Sharjo3 votes

Not quite everyone, but DAMN does he have a lot. He's a very vocal royal.

GenoXx1 votes

46 champs I read

James Stone3 votes

Katarina "Don't starve your heart, child! Let me deliver you to him." - It's for Katarina. You know what that means? General Du Couteau is still alive, and still part of the lore! YAY

BLU Medic2 votes

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Katarina "Don't starve your heart, child! Let me deliver you to him." - It's for Katarina. You know what that means? General Du Couteau is still alive, and still part of the lore! YAY

Alternatively Tahm is offering to kill her so she can meet with her dad again.

James Stone2 votes

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Alternatively Tahm is offering to kill her so she can meet with her dad again.

Don't break my fragile heart, it still hasn't recovered from the beating the Great Retcon gave it

BLU Medic1 votes

[{quoted}](name=James Stone,realm=EUW,application-id=6kFXY1kR,discussion-id=cnotE5sN,comment-id=000500000000,timestamp=2015-06-24T11:01:10.718+0000)

Don't break my fragile heart, it still hasn't recovered from the beating the Great Retcon gave it

Unfortunately, you're swimming in a sea of broken hearts. It won't last long.

GreenLore1 votes

Actually I think this might refer to Garen and not her father,because one of Tahms lines for Garen is: "You live by a code that'll never let you get what you want. Let me take you to her." Which is almost exactly the same and most likely referring to katarina.

James Stone2 votes

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Actually I think this might refer to Garen and not her father,because one of Tahms lines for Garen is: "You live by a code that'll never let you get what you want. Let me take you to her." Which is almost exactly the same and most likely referring to katarina.

Garen definitely has a crush on Katarina, but I think that's just it. Kat has no references to Garen and Garen's quotes to Kat are him showing off, something I don't think would be required if he was already in a relationship or if his love was two-sided.

GreenLore1 votes

Yes,there is currently no relationship between them,but that doesn't mean that there aren't any feelings between them either. Kat might have feelings for Garen,but she might not show them(or even deny them herself,after all Garen is a general of the enemy army).

It is really hard to tell how she feels for garen,considering that kats lore focuses more on her person herself,than her rivalry with garen and Kats VO doesn't have any special interactions.So of course it is possible that the feelings are completely one sided,but we can't really know and the similarities of these 2 quotes is the reason why I'd say that he means Garen and not Katarinas father(it is also possible that the quote is left ambigious on purpose though).

EDIT:The fact that he talks about katarina "stopping her heart" sounds to me also like Katarina is surpressing her own feelings about the person that Tahm is talking about,which would fit more for Garen than for her father.

GenoXx2 votes

I still dont get it. Does he just offer rides for people so he can fuck them over in the long run? Or does he have some sort of self induced magic to grant peoples wishes? I mean what reason did he have to eat that bride? Say he takes nami to a moonstone. He seems to like the taste of misery from his quotes. She is happy she found one, but behind unbeknownst to her, he has his mouth wide open. Snatches her up and eats her. Kinda like a Twisted dry humor gig. I like it.

GreenLore1 votes

I think he first brings the persons to the place where they can get what they desire. But later on the person will desire something different even more than what they got and he will take that away from the person.

For example in Namis case,she wants the moonstone to protect her people,he will bring her to the moonstone and then when she thinks her people are safe,he is gonna eat them all.Because what nami really desired wasn't the moonstone,but the safety of her people.

James Stone2 votes

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I still dont get it. Does he just offer rides for people so he can fuck them over in the long run? Or does he have some sort of self induced magic to grant peoples wishes? I mean what reason did he have to eat that bride? Say he takes nami to a moonstone. He seems to like the taste of misery from his quotes. She is happy she found one, but behind unbeknownst to her, he has his mouth wide open. Snatches her up and eats her. Kinda like a Twisted dry humor gig. I like it.

He's a deal master, and his price is whatever the person desires the most, but he disguises this by saying the price is having his hunger sated. Essentially, he feeds on the potential of a person's life. He gives someone the means to become the best they can be, then as they become that person, he takes it all away from them, devouring on the life they lived and the life they could have lived, while leaving the person itself alive.

Legacy of Xion1 votes

The Zed one kills me.

Sythriel Draken1 votes

I have to get this guy now after listening to his taunts.. I almost spit my doctor pepper at the screen on a few of those taunts. He's hilarious! :D

Keagn1 votes

I'm a little surprised he has no interactions with Trundle, after all, he is the Troll King. You think the Kings of League would clash a bit.

7ha7guy7771 votes

Nami the tides call you sashimi Azir you're the emperor of mashed potatoes and gravy Just some my favorites. I like a lot of his quotes

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