He has returned.

Sharjo·Feb 29, 2016·53 votes·23,006 views

So this just got posted by League of Legends Twitter:

https://twitter.com/LeagueOfLegends/status/704380696630939649

Looks like pantheon's awaiting the arrival of a new champion! Perhaps that comet from "The Spear of Targon" refers to this? I dunno. Either way it seems like a new Targonian champion might just be on the horizon right now.

EDIT: Just a note for folks, I personally doubt it's Taric, given Riot's stated in the past that they have him slated for sometime between the release of the champion after Jhin and the champion after that fellow, so the earliest timing would be sometime in late march or early April. Of course timings can change as things fluctuate but it's something to keep in mind.

143 Comments

RiotFauxSchizzleFeb 29, 201656 votes

Sharjo. Quickest draw in these parts.

Jeddy017Feb 29, 201611 votes

High Noon Sharjo skin ;)?

RalanrFeb 29, 20165 votes

High noon Nautilus.

That's his main if I remember correctly.

Malicious MetalFeb 29, 201614 votes

Nautilus?!

He just gained +3 Metal ratings.

SharjoFeb 29, 20168 votes

I play a lot of Bard, Sona, Tahm Kench and Poppy nowadays, but Nautilus was my FIRST main and shares a spot with Nami as my favourite champion in League.

Nautilus "Drag them down."

SharjoFeb 29, 201630 votes

My secret is weapon is following way to many Rioters, Riot accounts and League of Legends news stuff on Twitter!

Also I'm going to assume your appearance here means you're our new Targonian's primary writer FauxSchizzle. Until proven otherwise I will stick to this assumption!

RiotFauxSchizzleFeb 29, 201637 votes

{quoted}

My secret is weapon is following way to many Rioters, Riot accounts and League of Legends news stuff on Twitter!

Also I'm going to assume that this means you're our new Targonian's primary writer. Until proven otherwise I will stick to this assumption!

Deduction suits you well, sir.

SharjoFeb 29, 20162 votes

Ha hah!

Photos of GhostsFeb 29, 20161 votes

Sooooo is this just Pantheon's "ascension" scene that came out late by mistake? :D

DwarvenGiantFeb 29, 20167 votes

Probably not. It seems to describe to last part of Panth's new lore entry:

A comet of burning fire streaked down toward the distant mountains, a hundred miles east.

Pantheon’s eyes narrowed.

“It is time, then,” he said to the darkness, and began the long journey back to Mount Targon.

RiotRiotJaredanMar 1, 20165 votes

Pantheon is just really into astrology. "It is time, then, to seek new exciting opportunities that could bring in love or financial prospects," is how the line originally read. I think.

ADepressedLeonaFeb 29, 201635 votes

http://24.media.tumblr.com/11dc7c2aaee0c768971e224bec3aadc4/tumblr_n0y6lfyIMx1sx18rto1_250.gif

MerxamersFeb 29, 201621 votes

Pretty bold of Riot to bring Urf the Manatee back this way.

RiotFauxSchizzleFeb 29, 201627 votes

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Pretty bold of Riot to bring Urf the Manatee back this way.

Nothing but the best for the Manatee of the hour.

kaltenashesFeb 29, 20163 votes

wait its still alive after both warwick and nami, tear his skin down and wear it just for fun of it

Lee Sin W is really op, nerf it

(there was a splash with lee sin and urf)

bad joke, farewell

RiotRiotJaredanMar 1, 20168 votes

I'd just like to say that we have to hear this kind of joke on a regular basis. We also keep whiskey handy. Those two facts are related.

Meep ManFeb 29, 201619 votes

http://31.media.tumblr.com/6e42220405a99ecc392e078f07508397/tumblr_mu29fhhsiR1qlh7rxo2_500.gif

XeynidMar 1, 20169 votes

"The clouds split and skies burst as its brilliant form descended from the heavens. With an unearthly cry, its voice rang out:

'YOU GODDAMN KIDS' the air screamed with a language long forgotten

'WON'T SHUT THE HELL UP FOR 5 FUCKING MINUTES SO I CAN TAKE A GODDAMN NAP'

It's body coiled menacingly above the mountain

'I HAVE WORK IN THE MORNING!'"

KazuMar 2, 20162 votes

Kyogre: FUCK

Groudon: OH SHIT

Malicious MetalFeb 29, 201612 votes

http://cdn.makeagif.com/media/1-04-2014/M1obvl.gif http://i1.ytimg.com/vi/iYyQWGMPLKQ/hqdefault.jpg http://img2.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb20140531232139/disney/images/b/be/Titans-free.jpg

yay nibbersFeb 29, 20166 votes

In eighteen years... precisely... the planets will align... ever so nicely...

A Superb VillainFeb 29, 20162 votes

Ay verse, oy.

kile147Feb 29, 20164 votes

Malphite, Janna, Brand, Lissandra, and Sion?

Jeddy017Feb 29, 20169 votes

What is Pantheon doing then?Shouldn't he be preparing a welcoming cake for this new stranger?

RiotFauxSchizzleFeb 29, 201616 votes

{quoted}

What is Pantheon doing then?Shouldn't he be preparing a welcoming cake for this new stranger?

What should Pantheon write on this cake?

Solidair3Feb 29, 201615 votes

"What took you so long >:("

complete with emoticon instead of just actually making a face out of icing

Kent MojoFeb 29, 201610 votes

"Welcome Ao Shin"

Just to make things REALLY awkward.

KrizalidFeb 29, 20166 votes

AH, KOS. OR AS SOME SAY, KOSM GRANT US EYES GRAANT. USS. EYEEES. https://i.ytimg.com/vi/44sXRB_KHwE/maxresdefault.jpg

kaltenashesFeb 29, 20166 votes

you laugh at pink taric, NOW BOW BEFORE STELLAR GOD OF GEMS TARIC

Classic LarryFeb 29, 20164 votes

Do any of you see the dragon's head in the top left of the constellation or the eye in the top right?

RiotRiotJaredanMar 1, 20163 votes

You cray cray. Cray cray!

If I squint for a while, I do see a boat though.

Yash GautamFeb 29, 20164 votes

Guys, it's Ao Shin!!! Oh wait... that's actually a possibility now.

TwinTon3Feb 29, 20164 votes

All bow before the Gem Gods! Ao Shin and Teric! The most fabulous of Champions!!!!!!!!

http://oi50.tinypic.com/13zwsbp.jpg

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

Fashion MageFeb 29, 20164 votes

I personally doubt it's Taric, given Riot's stated in the past that they have him slated for sometime between the release of the champion after Jhin and the champion after that fellow

I expect Aurelion Sol followed by Taric.

IggletMar 1, 20164 votes

It's Bard, he's just trolling us.

AikataFeb 29, 20162 votes

New champ...

...or maybe the new origins of Taric ?

Edit: The wording "returned" suggests we have seen this champ before, could really by Aurelion Sol as well.

SharjoFeb 29, 20161 votes

Would seem a bit strange for gems to be tied in with celestial stuff, but I guess anything goes.

Holding my breath though; it was stated a while back that Taric's slated for after the champion who would come after Jhin, so I think it's a new champion.

crippler38Feb 29, 20165 votes

isn't taric originally from another world anyway in his original lore?

EDIT: kinda like malphite

SukishooFeb 29, 20164 votes

It's not Taric. They said there is at least one new champion before we see the new Taric.

Meep ManFeb 29, 201622 votes

Coincidentally, there are two empty slots for Targon, allowing a champion and then Taric afterwards. Im calling Aurelion Sol and then Taric.

OurLestradeFeb 29, 20163 votes

Agreed, typical Riot tricksiness. I'll be really glad if they keep Taric's other-world backstory, I'm finding it a bit disheartening how EVERYONE from another world's been forced to be from a faction as of late :P

RalanrFeb 29, 20162 votes

A champion of the Stars!

SharjoFeb 29, 20168 votes

http://vignette1.wikia.nocookie.net/wowwiki/images/9/9e/Algalon_the_Observer.jpg/revision/latest?cb=20090516064128

DAMMIT RALANR NOW I HAVE ALGALON ON THE BRAIN.

RalanrFeb 29, 20165 votes

GOOD!

A Superb VillainFeb 29, 20167 votes

#CITIZENS OF DALARAN.

GreenLoreFeb 29, 20161 votes

looks a lot like a pantheon surprise VU is coming,but I kinda doubt that(I mean in that case they would have likely released his new lore alongside the VU)

A new champion is of course a possibility(doubt it would be aurelion sol,i mean a sun dragon coming from the night sky would be kinda weird) or a Taric VU would also be likely,I mean if Taric is a celestial aspect as well,then he migh thave made a similar journey as pantheon in which case he would really "come back" to runeterra.

Bootleg GayFeb 29, 20167 votes

Sol doesn't have to mean Sun. It could mean star too. In which case, a star dragon would be appropriate, since the Targon people have so much folklore put into the stars and celestial bodies.

RiotFauxSchizzleFeb 29, 201614 votes

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Sol doesn't have to mean Sun. It could mean star too. In which case, a star dragon would be appropriate, since the Targon people have so much folklore put into the stars and celestial bodies.

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