Zed and his order of shadows, the Noxian invasion - where are they on the timeline of Valoran?

Frontline Fury·3/16/2018, 3:49:38 PM·1 votes·976 views

With Irelia's teaser, i came to think about this. Ionia has a lot of different factions - so far we know most Ionian champions were involved in the war against Noxus in one way or another (something i personally would love more stories about, myself) and that begs the question - is Zed so focused on his order of shadows he does not care about his nation? Or did/would he have put their differences aside to fight the Noxians besides the order of equilibrium, even if not directly cooperating?

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Lady Faceless3/16/2018, 4:02:04 PM3 votes

Actually, Zed created his order to fight against the Invasion.

New Bio: "Utterly ruthless and without mercy, Zed is the leader of the Order of Shadow, an organization he created with the intent of militarizing Ionia’s martial arts traditions to drive out Noxian invaders. During the war, desperation led him to unlock the secret shadow form—a malevolent spirit magic as dangerous and corrupting as it is powerful. Zed has mastered all of these forbidden techniques to destroy anything he sees as a threat to his nation, or his new order."

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Nintendo 3DS3/16/2018, 4:04:16 PM2 votes

In Zed updated client bio, it says he created the Order of Shadows purposefully to fight against Noxians invaders and protect his nation in his own way. I suppose his lore is going to get fully reworked with the Ionian lore update from Irelia VGU.

Basically the whole "i created an order just to be stronger than the others" is going to be way deeper than this. Connecting with Jhin lore, he created his order first because he does not believe in Kusho's way anymore (Kusho choosing to spare Jhin after all the horrors he did) and through his detachment with the Kinkou, he is going to make Ionia stronger as a whole (or according to his own POV , aka balance is bad and Ionians should realise their full potential)

I believe timeline-wise, the war happened after the whole Jhin deal, so Zed now uses his Order to drive out Noxians invaders in a way the Kinkou could not.

TDLR; he's still on Ionia side despite having cut all ties with his former Order, and still fight for Ionia but with different ways. The Order of Shadows is affiliated only with themselves.

Tesla Effect3/16/2018, 4:14:43 PM1 votes

Zed and Shen are 40-ish years old by this point if we going by the Darius comics notion that the Invasion happened 15 years ago.

Ebonmaw Dragon3/16/2018, 4:23:45 PM1 votes

Well, Zed met a young Kayn during the Noxian Invasion... Just saying

Tesla Effect3/16/2018, 4:29:28 PM1 votes

If we go by Dariuses comic as one of the most rescent events, Kayn would be born around just under 20 years ago, where as the Invasion happened around 15 years ago. The invasion ended 9 years ago, by that time Kayn would be hte last dich effort form of young soulders that would be deployed on the front, when by that time Zeds Order would have been sweeping Ionia, which would have been perfect time for Zed and Kayn to meet.