Could a spellbook also be a Darkin?

Sancre·7/1/2017, 3:23:11 AM·5 votes·803 views

I think that mostly everything could be a darkin right now, as some fellow users have exposed theories of Death's dance, and etwhalt and even urgot as Darkins. In one of these topics I posted that if one item were to be a darkin, for me would be Mejai's, judging by how it is used and grows as if it were alive by feeding on the enemy. While i posted that idea like a simple thought, thinking further about it reveals a fearsome darkin. An ancient book posessed by a demonic entity that parasite powerful mages, in order to steal their magic formulas and magic itself when they pass away due to this parasite, and then, when its hostless, draw more magicians with a promise of untold magical power and enchantments just by claiming the book and reading it.

But most of the Darkins we know by now seems to be just weapons with edges, and every darkin, a physical fighter, leaving no room for a unholy sorcerer (unless it was a battle mage, but that would clash with the need of using another weapon apart from the book). So I would really like to know if a Sorcerer Darkin would be possible in the future, or the darkins are limited to warriors and pants archers, resembling the 4 Horsemen.

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reaperteaser7/1/2017, 9:27:37 AM4 votes

the "darkin seal"

WOOOOOOOOHOOOOOO7/1/2017, 4:24:27 AM2 votes

So is every single morally ambiguous or evil looking item a potential Darkin now? Is Rabaddons a Darkin cus of the spooky face?

DrCyanide7/1/2017, 8:43:24 PM1 votes

Read the Wiki entry for Warmog's Armor, particularly the Lore on the item. I don't know where that originally was posted, but if any item it's likely to be a Darkin that would be my bet.

thecowley7/2/2017, 12:07:42 AM1 votes

I like the time dark in idea. A grimmore of sorts. Bending a young sorcerer/es to its will.

GreenLore7/2/2017, 1:33:43 AM1 votes

In general it wouldn't surprise me if a darkin could just be any kind of object.

Sure they are called living weapons,but they are a mysterious race and so it is possible that this is based on false information. After all they originally said that 3 darkins are known to history and these 3 are likely aatrox,Rhaast and the one from Varus,who are all weapons. The nonweapon darkins might be simply rare and managed to hide their existence from the records of history.

Alternatively one could argue that every object with a darkin is a weapon,since it'll grant its user more power.

RastaBrotha7/1/2017, 5:19:14 PM1 votes

Imma have to disagree but you might be on to something

According to Kayns quotes, the Daarkin were imprisoned or sealed away, the weaker ones probably got destroyed. If there were a Darkin that wields demonic magic it would be pretty stupid to seal them into a book (though a sword, scythe and bow aren't really much smarter if the intention were to render them useless)

Personally I would seal a powerful demon mage into a cursed item of some sort, like maybe an ominous brastrap or something and throw it in the Marianna trench.

My guess is that they were all sealed in Orbs and kept secret, and that after some time they reshaped their prison in Objects they enjoyed (like a sword, scythe or bow)

If that were the case, a spellbook wouldn't be too far off.

Catastrop7/1/2017, 4:15:57 PM1 votes

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(unless it was a battle mage, but that would clash with the need of using another weapon apart from the book)

Okay seriously, where does this come from? I don't see how giving a mage a weapon with a sharp edge makes them a "Battlemage" as opposed to one casting spells from a tome while agilely weaving through the battlefield.