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Nasus - The Curator of the Sands Shurima

Nasus. The Shuriman Jackal Ascended being now known to essentially be the finder and protector of knowledge in Shurima, as well as the smartest and best tactician the land had ever seen. He did the planning, Renekton did the fighting. The only time that Nasus fights is in the "Ouroboros" story, but he uses claws + his size.
When it comes to Renekton, we got a small glimpse of his weapon and how it attained it. When it comes to Nasus.....nothing. And with Nasus' Weapon being such a popular meme, joke, and essential part of his kit, it baffles me that it wasnt mentioned one time. So I really want to know more about the CANE! How did he find it? Why did he decide to keep it if he never fights? How does it have the ability to Siphon power from living things to make Nasus stronger? How did he become proficient in using this massive Ascended being sized axe(sense it does always seem to be his size)?

The gist is if any of the Lore people would feel like writing me a response somewhere between these 5 questions and a million pages long, I would read the entire thing regardless :D

12 Comments

Sharjo3 votes

One thing, the weapon Nasus wields isn't a cane, it's a Halberd.

ThatHaleState1 votes

Yes Mr. Techincal Pants, but people refer to it as a cane for fun. So quick sucking the fun out of the situation.

Placentas2 votes

That's not fun sucking, just simply stating a fact that has to do with your question. No need to give him attitude when he didn't give you any.

I am Pacman1 votes

Well Nasus is based off of the Egyptian god Anubis. Besides the obvious jackal head and the whole life and death cycle (Anubis was a god associated with the afterlife and the mummification process), he also is usually depicted holding some variant of a cane or hoe.

ThatHaleState1 votes

Yes Anubis, But was this magical weapon just formed out of thin air in his hand when he was Ascended? Did the ritual turn an old weapon into this new one? Was it an old shuriman relic that he had collected beforehand that was imbued with magical powers? Give us something you know?

Ebonmaw Dragon1 votes

_The old jackal no longer wore the armor of the Ascended. _

If he didnt had the armor, he didnt had the weapon as well.

ThatHaleState1 votes

So that answers where i guess, he always had it. But that seems so vague for an important part of the characters model and kit. You know? They couldve given more backstory on it at least. 1 tiny paragraph. Renekton got a sentence or 2 on his weapon and it really has no significance to his kit imo

GreenLore1 votes

He had it before the fall of shurima,but it was said that he put his weapon and armor aside after its fall.

He likely recovered them after he met those mercenaries.

ThatHaleState1 votes

Hard to believe he would get lucky enough to just find them laying around, and that Xeraths people or Renekton wouldnt try to keep as much power away from Nasus as he could. Seems like there couldve been a small part of the stroy where he fought for his stuff at least. But hey thats just my opinion

GreenLore1 votes

Well Nasus put down his stuff after Xerath and Renekton were sealed,so there is no way for the 2 to know where his stuff lies.

ModThe Djinn1 votes

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Nasus. The Shuriman Jackal Ascended being now known to essentially be the finder and protector of knowledge in Shurima, as well as the smartest and best tactician the land had ever seen. He did the planning, Renekton did the fighting. The only time that Nasus fights is in the "Ouroboros" story, but he uses claws + his size.
When it comes to Renekton, we got a small glimpse of his weapon and how it attained it. When it comes to Nasus.....nothing. And with Nasus' Weapon being such a popular meme, joke, and essential part of his kit, it baffles me that it wasnt mentioned one time. So I really want to know more about the CANE! How did he find it? Why did he decide to keep it if he never fights? How does it have the ability to Siphon power from living things to make Nasus stronger? How did he become proficient in using this massive Ascended being sized axe(sense it does always seem to be his size)?

The gist is if any of the Lore people would feel like writing me a response somewhere between these 5 questions and a million pages long, I would read the entire thing regardless :D

I think both of them are just weapons -- the only reason we see Renekton's emphasized is because he is now a creature of violence and bloodshed, and a weapon is something he sees as an important part of his being: it doesn't matter WHAT the weapon is, so long as he has one.

Nasus, meanwhile, probably still prefers not to fight when he can. The weapon is something he carries, but not something magical or important enough to him to merit lines in his text. I suspect it's a normal over-sized halberd, and that the siphoning power it has is something stemming more from Nasus than from any quality of the weapon itself.

TBakes1 votes

I always thought people called him the Cane because he is Canine. I guess that went over my head XD

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