Voidborn Champions and the Seven (Five, currently) Deadly Sins

6FlagsFunnelCake·Jun 23, 2016·2 votes·3,750 views

So a thing I recently noticed about the Void champions we have is that they seem to represent one of the seven deadly sins in their lore. For instance:

= Wrath due to his reveling in the fear of others and mayhem he causes = Gluttony due to his insatiable hunger and theme around the want for food = Envy due to his need for evolution, seeing something he likes and eating it in order to have it = Lust (Or Greed, depending on what happens in the future) due to his vigorous lust for knowledge = Pride since she is a queen of the Xer'Sai, as well as how she simply seeks to defend her territory in Shurima.

All that are left are Greed and Sloth, so I'm hoping to expect two more Void champions in the future representing these two sins.

11 Comments

SharjoJun 23, 20166 votes

NO.

STOP IT.

THERE IS NO CONNECTION TO THE SEVEN DEADLY SINS.

STOP. I'M SORRY BUT THIS GETS REAL OLD REAL QUICK.

ALSO PRIDE FOR REK'SAI? REALLY?

Malicious MetalJun 23, 20163 votes

Yeah, people tend to interpret the seven deadly sins into virtually anything.

SharjoJun 23, 20162 votes

People have done it for the Shadow Isles and the Void because bad stuff = sins or some bollocks.

I mean hell people probably still try despite the fact that the amount of champions from said regions doesn't align with the sins; There are five Voidborn and two humans involved with the Void in some way, while there are eight undead/unliving Shadow Isles champions and one tormented spirit stuck in a tree. Blegh. It's cropped up enough that it's becoming grating to me.

GreenLoreJun 23, 20162 votes

The problem is that you can almost apply any kind of sin to any of them.

I mean wrath would be perfectly fitting for rek'sai(like seriously she even has a fury bar),Vel'koz can also be seen as pride since he saw his fellow void-creatures as lower beings,Kha'zix could also be pride since he wants to be at the one at the top and his thirst for evolution can also be seen as greed/lust(envy is more about making others miserable just so that you feel better) and pretty much all can be related to gluttony since every champion from the void has a lot to do with consumption(cho eats to grow,kog because of hunger,Kha to evolve,Rek'sai has an attack that relates to her hunger and vel'koz basically consumes things with his lasers to get some knowledge)

Elite4RunnerJun 23, 20161 votes

I hate to be this way because you probably simply don't know how common of a discussion this is, but Sharjo is absolutely right.

DenevielJun 23, 20161 votes

http://leagueoflegends.wikia.com/wiki/The_Void

The info listed here are all confirmed by RIOT.

Voidborn seem to have a hunger that they must satisfy.

Cho'Gath revels in fear and mayhem and depravity. Kha'Zix craves biological perfection. Kog'Maw simply wants food, albeit endlessly. Rek'Sai hunts those who cross her domain relentlessly. Vel'Koz seeks omniscience.

DehitayJun 23, 20161 votes

Based on the name, I wouldn't be surprised if Rek'Sai came from the void. But where in her lore does it say that? I've only seen her as some haunter of the Shurima desert.

Elite4RunnerJun 23, 20161 votes

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Based on the name, I wouldn't be surprised if Rek'Sai came from the void. But where in her lore does it say that? I've only seen her as some haunter of the Shurima desert.

She absolutely does. It was part of her release lore

GreenLoreJun 23, 20161 votes

Her title is the Void burrower,so she definetly has a connection to the void.

And in the adventurer diary that came out with her release she was called an "outerbeast",which implies that she isn't from this world,so there is little doubt that she comes from the void(though there is a small chance that she is a corrupted animal from shurima)

Icathian CreedJun 24, 20161 votes

Rek'Sai is from the void, She is for one, The Void Burrower. Her proper Title would actually be Rek, Queen of the Xer'Sai. And her tunnels are not just tunnels. They are (lore-wise) portals into the void, which, because they allow her to travel faster, the void must be a smaller version of space distorted, or, have a slower concept of time, to allow faster travel. Think of her tunnels as a wormhole digging in this plane of existence, into the void, and back out onto this plane somewhere else.

Though my rant about this fact is that she can be CC'd while going through her tunnels, pulled or knocked out. That would technically mean that any of the champs able to disrupt her travel between tunnel exits have a way to tap into the void and rip her out of it.