The new Kassadin skin is heavily astronomy based?

Insanity Kiwi·9/29/2015, 11:29:55 AM·6 votes·5,383 views

http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-KqiANZci010/Vgof9X8cryI/AAAAAAAAG1g/hRiacKDg5sQ/s1600/boardspost_290915.jpg

Okay, so when I first looked at this picture, I failed to see how this skin had a connection to OCE. Kassadin's attire seemed to be rather not matching the culture of the region as I know it.

That was before I realized that the art contained stars, many stars. The stars appearing on his costume and in the background suggested to me that the skin is meant to be very celestial inspired. Certainly stars are not uncommon on the flags of the region (particularly the Southern Cross), but that's not really anything special. In that case, we have to look at the cultures of indigenous peoples.

I first looked at the Maori people of New Zealand, already knowing they have some folklore around the stars and have used them to navigatre the oceans way back in the past. I did some light digging and found this: http://www.astronomynz.org.nz/maori-astronomy/taatai-arorangi-maori-astronomy-2.html

For Australia, this: http://astrogeo.oxfordjournals.org/content/47/5/5.27.full Papua New Guinea has some mountains called the Star Mountains. That's all I was able to find quickly.

Most other countries in the region are small island nations, which probably at least used the stars for navigation. Astronomy is therefore likely an appropriate theme for Oceania, though I await further information on the skin.

16 Comments

A Superb Villain9/29/2015, 6:14:49 PM3 votes

He does have a compass rose as a wristblade.

Valaran Nara9/29/2015, 7:07:47 PM2 votes

I was about to say he looks like Dr. Fate, but...

darkdill9/29/2015, 6:09:55 PM2 votes

Looks kinda Protoss-based, IMO.

Dreadgear9/29/2015, 6:51:18 PM1 votes

My wife for hire

MY life for Aiur

BakedLotion9/30/2015, 2:10:42 AM1 votes

It's Starcraft inspired. Protoss. Idk why they're supporting Legacy of the Void tho. lel

Norr1N9/30/2015, 5:31:39 PM1 votes

I like this skin a lot, especially the particles. I'd buy it if Kassadin wasn't so boring to play (imo).

ScaryJoker9510/5/2015, 6:26:30 AM1 votes

Honestly... I don't care what the story behind the skin is. I'm just very extatic at the fact that RIOT has FINALLY made a skin for Kassadin after such a long freaking wait.

Caraméla9/29/2015, 11:57:55 AM1 votes

is this a real skin? is it announced?

Moulin Rouge9/29/2015, 12:13:25 PM1 votes

Coo. Too bad no one plays him. :P

If they thought releasing a pretty skin would up his numbers, they were wrong.

3blendee9/29/2015, 11:36:00 AM

Cool story, bro.