What happened in the Tomb of the Emperors?

Fasmodey··3 votes·5,894 views

There were only Renekton and Xerath for 1 thousand year, what happened, and how did Renekton become crazy?

Also I want to know how couldn't Renekton and Xerath find a way to escape this prison? Was it something powerful as much as Xerath's sarcophagus?

And Why didn't Nasus try to find another way to prison Xerath, rather than sacrificing his brother? He could think for 100 years, or even 500 years. But without Cassiopeia and Sivir, they were left to eternity.

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Sharjo5 votes

There were only Renekton and Xerath for 1 thousand year, what happened, and how did Renekton become crazy?

ONLY a thousand years is actually quite long. Presumably Xerath worked his magic to warp Renekton's mind or he just wore down on him mentally with constant berrating of his brother; trying to point the blame to him and warp Renekton's perception of events.

Also I want to know how couldn't Renekton and Xerath find a way to escape this prison? Was it something powerful as much as Xerath's sarcophagus?

Given that the tomb was meant to protect the dead bodies of Shurima's emperors (which the sarcophagus's were also made for), it stands to reason the magic protecting the tomb was incredibly complex and powerful. I'll hazard a guess that Bard might have had a hand in things too, but that's just me spending too much time thinking about how Bard's influenced things.

And Why didn't Nasus try to find another way to prison Xerath, rather than sacrificing his brother? He could think for 100 years, or even 500 years. But without Cassiopeia and Sivir, they were left to eternity.

He probably was, or at the very least was searching for the means to just deal with Xerath in some way. He had every intention of saving his brother, and likely still does, no matter how long it takes. A millennium of solitude can make you a tad nihilistic but Nasus probably hasn't given up on Renekton just yet. The problem stands that Xerath is SO powerful that the solution to this problem is not going to be easy to find, formulate, or put in to action. Even as far as Ascended go Nasus always had the odds stacked against him in that regard.

Fasmodey1 votes

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ONLY a thousand years is actually quite long. Presumably Xerath worked his magic to warp Renekton's mind or he just wore down on him mentally with constant berrating of his brother; trying to point the blame to him and warp Renekton's perception of events.

Given that the tomb was meant to protect the dead bodies of Shurima's emperors (which the sarcophagus's were also made for), it stands to reason the magic protecting the tomb was incredibly complex and powerful. I'll hazard a guess that Bard might have had a hand in things too, but that's just me spending too much time thinking about how Bard's influenced things.

He probably was, or at the very least was searching for the means to just deal with Xerath in some way. He had every intention of saving his brother, and likely still does, no matter how long it takes. A millennium of solitude can make you a tad nihilistic but Nasus probably hasn't given up on Renekton just yet. The problem stands that Xerath is SO powerful that the solution to this problem is not going to be easy to find, formulate, or put in to action. Even as far as Ascended go Nasus always had the odds stacked against him in that regard.

I actually didn't say only 1 thousand year, just said only Xerath and Renekton were in tomb. I know 1 thousand year is long a lot.

I want to know, why would you protect emperors' corpse with a super strong magic? Why did they have a reason to protect them with a really strong? What are they afraid of? And why would you protect corpse? Probably religious things but having a description for it would be also fine by Riot.

And last one, what did Nasus feel when he saw his brother gone crazy and become allied with his arch enemy? He probably didn't think about it. Or was it in his calculations?

RiotBioluminescence12 votes

ONLY a thousand years is actually quite long. Presumably Xerath worked his magic to warp Renekton's mind or he just wore down on him mentally with constant berrating of his brother; trying to point the blame to him and warp Renekton's perception of events.

Take two bitter enemies, add unstable personalities, mix in copious amounts of stir crazy and cabin fever, and simmer in sensory deprivation for ~365000 days and nights. It's amazing that they're anything more than gibbering wrecks, really.

I mean, really, even if they were best buddies, a thousand years of being cooped up together would wear really thin, fast.

A Superb Villain9 votes

I still believe they just told knock knock jokes for the duration of their imprisonment and that is what drove them mad.

Ralanr4 votes

Or playing "I spy"

A Superb Villain1 votes

That would either be really easy or exceedingly hard.

Ralanr2 votes

I mean...Xerath is a giant night light.

Ariel the Cruel2 votes

So...... Add sleep deprivation to the list?

Ralanr1 votes

Well Renekton is cranky.

patmax175 votes

http://discovermagazine.com/2001/may/cover

Russian cosmonaut Valery Ryumin says succinctly, "All the conditions necessary for murder are met if you shut two men in a cabin and leave them together for two months."

;)

VulcanIsHere1 votes

RED RUM

Fasmodey1 votes

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Take two bitter enemies, add unstable personalities, mix in copious amounts of stir crazy and cabin fever, and simmer in sensory deprivation for ~365000 days and nights. It's amazing that they're anything more than gibbering wrecks, really.

I mean, really, even if they were best buddies, a thousand years of being cooped up together would wear really thin, fast.

Did Xerath get affect from Renekton, or was it one sided? Xerath looks like dominant one who was torturing him for fun. But his personality before and after his ascended doesn't quitely fit to each other. May be it's something special for being ascended, or it's harder way to say he is also affected.

CircusT4ffy1 votes

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Take two bitter enemies, add unstable personalities, mix in copious amounts of stir crazy and cabin fever, and simmer in sensory deprivation for ~365000 days and nights. It's amazing that they're anything more than gibbering wrecks, really.

I mean, really, even if they were best buddies, a thousand years of being cooped up together would wear really thin, fast.

I like to think Xerath and Renekton had a pretty nice time in there, it was just Xerath's terrible habits as a roommate, his singing in the shower - and the fact Renekton can't straight up murder him for any of his selfish bad habits after a long enough period of time made Renekton want to make up for all the lack of murder he had for those 1000 years.

RiotBioluminescence3 votes

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I like to think Xerath and Renekton had a pretty nice time in there, it was just Xerath's terrible habits as a roommate, his singing in the shower - and the fact Renekton can't straight up murder him for any of his selfish bad habits after a long enough period of time made Renekton want to make up for all the lack of murder he had for those 1000 years.

So basically, you're saying that it'd be like Red Dwarf in there; Renekton as our Arnold Rimmer equivalent, and Xerath as Dave Lister. Maybe I've terrible taste, but I think I'd watch that. ;)

Fasmodey1 votes

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So basically, you're saying that it'd be like Red Dwarf in there; Renekton as our Arnold Rimmer equivalent, and Xerath as Dave Lister. Maybe I've terrible taste, but I think I'd watch that. ;)

Is there any reason that I'm not seeing anything about my questions? I think it can be because of upcoming expanded Shuriman lore, my questions are may be spoilers, but it's in the best scenario. I hope it's not because other reasons.

Also, you guys can shape lore in Story, Art & Sound forum with answering questions. You guys can't answer everything with only planned lore. If it's not possible, at least we should have a Q&A topic after a lore event.

RiotBioluminescence3 votes

I'm sorry, Fasmodey - I don't have definitive answers to your questions, as I am not part of the Narrative team. I'm also unaware of their plans for Shuriman lore, though I do believe they have some long form bios from that region for future release. I don't know when, though.

Basically, I'm not much help at all :( Sorry - I'm just another player who likes Shurima, same as you.

Fasmodey1 votes

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I'm sorry, Fasmodey - I don't have definitive answers to your questions, as I am not part of the Narrative team. I'm also unaware of their plans for Shuriman lore, though I do believe they have some long form bios from that region for future release. I don't know when, though.

Basically, I'm not much help at all :( Sorry - I'm just another player who likes Shurima, same as you.

Omg so sorry, I thought you were from lore team. Anyway, that's okay then (it was already okay). It's still nice to see funny comments.

Ashe Jungle1 votes

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Omg so sorry, I thought you were from lore team. Anyway, that's okay then (it was already okay). It's still nice to see funny comments.

http://boards.na.leagueoflegends.com/en/c/miscellaneous/kd4Beftq-between-two-turrets-come-chat-with-bioluminescence-completed

HigeR1 votes

ooooor they could become lovers because you know... loneliness!

Dreamspitter1 votes

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Take two bitter enemies, add unstable personalities, mix in copious amounts of stir crazy and cabin fever, and simmer in sensory deprivation for ~365000 days and nights. It's amazing that they're anything more than gibbering wrecks, really.

I mean, really, even if they were best buddies, a thousand years of being cooped up together would wear really thin, fast.

What if two characters were immortal lovers?

Would thy break up?

GreenLore3 votes

I guess the reason why Nasus never returned to save his brother is that the moment he'd open the tomb Xerath would be free as well. So even if he found another way to seal him,he'd have to risk to free him if he tried to seal him somewhere else.

And I think that Nasus probably didn't even knew if his brother survived or not,he probably thought that Xerath killed Renekton.

UomoAfide2 votes

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Tesla Effect1 votes

1 thousand years in a small closed space with an equally unstable persona besides me....yeah I would go mad as well.

Fasmodey1 votes

Not related with topic but I want to ask, does Xerath have telekinetic powers? He can easily move his sarcophagus pieces, seems like he is not completely arcane energy. Azir also does it. May be it is ascended thing, may be even includes Renekton.

Khâmul1 votes

Man,i'll tell you the main reason. since xerath has infinite power,he has infinite armor (old passive) So Nasus told him to lock him up so he could farm stacks.When Renekton was released with Xerath, he had some sanity remaning but when he saw nasus with only 12 stacks and 2 bitches (female dogs), he got really mad and tried to destroy everything because he lost many time listening to xerath's annoying speeches.end of story

Fasmodey1 votes

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Man,i'll tell you the main reason. since xerath has infinite power,he has infinite armor (old passive) So Nasus told him to lock him up so he could farm stacks.When Renekton was released with Xerath, he had some sanity remaning but when he saw nasus with only 12 stacks and 2 bitches (female dogs), he got really mad and tried to destroy everything because he lost many time listening to xerath's annoying speeches.end of story

Oh wow, It makes sense! Didn't know it. Thanks.

DragonShea1 votes

Having a dirty mind with a conscious, I dread to think any further about what happened there. 1000 years is a long time.

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