What Exactly is Rammus?

Meep Man·Apr 19, 2016·2 votes·1,688 views

And what makes him important enough to be a character in the game? What does he do in Shurima? Who is he?

14 Comments

SaltyToplaneGoatApr 19, 20164 votes

My guess is that he is what happens when you throw an animal into the ascension process.

Acension pretty much gives you whatever version of godly power you have in mind. In the Shuriman culture most gods were humanoid animals, so Nasus, Renekton and Azir turned out like that. Aurelion Sol even says it "You guys surely know how to pick an animal totem". Xerath pretty much wanted "power" and halted the transformation process before he was turned into something material.

But... what happens if you put an armadillo into that? An animal with no higher consciouness. If the process would try to determine what this animal considers "godly" it would probably turn out like rammus now: Super strudy to the point of being almost unbreakable and a presence so strong the ground trembles when it walks by (because this is how it appears to small animals when a big predator passes by).

Any kind of sentience he gained was probably a side effect, not sure how developed that actually is.

Btw, he's not the only weirdly ascended. Amumu is also a candidate for that. This is what happens when you put an actually dead person into ascension. He was probably a child emperor, the last of his line in the crumbling remains of Shurima. With no one having a clue how ascension actually works because it was buried in religious mumbo-jumbo, the people probably tired to revive him with that, but instead turned the mummy into an individual and sentinent being...

Wero34Apr 19, 20162 votes

Ramus is O.K.

EmbertineApr 19, 20162 votes

Rammus is an armadillo that walks upright and can only say OK.

He currently has almost no lore whatsoever other than that he has no lore.

Rammus is just Rammus

Atleast until Riot gets around to giving him some kind of lore.

Moonboy65Apr 19, 20162 votes

Rammus is friends with Blitzcrank for whatever reason???

Meep ManApr 19, 20161 votes

And enemies with Twitch

ZoeeeeApr 19, 20161 votes

Rammus is no longer true neutral. Feels bad.

DwarvenGiantApr 19, 20161 votes

What makes you say that? :o

From what very little we know about him (From his newest "Introduction Text"), he seems to be on a personal quest, perhaps for an object of some sorts? Or knowledge? Sounds quite fitting for Rammus, give how mysterious he could even be to himself. So for all we know, he could be looking for something but still remain True Neutral, could he not?

ZoeeeeApr 19, 20161 votes

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What makes you say that? :o

From what very little we know about him (From his newest "Introduction Text"), he seems to be on a personal quest, perhaps for an object of some sorts? Or knowledge? Sounds quite fitting for Rammus, give how mysterious he could even be to himself. So for all we know, he could be looking for something but still remain True Neutral, could he not?

According to shens new lore he is pure balance or in other words true neutral. Rammus is just supposed to say ok, and not have a joke.

DwarvenGiantApr 19, 20161 votes

Uh... he could still be True Neutral while having a joke. He doesn't have to be a meme entirely. :P

ZoeeeeApr 19, 20161 votes

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Uh... he could still be True Neutral while having a joke. He doesn't have to be a meme entirely. :P

There are flow charts of league characters alinments and rammus is always true neutral. He just needs a more defined story and motive.

TauntyArmordilloApr 19, 20161 votes

Shen is Lawful Neutral.

ZoeeeeApr 19, 20161 votes

In Shen's update they state that he is true neutral.

TauntyArmordilloApr 19, 20161 votes

Specifically because of that, he is Lawful Neutral. True Neutral is when one doesn't give a crap about what things are at all, while Shen is all about balance, i.e. Lawfulness, and doesn't care how it is achieved as long as it is done, i.e Good/Evil neutral.

ZoeeeeApr 19, 20161 votes

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Specifically because of that, he is Lawful Neutral. True Neutral is when one doesn't give a crap about what things are at all, while Shen is all about balance, i.e. Lawfulness, and doesn't care how it is achieved as long as it is done, i.e Good/Evil neutral.

Ok.