With Kayn/Rhaast release, we got some new insight on the Darkin, however...

WacingTheFind·6/29/2017, 11:45:28 AM·2 votes·577 views

... Are the darkin actually all weapons, all 5 of them? If that's the case, who created them? Who gave them sentience?

Or were they powerful living creatures, that, due to their immense power, got sealed on weapons? If that's the case, who sealed them?

Or is Rhaast and the darkin residing in Varus' bow special cases? What if Aatrox managed to avoid getting sealed, maintaining is original body? If Aatrox was indeed sealed/or was always the sword to begin with, who was the possessed human?

What do you think?

2 Comments

Jaspers6/29/2017, 11:55:16 AM4 votes

I think it's more the Darkin are currently in weapons. They are aren't nessecarily the weapon, they just inhabit them and influence their wielder via them. So the second point you mentioned. They seem ancient so the person who did it, if they did, we might never know. Kind of like the whole Ascension being ancient when Nasus was ascended yet he is the oldest Ascended we know.

I think it was basically confirmed Aatrox is the sword and controls his host fully. Whoever his host was is long gone and only Aatrox remains. His host doesn't matter in the run of things, based on lore, most likely a Protectorate who found the sword and turned the tide of battle.