Will the final guy be a dual weapon wielding badass? Just imagine someone who, on the brink of being corrupted by one darkin, took a great risk and took up another darkin hoping that the two will cancel each other out.
GreenLore4 votesWhile the idea is cool,it would feel a bit like a waste,since it'd mean that we'll only get one other darkin instead of 2.
Jaspers1 votesThe more people mention the 4 Horsemen thing, the less it makes sense just because of there being 5. Riot have stuck with the number even if the idea has progressed lore since since Aatrox came out.
As there were (surely) many Darkin before only 5 were left (trapped in whatever form they are) maybe they are more to do with with negative human traits. Varus took his for revenge, he wants vengeance. Raast obviously has bloodlust, death is part of that and Aatrox is anger in the form of war. So maybe the other 2 to represent something like disgust and resentment/jealousy.
GreenLore2 votesIn that case Rhaast would have likely referred to himself as bloodlust and not death.
Also the first horseman is either depicted as pestilence or conquest. Riot could simply make a darkin for each theme.
And the idea with the 4 horsemen is just the idea for a theme for the remaining darkin,it wouldn't represent the darkin race as a whole or mean that the darkin are the actual horsemen. I mean Nasus is based on Anubis,but that doesn't mean that Nasus and Anubis are the same characters,nor that every ascended has to be based on an egyptian god,as the egyptian gods obviously do not exist in runeterra(so for example Rammus could turn out to be just a small ascended,even though there is no egypt god in the form of armored armadillos)
Jaspers1 votesFair points, well made. Yet while there are more than enough Egyptian gods to cover some more ascendeds, poor Mr #5 Darkin is going to be left out of the theme. :-P
GreenLore1 votesLike I said,they can easily split the first horsemen into 2 darkin champions. One for pestilence(likely Varus) and one for Conquest.
Wrathof3001 votesI just wanna point out that, that is the same as taking rat poison but hoping a different brand of rat poison would save if you take it.
