I've just learned she's from Buhru, you know, that island that Martyr's Gambit came from? Take a gander and learn more!
EDIT: She speaks bits and pieces of what's probably Buhrish, or whatever the sod the native language of the Blue Flame Isles is.
Peridition4 votesSo many champion taunts. I think she might have even more than Tahm Kench.
I love it!
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"You move only from hunger that consumes itself"
"Creature...why would I listen to lies when I can see the truth"
"Your fine words don't disguise your foul design"
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"Gangplank will find you"
"It is you who has shown Gangplank his path. For that, I thank you"
"Gangplank was drowning, Your actions reminded him to swim!"
"You are in motion, love"
"You have learned your lesson. Now fight, kill, conquer!"
"I do not want excuses. The failure was yours"
"Honor, duty? What the heart demands is all that matters"
"The Tempest is Nagakaboros, you serve but are blind"
"You wanted to be a god. But instead you are an useless antique!"
"Foul creature. You would stop time when all things must move"
RiotRiot ShadowStorm3 votesI've just learned she's from Buhru, you know, that island that Martyr's Gambit came from?
We were pretty excited to be able to sneak that in. I recall there being some speculation about it here on the boards at the time!
Sharjo2 votesI literally made a post about it when I saw the flavour text on Martyr's Gambit months ago, so I did indeed notice and I'm happy that I now understand Buhru a little better with Illaoi's perspective!
UomoAfide2 votes"You worship the sun. It is my god who moves it through the sky" "This is the way of Nagakaborous... Motion" Could it be that... Nagakaborous is time itself?
Sharjo2 votesNagakabouros is everything really. She's kinda like Brahman from Hinduism in that regard.
UomoAfide1 votesInteresting, so more like a cosmic force of nature? That could actually be more likely. Considering Illaoi's disdain for the undeads and the "time-travelers" champions.
Dreamspitter1 votesNagakabouros is everything really. She's kinda like Brahman from Hinduism in that regard.
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"You worship the sun. It is my god who moves it through the sky" "This is the way of Nagakaborous... Motion" Could it be that... Nagakaborous is time itself?
Nagakaborous is Tzeentch. Change and Ambition made manifest.
Sharjo2 votesI know nothing of Tzeentch so I can't add to this.
Dreamspitter1 votesI know nothing of Tzeentch so I can't add to this.
Tzeentch is one of the four "Chaos Gods" of Warhammer 40,000. The Changer of Ways, The Architect of Fate, Master of Fortune. Change, mutation, adaptation, destiny, ambition, are all things he embodies.
"Tzeentch was created and sustained by the desire for change that is an essential part of nearly all mortal life; almost all species are aware of the concept of a better tomorrow, and any form of dreaming, imagining or resolution for change empowers the Chaos God. Like the other Chaos Gods, Tzeentch is strongly interested in humanity due to the power and drive of the human spirit and how that uniquely ties into his interests; no creature is more volatile or more ambitious. The spark of wishing for a different existence can turn into a fire that can change a country, a world, and perhaps ultimately an inferno that can alter the fate of galaxy itself; this is Tzeentch"
We now have Graham McNeil writing for Riot Games. Other posters have noted as of Burning Tides, the world of Runeterra has as of late become a little more "Grimdark".
http://img00.deviantart.net/663d/i/2013/141/b/0/architect_fate_by_baklaher-d664t62.jpg
That aside, Illaoi's passive is called "Prophet of an Elder God". This is a direct Lovecraftian reference, as are the character's thematics BUT it also makes me think of another Lovecraft inspired entity from the Soul Reaver & Legacy of Kain series -The Elder God
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vlyDTEn32Fs https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GsJcf0Mjuuk
"I am the engine of life, I am the hub of the wheel, the origin of all life, the devourer of death."
PhoenixSlayer131 votesSounds slightly Jamaican. I like it.
DragonShea1 votesShe sounds Jamaican and looks like she is half-black half-white.
Dreamspitter1 votesShe sounds Jamaican and looks like she is half-black half-white.
What about Maori/Polynesian?
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/M%C4%81ori_people
I feel the accent is Carribean influenced though.
Neamean1 votesI haven't listen to the whole thing yet but please tell me she quote Bruce Lee "Be water My friends". Be cause it would be a shame it there isn't one.
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Brutusness1 votesIllaoi and her relationship with Gangplank (as well as his eventual transformation from man to monster) seems heavily inspired by Calypso and Davy Jones from the PotC series.
biomaster1 votesthose lines to naut "shivers" that said I feel Shaco would like this god of chaos
