Shadow Isles champion teased in the Academy Skins Spashart?

SaltyToplaneGoat·8/13/2015, 12:49:01 AM·2 votes·2,964 views

So, getting champ teasered through skins artwork is nothing new, I mean just think of Jinx who appeared in the Poolparty skin.

My focus here is on the two figures behind the window that can barely be seen. One is a big male figure, probably Jayce or Sion - although Jayce might make more sense in this setting.

The other one seems to be female, but there is something weird about her: she does not have a neck! You can even see her upper body and notice that he head is in absolutely no way connected to the rest of her body. So maybe it's Orianna? Well, she usually has a neck apart from her Esports skin... also the long, very biological looking hair speaks against that.

Then it struck me: we have the Harrowing soon and there is one type of undead archetypes that we do not have as a champion yet: A Dullahan (or comnmonly called "headless knight/horseman". Now, despite the name, the head is not gone, just not connected to the body and it can speak in some variations of the story. Generally the Dullahan is seen as an omen of approaching death that could kill others with the touch of his hand (or cut off the heads of others, depending on tale) - Sounds pretty shadow isles to me, no?

Also, I'm not sure about the clothing in the Academy Splash... is this an uniform? Or more some kind of armor? It's really hard to tell...

Tl,Dr: Female Headless Deathknight confirmed!

56 Comments

GenoXx8/13/2015, 2:08:27 AM2 votes

That's orianna and Jayce. Nice to see more anime skins.

GreenLore8/13/2015, 1:32:15 PM2 votes

I always hoped that when we get a Dullahan champ it would be Kieran darkwill,the guy who tried to become the grand general of noxus and who got beheaded by Darius.

I mean we have a champ who likes to behead people,so it would be fitting that a headless champ would be one of his victims that returned from the grave.

Unexpected Idea8/14/2015, 11:20:20 AM2 votes

Time 4 Senna

DwarvenGiant8/13/2015, 2:02:39 AM1 votes

Huh. I thought that it was Caitlyn up until this point. Maybe Orianna? But how would that explain that hat? That's so weird. I don't think that it's a new champ though because the silhouette is too similar to Caitlyn, or at least it looks like it in the splash. :P

Matezoide8/13/2015, 4:10:39 PM1 votes

The hair is covering her neck.

DrCyanide8/13/2015, 8:19:18 PM1 votes

Du Ra Ra Ra anyone? Please Riot, if this is accurate, she needs a motorcyclist skin.