Kindred is the Ruined King

Alecsucksatlol2·10/27/2015, 10:54:24 PM·2 votes·2,329 views
Shadow and Fortune | League of Legends

Note: There are spoilers to the new Shadow and Fortune lores for Hecarim, Thresh, Kalista, Mordekaiser, and Karthus. If you have not read these, read them and come back. Thanks!

With the new Shadow Isle lore rewrite, a lot of new information has been uncovered relating to the origins of the Shadow Isles, as well as backstories for five Shadow Isle champions. I believe that Kindred is the "Ruined King" that we hear about in the lore. In Hecarim's new lore, it tells the story of a mad king and his ill wife, and the spell he cast in the Blessed Isles that transformed it into the Shadow Isles we know and love. All of the new lores connect to the spell and the consequences it brought, but people forget to remember why the king cast the spell in the first place. The king cast a spell to kill both himself and his wife and forever connect the two in death. I believe that Kindred's Wolf is the spirit of the Ruined King, and Lamb is the spirit of the deceased Queen. This would also connect because of Kindred's rivals: Karthis, Hecarim, Thresh, Yorick, and Mordekaiser. It is worth pointing out that in the second part of Kindred's lore, it is evident that Wolf and Lamb dearly care for each other, and may have been lovers in another time, but that's not confirmed evidence.

Edit: I would like to start off by saying that there is no detail connecting the events of the Shadow Isle lore to a certain time period. The only thing that is clear is that the Harrowing has been taking place for centuries. Secondly, I have been told that the event of the transformation from Blessed Isles the Shadow Isles was called the Ruination_

22 Comments

Ebonmaw Dragon10/27/2015, 10:57:29 PM1 votes
Sharjo10/27/2015, 10:57:50 PM1 votes

Thing is though, Kindred predates this by thousands of years at least. As is said in Kindred's long lore, some of the first legends ever made by humans in Runeterra were about them specifically. That kinda throws a wrench in all of this since Kindred's existed for far longer than the Shadow Isles, far longer than any man made empires, far longer than perhaps even all life that has ever existed on Runeterra.

Jack º10/27/2015, 11:00:48 PM1 votes

omg, riot is the best for smacking us with lore again, makes us theory peeps have something to do again!

kagepaladin10/27/2015, 11:03:54 PM1 votes

kindred can be the ruined king A: in hecarims lore the king was stated as a he trying to bring his wife back from the dead. if anything the king is wolf while his wife is lamb. thats at least how i think it went down but then their was the oathsworing thing the king did.

LaoBushido10/27/2015, 11:06:06 PM1 votes

one they are not lovers two they are not welcome on the shadow isle pretty good indicator that they couldnot be born there

ModWulf Helhammer10/27/2015, 11:34:52 PM1 votes

Kindred is, and always has been, a spirit of death. And the reason they are enemies to the Shadow Isles champs is because, as death, when someone isn't staying dead, and is causing others to do the same, it really throws a wrench in your plans