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Mount Targon and its "Tests"

Stars Shaper··3 votes·955 views

There is a common thread about how the Targon's champions got their status as Aspect of the divines. Everyone had to be a companion during the climbl on the mountain.

Leona Had to follow the "golden skin boy with horns and bat-like wings" after her act of benevolence that had she been blamed for not attacking and killing the creature. This gave her a chance to meet him again and follow him to the summit. atop of the mountain while chasing Diana.

Diana Had to prove her selflessness despite knowing well that neither her and the old woman would be able to get to the peak of the mountain, let alone in a single night. A girl left alone by his comrades had to give herself for the sake of anotherone.

Pantheon His trial is probably the most subtle, he had to prove his worth to be on pair with a naturally talented warrior and then take the climb with him. Atreus proved his will strenght by surviving the travel and reaching the summit with his companion... and abandoning him. Right, he had to forsake him after creating a strong bond between them, this way Pantheon could accept him and Atreus would be able to trade himself in order to become Pantheon.

I am waiting for the incoming champions in order to see if this connection between Targon and its people well be kept. It has a lot of ptential.

8 Comments

GreenLore3 votes

Overall there is something weird going on in that Leona and Diana more or less reached the top of the mountain "by accident" and in both their lores there is something that seems supernatural(diana noticed that she reached the top a lot faster than it should have been possible and Leonas lore mentions how the landscape seemed unfamiliar as if it had never existed before) So I guess that something supernatural helped them.

Pantheons however seems different,he seems to have climbed the mountain for real with a group of warriors.

In the end I'd say that Diana and Leona were actually chosen by a higher power,while Pantheon climbed the mountain himself and only proved his worth by doing so.

Decrit1 votes

Leona did not chase the golden boy while climbing the summit, if i am right..? She just found it there at the top.

The diana one got me the most puzzled... not because i could not see the meaning behind hers, but because it' s both out of character and sensless. Why would she have ever done that? Even the most selfless person would have considered that suicide, why she did not offer the woman a place in her room instead so she could keep going on the next day?

Atreus one instead to me is the most clear and elegant - to become Pantheon he has to abandon all who he loves or has friendship with, because Pantheon is the one that takes over totally the personality of the host. And that makes sense, from a certain point of view, because war is of many and not of a singular being, while sun and moon can be associated to single entities or phenomena, so it makes sense he is the one that doe snot mantain his character, so far. It can also be so he does not become traumatized from war, because we all know even the most rugged veteran can' t stand brutalities that much. Looking at you, Saurfang Senior.

Stars Shaper1 votes

Leona, if I'm not mistaken, saw the golden boy during her chase of Diana and then he talked to her at the summit or nearly there inviting her to the city.

Diana had to make a choice for herself and also prove to be free of fears since she would have to be lonely, hunted and hunting.

I realized Atreus trial after comparing Leona and Diana story.

Decrit2 votes

Regarding Leona

"She neither stopped to eat nor drink, letting fury sustain her beyond what should have been humanly possible.

Eventually Leona reached the top of the mountain, breathless, exhausted, starved and stripped of all thought save punishing Diana. There, sitting on a rock at the top of the mountain was the same golden-skinned boy whose life she had spared as a child."

Welp, we could have checked directly the source sooner :P

http://na.leagueoflegends.com/en/site/mount-targon/leona.html

Stars Shaper1 votes

But we're lazy D: (me mostly xD)

thanks for the quote :P gonna edit.

Decrit2 votes

Well guess it' s time to outlazy you then! >:O

I will give my best. Which will be nothing!

Valaran Nara3 votes

{quoted} With Diana, I think it's because of 3 reasons.

1.) She always wanted to go up the mountain but was too scared. Helping the old lady at least gave her a "reason" to bother going any sort of distance.

2.) The Diana in this lore is trying to find a purpose in life and is innately a good person, just rejected. She was benevolent enough to at least escort the old lady part way, thinking the woman would have given up after a while and return home. She's old. Why would she even go all the way? Let alone half.

3.) It was a fated moment brought upon by some entity that WANTED Diana to do it. They typically appear, tempt you into doing something that's in your character, and with how things work, you are inclined to naturally act against your normal reasoning to do what is instinctual for you.

If some angelic being wants to give you a gift in exchange for something else, it will cause all other individuals not involved to either ignore them or render them incapable of responding to said Angel until their transaction with you is done.

Diana was able to fulfill her transaction.

Placentas1 votes

I mean imagine being Diana, you weren't born a Rakkor or Solari and you're clearly an outsider. She doesn't feel like she fits in, and she knows this isn't her life/destiny. They love the sun, she loves the moon. Haven't you ever had moments where you're like "Maybe..I should? Maybe I shouldn't? But something tells me it feels right..so I will."

So I see it as her being like, there's nothing for me here, may as well take the risk. Mt Targon is place of magic and spirits so i don't find it hard to believe even just the area kind of affected her in a way in which she was pulled towards the mountain even if unbeknownst to her.

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