Discussion on the Darkin

Forhonor321··1 votes·600 views

So I've been meaning to post about this for some time after the reveal and voice interactions were released but got lazy. But now I'm finally motivated to post this so now I want to start a discussion on the Darkin.

So to get to it, where exactly are the other Darkin now and is Riot ever going to release more? So far we've only ever had Aatrox and heard based off of the wiki and Riot's lore team that there were at least 5 in the world of League. We've also been told that their more about living weapons that take over their hosts in order to thrive again. With the reveal of Kayn (and more importantly Rhaast) along with the pretty much confirmation that Varus is technically a Darkin, we've now gotten 3 of the 5 Darkin remaining in the world.

But that now remains on who's left. Most likely Riot may just release them later on, since I can't think of any other champs off the top of my head that would turn to or wield a Darkin weapon, but I also have to ask is what forms are they taking. Surprisingly when you think of it, the Darkin so far form a team: Aatrox top, Rhaast Jg, and Varus ADC. Along with their weapons each being fairly unique from one another: Aatrox sword, Rhaast Scythe, Varus bow. But if that's how we're going now, what exactly is going to fill in the support and mid lane roles and what are they going to be for their weapons (vessals?) ?

I mean so far we've gotten a Diver, an assassin (diver I think too though with the burst healing) and marksman so far, so when are we going to see Darkin that give more of a beast-like or tankier side of their kind or even one that shows more magical abilities? How will some the Darkin weapons look, like will the mid lane be more of an arcane orb for a mage or some sort of gauntlet warhammer for support?

Another thing I want to bring up is how the Darkin are now more and more being like the Four Horsemen. I'm not opposed to this idea but should we really take them in what almost feels like a cliche route of almost every other horsemen we're seen? I mean so far we have War (Aatrox) and Death (Rhaast), with either Pestilence or Fury (Varus) and it just feels very linear to me. All that we're missing is Famine and the whole set will be there but then we have one left over for whatever. Also, considering that Rhaast and Aatrox have pretty much similar looks, outside from Varus who's still slightly human, they're still the same. When I think of the Horsemen I think of them being entire unique from one another in color, size, and even silhouette. Here, the silhouettes are different enough but they don't feel apart in terms of what they're suppose to represent. Like I said, I'm not opposed to them being like the Horsemen but I'd really like if they were to try and represent someone to their world, like just Chaos in general. It makes sense in some way, like Aatrox loves battle on whoever he decides to fight, Rhaast loves Slaughter, and you can throw other reasons of chaos in their as well. Just my thought.

Idk what are your thoughts on all of this?

6 Comments

MrBluePants1 votes

What a coincidence I also posted about the Darkin moments after u did XD

TLDR: Darkin Demon Vi looks like a Darkin (specially her gauntlets) and I think they should add Demon Vi to the Darkin cannon since so far that's a standalone skin and it would fit perfectly. She doesn't look like a full blown Darkin so maybe, similarly to Varus, she's only been partially consumed by her weapon, in this case her gauntlets.

Forhonor3211 votes

ummmm....what?

Just because it's, as you say it, a stand alone skin since there are no other demon skins out doesn't mean it's part of a series or line. It's more arguably part of the Harrowing skin line, where skins can either come out really dark and serious (Haunted Maokai, Underworld TF) come out goofy (Haunted Nocturne, Mundo Mundo) or somewhere in between (Devil Teemo, Demon Vi).

Also, why would we include her as a Darkin just because of her skin? That's like saying Anivia's Legendary makes her a watcher or ally to Lissandra because they exist in the world and she has a skin related to those topics. It's just a skin that gives a different view of the champion.

More importantly, how the hell does she have that Darkin look or feel to her?!?! Her skin is just based off the classical demon look: horns, reddish skin (in her case pinker), a tail and evil looking gauntlets. And the gauntlets....are not fucking Darkin! Darkin are beings trapped in weapons that then take over their wielders. Vi has never got any kind of hint that her gauntlets in this skin are Darkin. They don't talk, or do anything like Rhaast currently does, they're just there to be weapons and look evil. That's it!

MrBluePants1 votes

Maybe the Darkin are demons or the precursors of the current demons in the League universe. And they could include skins as cannon to the story, in a way they kinda did. Pulsefire Ezreal, Pulsefire Caitlyn, Spirit Guard Udyr, God Fist Lee Sin, etc. are future versions of those champions. Skins have either been future versions of the champions or alternate timeline versions of them. Demon Vi, if anything, could be an alternate timeline version, or future version if my theory is true. But it's just a theory anyways. :D

Chembaron Yamada1 votes

I don't think they had that in mind while creating Demon Vi, but you have a point that it could be a very interesting skin arc!

As far as we know, being weapons is not the Darkins true form. They got imprisoned in weapons by someone. If we imagine that one of the Darkin got sealed in another item in that universe, it makes sense. For example if Rhaast got sealed in the gauntlets instead of a scythe.

Would be really interesting to see more Demon skins with that thought in the future.

MrBluePants1 votes

I know they were imprisoned in weapons. There are supposedly 5 Darkin and each one imprisoned in a different weapon. Also all of them, at some point, can or did get released and assume their real form by overtaking their wielder. Each weapon is also very appropriate and fitting to what they symbolize.

Aatrox is war (sword) and he's already free so he killed his wielder already; Rhaast is death (scythe) and now every game you can see Rhaast overtaking Kayn (probably what happened with Aatrox and his wielder); Varus' bow (I don't think we know it's name yet) is vengeance, has corrupted Varus but isn't in complete control yet; Then there's 2 more.

If my theory is true and Demon Darkin Vi was in fact corrupted by Darkin gauntlets, then she could be destruction, it would be very fitting, she loves breaking things XD. And she doesn't really look like a full blown Darkin so she could be only partially corrupted, like Varus. All this could just be in an alternate timeline like most other skins.

KoKoboto1 votes

The reason they don't feel so separate is because Rhaast is the only modern one. Aatrox and Varus are pretty old and need updates, Varus just needs VU mostly.

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