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Is anyone else wondering what the hell Aatrox was/looked like before being a Darkin?

Forhonor321·6/27/2017, 8:46:42 PM·6 votes·1,213 views

So Riot if I remember correctly stated that Darkin are essentially demon-like living weapons that take over the host that wields them and with the new champ, Kayn getting teased and soon ready to test on PBE this further shows that statement. However, when it comes to that we already have a darkin champ (one which has a running joke of being forgotten or brand new secret champ): Aatrox.

So if Darkin are essentially weapons that take over the wielder, like in the small instance for Kayn into Rhaast for tankier playstyle, what or who was Aatrox exactly before the take over, or better yet who was the person who wielded Aatrox since you can consider him the sword before the corruption? How did he look? What did he do? How long has he been around? How did he originally find Aatrox? How are the darkin even created? This whole champ reveal has made me start wondering more questions than I really want to ask.

2 Comments

Oleandervine6/27/2017, 8:56:58 PM5 votes

I would wager Aatrox's wielder was either Shuriman or Targonian, considering that Aatrox has been active and ghosting wars for centuries or more, to the point where he is in legends.

I would dare to even go a step further and say that there's a distinct possibility that Aatrox could have overcome a former Pantheon host, considering the ties to war and the fact that the Pantheon Aspect appears to eradicate the host's own will and personality and replace it with its own, much like the Darkin.

Hell, let's go even further down the rabbit hole of theorizing and say that Darkin are actually creatures that the Pantheon Aspect tried to make in its own nature, as entities that overcome their host and do nothing but crave for bloodshed and war. Naturally, a war spirit would suck pretty bad at acts of creation, and thus wouldn't be able to perfectly emulate it's own qualities, so it would naturally pick weapons of war to house it's children until they could find suitable hosts.

Nymzo6/28/2017, 12:25:24 AM1 votes

Maybe they could release of him when he was human kinda like pre-void Kassadin.

Of course, after his futur update.