Wild speculation: Taliyah is a descendant of Xerath and Tabia

Stars Shaper·May 29, 2016·13 votes·1,715 views

And it might be revealed/hinted in "Bloodline"

You heard it first here :3

Note: I'm aware that the judgements are no long canon.

17 Comments

TzQGRUST39May 29, 201613 votes

That would be a really cool reveal. Azir's blood manifested in a cold blooded killer who values gold over her friends and Xerath's blood manifested in an extremely good hearted individual who values her family and friends above all else. I think it would be a really cool contrast and I wouldn't mind if this theory turned out to be correct.

333lomMay 29, 20161 votes

I thought the same thing! If this turns out to be true, it will be so cool!

ModAcademy KaynMay 30, 20163 votes

But if Sivir gets a change of heart when she got revived.... what happens if Taliyah doesn't find her family?

ArdoreAuroraleMay 29, 20164 votes

who's tabia?

Stars ShaperMay 29, 20166 votes

She was the girl (and probably love interest/partner) who appeared in Xerath Judgement in the pre-retcon lore. She tried to stop him, Xerath considered it until debrids of the temple fell down killing her.

LordHippomanMay 29, 20162 votes

I mean, it's called "Bloodline", I think this theory probably holds some weight. Even if they don't call Xerath's lover Tabia, I think him having a connection to Taliyah is very possible.

Stars ShaperMay 29, 20162 votes

It would be a small pearl from Riot, expecially if you see that their names are similar.

FasmodeyMay 29, 20161 votes

It would be cool, but not sure on Xerath x Tabia. It is not revealed until this time, why would they do it in Bloodline? But I agree on the part that is without Tabia.

If they continue to include Tabia, I wouldn't mind tho.

Stars ShaperMay 30, 20161 votes

Riot likes to give these sort-of eastersggs. And "resuscitating" something from old lore would be cool.

GenoXxMay 29, 20161 votes

Plot Twist: in the new lore tabia is a captive of xerath's prisoners.

xTropicalPenguinMay 30, 20161 votes

have you seen her walk, obvious direct descendant of chicken man

Stars ShaperMay 30, 20161 votes

That's another good one. Having 2 descendants with such opposite attitude gives interesting developments.

FasmodeyMay 30, 20163 votes

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That's another good one. Having 2 descendants with such opposite attitude gives interesting developments.

They confirmed Taliyah has no royal blood.

Marick58May 31, 20162 votes

Well, Xerath isn't Royalty, he's (was) a slave.

MarbelaraMay 31, 20161 votes

Yeah, but definietely no Azir blood here.

DecritMay 30, 20161 votes

I honestly think that is unplausible - Xerath was a slave, he would have got no chances of breeding. And if he did, then there would have been consequences - because, again, he was a slave. He got influence somehow but only as Azir' s servant, and with the few things he could do i just think that is unplausible that he used the few resources at his disposal to find a woman, let her bear a child and then let her run away from the capital and beyond. If he managed to do so, it' s very well probable that said woman and child died aniway due to labor or abuse because, again, most probably they were slaves since i think it would be rather difficult to find a woman for him otherwise. Unless it was implied use of brute force or cohercion, but i doubt he would have gone such lenghts for that, plus he wasn' t so savage and evil and what he did was done with some kind of love and care, and when he started planning the ascension his mind was probably focused on other things to think about that.

Plus the whole thing about corrupting the ascension just tells me that Xerath did not give a damn about mortal desire and just wanted to ascend to something more, meaning that he had no connection whatsoever to the mortal world.

Stars ShaperMay 31, 20161 votes

Well that's why "wild" is in the thread title :P

I know myself that there is really a small chance for it to happen and that there is no mention in the actual lore about Xerath having any descendants and I mostly agree with your vision of the facts. I do believe though that his story leaves enough open spots to have some plot twists.