Eternal Damnation; What happens to Mordekaiser's thralls after his death?

Malicious Metal·Oct 9, 2016·9 votes·1,069 views

So I've been thinking. Morde does have his Liches bound to his bones so that he'll always get resurrected but what happens to his lesser thralls and wraiths he enslaved when he is slain in battle? Are they freed, are their souls finally safe from the iron grip he holds on them?

Or are they forever damned? Do they simply vanish, torn to shreds by their master being slain, his will no longer binding them and simply devouring them?

13 Comments

RebonackOct 10, 20163 votes

It depends on how Mord's necromancy works.

Is it a self-sustaining spell? In which case they would probably become free willed or mindless, depending on how much (if any) of the original personality remains.

Or are they given impetus by Mord himself, animated by nothing more than the dark force of his iron will? In which case, they would probably just die when he passes.

TyrekGoldenspearOct 9, 20161 votes

i think they are still bound to him.

Somebody has to go and find his bones after all.

Malicious MetalOct 9, 20161 votes

That's his Liches' job.

They're powerful necromancer Morde gifted with undeath, binding them to him, they're more than lesser undead.

But what happens to those he enslaves to do only HIS bidding? His Liches have autonomy, they can think and act themselves.

TyrekGoldenspearOct 9, 20161 votes

Hmm.

I think they are released, but not truly freed since they were torn from life by Mordekaiser.

I like to think of it as a bunch of balloons.

They have no will and i can move them wherever i wish, nobody can claim them (Kindred can't end their lives properly )

When i let them go, nobody can get them. They fly off into nothingness. (Figuratively)

Unless Morde makes a conscious effort to collect them they drift in limbo, maybe even falling apart when enough time passes.

But that's just a theory though.

Malicious MetalOct 9, 20161 votes

Or maybe they become poltergeists? Haunting the sites where Morde reigned as stray spirits? Drifting around fortresses and battlefields?

TrolosaurusOct 10, 20161 votes

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Hmm.

I think they are released, but not truly freed since they were torn from life by Mordekaiser.

I like to think of it as a bunch of balloons.

They have no will and i can move them wherever i wish, nobody can claim them (Kindred can't end their lives properly )

When i let them go, nobody can get them. They fly off into nothingness. (Figuratively)

Unless Morde makes a conscious effort to collect them they drift in limbo, maybe even falling apart when enough time passes.

But that's just a theory though.

So what you're saying Is that they go hollow http://darksouls.wdfiles.com/local--files/enemies/hollow-sword.jpg

XIII VanitasOct 10, 20161 votes

If we want to take in-game mechanics as evidence, Morde's ghost disappears as soon as he dies.

Sahn UzalOct 10, 20161 votes

Correct me if I'm wrong...

But IIRC, Mordekaisers Skeleton is no longer complete, so his Liches were unable to revive him, but his Skull was in the Blessed isles when The Ruined King and his buddies showed up. So it's the Black mist that revived him this time?

If that's the case, I'd guess the souls he enslaved will become a part of the mist.

Malicious MetalOct 10, 20161 votes

His Skull was kept in the blessed Isles vault. When the ruination happened these vaults were breached and his Liches came swarming in, drawn to it like moths to light. They brought his bones with them and resurrected him themselves.

He was not brought back by the Black mist.

RalanrOct 10, 20161 votes

But he is taking control of it, little by little. So those he enslaves probably end up becoming a part of the black mist.

Sahn UzalOct 10, 20161 votes

Oh, was that stated in the new/ most recent long lores? There's still a lot of lore I need to catch up on...

Maximum MordeOct 10, 20161 votes

Mordekaiser never truly dies so this doesn't ever become an issue I'd think.

Craft ZeppelinOct 11, 20161 votes

I have a feeling that something REAL bad, like shadow isle class stuff will happen to runeterra if you kill Mord off. The souls he enslaved are countless that it might have enough to sustain him even if you blow his remains.