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A theory regarding Lucian and Senna, the gun they use and Petricite.

Hextech OwI·10/15/2019, 2:58:48 AM·7 votes·6,866 views

#Either Lucian or Senna are Durand's descendant, and their guns are made out of Petricite.

We know that Lucian (and supposedly Senna) come from Demacia. Durand, Galio's builder, wrote a book about Petricite's properties, one of which being that it stocks the magic it absorb and that it can be released, a property seemingly unknown by anyone but him considering Sylas discovers it reading the book. Unknown by anyone, except maybe his lineage. From generation to generation, the secret was kept and eventually Lucian or Senna learned of it as well. They were then able to obtain the gun and go on their rampage against corruption and everything.

But then comes another theory regarding the guns or, more precisely, Petricite:

What if Petricite also had some filtering properties?

If the guns are made out of Petricite, eventually the magic they contain would run out at some point, meaning they are "recharged" by something, and one of the main source of magic that could replenish them would be the Shadow Isle's magic. However, the magic coming from the guns don't look very shadowy, but let's keep in mind that the Shadow Isle's magic is corrupted Blessed Isle's magic.

The guns (and in consequence, possibly Petricite) might hide a yet undiscovered property allowing them not only to absorb magic but also to filter it or restore it to its original state, allowing Lucian and Senna to use the Blessed Isle's magic through it.

3 Comments

GelsominoKiller10/15/2019, 11:16:47 AM2 votes

That's definitely retcon material, but keep in mind that Riot's lore is often old and inconsistent.

At the time when Lucian's gun were introduced, I am confident that petricite wasn't a thing, not even in their closed studios.

What you propose is a good way to modernize and tie together old stories with new ones.

That said, I'd like the legendary holy guns to be something more than petricite chunks. I don't mind them employing petricite as a mean, but I wish there was something more to them.

Kazekiba10/15/2019, 3:54:59 AM1 votes

Rather than the Petricite, I'd give the assumption that Lucian himself purifies the Cursed magic. As the cursed, undead magic is absorbed by the guns, Lucian takes control of it and since its channeled by a living being, the magic is full of life once more.

That said I find it extremely difficult to believe no one sees the giant stone figure animate when magic collides with it and thinks "Huh, so that stone absorbs and uses magic. Thats neat." Even if every single king, soldier, etc. in Demacia is exceptionally dumb and illiterate, the pieces would eventually fall in place among the tens of thousands of witnesses.

GreenLore10/15/2019, 8:37:04 AM1 votes

It's also possible that Lucian and Senna have magic within them and that this magic fuels the guns.

After all Luxs lore said that there was a secret order in Demacia that did use magic. Though I'm not sure if this is still canon after the Sylas comic.

In general it looks like there might be a whole order of purifiers considering that one of Kai'Sas early concepts was a void-corrupted purifier.