Implications with Jax from the new champ Bard?

SpecterVonBaren·Feb 24, 2015·5 votes·4,161 views

Anyone else think Bard might be a sign of where they'll be taking Jax when they finally release his new lore?

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I don't mean in the sense that he'll be some sort of peace loving bringer of calm and harmony but that he's going to be linked to Bard and Soraka as some sort of being from the sky. If he were then I think they'd likely make his goal more about challenging the fighters of the world to see if heroes and villains are capable of fulfilling their roles or something.

As a side note, yes, him and Bard have lots of differences in their designs but they also have a lot of similarities that make me think that this MIGHT be an indication of their new direction with him.

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SaltyToplaneGoatFeb 24, 20155 votes

Ok, copypasting this over from another thread where I posted this.

OK CONSPIRACY TIME!

We all know Bard's title as "the great caretaker" and we know that he's something on the level of a god, if not the manifestation of a natural force. Also his design is really, really going into the Ionian direction. And what do Ionians believe in? Balance. It would only make sense if there was an opposing force existing in the world, a being that's the total opposite of Bard.

The one who protects everything VS the one who can handle every weapon and wrecks everything even with a lamppost. You see what Jax can do to towers... it's not hard to imagine him as "the great demolition spirit". But why isn't jax a spooky ghost then? Well, because he's supposed to be the total opposite: one appears like a ghost while the other appears human.

But that's just one theory amonst many.

Btw isn't Jax allinged with Ionia somehow?

Tl,dr. bard: sprit of taking care of things. Jax: manifestation of fucking up things

A Superb VillainFeb 24, 20156 votes

Nice theory. I can see Jax and Bard as tied to Ionia.

However, I lean towards the belief that neither are so strictly defined in what they do. Bard doesn't really take care of things, he tells stories and wanders the realms of existence, only taking direct action to prevent cosmic catastrophe. Jax is also something of a vagabond, though less cosmically inclined. The Grandmaster at Arms seems much more grounded in the world.

If anything, I suspect both are powerful spirits of Ionia, with Bard filling the mischievous but benevolent wanderer archetype, while Jax fulfills the role of ancient protector. I can honestly see Jax as the pivotal combatant in the Noxus Invasion of Ionia since the Institute of War is defunct.

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Jax definitely has some Ionian influence to his attire, and the fact that he wears a face-concealing masks links a strong connection to Bard, who sports a mask with three points.

I expect Jax , Soraka , and Bard to become important spirits of Ionia, possibly even worshipped.

KingsgraveFeb 27, 20151 votes

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Nice theory. I can see Jax and Bard as tied to Ionia.

However, I lean towards the belief that neither are so strictly defined in what they do. Bard doesn't really take care of things, he tells stories and wanders the realms of existence, only taking direct action to prevent cosmic catastrophe. Jax is also something of a vagabond, though less cosmically inclined. The Grandmaster at Arms seems much more grounded in the world.

If anything, I suspect both are powerful spirits of Ionia, with Bard filling the mischievous but benevolent wanderer archetype, while Jax fulfills the role of ancient protector. I can honestly see Jax as the pivotal combatant in the Noxus Invasion of Ionia since the Institute of War is defunct.

http://th00.deviantart.net/fs71/PRE/f/2014/203/7/d/a_new_dawn_wallpaper_11_by_tomok2404-d7rrqgl.jpg

Jax definitely has some Ionian influence to his attire, and the fact that he wears a face-concealing masks links a strong connection to Bard, who sports a mask with three points.

I expect , , and Bard to become important spirits of Ionia, possibly even worshipped.

There was also a popular theory that Jax was the caretaker of Summoner's Rift

A Superb VillainFeb 24, 20154 votes

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PurodyuusaaFeb 24, 20152 votes

I've been calling him Jax's Grandpa since I saw him.

That and Beard, the wandering Bard.

SpecterVonBarenFeb 24, 20152 votes

I've started calling him Bard, the wandering Beard.

SharjoFeb 24, 20156 votes

I prefer "Soraka's Uncle" myself. But yeah definetly a Jax - Bard connection. I can feel it in my bones.

GarentheonFeb 24, 20151 votes

I like this idea

LevyathynFeb 24, 20151 votes

Oddly inhuman three-fingered mask wearing uncle figures?

OwltearsFeb 25, 20151 votes

...He's Jax's Dad, Soraka is his Mom.

OR OR !!!

Jax and Soraka are Bard's parents and Soraka took him to the heavens with her to learn about stories and tales and the ways of healing. Jax cannot go with her because he's not a holy being or something like the Star's denied him; or he had to stay and fight in the LoL.

When Soraka left after Warwick Bard waited and waited for her return and eventually went was left all alone in the stars with nothing but the stories he had of his father being a warrior; he decided to roam. He wandered around the stars and spiritual realms, meeting countless spirits and beings and little friends that followed him around.

Years pass in different time of the different realms and he learns from his little spirit friends that they found news of his father, a great warrior from a far away land like his mother had described. He gathers all he can and even when the stars/spirits/whatever tell him not to he falls, like his mother did and lands upon the world.

He comes in search of his Mom and Dad whom he thinks abandoned him but really Jax coudn't go with her and Soraka fell. When he learns of what happened he forgives them and hears of the great stories across the world. Knowing he can't go back to the stars like his mother just yet; he goes across the land in search of people to take care of like his mother, and stories to gather for himself.

This is my two cents and I think it sounds like a REALLY weird fan-fiction