Varus' story gave us a deeper history with the Darkins. They are now a alien species that tried to conquer Runeterra.. and my question is: Is Aatrox still related with the protectorates and magelords? And the events that occurred on Summoner's Rift?
he is until they change it... Aatrox supposedly fell in a battle at some point, which is odd because the darkin backstory from varus's point is that their race was wiped out... but apparently not all darkins can do what rhaast, aatrox, and varus (pallas?) where they lie dorment and gain power over time... I just find these inconsistencies more troublesome than they are.
Nope the Darkin didn't try to conquer the runeterrans, they were trying to stop runeterran reckless use of magic that was effect there homeworld.
Also I think the darkin war is not related to the rune war, since the darkin war hapened after the fall of shurima.
We don’t know atm for all we know the darkin wars and the rune wars are the same thing and we have no clue how this all fits in with the shadow isles and targon so I think we’ll hafta wait a few years for the completion of this lore
Aatrox could still have played a role in the rune wars, it depends on if they occured before or after the Darkin war (which may have been in the rune wars). I want to say that they occur after the Darkin war, because as of right now Ryze doesn't make any mention to the Darkin or anything.
