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The Void

Vyxeus··27 votes·2,738 views

Hey RIOT!

I've got a bunch of questions relating to The Void that I was hoping you'd be able to answer for me!

  • Who was Kassadin's daughter that got sent into The Void?
  • What was Malzahar like before he was exposed to The Void?
  • What are other living beings within The Void like? Are they more intelligent like Cho'Gath and Vel'Koz? Are they more primitive like Kog'Maw? Are they more like wild animals like Rek'Sai? Or are they simply more adaptive like Kha'Zix?
  • What are the Voidlings (summoned by Malzahar) and the Voidspawns (summoned from the Zz'Rot Portal) like when within The Void? Where would they rank in terms of the food chain?
  • Who/what is Kog'Maw referring to in his taunt "Terror coming... daddy coming!"
  • What was Baron Nashor's place when within The Void?
  • What kind of hierarchy does The Void abide by, if by one at all? Who/what sits at the top of said hierarchy?
  • How did Viktor manage to come into contact with the Voidborn champions and get forced into the Glorious Revolution?

The Void has long been my favorite place in all of Runeterra--well, even though it's not technically part of Runeterra--and the champions that come from there always peak my interest. Creatures like them are the ones I find the most fascinating! So I hope you can help me learn more about them!

~Vyxeus

23 Comments

GreenLore15 votes

About the viktor question: Keep in mind thats an alternate reality,creator viktor might be even more powerful than regular viktor(or the original void creatures could be less powerful). I think it was implied though that battlecast skarner alpha was actually the one who captured the specimen for viktor.

FurriesAreHot1 votes

The battle cast skins take place in an alternate universe

Vyxeus2 votes

I know the whole Battlecast skin line takes place in an alternate universe and whatnot, but I figured that since the more-recent PROJECT skins had a nice little string of a story to go with them, perhaps the Battlecast could get something like that too. After all, according to Battlecast Viktor's recall animation blueprints, as well as Battlecast Vel'Koz's splash art, we're still missing one more member of the Glorious Evolution!

Actually xPeke13 votes

we need a void event

Wind Whistler7 votes

[{quoted}](name=Actually xPeke,realm=EUW,application-id=6kFXY1kR,discussion-id=xJk6jMaU,comment-id=0002,timestamp=2015-10-28T17:07:23.390+0000)

we need a void event

"Woe betide the day Cho'Gath grows weary of the League". Since the League Of Legends never existed now, can't Cho'Gath just bring on the apocalypse and give us our Void Event?

Vyxeus6 votes

This would work out really well too! Since a lot of people have been requesting a Cho'Gath VU for some time now, what better way to roll out his new looks than with a complete and utter Void takeover? I think it's a double win!

SrirachaLimes7 votes

I agree that the Void is the best faction. I especially like Vel'Koz, both character and kit.

I hope they do something like this Shadow Isle event to the Void.

Darlantan126 votes

Void event plz

  1. new map /gametyp
  2. new lore
  3. cho'gath and kog'maw VU
Wind Whistler2 votes

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Void event plz

  1. new map /gametyp
  2. new lore
  3. cho'gath and kog'maw VU

Kog'Maw doesn't really need a VU. I'd say it's pretty up to date.

Jack º3 votes

+1 we all want the lore updates, and it will take time, but it is fun to question the mysteries <3

Azteryz3 votes

I would like to think kog maw is still a "baby" void born which is why he kinda looks like a larva and doesnt have the traditional purple colour and in most cases a grown adult wouldnt call their father "daddy"

upvote for that kassadin daughter question

DrBaryon3 votes

I find it interesting how the Void champions seem to have changed genre from cosmic horror to standard sci-fi aliens over time. Cho'gath's lore reads like something out of H.P Lovecraft, he's unfathomably terrifying and powerful and an existential threat to the entire planet. Malzahar's lore centers on the idea that the Void creatures ruled the world once and will inevitably come again and devour the inhabitants. Whereas Kha, Rek'sai and Vel'koz are just alien monsters. Fairly powerful and dangerous en masse, but not on the same scale. I suppose it's because there's only so many homages to Cthulhu you can make before it gets stale, but sci-fi has a wide stable of different alien beings.

Vyxeus1 votes

As do I! I do kinda miss that old style of Void lore that we used to get, but at the same time, I enjoy the current lore as well. Perhaps once that Void event finally rolls around, we'll get those longer, more detailed lore entries like the Shadow Isles champions are getting now!

A Superb Villain2 votes

How does one observe what cannot be seen?

We may not have much information on The Void, but the knowledge that has been collected points to it as a wholly alien realm whose existence alone is enough to drive most mortals mad. This presents the very confounding conundrum of how to present The Void without making it just a dimension of purple bugs or so mind-bendingly horrifying it causes brains to slip out through noses.

okino2 votes

i feel like the void is a more primitive place and more based on the food chain to relate to the heirarchy but i think theyre sort of gradually evolving and theres probs someone in there going on a conquer all of the void spree but that seems impossible since the void seems more like a spacey infinite hellish "land". or void. :P

Kerrigan 4 Prez2 votes

Well with the Baron Nashor I would imagine he ranks very high in the void, perhaps even as the "king". Here is my reasoning, 1) His very appearance on the Rift caused massive destruction, and the essence of his power mutated a harmless little scuttle crab into a very harmful Rift Herald. 2) Unlike any other void creature, he cannot be taken down easily like the void champs, and in the chaos that is the Void, power is all that matters.

Vincent Lucius

Baron isn't from the void, its pit was exposed to energies from the void turning it from its original form into the bad ass level one raid boss we know today. The story for the Rift Herald is that it wandered into the pit and got exposed to those same energiesand got mutated into... whatever the hell it is. But as far as lore goes Cho still seems like a if not the top dog in the void, since even the summoners that were considered too powerful could only offer lodging until he decided to go for a stroll.

Kerrigan 4 Prez1 votes

[{quoted}](name=Vincent Lucius,realm=NA,application-id=6kFXY1kR,discussion-id=xJk6jMaU,comment-id=00080000,timestamp=2015-10-29T17:39:11.137+0000)

Baron isn't from the void

No no , I specifically remember a rioter saying that Baron is from the void.

Vincent Lucius

Could you post a link to where you saw or heard that? I was looking around but all I could find is the wiki, which was using an excerpt from the Journal of Justice that is no longer canon, that said that is was a creature of legend in Runeterra and some discussions on the boards about whether or not it was from the Void without any Riot confirmation.

Ebonmaw Dragon1 votes

[{quoted}](name=Vincent Lucius,realm=NA,application-id=6kFXY1kR,discussion-id=xJk6jMaU,comment-id=0008000000000000,timestamp=2015-11-01T20:47:51.683+0000)

Could you post a link to where you saw or heard that? I was looking around but all I could find is the wiki, which was using an excerpt from the Journal of Justice that is no longer canon, that said that is was a creature of legend in Runeterra and some discussions on the boards about whether or not it was from the Void without any Riot confirmation.

I cant find the exact quote... mainly because it was said in the old forums... but here its something:

http://forums.las.leagueoflegends.com/board/showthread.php?t=157253&page=14#post1066308

Por que rek sai se parece tanto al baron nashor? :3

"Why RekSai looks so similar to Baron Nashor?"

-Se parece porque en cierta forma los seres del vacío guardan cierta similitud por el lugar donde provienen, pero no se ha dicho nada mas ^^

-"They look alike because the creatures of the Void are similar between them due their place of origin, nothing more to say"

and here:

http://boards.las.leagueoflegends.com/es/c/charlas-generales/WgAK4tR9-rioters-que-opinan-a-v

Nashor, el Baron del Vacio, "Nashor, the Baron of the Void"

Nashor no se ha enfrentado a nada parecido en el Vacio... "Nashor has never seen something similar in the Void..."

(Raw translations made by myself... i couldn't find the sources in english, but Im pretty sure that it was said in the QaA of Reksai)

Vincent Lucius

Huh. Guess you learn something new every day. Thanks for clearing that up.

And I think that as a Void creature Nashor would probably be... well, a Baron. Either that or Jax's long lost relative.

Kerrigan 4 Prez1 votes

Unfortunately the post I am quoting is one of the more obscure quotes from the summoners rift update. So I have no idea how to find it.

Virgin Ray1 votes

I know the first question is RekSai

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