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Why Taliyah and Sivr look nothing alike

rand0mredneck·5/5/2016, 1:43:21 AM·6 votes·1,743 views

I've seen a ton of people trying to justify their whining about Taliyah's appearance with "WELL, WHY DOESN'T SIVR HAVE HUGE EYEBROWS AND A BIGGER NOSE, TOO!?"

The answer is time. We have zero clue what the average Shuriman looks like, cause every Shuriman champ so far has been an ascended...or Rammus. Whatever he is.

Taliyah, to the best of our knowledge, is full blooded Shuriman. Parents, grandparents, etc are most likely pure Shuriman.

Sivr is a great, great, great etc descendant of Azir. Thousands of years of different genetics and people and what-have-you, until she came along. At best, she's maybe 1/16th Shuriman. I mean, Hell. I'm 1/16th Native American on my Grandpa's side, but I sure as Hell don't look like Geronimo.

In summation, Sivr is a diluted Shuriman, Taliyah is full-blooded. And that's why they don't look the same.

Least that's how I see it.

10 Comments

Julanus5/5/2016, 1:52:46 AM5 votes

Considering Sivir's a mercenary-for-hire, I'd say she travels around Runeterra quite a bit. Meaning, her parent(s) likely did the same, as well as each generation prior.

As for how Sivir's related to Azir, I'm thinking Azir had an illegitimate child with a commoner/slave/etc, and to protect the integrity of the royal line, the mother was cast/sent away, which may have led to living a nomadic lifestyle, followed by a generation becoming mercenaries for work, and it just became a family tradition.

With all the traveling a bodyguard for hire could do, it's likely many mates of different regions were found, which continued with each generation.

Valor Bot5/5/2016, 1:57:30 AM1 votes

Am I the only one who thinks Sivir does look a bit like Taliyah? In appearance, Sivir was the first Champion she reminded me of, at least.

japan hate acc5/5/2016, 5:30:45 AM1 votes

Or, Sivir could look different simply because she is of royal blood. Taliyah could be a commoner. In many cultures, the rounder face with wider nose was of farmers, whereas the angular, higher cheekboned was of the upper nobles. This could translate to Shurima as well.