Old Varus Lore and Kassadin Lore are the Exact Same

DeadUnborn·12/4/2017, 12:14:49 AM·8 votes·741 views

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LfWUFAZZtuQ

Family gets taken away by something evil Kassadin embraces power of that which he hates to exact revenge.

Notice I am not arguing for or against changing Varus' lore. I wasn't invested in the previous character lore and I think both his previous and current lores can be cool if fleshed out properly. However I wanted to note that Varus' lore "trope" of "embrace the dark side to avenge your loved ones" isn't gone from league.

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Weiss Guertena12/4/2017, 5:09:43 PM3 votes

New Varus lore and Kayn lore are the Exact Same

A person willingly takes on Darkin corruption. Now a person fights with Darkin over control of their body.

If you omit all the details except bare bones, I bet you could find an "exact match" like this for any champion

Baron Von Bangin12/4/2017, 6:31:29 PM3 votes

Kassadin's daughter was always a footnote in his lore. In fact, she wasn't even mentioned until a later JoJ issue. It was an update to the current state of affairs with his fight against Malzahar.

Kassadin's theme is more along the lines of Man vs. Nature or Man vs. God. He's looked into the abyss and saw nothing but the inevitable destruction of Runeterra but chooses to stand and fight. He attempts to (futilely) convince others of this oncoming threat but is forced to go it alone. I think thematically that's pretty different than Varus.