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The brute in Ekko's teaser may be hired by none other than Stanwick Pididly

333lom·5/13/2015, 9:27:09 PM·30 votes·6,155 views

It has been confirmed that the brute is not Urgot nor Singed. Some people are suggesting he is Viktor's creation, sent to steal Ekko's time-travel device.

But some things don't add up. The technology the brute is fused with, looks very poorly done. It breaks very easily when hit in right spots, it looks clunky and half - done. Viktor is a genius, and his technology is on a far greater level than this. Remember how Jayce's entire lore had to be reworked by the request of the community? It had to be changed to not present Viktor as a petty villain that steals other's technology, since that's in stark contrast to Viktor's origin story. Stealing other's intellectual property is something Viktor hates the most. Because that happened to him. Pididly stole Blitzcrank from Viktor's team. Not just that, he stole some of Viktor's early research, and later used that to revive Urgot. Now - this brute was called Urgot by many, simply because he really looks like him. This points to Pididly's work. That man has very shady moral and is very likely to try to steal some technology again.

Now comes the speculation. If Ekko's lines "never go full robot." "you're everything wrong with Zaun" "I'll never be like this guy" "see you're a part of the problem" are directed to Viktor, this again turns him into an outright villain, while Viktor's lore was meant to present him as a character in a gray area, left for the reader to decide. What if Ekko thinks the brute was sent by Viktor, but was actually sent by Pididly?

15 Comments

SkyMagpie5/13/2015, 9:48:49 PM17 votes

I completely agree with this post.

Well already know that Stanwick is a greedy man, since he stole Viktor's inventions for glory and fame, and probably fortune too. So nothing prevents him from actually developing a whole line of augments based on the stolen research for Urgot's augments (mentioned in Viktor's lore) and selling them to whoever wants to get augmented without even considering whether his buyers would use them as a weapon or not.

Also good point on the fact that the augments on this thug are sort of clunky and perhaps that's because Stanwick stole Viktor's research so pretty much he had to work based on drafts and sketches, hence why these augments on the thug are not as advanced as Viktor's augments.

So quite honestly if Riot pulls off that the zaunite thug was Viktor's, there is just as much possibility that it's Stanwicks.

And I wouldn't be surprised if Riot makes Viktor a more stereotypical villain as they "expand" their lore, considering the last incident with Jayce. His own lore just puts him in that grey zone and makes him either an anti-hero or an anti-villain depends on the point of view of the reader, and Riot should have kept that thing going on because it gives that third dimension a lot of champions begin to lack lately.

Ebonmaw Dragon5/13/2015, 9:44:12 PM14 votes

Stanwick trying to tarnish the image of Viktor? It would make a lot of sense.

I definitely think that the guy from the video is not working for Viktor... he has a lot of "flesh"... and as you said, looks clunky and half - done.

And call me crazy but i think that the guy is using a similar tech to Vi. Maybe Stanwick also stole tech from her? Heck the guy is even using ice... mixing Ice with hextech its an idea from Lyte.

So, i think that the guy was made by Stanwick, using tech from Vi, Viktor and Lyte.

The Anagram King5/14/2015, 7:41:52 AM7 votes

I, for one, would LOVE it if Viktor were portrayed as a sketchy villain in everybody else's lore, but a selfless genius in his own. The guy lives with the constant accusatory claims of his peers; those who are afraid of what a metal frame and a budding robot 'army' might mean for their own freedom.

Viktor is unprecedented in Zaun. Viktor is unprecedented anywhere. Not only unprecedented, but powerful. Out of nowhere powerful.

And that makes people afraid. It makes them paranoid. But from the point of view of the Herald, there's nothing sinister going on. He researches, he builds; further improving upon his own revolutionary designs with each passing day. He goes out of his way to humour the requests of those who would request augmentation and, even if only so that other recognise his genius, betters the lives of those around him.

Not even a hero, Viktor's just a researcher who rejected the oh-so-common Zaunite lack of empathy. And so the knowledge that his intent is not global domination, or even the forced evolution of his peers - the very technology he pines over? That would be a lore gem. Something to keep him on that awkward line of:

"Wait... Has Viktor actually done anything WRONG yet?"

revliledpembroke5/14/2015, 12:14:08 AM6 votes

That is a very good idea. But it seems that Rito has forgotten they had such a character mentioned in their lore and it will instead be attributed to Viktor. Which could still make sense if it was somebody who broke out of Viktor's lab before Viktor was finished with him and then went crazy. Or if they decided they didn't give Viktor enough of a B-movie villain vibe. I mean, a Russian mad scientist leading a "Glorious Evolution" where he plans to turn everyone on the planet into robots. I doubt anything could make him sound more of a B-movie villain, unless he turns out to have killed Jayce's parents or something. Or Ekko's, I guess.

manbearswine5/14/2015, 1:44:47 AM3 votes

I think you're overestimating riot's lore team,this is probably all to look kewl and whatnot,not to be consistent with lore at all.

ElJanitorFrank5/14/2015, 3:13:08 AM3 votes

I feel like an idiot. I thought that the guy might have been Stanwick himself (still not out of the question I suppose) but it makes more sense to me that he'd be one of his goons.

And that being said, I 110% think it's correct. EVERYONE thought this guy was Urgot because of how messed up he was and all the technology on him looks like Urgot's.

Stanwick is the one who did that to Urgot (minus the claw and some other stuff, Urgot was pretty fucked up before he died in the first place).

And as a Viktor main/lore nerd, I will have to burn Riot if Viktor ACTUALLY made this guy. Viktor doesn't even use chemicals and stuff like in the video, he's all about machinery and metal, not green goo. I love the idea that Stanwick framed it on Viktor as well.

And by the way, Viktor does have a lot of followers that he augmented with extra parts, so if I were Ekko I'd definitely think it was Viktor too.

NeoJusteBelmont5/14/2015, 5:54:49 AM3 votes

While I know Viktor has his fans, I find it baffling that people would just tone down his actions in the name of 'Glorious Evolution'. Yes, I recognize that Viktor had his research stolen by Stanwick, but he retaliated by trying to turn people into machines, because he himself feel better as machines. Now, in the eyes of many people in Runeterra, who doesn't know what Viktor went through, the act of turning people into robots are NOT a pleasant and understandable act, they still like their humanity, flaws and all. So it's no wonder that in their eyes, Viktor IS that feared B-Movie villain.

Ekko had quite a lot of rights to say that Viktor is a problem of Zaun, because no sane human would agree on being turned into Viktor's automaton. Doesn't matter how Viktor feels, Ekko is human and still takes pride in it, imperfection and all.

This is also why Jayce stands opposed to Viktor, though I agree that his lore rework was necessary, he's still very much a hero.

Viktor just reminds me a lot with Diana, AKA someone with very dangerous thoughts getting a lot of Draco In Leather Pants treatment and then giving them free pass to do whatever just so they get their own share of justice, and painting their opposition as badly as possible (Jayce and Leona, respectively). At all cost. Yes, Viktor not being petty is great, but people seems to just love treating him completely as someone who is just being ignored and just wants to prove himself, and everyone, willing or not, should just join his 'Glorious Evolution', discarding their humanity. Who wants their humanity removed anyway? ... Aside of Viktor.

GreenLore5/13/2015, 11:48:08 PM1 votes

Pretty much had a similar theory about the brute http://boards.na.leagueoflegends.com/en/c/story-art/qtPEOEbQ-theory-about-ekkos-timemachine-and-the-brute

So yeah I think the brute might have been sent by Piddly and not Viktor. But I'd think it is easily possible that Ekko simply hates both Viktor and Piddly(and he merely doesn't have any quotes about Piddly,because piddly isn't a champion)