Arcane fans react to Kin of the Stained Blade! | League of Legends

[@CarlieAndAnge]

One of our Patreon members is Jonathan Fuller, a Senior Champion Designer at Riot Games! He designed the amazing Yone in these videos along with many more champions in the world of Runeterra. Drop him a follow on twitter guys! twitter.com/endlesspillows?lang=en He's also said he's open to answering any questions you guys have on Yone and the cinematics we just watched, so drop them down below :)

[@erenbaran8184]

Where is the Call though ^^

[@gerbie42]

So cool that Jonathan is one of your Patreon members. The people at Riot Games are killing it!

[@koirvne]

Would like to know what's the inspiration on the masks~

[@UgyBoogie]

I would really like to know more about Yone's mask collection and what inspired that!

[@EggplantEmperor]

I would like to ask him why did he designed a super broken character XD

[@thecyrax3407]

Both the fox and the woman at the end is Ahri, but the fox is Ahri's Spirit Blossom skin, in which she guides the souls of those who died to peace, but she never forces them to come with her. The monster Yone fought is an Azakana, a demon born of negative feelings and thoughts. Yone has indeed merged with him, and this allowed him to escape death (and also gave him a spirit sword, the red one). Yone starts to hunt for Azakanas and one of them coincidentally tried to trap Yasuo to become stronger. Yasuo and Ahri travel to Bilgewater, and participate there in the story of another Riot's game, The Ruined King.

[@Mraeth8n]

Thanks for the insight!

[@itssolen]

To be more klear ^^ the Spirit Blossom Realm is the Reals Souls go after death in Ionia and their Cultural Idea of it ... and The Fox (even if its Ahris Ingame Skin) is more a Representation of Ahris Vastaya Trybe, wich there were more in Ionia a long Time Ago. Ahri herself is Searching for Relics or leftovers of her Trybe because they Disappeared somehow. (more of that in the Ruined King game where she finds some Answers) So The Fox is a Vesani Vastaya (thats the Tribe Ahri is from) because they are from Ionia. The Foxes Goal after Death is to guide the Souls to the Tree you could see befor Yone got Sidetracked by the Demos Lure.

[@Arberin]

I don't think the fox at the beginning is Ahri... She's not really the "guide you to your afterlife" type, more the "I wish I didn't have to devour your essence" type

[@marlenesousa2402]

@@Arberin it is her :) in Spirit Blossom's lore

[@noox13]

The fox is not Ahri, sure she has a Spirit Blossom skin but the Spirit Blossom characters are Ionian myths not the characters we already know.

[@N___03]

i am totally here for league Cinematic Universe. the lore is so rich, Arcane basically still a baby step.

[@javierrojas5757]

So accurate

[@anthonyhernandez6111]

Do you like valorant too? Their cinematics are amazing

[@swordw1612]

@@pluie6742 Same! Aren't they going to focus on the void event this year? I am super excited to see more cinematics from the riot!!!!

[@kenjutsukata1o1]

I just hope they're willing to commit all-in. Piltover/Zaun has the most "grounded" setting and characters (fantastical, but not as out there as the other areas). I want to see dragons, demons, the void, powerful mages, anime-level martial arts, etc. I assume they started with Piltover/Zaun to ease people into the setting instead of dumping full fantastical right at the start, but the fact that the second season seems like it's going to be a lot more of Piltover/Zaun has me a bit worried. Especially if the series has a really long wait time between seasons.

[@jcon2060]

@@kenjutsukata1o1 I want to watch a movie in the theatres with Aurelion Sol in it. I'm jk, but I always thought he had an interesting design.

[@saveion106]

To clear things up the best I can, Yasuo killed Yone. the scene we see in the first cinematic was a fox guiding Yone to the light and he got distracted and took the dark path. the spirit that bit his face is the only reason he is able to maifest in the real world

[@CarlieAndAnge]

Yeah I say that later 😊

[@neutralplayeroflol5722]

That's an Azakana, demons born from negative human thoughts, these demons are nothing compared to the other demons like Tahm and Evelynn, especially the demon who consumed the 9 primal demons which goes by a fairytale name "FiddleSticks"

[@saveion106]

@@CarlieAndAnge I don't think this has to be said but keep making more videos, I'm looking forward to these

[@ramyeon9520]

I believe the first cinematic is actually about an ionian legend depicting another character. It just follows a similar storyline / situation to yone's. The same way how the fox isn't actually Ahri. (He does show up at the end though since he followed the same path as spiritblossom "yone").

[@hattrihanzo3595]

@@ramyeon9520 you're correct. In the video they're just like incarnations/interpretations of the champs we all know to make it familiar physically, but all of them are an Ionian myth that represents something(sorry if bad english)

[@TheBroGamer14082]

Fun fact: that last scene in Kin of The Stained Blade actually leads to Ruined King: A League Of Legends Story. A turn based game set in Bilgewater with Yasuo and Ahri as 2 of main characters.

[@kenjutsukata1o1]

I adore that they're branching out so much with the IP. Ruined King was so fun, and I'm really looking forward to the fighting game.

[@TheBroGamer14082]

@@kenjutsukata1o1 I got RK a few weeks ago but I haven't gotten around to it yet because I got it around the same time that I started getting back into No Man's Sky XD

[@fred321]

Summary of Yasuo's story: Yasuo was a very talented Ionian swordsman, and mastered a wind technique. During Ionia's invasion by Noxus, Yasuo was supposed to protect his school and his master, but he wanted to fight in the war. He abandoned the school, and his master was killed by another's wind techinque. When Yasuo returned, everyone assumed he had killed his master, so he became a wanted man. While fleeing, his brother Yone found him, they fought and Yasuo killed Yone. After death, Yone's spirit didn't get to rest, so he is still around. At the end of the last cinematic, it was indeed Ahri. They're arriving in Bilgewater for the events in the Ruined King game. That's a story rich game, so I highly recommend you guys play it eventually.

[@katchii93]

thanks for this! i don’t play LoL at all and only knew bits and pieces of the lore pre and post-Arcane. but ive been eyeing Ruined King and now i’m more hyped to get it 😆

[@blakerichey2425]

Riven is the one who is responsible for the death of Yasuo's master. It was entirely by accident and Riven repents for it in the story "The Confessions of a Broken Blade" where she eventually comes face to face with Yasuo. It's a magnificent story, but sadly it never got a cinematic.

[@colpul2103]

@@blakerichey2425 Riven and Katarina are my two favorite characters in the League universe.

[@jhughes4707]

they actually ret-conned that bit about Riven and elder Souma which is disappointing tbh.

[@masterofpuppets7586]

@@katchii93 Same with me. I'm a desaster in LoL. Ruined King is something completely else. You do even have the opportunity to play in a story mode or avoid battles if you are just in for the lore. I would also highly recommend Legends of Runeterra. Its a card game but there are also many interactions between the champions. And especially for Arcane they created the path of champions which is also a story mode for the main Arcane champions. Nice community, not toxic! 😉👍

[@star646star4]

Yone died and entered the spirit blossom. The Spirit Blossom Festival is an ancient and celebrated time in Ionia, when the door to the spirit world is opened, the dead return to their loved ones, and spirits of all manner turn their eyes towards the living. From the benevolent Kanmei, to the obsessive Akana-their stories play out again and again, like shadows on a paper lantern. Yone kills an akana and when he woke up he is back in the real world. Ahri is a Kanmei. Yas can airbend. Ahri was the one that was with yas at the end and it links to the game the ruin king, which leads to the ruination. Yone went to seek yasuo cause yas's master died and yas was meant to look after him, Yone thought that his brother was killed his mater so went to seek him. Yas is protecting Ahri, Ahri is looking for something and grabbed yas as a bodyguard.

[@CarlieAndAnge]

Thanks for this!

[@andretarrobal1964]

The Spirit Blossom is just one of the stories/myths of Ionia, like the Blood Moon and Order of the Lotus. That is not Yone.

[@GenjiGencyandOverwatch]

You actually fucked up here. From what we know we can say "Akana" is basicly "Demon" or "Bad spirit" in Ionian language. But Yone is hunting Azakana, a lower tier demons. They are too weak to be true demons like Evelynn or Fiddlesticks and they are more like parasites until they get strong enought to became true demons, these don't need people to survive but need them to feed on thier emotions

[@star646star4]

@@GenjiGencyandOverwatch The thing is I never said Akana was demons neither did I mention demons.

[@GenjiGencyandOverwatch]

@@star646star4 " Yone kills an akana and when he woke up he is back in the real world." You fucked up here. Yone didn't kill or even fought against Akana but Azakana. Also he did not kill it, from his story we know he can feel like it's moving inside the mask he has on his face. So now he's hunting down all Azakana trying to find the name of the demon that attacked him in the Spirit realm hoping he will be able to seal it and finally find peace.

[@rimurutempest4945]

Love how they went full anime lmao. Also, the next region they need to do a show on has definitely got to be Ionia. The visuals and scenery are so distinct from Piltover and Zaun that it will stand out, it has a very interesting lore, and the spirit realm and spirits are something the could be very great to explore.

[@CarlieAndAnge]

Completely agree!

[@PanyikPatrik]

Well it can happen, but it wont be in the near future, Arcan s2 is confirmed, and it is still in Zaun and Piltover, with WW.

[@CrazyCircles1]

If we get an Ionian story it will probably involve Zed and Shen, since that is the most fleshed-out storyline. You saw Shen in the clip with Akali.

[@severedproxy]

Since Vi and Jinx weren't the most fleshed out storyline, but got chosen for Arcane. I think they might go with Yasuo Riven. Less established lore means they can play around more with the story. But that's just my speculation and you may be right.

[@CrazyCircles1]

@@severedproxy Most stories have been remade. The lore used to be that, you the player is one of the summoners who control imprisoned legendary champions. That's why Fiddlesticks had his key around his neck, he used to be so powerful that he was the only one allowed to come and leave when he wants to. Now it has been remade, the key is gone, stolen by Zoey for unknown reasons. Jinx has had her storyline since she came out, sister of VI, criminal and insane. There was even a special buff when those faced off on the Rift. Granted, there was little known about the interpersonal relationship between those two. But with every change and rework there has been stuff added to her lore. My guess is that the next storyline will be around Noxus. Would be the smoothest transition since there is Noxian presence in the current Season. Most likely Swain, Leblanc, Vladimir - the big names.

[@severedproxy]

@@CrazyCircles1 Oh don't worry, I've played since beta and I have all the lore, including screenshots of the journals of justice, and yes the lore has been remade for the Nth time, but I still find it pretty understandable when it's changed. The Vi and Jinx lore being sisters was more of context clues than a clear cut story so just because we speculated it doesn't mean it was confirmed, but oh the clues they left were maddening since it was 99% confirmed and we only needed the official confirmation. The fact that arcane is it's own universe also helps. Especially with all the changes they did to the history of the city including changing the mentor of Jayce and Viktor to Heimer and Singed instead of Pididly and turning Jayce into the creator of hextech. Because in the lore Hextech was already established before he even started school. I agree that the next story is Noxus related since they're the ones who have been foreshadowed since the arrival of Ambessa and might then lead to the invasion of Ionia once they get the assistance from Zaun. Still contemplating on who Kino crossed, was it Swain, Darius, Boram or du Coteau? edit: sorry for the bad english, fixed some that I caught but english isn't my first language so I hope my message is clear and isnt confusing, have a great day.

[@kyracaral1804]

severedproxy I bet Irelia will be one of the mains too- her backstory makes her a perfect POV protagonist, like Vi, Jinx, and Jayce in Arcane. She and Riven have always been portrayed as parallels (like in their Wild Rift trailer), even if they haven’t shared a story in the canon lore yet. And if you bring in Irelia, you have to bring in Swain....god, I can’t wait for Riot to release that series.

[@Merilirem]

@@CrazyCircles1 Lol Zoey.

[@Genelere]

Just to confirm what you said at the end of Kin of the Stained Blade, the girl talking with Yasuo is Ahri. They're heading to Bilgewater, and that adventure is explored in Ruined King - A League of legends Story, which is a turn-based RPG, along with other League champions as well, Braum, Miss Fortune, Pyke, and Illaoi.

[@zeifercrooz]

Im playing it, and there's more caracters (Gankplank, Maokai, Etc)

[@presidentjesus5063]

Mates, I hardly ever see anyone reacting to the *League Animation Workshop* series. It's amazingly raw but short and digestible. I hope it's in your League watch list!

[@CarlieAndAnge]

We’ll note it down 😊

[@presidentjesus5063]

@@CarlieAndAnge You guys are awesome!

[@craze1018]

fantasic reaction! To explain, the first is about Ionian mythology about the spirit world. The man being guided through the spirit world is Yone. The creature is Yone's demon manifested (it mimics his movements as he resents having died with regrets). When he conquers his demon. it latches onto him and suspends him between life and death, which is why he shows up "alive" at the end. The old man is a demon as well. Demons in the Runeterra world feed on life essence spawned from emotions, with lesser demons being more niche with what they feed on. For example, Fiddlesticks is a primordial demon of fear; he feasts on fear. This demon is feeding on Yasuo's guilt, which is why his dialogue is so focused on mocking him, and grows stronger the more Yasuo falls into his guilt. When the old man demon speaks to Yone, he says "it's no use, hunter. If he lives, I will return." This is about how even if the demon is thwarted, Yasuo's guilt will simply draw him back in, so Yasuo needs to let go of his guilt in order to conquer the demon, which he doesn't even recognize until he comes to terms with what he's done. I hope that helps!

[@CarlieAndAnge]

It does! Thanks 😊

[@hrthusagar]

Kin of the Stained Blade is definitely my favorite cinematic of all LoL. It's so well done... the music, the visuals and the story. It's absolutely beautiful!!

[@r3dr4t37]

can we just appreciate some of these deep quotes? "there is always another fight. finding it proves nothing" chills ...

[@CarlieAndAnge]

Even the script is good!!!

[@a.a677]

yone is the best

[@spicydubu]

im really enjoying yalls reaction! great job guys! please keep it coming!!

[@CarlieAndAnge]

Thanks! 😊

[@emrek.1768]

I am a big league fan for about 11 years. Game and the lore was different 11 years ago but now I see people who start to learn about the lore and then they realize champions and other stories. It just makes me watch videos again and again. It is just fantastic. Thank you so much for league videos.

[@CarlieAndAnge]

Aww no problem! Thanks for watching 😊

[@shimura2699]

As a proud young man, he was falsely accused of murdering his master-unable to prove his innocence, he was forced to slay his own brother in self-defense. In time, his master’s true killer was revealed, and his brother mysteriously returned from death, yet Yasuo still could not forgive himself for all he had done. Now, he wanders the world with only the wind to guide his blade.

[@zirty4215]

Basically the guy who merged with demon (Yone) is trying to find what his mask is and what he half-become so thats why he is “hunting” other demons (Azakanas) to find what he actually is. Also these demons has their own ranking and one of the strongest Azakanas are other champions inculded in League universe and thats Fear - Fiddlesticks and Lust - Evelynn, also Yone and Yasuo were fighting because Yasuo should have stayed with his master and take care of him but he left to help others fight with Nexus. Meanwhile his master was accidentally killed by another champion from universe called Riven, she came to this master for help bcs she wanted to stop fighting for Noxus when she realized what they bring to Ionia (they brung deadly poison created by another league champion Singed) league universe is just soooo huge and i love what it had become, cant wait for upcoming MMORPG Game that will be in Runeterra world.

[@szucsi991]

You should watch Awaken. The cinematic contains a bit of Noxus, Piltover and Ionia aswell.

[@perthlibao1891]

Hi Carlie and Ange! I've been following your channel for over a month now and I have to say, this is hands down THE BEST REACTION channel I have ever come across over many years. I love the way you guys get into the nitty gritty details of everything, and you really try and care and create connections about the surroundings of the situation and the people involved in it. My favourite reaction videos so far is "All of Us Are Dead" and your "Arcane" and "League" cinematic videos. You guys are so entertaining, I've never clicked on a video so fast! You two are amazing human beings and I'm wishing you the best for your channel!

[@CarlieAndAnge]

Oh wow 🥺thats so sweet! Thank you so so much ❤️ we’re so glad you enjoy the videos 😊

[@ervincastneme]

The first animation was yone, Yasuo's brother, he was dead because yasuo kills him, the fox is the representation of the guy that guide you when you are death in the Ionian culture, but btw he comes back to the real world as a mix of human and a creature, that hunts demons, so that creature is the thing that attaches to him at the last.

[@CarlieAndAnge]

Ahhh okay sweet!

[@Denden-mx9gl]

Been waiting for kin of the stained blade! I really love playing Yasou in League, he is really fun to play.

[@somethingwrong2701]

I was about to comment this cinematic for you to react after you guys reacted to Arcane Season 2, you guys are awesome!

[@KEI23675]

If you guys are asking who Ionia was at war with, well who else but our favorite Noxus 😆

[@CarlieAndAnge]

Yeah I think we came to that conclusion eventually. Theyre not popular there at Noxus…

[@KEI23675]

@@CarlieAndAnge Ionia really doesn't like Noxus 😆. Pretty sure they invaded twice

[@shadydickson3398]

@@KEI23675 no one likes Noxus tbh

[@CorpseStarchEnjoyer]

@@shadydickson3398 lol i do, when they started killing selfish nobles and greedy high rank soldiers, I knew darius and swain wanted noxus to be a better place for every noxians even slaves, that was why they have no slaves anymore. Unlike demacian swines that keep torturing and killing their own people, also demacians still have a lot of slaves.

[@Zelphyn]

@@CorpseStarchEnjoyer they both have their filth. Even Darius wages war on different places and killing innocent people whose just defending their home

[@viggo6607]

"It's a low blow to come you know during his therapy time" hahahahaha that had me laughing so loud

[@Amplefire]

Glad ya'll watched this one. IMO this cinematic is one of the most narrative heavy ones Riot produced. I'm glad Ange was able to put things together to the point where he got a lot of his hunches correct. Yasuo was framed for killing his master and Yone was sent to avenge their master. Yasuo was running until he had no choice but to fight his brother and ended up killing him. Yone was possesed by an 'Azakana' demon in the spirit world and ended up coming back to life as a hunter. At the end of the video, the girl is Ahri. Both her and Yasuo are on their way to Bilgewater which sets up the Ruined King arc and video game. Which IMO leads to the second most narrative heavy cinematic called "Ruination'. This event is basically an ''Avengers' level battle where Champions from different regions team up to fight a threat. Hopefully y'all watch that one soon.

[@CarlieAndAnge]

Ahhh great! Thanks for clarifying 😊and yes, slowly piecing things together. Loving it so far!

[@reichtanglevictor1694]

@@CarlieAndAnge you guys should definitely react to the ruined king game! Maybe not the entire thing but maybe all the cutscenes?

[@Fatmanralphy]

So a few explanations, the first video was essentially the Ionian spirit world. I can't remember the exact details of the myths, but there were a bunch of skins created after them. So the fox wasn't ahri, but she did get a skin themed after it. Yasuo's backstory is that he was assigned to protect his old master during the Ionian war with Noxus, but he left and came back to find him dead via some kind of wind technique. Because of this, he was assumed to have killed him and flees, hence Yone is pursuing him during the flashbacks. He's been seeking redemption ever since, and the end of the cinematic sets up the recent single player Ruined King game, which features Yasuo, Ahri, Braum, Miss Fortune, Pyke & Illaoi in Bilgewater & the Shadow Isles.

[@presidentjesus5063]

8:40 "Apologies, Ofa" *Ofa* is ionian for *elder*

[@psychotigck]

was actually waiting for this one !

[@MegaCoupie]

Ooooo been looking forward to this something nice to watch on the way home from work

[@NapoleonSoares]

Yasuo is an incredibly popular champion in league for how "cool" he is, but kin of the stained blade makes him (and his brother) much more likeable and well rounded characters.

[@TUTU-vn6qt]

love your reacts!!, hugs from brasil

[@CarlieAndAnge]

Thanks! 😊❤️

[@herbomontenegro8738]

I don't know why or how, but it became a very enjoyable habit to see your reactions to the different contents of league of legends, I just love seeing this. Greetings from Argentina! 🙋‍♂

[@CarlieAndAnge]

Hey thanks so much! ❤️🇦🇷

[@johnsiefson8141]

Im so hyped for the next reactions too. There are still some bangers left

[@CarlieAndAnge]

Heaps to come!

[@RtGFuSiOn]

2:18: It is indeed Ahri (EDIT: apparently it's not Ahri, it's a spirit that guides the dead. In-game there is a skin where Ahri becomes that spirit) 5:45: Yone, became half demon 13:20: You got it Ange =) 17:18: It's Ahri These two are one of my favourite stories/cinematics. Really enjoying your reactions.

[@CarlieAndAnge]

Thanks! 😊

[@nobledmarlin17]

No it isn't ahri, actually an ionian diety or spirit.

[@erikkud.2660]

​@@nobledmarlin17 its skin lore, so it is ahri

[@carpediem3991]

@@erikkud.2660 He's talking about the fox at the beginning, that wasn't Ahri...

[@sergioguerreromerlo8847]

@@carpediem3991 Is ahri, see the skin when she running.

[@Merteeeee]

The "teaser" at the end was a tease for the new game the "Ruined King" game by Riot. Those two headed to Bilgewater are in the game too. :)

[@Blaueswunder_]

First of all, I wanna say how much I love watching you reacting to league stuff. Arcane was great, obviously, but as a guy of many, who thinks league's lore has so much potential and so many stories to tell, it's just wonderful to see other people getting into this too. Also, Ionia is such an astonishing place because of many different reasons. It's a part of the world in conflict with itself on many levels: It's kinda isolated, incredibly rich in mythology and also history. It's kinda different to many other regions because of their people's bonding to nature, beliefs and magic, but has to deal with the fact that the world is changing, that people's view upon magic is changing and they have to deal with a war, which leads Ionia to re-defining it's values. To be fair, every region of leagues world "runeterra" is great, but Ionia is truly something special. Now, about the videos you reacted to... There is so much about these two videos to say, because they are truly important for some league events aswell as some popular characters and their stories, but also because they expand the Ionian lore in such a great, spectacular way. Also, I'm not that deep in the league lore myself, so I'm probably not the best person to explain this to you or anyone else. If you wanna learn more about these characters and the grounding Ionian backround story, you can watch the Explanations by Necrit, a famous youtuber best known for his knowlegde about the league lore. The videos would be "Yone & Yasuo Cinematic explained" aswell as "The Lore of 'The Path' Animated Trailer Explained". Although I think they are not really fitting for reacting on, just watch them if you like :) Thank you so much for your content, guys. Stay safe and never stop League reactions ^^

[@CarlieAndAnge]

Aww thanks so much! We’ll keep them coming 😊

[@aleksandrshaitor1563]

In the end the girl with a cape was Ari , and btw there is a game that came not long ago called "Ruined King " where we can see continue of journey for these two characters.

[@jorgeperezperez623]

Let's put some facts. Yasuo and Yone are brothers by blood. Yone and Yasuo enters a sword academy when they were younger. They became the best students of the great elder souma (one of the best swordsman in Ionia), Yasuo was the best student and he was ordered to protect elder souma during the 1st noxian invasion, Yasuo didn't follow the order and go out to fight the noxians, elder souma was murdered because of that. Everyone taught it was Yasuo who killed him, and when Yone heard that went after Yasuo, Yone fought Yasuo and was killed by Yasuo (leaving Yasuo with a huge trauma), Yone was sent to the afterworld but he was attacked by a minor demon called an azakana (the monster that attacked him in the first cinematic), Yone defeated him but the azakana merged with him, granting Yone some abilities like the capacity of traveling between the material realm and the spiritual realm. Yone became a demon hunter, (no matter how much damage a demon get he wouldn't die by injuries the only way to kill a demon it's saying his name) Yone it's looking the name of the azakana with he has merged to become free of him. And yes the girl at the end that was with Yasuo in the boat it was ahri (ahri is a ionian astaya, the vastaya are a very powerful race that live in all runeterra) ahri recently came back with his tribe (ahri was looking for his tribe) and accept herself as a vastaya (the story of ahri tells us that she fell in love with a human, but due to her nature she lost control of herself and eat his boyfriend soul killing him). Ahri formed a team to take on the ruined king (from the ruination cinematic, not gonna explain too much for not making you spoilers), the team she built was ahri, Yasuo, braum, illaoi, pyke, miss fortune and braum. Hope I solve some of your questions.

[@CarlieAndAnge]

Yes you have, thanks! 😊

[@KrillixKai]

At the end, that was definitely Ahri. I only just noticed, rewatching with you guys that "Kin of the Stained Blade" leads up to the Ruined King video game. I haven't played that one yet, saving it for when I complete Hextech Mayhem.

[@yusufhidayatulloh]

2 things that never disappoint, League cinematics and anyone who reacts to it

[@ketch1169]

So to help clear up what I can, the 1st cinematic was the spirit blossom reveal because we had an event in game for it, but the cinematic shows what happened to Yone’s soul after Yasuo killed him in the 2nd cinematic. The fox leading Yone’s soul in the afterlife is indeed Ahri (that’s also her spirit blossom skin in game) The whole point of the 1st cinematic was for Ahri to lead him into the afterlife, but he still has guilt that stayed with him and that’s the dark path we saw in the cinematic. If you look closely, above the dark path entrance was a purple lantern that lit up when Yone passed it and that was Thresh’s spirit blossom Lantern (he was an antagonist in the event that went against Ahri) basically Yone had so much unfinished business that he couldn’t let go and it sort of put him in a limbo state where he isn’t allowed to move on fully to the afterlife like Ahri was trying to guide him to, but he isn’t fully alive either despite being able to manifest in the real world. He’s now a spirit that will linger in Ionia until the Spirit blossom time fades which then closes the gap between the Spirit Realm and the real world until some time passes and it reopens once again. (All of this was explained in the ingame game). In the 2nd cinematic, Yasuo is running because their master was murdered and everyone thinks it was him, but in reality it was another girl named Riven (who does appear in the Awaken cinematic, just look for the girl with short, white hair that fights with the green sword) and at the end of the of the 2nd cinematic, Yasuo is on the boat with Ahri and they are heading to Bilgewater. This is a setup for the Role playing game that was released on console where Ahri and Yasuo explore Bilgewater together and I do believe they end up falling in love with one another, but their paths take them in separate directions. Hope this helped 😊

[@aurelionsol8901]

I'm so hyped and can't wait to see you watching "The Call"

[@slaveybatev6039]

OMG! I was waiting for you guys🤩🤩🤩

[@KingKaiju58]

To understand Kin of the Stained Blade you must know Yasuo's backstory. During the Noxian Invasion, many orders banned together to fight them back. Yasuo's & Yone's order also participated, they use wind techniques to fight but Yasuo being the star pupil & strongest was tasked with protecting the Elder Souma. Well being a hot head & stubborn, Yasuo left one evening to slay a Noxian garrison that attacked a village near their temple. Unbeknownst to anyone another character named Riven deserted the Noxian army & wanted Souma's help to shatter her runic blade & clear herself of her past. But the in the success, a stray shard hit Souma in the neck killing him. Riven fled & because of the wind marks left on Elder Souma's body Yasuo was blamed for his murder. Now on the run he had no choice but to slay his pursuers, many of which were fellow students & friends if he wanted to survive to prove his innocence. Unfortunately for Yasuo, Yone was one of these pursuers. And that when the first flashback starts. The Old man is an Azakana who wanted to feed on Yasuo's guilt & sorrow. Azakana are on the lowest tier of Demon. But as demons can grow stronger by feeding it is thought that even a high ranking demon like Fiddlesticks & the 10 Kings probably started as a Azakana. Yone killed him by not only stabbing him but by saying his name: Kuro'sagol. Which allowed him to seal him in a mask he placed on his hip. As he has become a Azakana Hunter like Kai'sa is a Void Hunter. Ahri is the one at the end, she hired Yasuo to be her bodyguard. Later in the Ruined King game they fall in love, but Ahri's predatory nature is hindering it.

[@CarlieAndAnge]

Thanks heaps!

[@KingKaiju58]

@@CarlieAndAnge No problem.

[@azeem1597]

These cinematics precede The Ruined King game. I suggest you react to some of the Ruined King cinematics. Ruined King opening cinematic Ruined King official announcement trailer

[@EspadaUlkiora]

The Ruined King - an RPG game with a LOT of Lore (of Ahri, Yasuo, a little bit of Yone, about Bildgewater and Shadow Islands) Kin of the Stained Blade - is a teaser for that game. That was Ahri at the end.

[@eyiri7504]

For your information, the end scène (with Ahri) is a teaser for the game "Ruined-King, a League of Legends story" (which by the way, have good cinematics too)

[@DemonShade500]

Im so glad to see you guys reacted to the cinematica i recommanded you i couldn't be happier! 🥰 So the lore is basicly this: in ionia there are little demons (not like fiddlesticks which is a great demon) these are azakana which like to feast on different emotions until they become a greater demon (think of them as parasites). When war hits ionia, Yasuo is tasked to protect his and his brother's (Yone) master but he failed doing so and their master dies, yasuo gets blamed for that and everybody in the village sees yasuo as the one who murdered their master (even yone). When yasuo meets yone they fight and yasuo wins (killing yone in the fight). Spirit blossom is a very special tradition in Ionia that happens every few years when the spirit blossoms bloom; because people can talk to their lost ones (the spirit of a deceased gets traped in a flowers and when these floweres bloom the living can talk with them). In the first cinematic think of that as a purgatory, the nine tailed fox (which yes its Ahri 😂) is the protector of souls which has to lead them to safety and move on with their spirit life i guess. But yone gets lured by Thresh (he isn't the canonical Thresh this is how he is pictured in the Ionian myth which he should be representing the Collector, and ahri represents The Guardian), there you can see his azakana and when he defeats it he is resurected (somehow? Even us dont know how that works 😂) but what we do knoe is that when he defeted his azakana in the spirit realm, the azakana had time to infuse with yone (therefore the mask) and now yone wonders all around Ionia hunting down azakanas and cleansing ionia from them (ghost busters who? 😂) Yasuo felt guilty for killing yone and wanted to talk with him badly this is why he went to this festival. What he didnt know tho is that when yone fought Yasuo, he was infected by an azakana. And the rest is pretty self explanatory in the second cinematic (the first one was pretty confusing and felt that it needed some explanations) At the end when you see ahri they are going to bilgewater ti fight the black mist and viego (this is something i recommand aswell for you guys to watch all the ruination cinematics they are so well done)

[@BruddaWhat]

The Ionian Legend from the first video shows us the fate of the big brother tempted by negative emotions (vengeance in this case), this goes deep in the Spirit Blossom event (which is kinda Dia de los Muertes in Ionia) but essentially Yone is one embodiment of the "big brother" from the legend. It is not 100% confirmed that it is Yone's journey we see in the cinematic but it may be. As for the 2nd cinematic (obv peak btw): -The elder turned demon is called an "Azakana", these are demons who feed on very specific negative emotions (Yasuo's case being guilt of killing a relative) -Yone's current form is a hunter of said demons. -The Azakana are the very bottom feeders / side liners in the demon hierarchy BUT they do have a Pokemon-ish evolution system where they can become stronger the more they feed on their specific emotion, the stronger they become, the more control they have over the emotion they feed on..(ex: you can go from guilt of doing X to Y straight to pure guilt) -Huge skip ahead in this rant.. the pinnacle of the emotions demons feed on is Fear itself, that is to say all lesser demons are derived from the demons of Fear Now here's the interesting part.. It could be that Fiddlesticks IS one of the demons that feed on fear itself (this is based on a demon hierarchy pic riot released and Yone's in-game interaction with Fiddle which says "What ancient horror is this? Is... is this what an Azakana could become?!" - but you can find out this and more on Necrit's channel, best LoL lore source ever unpaid plug-). If this gets confirmed, even more interesting questions / info come into light; Fiddlesticks calls himself "first of ten" are there 9 other "pinnacle" demons in existence, old as time and horror af? Cause Yone is a DEMON HUNTER and he seems terrified of just one. TL:DR for 2nd cinematic: Yone and Fiddlesticks might have an encounter veeeeeery far into the future, or at least it's a plot line worth exploring - but were it to happen now Yone would vanish before Fiddle even gets a chance to record his last words-

[@emubeatbox3733]

You guys are literally one of my favorite reactors, I've been loving your reaction since you guys started watching Arcane, and I've got really interested to your content, these videos are just making my day way better than I ever thought they would be 🙂❤️

[@CarlieAndAnge]

Oh wow thats so great! We’re glad we can help. Thanks so much 😊❤️

[@emubeatbox3733]

@@CarlieAndAnge Especially thanks for you guys for making my day better 😁

[@markjade3587]

OH WOW THIS IS FAST!! thanks for reacting to this, Spirit blossoms was one of the biggest evennt in league on 2020,it introduces 2 new characters to the game,yone and lillia,both connected to what Ionia is,and to the event of spirit blossom,yone being yasuos brother(he was actually first released on a different game,the legends of runeterra,the card game) Then he was finally released to league,then lillia,u can actually see her on the first video, remember the first part,where he was walking with that little fox(also yes,that's ahri,it's also a gorgeous skin,spirit blossom ahri) u cut to three background scenes, first is that huge lady statue,that's Cassiopeia,second is that huge cloud wolf,that kindred,that's a skin,an alternate interpretive universe,cause kindred is literally death and in league,u can see them once u die, And then third one,the sleeping statue,that's lillia,she's a centaur,she's born from the bud of the dream tree,her lore in this event is very similar to her actual lore Also the event(spirit blossom) it's a huge event in Ionia,those characters I said,are not them,they're just the ones similar to ionias spirit world, like Cassiopeia, she's in shurima(and noxus) but she has a very similar character to a spirit in Ionia,which is why there's a skib of her there,it's like an alternate universe,while kindred,is well,kindred,she's the same in teh event,like lillia, Also,yone isn't a bad guy,his just hunting azakanas(demons) which is what the old man was,what happened to him to the cinematic is canon,he ended up forging with the demon. I haven't explained everything,and sorry for the long explaination,I'm just extremely happy u guys are doing reactions about league, especially after arcane

[@zephloe]

The old man is an Azakana. A lesser demon in the world of runeterra. Each of them feed off one emotion or feeling. They also latch onto one individual in particular. The old man was feeding off Yasuo's guilt, or perhaps his shame of what hes done. Thats why the video is called "Kin of the stained blade" and part of the ritual is washing the blade clean. Its the blade he killed his brother with. As for Yone, he died, and as he died, the Azakana connected to him (unsure what that one fed on) tried to consume his soul. Instead, Yone somehow fought back, and almost killed the Azakana. This is shown in "The Path" where Yone fights a demon that comes from his own strong emotions. But, the azakana at the last second knew it would lose, and instead fused itself with Yone forcefully. The mask stuck to his face is part of the Azakana's body, and Yone kinda came back from the dead as half-demon. To this day, the azakana tries to bide its time and kill Yone in a moment of weakness, but Yone is using the azakanas powers to kill and seal away other azakana. The reason Yasuo seems to protect the old man for a moment could be because his mind is still being manipulated and only thinks its a old man still. While we as the viewers see it for the monster he is.

[@TheWebberLegacy]

The Girl on the boat is Ahri. Them going to Bilgewater is to explain them being a part of another game called the ruined king, which ties in with the ruination event

[@TheIriidescent]

That cinematic is the prologue of the videogame Ruined King, in Bilgewater

[@nicj8206]

So a couple of things. One is at the end of the first Ionia video, where the guy followed the fox, it ended with the same hill in the background as the one at the beginning of the second video in the background of the village. Neat detail they did. Also, these two videos are a sort of prequel for Yasuo to the Ruined King game I mentioned in a previous video's comments since he enters that game arriving at Bilgewater with yes Ahri.

[@juanmartintroia6190]

For little explanation, as I know Yone is an azakana hunter, the azakanas are demons that gains their powers by the bad emotions of people, the old man was an azakana that manipulated Yasuo to remember his traumas and use this to become stronger, thats why Yone appears, he is a hunter, and thats why the bigger the monster gets, the weaker Yasuo feels, it is consuming him, when he fights back the monster, he fights back all his traumas and demons. The monster also says, "as long he lives i will return" meaning that as Yasuo steel don´t fight his traumas the azakana will come back, and he says "I won´t be the last" too, there are more demons torturing people and Yone hunts him, in the first cinematic you can see a mask in Yone´s "belt" and is because he collects the azakanas he hunts, also when he defeat the old man monster, we can see he have more masks, and obviously the old man´s one. Azakana hunters can´t interfere in other circumstances in the world of the living is they are not related to the azakanas, that´s one of the reasons Yone said "You might deserve death, but not by my hand"

[@unknowndane4754]

So a little scene detail that's quite good in Kin of a Stained Blade. In the beginning when they fight Yasuo says "Your Honour stains the land". If you note the scenery and remember it when we see it as children, then it was lush fields that were filled with life compared to their devestated scene when they fight, the implication that the war caused this devestation and Yone being unable to stop it.

[@lukasF777]

this animation from the beginning of passes more in something like "the afterlife in ionia" the place is so magical and natural that even the afterlife there is different ,. there it tells the story of Ione after death and how he returned fighting an Azakana himself that he awakened with his bad feelings.

[@CarlieAndAnge]

Thanks! 👍

[@kaijingarou6526]

Didn't expect you to do another so soon. Nice surprise!

[@CarlieAndAnge]

There’ll be another in a few days! 😊

[@kaijingarou6526]

@@CarlieAndAnge Want to see the Awaken one. Great videos guys!

[@devincarter8155]

aight summary of the first one story: the main character is yone (yo-nay) this is him after he has died and gone to the spirit realm. he is being led by a fox that shepherds people to the afterlife. Some people like yone are attached to a monster called an azakana, these are demons made out of negative emotions. The azakana usually devour the people they are haunting and take their place in the mortal realm but yone manages to kill his in the spirit realm, waking with the azakanas mask on his face and has indeed become a sort of hybrid. story 2: the main character is yasuo, little brother of yone. Yasuo and Yone were disciples of a school of sword techniques unique to ionia. Yone was the typical duty bound honorable warrior and yasuo a little more free. Yasuo is an unheard of prodigy, mastering techniques with little effort while yone has to work his butt off to get the same result. Yone gets a little jealous of yasuo but is determined to prove himself. Noxus then invades ionia and Yone orders yasuo to stay and fulfil his duty to protect his elderly master despite yasuo's burning desire to protect his land. yasuo leaves to fight and his elder is killed by noxian deserter riven who also uses wind techniques. yasuo is blamed and becomes a criminal. yone then hunts him down and tries to put yasuo down. yasuo kills yone in the fight. his guilt over this produces yasuo's own azakana (the old man) who tries to devour him. Yone returns as a badass half demon and wanders the land killing azakana. with both of their demons slain they move on from their guilt and begin new lives free of burden.

[@alfrzd3140]

The star guardian cinematic line, theyre so cool.

[@kerushii868]

Another great reaction guys, I'm really enjoying them! For the frist video to my understanding it is just a retelling of an Ionian myth with the use of league characters as "actors" in a sense, it isn't Yone's story exactly its just a myth that has similarities to his backstory. The video was made to promote the Spirit Blossom event and skin line. The Fox is Ahri btw, in-game for her spirit blossom skin she'll turn into that fox for certain animations 😄 In the second video, Yone was killed by his brother Yasuo because Yone thought Yasuo was a part of the incident that resulted in their sword teacher/master being killed, and went after Yasuo as a form of "duty" and "honor". Yone's soul was sought out by a lesser demon and he did fight it off but not fully and kinda fused with it, but now with this new power that allows him to stay in the mortal world he goes around fighting those lesser demons like the one that attacked him, that's what him and Yasuo were fighting. Tbh its been a while since I read the stories and bio so please anyone correct me if I'm wrong 🤣 At the end it was Ahri and to me this hinted at Riot's newer game Ruined King: A League of Legends Story. Because Ahri and Yasuo go to bilgewater and team up with characters from there to fight Viego the Ruined King, you'll learn more about him when you watch the Ruined King/Sentinel cinematics.

[@CarlieAndAnge]

Thanks so much! 😊

[@Blackkray777]

Funfact: in the war that yasuo mentioned, the most dangerous person there is actually Singed ( the doctor). Dude committed mass genocide and countless other war crimes by gassing up an entire city. he's also the champion with the most connection to other storylines as a returning character (noxus, ionia, piltover, zaun)

[@PikachuPolice]

Sound like coward who play from dark and don't have the guts to come face to face

[@KunLunKungFu]

LETS GOOOO! I've been waiting for this one! Basically, Yasuo was mistaken as the killer of his master, Elder Souma, the man who taught him the wind technique. Yasuo is something of a generational talent, and the only person to fully unlock the wind technique, which allows him control of wind and air. Anways, Yone and the other students from the school hunt down Yasuo, to try and bring him to justice, while Yasuo tries to seek the true killer. In the end, Yasuo kills every member of the school, and Yone is the last one. What you see here is the continuation of both of their stories, with Yasuo traveling to Bilgewater with Ahri, which leads into the Ruined King game, and the Yone becoming a hunter of the red demon things you saw, Azakana. They are basically malevolent spirits that feed off negativity. He kills the Azakana, and then stores them in the masks you see wrapped around his belt. These two are my most favorite characters in League Lore, and I'm so happy you both like them as much as I do, and want a series as much as I do. Another banger upload! Another one added to the likes column.

[@CarlieAndAnge]

Thanks so much! Yes definitely enjoyed watching these 😊

[@enoughrumble7209]

*thematic ahri reveal* Ange: "Is that kai'sa?" Carlie: "Yeaaaaa!" Me:"Noooooooooo😫" Lmao love the vids, been binging your channel, what a wonderful rabbit hole league is :D

[@Domura]

2:23 This is a skin line video for the Spirit Blossom line, so it's an alternate representation of Ahri. 4:47 It's an Azakana, a lesser demonic entity. Like other demons they feed on negative emotions, though they're not as broad as, say, Evelynn and 'Agony' or Fiddlesticks and 'Fear'. They're very specific, something like 'Obsession turned to malice' or 'Fear of being forgotten'. If you manage to learn an Azakana's true name and defeat them, they can be sealed into masks. Yone collects those masks now. 5:45 So it is a sort of visualization of Yone's story somewhat, partially recounted in the short story 'The Unforgotten'. He was killed in battle with Yasuo over the apparent murder of Elder Souma, a master of the wind technique and teacher to both Yasuo and Yone, at a time when Ionia was at war with Noxus over the latter's attempted invasions. An Azakana had been pursuing Yone for some time, feeding on fleeting bad thoughts and negativity until he died, then took the opportunity to try to claim the rest of his life essence rather than let him continue on to rest in the afterlife. As depicted, Yone defeated it, but in a final act the Azakana did merge with him and the two of them were sent back to the mortal realm, where Yone uses the Azakana blade to reveal the names of other Azakana and defeat them in order to understand what's happened to him and if he can find a way to free himself of this semi-possessed state before the Azakana mask he's forced to wear 'reawakens' and consumes him finally. He's essentially on a quest to find a way to kill himself. Towards the end of the video there, Yone looks to be headed towards Weh'le, which is the name of the town Yasuo and Ahri were departing in the next video. 8:06 Half-brothers. 9:28 "Look at his... get up." Abs. :) 11:23 Yeah, Noxus invaded Ionia as part of their conquest campaign. A bit of a hard endeavour considering Noxus is from the mainland and Ionia is an archipelago. 18:26 It's Ahri. Like another has said, they're on their way to Bilgewater and end up involved in the story of The Ruined King, which is another game that was released recently under Riot's Forge program, where other development studios can create League of Legends/Runeterra games and be published by Riot, and it's one of the first to come out. There's also an Ekko game titled CONV/RGENCE that is due to release sometime this year, so we might get some more neat story out of it. The Ruined King is pretty specifically tied into the lore of Runeterra as it is, so it offers some pretty interesting little details. 19:14 Yasuo did kill Yone, it's just that Yone came back, as one does when they kill a soul-demon that tries to eat their life force at the gates of the afterlife. 19:48 Ahri is ostensibly looking for a man name Ymelo, a craftsman that made some gemstones that her family owns. She's searching for information on them and Ymelo for some purpose. Yasuo is just kind of wandering, though right now he's traveling with Ahri because she was in Weh'le looking for a guard to help protect her, and she was going to Bilgewater for her own purposes at first, though they both get embroiled in The Ruined King once they get there. One thing of interest to note I think I'll bring up at a later point since it'll be more relevant when you actually see the character to have the additional context, but it's related to who is actually responsible for Elder Souma's death. You'll see them whenever you get to the Awaken video, which I would recommend as it's one I particularly like for a lot of character intersections, and also happens to be an absolute masterpiece.

[@CarlieAndAnge]

Oh wow thanks! Big help

[@Namikase_4th]

That's my girl, Ahri she is Vastaya tribes from Ionia. 🦊 Kai'sa she is a girl from Shurima - the Void zone. 👽

[@dylangray1238]

I love watching and hearing your reactions and opinions about the League Champions. It's wonderful to get lost and explore the world of Runeterra together with you guys. It's amazing how I found your channel so early on (I'm usually late in finding great reactors in YT it seems 😅) and seeing how it grows, I still think your channel is so underrated. And not just in League, even your K-Drama reactions are genuine and refreshing. Keep it up guys! Much love from Philippines 💛💛💛

[@CarlieAndAnge]

Aww wow thanks so much! Glad to have you here with us 😊❤️

[@rodelmendoza9024]

Let me explain the situation to you guys. I'm a nerd on this game hahahaha Ionian Noxus War Yasuo is instructed to guard his master while Yone and other Ionians joined the war Yasuo left and joined the war, "you can see on the Awaken video" When Yasuo came back, their Master was killed and evidence is that the master was killed by a Wind style technique and there is only 1 student of the Wind style which is Yasuo making him the suspek. That's why on the first part Yone said "You sworn to protect him(the master) Yasuo fled thinking he is not going to win his case, chased by his brother Yone. Yasuo won and killed Yone and Yone was taken to the spirit world"which is the first video". In the spirit realm, Yone was tempted by the Demon instead of following the Fox (basically Yone went to hell instead of heaven) Yone was told about his failure and guilt on failing to protect his comrades during the war"stated by the statue"you could have saved them"" making Yone fight his demon which is called an Azakana. Yone won but the demon decided to make Yone a Hunter so that the spirit of that demon will not diappear fusing with Yone and being resurected as The Hunter of the Azakana. The demon Yasuo met is being hunted by Yone which is coinsidentally learned that his brothers whereabouts during his hunt. In the end Yasuo accepted his guilt and decided not to run away anymore. Yasuo told Yone to have his revenge, a life for a life, (sepuku, suicide with honor done by samurais) yet Yone decided not to as it is not his destiny anymore and knows that Yasuo is innocent. In the end they are heading to Bilgewater and the continuation of the story is for the game Ruined King. The next event is the Sentinels of Light.

[@CarlieAndAnge]

Oh wow thanks!

[@rodelmendoza9024]

No worries, keep reacting guys when you play and and starting to get used to it, try reacting on Proplayers gameplay. BTW, I heard True Damage will be returning this year.

[@jeniahfernandez3985]

The last part where Ahri and Yasuo are on the boat together and planning to go in BildgeWater is a teaser for the Riot games new game called "The ruined King" which they went to the BildgeWater along with Braum, Illaoi and Miss Fortune to defeat the Ruined king Viego...which is also there's a cinematic about it, it's more on a music video type..

[@trvsh7254]

Just a suggestion, maybe you guys won't check it out but I'll still say what it is, "The lamb and the wolf - Kindred voice lines". I don't know why no one EVER suggests this but maybe it's because it's just a conversation between a lamb and a wolf but I find the conversation very interesting(centered around death). Kindred is a champion from League of Legends which consists of, as I said before, a Lamb and a Wolf.... You'll realize that lamb sounds innocent and kind but yet danger lies there and she knows a lot while wolf sounds gruff but he's so innocent!!🖤

[@presidentjesus5063]

11:00 Ionia is at war with Noxus

[@ducris]

the old man represents his inner demon , thats why he said " as long as he lives , i will return" , his brother had one too but conquered him and became a demon hunter

[@Thesmus]

so some clarifications: the first vid is for a skin for the game, but what's cool is that the characters are story in ionia (so the characters you saw in that animatic are skins, including the fox, which is a skin for ahri) the second vid, not too sure about this but i read that the reason yassuo was protecting the demon was because he still sees the demon as an old man until that point where he says he'll stop running (forgot how he finally saw the demon, but I think when the demon fully formed that's the time yassuo saw him). also that's ahri on the boat with yassuo, teasing for the ruined king game and the ruination event.

[@CarlieAndAnge]

Ahhh great. Thanks!

[@joedimakson7072]

At the ending, it was Ahri!

[@CarlieAndAnge]

Yeah I correct myself later on! 😅

[@KingKaiju58]

The Path is both a skinline trailer & partial reveal of Yone & his Spirit Blossom skin. While the MC (main character) of The Path is a skin for Yone it's lore sets it up to be a old legend of an Ionian Swordsman who died in the past. As a brief summary, when he awakens in the Afterlife he is greeted by a nine-tailed fox, who guided him through several perils on his way to his final rest. Unfortunately, on the literal step to a peaceful afterlife he is tricked off this path. He is shown his failure of his past life & in his rage allows an Azakana (lesser demon) to feed & latch onto him. In the ensuing battle, he is able to turn around the assault & defeat it. But the creature refusing to lose the Azakana corrupts the MC with dark magic infusing itself as a mask on his face. Again while technically not Yasuo this battle basically mirrors his experience & reveals him current day with an Azakana Mask on as well. The Spirit Blossom is not only an event but in lore it's like the Ionian version of Day of The Dead, with people coming from far & wide to talk to their loved ones who passed. All characters in or teased in The Path trailer: Spirit Blossom Yone, the deceased, now resurrected brother of Yasuo. Spirit Blossom Ahri: in Fox form. Spirit Blossom Cassiopeia, Snake Lady who opens her eyes when the MC passes by. Cassiopeia is a Noxian who was cursed when she robbed a Shuriman tomb turning her into a Medusa like character. Spirit Blossom Kindred, the Wolf passing in the clouds behind our MC. Kindred are basically 2 manifestions of Death that used to be one, now known as the Lamb & the Wolf. Lamb is Peaceful end, while Wolf is a Violent end. (Highly recommend you watch their theme & voice lines) Lillia, shape in the side of a hill. Lillia is a Fae Fawn who likes dreams & nature. Spirit Blossom Thresh, the obviously Evil Doorway that led the MC into the Azakana's trap. There's a bunch more not shown in the trailer though so check those out later. Spi

[@tommytommy7535]

hyped to finally see my favorite cinematic ^^ edit: yeah, it gets a bit confusing but in the reaction , people explain the story.

[@CarlieAndAnge]

I think we got there in the end 😅loved it!

[@anomanomom239]

Elements of Annie and Yasuo origins were implemented in Arcane later on. Like falling into fire in Annie and the different animation style as a flashback in Kin of the Stained Blade.

[@CarlieAndAnge]

Yes definitely!

[@diederikhunsche9455]

If you want chills in a short, simple animation, I can highly recommend the Pyke champion teaser

[@kushminister5137]

as a proud yasuo main due to lore i will always smile when i see my brother in game on my team

[@Poluact]

The whole Spirit Blossom was the event exploring League lore in form of Ionian tales and legends so it's not really 1-to-1 canon but rather free interpretation. There also was a visual novel content during this event with stories around different league characters. Kin of the Stained Blade is also a prequel to the game Ruined King.

[@nzothfatherofdream9231]

In the first cinimatic it’s was Yone in the realm of death (he was blonde there just because it’s a game skin for him) , the fox is a spirit that guide him all over the death realm to to light (reincornecion) u may see all a lot spirits that don’t make that way like a guy stuck in the tree or a lot of outher stone people , in the end Yone turned from the path , this demon in the end was born from this pain and regrets that Yone can’t forget for himself , but the demon dont win the fight , so he’s still Yone , but now he is spirit bound between two realms … like a revenge spirit .

[@Zoulkraft]

Id recommend watching the Ruined King Opening Cinematic and Announcement Trailer for more stuff around bilgewater and the shadow isles, its a direct continuation of kin of the stained blade.

[@caiquehc]

I don't know if anyone already told you guys to watch "as we fall", but give it a try. it's a music video which happens to take place in Ionia too! it's just flawless

[@vichokupoxx]

You should see the trailer for "The ruined king" which gives some continuity to these cinematics.

[@BlackMoridin]

Oehh finally get to do a loredump on this one ;) To understand these two cinematics and how they tie into each other, we need to understand Yasuo and Yone's stories, Ionian beliefs, and a little bit of demonology. Yasuo and Yone are brothers, specifically half-brothers. Yasuo was the bastard son of Yone's mother and another man, and because he was so looked down on, he always felt like he had something to prove, and with both their fathers absent from their lives, Yone had to be Yasuo's primary male role model. Fast forward to the Noxian Invasion, and Yone is leaving to fight on the front lines while Yasuo, having mastered a legendary wind technique, is left behind to defend his master. Yasuo goes to fight anyways, and returns to the monastery to find his master dead (it was heavily implied for the longest time that Riven was responsible before it was finally confirmed in the short story "Confessions of a Broken Blade"). Yasuo is blamed for Souma's death, so he goes looking for a way to clear his name before being confronted by Yone in a duel. Yasuo is forced to kill Yone, thus sending Yone's spirit to the spirit world. This is where we have to branch out into multiple different areas of the mythos to tie these two cinematics together, so bear with me. First, Ionian beliefs. The Ionians believe that when you die, your soul gets sent to the spirit world, where a spirit guides your soul to a special flower where the living can commune with you that only opens once every year. However, souls can stray from this path, where others spirits can trap you in an endless cycle of torment where you relive your worst memories. Yone's soul almost gets trapped in that cycle, but before the loop can be closed, he gets intercepted by a special kind of spirit called an Azakana. Azakana are the lowest form of demon in Runeterra, they latch onto living souls and feed on a particular negative emotion that weighs heavily on a person's mind in the moment. In Yone's case, his Azakana was feeding on Yone's guilt for not taking a more active role in ensuring Yasuo stayed put with Souma. However, Yasuo killed Yone before the Azakana could graduate to full demon, forcing the Azakana to reveal itself sooner than intended to try to devour Yone's soul. Yone fights back and kills the Azakana, but is revived in the real world with the Azakana's mask attached to his face, neither living nor wholly dead. Yone is now hunting these Azakana in the hopes that by trapping them in their own masks, he can understand what he himself has become, thereby freeing him to travel to the afterlife. This pretty much explains "The Path," but there's an added layer in that it shows how the Ionians would tell the story, it doesn't show precisely what happened. Fast forward to the events of "Kin of the Stained Blade," and Yasuo has attracted the attention of another Azakana feeding on Yasuo's guilt for killing Yone. Yone finds Yasuo and helps him defeat the Azakana at the last moment, and Yasuo, believing nothing is left for him to do in Ionia, decides to leave. As they do so, he becomes the bodyguard for Ahri, who's looking for any remnant of her Vastayan tribe, and they travel to the pirate port of Bilgewater, from where they will become central characters in the Ruined King game. This of course was all leading up to Yone's release during the spirit blossom event that League had last year, which was its first major lore event since "The Burning Tide" in 2015. Yone is actually one of the more important characters in the context of the universe due to how tied up he is in the cosmology of the world and of course, demons. He actually has several quotes against demon characters in-game. Also did a lore dump underneath the Warriors video dunno if you saw that one yet ;) Anyway nice vid as always ♥

[@CarlieAndAnge]

Oh wow… and yes we did! Might need to screen shot this! Thanks 😊

[@BlackMoridin]

@@CarlieAndAnge lol I just realized I said last year.... it's like 3 or 4 years ago 🤣 Something about covid has made me lose all track of time

[@raulsauceda7392]

@@BlackMoridin only 2 years he is in 2020.

[@BlackMoridin]

@@raulsauceda7392 damn my bad. I swear the coof lockdowns has my internal clock all messed up

[@grahamburbanck1663]

Another big theme that many people here missed as well, Death works through an entity known as Kindred. Kindred is essentially our grim reaper- split in two. Wolf seeks those who escape death, like the undead. Lamb allows those who pass on peacefully to grace, but mortal selfishness pushes some people to wolves path. Ahri in this was acting as lamb, while the demon was acting as wolf. But "all creatures meet kindred" so they've (the combined entity) "chosen" wolf. fighting against the natural cause of things. Thresh is another big theme and disruptor of the natural balance. All cultures have their own thoughts about Kindred, Ionians have the most accurate idea.

[@maki5301]

Amazing video as always!! Also, Ahri is from Ionia. And her race is called vastaya. Vastayans are like hybrids of human and animals/beasts and they reside in Ionia. Along the way, hopefully, you’ll get to know more of league champs that are vastayans, like sett, xayah, rakan etc.

[@CarlieAndAnge]

Thanks!

[@puppyslime8131]

if you guys wanna learn about specific characters, all of their individual backstories are on the league of legends website along with one or two short story’s! :)

[@CarlieAndAnge]

Yeah we might do a video where we learn about them in the website!

[@blazingbarreljay137]

As for how Yone's powers work, Asauchi (Ah- Sah-Ooh-Chi) are spirits who eat the dead's souls but when Yone died and one tried to eat his, Yone fought back with his will power and took the Asauchi's body instead. Since he is a spirit, he can manifest how he wants to and he is supposed to consume spirits to survive but nothing stopping him from consuming other Asauci instead and he uses his sword as a fang and turns his consumed asauchi into masks. At one point the priest said if you kill me Yasuo dies too, Yone just kept the priest's soul in a mask.

[@ariochiv]

"Spirit Blossom" is a line of skins (an alternate universe of sorts) with a Japanese cherry blossom festival theme featuring Ahri, Yasuo, and Yone among others. In the first video are alternate versions of Ahri (the fox) and Yone, Yasuo's brother introduced in the second video. In these versions of the characters/skins, Ahri has pink hair (and occasionally transforms into the white fox seen briefly in the video), and Yone has white hair. You probably already know this by now, but Yasuo killed Yone in that fight, and Yone's spirit was subsequently possessed by a demon. Yone mastered the demon and now uses his semi-demonic powers (represented by the red mask) to defeat other demons and collect their masks. Yasuo has become a wanderer with a drinking problem, as you might expect of someone who killed his brother. The woman on the boat at the end of the second video is Ahri. They are headed to Bilgewater (a sort of pirate cove), and their adventures there are (part of) the subject of the recent computer roleplaying game, "The Ruined King."

[@thecourtjester1410]

I am back for another run down of lore for Both Yasuo and Yone (or more commonly know as the windshitters in the LOL community) Both brother from different fathers the two of them learned a combination of wind magic and swordsmanship from Elder Suda a master of its art. During the Noxian invasion of ionia (were they toke control of several surrounding islands) Yasuo was ordered to keep master suda but believed that he would have been better suited for the battle field like his older brother. During a siege on the school Yasuo left for the front lines abandoning his post winning the battle but Elder Suda was killed by a noxian girl conscript named Riven (who is a champ in LoL) seeing that she was forced into service and wanted nothing to do with the war he toke the blame of killing Suda so she could run free and start a new life. Which leads to the dual between the two brothers ending with Yone dying in his arms. The first animation was Yone basically passing on to the afterlife with many of the landmarks and fetures being references to champs in lol Ahri being the fox, Cassiopeia the statue and Kindered the floating wolf head. When yone died he was ridden with grief and pain of his brothers "betrayal" of Suda which was being feasted apon by a lower lv demon called Azakana that feed of negative emotions the thing is when the are well fed they take over the body and use it as there own (want an example look up evelynn or Thom) Yone died before the Demon could take over fully so its spirt was fighting yone for control. Yone won and managed to return to the realm of the living but not without taking aspects of his demon with him (the mask and sword). But instead of giving into negative emotions he hunts Azakana to keep Ionia safe. The second is an extension of the first with the old man being Yasuo's Azakana feeding of his grief and isolation for killing his own brother. Once he comes to terms with his grief Yone is able to seal the demon in a mask by shouting its true name as it is killed. The ending part is just a teaser for the ruined king game were Yasuo and Ahri are characters Hope you enjoy some lore on two of the most irritating characters to fight if you are ranged. edit: wrong character for the statue

[@star646star4]

The fox is Ahri and Yone the one following Ahri fights an Azakana creature I believe and after defeating the creature he woke up with a mask that resembled the one he faces and through that mask he could see other Azakana, so now he hunts them down. The snake statue is Cassiopeia she can turn people into stone. when Yone sees the gate the lantern on the top belongs to thresh. Also, the wolf shadow spirit thing belongs to kindred. the hill that Ahri was walking towards before the gate appears has a bunch of Teemo on it. The figured hill thing I believe it is Lilia.

[@azeem1597]

That guy in The Path is not Yone.

[@CarlieAndAnge]

Who is it then?

[@tommyman1047]

@@CarlieAndAnge Some comments are worthy listening to, others arent ^^ very good reactions, love all your league stuff!

[@azeem1597]

@@tommyman1047 Are you talking about mine? If so, you should do some research before assuming I'm wrong. I've left a comment on this video explaining who the guy is, if you want, maybe read it, or otherwise google about this cinematic.

[@jet047]

@@CarlieAndAnge the guy in "the path" is not yone only in the end it shows yone as a demon hunter with the masked on the first reaction vid. The title is called "The path, an ionian myth". so the guy you've seen in the afterlife was BASED on a myth in ionia were two brothers fought but its not yone and yasuo however, the myth of the two brothers and for yone and yasuo lives/story are similar since they killed their brother.

[@azeem1597]

The guy from the first cinematic with the white hair is not Yone. He is a nameless fallen soldier, and that was his spirit. It is believed in Ionia that a slain swordsman must make peace with his past, or be swallowed by it, hence the title of the video, "The Path: An Ionian Myth", and that spirit decided to go on the wrong path, and got swallowed by his past. Yone happened to meet the same fate as him, i.e. being swallowed by his past. The shot at the end of the cinematic WAS Yone though. It was more of a teaser for him because he was coming out during this event.

[@rizwan2632]

Finally. I Like and Favourite first then i will watch it. Love both of you. Keep watching more lol cinematic like Awaken, The Climb, Senna and etc. 😍🤜🤛

[@CarlieAndAnge]

Aww thanks so much! ❤️😊and we will

[@rizwan2632]

@@CarlieAndAnge alright 😆. In the climb cinematic you can see Ekko so style and careless at same time 🤣🤣

[@SadRengo]

A lot of people don't understand why Yasuo protects the old man... You would have to play Yone in game or read his lore. That monster is an Azakana and they feed on your "weakness and your sorrow" basically all your bad emotions and he can't notice because they are like parasites. But when Yasuo accepted what he have done, then he can see the monster.

[@denizozbay7172]

The girl in the end was actually Ahri. Also you guys can check all the Ruined King related teasers and stuff now that we know Ahri and Yasuo are headed to Bilgewater for the Ruined King event !

[@Mcguinness3]

Hey! You should check out "Worlds 2021 Show Open", it's the opening ceremony for the World Championship Finals for League of Legends in 2021. It heavily features Arcane and is basically set in-world with performances by the artists alongside Jinx and Vi. Think you folks will enjoy it a lot!

[@CarlieAndAnge]

Yeah we’re looking to do a worlds video at some point 😊

[@anothernameless2634]

The reason the two are fighting is because Yasuo went to fight in the war when he should be defending their master in the temple, because of that the master is murdered and yasuo is framed for it. Yone is sent to capture yasuo but he runs away looking for a way to prove his innocence, but yone finds him and the two fight, and Yasuo kills Yone. The first video is showing the legends of Ionia, the fox guides the souls to the world of the dead, but during the trip they can be tempted by demons called Azakana, these demons feed on bad feelings until they kill the victim, Yone manages to kill the azakana but ends up merging with him and comes back to life, so he decides to hunt these demons. Also, the girl with yasuo on the boat is Ahri. They are going to bilgewater in search for something, their story there is explained in the game "Ruined King" by riot. Also Braum is in there.