Arcane fans REACT to Kin of the Stained Blade & The Path, An Ionian Myth! | League of Legends

[@verdantdruid]

Yasuo was charged with guarding his master, and master of his school, Elder Souma, during the Noxian invasion of Ionia. Yone, his older brother goes out to fight. Yasuo left his post because of his desire to be part of the war and during this time, Elder Souma was killed (by trying to help the champion Riven with her sword). When Yasuo returned, he was discovered over the body of his dead master. Since he was the only other person to supposedly have access to Elder Souma during this time, he was blamed and then persecuted for the murder. Yasuo becomes a vagabond. "Kin of the Stained Blade" begins at the final confrontation after Yone finds Yasuo. Yasuo was always a swordsman prodigy, more skilled than Yone. Don't know if Yone let Yasuo kill him as he genuinely wanted to catch him. "The Ionian Myth" starts immediately upon Yone's death. The white hair in many Asian cultures is directly connected to death or the spirit realm. He is being guided through the spirit realm by the 9-tailed kumiho who represents the champion Ahri. The statue of the woman is the champion Cassiopeia, The large white ghost wolf spirit represent the champion Kindred, the mountain silhouette of the laying centaur/dryad is the champion Lilia, the little stone garden gnome statues represent the champion Teemo, and the dark archway, torii gate, with the lantern represents the champion Thresh. These are the champions that along with Yasuo and Yone got Spirit Blossom event skins in 2020. Because of the Noxian invasion, many, many were killed and the blood of the bodies soaked into the Ionian soil. Ionia, the land itself being spiritual and magical suffered greatly from this. Because many bodies were left uninterred, Azakana, minor demons of Ionia multiplied and started roaming the country. Also, because of the land's suffering, the magical Spirit Blossoms stopped blooming. The Spirit Blossoms were important to the people of Ionia because during the festival, they could use a brew and the Spirit Blossoms, to actually commune with their beloved dead. It was Yasuo's intention to talk to his dead brother, but the old man was an Azakana in disguise, the drug was wrong, and the Spirit Blossom Yasuo held, an illusion. Yone 2.0's purpose is to help rid Ionia of the overwhelming Azakana threat. If you still feel lost when it comes to the locales of Runeterra I recommend grounding yourself with the Runeterra map and/or watching the Tales of Runeterra to get a feel for every culture. map.leagueoflegends.com/en_US kzbin.info/www/bejne/pXzXZmuYbKaqgMU

[@Doominator10]

This is the comment.

[@hikarunosekai2683]

@@Doominator10 its true; miss nothing with this explaination. this perfect

[@AppleBaron]

One correction: Yone actually was more skilled with regular swords, but Yasuo had an advantage of his wind technique. That's why at the beginning of the fight he uses normal sword, that he picked up on the battlefield, because he didn't want to kill Yone.

[@SpartanandPudgey]

brilliant explanation, thank you!

[@slandgkearth]

@@AppleBaron yeah youre right Yone was more skilled than yasuo , the advantage yasuo had was the wind technique, and even so they were even matched, you can see yone actually resist the wind by pure swordmanship.

[@egemenbora]

Yasuo learned the legendary wind technique from Elder Souma but during the war he was found dead killed by the same wind technique. Yasuo left him to fight in the war with the invading Noxus. Naturally he was accused of killing his master so he ran away. He wasn't the murderer after all. It was Riven who sought Elder Souma's help to destroy her wind sword but he died trying and the sword only shattered in pieces. Riven was the girl in Awaken who fought Draven the executioner. The weapon she uses there is only a piece of that legendary sword.

[@ianamaral7332]

see, there is a lore behind this video, let me try to clarify - Yasuo's master is called Souma, and as u could notice, yasuo has some powers related to wind. - Riven (that woman imprisioned in the coloseum fight in the Awaken video) was an exiled from Noxus, she posseses that green sword u guys saw in Awaken. - She wants to destroy that sword, but she cant do it by herself. - She goes after Souma (yasuo's master) to ask if he has the strenght to destroy it - He brakes the sword, but in the process, a wave of energy kills Souma - That wave of energy left marks in his house similar to wind attacks. - Everyone blames yasuo, because he was the closest to him, and had wind powers. - That fight between those to is shortly after that. - "im no murderer" everyone was blaming him. - "then why are u running" he would've been killed before any proper trial i believe that sums it up

[@alricsmith6115]

Try reading "Confessions of a Broken Blade." its good!

[@h3xa_q868]

The old man is an azakana as well. He is the azakana of yasuo. Feeding from his regret, then it weakens after he accepted his emotions

[@denzelherrman]

I guess he and the azakana is similar in some way "feeding"

[@viziontrex]

13:27 that's correct! Yasuo's voice actor, Liam O'Brian, has done a lot of work in games and animated shows, including Gaara in the Naruto English dubs.

[@azeem1597]

His best performance was Asura in Asura's Wrath, imo.

[@NapoleonSoares]

@@azeem1597 His best performance is Caleb Widogast ;)

[@azeem1597]

@@NapoleonSoares not into D&D so I wouldn't know.

[@christopherwinker1410]

@@NapoleonSoares Uhmmm Vaxildan tho?

[@NapoleonSoares]

@@christopherwinker1410 Caleb is a more complete character and Liam has a more distinctive voice as Caleb imo.

[@Doominator10]

The continuation of this story continues in the game Ruined King: A League of Legends Story ™. You've seen the season cinematics: 2022: The Call 2020: Warriors 2019: Awaken Go watch Senna: Dark Passage. THEN 2018: The Climb. THEN Senna: Shadow's Embrace. That's the chronological order for this set of videos. The Climb is the season cinematic for 2018, like the other's you've seen. AFTER ALL THAT, then you go watch the 2021 cinematic: Ruination as the continuation. There's a big story from the Sentinels of Light event, which you could debatably skip as it's not Riot's finest literary moment, put mildly. As a bonus, you can then watch Thresh: Unbound as an epilogue to that story.

[@spectreharlequin]

Before Senna: Dark Passage, they should watch the first 35 seconds of Lucian: The Purifier's Resolve

[@h3xa_q868]

You are right about the path, the demon (it is called an azakana) is like a lesser demon and it feeds from his negative emotions to grow stronger, kill him and become a full on demon. The mask he wears is actually a part of that demon. And the place he woke up is something like afterlife, although I am not sure if I remember that correctly

[@Goomsies]

Nah, you're right. It's the spirit world, which (at least in Ionia) you have to travel through before you reach the true afterlife. Dark spirits try to tempt you off the path as you walk, which happened in the cinematic. Feeding from your negative emotions, they gain sentience and become a sort of half-demon. If you're defeated by one, they can use your soul as fuel to become a full demon. If you've ever seen Avatar: The Last Airbender, it's really similar to the Spirit World in that show. They come from the same mythological concept.

[@h3xa_q868]

@@Goomsies thanks for the info, much appreciated

[@KingKaiju58]

The Path is a ancient legend in Ionia. It just lined up to what Yone also went through after his death. Both were being guided through the realm of death to their final resting place by the Nine Tail Fox, but both fell victim to being lured away by an Azakana (a lesser demon who feeds on different emotions). They both successfully beat their Azakana just for it to try in a last ditch effort to curse them. Placing it's mask on their face. Yone becoming a Azakana Hunter to find a way to break the curse. To understand Kin of the Stained Blade you have to go back to the Noxian invasion of Ionia. Yasuo was tasked with being the personal bodyguard of the Elder Souma who taught him the Wind Techniques you saw him use. But Yasuo wanted so much to prove himself and protect Ionia that he abandoned his post to slaughter a Noxian Garrison that was setup in a village nearby. Well a Noxian deserter named Riven came to the Elder to see if he could use his arts to destroy her cursed runic blade so she could safely disappear into hiding. Upon shattering the blade with his arts, a shard accidentally pierced and killed him. With Riven understandably running away from the scene and only what would appear to be Wind Magic wounds on Souma's body, Yasuo is blamed and hunted by his own clan including his older brother, in self-defense he killed them. He and Riven were later exonerated in a trial held in his village. Hence why now he can walk around with no major problems. But his lingering quilt was why he tried to participate in the festival because like in the Mexican Day of the Dead they can communicate with their lost loved ones except literally. But unfortunately his quilt attracted another Azakana in the old man. When it's over Yone says the Demon's name as he kills him, allowing for his capture as a mask to keep him from later resurrecting.

[@tsarmond]

perfecto explanation.

[@demona9820]

The story is that the land where they are (Ionia) is at war with Noxus. Yasuo was supposed to protect their master but instead went to fight and the master got killed. But everybody thought Yasuo was the killer because no one knew he left and wasnt with him and the injuries matched Yasuo's technique as well. So Yasuo run, his brother, Yone, went after him and in the end Yasuo killed him. And yes, they are both champions in the game. Also, the end scene refers to Riot's other game "Ruined King: A League of Legends Story". You could watch the trailer for that, its really cool.

[@nathanbozec779]

To clarify why Yasuo says he's no murderer, he was the only one who was taught the wind technique by the Great Master Souma. Later, Ionia would be invaded by Noxus, Mel from Arcane's native country. He was asked to stay to protect the Elder Souma, but was dissatissfied with this, thinking that he would be able to turn the tides by himself, and ended up leaving to the battlefield, where he realized he vastly underestimated war. However, upon his return to the school, he learned that the Elder had been killed by a wind technique, leading to everyone suspecting him as the only inheritor of this technique. This is when he runs away, his brother Yone catches up, and they have their duel to the death. The true culprit has since been revealed to be Riven, another playable character, a soldier of Noxus who owns a magic blade inscribed with several runes, able to produce windslashes. In actuality though, it has been revealed to be an accident from when she tried to desert after seeing Noxus' chemical warfare (Singed from Arcane actually developped the poison), and went to the Elder to ask him to break her blade. Something went wrong, and he ended up dying. She was actually put under trial by Ionians, and would have been found guilty if Yasuo hadn't intervened after learning the truth. In the end, she was sentenced to helping the community rebuild, which is what she had been doing anyway. Both of them are still feeling guilty though, Yasuo for leaving his post which led to the Elder's death, and Riven for having participated in the killings of many Ionians, among which the Elder's.

[@disneydreamers95]

I still get emotional remembering the story of Riven's adoption.

[@FutayuriShironeko]

Souma died when Riven asked him to break her blade to cut her ties to Noxus. But breaking the blade ended up killing Souma from the wind magic within it.

[@h3xa_q868]

19:52 yes, they are both in the game

[@hansoloq3467]

And have one of the worse storylines in lore ngl. Ionia, noxus, shadow isles, Shurima are far more interesting.

[@h3xa_q868]

@@hansoloq3467 yea, I mean, their story is somewhat good but compared to other stories, it sucks

[@Kristian818]

Can recommend watching the "Tales of Runeterra" videos for an overview of the different regions of Runeterra, they give a good sense of the regions and the types/values in each. Perhaps also take a glance at a map of Runeterra so you know where the regions are located in relation to each other. Generally having a sense of each region is a nice way to quickly relate a champion and their possible relations as some of the lore is quite bound together.

[@unknowndane4754]

One thing to note that I find really interesting about Kin of the stained blade is the moment around 14:00 and then during their fight. You see before that the land is filled with life and vitality, so when Yasuo accuses Yone of failing Ionia he isn't saying it for nothing.

[@nikezor1]

You pointed out that he sounded like Gaara from Naruto and you're right. It's the same voice actor, Liam O'Brien. Another really stand out character he does is Illidan Stormrage from all the World of Warcraft games.

[@PlaneToSpain]

Liam O'Brien is also Gaara, good catch. ;)

[@SpartanandPudgey]

ahh knew it sounded familiar!

[@MrCoolAttitude]

Lets fking go. I've been waiting for this ever since Arcane ended.

[@PoisonJoshy]

As far as continuing stories go through the cinematics, the Ruination story line does that. Actually part of the story takes place at the end of Kin of the Stained Blade, Yasuo and Ahri end up in Bilgewater and get caught up in the Ruination. An event where an ancient king is awakened and takes over areas of Runeterra searching for his lost queen. Yasuo and Ahri's roles are in the game called Ruined King, so you wont actually see them in the Ruination cinematics. Those focus on a different team trying to take down King Viego.

[@azeem1597]

By the way, the story continues from this cinematic in The Ruined King game. There's also an opening cinematic and the trailer for the game you could check out.

[@mathies3598]

By going to the war he RAN from home where he was needed to protect elder Souma and the school. That's why yone said "why are you running"

[@squallrinoa7982]

Yone and Yasuo's Master was killed and the one and only they suspected was Yasuo because he was ordered by Yone to stay behind with him at their School.

[@kwyji4821]

Yasuo was actually suspected because the technique uses to kill their master was a wind technique. And the only one that they knew (yone and other students) that used wind technique was yasuo. (Im not sure if this was actually the reason lol im just trying to recall by memory)

[@clarencesiason8349]

Yes

[@WolfAngelRS]

By the ways, at the end; the women on the boat with Yasuo is Ahri and is the small spirit fox you saw before leading Yone through the after life.

[@ujbuoyk7659]

The reason Yasuo sounds like Gaara from naruto is that they have the same voice actor. Dont remember the name tho. I just remember thinking the same years ago and I had to go check it out.

[@gregpeacock5497]

Great reaction, guys. Love your thoughts and ideas. You did mention about pop is not your type of music. Well, here is my list of favorite groups/singers. #1 of all time, The Moody Blues. Greatest rock band ever ;-) And then the rest of my favs - Enya, Kate Bush, Home Free, Rush. Honorable mention - Lindsey Stirling, who introduced me to dubstep.

[@greenin5537]

The pinned comment explained really well the lore between these 2 characters, you might want to check the tales of Runeterra playlist, to learn more about each region culture. And after that check ruined king launch trailer which takes place after kin of the stained blade.

[@marielblanco7013]

18:18 Shounen-like moment!

[@reyenaldi0395]

You must watching The Curse of Sad Mummy, Annie Origin, and many many more cinematics. I like yall reaction.

[@josephmerino4243]

BTW: The lady in the robe at the end is Ahri, the Nine-Tailed Fox (you can tell by the markings on her face). In "The Path" you see her in her spirit animal form... at the end of Kin of the Stained Blade, you see her in her 'human' form -- i.e. the one she appears as when you play her in the game. In both videos, she is acting as a Spirit Guide. :)

[@tsarmond]

the fox in the path is not ahri. its the fox who guides dead on the ionian myth. in the game she receive that skin bc its sells, but the fox is not ahri.

[@clarencesiason8349]

Thank you

[@shyoriyiuxio7835]

your reactions are actually so good and i hate people reacting to things

[@kaliwr1365]

18:47 Imagine Jinx and Vi fighting together like this and protecting each other 🤧

[@HK-gm8pe]

totally diffrent characters....I dont see how Vi and Jinx could ever gt along as sisters since both have changed too much

[@mcdcurtis]

As a dedicated progmetal fan, K/DA still goes hard and is fuckin great pop music.

[@Clone_47]

Fun fact: The voice actor of Yasuo is the same actor who did the voice of Gaara in the dubbed version of Naruto

[@M00N____]

Fist of all, sorry for my bad english :( Both tales happens in Ionia, the best place of runeterra. So, Yasuo learned a technique that allows him to use wind to fight from his master, elder souma. During a war between Ionia and another country, named Noxus, Yasuo was assigned with the duty of protecting both elder souma and the school where he learned swordsmanship in, but he thought that that wasn't a worthy duty at time, since he could go to help Ionia in the war and went to the battlefield. Elder souma was killed by a wind technique, and since it was his job protecting his master, he was accused of his murder, after all, since he can use wind techniques, and ryouma was killed by wind, looked like he did it. Devastated, Yasuo ran away to avoid death and to prove his innocence, at the same time he wanted to find and kill the real culprit. Yone, his older brother found him and tried to kill him to avenge Ryouma's death, and Yasuo had to fight him to death, in the end he had to kill his brother to survive.

[@kaijingarou6526]

Yone's design is nuts. They're both in the game, yes.

[@thexlonewolf671]

If you want to continue Yasuo's story, I would recommend playing the game "Ruined King: A League of Legends Story," which features a party of six champions from League of Legends coming together to explore the Shadow Isles, a haunted archipelago in the far southeast of the known map. While there, Yasuo and the rest of the party come across a threat concealed in the heart of the Black Mist that enshrouds the isles that, if unleashed, would rain Ruination upon Runeterra.

[@just4fun734]

The next story after this is Ruination recommend reacting to it in the exact order its really important.

[@professorjudy5740]

Did pick up on something you did say that Yasuo sounds like Gara from Naruto. and you are right is the same voice actor. the voice actor is called Liam O'Brain he is a part of the Critical Role cast over at twitch (DnD stream)

[@kingraho5367]

The Voice actor of Yasuo is indeed the same voice actor for Gaara in Naruto. (Dub version)

[@phoenix1985gr]

I want to see amumus tale and Annies origin next please! Two of he most emotional stories alongside this one

[@ducris]

the demons are acually their inner demons manifasting , yone managed to overcome it and merged with it in spirit realm , while yasuo was still haunted by his "demon" . thats why the old man said at some point "as long as he lives i will always return"

[@kaliwr1365]

Hello Yasuo is the samurai guys that summons a tornado in the Awaken cinematic

[@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

[@thekeeper6570]

Yasuo's voice actor is indeed the same as Gara from Naruto.

[@kushminister5137]

ya know as league players we start of with profound hatred in game for yasuo but i feel like something truly changed when yone arrived

[@keyronkathrynekathrynkeyron]

If you want to know why his brother tell yasuo a murderer read the story of riven in League universe... Riven have a connection in yasuo story 🥰🥰🥰

[@hentacletentai2160]

Basically, Yasuo wants to go fight, then the people who he's supposed to protect at home died and people thought it was him, so his brother hunt him down then "i'm no murderer" and "why are you running"

[@Caramelletje]

You said that yasuo sounds like gaara and you're correct! Liam O'brien voices both of them (dubbed gaara of course)

[@hydrated447]

do you guys have the exact same glasses?? that's so cute

[@locke03]

If you've not seen it before, you should consider doing a reaction video for Akira Kurosawa's Seven Samurai. It's one of the greatest films of all-time.

[@MrPudelNudel]

You can figure out the role of the Woman in the end scene by comparing her face with the face of Naruto.

[@zenkipac]

Watch this for the lore and explanation of the entire video: kzbin.info/www/bejne/sH_CfHhqos-phKs

[@malachytheshade5788]

Those are Lesser Demons called Azakana!

[@Lilfyrefly]

I recomand curse of the sad mummy, its pretty good

[@07ilyes]

you can check the viego/senna cénimatics it has like 5 episodes i think

[@charlesanderson7313]

I want yall to watch the league of legends worlds 2021 opening ceremony .

[@SpartanandPudgey]

it is on our list!

[@Khorane]

Liam O'brian voices both Gaara and Yasuo

[@hipposterro3790]

look all the videos from Ruination event. Extremely interesting srory

[@JustJoe24]

That is Gaara from Naruto if you haven't learned by the way :P

[@songolin4544]

The understanding is Yone didn't let Yasuo kill him, Yasuo is just more naturally gifted than Yone. The older brother took offense to Yasuo's "you have nothing to prove" because he's always trying to prove himself knowing there are those like Yasuo who are naturally better swordsman than him.

[@redsnowtk1678]

The combo tutorial😅

[@thiagojorgehr4445n3]

Please react to breathe from legends of runeterra (the league of legends card game) it's amazing.

[@Hokienation90]

He sounds like Gaara because it is Gaara :)

[@redsnowtk1678]

They Yone and Yasuo both in game they r very good champs also very dificult to learn to play u need good skills to play em

[@insaneone7560]

Whole arcane characters wont stand a chance against many other region...piltover is sustainable just because they are centre of all trades...

[@hentacletentai2160]

My recommendation for the next thing is the Ruination storyline. I have a playlist for it. kzbin.info/aero/PLWZwfu9v7FTT1C_Wm_ZsXjzDc7-RHvztD

[@SpartanandPudgey]

thank you 🙌🏼

[@jrcervincervin2782]

@@SpartanandPudgey Also plz plz if you are gonna rest to ruination start with this one kzbin.info/www/bejne/e4fQYXajir-liZo People usually don't react to this cinematic because it wasn't published on league oficial site, but it was made for the same event for a diffente league game created by riot. The explains the story behind the ruined king. You should watch this one just after "Senna: The shadow embrace"

[@Smiley-ps1yc]

In my mind: Stop keep pause on the video and hypothesise ! it will show you eventually just watch.

[@letifrehmanov6707]

Contunie Ruined king

[@Unknown_0748]

React to rakan and xayah wild magic

[@insaneone7560]

Piltover and zaun is one of the smallest region in runeterra....😁😁😁

[@gman7497]

I assume they chose it partially because it's not too mystical, steampunk is a genre that many people are familiar with already, so they wouldn't have to use alot exposition to explain things.

[@kaliwr1365]

WATCH ALL TALES OF RUNETERRA VIDEO PLS

[@jolupakagames6977]

:D:D:D🖐️🖐️

[@Jhikonico]

youve gotta watch star guardians

[@thequesper4418]

I'm unsure if this was already mentioned (in which case: ignore this comment). Arcane was a very nice show but it focused on very little of the main Lore for the League of Legends. I've seen many an "Arcane fan" go into the various lore videos for League of Legends, and be satisfied w/being overly confused and not knowing/learning anything about the world of RuneTerra and its history. However, you guys seem different in that you seem hungry to learn. The world of RuneTerra stretches far beyond the dual city-states of Piltover & Zaun. The League of Legends is a political arena where champions chosen by political leaders duke it out in order to resolve the political issues of their respective governments. This is done to prevent all-out war in the world of RuneTerra. The League of Legends was started by a group of powerful summoner-mages that wished to put an end to the RuneWars (Heimerdinger had a flashback of these RuneWars during Arcane) which had gotten so out of hand that the wars were destroying the continent they were being waged on. The continent in question is named Valoran (it's just north of Piltover & Zaun), and the two factions waging the war were the proud military kingdom of Demacia & the brutal expansionist empire of Noxus (the latter of which was slightly focused on in Arcane with Ambessa Medarda). That's all the game is, we the players act as powerful summoner-mages that take control of the champions to help the various governments resolve their political issues within the League of Legends.

[@-missklik3215]

Isn't this outdated lore?

[@tsarmond]

after he leave ionia with the woman (ahri) in the boat the story goes on the game ruined king

[@ericauditorecheung4856]

how are yall over complicating this so much XD

[@johanstenfelt1206]

Hehehe, oh, you have no idea of just what kind of Rabbit-Hole that you fallen into. Anyway, did any of you know that a Teaser for Arcane Season 2 has released? Just something that i felt like pointing out.

[@kokushanchik7938]

"девятихвостый лис из наруто" как же это бесит, это не лис из наруто, это кицуне.

[@lolitsZana]

Honestly just don't do the KDA stuff

[@insaneone7560]

Piltover and zaun is one of the smallest region in runeterra....😁😁😁

[@insaneone7560]

Piltover and zaun is one of the smallest region in runeterra....😁😁😁

[@AppleBaron]

The smallest actually, it's just 1 city.