Arcane fans react to RUINATION! (The Climb, Shadows Embrace & MANY MORE!) | League of Legends

[@CarlieAndAnge]

Where’s The Call reaction??? HA! we asked before any of you did! 😆 We’ll get to it soon guys! ❤️

[@cesariohiquianaiv7525]

Where's the call reaction

[@cesariohiquianaiv7525]

😁

[@olentetjack5843]

XD

[@gkw1994]

Some are saying that "The Call" is going to be a big event to. War is comming ...

[@alxhades6231]

I actually like that you take your time tbh. Great reaction once again.

[@javilepero]

Senna: You will destroy this world Viego: She IS my world Goosebumps

[@alvaguila]

The void: hehehe yeah, whatever

[@K27StUdiO]

Laughs in Old Darkin vs Void Lore :D

[@alonymelony8047]

@Landon T 127 mist has weird interactions, it might even corrupt the void

[@KujoCashedOut]

@@alonymelony8047 The mist corrupted Atreus a fucking god Which means it can corrupt anything Which means the void is no challenge

[@alonymelony8047]

@@KujoCashedOut exactly,idk why people put void above the mist

[@FTNChicken]

Its actually kind of crazy to think about how massive the League universe is beyond Arcane. Like you can tell full novels worth of stories without even touching on the characters from that show.

[@CarlieAndAnge]

It’s crazy! And we love it 😍

[@rimurutempest4945]

Heck, ot goes even further, they have made stories, great stories at that, in which no champion even appears, all just inhabitants of the world.

[@gabelous5049]

It is and it isn't. Since it started League was basically a map and a couple of locations/factions with probably less than a page of lore each. There was some lore to basically cement how the game is played and why it is there from a lore standpoint. That lore you can find within the unofficial League wiki (they keep practically everything). It wasn't until late-2014 did Riot announce plans to completely overhaul/re-work the lore of League of Legends. This was probably the first step into their future plans to expand the League lore and universe out into more mediums. To date they have made Legends of Runeterra (a card game similar to Hearthstone) as well as Valorant (a hero-shooter very much like CS:GO). They of course made Arcane as an animated series, and they announced back in 2016 they have an MMO in the works. And of course the Ruined King game (an RPG similar in format to Battle-Chasers). The first actual move in terms of story-driven lore was back in 2015, where they made a "Burning Tides". It was an in-game event which spanned four weeks which unfolded a story of the shifting of power within Bilgewater. It was basically playing League games to gain specific points to unlock small pieces of the story (the story in its entirety was later released at event's end). And on top of many Bilgewater champion getting more piratey-themed skines, one of them had a completely reworked classic model and skin as part of the story. The next real step didn't get taken until mid-2020, with the Spirit Blossoms event. This one more highlighted the mystic lands of Ionia, and added less of a larger story but more of a path with dialogue with several characters. Like before, you played League games to gain points in order to progress across a static map. But this time there was more of a concise direction, making it similar to many novella-styled games which acted like interactive books. And of course several Ionian champions received Spirit Blossom skins and some got differently themed skin. And they took another stab at it last year with the Sentinels of Light event. And while this event provided the most concise lore point (basically the why and how to the Shadow Isles) it also turned out to be very disappointing for players. While all champions involved got either Sentinel skin or a Ruined skin, ultimate the story felt rushed and cobbled together. None of the champions had any real thematic connection to each other outside being recruited by Lucian and Senna, and even the cinematic didn't exactly add up to the story at the end. You'd notice going back more than a few Sentinels were missing in the final cinematic, like Olaf and Rengar. Largely the playerbase felt too much time was spent for not enough reward, and it as a whole felt incomplete. And then ARCANE happened, and from the looks of it changed everything. It looked to be a runaway and unexpected success, even by Riot's predictions. And while Arcane is claimed to not be canon (the studio who produced had their writers go through the League universe portal) you can bet Riot will likely make it canon later. But now season 2 is in the works, Riot's further expanding the League lore through both their universe portal, their upcoming MMO, and other still unveiled projects, it's look pretty good. As for the question for what could be next for Arcane once the Piltover/Zaun thing wraps up? And while that could be years from now, right now my best guess would be Bilgewater. Presently it is one of the two most fleshed-out regions, and Ionia would... Need more work. Ionia had something of an incident pre-retconn, and the bits of lore we have been given that incident is still intact. The problem is that incident was predicated on events which have been erased (as we know). That could be a little trickier to parse out later, but Bilgewater has more potential right now. For one, PIRATES! The region is essentially an archipelago of islands, with the main city of Bilgewater sitting on the largest one. From what can be seen the place is a pirate haven and smuggler's den, who happens to be ruled by whoever has the strongest crew at the time. It has the feel less than a nation, with it seemingly dependent on either trade or piracy to provide goods and non-fish-cased food. But the REAL hook here is, "What is someone wanted more?" What if one champion decided they wanted Bilgewater to be more? To be its own nation? That could spark the other nations to respond, because the only thing worse than a pirate's den is an ORGANIZED pirate's den. Piracy and raiding provides a perfect opportunity to showcase other regions of Runeterra without having to invest as much into it. Like a "teaser" of the other lands, but who knows?

[@taoliu3949]

@@gabelous5049 That's not completely true. LoL had a pretty in depth lore back when it was first released. Basically after the last Rune War the League of Legends was established to mediate the differences between nations to prevent war. Representatives from each nation (Champions) would meet at the LoL, allow themselves to be controlled by the Summoners to fight in the ring (the game). In other words the game was actually Canon and you were the summoner. Back then the main source of lore was the Journal of Justice and the Champion interviews. They completely retconned the system in 2011/2012 however because the framework restricted the development of the lore and by extension the game. For a period of time there was very little lore that was Canon and that included the champion bios, most of which were slowly rewritten. You can still see vestiges of the original lore ingame such as referrences to "Summoner" or even the game itself. The current lore also reuses elements of the old lore heavily.

[@amsigi5125]

@@gabelous5049 Also some agents(champs) from Valorant plays LoL and some are also Arcane fans

[@moleblue02]

Necrit is pretty great. Tenebrix also delves into the lore if you want another view point. Both are pretty knowledgeable but have different ways of presenting. Necrit will full on read u the lore and gives you places to branch out to. Where tenebrix kinda lays it out flat and provides critique

[@dontdrinktapwater6194]

YESS THIS

[@thegiantowl4538]

Yeah u right I love how Necrit is more restrained while Tenebrix is more emotional, this is actually the synergy of two of them

[@masterofpuppets7586]

And just add TBSkyen in case you want to know how the visuals are done. These 3 cover pretty everything interesting in a video 😃👍

[@Silent_Eric]

Just be aware that Necrit definitely keeps his biases out of his videos more than Tenebrix.

[@kerwinwarner2743]

Well this might be usefull for them to but if you want there history animated you can watch Dave c he creates animated lore of league characters

[@BoyDugo02]

The "She's still in there" line talks about Shyvanna (the dragon lady) being possessed by Viego. She is a loyal soldier of Demacia but she is shunned by most Demacians because she is half dragon. Viego used her pain of being discriminated to control her.

[@skyicy7383]

Oh damn! That’s so sad:( I assume it’s because dragons are born with magic potential so demacians don’t like them?

[@atlust2105]

​@@skyicy7383 I think so

[@skyicy7383]

@@atlust2105 it’s sad:/ also justified with how Sylas is, as a mage, but there are mages like lux who are genuinely good. (She freed sylas but she genuinely thought to be doing a good thing I think, not too familiar with lore)

[@LaFlameDani]

@@skyicy7383 Sylas spent his entire life from his childhood locked up just for being born a mage because his parents gave him up and if he gets out somehow he's gonna be chased to be killed or locked up again, can't imagine loving your homeland after that can u?

[@brylegopela5601]

That robot that Ekko is with is Blitzcrank, Viktor made him to help out the people in Zaun with chemical spills and more

[@incarnot]

so glad you guys got all the videos in order, its such a big part of the lore and really is an amazing set piece for the whole world of runeterra since it involves literally everyone from all over the world.

[@CarlieAndAnge]

Yep, our amazing Patreon member really came through with that! Otherwise we woulda been lost trying to order these ourselves 😅

[@Marchosias_35]

I just hope Riot reboots the Ruination at some point. Its so awful...

[@stifnoxii8591]

I think they missed the "A night at the Inn" cinematic which concludes the whole story. And storty to what happened to thresh after Viego been defeated.

[@tehgdk224]

@@stifnoxii8591 they watched it already in another video

[@Virise1]

@@CarlieAndAnge If you guys want to see some of the Cinematics explained, I suggest you go through Tenebrix's reactions. After she goes through the cinematic she breaks it down from the perspective of someone who is deep into League's Lore.

[@allisoncornell4378]

"How are you supposed to grieve...when the thing you mourn comes back?" - Lucian

[@CarlieAndAnge]

Deep

[@dontdrinktapwater6194]

The hole on Viego's chest was made by Isolde. When Viego resurrected her, she was in such a state of shock and not herself that Isolde grabbed Viego's sword and stabbed him in the chest. Because of that, the Blessed Isles became the Shadow Isles.

[@CarlieAndAnge]

Oh dang….

[@kingdrogo6124]

@@CarlieAndAnge there is a cinimatic showing how he turned and what happened to the shadow ilse

[@chainsawboy2388]

@@kingdrogo6124 it’s the opening cinematic to the ruined king game right?

[@baxland2539]

@@chainsawboy2388 yep

[@Shythalia]

I thought it became the Shadow Isles because Viego tried to revive a dead body and not because she stabbed him. (Haven't finished watching Ruined King yet though so idk. And no, I can't play it.)

[@XoloVT]

Senna being freed was INSANE. A lot of lore in league has been retcond but when this animation came out it was CRAZY Now senna is free but with the help of isolde which is viegos queen

[@Harrower13]

I also wanted to talk briefly about Noxus and Demacia. When Darius is fighting Samira, there was a comment about how Darius was supposed to be kind of a bad guy. When the game was first made, Noxus and Demacia were a very clear cut good versus evil. Like Gondor versus Mordor. As the lore has become more complex the two nations have become much more nuanced. These days, Noxus is a warlike, tough meritocracy. Sure life there can be harsh, but anyone of any station can gain rank and prestige by demonstrating skill or strength. When they conquer a nation, everyone (even the soldiers who fought against Noxus) is offered full citizenship in Noxus or the option to depart and find a new home. The law in Noxus is absolute, and applies to everyone. There are also hints in dialog and some of the teasers that the leader of Noxus, Jericho Swain, is trying to unite as many nations as he can before... something bad happens. (Ex: "Would they still struggle to survive if they could see what is to come?") Demacia, on the other hand, is a wonderful fantasy Utopia. Unless you're a mage. For most people, Demacia is a paradise. The lower classes are treated well, the upper classes are held to a high code of conduct, they deal peacefully with (most) other countries, education and artisanal training is widespread, and life is good. If you're a mage, however, Demacia is a brutal apartheid state. Mages, regardless of their actions, are treated like subhumans at best, monsters at worst. There are signs of change however: Garen's sister Lux Crownguard, Shyvana the half-dragon (the dragon in the cinematic), the mute musician-mage Sona, and the angel Kayle are all characters that have gained varying degrees of acceptance in Demacia. So yeah, it's a little more nuanced than Demacia Good, Noxus Bad.

[@B.Scruby]

It's also worth noting that the biggest reason Demacia hates magic is because of the devestation it caused during the Rune Wars. Except because of this paranoia, it willfully ignores its own history when it comes to Magic making most if not all who impose the anti-magic law, hypocrites. Garen for example, when Swain hints in his dialogue about him hating magic but being blind to the magic he carries into every battle he goes to. Lux might be more powerful but Garen definitely has innate magical abilities that manifests differently. Even their protector statue, Galio is ONLY powered by magic. He only comes alive when there's a boat load of magic power near him, and Lux is said to be powerful enough to actually awaken Galio by herself. Which is why she's his only friend. Poppy also is a magical being and yet is completely accepted in Demacia. She's literally one of the inspirations for the founding of Demacia. She's also carrying a magically imbued hammer, basically Demacian Mjölnir, that was once owned by the the founder of Demacia himself. She was told it belongs to and could only be used by a Hero of Demacia, and without knowing it could be her, so she's lived for centuries looking for but not finding a suitabale candidate. Even the Jarvans weren't worthy of the hammer. As for Noxus, this is hella tricky because of the existence of the Black Rose. Initially, Riot said they ruled Noxus openly, then disappeared and the Triumvirate came except the Black Rose was still manipulating things behind the scenes. Not sure if this got retconned but apparently, the new lore says thay Mordekaiser has had something to do with the formation of the Empire. Which is supposedly where the "strength is what matters and with it, you can take anything" national creed came from. They used to conquer stuff to show their strength and to generally just be dicks towards their closest neighbor but following their massive defeat in Ionia, they apprently stopped. Now i have no real clue as to what Jericho is doing and what for but they seem to be going back to their roots. After being corrupted by weakness from the nobles houses that started after the disappearances of Darkwill and Du Coutaeu, they regained control after Darius and Jericho took over. Except i no longer have any idea who the third seat of the Triumvirate is, because there's no way in hell it could be Katarina and it can't be Talon either. There's just too many factors and people that are similtaneously in play in Noxus that it's generally hard to know what their true alignment or agenda is at any given moment.

[@sthepcorms6747]

In short, both Demacia and Noxus are bad places, Demacia is a prejudiced and hypocritical hierarchy, and Noxus a nation of oppression against the weakest who invade and conquer even peaceful and balanced places like Ionia, is practically Evil Vs Evil

[@seiyajin8151]

@@sthepcorms6747 Not exactly, Demacia accepts mages, but there are rules and laws, and if broken, the person will be judged, as proof of this, Demacia accept magical beings and mages from other countries in Demacia, in the demacian army itself there are magical species like Vestayas, so as long as they obey the rules and laws, mages live well. The problem was that with Sylas' revolt, things got worse and now magic and mages are really hated, they are now treated badly and one slightest mistake and they are fucked.

[@blackfoxdraco1585]

Pyke is awsome he was left to drown came back from the depths of the abyss and hunts those who betrayed (he has a list of names) but after he kills them the list just adds more names and it messes with his memory

[@CarlieAndAnge]

Pyke is awesome!

[@Mossy_Lungs]

You guys have great personalities, and are extremely enjoyable on screen, very genuine and authentic. Love watching you two get so interested in League!

[@CarlieAndAnge]

Wow thanks heaps! We’re enjoying the videos heaps. And interacting with everyone is great as well 😊

[@Jimmyf9]

I don’t have a lot of knowledge but I highly recommended the Game “Ruined King: A league of legends story” it is a banger and the writing is so good.

[@jankozak2984]

13:56 it's funny that you say "the strut", as it is literally Miss Fortune's passive ability in League of Legends :D

[@bloodknyte]

It's actually her W, not her passive, her passive is Love Tap

[@jankozak2984]

@@bloodknyte oh, right... forgot her strut got moved to her W from passive in her 2016 rework :D

[@cazory2147]

I really hope they include Bilgewater, Captain Miss Fortune, or just anything to do with pirates in season two of Arcane. Love me some pirates! Keep up the great videos!

[@kilnareth7970]

I doubt Bilgewater will be revealed anytime soon. It might get teased but I think Noxus is more likely.

[@cazory2147]

It's just a wish of mine especially after playing Ruined King. Riot is sitting on a cash cow with Arcane. I'm sure they will do other spin-off series. Bilgewater given an Arcane-like treatment

[@redtornado1337]

I believe they will have to. Bilgewater has that frog demon in it. And fighting demons and demonic possession is the only way I can see for them to save Jinx. My guess is that the mine that Undercity works in is actually a portal to an Abyssal plane. Someone in Piltover summoned/opened the portal. It explains why there is such a difference between Piltover and Undercity, where the little demons that plague the undercity shores of the river between the cities come from, and the plants that shimmer comes from. Some connection to the Void and Void creatures. Demons suppressing compassion, inflicting depression and jealousy, fermenting suspicion and corruption, in order to harvest negative emotional energy among both populations. Meanwhile the summoner/opener experiences untold success and comfort at the expense of everyone else. Anyway, just some thoughts.

[@kilnareth7970]

@@redtornado1337 That's not how Zaun is different from Piltover at all. In fact, Zaun is under the protection of a goddess(or at least I think she is a goddess).

[@metrovalleyeats]

Ruined King is very fun! and kinda difficult lmao. But an absolute lore heaven for people like me and the art is GORGEOUS 😄

[@rushyrulz]

The game can be difficult, but there is a "Story Mode" which allows you to skip all the combat encounters and just view the story progressing.

[@SpartanJ113]

Yes, definitely a game that anyone can play if you just want to enjoy the story and puzzles

[@kaykay6463]

Nearly 1 hour long, now THIS is what I love to see from you guys 💙 and ofc all of your reactions haha

[@vergildomonster2342]

I started following your channel recently, I'm Brazilian and I really enjoy the videos, keep bringing content from league of legends and other games or animes please ❤❤

[@CarlieAndAnge]

❤️

[@ZeryamKill]

IH ALA O BR KK

[@Mikemetal12]

I found your channel a few days ago and I love your reactions and how you connect with the story, I believe a lot of lore on the ruination and viego is given in the Ruined King game.

[@lexu9907]

I absolutely loved this video, thank you for reacting to the full story!!!

[@Aakkeellii]

You guys just made my day! So happy to see you upload more League stuff! Always puts me into a hype mood :D

[@georgeaces]

"She made a doll that looks like Jinx" had me dying! Dude you are obsessed and I love that xD

[@jakubkarpiel9877]

your reactions are the best guys. I watched a lot of reactions but your are best so far cuz u keep digging into the lore which really gives me a smile. Hope u have a good day and cant wait another videos!

[@luel_05]

I recommend the cinematic: " A new Dawn". After "Kin of the Stained Blade" its my favorite one :)

[@CarlieAndAnge]

Yep, we’ll have that on the channel soon hopefully!

[@luel_05]

@@CarlieAndAnge 😊 I'm looking forward to it

[@Silent_Eric]

@@CarlieAndAnge Just so you know, A New Dawn is not lore. It's a cool cinematic, but not canon at all.

[@oakyoak]

yo its so much fun watching ppl new to the riot world, really appreciate it ! keep up the good work ! much luv

[@naynnile7239]

Loved your reaction so much😍

[@kanna94]

Something you just missed, after Lucian's team defeated Viego, Thresh showed himself in front Lucian to claim what he asked for the information he provided to defeat Viego. Senna didn't know about it but still thresh claimed a soul and now Thresh is reincarnated as a man you watched some cinematic before. This story only brings the real villian.

[@jabernas]

It really amazes me how you can keep up with the names. I mean, it's easy for league players, but for people coming from arcane, it's really impressive! Love your reactions btw

[@CarlieAndAnge]

Thanks so much! We sometimes struggle with the names but we’re getting there 😅

[@reyeldoggo]

Short character naming : Guy with 2 pistols : Lucian, Sentinel of Light, went on a mission to rescue his wife Senna. Lady with huge canon : Senna, Sentinel of Light, got sucked into Thresh's lantern and was trapped in there until she was saved by Lucian, they're now on a mission to recruit more sentinels and stop Viego. Samurai : Yasuo, exiled after being framed for the death of his master Fox Lady : Ahri, doesn't really have a plot IIRC, she just wants to seduce people and take their soul, although she feels guilty about it. I think she wants to find a way stay alive without having to do that? Guy with the knife and mask : Pyke, former pirate, was betrayed by his crew/didn't get help from them and drowned, got revived by an evil god and is now taking revenge on everyone that's on his list. Although he's just insane at this point and thinks everyone is on that list, and if they aren't he'll make up a reason for them to be on there. Guy with the shotgun : Graves, bilgewater criminal, partner in crime of Twisted Fate, nothing more to it. Pirate Lady : Sarah Fortune, pirate captain, her guns were made by her parents for a young sailor(at the time, now he's the most feared pirate captain) named Gangplank, who used said guns to kill Sarahs parents. Lady that carries a skull(the muscular one in the ruined king announcement trailer) : Illaoi, high priestess of a great sea serpent god named Nagakabouros, she's the one that saved Gangplank from death by putting him through a trial if he's worthy enough to continue living. Lady with Crossbow : Vayne, parents got killed by monsters, she's now obsessed with killing monsters. Lady that transforms into a Dragon : Shyvana, crossbreed of dragon and human, trusted by the King of Demacia after they fought side-by-side. But since she's technically not fully human, Vayne hates her with all her heart and the only reason she doesn't kill her is because Shyvana is very close to the king. Little furball(Yordle) with a hammer : Poppy, yordle with a big hammer that she inherrited from her master, set out to find the next hero that is worthy to wield said hammer, not knowing it's herself. Lady that fights the mist alone on the circle platform : Karma, spiritual leader of Ionia, incarnation of the will of Ionia. Guy with big axe : Darius, noxian general. Lady with sword and gun : Samira, former slave, but due to noxus's mentality of "The strong will rise, the weak will die", she managed to climb out of slavedom and is now a mercenary for hire. Guy with the pistol / grappling hook : Akshan, sentinel of light, his gun is a relic called the Absolver. It revives people if the gun kills the dead peoples killer. And since Isolde is technically the reason why Senna died (She died due to Isolde's soul leaving her body), Akshan revived Senna by destroying Isolde. Guy with the spear at the end : Pantheon, demi-god of mount targon, will NOT use his powers if fighting against someone that he deems unworthy. (The reason why he's the bad guy here : Viego/The Black Mist has the ability to mind-control people and serve Viego. Pantheon and Shyvana fell victim to that. (And others that weren't shown to be corrupted in the cinematic like, Draven, Karma and Miss Fortune, there were also some Sentinels that weren't shown in the cinematic : Irelia, Diana, Riven and Rengar) Lady with giant scissors : Gwen, a doll made by Isolde, came to life after absorbing part of her soul and helps the Sentinels stop Viego, since she's basically a fragment of Isolde's personality and as we saw Isolde doesn't want Viego to do what he's doing. Skeleton with chainscythe&lantern : Thresh, warden of souls on the shadow isles, plotting ,and through the victory of the sentinels succeeding, in overthrowing Viego and be free to do whatever he wants. Guy that tries to kill literally everything to bring back his queen : Viego, former prince of Camavor (The place they entered through the portal in the last cinematic), lost his love Isolde, revived her on the blessed isles, succeeded, things took a 180° turn real quick as Isolde refused to let that happen, struck Viego with his own sword (Hence the hole in his chest) and therefor just half-finishing the ritual, so Isolde, instead of getting revived, got split into many pieces. One is inside Senna, one is inside Gwen(a doll Isolde made, as she was a seamstress, came to life after absorbing a part of Isoldes soul) and the rest is in different objects around the world. There's entire books worth of story about each of those characters, but that's the general gist of things on how they came to be where they're at now.

[@kairo8155]

Hey guys, if you want visual explanation of exacly how the ruination originated, check the "Ruined King (game) Opening Cinematic ". In the 3 min video, you will see why the black mist comes from Viego's hole in his chest and how it came to be.

[@pinkyog5802]

I love this so much you guys are amazing love this longer videos

[@taraleigh6008]

I’m half a year late but if u guys haven’t seen by now, the LoL champion “Kalista”’s lore perfectly explains the backstory to the ruination and how Isolde died. They just came out with a book about her story called “Ruination”. They have an animated trailer for the book as well that perfectly explains what caused the ruination so you can watch that without having to read anything!

[@d0decadice]

They should react to the the music videos of the music that was featured in one of the videos they reacted in this video. - Rise -Phoenix - Legends Never Die -Take Over I know some of these are more player centric but I would still love for them to react to these.

[@svendeep6781]

Aaaye. I'd say all world's vids. I think there's a problem with 1 or 2 of the songs early on though. copyright or something. I think it's the first version of Warriors and 1 other.

[@CrazyWorld-hi1bx]

You guys are my favorite reactors. Keep up the good work!

[@nikkotan4479]

Finaly i have been waiting fir you guys to release this reaction video

[@gojirasdaddy8438]

Ruined King IMO is alot of fun and completely different from LoL, It also has difficulty settings and you can set it to very easy if you just want to enjoy the story. Highly recommend it

[@GCWeber]

Because it shows up in the cinematics, in game Senna is actually a support. She deals a lot of damage, but she can also shoot through her allies to heal them, as we see in these videos. She can also take on a ghostly form and fill the area around her with black mist, allowing allies who stay close to her to also take on that ghostly form. Similarly, Lucian's kit incorporates a lot of mobility, including a teleportation ability, as we see him use here.

[@redsnowtk1678]

8:40 song it's called Rise is one of the best songs, Worlds championship video.

[@CarlieAndAnge]

Oh great! We’ll get to the worlds championship videos soon 😊

[@clackser6923]

getting home from nightshift to a reaction video is so blessed ty always guys.

[@dreamcatcher2327]

Let me tell you guys I have never clicked on a video so fast and I love that you guys uploaded and hour video of LoL it was so fun watching y’all react to the cinematic’s and just wow I enjoyed every minute of it. 😁

[@CarlieAndAnge]

Aww we’re glad you enjoyed it!! ❤️❤️

[@pj_lenz]

Really appreciate your content, happy to have stumbled upon your channel during the league reactions. Definitely got a new sub here. Riot is insane, so many details, connections, stories & crazy production (and somehow they still keep it true to the actual video game!!!). Too much talent in this company.

[@CarlieAndAnge]

Yes agreed! And thanks so much 😊

[@heartfairy3646]

I'm waiting for this! Thank you!

[@GCWeber]

Every champion in these cinematics: 5:26 The ghostly metal centaur... thing is Hecarim, a brutal general from Viego's army while Viego was alive and now an equally vicious spirit of the Shadow Isles. No one else in this cinematic represents any particular character. I'll skip the first two Ruined King trailers because it's easier to break it down for the third 12:43 (left): Illaoi (pronunced ill-OW-ee), priestess of the kraken goddess Nagakabouros (pronounced NA-ga-kay-BOAR-ose) 12:43 (right): Miss Fortune. Quick point of clarification: her official champion name is Miss Fortune. Captain Fortune is one of her skins, but it actually represents her as she currently is in the lore (and is also the version of her depicted in Ruined King). Her base "Miss Fortune" appearance represents how she used to look before the events of the Burning Tides event (I highly recommend looking into Burning Tides. There aren't really any cinematics but there are several short stories and such). 13:08 yep, that's Braum. His lore is that he's basically just a super wholesome buff guy who wanders the Freljord helping people. Also, I haven't played Ruined King but I've heard that in-game he has a crush on Illaoi, which I absolutely love lol. 13:32 yep, that's Ahri. Her lore is that, by her nature, she eats souls, but she's grown to hate doing it and feel super guilty about it. She loosely fits something of a succubus archetype in that she typically gets her victims by seducing them and then draining her souls. 13:36 yep, Yasuo. You already know his lore, as depicted in Stained Blade. Framed for a murder so his brother hunted him down, then he killed his brother, and now he's a depressed alcoholic but he's slowly getting better. 13:41 Pyke, the Bloodharbor Ripper. His crew let him die but he was ressurected, and now he's a vicious revenant, hunting down and killing everyone on his list from the depths of the ocean (originally his list consisted only of his old crew but no matter how many names he crosses off the list, he always finds more, and now everyone in Bilgewater is... somewhere on his list.) Also, believe it or not, he's actually a support in-game lol. A weird, very murder-y support, but a support. 15:24 Viego, the Ruined King. Yeah, the rest of the cinematics more or less break him down pretty well. 16:23 Lucian. His lore is summarized pretty well by Akshan. One thing I will point out is that the Ruination event really played up the parallels between Lucian and Viego. Lucian actually was super obsessed with getting vengeance against Thresh, constantly teetering on the brink of the same madness that consumed Viego. It's a really interesting parallel. 16:29 Thresh was sadistic in life and now he's sadistic in death. He traps souls in his lantern and torment them. Now that Viego has been defeated, Thresh is no longer bound to the Shadow Isles as he was before and has grown even more powerful, as we see in "A Night at the Inn" (the one where he looks like a hot human man and he meets Bort). 18:06 Taliyah. I don't really know her lore *super* well, but she's a girl from Shurima with earthbender powers who opposes Azir's attempts to build a new Shuriman empire. Right now she's working with Kai'Sa to fight back the void incursion. 18:27 Ekko. 18:36 Yeah, that's the same robot. This is Blitzcrank, the Great Steam Golem, who was actually built by Viktor. 19:02 Of course, this is Miss Fortune, but it's worth noting that the tentacles here look a lot like the tentaces Illaoi summons in game (yeah, her kit revolves around summoning tentacles), meaning Miss Fortune's adversary is probably somehow tied to Nagakabouros). 21:48 Senna. 25:33 Gwen, the Hallowed Seamstress. Basically, Gwen was Isolde's childhood self-insert OC, who she made into a doll. Later, this doll was brought to life with a fragment of Isolde's soul, and in that regard is sort of like Viego and Isolde's daughter. 28:32 Samira, the Desert Rose, a Shuriman-born Noxian assassin. 28:34 Darius, the Hand of Noxus. Bit of a note, just as Demacia is not "good," Noxus is not "evil," they're both morally grey, but both pretty dark shades of grey (Noxus are aggressive imperialists, Demacia are literally actively committing g*nocide against mages.) Darius in particular is actually one of the less evil Noxian characters. As a rags-to-riches success story, he represents the egalitarian, meritocratic Noxian ideal wherein your success is determined by your talent. He's a major figure in the Noxian military, and basically just does what his superiors tell him to. He's sort of a parallel character to Garen. 28:40 Karma, an Ionian spiritual leader who appeared in Awaken. 29:30 Poppy, the Keeper of the Hammer. A yordle tasked with carrying a magic hammer and giving it to a legendary hero... all while never even considering that the hero might actually be her (it almost definitely is, she's just too humble to realize it becuz Demacia) 29:36 Vayne, a fanatical monster hunter. Actually a terrible person who kills anyone she deems a monster whether they're evil or not (as we see later when she tries to kill Shyvana). 32:50 Akshan, the Rogue Sentinel, a young Shuriman sentinel who very much embodies the dashing rogue archetype. He bears a legendary sentinel weapon called the Absolver, which resurrects people who were recently killed by a person killed with the absolver. Oh! Fun fact: Akshan was actually the first (and thus far only) champion to be released in League PC, Wild Rift, TFT, and Legends of Runeterra all around the same time. 34:43 On the right we see a brief, randomly inserted clip of Garen taken from Warriors. Garen has nothing to do with the event btw he's just there for the funny. 36:20 Shyvana. She's a half-dragon. She's also romantically involved with Prince (well, King now) Jarvan IV, who totally sucks. Seriously Shyvana, ditch him, you deserve better. The dragon from this cinematic is also Shyvana. Her ult actually turns her into a dragon in game. 41:18 Olaf, the Berserker. He heard a prophecy that he would die a peaceful death, but he wants to die gloriously in battle so he's constantly seeking to die a glorious death. 41:24 Vex, the Gloomist. She's an emo yordle who's depressed because she's immortal. 41:50 Yep, that's Riven, a Noxian exile who now fights on the side of Ionia. 42:27 Draven, the Glorious Executioner, a Noxian... gladiator, basically. You saw him in Awaken. 43:30 Yep, Irelia 43:59 Diana, who you saw in Tales of Runeterra along with Leona, her ex-lover turned mortal enemy. 44:13 Pantheon, essentially League of Legends Kratos. 44:54 Malcolm Graves, the Outlaw, Twisted Fate's partner (they were originally supposed to be husbands but the idea was shut down by the higher-ups. A large portion of the fandom (myself included) has collectively decided to ignore the higher-ups). 45:52 Rengar. Basically, he's a lion obsessed with hunting the most dangerous game. Also he has daddy issues. Also is mortal nemesis is Kha'zix, and together they are: Alien vs Predator (Kha'zix and Rengar, respectively) 46:10 Here we see an insight into one of the reasons people hate this event: mischaracterization. A lot of characters acted out of character during the event, most notably Rengar, Pyke, and, of course, Miss Fortune. Two final notes: 1. Four champions were specifically added for this event: Viego, Gwen, Akshan, and Vex. 2. Throughout the video, at the end of each cinematic, the LoL KZbin channel logo pops up. At the moment, this is the most recent champion, Renata Glasc, a Zaun chem-baroness (she's actually a support in-game).

[@CarlieAndAnge]

You legend! Thanks 😊

[@GCWeber]

@@CarlieAndAnge No prob. Had to step away for a sec, working on finishinig the list rn

[@GCWeber]

@@CarlieAndAnge Update complete.

[@madwheelsgaming2360]

In game her name is Miss Fortune. Her actual name is Sarah Fortune. She is the captain of a ship that works throughout blidgewater, hence referring to herself as captain fortune.

[@azeem1597]

Ruined King is a really good game! You don't have to even know anything about League to play it. Probably my favorite game I played last year, would highly recommend.

[@reginaeamet7483]

i low key feel bad, he was just a man too deeply in love

[@Sun____Flower]

If you guys want something more "Arcane related" you guys should react to the 2021 World's Opening Ceremony :)

[@Blink-fq7ph]

Nooo, everything related to the World Cup should be in chronological order

[@expressodepresso5909]

@@Blink-fq7ph 2020 world Cup stays out of this

[@emilialeblanc712]

Daddy Necrit is the go-to man. I watch him 2yrs now. Some people called him daddy coz it was like "Daddy, tell me a story." League of legends lore is so broad yet beautiful. Like Viego's love.. it's so pure then became poisonous to him and made him corrupted.

[@martinbenatitinodekartella3074]

39:17 it's because this person is originally a League of Legends Champion : Shyvana. This whole story "Sentinels of light" story includes special skins for existent characters. Shodow Iles skins and Sentinels skins. Shyvana is among those who got a Shadow Iles skin, among with Draven, Karma, Pantheon and Miss Fortune. All these guys are originally good guys, that got possessed by Viego

[@gabrieldartemius9940]

You can always just read the comics!! They're on Riot's lore page, Sentinels of Light, the name is the same. Also, Viego wasn't good before, he was useless, he didn't want to be king but he was the only option and so they crowned him for lack of another option. Then he got Isolde and ignored everything but her, then lost her and destroyed everything in a fit of rage. He was basically an indolent adolescent that didn't give a shit about anyone, I still can't explain to myself how Isolde ended up loving him.

[@Settisfaction]

OMG!! 55mins, I am going to love it! Watching it right now

[@zeusanderson4259]

Its so nice watching you two discuss league lore. You're pretty spot on :) another lore youtuber you might wanna check out is Tenebrix. Definitely subbing to watch more of your stuff!

[@sethilagan1845]

Omg thx for this 🥺

[@mhel8757]

And also they're already have a mini novel and three comics partnered by marvel the story is about ashe, lux and zed.. I think you can find them at league of legends website

[@justinburnett6828]

If you didn’t notice the scene where Darius gets turned by veigo is the area where mel from arcane painted on her wall. The giant building with the twin towers is called the immortal bastion it’s a main landmark of noxius.

[@SabDrawsArt]

Fun fact: The Ruined King game timeline, the story happens after the Kin of the Stained Blade animated video. This is back up by the part at the end when Yasuo and Ahri are talking about heading to Bilgewater. And the Ruination event of videos timeline happens over the years but the final event in Absolution event happens some time after the game.

[@sparemobius7430]

42:40 yea those recaps are just recapping the ingame event, it was long, very long. Couple months if I remember, pretty much had to go to all the regions and play enough games/do quests to unlock story and stuff. Was kind of fun, but a lot of work for casual players. Akshan was the last champion added in Ruination, he is an interesting character.

[@chunchunmaru1995]

Btw just as a reminder, ''Thresh Unbound: A Night at the Inn'' video happen after that ruination event. You watched that video at your TALES OF RUNETERRA video. That's where Thresh became like human form. He plan something but we don't know yet. He might be main villain after what happen Viego. I really liked your LOL reaction videos. I watched them all and you guys my favorite lol reaction channel. And i found this channeI because i'm in love with Runeterra universe. It's my favorite fantastic universe. There are too much good story and characters. U can check runeterra website for all (comics, storys etc.) or you can check Necrit's channel at least.

[@CarlieAndAnge]

Thanks so much! ❤️

[@dejmyn_damian7513]

I love the way you guys are trying to understand everything. I love you and I need more :)

[@CarlieAndAnge]

❤️❤️

[@Janaia896]

im so happy seeing your channel grow so fast! Love your reactions

[@CarlieAndAnge]

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[@sparemobius7430]

9:12 Serah Fortune, Miss Fortune, Captain Fortune after the Bilgewater event a few years back when she killed Gangplank and assumed captain of the city. Yes Ruined King is fun, if you like turn based RPGs like Final Fantasy, they did some interesting mechanics that make it unique and interesting. Bit confusing at first, but really interesting.

[@ddvjbh]

You guys are one of my favorite reactors since Arcane came out. I don't know how long you guys have been doing this but can we get a Q&A video about you guys.

[@Decimation1030]

As a long time league of legends player, it was awesome to see Lucian's story realized. When he was released in 2013, there was a lot of mystery surrounding the champion. His in game quotes mentioned Senna constantly and the community really wanted to know more about her and how they came to be. All we knew at the time of his release is that He and Senna were a couple that hunted the undead. One day Lucian and Senna take on Thresh, which ends up going horribly wrong. If I remember the story correctly, she goes to fight Thresh alone and ends up getting killed. Lucian arrives to late witnessing the soul theft. One of the pistols that Lucian uses actually belongs to Senna. When she was killed he started using both of pistols at once. When it comes to Viego, I felt bad for the guy. He and Lucian essentially did the exact same thing just on different terms. They went on a rampage in an effort to get back their wives. One slaying demons and the other possessing human beings. Great reaction, Great video.

[@MrMeddyman]

The Ruined King RPG was supposed to come out before the champion in the game, the very first time we ever saw him was in that launch trailer, the coolest thing is that mega giant Riot let the much smaller studio, Airship Syndicate essentially come up with the design directions for one of the longest referenced characters in their game, because the game was supposed to be our introduction to him. Didn't go that way because COVID delayed it massively but that was the plan

[@KunLunKungFu]

Ruined King is most definitely a worthwile game to play! I highly, highly, highly recommend it. Another thing to add. I, as well as many other lore nerds, are so frustrated with Riot. The Ruination event was a big event, and they dropped the ball so hard. Hence, Ruined King is kind of the "canon" ending in my eyes. So much better written and executed. Good video, as always! Funny as well!

[@alexlindsey3385]

52:45 In Senna’s character history, as a child she found a boat floating away from the Shadow Isles. Isolde’s soul (or part of it at least) was hiding in the boat and went into Senna’s body. Ever since that, she had been chased by the shadows since Viego was looking for his wife’s soul. Lucian’s father, who was a Sentinel, took her on as his apprentice to fight the shadows. When Lucian’s father died, she came to Lucian to return his father’s gun, and he convinced her to train him. They eventually fell in love and married…and then Thresh happened. My theory is that Isolde separated her soul into as many pieces as she could so that she could make finding her as difficult for Viego as possible. I know Ashkan (or Akshan) told a bit about Viego and Isolde, but I noticed that you had some questions still. So after Viego married Isolde, fighting broke out in question to his right to rule, and Isolde was poisoned by a dagger that was meant to kill Viego. She died, but he wanted her back. Finding a map to a magical place called the Blessed Isles, he goes there to somehow bring Isolde back. While there, he somehow mucks things up and ends up creating the Ruination and turning the Blessed Isles into the Shadow Isles. Thresh used to be a sadistic priest on the Blessed Isles before becoming the demon that he currently is. Hope this clears some things up for you :)

[@gerardlelouch2789]

The story was good , cinematics were awesome , Ruination and Sentinel skins are beautiful but sadly , the event in game was trash.... They spent so much time on what's around that they forgot to just a create a good game mode for this event , it was really repeatitive et to be honest kinda boring ! But at least RIOT admitted it , they appologized and promised to do better in their future lore realted events and I think it's a very honest and good reaction !

[@kingthormak5821]

Please watch Ruined king game cut scenes and cinematics. Its literally the best League of legends lore out there

[@spicydubu]

little fun fact about necrit, in the game riot made for ruined king, viegos advisor was named after necrit

[@CarlieAndAnge]

That is AWESOME!

[@vagoerrante]

what the heck with your massive prediction Carlie! 26:25 the big brain there. amazing reaction and commentaries as always

[@CarlieAndAnge]

That was Ange* and thanks!! 😊

[@sparemobius7430]

16:52 yes that is a memory. Lucian and Senna are husband and wife, both are Sentinels of Light from Demacia. They basically hunt evil. Thresh took Senna's soul and Lucian has been hunting him since. During this event, her soul escaped his lantern and she returned. This whole event was about the Sentinels vs Viego pretty much.

[@thecyrax3407]

Gwen was indeed Isolde's doll that came to life with the help of a part of Isolde's soul, and Viego seeks those parts to resurrect Isolde once again

[@Fatmanralphy]

Ahh, The Ruination. I'm so torn on this event, and there is a LOT to say about it. On the one hand, I love that they went ambitious with such a large scale event, focused around the release of the single player Ruined King game (which by the way is fantastic, but sadly got delayed which sort of threw off parts of the narrative for the rest of the event). On the other hand, the event itself took such a massive dump on Runeterra lore, which wouldn't be apparent to those watching these for the first time. A lot of this story was told in the LoL client as a visual novel (these are the bits you see as catchups with Akshan), where you teleported all over the world to recruit new sentinels. A neat idea, but their choices for which champions were included was baffling, many of them were just there to give the odd one liner, or would act completely out of character. Meanwhile there are champions such as Yorick (You will have seen his Pentakill skin in Mortal Reminder), who's lore is entirely based around the ruined king, who were either on screen for 30 seconds, or omitted entirely. As others have mentioned, Necrit's Ruining the Ruination video probably explains the problems best. Still though, they've said that despite the poor reception, they're not done trying massive events like this so I'm hopeful!

[@MsTryinghard]

I love how in the game Lucian can easily dodge Thresh' hooks just like in the cinematic. Senna isn't bad when she's freed. Her gun protects allies (shields and heals them in game) and only affects enemies.

[@arandomperson777]

The name of the robot is Blitzcrank. And yes check Necrit, there are a lot of videos to see but you will understand everything. Good video btw

[@KaliumKraehe]

If you watch the cinematics all together to follow the ruination without some reading its hard to understand it on the first go, as the cinematics throw in a lot of features that have no meaning to the core story (like the dragon lady, the recruited people, which is basically just promo for the skinlines) Condensed down: Once upon a time, there was a kingdom called camavor. The Ruler of this Kingdom passed early, so his brother got to the throne, unprepared. He was not a Bad person in general, just not ready to take the reign over a kingdom. This king fell in love with a seamtress called Isolde. he was so in love with her, that he started to neglect the kingdom in favor of her. One day, one of his political enemies tried to murder him by poison, which was prevented, but in his place Isolde was poisoned and died, so could one say, by a fate that sas meant for him. The King was not ready to lose his love, so he searched for a way to bring her back, and he found a place called the Blessed Isles. He traveled there and asked for the natives to grant him access to the waters of life. they denied, but the king didnt accept this and tried to conquer the island, getting to the waters this way. Eventually a native named Thresh guided him to the waters, curious to what would happen. The king put the dead body of his queen into the waters and for a brief moment everything seemed as it worked fine, but something wasnt right. Even though she came back from the dead, Isolde was in great pain and disarray, not understand what happened to her, as she was pulled against her will from the dead. In her state of rage, pain and delusion, the returned queen stabbed the king with his own enchanted sword which started a process the people today call the ruination. In nthe process, the blessed isles where completely shattered and became what is today known as the shadow isles. Centuries pass... In the process of the ruination, Isoldes soul was shattered. the fragments of her soul were scattered all over runeterra, binding to various people and artifacts (for example the music-box viego held in the last cinematic, or Senna). On the shadow isles, Thresh found a way to bring back the long gone king. Back into the world Viego only knows one goal. To bring back his beloved queen. At this point the black mist, before only enclosing the shadow isles spreads all over runeterra, reaching for the various fragments of isoldes soul, and possess everything that it reaches. putting this as a summary before the wholething might help to fix in some holes into the watching expierience, together with some knowledge about the characters. - Gwen for example is a doll isolde made when she was alive which came alive by the power of one of isoldes soul fragments. - Akshan is a shuriman who was one of the first sentinels of light and owns a weapon which can revive people by killing their murderer. - Senna was possessed by a soul-fragment of isolde, which made the black mist follow her whererever she went, letting her become a sentinel of light pretty early. Also that was the reason Thresh got her at some point. When Senna was "kinda" dead, she gained a link to that fragment, being able to communicate with Isolde and also getting some powers against the mist when she was saved by Lucian. the rest of the champions are just promo for the skinlines "Sentinel" and "Ruined" :D

[@mohamaddahlandestian1747]

Thank u very much guys ! This is what am talking about 🤩

[@roff000]

Good to hear you watch necrit. He really helped lore fans like us

[@Domura]

6:57 The Black Mist is a major part of the corruption of the Shadow Isles, created at the moment of doom in the series of events that causd the Blessed Isles to fall in the first place. Anything that dies in the Mist essentially becomes a part of it and is doomed to haunt the mists to further spread despair and death. It's more than just zombies, the Black Mist itself is more like a cloud of predatory spirits and if the mist doesn't entirely sap the life force of someone trapped within it, then something from the Mist might just possess the body outright. Similar kind of thing happens with the puppets in that little show, random spirit inhabits it's body and animates it, likely as a tool to spread misery. 8:42 It's actually a remix/cover of a song previously used for one of the Worlds animations, unsurprisingly called Rise. You'll likely get around to it sometime soon, it's pretty cool but it also deals a bit more with the fan/esports side of things in that the people in the video are caricatures of pro players using elements of champions they play. A lot of reaction videos from people unfamiliar with the whole meta-experience of League fandom tend to watch the Worlds videos, see these real people looking folks and get confused, just so you know ahead of time. 9:37 It is Miss Fortune, insofar as her 'proper' name in the game. Her full name is Sarah Fortune, she is a Captain in her own right as well, there's a whole bunch of story in regards to it, the Legends of Runeterra - Bilgewater video is one part of many events in that entire chain. Twisted Fate and Graves were part of the narrative that lead to Ms. Fortune's position of power so the three of them have a pretty big history together. 9:46 I've not played Ruined King yet myself, but it is a different type of game entirely. It's developed by Airship Syndicate, who also made Battle Chasers: Nightwar and Darksiders Genesis. It's a turn based RPG and from what I've heard it sounds like it's pretty decent. Not very expensive either, but there's been a lot of other releases lately I've been way more excited for that all have taken precedence over Ruined King, so even if I did buy it I wouldn't have time to play it between everything else right now. 11:45 "I wonder what happened there..." It is a long story and I'm not going to get entirely into it, the short of it is though his wife, Isolde, was fatally wounded and Viego went nuts in retaliation both out of revenge and in trying to find a cure for her before she died. One was found that could have helped her, but only if she was still alive when it was supplied, and Isolde died before that could happen. Viego went for it anyway, and that's what lead to the corruption of the Blessed Isles and the creation of the Black Mist. Despite all this however, Viego hasn't stopped trying to bring back Isolde to his side, despite everything that is trying to keep that from happening. 15:43 "She's technically an animal." nolol :) 18:17 Taliyah, a Shuriman earth mage. She's got some interesting stories, and actually spends some time traveling with Yasuo. 18:42 Blitzcrank always being forgotten by people. Poor robot dude. 21:30 Probably Black Mist, Thresh had been collecting/gathering it for some time in order to travel beyond the Shadow Isles and not be bound to it anymore. 23:05 Lucian, the man with the guns, was trying to free Senna's soul from being entrapped by Thresh. What he didn't expect was that she would actually return to life, or at least some semblance of it. She's more of a spirit or wraith herself now, but she manifests her appearance from when she was alive. Senna's always had a curse that caused her to be pursued by the Black Mist, and being trapped in Thresh's lantern, she learned to manipulate and control it to a degree, and forged her relic weapon in the process to purify the souls trapped in the Mist and free them. 23:32 Bear in mind, a lot of these videos were released with huge spans of time between them and in that time, some facts and details of lore change. To begin with, Lucian was a character long, long before Senna was actually released as a champion, but she did exist in the lore. It was a known fact that Lucian's wife was killed by Thresh and he stole her soul, that was part of Lucian's backstory on release back in 2013. In 2019, they released Senna, and by that time they'd had a major refactor in lore and story presentation and had things in place now to justify her history and character. 26:21 It was a part of Isolde's soul. I haven't read largely into the more recent events lore stuff yet, but part of the cause for the Ruination events is Viego's hunt for the various parts of his queen's soul fragments so he can unite them and return Isolde to him.

[@Domura]

29:17 Noxus isn't all that bad, in the same kind of way that Demacia isn't all that good. On the surface they have a lot of the trappings of the archetypal 'Evil' and 'Good' kingdoms but there's a lot of things beneath the surface that kind of belie a more complicated situation. Demacia with it's white, gold and blue trappings and trimmings is a near-fascist state with some pretty intense bigotry and extremist views. Noxus, for all it's gloom, darkness and violence, has some pretty good values for equality and status. It's just that they're also likely to employ chemical weapons against peasants in an underdeveloped country because their acting general is pactbonded with a demon, and a major power acting behind the scenes is a centuries old cabal of power hungry mages. 31:57 The woman with Darius is Samira. She's kind of a badass, and her ultimate is unironically based around a similar concept to the Style gauge in the Devil May Cry games, you can only use her ultimate when you've attained an S gauge by hitting multiple enemy champions with different abilities and attacks. 32:30 Senna also had a part of Isolde's soul, had been with her since birth, and it's why she had been cursed to be hounded by the Black Mist to begin with. She was unintentionally doomed into this kind of situation, but because Senna was trained to be a Sentinel of Light, a faction that exists to fight and destroy the Black Mist, she had both the tools and ability to fight the Mist's corruption despite being trapped and tortured in Thresh's lantern for years. I forget exactly when, but I think Senna learned this connection to Isolde and had been able to speak with her, which is where that whispering voice was coming from when the Mist was rolling in. 35:16 Props to Akshan for doing this entire bit for me. :^) Don't have to explain anything really. 35:59 Shauna Vayne, a demon hunter type character. She spends a lot of time hunting down evil creatures and destroying them largely because why not, but also on her personal quest to find and kill Evelynn for murdering her parents as a child. 36:14 Gaslighting yourself 101, it's Black Mist, but if you call it just 'the mist' you'll be fine because you're technically right, and that's the best kind of right. 36:26 That's Shyvana, she's an elite soldier of Demacia and a close compatriot to the sitting Prince, Jarvan IV. In the old lore she's a half-dragon that was allowed to join in an elite guard unit after Jarvan IV vouched for her, and I forget the exact circumstances and reasoning behind it all, but it's vaguely implied in the past that Jarvan might have had a thing for her. I'm not sure how much of that all still holds up nowadays, I don't think she's a 'half-dragon' anymore but rather maybe a lesser dragon, she is capable of transforming into a dragon still and she is still part of an elite military unit. Shyvana's been possessed by Viego due to her negative emotions over her treatment, mistrust and fear among Demacians that see her as a monster both because of her nature as a draconic being and also because she is naturally magical. Vayne herself doesn't trust Shyvana either, so this interaction here has a lot more driving it than just 'doing it to save people', Vayne would take any excuse she could to have a chance to kill Shyvana. 37:30 Shyvana's 'true form'. :) 39:20 Shyvana's just possessed. Viego's Ruination possesses several people that have some sort of darkness, negative emotion or otherwise something to feed off of. Shyvana's was anger over her own persecution by the Mageseekers as well as their treatment of mages in general. 42:26 Not really a mystery. Viego was so obsessed with Isolde after their marriage that he was kind of letting his kingdom go. There was an attempted assassination on Viego that was thwarted, but the poison knife meant for Viego wounded Isolde instead, and through all the efforts Viego made to find a cure for the poison, Isolde died before it could be administered. Viego tried it anyway, bringing her body to the Blessed Isles and placing her in the Waters of Life, despite all the warning that he shouldn't do that. Isolde revived as a wraith, panicked and anguished over her state, stabbed Viego with his own sword and then dispersed. 42:55 During the Ruination event there was also some kind of story thing going on in the MOBA where you'd procedurally unlock like new entries in the ongoing story and other tidbits. I didn't bother with it because I really hated the idea of being forced to grind through repeated matches just to 'earn' progress to unlocking new parts, but I imagine this recap is just a summarized retelling of those events. 52:18 For the second time, at that. After she was revived in the Waters of Life at the Blessed Isles, she stabbed Viego with his own magic sword, which has been in game for years as the Blade of the Ruined King, and the magic of the sword and the power of the Waters of Life interacted somehow to create the Black Mist that corrupted the Blessed Isles into the Shadow Isles they are now. You'd think being rammed through the chest with a sword would give enough of a hint, but apparently not. Akshan managed to deliver a final true death on Isolde this time and revive Senna and Gwen in the process, since his weapon is a legendary Sentinal weapon that can resurrect the recently dead. 52:41 It was split into multiple parts, Gwen and Senna were just two of them. The recaps explaining how Viego was going around stealing objects and the Sentinels were trying to get them before he could is detailing the efforts they were making trying to retrieve Isolde's Fetters, items that contained portions of her soul that they were trying to safeguard so that Viego couldn't collect them all and resurrect his wife's spirit. 54:34 Viego was more of a detriment than anything. He wasn't much to speak of before he met Isolde, and afterwards he basically ignored all his responsibilities and duties as king to just focus on his wife. Conspirators wanted to get rid of him so that they could get a king that would actually rule his lands, but that plan failed and backfired, Viego's retaliatory wars did even more damage and in the end his army landed in the Blessed Isles and started ransacking it before he started the corruption that consumed all life in the realm. 55:00 He's bound under the power of Gwen's Hallowed Mist, far off in his old homeland on the other side of the world, it's not currently on the map of Runeterra.

[@Nightmare1324]

17:30 "Thresh doing damage again, whats this guy's problem?" its cause my ADC just doesnt know how to secure kills, lmao. Thresh Gameplay wise is a Support, a character who goes into lane with a partner an ADC (Attack Damage-based Carry). Thresh abilities revolve around throwing hooks and pulling players towards your allies, also using his lantern he can pull Allies to safety and use his prison to slow or fend off attackers. or imprison them with a hefty slow for his allies to clean up. His passive is when an enemy dies they leave souls behind for him to collect and improve his base stats, meaning the longer a game goes on the stronger he gets. Hes really my favorite champion ever and i love you guys can recognize him so easily, got him confused with hecarim for a sec tho

[@bryan2733]

YESSSS, I've been waiting for thiss.

[@NotBlackRobot]

so about your question in outro about how shadow isle was created, riot games showed us, when his wife died he wanted to put her in river, once he put her in river, she drown and somehow a ghost come out and kill viego with sword. he screamed and with that power that island broke in to many pieces. after many years thresh went there and found that sword, he picked sword and thats how viego back to life and searched for his wife. You can see in intro of the Ruined king game

[@adefrazf6921]

Actually Viego is on Pentakill band, he appears in the interactive live concert of pentakill's new album you haven't watched yet, even he sings in a couple of badass songs.

[@yusufhidayatulloh]

if you love league lore, just enjoy it from the cinematic, or game other than league itself, never enter the game, once you in, you'll never quit

[@CarlieAndAnge]

🤣

[@Mangyoplasta]

you said you loved the music when you were reacting to the ruined king launch trailer, actually it's a remix, i don't know if u watched it already but the song is called "rise" and the cinematic, as usual, is incredible (y)

[@mrsucubus5740]

I love u guys! Keep it going with League of Legends things

[@carolinematheus1780]

The majority of the Ruination event happened within League of Legends (in the game client), in a visual novel game, and since nor everyone likes this kind of game and would just skip all the story, they made this recaps with Akshan, that really helps understand most of it. Still a lot of it is missing like how the Shadow Isles came to be. That's the thing with League's lore, they will tell stories in pretty much every media available, and sometimes is kinda hard to get it all. Watching Necrit will surely help hahahaha also theres the lol universe website, with tons of stories, champion bios, comics (there's a sentinels of light one!), and many other interesting stuff, really recommend taking a look!

[@jdksdj11]

Not sure if it's true, but I heard a visual game novel isn't canon. It's just a event like Odyssey or Spirit Blossom. Only cinematics, graphic novel and The Ruined King are canon.

[@carolinematheus1780]

@@jdksdj11 it's not entirely canon, but it's a story anyway... I mentioned the visual novel to explain why the Akshan recaps exist. But you're right, only a portion of this event is actually canon.

[@DarkDragonCdn]

There are some comic books done as well, and Akshan has a trailer out there as well it is just an introduction, but it is out there.

[@globolosaurus2164]

Pyke is definitely one of my favorite characters in the league universe

[@eklavyabhardwaj1438]

and about 39:22 viego got the power to control others after he defeat them, soo that was actually another champion from league I think, and her name is shyvana, and she might not be, I'm not sure, but yeah, he was good and viego took over her and made her fight for him

[@jhughes4707]

Ruined king is fun if you like that turn based type of feel. Like old final fantasy games or somethings. Tons of lore in there

[@phonemyintpaing1472]

Fun fact: Ruination got a lot of bad reviews from players for not being lore accurate. If not being accurate is that good, imagine how it would be when it is

[@RaphelMadeira]

18:17 This is Taliyah, haven't you guys watched 2022 cinematic (The Call) yet? I highly recommend it.

[@CarlieAndAnge]

Not yet! coming soon hopefully 😊

[@belancicm]

Miss Fortune's name is Sarah Fortune. Captain Fortune is her title (and also one of her skins).

[@sparemobius7430]

36:48 that girl is Shyvanna, she turns into a dragon pretty much. Not Viego's assistant just one of the many he took control of.

[@himurach]

18:40 The robot is named Blitzcrank

[@SarahMK1990]

To answer some of the questions: Isolde died when Viego was attacked, his niece Kalista blocked a poisoned dagger meant for Viego and the dagger hit Isolde. She was sent to find a cure but when she returned, Isolde was already dead. She thought when Viego understands there's no way to save her anymore when the people of the Blessed Isles tell him that you cant trick death but he already lost his mind, ordering Kalista to kill them so Viego can try to save Isolde. Kalista refused and got killed by Hecarim. Thresh brough Viego to the waters of life and when he put her into it, Isolde returned to light but cause she was taken from her rest she killed Viego and caused the cataclysm turning the Blessed Isles into the Shadow Isles and the white mist protecting the isles turned into the black mist. This could already be outdated tho cause there's a whole book about the background with Viego, Isolde, Kalista and everyone but I didn't found time to read it yet. The game Ruined King is set before the Sentinels of Light story, it's a great game with an amazing story. The only thing not making sense at all is that Sarah Fortune changed sides to Viego during the Ruination Event which contradicts her whole story arc in the game. She, Ahri and Braum are by far my favorite characters in Ruined King. And don't worry, most people think Ahri looks good, it's an open secret in the League Community ;)

[@CristianLopez-mn1os]

I love this reactions guys xD

[@algoluke9653]

i love this rabbit hole you guys have fallen into LOL can’t wait for more

[@CarlieAndAnge]

Plenty more to come!