Filmmaker Reacts - LEAGUE OF LEGENDS "STILL HERE" Cinematic

[@fir3gaming664]

I watched this whole video, and you got a lot right, I'm no filmmaker but I have a solid understanding of how tones, emotions and feeling are conveyed, and I also know ALLLL about the lore of League of Legends, having played it since about 2014, so allow me to give you some insight on the bits you missed and nearly got: So, for a start the being with the bow and the wolf who are revealed at about 3:52 in this video, is central to this cinematic, and important to understand. The being with the bow and the wolf are one and the same, they are all part of one entity called Kindred, which is essentially the Grim Reaper so to speak for the League of Legends universe. This is the description of the entity as per LoL's webpage: Separate, but never parted, Kindred represents the twin essences of death. Lamb's bow offers a swift release from the mortal realm for those who accept their fate. Wolf hunts down those who run from their end, delivering violent finality within his crushing jaws. The League community has very little lore on these beings, as they don't interact with anyone else in the league universe verbally as far as we know, however the starting quote from this cinematic is one of Kindreds voicelines in the game. I mention this because it was quite a surprise to the league community to see kindred in a cinematic due to it not being very uninteractive within the universe, despite its very cool design. Now back to the Scenes of the Cinematic: The first scene that is continued at the end, with the Man lying on the ground. That Man is called Tryndamere, he is a playable Champion in League of Legends, and most importantly, he has an ability in the game and in the lore called Undying Rage, whereupon his rage reaches such an extent that he simply refuses to die. This ability in game essentially makes it so his HP bar cannot go below say 1% hp under any circumstances for about 7 seconds. I hope you can see with this context that the scene with him on the ground at the start, and when he is on the ground in the dark forest when kindred appears, are in fact ONE AND THE SAME. He is not actually fighting against death's hunters themselves, he is actually fighting the warriors around him. This is also why he could not actually harm Lamb itself, because it is no more than the deliverer of death itself, obviously curious how he was denying death. The women who shows up to save him is called Ashe, another playable character in game, and also his wife. Going in order, the second scene with the 2 Angels and the Warrior. The Angels are called Kayle and Morgana, Morgana being the one who used the purple chain attack, and the Warrior is called Aatrox. I liked your observations in this scene, you caught that Aatrox's sword was pulsing, but what you didn't say but maybe suspected is that it looks like a heartbeat. That sword IS Aatrox himself, and it simply possess's and transforms the wielder, and it IS essentially alive, hence the heartbeat. You were incorrect in your opinion at 13:12 however, though you would need to know the lore behind them to understand why. Essentially Morgana here having used the dark chains to bind Aatrox was resorting to using basically dark magic, and prior to this event her and Kayle were essentially the arbiters of divine Justice. Kayle's look towards her was not a look of, "I've got this", and more a look of disgust and disappointment that she would resort to dark powers, and not trust in their powers of good to defeat him. After this event Kayle and Morgana actually parted ways and somewhat became enemies, as Kayle would not tolerate the use of dark magic, regardless of whether it was used in a way to deliver justice, and Morgana felt they had a duty to use any power to protect the innocent. Besides that I felt you were spot on with most of what you said about that scene. I have seen comments about seeing Kindred in the fire at the end of this scene moving into the next, but i personally can't see it for the life of me, perhaps you'll have better luck? Finally the 3rd and final scene of this cinematic: The Swordsmaster This was interesting to people who knew the lore as well as those who did not, as the Swordsmaster in this scene is a warrior named Yasuo, who is very well represented in League of Legends lore, and is a fan favourite. HOWEVER the interesting thing about his portrayal in this scene is that he is significantly ages compared to how we usually see him. Usually he's maybe in his 30's, his portrayal here shows him as probably 50's/early 60's. Interesting that you mentioned the Wind effects at 18:50, as Yasuo is a master of something called the wind technique in the LoL universe, a technique that only 1 other is known to have mastered. That is also what the wall was, it was a wind wall, which is also an ability of his in game that stops all projectiles. It was also how he defeated the enemies so easily. The other MAJOR thing to mention in this scene is the end at 19:20. Notice the arrow in the middle specifically shines as it flies towards him with a very familiar glimmer despite all the other arrows in the background? Compare it to Lamb's arrows from the fight at the end, and consider the line describing Lamb from the League of Legends website. "Lamb's bow offers a swift release from the mortal realm for those who accept their fate." This scene is Yasuo's death. As a minor sidenote with this scene, with regards to all the embers floating around the scene and the general ambiance, you wouldn't know for obvious reasons, but even before we found out it was Yasuo with the recognisable nose scar, I was pretty certain the scene was based in Ionia, the province in which he lives, because of the general feel and look of the scene. Ionia is a very spiritual province in the Lore, a place where the border between the material and spirit realms is particularly thin, so magic and fae are commonplace there. And that's all I have for you :) if you read this I hope you enjoyed learning a bit about the cinematic, I would also encourage you to react to the other League of legends cinematics of the past 5 or 6 years, they have really been mostly fantastic. Also thanks for picking up on the mirrored shot between Yasuo and Tryndamere, I have watched a lot of people react to this cinematic on youtube and I actually never realised that that was mirrored until you brought it up!

[@Josiahx]

Good GRAVY this is a detailed reply! Thank you for taking the time explain some of this lore to me! I love it! This was a really exciting trailer to watch despite not "understanding" all the layers. And it's dope to see some of the story details spelled out! Thank you!

[@nhyska1626]

The only thing I can add on all of this amazing explanation is the reason why Kayle goes ascended in the video ; Morgana and her were bearing the sword of their mother, split in two halves. When Morgana decides to unleash her powers from within her, she put down her sword. For that reason, it allowed Kayle to ascend and reach her full potential now the two blades are fighting in the hands of the very same warrior

[@fir3gaming664]

@@Josiahx Glad you liked my comment, I was a fan of your Helldivers 2 Video too. If you end up doing any of the other League of legends videos I'll likely give you backstory on those too as best I can :)

[@Jaloora4369]

I love your explaination. I do need to add this though, Morgana's sin wasn't that she used dark magic so much as just magic. Both of them are divine beings, both of them possess magic, but because they are from Damacia, where magic users were frowned apon at the time, and later condemned completely, they were both holding off on using "pure" magic abilities. The magic their mother bestowed on each of them actually consists of both the glowing yellow and purple, and was never actually "dark", simply magic, that happened to be divine. Fun added fact, Kyle later became a great crusader wielding both her mother's swords, Morgana did a much better job of protecting the people she cared about using her divine magic instead. The concept of them being good and evil only came far later down the line, when Kyle stood with Damacia banning magic and Morganna resisting their laws. All very interesting.

[@doomkingpass3258]

I would also add that the Tryndamere scene represent present, the Morgana/Kayle/Aatrox scene happened in the past and Yasuo's scene is representing a possible future, we can see kindred in all these 3 sequences as death is always lurking, showing that you can't escape Kindred, you see lambs silhouette in kayle's fire attack (she comes to claim Aatrox's death but he actually can't die) and in Yasuo's scene you see Wolf's face formed by trees as Lamb is delivering the arrow to Yasuo.

[@grubenhubert9974]

the fricking discord sound got me

[@Josiahx]

hahah! Got me while editing too AHAH

[@SzeleR]

i knew it its his since i muted all ma servers. i didnt even checked that

[@of3natlas507]

11:15 You're spot on lol. The villain IS the sword, his body is just some mortal vessel he possesses

[@RobotboyX2]

villain? :( aatrox didnt do anything wrong, he just wants to die

[@MikeSakaru]

@@RobotboyX2"Didn't do anything wrong" Lmao. I don't care how much he wants to die, attempting to literally destroy ALL LIFE THAT EXISTS is something considerably wrong. He is the villain of his story.

[@Theoceanismoist]

Both of you are correct. Riot games never liked the typical good guy/bad guy trope. Riot Games always explores a morally grey character. Aatrox was a demigod that fought for humanity yet betrayed by humanity and now his only hope for peace is through a prisoner's desperation. He HOPES if all life ends, the blade ceases to exist. Now is that a good way of doing it or is it a bad way? Up to interpretation. Sympathizing with him seems like a bad thing but making him wholly a villain also doesn't justify his history. Thanks for reading, hope you have a nice day. Edit: I sympathized with his story so much to the point where I've told his story to pretty much every I knew irl and has mained him for 4 years. 😅

[@antoniocuorleggero9253]

@@MikeSakaru yeah in the end aatrox just got crazy he's not even himself anymore he just served a master that needed him to conquer other territories and he had to face the void to save the world, then he destroyed it yeah but bc he got crazy

[@mathies3598]

@@Theoceanismoist as much as you are right that riot tries to find somewhat of a justification for every character, and always ventures into the morally grey, trying to cause mass extinction is still in fact evil anyway lol. the best way to put it is that sometimes regardless of what moral justification you might have, your actions are just evil by default

[@lonwolf7922]

This is one of the few things riot has mastered, making cinematics. Very few companies can compete with them in this aspect.

[@thatepicwizardguy]

literally only blizzard really competes with them... but blizzard games aren't even close overall

[@FantasKanal]

@@thatepicwizardguy Blizzard is washed, thx Bobby!

[@GarryFPV]

@@thatepicwizardguybliz WAS good at cinematically

[@Crona_Gowther_Kanato]

As an all time Blizzard fanboy glazer I can say they were the only ones that ever came close but still 2nd to these LoL cinematics, you genuinely have to tack on Team Fortiche (Arcane) & Riot Forge as well (LoR) they all report to the Riot umbrella who is technically run by Tencent so yeah huge billion dollar company lets go

[@77Zenin77]

The last part of the trailer (the warrior fighting against the beast and Archer) is basically man fighting death itself. The warrior (His name is Tryndamere) is about to die in the fight, that's why death itself comes to take him (the beast "Wolf" And the Archer "Lamb") usually they just come and take your soul and leave. But Tryndamere have an ability to resist death itself, that's why the fight start. It's a fight on two levels becouse in the same time we see him fight off the Wolf and Lamb, which take place more in his mind, he is also fighting the other warriors around him. When the two arrows hit warriors behind him, which were probably about to kill him, the Lamb and Wolf disappear completely becouse he is not about to die anymore

[@whurkaslongbeard8814]

Whole story line is about the Kindred themselves. When Aatrox dies (He is a Darkin, so he cannot) kindred's shadow appears around Kayle's fire. Also When we are watching the Yasuo's death story. At the end we would notice first arrow comes in from Kindred.

[@77Zenin77]

@@whurkaslongbeard8814 i actually didn't knew about the kindred shadow when Aatrox died. I would actually have to watch it again but yeah. In every part of the trailer someone dies so it is about Kindred but i was focusing on the last part the most.

[@whurkaslongbeard8814]

@@77Zenin77 Yeah I know, I felt like to add to your explanation.

[@77Zenin77]

@@whurkaslongbeard8814 and i actually just watched the Aatrox death scene again and i can now see the Lamb in fire and i wonder how could i miss it the first 10 times i saw this video xD

[@elgera0099]

Technically Tryndamere's undying rage is not an ability, is a curse that was put on him by Aatrox when they fought because he considers Tryndamere as the perfect vessel for him and don't want him to die.

[@NagoyaRR]

I just love after Kindred backflips, she tilts her head like "How the fuck are you not dead? You were suppost to die there!"

[@PBRatLord]

I always saw it as her being intrigued, like, "Oh? So you've still got fight in you, then?" Kindred isn't evil, she'll take life just as easily as let the moment pass... She is just a force of nature, Death personified. He wasn't really fighting *her* in that scene, he's fighting all the men who were surrounding him at the start, and because he was on Death's Door, Kindred and Wolf and Lamb are basically just illusionary substitutions for the people he's actually fighting; looming over him like the embodiment of Death.

[@umcarafilipino]

"His" sword is pulsing because he is the sword.

[@Josiahx]

That's flipping NUTS haha. Love it!

[@agentsus9681]

Lore summary: There are gods called the golden god warriors that got corrupted by blood magic. There was an entire war that went on which ended with them being sealed in their weapons, now known as the Darkin.

[@revendax2584]

Yep, if someone grabs his sword he can possess their body, you can kill the host body but you can't kill aatrox because the sword is nearly indestructible

[@alchemicpink2392]

@@Josiahx In very short: I Have No Mouth but I Must Scream followed by shaping and puppeting the corpses of those who touch the blade and the people he kills into what you saw wielding the sword. It takes a lot of bodies for him to keep going.

[@Biotoa98]

Love the analysis on the cinematography. Each of the 3 act of this does have a good bit of lore that helps elevate the action. Act 1. Angels and Demons The demon with the pulsing sword is Aatrox, and the sword is pulsing because it is in fact alive. Aatrox is as much the sword as he is the big guy holding the sword. The "angels" are the sisters Kayle (white wings) and Morgana (purple wings) who later on have pretty bad blood between them. In the moment when Morgana casts off her sword and helm to do the cool purple chain magic, she's essentially forsaking her angelic nature to get the power to do what needs to be done. The look that Kayle give Morgana after taking up the second sword is not so much an "I got this" moment, but a look of disapproval. Act 2. The Lone Swordsman His name is Yasuo. Not to much on this one lore wise, mostly just awesome cinematic combat. His sword fighting is enhanced with wind magic, hence the wall of wind to block the arrows, the wispiness around his arm wraps, and mercing the last guy with a tornado. As he closes his eyes to the approaching volley of arrows at the end, the leading arrow in the shot belongs to Kindred. Act 3. Kindred In the lore of League of Legends as a whole, death (and their version of the grim reaper) is embodied be the beings called Kindred. Kindred is made up of the gentle Lamb (the archer) and the vicious Wolf. The idea is that while death is inevitable, you have two choices for confronting it. Either you accept it and allow yourself to be taking swiftly by Lamb's merciful arrow, or you can run from it and be hunted by the Wolf. The man laying in the snow is Tryndamere, who has been cursed (by Aatrox as it so happens) with an undying rage; he literally gets too angry to die (hence the glowing red eyes). This is why the scenery around him is different from the shot at the beginning where he's surrounded by encroaching enemies. On death's door, his fight is no longer against the encroaching enemies (although he is technically still fighting them off) his fight is now a spiritual one against death itself. Lamb lowers her aim as two arrows fly past her to kill the enemies that were behind Tryndamere. He is no longer on death's door now that the archer woman, Ashe (Tryndamere's wife), has arrived to help. She helps to keep him grounded, hence why he snaps out of his rage state just about as soon as she shows up.

[@520-r8e]

I would like to point out that Kindred appears visually in every act. 1:08 ; 2:21 ; 3:31 (Wolf silhouette)

[@HienNguyen-cs1md]

Act 2 is a vision of a possible future. A warning call for current Yasuo if he keeps his "lone swordman" shtick

[@AcediaRulerOfSloth]

I would also add that in act 2, this version of yasuo has given up on the wind and the sword (possibly for a pretty long time since he seems pretty adept with the bo staff) and this situation forced him to embrace the wind and sword once again. But as he puts it himself "Death is like the wind, always by my side", everytime he uses these 2, death will follow act 2 is concluded with kindred (lamb's) arrow going towards him which is him accepting his peaceful death since wolf is the painful death and lamb is the peaceful one

[@makoshark40]

the white angle looking at the purple angle was her actually looking at her with almost disdain, she fell from grace using cursed magic to hold him in place. Which causes her wings to wither away and everything. Kayle is not happy about it at all but she also wasn't going to waste that moment, they are now enemies because of it

[@markmasse8975]

I feel like I've learned a ton from watching this analysis. It also helped reveal how much I've never considered and want to learn more. Thank you! ❤

[@alexandertaylor1458]

Saw your Helldivers vid first. Such great insight on both of these videos. My favourite of the League cinematics is "Awaken" I think it has some of the most beautiful shots in any of the cinematics.

[@Josiahx]

Awesome! Thank you, and I’ll do a react video on the awaken trailer! Thanks for the heads up!

[@ChubbyChoncc]

​@@JosiahxYou should add The Call to the list too! I'd dare to say it's even better than Still Here.

[@tejotoru]

Not only the weapon is alive, he IS the blade.

[@utikahk4538]

On the surface, the Cinematic is excellent. Knowing the lore takes it 10 times further. There is so much lore in every scene. From the two Valkyrie sisters family history and forbidden magic use. To Yasuo's vow, not to use the wind art or kill anybody ever again. There's a lot of little details and little looks that they give each other that say a lot. To explain every bit would take forever

[@shandenshakespeare6545]

"This isn't just a video game" my favorite quote!

[@OqiviOrein0]

The last fight scene took place in like a death realm or the dudes mind, that's why everything was so blue and dark, and the land and the wolf are death which was trying to take him but in that time he's already immortal. And Ash comes in bringing him back to the light of the world and away from death, as death also realizes that this won't be his time to die

[@AuDHio_Recordings]

10:30 I love how the scene on the battlefield is brighter than before the airborne battle, which is another indicator to the power wielded by Kayle, Morgana, and Aatrox as they fought in the sky. Or, even, just the force with which Aatrox threw the sisters at the ground, disrupting the cloud cover and allowing sunlight through.

[@LashNSmash]

Watching Tryndamere's expression MELT when he sees Ashe Approach, MMMMM

[@Dezmond44]

@Josiahx In the beginning, the shot of Tryndamere lying in the snow, you can see him looking into the distance, barely seeing Kindred (the grim reaper if you like) about to enter the alternative realm as he closes his eyes... The scene at 19:25 you can see him meeting Kindred in the alternative realm (no enemies around him but Kindred). It looks like he is only fighting Kindred, but he is also fighting the soldiers in the real world. You will understand because at one point the wolf bites his shoulderpad, and moments later (23:26) when he is back in the real world, the bitemarks are present. The archer (23:34) is his wife :)

[@trafalgarlaw8373]

For a more explanation of all relevant plot parts of the cinematic. In general, it's about death and the grim reaper, known as Kindred (split into Lamb with the bow and Wolf). When people see Kindred, it's generally representing the things that are actually coming to kill them. Those who accept death get a swift death from Lamb's bow, while those who resist get torn apart by Wolf. 1) Morgana and Kayle vs Aatrox This takes place is the distant past. Morgana and Kayle are aspects of justice, angelic, and protecting the country-to-be Demacia. Aatrox is the sword, basically pure evil. When morgana drops her sword, she uses dark magic, which is why Kayle gives her a disapproving look as she walks by. 2) A retired version of a League character called Yasuo in the future, vs attackers of some sort against a village he's in: He's had problems with violence, but in old age he seems to have come to a pacifist attitude, beating the attackers with wind techniques instead of killing them. At the end, he looks up and sees Lamb's arrow, and accepts his fate. As a cool detail: as the arrow is coming towards Yasuo, if you look to the trees, you can see Wolf's eyes and shape in the trees. If the arrow won't kill Yasuo, he will. 3) Tryndamere vs attackers: As you noticed, when it cuts back to Tryndamere, his attackers are gone. That's not actually the case. Because he is about to die, they have instead, in his perception, become lamb and wolf. As he fights Kindred in his mind, he's actually fighting and taking damage from, the warriors. That's why, when the arrows fly by him at the end, they hit soldiers that weren't there before to us, the area is more damaged and there's corpses around him. He killed them during his fight with Kindred. In the actual fight, it starts with Wolf fighting as Tryndamere holds on for dear life. Lamb has seen this happen many times with other people. But when he really should die, his eyes glow red as he attacks. This isn't just visual effect. Tryndamere has blood magic, that lets him just not die on rage alone. So, he swings through Wolf and straight at Lamb. Of course, you can't kill death. Lamb just backs, and tilts her head. This is surprise, curiosity. He should be dead, but just keeps refusing. Eventually, he would lose. However, you see lamb putting down her bow after her 2nd shot. This isn't mercy or resignation or anything. From behind her, two arrows fly by. These are shot by Tryndamere's wife, Ashe. Because she kills the two soldiers about to kill him, he is no longer going to die, thus Kindred leaves. Ashe fires a flare basically, as the two prepare to fight off more attackers until help arrives. The "I'm still here" refers to both the heroes holding on with determination, but also to Kindred. You may fight them off on one day, but they are still there, and will eventually claim you.

[@Gnorz0815]

great summary small "are you sure?" on 3: actually he is not only fighting kindred/wolf in his mind, he still has the wolfs bitemark on his pauldron in the end

[@trafalgarlaw8373]

It may have gotten into more than small@@Gnorz0815

[@ahmedbutt6639]

@@Gnorz0815 The wolfs marks are there because he was in reality also fighting the soldiers who hit him on the armor and must have damaged it, but in his head the wolf damaged it, thats why when kindred leaves it is still there...

[@musiiic13]

Check out Necrit’s video about the lore in this cinematic. If you want to know something about League of legends, he is the guy.

[@ShadowHunter31]

Necrit still believes wrongly that Kindred is Death when Kindred is only a spirit that acts as a ''reaper'' (this was retconned). Kindred as of now isn't as powerful as he makes it out to be.

[@Devsization]

I mean, “kindred” has many forms across runeterra (being the lamb and the wolf one of many) but in the end… it’s still death, you met them you are done.

[@yumiyumd8911]

@@Devsization Not if you're Tryn apparently 🤓

[@iimecho]

yea she even says it in her voice lines, "all things must meet this man, so they shunned him... he took an axe and split himself in 2, so he would always have a friend" thats why they are kindred the twin spirit@@Devsization

[@skellymon1771]

19:14 , I watched this so many times but it's my first time noticing wolfs eyes staring at yasuo, before kindred's arrow hits him.

[@ryukjoga]

This is my favorite League trailer of all time!! My two girls Kayle and Morgana are my main characters that i recreated in another game and in that first fight scene i was already sold. I loved the moviment and not just cuts.

[@gandalflegland1975]

In the lore, the demon fighting the 2 angels (the white Kayle and the purple one Morgana) his name is Aatrox, and hes the sword, not the demon himslef. he's a kind of a demon but in the sword, and his particularity is he grow with the number of people he kills. He's one of the most strongest characters in the lore, representating destruction himself

[@zdravkogeorgiev323]

Based on lore , that "side eye" look the valkyrie gave to the other valkyrie has much more meaning in it. It's all about magic. They live in a place where magic isn't allowed, they are basically "racists" towards magic but it happens that some of them are born with magical powers. These valkyrie sisters are both bestowed the power of their mother (The aspect of Justice),which power is considered godly and not magical, and follow her path as aspects of justice but Morgana (the purple valkyrie) throws her mother's sword and fully embraces magical power. So Kayle (the blonde valkyrie) picks up the sword, fully embracing her path as an aspect and looking down on her sister for the path that she chose. That's the reason behind her "side eye" look. P.S. Kayle wields both swords as a character in-game while Morgana is considered a magician.

[@DuBstep115]

That side eye at 13:13 is face of disgust as her sister uses dark magic and she is complete opposite light

[@exthian6568]

18:10 OMG I know the lore.I know that one choose to die peacefully while the other is resist and fight to death(lamb and wolf) but i never noticed that its the opposition like schene of the fire and snow and the arrows details are insane.I'm enlighted!!! I would like to get a new reaction with you knowing the story actually I feel like there is still a lot to talk

[@NSILY]

A little thing about the scene around 13:07 with the eye part, you can also view that part as Kayle (with the white wings) is kind of disappointed that her sister Morgana drop/leaving their mother's sword.

[@SmallOneEyedKing]

The lore behind this cinematic is amazing. Highly recommend you react to Necrit's Still here cinematic explained video to even be more impressed.

[@Nux14__]

Quando voce conhece a lore, o video fica milhões de vezes melhor.

[@ZeddyThaMaster]

Very interesting notes on this cinematic. Also I just gotta mention the music ramp up at 12:48 when she casts her magical chains. Overall you didn't mention any audio stuff which I personally feel are just as important as the visual.

[@Josiahx]

@@ZeddyThaMaster sick! That’s good feedback! I’m primarily a visual guy, but I’ll absolutely dive into audio with the next ones! Massive part of storytelling! Thank you for the suggestion!

[@podtrooper3219]

Good reaction. Since the scenes are very lore-heavy, most reactors focus on that. Interesting to see how someone looking more at the scene/cinematics, and film direction would see it. Riot's cinematics are (with one exception) always top tier on the music, graphic quality, and amazing details in every shot. If you're interested in more detailed character and lore aspects (there' s LOT packed in to this), 'Necrit' put out a pair of very informative analysis videos as well.

[@TylPhumin]

its so funny to me all about silhouettes, but not picking up on/noticing the "true silhouettes" xD (I wonder how many not into the lore/characters noticed those) great break down you tho! thank you

[@kylebaryonyx9478]

I highly recommend Necrit's video if you're curios about the breakdown of the lore significance of each scene

[@SinSiricheDu]

So if you haven’t seen it already, you need to watch Arcane.

[@HelGaHel]

Absolutely agree, musthave

[@jasminebaldwin7615]

I've got two more things to add from the really detailed comment, firstly Kayle and Morgana are sisters, and they each inherited one of their mother's swords (their mother was the aspect of justice iirc). Kayle is completely on board w/ living up to her mother's standards (but is also kind of fanatical in her devotion to justice, believing that there is only good and evil, no greys) Morgana is more down to earth and this is the cause of the schism between the sisters. Also another bit of detail is that the side eye Kayle gives Morgana is likely also due in part to being disappointed that she would set down their mother's blade. Also, on the scene w/ Yasuo (the elderly warrior) in the tree line as the arrow comes down to him, you can see two of the trees look as though they are ears, and you can see lights that look like eyes, and this silhouette implies that Wolf (of Wolf and Lamb, one half of the whole) is waiting on Yasuo allowing Lamb to give him his graceful end. All in all your reaction was a fun watch. Cheers

[@kyuubey7688]

I highly recommend you watch Kindreds voice line video. Wolf and Lamb are basically two halves of one person, always together but never whole. Wolf can feel emotion bt can not understand them. Lamb understands but can not feel emotion. It's also hinted that Wolf is deaf and Lamb is blind.

[@theneedlepig]

There is a YT video by Necrit that explains and breaks down all the lore in depth for this cinematic. In fact, I believe this is the first 100% cannon League of Legends cinematic.

[@user-dw7lv6cn5kl]

At the end tryndamere is near death so he’s experiencing a metaphysical battle in his mind with Kindred the persona of death - a lamb archer and wolf duo. Tryndamere is a barbarian who has been cursed with immunity to death by Aatrox the Darkin demon you see earlier fighting the angels Morgana and Kayle. Kindred is mesmerised/confused by him as you can see her lower her bow as no one has escaped death before. Ashe (Tryndameres wife) then appears to save him from the two remaining enemies snapping us back into reality. And calls for aid with her bow hawkshot ability

[@An_Oni_Moose_]

The talent behind the Riot Games cinematics team is one of, if not the actual, best in the world.

[@matthewzimmerman92]

little context for the start because it is my favorite part. they are 2 sisters that were given their swords from there mother which is why she gives the bitchy look to her. and they live in a land that hunts mages. so the symbolism of leaving her half of the swords behind for her sister to use magic to defend her home, knowing she will be feared and hated for it. that was why the framing of the sword was there and blurred. you can see the hatred for magic as her sister walks by while she is struggling to keep him chained as she scoffs again.

[@dragoon3219]

The entire movie is actually about Death or at least Runeterra's version of it. In the first fight (the one with the angels vs the big demon guy) you can see The Lamb's shadow in the fire that finishes Aatrox (the demon) off. If you pay attention, the arrow that kills the old man in the second fight is the same as the glowing ones that the Lamb shoots. In the last fight the warrior, Tryndamere, actually has the power to resist death through his rage so unlike the others he can fight back. The Wolf and The Lamb are the two parts of death; the Lamb is gentle death, when one accepts their end or doesn't have a hope of resisting like the first two fights. The Wolf only appears to those who resist or try to flee from Death like Tryndamere. That's why the fight end when Ashe (the archer) kills the two men behind him. Death let him go. At least for now. It also means this last fight is mostly metaphysical. Tryndamere is really fighting the soldiers we see at the start, but he sees them as the Wolf and Lamb.

[@dougcourt5367]

I love this reaction video! You're so talented & handsome

[@mircostein9847]

If you liked this one ,you should maybe watch "Awaken","Warriors" and "The Call" too! Imo, with "Still there", the best Game Cinematics, mixed up with the most epic and beautiful Music Score out there!

[@niinbo9620]

its a lore Paradise

[@CresentOrb]

For context for the first fight: Morgana(the darker looking angel) and Kayle(the lighter looking angel) are fighting Aatrox(a man possessed by his weapon, which is why it looks alive. Because it is alive.) This is a scene from the past, because in the present the two sisters do not like/interact with each other. The look Kayle gave morgana when she unleashed her magic was one of disappointment/disapproval because in the area they reside in, magic is taboo and very frowned upon. She is also disappointed that Morgana set down her sword because it was a momento from their mother. For contect for the second fight: This is a *hypothetical* senario that the old man (Yasuo) was given as a potential prophecy in his youth. Pay attention to the fact that everyone he fought, he only pushed them aside, not killed. The wind around his blade is less for cinematic purposes and more for the fact that his in game abilities revolve around him using wind/creating tornadoes with his sword. He willingly lets himself die after pushing the final enemy away with his tornado. For context for the final scene/fight: The man (Tyndamyre) has an ability thay allows him to be invulnerable/unkillable for a few moments, thats when his eyes glow red. The reason you dont see any of the people around him in the finak fight is because he is quite literally fighting death(the wolf and the lamb) in a somewhat separate realm. The wolf and lamb are one entity split into two. Lamb offers a peaceful death (one killshot with an arrow) and wolf offers a more grusome/forceful death. The damage Tryndamere is taking is still from the people fighting around him and he is using his invulnerable ability to survive what would be lethal damage. That is why the lamb appears confused when he breaks her bow, because normally no one survives a battle with death itself. The woman thay fires the areows and appears in the lambs place is Ashe, Tryndameres wife. The damage he is taking from the wolf is actually from the people in the very first shot. You can see the damage on his armor, and as the apiration of the wolf faded away, you can see that Ashe shoots two of the people behind him. He was fighting thek the entire time during his fight with Lamb and wold (Named Kindred in game). Past, future and present (in that order)

[@Naugur]

19:40 the timeline with Tryndamere is not so much a timeline as the fact that we get to follow him in the real world and in the world of the dead, at the same time. Tryndamere is "death resistent" by use blood magic, iirc. The lamb and the wolf are the this world's Grim Reaper, they come for the dying to make sure they die. But Tryndamere fights them off. When he staves them off long enough, Ashe shoots and kills the enemies in the real world, and death is no longer imminent so Lamb and Wolf leaves, Tryndamere is back in the real world and his enemies, now dead, appear again.

[@lumanianilin1198]

I totally recomend you watching "Warriors" and "Awaken" if you liked this one, they are similar audiovisual master pieces] TL;DR on the lore of the video: Is centered around the Kindred (the representation of Death in Runeterra, personified by Lamb who swiftly shoots an arrow to those who accept death, and Wofl who chases and viciously attacks those who flee from it). In the first fight, you can see Lamb's shadow through the angel's flames that hit the big demon (as he is immune to death) In the second fight, you can see Lamb's white arrow as the samurai closes his eyes accepting his demise to the rain of arrows. In the third fight, you can see the warrior fighting the Kindred, but in reality he is fighting the other warriors we saw at the beginning. The thing is this warrior has magic infused blood that regenerate his body from what normally would be fatal wounds through his willpower, essentially preventing death for as long as his determination allows him to. Also, after his wife shoots the 2 warriors behind him, Kindred disappears as he's not about to die anymore.

[@ForgetfulDreams6]

You notice that when we come back to the snow scene, we do not see all the bodies from before! This is because we are now kind of in the "death realm". Kindred, the lamb and wolf fighting him, are Death. So he is still actually fighting all those people. And Kindred is here to collect, and we are seeing this fight instead of the fight that is killing him. That is why there is not continuity from earlier. And once Ashe, the lady with the bow comes in, we are now back to where he's actually been fighting the whole time. Lamb is the one who takes those that accept death. Wolf takes those that reject Lamb and are fighting death. Lamb is not used to actually getting attacked, you see their reaction. The red eyes is the character's ultimate ability, he is invincible. This is why Wolf and Lamb lose. Lamb accepts this, drops the bow, and thats when we see Ashe's arrows come in from behind Lamb. And you can see the light and scene changing with the arrows as they come across, back to reality. It's just soo cool.

[@Kaguyami]

Best part is when kindred gets confused that tryndamere isn't dieing

[@agustinbarquero8898]

dying* dieing is a word that people use to describe the process of cutting or shaping a material.

[@ixarizskye5440]

1st scene enter Tryndamere on the ground against 6 ppl, continue onto the tail end, Tryndamere is met with Wolf(the more aggressive beast) and Lamb(the one who shoots calmly). Together, Wolf and Lamb are death in 2 forms; Wolf as the you are fighting with death vibe and Lamb being more of the I accept death and will not haggle vibe. So the reason why Tryndamere is fighting with death is because he got stabbed/touched by Aatrox(I will explain that in a minute) and so when his eyes glow red, he is in an undying form, this makes Lamb curious but also before arrow girl Ashe arrives, in the undying rage form, Tryndamere has slain 4/6 men around him. When Ashe arrives, she slays the other 2 about to kill Tryndamere from behind him and this reveals that not only were there 2 men behind him, but also Tryndamere was fighting death sorta in a trans which is why he did not know or was not aware of Ashe or the other 2 men who would've killed him. So a quick lore bit between Ashe and Tryndamere, they got into an arranged marriage when Ashe was 16 and Tryndamere was a bit older. They fell in love later in the relationship so having Tryndamere in a trance and the only one that broke him free from the undying transe is his wife is just *chef's kiss*. That's how you into a couple! 2nd scene, enter the Valkyries. Meet Kayle and Morgana. Kayle is the blonde with silver and white armor and Morgana is the purple one. Another lore bit; Kayle and Morgana are twins from a God mother and a human father. They are demi-gods in angel form. Kayle liked the ideology of her mother being a cold God who only serves Justice with a sword and armor to be strong while Morgana believes in compassion like her human father and how she only needs her magic to be strong. As you can see, they are both strong but Kayle and Morgana dislike each other because of their different views of strength and priority. They drifted apart even more when their mom died and they had to duel in the sky to gain the title(but this also kills their Dad in the amount of magic waves and Dad was a normal human that got hit with a wave). So Kayle left Morgana to fulfill the duty of their mom and Morgana was left broken and she only had her magic. They grew stronger with Morgana seeing pain as a blessing and Kayle seeing her sister without a sword is a sign of weakness and dishonoring their mother. NOTE: THIS IS NOT THE SCENE THEY PART, THEY WERE PROTECTING DEMACIA BACK WHEN DEMACIA DID NOT HAVE LAWS ABOUT MAGIC YET. Who they were fighting is Aatrox, who is a corrupted god weapon. Basically he w as a powerful God warrior but was tainted with blood magic and so he gets trapped in the pulsating sword but can re-emerge once a vessel takes the sword. 3rd scene is Yasuo, at least old man Yasuo. In the present, Yasuo is a man who was accused of killing his master since he has wind and a katana and he was on guard duty but when his master was killed, he wasn't there. There is a cinematic that explains this but basically this scene is foreseen to be one of the futures of Yasuo if he would let go of the blade and wind and use it a final time to protect people. Even here at the tail end, he is not shown to be killing people, he was just knocking them unconscious and he even saved the gang leader by pushing him with wind so that Yasuo would be the only target of the rain of arrows because Yasuo would rather die than live another day knowing he used his wind and sword again.

[@Twitch2099]

Ok, so the whole thing centers around a being called "Kindred" who is the personification of death in the League of Legends universe (like the grim reaper). It's a dual being. The "Lamb" and the "Wolf". When they come for you, you either accept the Lamb's arrow and get a peaceful death, or you rage against it and die a nasty / violent death from the wolf. With that in mind, the first sequence in the cinematic is Morgana (More-Gah-Nuh) and Kayle (like the green leafy shit Kale), twin sisters whose mother was the Aspect of Justice, and gave them each half of her sword to fight the Darken (kinda like a demons). This particular one they fight is named Aatrox (Eh-Trocks). His sword pulses like that because where the Darken actually resides is within the sword, and when someone picks up the sword, they are corrupted into the thing we see the sisters fighting. In the game we always see Morgana and Kayle how they are now, whereas this video is them way in the past before the both accepted who they really are. Morgana accepts the "darkness" (for lack of a better explanation) of humanity and Kayle becomes the new Aspect of Justice forsaking all humanity within her entirely and becoming very cold and inhuman. That's why you see her smirk / give Morgana a condescending look as she walks by. She's disgusted with "what she's becoming". You'll also notice that neither the lamb or wolf are present in this fight because even though the body Aatrox corrupted died in the fire, Aatrox himself doesn't die, because he's inside the sword, which is indestructible, hence, he's immortal. For the second sequence, the character's name is Yasuo (Ya-Sue-Oh). He's a very popular character who actually has his own mini movie that they made about him that's fucking beautiful, but the gist is he's like a samurai who's spent his whole life fighting and has special wind powers which are so unique that at one point in his life he was framed for killing his master because someone used something that made it look like he did it, and was chased down by his brother and they fought and he ended up killing his brother in self defense. Anyway, this sequence is a vision given to him of one of his possible futures. In this particular one, he's given up on his path and stopped using his wind powers entirely at first, and eventually realizes he *needs* them if he wants to be able to save these people, so he starts using them again, but you'll notice there's no blood anywhere, and that's because he refuses to actually kill anymore, and so instead he uses the wind to knock people out, not kill them. Then at the end, he sees a literal *wall* of arrows coming at him, and decides that he's saved all the people in the village, so he's no longer needed, and closes his eyes, apparently accepting his death, but they've purposely left it open, because that's what Yasuo often does. He closes his eyes to center himself before he acts (like earlier in the cinematic where he split the arrow in half), so it could be he's accepting his death, and that white arrow represents the Lamb's sweet release of death, or if you look closely you'll also notice that in the background the Wolf lurks, waiting for Yasuo to try to resist, so it can attack him and "take his life" violently. Then in the last sequence, the guy with the big sword is Tryndamere (Trin-Duh-Meer) and his special power is that he has a supernatural rage that is so powerful, he literally can't die, no matter what (for a short amount of time), and so you see him fighting the Wolf, but the cool thing is that he isn't really fighting the Wolf or the Lamb, he's *actually* fighting all the people that surrounded him in the very beginning of the video, it's just that we're seeing the fight *conceptually* as him "fighting off death" (AKA the Lamb and the Wolf) and at first the Lamb is confused because who is this man that isn't dying when they come to claim him and accepts neither the sweet release of death nor dies to the violence of the wolf? Nobody has ever done that before, and all of a sudden the Lamb lowers their bow because they realize it isn't his time to die. His wife Ashe (Ash) has come to save his life and fight by his side, and as she arrives, we fade back to reality as his rage dissipates (we see this physically as his eyes go from red, back to their normal color), because this woman he initially married for political reasons but then ended up falling in love with for real has come to save his life and fight by his side. She is the literal definition of a true ride or die and it's just......*chef's kiss*

[@wzn8169]

Hey mate, great reaction and attention in details:), this vid was just recommended to me because i always react to videos like these all the 10 years i watch KZbin xD. I recommend you should watch all the league cinematics from scratch and watch some lore videos from Necrit, he is an expert in league lore. Have a nice day:) subbed

[@MagnetischC]

Rocks!

[@codywilliams6992]

You should check out necrits lore dive in this video. A lot of little things in this video have major meanings.

[@gregoron1]

For the lore you can watch necrits breakdown of it.

[@redroseibarahime8755]

another great cinematic from League is "The Call" - I highly recommend to watch this as well :)

[@SzeleR]

i wonder if he notice the "Kindred" after Morgana, Kayle & Aatrox fight scene in the fire. The same "Kindred" is in distance in the bush as wolf head. And finally she or it bcs its death straingh up. Fightin' Tryndamere trying to kill him, but.. ..notice its not his time yet so she give me more time for now. And he's future wife Ashe appears. Edit. 18:16 there is. The whole game is about lore of the champions we play. Every champ has goes through hard times and that makes them champions. In the first clip with Tryndamere there's for me hard to say whats going one. i watched in polish ytber called Marvecc analysts about this trailer but it was few days after premiere of this. January or Feb i think.. anyway. With the seconds clip these two Womans are fighting for their home village called Demacia. And it's very "young" Demacia at this point. Literally the city just got build and Morgana (chain's) and Kayla (2x swords) are the sisters. I remember that they lose their mother who owns those two swords and after death she passed them on to her daughters. So they can become "angels". Both of them goes through their life in diffrent path. In lore Kayla is recognize more like a villain for because she is crazy about justice. Morgana, on the other hand, looks evil at first glance, but it's completely the opposite. Morgana leads a quiet life and is willing to help others. With the 3rd clip with Yasuo, he is protecting his "hometown".. ( idk how to say that in other words but its more like the place he was born and rise ) ..antagonists invaders from Noxus. So basically he accepted he's fate. One of many possible scenarios from future. bcs on the vid he is about 65 yo and in the game about 20s? i think. And in the last clip we go continue from the first few seconds of the vid, but i think i explained that before i edited my comment. i hope so. If I knew more i would tell but.. better if Necrit with is i believe one of the greatest lore explainer on yt ..gonna give you full information about that. I hope i helped just a little :) edit 2 19:45 the reason why its empty space here is about "Kindred" appears. And Tryndamere is fighting death. not man anymore. i mean he is fighting mens but he sees diffrent. its not hes ability but every person that is about to die he "her" - death. Thats why there empty space. edit 3 21:30 the red eyes is his ultimate ability. it is undying rage, in game he is immortal for 5 seconds. and here in lore accurate.. well. art.

[@WanSheTong]

You should watch other cinematics too like The call(best one), warriors, awaken, kin of stain blade, etc.

[@hannesh234]

If you want extra lore, necrit made a few videos all about the lore that is in this cinematic.

[@jordyv.703]

The woman at the end is Ashe and she is married to the guy with the sword (Tryndamere). They married for political reason but do actually love each other.

[@miltonmendoza6439]

La cara de trynda : mi esposa, mi reina, mi amor

[@ExpandDomain]

You telling me that this isn't Tony Hawk reacting to League of Legends cinematics?

[@TheBoringGaming25]

the one that uses the magic is called morgana, the other one is kayle, they are sisters, valkeries, that (look) was not (i got this) that was disgust becouse they are forbidden to use dark magic, after that fight morgana cut her wings down and they became rivals

[@PenultimateBunny]

100th comment I think! I would love if you could react to "The Call" or "Awaken" from League of Legends, "Die for You" from Valorant. I think these are also overwhelmingly epic and just awesome to see how other people perceive them without know the lore. Keep up the great work!

[@runeterra166]

well i would recommend watching necrit's video for the whole lore, it would be way better to hear it from him than from the comments, also i would love watching your reaction on that video tbh

[@iannabben2]

Hey there Josiah. Could you please react to: "The call" As well. I think you would love it!

[@Josiahx]

On it! Make sure you’re subbed!

[@tabithasmith7124]

They picked the right song for it

[@rusozawr4969]

One of the best cinematics for sure. Riot outsourced this one and it really gives you the chills. Besides dude, stop waiting and go react to some Blizzard entertainment cimematics, some of them will blow your mind (Diablo IV, starcraft 2, WoW, Overwatch)

[@alchemicpink2392]

Oh no, 13:20 that's not "I got this", that's "you have fallen, when I am done with him I'm going to kill you"

[@syngyne]

You should check out the Armored Core VI: Fires of Rubicon story trailer. It's really well done.

[@Josiahx]

Okay awesome! Thank you for the recommendation!

[@Sinvare]

There is a ~30 min video breaking down the lore for this cinematic by Necrit that is cool. The whole video is voiced over by death which in the world of league of legends in Kindred, represented by the Lamb archer and wolf. There are shots of the Lamb and Wolf in each of the three parts. The Lore of "Still Here" Cinematic Explained - kzbin.info/www/bejne/mJ3RoXWIeNdna68 Kindred is a cool take on the god of death. Death was the grey man who was lonely because he could only meet people when they died, so he had no friends. So he took an ax and split himself in two, so he would always have a friend.

[@onur_kayaslan]

Thumbs up! Keep it up!

[@ohtheir0ny831]

Great vids

[@azrael7582]

If youre interested in the lore and what shots have what meaning watch necrits video analysis of this video but your analysis was great, just great, i always love when pro´s react to something and tell whats going on

[@hasta97]

13:15 this is not the "i got this" stare more like "im disapointet". Because in Demacia where that takes place Magic is forbiden and mages are outcast. The fire that the blonde is using is no magic that is more of a divine power what in this world is different

[@edgarretana8377]

Please go down the rabbit hole that is league cinemátics. Awaken Warriors (2020) THE CALL ⭐️ ⭐️ (must) If you don’t react to anything league related at least do these 3 please.

[@danieloscar01]

2:03 discord DM NOOO

[@venatxr209]

Day 1: Request for reactions to the SW:TOR trailers

[@Josiahx]

Looks like you get to stop at day 1! Make sure you’re subbed, next week! 👋

[@venatxr209]

@x omg, im subbing right now and clicking the bell button 🔥

[@ashbornvlr]

u need to react to The Call

[@elegrin5170]

the hero fighting Kindred in the snowy fields is Tryndamere, and his eyes go red because in the game his ultimate ability is a bloodfrenzied fury (in the lore they let it be understood as some kind of infection from Aatrox's blood magic), which makes him literally unkillable for a short amount of seconds, making him the only human capable of fending off death, therefore the only human who can survive a direct encounter with Kindred.

[@LoLTerminus]

leave it to a league player to spat about some lore no one cares about

[@rednova87]

You keep mentioning silhouettes but missed the silhouette in the flames😮

[@V1G1LANTEK9]

video seems to have some frame issues dropping to low FPS at times but great vid otherwise

[@PyroMaestros]

If you want to watch a series that has the same Production value has this, imo even better, you should check out arcane. Also made by Riot Games and is imo the best Animation there is.

[@jalcome4201]

dang. he says a lot without saying anything huh.

[@niel-w1g]

Your mic is a bit hot, make your s sounds so sharp. Had to put it at 20% to stop it from giving me a headache.

[@Josiahx]

okay, thanks for the feedback! I'll make some adjustments for future videos!

[@FatalWalk3rFilms]

I have a love/hate relationship with League of Legends, it was good, but then Meta ruined it (like it does every game) but the cinematics....my god are they amazing

[@bernardolimadomingosalves5876]

I DONT GIVE ABSOLUTE SHI ABOUT WHAT ANYBODY TELL ME AATROX BEAT THE FUCK OUT OF KAYLE AND MORGANA AFTER THAT SHOT WHERE SHE BURN EVERYTHING HE JUST POPPED STERAKS AND BEAT THE HELL OUT OF THEM

[@roronoazoro3655]

friend❌ wife ✅

[@anoukwnk5500]

react to some older stuff by riot too The call is amazing even better than this. Or ticking away from valorant

[@Josiahx]

I just recorded The Call yesterday! Dropping this week!

[@radiochango]

why are you watching it at 3 frames per second?

[@Josiahx]

@@radiochango to better enjoy each frame

[@Og_kake_master]

Check out royalty

[@GiselaMisa]

I recommend that you see other cinematography. I saw your profile, maybe older videos with League of Legend cinematographs are not seen. Except for 2023, disgusting XD

[@herain_heraus9899]

Фильмейкер не умеет работать со звуком?)

[@ZantoBOI]

God pls filter ur "s" sounds more it hurts to even start your video...

[@Josiahx]

@@ZantoBOI 👍

[@Josh-qm7fl]

if you wanna know more about lore and hidden things in Videos like this I can recommend you the channel of @Necrit