Why Did Riven Abandon Noxus?

This is a multi-part story explaining Riven's past and her comeback to noxus.
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• The 2nd Noxian Invasio...
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[@apailofwater1108]

I feel bad for the old Ionian who got his tea spilled :(

[@DrakhValor]

I immediatly thought of uncle Iroh from ATLA, when i heard this ^^'

[@seren9501]

i really dislike noxus, let these poor people live goddamnit

[@galio7741]

@@seren9501 One day, all will join the Empire

[@cl0wn376]

@@seren9501 noxus just wants to unify all people but still want to conquer, demacia is way worse

[@NeocrimsonX]

Tea will never taste the same to him anymore 😔

[@josiebianchi3481]

Jobin: "my son i'm sorry but war crimes are bad" Erath: "damn... sucks to suck"

[@gatangoton9705]

Idk why people keeps disliking. The guy is literally reading it for you. For FREE.

[@sigurdlangmo6091]

I dont know some people always dislike, whatever the wholesome content there will be 12 dislikes

[@gordanaerakovic3478]

GATAN GOTON all 13 of them

[@radical4908]

wow 19 dislikes compared to 3.7k likes how will he ever recover

[@innatelyhuman]

Don't forget there will always be a percentage of people who will accidentally press dislike, especially with the phone interface on touch screens.

[@gLemonn]

bro its also free to read he didnt actually expand on any of this he just tells.... the problem is not him leauge lore is pretty awful because its all tell and no show it just tries to combat good narratives by being bad. And, good god, lets not get started on this being like their 6th attempt at making lore.

[@KemonoPriestessHazuki]

Their experience in Ionia is lowkey *Made In Abyss*

[@carelesswoah]

Broo u literally beat me to it gg wp

[@xennomorph]

*vietnam flashback*

[@dev32]

Suffering Intensifies

[@zel1351]

Fancy seeing you here

[@rykadawnreaver2075]

Dang, great point

[@DxsselbeinGruen]

Video: 35min Came out 5 mins ago. Everyone: Woah you explained it so well, thankyou! What a nice videoo!

[@jacksond7956]

Yeah seriously

[@proxi315]

Appreciate this so much, reading, shortening and retelling these isn't easy, props to you

[@Geheimnis-c2e]

So the whole ordeal was basically Singed's fault. Nerf Singed.

[@yoxello]

So many problems happened just because they didnt nerf singed smh

[@colossaldonut5190]

Singed is basically Ghandi. When all else fails, use nukes.

[@nintendope2976]

Ok hashinshin

[@joelawson396]

yes and no. The leader of Noxus sought out singed because of singed's reputation. I say it wasn't his fault because Noxus came to him (as far as i remember), and Noxus deployed the acid in the midst of their own men. It's Singed's fault for making the acid, but Noxus' fault for using it.

[@jsc1jake512]

It's because those Noxian noobs kept chasing him

[@ioiwut4874]

Plot Twist: Necrit IS Riot's Lore Writers.

[@fem-cz1mv]

Imagine if this was real 👌

[@joshuaokusanya6040]

It's been confirmed j.k

[@kickless7776]

Fr though

[@blaze_r_yt1177]

Actually xD

[@tristancarter1928]

Honestly he should request a job cause without him so much of their lore won’t even be known

[@Alaska23]

Title: Riven Thumbnail: Bald Lady My Brain: Wait what? Oh...

[@chosenofkhorne2951]

Lol: profit Necrit: memes You: ok?

[@TheShrewdMonarch]

Wait, I don’t get it. Is Tennef, Riven?

[@hiimdelta8385]

Riven shows support for cancer patients

[@David-jn1gg]

@@chosenofkhorne2951 Hotel: Trivago

[@misxfitx]

@@TheShrewdMonarch it's marit, not riven or teneff

[@Korrupted_dust]

Remember kids, rule number 1 of league: *Dont chase singed*

[@danielbatista8760]

Even as a veteran there something about chasing a singe that right but stupid

[@freshlymemed5680]

Kind of ironic that the one so fixated on vengeance that they'd return to the place that scarred them gives advice on "letting go".

[@sotosmos7708]

The last of us 2

[@Letgoit2]

@@sotosmos7708 oh god no not that game

[@freshlymemed5680]

@@sotosmos7708 the last thing I hope the lead writer ever writes.

[@yesam687]

Necrit: I made shorten version The video: 34 minutes... I mean i have nothing against it, the more time the video is, the more time i enjoy it :D

[@TheDartLuke]

The reading of the story took me about an hour, so yes, it's shortened version Xd

[@ToenVu]

@@TheDartLuke bruh

[@morpho2081]

Well.. I read the story for about 30-40 minutes so yeah.. this is definitely shorter

[@nickpatouxeas5575]

man i rly love riven logic she gave up on a land that wanted her dead she went to another land where she almost got executed for her war crimes but in the end she got forgiven by the law somehow cause of ionia evolution where i agree she could have killed her enemys in the previous episode but she didnt that means she knows how to show mercy and a rly honorable action by her she survived at the land of her enemys and even helped them restore the villages cause its her real home and tbh i rly like it when characters trying to find peace and they know wtf they are doing

[@annymus4502]

Ikr!

[@dentiIV]

Im really glad he covered this one, i was so confused when i read this..

[@krysu7777]

I wasn't cuz I'm too lazy to read lol

[@MaybeGuilty]

Yes I was cofused too

[@JMScibra]

What were you confused about? Seemed straightforward to me.

[@nelsonsmith1803]

Thinking about the line about Ionians becoming flowers when they die... I thought of Jhin killing people, and them becoming flowers... I doubt it's connected but something to note.

[@colossaldonut5190]

Considering Jhin is also Ionian, I think it could be connected, at least somewhat.

[@uzzy1364]

I wish this gets made into a full animated film it deserves it. This story is huge and a full animation to go with it would do the story justice

[@teradul2480]

So, I knew that Weh'Le had some significance when I read the story, but I couldn't remember what it was, and I opened a lot of Ionian stories, and I found out that the name of the old man's son is the SAME NAME Riven was repeating to learn the Ionian words for family.

[@faceless8424]

I love the story but again I wish you titled the videos after the name of the story. But again you know YT better so do what u do 😂 I really hope they continue making more story series like this. I love waiting for the next part of a story.

[@rockleez157]

Now imagine if all of this (part 1 included) was turned into some kind of a movie. Riot please give us some kind of league movie. We need it.

[@TheRealGuywithoutaMustache]

Riven has been through a lot, she's one tough cookie, the Noxians are truly savages

[@PhonkAndRoll]

Necrit has forgotten my boy Trundle

[@metaemperor]

Please do his new story

[@ItsJustKaya]

Lets ignore the fact that karthus has a son... or atleast had a son xd Ohwair wromg emoticon😐

[@kaique9508]

damn this story arc would've made a great fking game

[@Roko-ph4dx]

True, imagine if you are teneth and you are traveling with these other characters exploring vilages and hunting monsters would be dope

[@mikewallace9292]

Dam this is a really good story wish riot had more illustrations for this story

[@rebs-notofficial2447]

Riven is coming to legends of runeterra this all make sense if you search riven interactions lor.

[@bustmcnutty6219]

Who needs audible when youve got necrit

[@ignoreenigor]

Reading this story took me atleast an hour. Very long but worth it. Hope part three comes next week.

[@jormungardwe]

Riven did not abandon Noxus, Noxus abandoned Riven.

[@asz-themoonwalker2771]

Exactly.. Empire is like ants colony. Everyone has their place in it. Some are sacrificed for "greater good". They know what happened: Noxians used chemical fire on their own people to "win" battle. They want Riven back in Noxus because she was soldier of higher rank. I really don't understand soldiers and empire mentality. Soldiers kill anything that doesn't belong to Noxus and Empire goes "You are with us OR against us." Empire is not exact oposite of Demacia both are neither fully good or bad. Noxian Empire is really exact oposite of Ionia.

[@jormungardwe]

@@asz-themoonwalker2771 riven was sent to certain death before swain, maybe swain new conceal wants to track and repatriate the defusers.

[@yuutovoldigoad2931]

The true meaning of "The Exile"

[@sopmodii1505]

@@jormungardwe this is also a point. When Riven went MIA Borem Darkwill was still ruling, Riven is known trough Noxus by "reputation" and Swain probably got interested in her since she is basically someone like Darius to him. They will probably catch Riven, get her back to Noxus, go with the Trial by combat nonsense, she will combat Draven and will probably beat Draven, after which Swain will stop the fight and welcome her back into the Noxus or something.

[@Spot_Faceless-Soldier]

@@sopmodii1505 that would actually be really good, also confirming the awaken cinamatic Coliseum fight scene

[@DementedWisdom]

If they ever release official audio books versions of thise storys it be weird if its not Necrit reading them since he's been reading them to us for the past 2ish years

[@craaazya9677]

One of the things that makes watching necrit better than reading it yourself is how much life he gives the story. Not only that but he elaborates things people might find confusing, and man that accent.

[@mareknovotny5441]

So glad i can listen to lore news from somebody, keep up the good work!

[@aquiluus357]

Jesus Christ, the lack of merchandise segment at the end was the creepiest part of this story. XD

[@harokoujishou7888]

Necrit didn’t even bother theorising, this story is just seeping deeper into realisation... it gave me one of the best goosebumps ever.

[@pokfen1812]

I'm glad I managed to read it all by myself before. My guess is that Asa Konte(Fair to Riven) will die in part 3 when team will find Riven. That will be very sad thing I don't want to happen, but Riven is going to be in chains send out to Noxus for a Reckoning. I doubt he will be left alive.

[@venomrulesall]

I don't think I like these people. Riven was right to leave and she finally has a life worth living. And these people wants to take that away from her.

[@zoomgle7954]

yep im with the ionians. also why was he sorry for the noxians??? they just made it so he couldnt talk to his son.

[@thechainwarden]

That's what happens when you are raised with authoritative propaganda all your life. You stop seeing sense in the world and only believe what you've been told. A tragic story really.

[@venomrulesall]

@@thechainwarden Yeah. I always get a little frustrated when characters are so sure they are in the right, even though all evidence points at that they are the villains here, and they blame others to avoid facing reality.

[@phzetsubo9182]

She finally has a life meanwhile I still don't.

[@pacmantheking1957]

@@zoomgle7954 he understands how they feel about the land with how any and everything possibly being a threat, they know Iranians hate them which is why they feel everyone is a threat

[@QU33FA]

This whole they can be part of a great empire but in reality Ionia was in balance, it was at peace and yet the first invasion broke that balance which sucks I wonder what Ahri, Syndra, Xayah and Rakan will do in this next invasion

[@davute9546]

IONIANS, UNITE!! *avengers theme plays* That is what will happen if they ever engage with a noxian army

[@QU33FA]

@@davute9546 honestly if ionians, vastaya and the spirit come together they'd win also if noxus conquered ionia im sure the spirit would yeet them

[@Demicleas]

I know I'm Abit late but I suspect noxus won't conquer all of Ionia but I do suspect one of three things will happen. 1 noxus gains more coastal territories and surrounding islands. Or 2 there completely kicked out of Ionia all together 3 status quo.

[@TheBonnerBros]

THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR MAKING THIS VIDEO NECRIT. Holding off on reading the story felt like forever.

[@blackspore2906]

What about Riven from the spirit blossom skin line, she has horns like thresh

[@E_maile]

Spirit blossom skins are based on legends and i doubt the skin has much connection to this story, also skins bio is still unknown.

[@orange6497]

Spirit Blossom is only from myths and legends

[@blossoms1993]

Spirit Blossom Skin line are about the legends/myths from Ionia, so take Kindred for example, Noxians believe only in wolf (as the kindred), but Ionia believes in both lamb and wolf as the kindred, and the skins basically represents how they believe they look.

[@PsychoKern]

What? I see no Spirit Blossom Riven skin on Skin Spotlights...

[@pvva8911]

@@PsychoKern it won't be out that soon, wait til next cycle.

[@phsycresconquest6636]

The Riven Mains must love this story xD Edit: I'm One....

[@davute9546]

MONSTER!!!!!!

[@phsycresconquest6636]

Hex: Ruin xD At least I own it...

[@davute9546]

@@phsycresconquest6636 okay that is true BUT STILL

[@rodantheexile9598]

well now there is two riven mains me and you

[@davute9546]

@@rodantheexile9598 oh no this is getting out of control! NOW THERE ARE 2 OF THEM!!

[@martindereynoso1866]

All 4 huntresses and Erath are going to become part of the new set of cards in LoR.

[@cookiecat8827]

WAAAAAAH!... poor Second hound... he was so loyal... TAT

[@zebis3534]

"The beasts tentacles were quickly able to overwhelm her" o.-

[@Therealpigeonboi]

It be like that sometimes

[@mrfamilyfriendly4370]

Please just ONCE put Googlye Eyes on of the Characters. Please

[@gerbilhamster5916]

Why tho?😂

[@penove9068]

Thank you Necrit... was having a terrible day and to look onto your channel and see this made me so happy... thanks ever so much.

[@bigmonkey9670]

The next noxian cards in lor are actually the heroes of this story and the champion is riven

[@1love3forever]

The WoW models and use of MoP music was too perfect. really fits Ionia's theme.

[@AhDifferentBreed]

I like how these are done with silhouettes but it still draws you in more than ever. :D

[@watchersaround7840]

Everytime I think of the Ionian Elder and his tea, I think about Uncle Iroh

[@realpolitics527]

Lol, the Dragon of the west would turn entirety of noxus into a smouldering heap of rubble.

[@Kuramiteru]

I love how absolutely nothing in this story answered the video title at all. :)

[@wes6es]

the amount of dedication you put in your vids is crazy

[@ellol8647]

That's a story of a guy enjoying a trip with his harem.

[@mysticlimits1770]

Hey man I saw your last who would win video about not risking taking a break. All I have to say is if you think you need to take a break, don't feel pressured to do so. We'll be here when you return.

[@FlutterSwag]

I hope we get some of these characters/ creatures as cards in LoR

[@Eu-nt6dg]

we will soon

[@TumbFN]

I could watch these videos all day but ive seen them all Thank you for entertaining us all Necrit

[@Zamun]

Thank you for making these.

[@theunk0wndead663]

Just grabbed some food and checked whether there is anything to watch meanwhile, glad that a new video just popped up.

[@feldspar1496]

Because she had 3 dashes in a single basic ability to run away with.

[@adacape7620]

Jesus I thought Riven was the bald lady on the thumbnail

[@thomasway0320]

As a somewhat artist, I would absolutely love to fucking travel to Ionia, there’s beauty in Noxus and Demacia, but a magical land where even the land itself is alive? God it’s like a heaven of inspiration.

[@harshvarde8803]

After this story I really don't like nexus anymore. I feel like the Ioians should live in peace and be able to enjoy the spirit blossom festival without heaving their family literally being taken from them as we saw at the first Ionian village.

[@paulmatosan7368]

Do you think that the Roman Empire was bad?No.It was very cruel and boold thirsty,but it also brought tehnological advancements.Thats how empires work.

[@cafuune]

X Red unfortunately.

[@ryzemidsauce3668]

and demacia hunts, imprisons and kills mages just for being mages. Both sides are pretty horrible

[@oggeboijkpg7157]

X Red I do not think it is possible to compre empires in or world and in runterra. Magic is existing in runterra, especially in Ionia. They are not in need of any technological advancement, so I believe your comparison is flawed even though it is interesting.

[@paulmatosan7368]

@@oggeboijkpg7157 Well what about Piltover????There is always room for improvments.Again,the Roman Empire for example,why wouldnt Aqueducts help?And,there many other advantages.For example:a better bond beetwen nations.

[@thetruestar6348]

The LOR interactions and the new story stuff made me love Riven even more. I love playing her and the relationship with her sisters is interesting.

[@JackDespero]

These stories try really hard to make me feel sympathy for the Noxians, but it is causing the opposite effect on me. E.g., I find ridiculous that we are supposed to emphathize with the Noxians in the incident of the man of the tea, just like Errath, the reader surrogate, does. Everything bad that happened to any of the Noxians was caused by their own hand. Are the outpost Noxian soldiers "afraid" of the Ionians and an old man with tea? Why are you even there, that is not your home. You are an invading force, how dare you blame the people you are oppressing for being too scary? You can go back home, they don't have anywhere else to go. Are the huntresses angry for their scars? It was Noxus which used the chemical weapons. Is the group angry that the deserters told the Ionians? The group have been debating killing them on their sleep after being offered shelter and supplies, and the group dares to talk about treason? In summary, I see where the story is going and I don't like it. Somehow Riven will feel compelled to either surrender or she will be overpowered and captured. In my ideal story, Riven would simply kill them all or drive them away.

[@jollyspices9792]

JackDespero yeah, riots not really good at perspectives. Like in the Lux comics, you’re supposed to sympathize with Sylas but they make him look like a vengeful tyrant

[@NuLagoo]

Don't forget them killing an angry mama animal coming to protect its crying baby when she didn't even attack first

[@ster_joke2880]

Bald riven isn’t real, she can’t hurt you. Bald riven:

[@largocharles8729]

This also kinda makes me sympathize with the noxians cause no matter how bad they truly are or how bad they look to others, these are just people living their life believing things from a limited viewpoint and basically being humans like ionans do. Riot or whoever make these stories did a good job on making these stories somewhat real and close to you

[@hiimpazem7287]

Necrit, releases this video. Me: Fastest click in the west

[@fiyeri750]

ye

[@hansalt6695]

You may be the fastest click on the west. But I'm the fastest click on the chest

[@nilsus8365]

0.0000001 ms reaction time

[@smallpiper2]

I think if arcane could shift to the first ionian invasion for future seasons with singed being the connection, that would be awesome

[@escarnertrolo5651]

The singer looks like the card from Lor that gives +1+1 to ephemeral allies sumonned, can't remember her name

[@dramaexterminatus]

Took me a while to realize these are wow characters

[@krzysztof591]

The calming rain at the end of the video

[@MauiiSan]

I had to go back and Re hear the nightmare... Just goose bumps

[@Undead_Nemi]

Love you dude

[@andrewwallace2816]

This whole story drives me further and further into hatred of the Noxian empire as I love Ionia deeply. I love what riot is doing because it immerses you. You cant help but curse the Noxians if you sympathize with Ionia. Throughout everything I was hoping for at least one of the party to fall victim to the Ionian lands or resistors, like the brotherhood.

[@fender7x]

This was caused by Boram Darkwill and the war was ended by Swain returning and killing him. Swain removed a toxic and corrupted king and established a tri-leadership for noxus and in reality noxus isn't actually bad. Go back and watch Necrits videos on Noxus after Swains takeover. The interesting thing to see will be what other reason Noxus will have to invade again.

[@ThePavlos6]

@@fender7x Pretty sure there is no reason that would make them not villains in this conflict. In Ionia there are no slaves to be freed, no corrupted leadership. Atleast there weren't, all of that would have come with Noxus. So they are attacking to have their resources. And if you mean to tell me that's not villanous, i don't know what is.

[@dejism]

@@fender7x noxians arent bad. Noxus is bad. Anyone seeking world domination is most likely bad. the people working under them, not necessarily.

[@SarynPrime]

@@dejism i can agree with that.

[@sopmodii1505]

@@ThePavlos6 Ionia has no corrupt leadership? On the Zed comic Master Kusho was leading the Navori Brotherhood and the shadow order. Navori Brotherhood is one of the two major armies in Ionia other group belongs to Irelia. Now imagine one half of Ionian army being controlled by a blood thirsty shadow Assassin. (Sure Kusho is now killed by Zed but there is still the entire Navori brotherhood going around, kidnapping and killing people.)

[@smontherun1430]

I love how Riot's lore is slowly turning into how WoW update their lore

[@Roko-ph4dx]

Is that good or bad

[@smontherun1430]

@@Roko-ph4dx Both actually

[@galio7741]

Stories like this makes me love Noxus more and more

[@ayoful1]

you should make these as a podcast man

[@rolwe8033]

keep with the vids man i love them

[@redwood3036]

Necrit please make a video about Trundle's new lore!

[@hwaryun7042]

nice vids man. i need these

[@Synocra]

aaaa anyone realize how theres no regular outro this time?

[@thejdispower]

Your telling me that yorick isnt even unique in being a necromancer, riot please my poor boys got nothing going for him

[@mikhailthegreatestdragon3627]

He was never unique in terms on necromancy lol

[@kevinmaculan6638]

30:30 that sounds like karthus ability to raise the dead is tied to the same thing

[@galio7741]

Karthus is Noxian tho

[@michaelbei173]

The way you told the ending was kinda dark ngl, pretty cool

[@Christs_Apologet]

necrit 34min video? am i dreaming ?

[@Miki_Naz]

The thing i love about LoL Lore is the moral ambiguity. Almost nobody is purely evil, and if they are, they have reason/justification for it, and no party is 100% in the right.

[@nathancampiche6306]

Damn. It’s crazy how blind they are. Makes me angry for some reason

[@abdualwhaballam5440]

I rly wanna see a movie with this story

[@doctoryato8583]

Ionia in game looked so peacefull but in stories ionia is like some creepy breathing lands

[@joshual.6173]

nice vid man!

[@SkelikYT]

Keep up the videos i love the lore from league + youre voice is very good

[@nafereuskortex9055]

"why is it what happened to your face?" Oh WhY DiDNt ShE THinK ThAT WaS FuNnY

[@lwhs3552]

the figure of world of warcraft characters lmfaoaoaooaoao

[@pole8740]

oh god i thought riven went bald

[@Morganaplays]

so ioinia is basically like avatar movie with random weird thing

[@doktah5571]

All i know is Riven abandon Noxus because Darius was feeding Draven was Trolling Katarina was a try hard

[@xsamimuan4506]

Never been this fast man

[@faraelwilldabeast9951]

13:05 copper based blood in that beast. It's the way you get blue blood in nature. Anything bleeding red is iron based.

[@Hammadz-li]

9:09 so its noxus's veitnam

[@orange6497]

Bald Riven Skin Confirmed?

[@kr1str904]

No ._.

[@NiraSader]

I swear if this end with Riven being captured and brought to Noxus imma be so sad, she belongs in Ionia with the likes of Irelia and Akali now ;-;

[@samikel1159]

My man has a foking harem over there god damn

[@nicoaraeduard3317]

Everyone gangsta till Riven becomes Ventress