Riot is Trying Something New! (Milio Lore Explained)

[@MunchingOrange]

Milio reminds me of the animal loving kid from the movie Encanto. Now hearing his backstory deals a lot with family... Hmm

[@mihirmistry9798]

OrenjiSan plays league?

[@unableunknown8437]

Damn didn't expect orange to be here yooo..

[@javelinmaster2]

​@@wiccke yh Rito did mention that they were working on a first Male enchanter for a long time. Looks like Rito made a male encanto xd

[@callofbrokendreams]

just was was video on paradox form n now i change video but u r still there

[@swissgoat4981]

Wait, since when do you play league Orenji?

[@blturn]

9:00 I love how Milio's letters were made using Pyrography. Very fitting.

[@blackout4747]

Milio: heading on his journey at 12 with his companions Ash: Late starter, eh?

[@Nick-nb2oz]

he chose the fire type

[@arjunbaweja7755]

Bro it even sounds like a Pokémon

[@utopia19876]

Just a note. I notice you are pronouncing it “fuemingo” like flamingo. Considering how Ixtal is mostly based on mesoamerican cultures, and given the rest of the names presented on the letters it can be assumed it is supposed to be a Spanish pronunciation. So it’s not fuemingo like flamingo. It is the combination of the words fuego (fire) and amigo (friend) hence fuemigo.

[@davidmducc]

Thank you, I posted a comment on it too! 😭 It hurts when people pronounce it like flamingo

[@thegoat9219]

​@@davidmducc it's kinda funny tho

[@dastark_3024]

same with furnasita (sita as an add on to make it seem cute/small, for example casita = small house)

[@ibrav7979]

Fire friends!!!!

[@SK-df1iw]

yeah the proper pronunciation would be something like “f-whe-me-go” rather than “few-mingo”

[@wendelilinon8041]

Milio's grandma is just Abuela from Encanto, putting so much pressure on kids. Hmmmp Protect Milio at all cost.

[@brandonhall7498]

I desperately need a game with him, Nunu and Willump, Zoe, Amumu and Annie on an adventure.

[@swissgoat4981]

Unfortunately I believe Annie is the only one that can stand being near Amumu without ya know, dying

[@4Lucy_]

Unfortunately Zoe is kinda.. you know.. powerful

[@minglin2814]

Jax mains harem

[@hata6290]

@@minglin2814 LMAO

[@periclesmendes2024]

Don't forget Lulu!

[@mehdisilini7296]

Ok but how wholesome would a friendship between Milio and Nunu be?

[@nailinthefashion]

Too

[@raistlinmajere1000]

Amazing how we were not having anything, just leaks, but we got his visual appearance, splashart, skin (with also splashart), bio, color story, a leaked gameplay. Wow

[@envybareback8059]

Lol are you that slow or just stupid? They always do this.. it will be over a course of time you’ll start seeing more

[@MrWilson812]

His fuemigos seem to be a combination of the Spanish words fuego and amigo, so he literally just named them fire friends. It's small but it adds to his character. Necrit pronounces it almost as flamingo though, so it can be easy to miss.

[@nekuuu]

I was just about to leave this comment!

[@innocehnt75]

the fact that this is being commented so many times is making me question the average league player's intelligence.. i thought fuemigo meaning "fire friend" was just common sense

[@xarityfan4370]

@@innocehnt75 you cannot expect everyone to know what the words fuego and amigo means

[@tenderandmoist5011]

@@innocehnt75 my brother in Christ less than 1% of people outside of North America and Spain speaks Spanish

[@doublesalopetoimcre]

​@@xarityfan4370 yo. i live in eastern europe, a barbaric place, and even i know a little bit civilized stuff like spanish, french and german.

[@adammohamed-yy8wt]

Lore ? Do I smell it ?

[@kagigo]

the story sounds like a perfect set up for a riot forge game. Maybe this is also the reason why Qiyana was absent from the ruination (we didn't get the reason yet right?)

[@cartoonishidealism582]

I believe a Rioter said that she was fighting the wraiths. Also, in “The Boys and Bombolini” they mention that Ixtal is opening up, which Qiyana probably has something to do with.

[@nicolaezenoaga9756]

@@cartoonishidealism582 Did she finally convinced her parents?

[@cartoonishidealism582]

@@nicolaezenoaga9756 Possibly. My theory though, is that she took the Ruination as an opportunity to seize more control for herself in Ixtal.

[@evanlakey6904]

I think even Quiyana mentions not having learned Fire yet, it may be that very few people learn to master fire in Ixtal since its a jungle nation that relies on the plants to protect them from the harsh reality destroyed by the void.

[@dmsviola1]

Honestly the soothing fire sounds like some kind of fusion between Elemental magic and Spiritual magic. Pretty cool.

[@Felahliir]

It is not however, some elements represent life, like all plant and water related axioms. Milio just channels the side of fire that gives life and warmth.

[@kayvelynn3554]

Congrats for the new lore necrit ✨

[@kashtrey]

Ixtal has quickly become one of my favorite regions. Qiyana was the first assassin I really liked playing. Milio seems like an amazingly fun enchanter. I love the focus on indigenous people. I love the culture and story and the small touches like fuemigo. I really wish league had did comics or novellas more often.

[@4restFinders]

Ixtal became my favorite region as soon as I learned its premise of being an elemental playground; that whole concept is one of my favorites and I'm dying for more region lore

[@kooldudematt1]

Another awesome video! I would correct you though on one thing…Milio's little animated flames should be pronounced as "fway-MEE-gos". It's a sort of Spanish linguistic pun on the word for "fire" ("fuego" [pr.: "FWAY-go"]) and the word for "friend" ("amigo" [pr.: "ah-MEE-go"])-they are his "fire-friends"! Hopefully that helps someone!

[@storm3078]

Milio and Annie are more like the two sides of the same coin. Both flame users, one power born from trauma and only knew destruction while the other came from love and seeks to heal.

[@ChincerDante]

if the origin of words are indeed spanish then his backpack is a diminutive of "furnace" and it is pronnounced as (fur nah see ta) also it is cute that his letters are basically pyrography the fact milio deviates from the normal teachings is likely to cause yun tal to be concern, if there is something traditionalist hate is someone using something in a way they dont intend, "fire for healing? preposterous!" it is very important to have fire that heals, since fire is as much life as it is destruction. also milio needs voicelines with all fire related champions or i riot, brand, annie, ornn

[@Zip_Zap_Zoom]

I'm honestly happy about everything around Milio, it's a great champ, with great lore and music. But it burns me that we still don't know what Qiyana is doing.

[@nicolaezenoaga9756]

,,Burns me''; I see what you did there and your gonna get a like for that

[@Zip_Zap_Zoom]

@@nicolaezenoaga9756 Yes that was definietly on purpose and not by accident lol

[@smashrosa8111]

She might be planning a coup

[@Mediados]

Honestly I'd be grateful if they never mentioned her ever again.

[@nicolaezenoaga9756]

@@Mediados Botlane main?

[@denjivibes]

sometimes i watch these videos about lore and remember that this is all happening in the same universe as seraphine

[@lubue5795]

13:00 If Riot continues Milio's story, then I suspect that the Ixthali will not let him tackle the Vidalion. After all, it seems like the people in Ixthal, or at least the leading ones, are not big fans of progress and new things and since he is the grandson of a imprisoned criminal, it would only make sense that they refuse to acknowlege him in any way.

[@kashtrey]

I'm not sure they're rigidly anti progress. The Vidalion isn't about orthodoxy or even really magic, it seems more a way for the ruling class to sort the biggest "threats" and either make them part of the Yun Tal or send them off and probably monitor them. Heck when Aliay creates his robes it seems he did so in a unique way combining axiom. I kind of see the technical part of the Vidalion as a PHD defense. Like you're supposed to bring new knowledge to show mastery but you're gonna have to defend it against other experts.

[@edhaine]

Milio walking to Ixaocan is just Darwin Watterson for me. All i hear is "I'm on my waay, i'm on my waaayyy~!".

[@reyalfa18]

we got confirmation that Milio is based a lot in Colombia's folklore and Encanto as a film, he definitely has the vibe of being a madrigal.

[@nicolaezenoaga9756]

What folktales exactly?

[@drakesacrum8445]

@@nicolaezenoaga9756 Mesoamerican folktales I imagine(Which includes countries like Colombia, Mexico, Belize, Costa RIca and Honduras etc). Ixtal is clearly based around that historical region of the world. So, I suppose Aztec and Mayan folklore.

[@nicolaezenoaga9756]

@@drakesacrum8445 I was asking for specific names to be more exact

[@peterparker4103]

problematic grandma checks out

[@xxsebasalxx]

@@drakesacrum8445 No Aztec or Mayan folklore in Colombia. Aside from some aesthetic elements, I don't really see anything so far.

[@elementalwaterangel5451]

Somehow i can see this champ fiting the star guardian skin line perfectly

[@nailinthefashion]

Take my god damn wallet

[@relic-kun8582]

The fact that riot made a champion and lore for Ixtal feels like ages since Qiyana was release in 2019

[@sweetfunnycake2100]

Imagine those Fire slimes and poros all compressed in one area. Now I want to see Braum interact with them.

[@nailinthefashion]

Oh my god gentle uncle just vibing with their little friends my heart

[@henry_anims]

I think if this Champ put in LoR,his gonna be a chime master with Bard

[@lolliker1875]

Hey Necrit, just a suggestion, you might want to make each new story release of Millio's letter's into a youtube short since the material probably won't be enough for a whole video. And also it is quite probable that it might help with the algorithm.

[@nicolaezenoaga9756]

Yes!

[@Tom-yg7mi]

Champ looks like an encanto character

[@rocketdog9544]

Milio is precious and needs to be protected ❤️

[@samueldacruz989]

As a tank main I can confirm he will be protected 🫡

[@samueldacruz989]

"PROTECT THE PRESIDENT" 🤣🤣🤣

[@Raumplestomp]

I will bathe in Milio's viscera after shredding him with my blades

[@smashrosa8111]

Especially from Jax

[@moealyasiri8282]

​@Samuel Dacruz 1 hook is all it takes. As a thresh main I guarantee that

[@grimnir8872]

Milio really does feel like he was made to Maximise on merchadising, right down to being an encanto reject.

[@cbmatty9262]

THIS IS NOT A DRILL, WE HAVE ACTUAL NEW LORE!

[@sspectre8217]

Quick Spanish lesson: the "tilde" on the é on Luné y Lupé means that the accent of the word is on that vocal. So instead of being pronounced / LU \ ne, it should be pronounced _ Lu / NÉ and _ Lu / PÉ. *to explain* / means rising accent, \ means a falling accent and _ means a flat accent. Also I'm a native Spanish speaker not a Spanish teacher so I don't really know the proper terms in English.

[@Necrit]

I'll take note of that! I never took spanish. In Europe "é" is always pronounced as prolonged "e". But now it's obvious they used the spanish accents for his fumingos too.

[@xolotltolox7626]

​@@Necrit They're Fuemigos, no n A compound of Fuego(Fire) and Amigo(friend)

[@alvaropineslopez1380]

@@Necrit Why do you say fumingos? Hahaha. Is Fuemigos, not N and like Fuego+Amigos. I mean, I understand your struggles with Spanish pronunciation, of course, but it's not how it is written XD

[@Ettan1112]

@@Necrit In Europe? Spanish is a european language...

[@swissgoat4981]

​@@Ettan1112 He means like northern and Eastern europe

[@Bird-Birdy-Love]

I feel like all this extra attention to both Ixtal and Noxus is building up in prep for Arcane 2, outside of the Piltolver and Zoan conflict and jinx and vi there is also the expansion of piltolver to the ixtal forest and not to mention the noxus influence in there affairs as well.

[@notme8652]

This is very quality top tier epic giga brain content.

[@ZeZeko]

only in league will you see a self taught kid go against the gods

[@RekoTea]

I like that milio’s notes seemed to be etched in with fire! And he can even shade with it, it shows great control over it!

[@Candoodle]

The only thing I dont like about focus on lore is that milio probably wont have any ingame interactions with nunu despite them being pretty similar. It wouldnt make sense for them to have met yet in lore so probably wont have any interactions. I imagine in general it could be tough to add new interactions to nunu since his actor might age out of the role

[@Valorhammer]

tbh, I expect stuff like that more in LoR now.

[@xarityfan4370]

in-game interactions can be non-canon/what ifs though.

[@AdMechTechSupport]

Fuego + amigo = fuemigo Furnace + casita = furnasita Remember that Ixtal is based on Mesoamérica so expect Spanish words to show up everywhere.

[@rociopaoloni5080]

Wouldn't it just be a diminutive of furnace? I mean casita is already the diminutive of casa. Casita, manzanita, sillita, "furnacita".

[@AdMechTechSupport]

@@rociopaoloni5080 good point

[@francjirachi]

I like Milio, the story is short and simple, but gives him context while also possibly giving setup for other stories (please riot I beg you) and his actual gameplay is also short and simple, not the 200+ years nonsense we usually get now

[@fj4533]

If we wanted to translet milio's story to something from the real world i think it would be like a mexican inmigrant family in the united states that just found out the son is gifted and desperately wants him to succeed to take them out of poverty, making him very burdened by expectations

[@Alacaelum]

Rito dripped blood into the water... and Necrit smelled it a 100 miles away.

[@itanchiro5524]

14:43 he looks more like the real slim shady. Anyway, this new champion is adorable! I hope that when he met neeko they were doing cute things like hugging rocks or talking to frogs or something :D

[@nicolaezenoaga9756]

YUS!

[@ericadraw98]

I have a theory on why was Qiyana busy during ruination. You mentioned that Milio's grand aunt Luné was plotting something against the Yun Tal and that's why she along with her sister were punished and forced to exile. When she vanished we hear nothing about her till it is mentioned that she's imprisoned during Milio's arrival in Ixaocan. Now, we could assume that she mysteriously vanished because the Yun Tal imprisoned her after quickly discovering her intentions and have been keeping her ever since...or during exile, she decided to cut the ties with Lupé in order to achieve her goal by founding a clan of elemental magic mercenaries and/or like Lupé, having a family of her own as well where she also teaches them the elemental magic, axioms and stuff like that. I like to imagine that she also has a grandchild who is talented like Lupé's Milio, but unlike him, their axiom is destructive and dangerous, so much so that the Yun Tal could consider it a threat not just to them, but the entire society of Ixtal. And that would be the reason why they would imprison Luné. Either to lure her grandchild into a trap where they would arrive in order to rescue their grandmother or to interrogate her and force her to reveal the residence of her grandchild. That's just my theory. If you've got any theories relating to Luné, Qiyana's reason of being busy and Yun Tal, be sure to respond to me in the comments. Have lovely day and thank you for reading my comment :)

[@euwpredator862]

I appreciate your paragraph I’m pretty sure you’re correct with your point. !

[@peacepham7838]

I don't think Necrit realise that Runeterra timeline isn't always "at the present". Like Taliyah already in her 20s in newest short story, but in game she still teenage. Drakin saga in LoR for example, it happened in a much different time than Ruination, and there's reason why you don't ask "where are SoL".

[@phantom6014]

Bro's backstory is legit the start of a pokemon protag

[@ivanespero1387]

A 12 years old boy traveling with small friendly companions? I think I've heard this story before

[@apollo7807]

Please Riot, make an animation movie out of it!

[@johnsonyip1127]

"young master milio" coming soon?

[@questionmark1327]

1:51, i was like, omg! you disappeared, few seconds later, ohh!! thank goodness, you're back.

[@FredericoASousa]

Is this the first time we are getting the concept and the lore being released before they reveal abilities?

[@Chickensea10]

Finally more ixtal lore after all this time! Hopefully theres a story for him meeting rengar and potentially khazix I wonder if milios's family in the future will be added to legends of runeterra just like kayle and morganas mom(mihiria) maybe they'll be a boat! Or just a really cool epic card. EDIT 2 DAYS LATER: A CRAZY THOUGHT WHILE TALKING TO JUSTAJINX ABOUT MAKING MILIO INTO LOR! But what if millio introduces a BRAND NEW LOR SKINLINE with him mastering his fire element at the capital! MAYBE IT COULD BE LORS FIRST ULTIMATE SKIN!

[@nicolaezenoaga9756]

YES!

[@kashtrey]

I feel like Lune and Lupe for sure. Probably some of his family like we got Seraphine's dad.

[@chillmadude]

i hope milio's freebie skin is him in his vedalion robes, that would be cool

[@luckypeanut9943]

I thought he looked like the kid from encanto the second I saw him but then his story is just the reverse version of harsh grandma only cares about kids with powers

[@aquinastatsuya34]

You have the pronunciation of his friends close, but not quite right. There is no "N" . The are in fact pronounced "fwe-MEE-go," a portmanteau of the word "fuego," the Spanish word for fire, and "amigo," the Spanish word for friend. Milio literally named them his fire friends. He's adorable. Great video!

[@desOOOm]

Dude you’re seriously becoming my fav content creator because of the switch to covering different lore. Keep it up!! Love your league stuff but the genshin, wizarding world and 40k vids are peak.

[@ibrav7979]

I LOVE HIM, HE FULFILS MY MAGE PRODIGY FANTASY

[@heavencrossroad3382]

Imagine in RIOT MMO a fire magic with healing element - sounds like fun. Besides not only holy, water, and wind magic has healing potential, fire can too LIKE Milio for a fact. Nice Riot. skeptical! LOL

[@djekrom3286]

I absolutely love it, when you are in front of the camera. It makes the video feel way more directed to the viewer

[@101shaymin]

So Milio is spreading the holy spirit on people for healing. Got it LOL

[@thatbish5504]

Finally lore ... Lore is what introduce me to league verse league lores are so good

[@dope7846]

I really like to think that milio and nunu could be really good friends

[@cartoonishidealism582]

It is cruel that fate has placed them on basically opposite sides of the Runeterra map

[@zemagaia]

@@cartoonishidealism582 And also opposite sides of the magic spectrum lol.

[@nicolaezenoaga9756]

Isn't Nunu 7? That would make him more of a younger brother to Milio

[@nicolaezenoaga9756]

Which is still cute as heck

[@drakesacrum8445]

@@nicolaezenoaga9756 As far as I know we don't have information about the dates of each storyline so characters like Nunu can be the same Age, younger or older.

[@Lunethia]

Milio is so gosh darn cute I want to hug him so baaaaaaaaaaad

[@wastedsoul1024]

Milio is just a wholesome fire gaara.

[@younggod5230]

What I dislike about SOME newer champions, is that they aren't really riffs on famous archetpyes anymore. sure, milio is a mage, but he isn't really. there is nothing "mage-like" about him. He's very unique and atypical. A boy who throws out funny little guys, and has some kind of glowing magic. Compare that to the older champions: Ice Archer, Card Mage, Rock, Master Samurai, Ninja, Good Knight, Evil Knight etc. Most champions have this aspect to them, that helps you immediately recognize "what their whole deal is". And what to expect. Obviously there is not an endless amount of iconic archetypes to choose from, but it does take away from the characters fantasy. At least to me.

[@christopherbronson3275]

It's been so long since they released lore Necrit redid the ENTIRE format of his show... Has it been that long?!

[@Tw1s7]

This is fantastic. I hope they don't nerf him out of existence.

[@prismaticc_abyss]

necrit struggling to pronounce "é" had me laughing

[@NeoYgdrassyl]

Just for the future Necrit, the tildes (Those accents at the end of Lupé and Luné) signify that is the part where you pronounce the accent, so those names are pronounce more like Lu-peeh! and Lu-neeh!, sort of... If you are still confused, search for the pronunciation in spanish for Papa and Papá or Mama and Mamá.

[@MilesJA1904]

9:22 Excuse me, Luca and Cedro seem like two guys' names, no? Kinda neat! We have more lgbtq+ representation without a need for a massive story behind it. Now... Show us what they look like, Riot.

[@ftwarcher2290]

Ok but like… when we getting Milio in LoR? He seems like he’d be great friends with Nora, sharing some tea.

[@TheAverageNooob]

The flames are now competing with poros for cutest species in league

[@dolofonosesostrefis]

In the letters they emphasise the voooooowels rather than the last letterrrrrr. I'm so glad they got it right T^T

[@danierudesu]

3 of them you can see the faces, 4th is the adc

[@Aeth6288]

The only thing I could focus on was how the metal links on his shoulders look very similar to Sylas's chains. Focusing on links that aren't there.

[@nicolasbocchietto5318]

i think one of the reasons why people is exited about milio is because the new champion finaly isnt just a preaty girl or a topless muscular guy

[@metzelderk]

Really nice to see some new lore. Its been a while

[@254trojan]

I like this format much more, Necrit telling about the story instead of reading it to us. Good change, I think I learned more of this story this way

[@ZaberFangAT]

As a quick pronunciation note - 'fuemigos' would be pronounced 'fweh-meegos', as a compound of 'fuego' and 'amigo' (fire-friends)

[@norionwinter7312]

He just got brought into the world and we already saw him grow. Annie has been with us for 11 years and she's still 8 years old.

[@Sir_Lobo]

Tbf Yoric had a small part in the ending of the sentinels of light were he gave a bit of the waters of life and the maiden had a part of the soul of the forgotten king's wife's soul

[@UserLoL9880]

Well the later Valorant agent can be related to Nilla becouse of the water theme. So at this point we just expect Agents and Champion to be relased with the same frequency and with a common theme in some way or another

[@katschrodinger1293]

so technically, he became a stand user

[@XxDLPDxX]

the point about milio being like neon and zeri came to my mind too already think it aint a coincidence

[@zinfuldreams1709]

if you're already on screen, the only natural next step would be for you to replace all the silhouettes too with more necrits

[@tiem6260]

Milio is such an adorable character. When riot want to they can really instill characters with such childlike joy and innocense thats just irresistable

[@Skyla2839]

11:55 or it could be a volcano! You know, some kind of a home for a lot of fuemigo (or one big fuemigo) :D And this new agent from valorant... I think of him like he is a fusion of Ekko (name and appearance) and Milio (his little friends)

[@luis-lf1ww]

What if it's the same flame that jax protects

[@ShovelMarshy]

Necrit seems to have the nose of a bloodhound when it comes to lore i suppose

[@johanstenfelt1206]

Huh, how very interesting, I wonder what else we can expect from this Character, as well as what other Lore are in store? Regardless, I will look forward to see what you cover next.

[@Potatosticks55]

Milio and Nunu would be great together

[@TitanDraugen]

It just occurred to me that Milio's furnace backpack is shaped like a potion bottle. XD

[@Cacany99]

Necrit i really like this change where we can see you.keep it up

[@stathisconstantinou]

I just realized that the axiomata probably comes from the greek word αξια which means value

[@slycoop1997]

As someone who plays fantasy ttrpgs like dungeons and dragons, I can sort of appreciate the setups with a lack of payoff. Whenever I read one of these stories, I am always thinking of ways that my players and I could create payoffs by adventuring in these regions of Runeterra. Most people play league or follow the lore probably aren't also using it to play DnD though.

[@zefanyaraysanevadalaput7371]

Finally riot make new interesting lore, they need to know there's a lot of people didn't really play league, but just love the lore, it's amazing, I hope they can connect all the lore and becoming epic, that's what I actually want the story big league universe

[@chichopo_ow2758]

Hey Necrit! If you need any help with some spanish pronunciations we (as in your spanish viewers) are happy to help! Great video as always :D

[@fcox7015]

IS MILLIO THE NEXT BARD AVATAR?!!!! i know it is not but sounds cool xd

[@weero_tmd2860]

I would almost like you to redo every lore video in this new format because its really good.

[@Skapista]

dont think milio even need/will challenge the vidalion, it is supposed to be a show of mastery, like, "i am so good at this element i can even manifest my own clothing with it, and i dont mean like i have to focus on it, i can just do it...". And this dude can already manifest a lifeform out of it...

[@Hellothere-ss4jq]

Ignoring that it is mostly familial pressure, he should flex his fire mastery just to make Qiyana seethe. Milio is effectively pulling a "Toph" by not only mastering an element but also pushing its boundaries, something Qiyana hasn't done despite being a prodigy

[@millwilliams47]

Milio needs to meet Neeko, His soothing flames sounds a lot like what Neeko calls shoma