The Story of Akshan Explained

[@ruberose1825]

I like that he is a guy who want revenge but isn't a total edgelord.

[@yacine3855]

BUT HE S ARROGANT AF

[@ruberose1825]

@@yacine3855 He just love himself and his grappling hook.

[@whatsnewbois9814]

@@ruberose1825 taunt taunt taunt taunt taunt

[@fitmotheyap]

I like that we got new lore that's not entirely connected to the mist and it's not like seraphine

[@thephoenix2038]

Why do people don't like edgelords?

[@PNNH696]

With Akshan around, the Sentinels have plot armor.

[@Nin..]

PLOT ARMOUR.

[@skreyao4898]

Arabic Jesus armor

[@rafasilva1265]

How would it be plot armor if he has to kill the killer? Which, in this case, would be viego?

[@PNNH696]

@@rafasilva1265 It just means that the Sentinels cannot permanently die if Akshan is around.

[@roff000]

@@Nin.. shut up Bri'ish

[@cutcutado]

"If Akshan kills Isolde's killer he might revive Isolde" Yeah, that one human that lived 1000 years ago.

[@letsrank9349]

Here is a thought! What if Akshan kills Viego to revive the assasin to kill the assasin to revive Isolde.

[@Disig]

I like how his first point was "What if Viego already killed him?" not "He's probably died by now due to old age if anything"

[@cutcutado]

@@Disig Exactly

[@cutcutado]

@@letsrank9349 Seems a tad too complex, for a gun that uses "soul-prints"(the thing Necrit talked about) to revive people. I meant like, not linear enought(edit: when i said "complex"), but i'm Brazilian and fuck the english language.

[@FirengeI]

@@letsrank9349 Holy shit, how long can this chain go ? Can it loop ? Can you abuse the fabric of reality and create endless streaks of revival across multiples eras ? Can you use it on yourself ? Does it work on suicides ? If I were Akshan I would probably do all kinds of tests to maximise its use, it sounds like the kind of exploitable mecanic that can really screw with destiny and laws of causality.

[@SilverDarkin]

Mordekaiser: "why is there a missing brick here?? I swear I put somebody's soul here!"

[@slavdoggo389]

Lmaoo

[@idefkicabti4141]

Bruh xDddd

[@TheRealGuywithoutaMustache]

I totally agree, Akshan's story gives me the Sylas vibes as well

[@moogi9429]

E

[@izkdi]

weed eater

[@skreyao4898]

why are you following me?

[@AssassinGamer]

Why are you commenting on every video that I watch... WTF

[@cubeir]

I totally agree that you should take a second off, go touch grass & stop commenting for One single darn second.

[@wigfrid6126]

I honestly think that the trailer was good. I didn't got any "villain" vibes from the animation, but it felt like he was trying to revive her, but he couldn't. That's why he said "Not yet" with a sad tone. The sorry at the end makes sense too, since he is using the weapon Shadya told him not to.

[@rafasilva1265]

No, I think it's more of shadya wouldn't want him to revive her.

[@rafasilva1265]

It's so much simpler than whatever people are theorizing. She could've just killed the warlords if those were her priorities, but she probably valued life over everything (something sentinels would do)

[@wigfrid6126]

@@rafasilva1265 Why wouldn't she? I'm pretty sure that he thinks that Shadya is mad at him for using the weapon she told her not to use.

[@rafasilva1265]

@@wigfrid6126 and I'm pretty sure shadya is not that worried about dying as much as she is worried about doing her sentinel duties, which do not include being revived

[@cartoonishidealism582]

Yeah Shadya is very much against the Absolver being used because she feels that life and death should be left up to fate. After all, the whole reason the Sentinels exist is because someone tried to cheat death. Shadya also wouldn’t have wanted Akshan to be consumed by anger and vengeance. That’s why Akshan said “I knew you had a different plan for me, but I choose vengeance.”

[@psykodraggin]

i hope he is grabbing the sentinel weapons from the warlords he kills, if he wants to revive his mentor he might as well do something that makes her a little less angry

[@AkshansYoutubeAccount]

grabbing warlord weapon izipizi. the second part? impossible.

[@EndYourReign]

So if Akshan kills someone who killed a killer, can he kill the person he revived to revive their victims? HOW DEEP DOES THIS GO

[@fitmotheyap]

1 kills 2 If he kills 1 2 is revived If he kills 2,2 just dies(but if 2 killed someone then that dead guy is revived)

[@EndYourReign]

@@fitmotheyap Right, and if 2 kills 3, Akshan kills 2, does 3 come back? Can he theoretically just undo the entire Zaun chem baron mafia system?

[@Geheimnis-c2e]

Say the time frame is a year and the "recent victims" limit is three. A gets killed by B who then gets killed by C who then dies because of blood loss because A shot a major artery. If Akshan kills B, A gets revived. If Akshan kills A, C gets revived. If Akshan kills C, B gets revived. ffs this reminds of those annoying math problems where someone buys a buttload of watermelon.

[@EndYourReign]

What if one person kills a mass amount of people? Say an explosive wipes out a part of Noxus. Does killing that one person basically equate to summoning Shenron?

[@fitmotheyap]

@@EndYourReign kills singed *all dead people reappear* Oh no Anyway

[@noearchivistexdominiquedes9761]

Last Time I was this Early, Champions in League only have One Passive

[@Geheimnis-c2e]

They still do, though. One passive, different parts. Plus Yasuo had a passive that had two parts, and he was made nearly a decade ago.

[@mist1714]

@@Geheimnis-c2e yas was not an original, look at trundle, ashe used to have a pasiv, gain crit if u afk

[@narachi_]

As expected from sentinel necrit, he may not be good with soups, but he sure know how to crack codes

[@Andersson1121]

Im calling it: every ruined "champ" that dies during the ruination will be revived when akshan kills viego

[@huntercraft5674]

thats exactly what i was predicting, its so obvious he was made as a plot device to revive all the ruined champs...

[@poroknight5937]

I think it does not work like that, Viego dont kill the "champ" that we seen he is controlling them with the black mist, i think whats going to happen is if viego die that will uncontrolled the ruined champions from viego's black mist like MF and such.Thats what i think about what's going to happen to the ruined champions.

[@filippoarnoldi1621]

it's like when Naruto defeat Nagato, and he just decides to revive everyone who has been killed by him

[@InternetAddict069]

Ruined champions are just people that was beaten by Viego himself and in turn was controlled by him. They are not dead.

[@Andersson1121]

@@poroknight5937 aight so akshan shoots viego in the chest killing the mist inside him reviving all ruined champs as the mist is the reason they died. It might not have killed them, but its the reason they get killed

[@jessejohn7406]

And just like that Veigo wants that weapon

[@clydeericksoncapati7566]

Your theory about killing Isolde to revert Viego into a human is so cool. I wouldn't be shocked if that will be the route the story will go.

[@bruhhurb9894]

I think thats what happened lol

[@clydeericksoncapati7566]

Yeah. But it felt so lame with the given cinematic haha

[@reaperplays9271]

Twist 4: kills the wife, brings back his humanity

[@Seker_Kiz_Candy]

''Shot isolde!'' said necrit it will be good said necrit

[@dvvna]

spoiler alert: its not good

[@animeoutlands1588]

Akshan knew what he had to do. He had to stop all the ghost that were coming through...

[@stonechewer1227]

I hope riot doesn't fall back into overusing the phrase: "Against all odds"

[@Koi_Swirl]

And against all odds, they managed to do it again.

[@DeletedTroll]

At least this against all odds was debunked

[@v1schmp]

or ';and he did just that''

[@joopahfoopah]

I love how you incorporate other stories within these lore videos, that that bit about Zed. It’s really cool and it reminds people of what’s happening with other champions.

[@queendread4427]

Hey Necrit, me and a few friends of mine are running a DnD campaign set in Runeterra. You probably don't have the time but if you want we're more than happy to invite you as the resident lore-walker xd (One of those friends asked me to ask you)

[@Blackajack20]

He will probably say no, but props to you to muster the courage to ask.

[@queendread4427]

@@Blackajack20 he might feel bad saying no and just ignore it instead 😂😂

[@waralpaca1432]

Here I am spending dozens of hours meticulously crafting an entire world with a Millenium of history for my players when I could just used runeterra lol. For reference we all play league and 4 of us are even on an esports team for our school. Missed opportunity

[@queendread4427]

@@waralpaca1432 using Runeterra is a challenge in itself considering just how MUCH lore there is. Honestly I don't mind inviting you to our discord server and hang out or take inspiration for your own campaign (it's my first time DMing tho so xd)

[@Mossymushroomfrog18]

@@queendread4427 have fun with the endless supply of world ending threats to use as plot

[@MrWowwow2211]

Akshan to stop the ruination: so anyways I started blasting

[@cefirodewinter9086]

Playing dragon age origins I realized how much do have in common the sentinels of light and the grey wardens, even the harrowing and the blight

[@nv389]

Good Lord I thought I was the only one that noticed

[@Quasarii]

CAME HERE FROM THE NEW TRAILER

[@yamliyt5171]

This video aged very well

[@Stilllife1999]

The setup for the most boring story. Everyone that dies gets revived with zero consequences. How I hope this doesn't happen

[@Darkmoon0111]

Morderkaiser would be really upset after seeing many of his followers get revived and disappear from Death Realm.

[@Korrupted_dust]

@@Darkmoon0111 soul castle falls apart because the bricks keep running away.

[@TheJPKaram]

When he says “but not you, not yet” and “I know you had other plans for me but i choose vengeance” these are two separate sentences He hasn’t found her killer, hence not yet And she wouldn’t have want him to use this weapon and become a vengeance driven killer, hence the “i know you had other plans for me”

[@AshBlossomWorshiper]

Jesus christ I love this man. Akshan is easily in my top 3 champs lorewise

[@zanehisako1416]

his personality is stupidly cool and awesome

[@risky2166]

Lamb and Wolf gotta be mad toward this guy

[@SaraSong-mw3zm]

Listen every single Akshan revive's someone Kindred throws up

[@cartoonishidealism582]

Lights! Camera! AKSHAN!

[@glamoroushype8568]

i love how askhan actually shot isolde in the last cinematic

[@tdashi96]

Welp, Necrit called it first...

[@dorians2138]

I hope that Akshan is often sarcastic in his voice lines, bcs there are a lot of really stupid ones like the one where he thinks he should add a ladder to his weapon

[@donovansackey2002]

When you've been awake for 12 hours waiting for an Necrit to post and he finally post when your eyes are about to shut....... GG

[@asmael4456]

rest in peace brother

[@Krag_LeeS]

And how this revival actually work on worldbuild level? The soul of the killed had transported into the Death Realm with the Kindred's help. And when the killer of the victim had become dead, victim's soul just sucked out from the realm like vacuum cleaner? Mordekaiser will be very angry

[@milonchello1643]

And that's why you should never introduce time travel and ressurection items on any kind of story, unless you've specificaly explained it's repercussions before. Like with Zelda they have like 3 or 4 timelines from the old games that all converge into breath of the wild which then creates another timeline in it's prequel, age of calamity. Now we have league with both time travel and messing with the what could be considered ressurection, this one being a big plot point of the ruination, i just hope Riot knows what they are doing and dont mess it up to much.

[@Krag_LeeS]

@@milonchello1643 yeap,expecialy for the time travel(and resurrection xd). It's too hard to explain properly without planet-sized plot holes,but a lot of scific/fantasy story writers are so hyped about those themes...

[@milonchello1643]

@@Krag_LeeS If they go for the multiple timelines or universes, kinda like how they did with endgame, it's ok since in theory a small change in the past could make a big impact in the future but changing something also creates a diverging path where the original timeline goes the same but the other doesnt, either way time travel is way to complicated to do well and authors should stay away from it.

[@Darkmoon0111]

Maybe this is another incentive for Morderkaiser to start another world-ending event.

[@haplozyorhist8778]

I think one key thing about Viego and Isolde is that the destruction of the blessed isles (unless i missed something) happened so long ago its but a mere legend. Therefore time itself is enemy to the theory.

[@Adrian-ow6pr]

i honestly would love a scene between viego and lucian. "Wouldnt you cross the entire world, just for her?"

[@kylebopry4262]

Ok so depending on what “most recent” means he could just strait up null void the entire last month or so of the ruination and revive everyone right?

[@antoniojacome8602]

My guess that the Absolver is also probably made with a combination of the White stone, that all the sentinel weapons seem to be made of, but also of the Chrono stones that Ekko and Zilean use in their magic and tech. The Grappling hook seems to have a more blueish color then all other sentinel weapons that have marble white. Maybe its the reason why it has the capacity for resurrections magic long after someone has died.

[@sphaghetti4142]

i can't- whenever i see him in the trailer i can only see a male version of Sombra from Overwatch. Their fecial expressions match so well and the smile is so so good just *mwah* chef's kiss.

[@kurusuva.]

Akshan's story : simple Akshan's kit : essay

[@xidjav1836]

I can just see Viego hearing about this and screaming and rummaging through the mist, yelling "WHERE IS HE!? WHERE IS THAT PIECE A SHIT!?" the figuring out that he's in Tresh's Lantern Viego turning to him and shouting "YOU"

[@mehdildj6199]

4:31 good god that Zed splash art is so cool

[@DoubleEdgeCat]

So what you're saying is... There's no time to wait around. It's time for Akshan.

[@emanuelstornello8009]

I love when someone does that joke, I also did it when I saw him the first time

[@clorcestv]

Sentinels: We must do everything to protect Isolde from Viego Akshan: 11:02

[@third_lol]

아크샨의 스토리는 눈물없이 볼 수 없다 (Akshan's story cannot be seen without tears.)

[@labranehit7687]

I feel that kindred might have something to say about it

[@sugarbomb5901]

Akshan have a powerful dna to grapple someone... Batman: crying in the corner with his bat hook.

[@DaxterL]

Love this dude's energy. It's pretty obvious that they were inspired by Ezio a lot, and i'm all there for it.

[@johnbleckaustria2117]

Imagine Akshan defeating Veigo, aw man we need a timelapse of everything returning to normal, its gonna be satisfying.

[@emanuelstornello8009]

That would be satisfying as hell

[@ace_g4414]

When the first art of Akshan came out I tought it was a new skin for Sylas

[@Rosario0X]

Wow his lore explains his gameplay in LoR because there he summons a Warlord's Palace and after it finishes countdown you get a relic of power as if it's a mini quest for Akshan to find this relic of power in the shortest amount of time hence Akshan reduces the countdown whenever he strikes or when you target allies thus making it getting through the Palace faster, then on his level up- which is when the Palace finishes counting down -Akshan summons a Warlord's Hoard which is also similar to the Palace however here after the countdown you get Sentinal's Hoard which gives you a massive swing in the game. So all of this wouldn't make sense from his LoL counterpart but it does based on his lore of him infiltrating the Palace and returning those Sentinal stuff that got stolen.

[@adamkh3171]

Necrit: *makes theory that maybe Isoldes killer is still alive* Me: *busting my mind to think that the assasin can live for more than 1 thousand years*

[@lorenzodanese2742]

"Did i Cracked the code?" Yes Necrit, you did...

[@hope-tn1oz]

I feel like Akshan's ability to revive the dead by killing their murderer is too forced to be a regular idea. I think riot just made him up as an excuse to revive a certain character from the lore.

[@classicpotato3352]

Touch some grass karen, the entire ruination story hadn’t been unfold yet, lets see what his revival powers do in the storyline

[@hope-tn1oz]

@@classicpotato3352 god damn, whats with the sas. I only commented what I think about Akshan dickhead😂

[@snqoqo]

@@classicpotato3352 what an angry comment, your grammar is pretty good for a 9 year old!

[@classicpotato3352]

@@snqoqo am i suppose to get offended by that taunt 🐒💀☠️💀

[@jukieboy2759]

@@classicpotato3352 like cc?

[@TheJamieellis]

Hold on... So, trying to resurrect the dead created the Shadow Isles but a random gun in a sentinel vault just happens to have that power? And it's not even explained why, just that it's a mysterious and strange enchantment? Feels a little...hollow? un-earned? Viego destroyed and entire kingdom to try and reverse death, but a random gun in a random vault can? Not a fan.

[@Brakiros]

it's because it's hallowed and tapped into the Ionian realm instead of the Mordekaiser realm

[@TheJamieellis]

@@Brakiros Right... but that still doesn't really make for good story telling/world-building imo. "The act of cheating death and resurrecting someone was done once and it turned a place of peace and learning into a shadowy hellscape few ever return from..." You read that and you think "Wow ok, so if someone dies it's permanent with a heavy cost, cool". And then you learn later on "Lmao, this gun can resurrect people because it's magic" and it comes across as cheap and half-hearted.

[@emanuelstornello8009]

@@TheJamieellis to be fair it's not a free revive, there are many conditions to be met and besides the sentinel weapons are not just random weapons, they are almost unique in their capabilities

[@TheJamieellis]

@@emanuelstornello8009 I wouldn't say many, there's literally 1. That the gun kills the person who murdered the target. That's still infinitely better and far more cheap than "This king took his army across distant lands to a sacred pool in an attempt at resurrection but the act of defying death fucked everything up". But in this same world, a gun can do it. It's inconsistent world building.

[@Utopia39747]

i think that riot introduced this reviving plot just to get the sentinels back to life after a cinematic or a story: viego or someone else will kill one or all of senna,lucian,vayne,graves.... for a good cliff hanger, and then akshan will revive them after winning

[@tristancarter4324]

This makes sense I mean senna has to die again for Isolde to be whole same with Gwen they all die and Akshan kills the distraction Viego they all come back happy ending

[@Utopia39747]

@@tristancarter4324 everything will be back to normal as nothing happened before

[@neopolitan6240]

Akshan feels like a male version of Samira but yes i can see sylas in him aswell

[@tecnoconsumes2170]

Man i bet Viego is extremely pissed off that he somehow missed the magical weapon that brings people back from the dead

[@hectorfox_5398]

So, heres what I think will happen, Akshan is going to start fighting the mist at some point and for some reason yet to be discovered he is going to stumble upon that killer, she is going to explain that story (tried to kill Viego, killed Isolde instead) and reveal that she had no other victims killed by her hands since then because she is afraid to cause another major problem in runeterra which would mean that Isolde is still her most recent kill.

[@leanderwassilikos830]

Did somebody saw the new interactions video for sentinal graves? He says that illaois magic could not hold pyke which probably hints that her magic was the one to revive pyke. I think we didnt know that before...

[@KaikuHidiaki]

I love that you called it way before it happend...!

[@umbralbushido8636]

I think it seems more like he CAN'T revive her yet, as in he hasn't found the warlord who killed her. It would be interesting though if he killed the right warlord, but because the warlord has killed so many people shadya isn't considered the most recent victim and isn't revived, that would be a really sad ending, but an interesting one nonetheless.

[@DonarKanal]

Akshan kills Viego - > Islode's killer is brought back to life -> Akshan kills him -> Isolde back baby

[@SaltyPretzel0]

even in the lore he's a mary sue

[@a_fading_shadow]

coming back to watch it now (after the event) Necrit actually already did crack the code here…

[@zachnightingale8156]

Okay Akshan kills the assassin, resurrecting Isolde Isolde is revived, Viego is happy, ruination subsumes to the Shadow Isles

[@riverwild1110]

Necrit. (Suggestion/Request) A video on underated and/or forgoten lore (also i love skarner and want to know if you feel his story deserve more credit or information) please

[@KaitlynFlames]

''SHOOT ISOLDE! :D''

[@neveahphillips5610]

Dude this weapon seems like it's actually terrifying, imagine a guy killed someone two months ago, he is now caught robbing a bank and is shot by the absolver, is that person who died now buried alive? Is there a time limit for the absolver to function? Regardless of when the killer's most recent victim died?

[@clorcestv]

There is also a chance that the assassin died on his own and wasn't ruined to live however many years Viego was looking for her pieces

[@whoknows7415]

I just want the next two chapters of the client story already, I finished the last one available yesterday :(

[@Agerog]

The weapon of life and death is the reason the ruined king hasn't killed anyone else. It's the only way to bring back his beloved.

[@TerribleWarden]

Akshan is way more fun than i thought he was going to be.

[@jeffrenjr]

So Akshan is basically Aladdin with Batman gear and Sage's rezzing ability

[@josefpecka4134]

Imagine Viego killing Olaf and Akshan reviving him :D

[@Celestial-yq6hz]

Looks like they gave a canonical reason for akshan reviving teammates 😆

[@rickyTheTactician]

Never been so early before! Yay! Love more story time!

[@gamewithalex7233]

Me too

[@markjade3587]

Yes,and it's literally midnight here

[@chillmadude]

i think it's more likely the most recent victims as in all their victims from a certain time frame, for example all the victims they've killed in a month

[@trungnghiapham8072]

I was waiting for a necrit video and it just shows up xD

[@owenyells2072]

Knowing viego. He probably had thresh trapped isoldes killer. And hes waiting inside the lantern

[@georgegkoumas5026]

You know what, we're still in experimental stage, just let Akshan shoot everything and see what happens

[@michaelkourtis7049]

the story in a nut shell would just be akshan shooting isolde

[@BOb-gg6nr]

Fan Theory: Where the Sentinels ancient weapons created by the power of the Sun Disk of Shurima? This makes sense to me, because the weapons have special powers that others don't have. Just like the Acsedent Warriors.

[@kilianstarzengruber6835]

Bro, good luck. It only revives the murderer's most recent victims. Whoever killed her, has probably enough blood on his hand that she'll be out of the queue in a few days.

[@flippystudios7933]

Shadia... ...like a melody in my head

[@Closed1405]

SHOOT ISOLDE!!!! Necrit, man you're killing me

[@marcbate3190]

am I the only one still thinking "oh damn, he looks like Jesus"

[@akarigremory]

for me he looks more like bayek form ac origins

[@bam6182]

"coorent""urkin""booried""coolected""mooltiple""poor"

[@pokfen1812]

Not to mention that the killer could already be dead by other means. So once again, it wouldn't bring back Shadja.

[@novaseer]

Easy! Shoot natural causes!

[@vladesanu3925]

Only I heard him say “eradicating asians of the black mist” at @ 1:52 ?

[@lorenhikaru]

Shadya's killer will be a possible character in Legends of Runeterra, a champion in League, or maybe an exclusive champ for Wild Rift. I'm calling it now.

[@umasalada]

It was so long ago, wouldn't the assassin possibly just be dead at this point?

[@ishaangill8019]

Just was waiting for this

[@ShahzDaneil]

Akshan is Riot's version of Bayek from AC Origins; design wise at least. And I dig it!

[@caluscalus6533]

I wanna see a mirror match with everyone as akshan

[@koozkooz9724]

is it me or is Akshans theme already one of the best pieces of music in league?

[@Ashari2609]

Callin it now, just like yone with yasuo shadya will becone a champion once riot runs out of ideas

[@milonchello1643]

She will probably be one of 2 people to be revived at the end of this plot point, so we are definetly getting both Isolde and Shadya as champions.

[@KarmaTheNarrator23]

@@milonchello1643 if Shadya is a old asfck woman i will be okay with it

[@rotsenmerecido5334]

@@KarmaTheNarrator23 old Badass Granny who can still run circles with the asses of the young sentinels.

[@yareyaredaz3522]

Its not "running out of ideas" they deliberately put characters in the lore in mind for them to become champions years latter. This is happening from the beginning of league

[@KarmaTheNarrator23]

@@rotsenmerecido5334 hell yea

[@ethanmartin1900]

god "DID I CRACK THE CODE SHOOT ISOLDE!!!!" I'm dead

[@lorsawal5563]

I wish azir and him have some interaction

[@joseribeiro5894]

What about this: - Viego revives the killer; - Viego kills the killer with that weapon; - Isolde is resurrected.

[@diegogutierrez1997]

Maybe Akshan shooting the blade of the ruined king is the answer to all of this, since the weapon holds a fragment of the soul of every wielder, destroying the blade could restore Viego without killing Isolde and all of the people taken by the mist. Maybe, if we stretch it enough, Isolde could be brought back, since that assassin could actually be part of the mist and, by extension, of Viego.