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Zilean, the Chronokeeper
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Zilean, the Chronokeeper
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The Icathian Roots of Zaun's Story and the Enduring Influence of the Void
The most important change to Zaun in Arcane is the addition of Shimmer which has not only become the crux of Zaun's origin, but the element of Arcane that has actually managed to tie Zaun closer to its Shuriman history and the Void's influence in the region.
To understand Zaun, it helps to know about Icathia, the city-state of free people and magic. Icathia was once a free society that had been subjugated into a vassal kingdom of Shurima, the powerful slave-owning expansionist empire for which the entire region remained named after. Shurima was notorious for how it would enslave the populaces of its defeated territories. Desperate to free themselves from Shurima's rule, the Icathian mages sought to use the Void against the Shurimans in their rebellion. But the power of the Void was too much and instead destroyed their civilization.
The similarities don't stop there. Icathia and Zaun both seem to have encountered the Void by similar means. Icathia first encountered the Void because a large earthquake exposed a Void rift to the surface in a coastal province. Zaun itself is a massive fissure broken into the Earth from Piltover's expoitative mining industry. In Runeterra, the creatures of the Void lie dormant beneath the earth, so to encounter them would require great force whether by nature, or man-made.
In some ways, Zaun is almost a divergent history for Icathia, because while Icathia was quickly overwhelmed by the Void's power, Zaun still exists. Silco and Singed managed to apply a more passive means to integrate the Void into Zaun's power structure through Shimmer.
The success of Shimmer's proliferation within Zaun has inadvertently promoted the worship of the Void. In League, the one known prophet of the Void, Malzahar, is depicted with a corrupted third eye. The eye is meant to represent the physical connection between him and the Void, even the Void Empress Bel'veth wears it. Now, in Zaun, the figure that embraces and spreads the benefits of the Void to the people has made that product, Shimmer, synonymous with his own corrupted eye that persists thanks to the Void.
Crowds are now seen offering real eyes to a giant vastayan turtle with eye tattoos, and we as the audience aren't sure if their worshipping their prophet Silco, or the Void. All we can be sure of is that the crowd of worshippers and the turtle vastaya recognize the eye as a source of reverance and believe it's physical presence is necessary for worship.
With the next season we're likely to see the two remaining elements that were a part of Icathia's story that were teased to soon exist in Zaun. Those two elements being the installation of the mage king and the time mage.
Icathia used to be ruled by mage kings but that institution was destroyed once Shurima conquered them. In Icathia's last stand for independence, a committee of mages, academics, and philosophers elected a new mage king, one who carried a starmetal staff, to lead the charge. But the mage king failed once the Void grew uncontrollable. I think the story of the mage king might best be embodied by Viktor. Not only is he one of the few characters that is actively studying the Void, but his future presence in Zaun is associated with royal imagery. In the card scene, his tarot, the Magician, wears a mask that doubles as a horned crown, something that's never existed in any of his alternate iterations. In the post-timeskip montage of Zaun there's a well-guarded cultivar, a public park for Zaun, with a sign that calls it "The Herald's Palace".
Then there's the time mage, also known as Zilean. Arcane seems to have made both Zilean and Ekko's stories more closely parallel echother. Zilean was one of the few to reject the idea to use the Void against the Shurimans, while Ekko seeks to destroy Silco's Shimmer supply that he uses to combat Piltover. Knowing that the Void was dangerous, Zilean creates a space outside of time to save as many people as he can before the Void destroys everything. Ekko does something similar with Firelights, where he creates a small hideaway for few to hide from the influence of Shimmer in Zaun. Once the fighting intensifies and the Void's power becomes more intense and Ekko builds the Z-Drive will he try to save as many as he can by hiding like Zilean? Or will he fight the Void on his own side?
Tldr: Arcane has gone out of it's way to make Zaun's story mirror the story of Icathia, a civilization long swallowed by the Void. A lot of things are similar yet different that it offers new possibilities in the way the characters of Zaun will change next season.
Sidenote: If the story of Icathia survived into the setting of Arcane and was retained in the public conscious, it would likely serve as a cautionary tale against the "warmongering of mages" for Piltovans. They'd completely sidestep the part about how the desperation of a subjugated people will force them to do monstrous things.
Extra sidenote: I couldn't fit this in anywhere because it isn't about Icathia, but it seems that Jinx's imagery is supplanting Janna's place in Zaun.
#arcane#silco#ekko arcane#zaun#viktor arcane#zilean#arcane meta#shurima#league of legends#the void lol#i have so much more to say but i think this was enough#arcane speculation#icathia
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At least to me, the skins we've seen so far this year have mostly looked pretty boring (except you, Forseen Yasuo) so I'm just gonna yell into the void about skin ideas I wanna see and if Riot ever makes one of these I can use them for plagiarism jk lmao
INKSHADOW HWEI cmon we all know the effects would look so cool, just let it happen
CAFE CUTIES SION but the furnace in his stomach is an easy-bake oven
HIGH NOON RELL or just any Rell skin pls it's been so long she's starving
BEE GNAR where the little form is in a bee onesie like the other Yordles but the mega form is a giant swarm of bees in the shape of a monster, think something like the pokemon Wishiwashi
STAR GUARDIAN KAYN AND STAR NEMESIS RHAAST how the fuck has the anime-ripoff champion not been in the anime-ripoff skinline yet?
SPACE GROOVE ZILEAN just turn Groovy Zilean into a Space Groove skin when he gets his asu in the next 40 years, it'd also be a cool way to finally officially reference the dancing Zilean meme!
ODYSSEY YONE AND JARVAN IV cmon Riot they're right there and they would finally be Odyssey skins that connect back to the original batch that everyone got attached to pls just DO IT
FAERIE COURT UDYR where his stances represent the 4 seasons like he's the avatar of this universe, and put this manly man in some pretty pinks for goodness sake!
STREET DEMONS EVELYNN who uses her tendrils as brushes but just paints lewd art on the sides of buildings
SUGAR RUSH BRIAR (or maybe Cafe Cuties) where her pillory is half a donut and when she's frenzied she gets jelly all over the place
THIS ASTRONAUT ILLAOI CONCEPT RIOT MADE specifically speaks to me and all the old sci-fi b movies I watched growing up, would love to see a whole skinline take this cheesy cosmic horror aesthetic
#league of legends#lol#leagueoflegends#riot games#lukai hwei#hwei#sion#rell#gnar#shieda kayn#kayn#rhaast#zilean#yone#jarvan iv#udyr#evelynn#briar#illaoi
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Ko-Fi Sketches
#grimace shake#talon#league of legend art#tahm kench#yorick#soraka lol#zilean#jax#mundo#draven league of legends#shen#ahri#master yi
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Just a group of youngsters
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woe. transwomen wizards be upon ye
#Please let this reach the target audience of like 1 other person#team fortress 2#tf2#tf2 merasmus#team fortress 2 merasmus#league of legends#lol#lol zilean#league of legends zilean#sketch#my art#starshaping art#tf2 merasmus x lol zilean#character art
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꿈 ๑ ꒰ winterblessed lockscreens ꒱ !
𖹭 𓂃 ❨ psd ❩ feerbell on DA; @noirpsds
#lockscreens#league of legends#lol#lol lockscreens#league of legends lockscreens#zilean#zoe#diana#warwick#shaco#swain#winterblessed#benção do inverno
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୨❄️ﾉ Winterblessed Diana, Zilean, Swain, Zoe, Shaco, Warwick & Prestige Warwick
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|like and reblog if saved|
#winterblessed diana#winterblessed zilean#swain#zoe#winterblessed zoe#zilean#shaco#winterblessed shaco#warwick#league of legend art#league of legends splash art#winterblessed warwick#league of legends skins#diana#prestige winterblessed warwick#league of legends#winterblessed swain#lol icons#icon#random icons#icons#christmas#leagueoflegends#diana lol#skin#skins#icons twitter#dianadelunari
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Voice Update concept: Zilean.
First Move:
“Is this the right timeline? Hope so!”
“Not a second late.”
Long move:
“I see the future, an endless expanse of possibilities that can be terrific or terrifying. But we can always choose our path, and that is worth fighting for.”
“Once my work is finished, I’ll take a loong nap.”
“I love my students, I love my home, I love so many things. For them, I carry on.”
First encounter:
“Hello! I am Zilean, and you are?”
“Are we allies or enemies in the future? I guess I’ll find out.”
Joke response:
“Oho! Very clever!”
Taunt response:
“I’ve heard that before.”
Killing:
(General):
“It was your time.”
“I’ll try to remember you.”
“You gave it your all.”
“Oh, that hurt my back!”
Recall:
“Apologies, need to take care of something!”
“Behave while I’m gone!”
Death:
“I’ve done… everything I could.”
*sigh of relief*
“Just a…short rest.”
Respawn:
“I’ve seen myself die countless times. Once more won’t be a problem.”
“Oh, right.”
“Phew, felt scared there.”
“No time to die!”
Character specific dialogue:
First encounter:
Bel’Veth: “A void entity, sentient? Oh dear.”
Child champions: “Ah, youth, I miss that innocence.”
Ekko: “Hello, Ekko! Did you get my note?”
Jax: “You run into battle, while I try to avert it.”
Kai’Sa: “A parasitic void as a symbiotic suit? Interesting!”
Kassadin: “Loss can make us unravel, but life is still worth living.”
Kindred: “You’ll have me one day. But not yet.”
Lissandra: “We face the same threat, so why must we be enemies?”
Pulse fire champions: “Oh, so you’re the rascal making paradoxes!”
Ryze: “I know you’re busy, but could you perhaps teach some of my students?”
Void monster: “Long have I watched you, now I must vanquish you!”
Taunt:
Jax: “Only through working together can we survive.”
Taunt Response:
Ekko: You said that yesterday, Ekko!”
Kill:
Ekko: “Oh, good, you’ve rewound back.”
Jax: “You fought well, I’ll remember you.”
Lissandra: “May you find peace, sightless sister.”
Ryze: “Is that a refusal of my offer?”
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Kind reminder that these two are from the same game:
#league of legends#sivir#zilean#league of legends sivir#league of legends zilean#lol#mythmaker sivir#prestige mythmaker sivir
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Little Zilean icon I made for fun last year.
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¡Nueva serie!
Esta vez de que pasaría si los campeones de LoL formaran grupos en RWBY.
Fui fan de RWBY hasta los volúmenes 4 y 5, donde se tomaron decisiones creativas que no me agradaron para nada, por eso en esta serie usaré los diseños de personajes de las temporadas 1, 2 y 3 y faltaran personajes de las temporadas después de la 3.
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JOE BIDEN ZILEAN - League of Legends Skin
#youtube#leagueoflegends lol customskins skins customskin fanskin fanskins lolskins leagueoflegendsskins joebidenzilean zilean joebiden joe biden
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Deep knowledge 🎉
#zilean#kai'sa#ezreal#shurima#icathia#league of legend art#league of legends#comic#digital art#lol#clip studio art#comics#gaming
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Time to cross over the fandoms. If your Darktide characters lived in Runeterra, where would they live, and what would they be doing?
Thank you my friend, what a LOVELY question!
Harken - So at first I thought Harken could be from Demacia but their vibes don't really fit him. Harken appears basic but but deals with some serious issues of losing his home. SO BOOM, Icathian defender against the void. Either within Icathia, patrolling and holding back the void for Zilean and the others to find a solution in peace or a survivor of the tragedy of Icathia, wandering around Shurima to seek out and fight the Void while assuming that his home is long gone and thus he seeks to redeem himself by avenging the fallen.
Harald - Naturally, Harald HAS to be a Zaunite. There, he'd be even MORE punk. His father is some hot shot Piltoven influential who's deadset on getting Harald arrested. But unlike in 40k Harald would have a bit more freedom to quarrel with the status quo so you'd see him regularly spitting on the Enforcers and absolutely running his mouth in the most sassy way over Piltover. He'd seek out clubs and pubs where rebellion is spread. And wouldn't it be interesting if we kept him being a mage. A mage in Zaun, with no one to teach him but himself, teetering between using his powers to support the good and innocent like his mother wanted or to violently tear down the establishment in rage against his father.
Moggy - Moggy was a bit of a difficult one cause she comes from a place similarly city like and overcrowded like Harald's, so Zaun would be an option. But she's also an overzealous fighter, so Noxus could be good too. But then she's also very bound to her faith and especially spiritually strong. The recent LoR expansion gave me an idea. Moggy as a Zaunite, a cleaner of statues and tall buildings of the Zaun and Piltover buildings as she scales insane heights, one with the wind. Through the tragedy of Zauns environmental damage, she finds solace in faith to Janna. So she climbs up towers, parcouring and masering heights to spread the message between both cities with her painted murals of the wind goddess. Essentially she becomes a religious tagger lol. (And her and Harald can still meet and positively influence each other <3)
Tilly - At first I considered Tilly as a Buhru priestess, since they are all about their faith, moving forward and pretty great fighters but considering that a big part of Tilly's story is how misguided and actually stagnating she is, I'd say Solari would be better. Tilly wuld be a farmer, located lower to Targon, the community worshipping the sun as a provider for food and protection. Tilly would then be chosen as a promising member for the Solari, becoming a priestess and warrior, feared by the Lunari for her viciousness and faith in the divine power of the sun. Also she'd look really, really good in gold armour, let's be real.
Benn - It came to us as soon as you asked but I'll put it in for anyone else reading this. Benn is already based on Captain Farron, a character in Runeterra and one of my favourite cards in Legends of Runeterra. So Benn would just be Captain Farron lol.
#this was fun and interesting#thank you Elini#let's talk later about your characters#ask me anything#oc harken#oc harald#oc moggy#oc tilly#oc benn
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