Lore of Legends of Runeterra: NOXUS

I have to confess I made a mistake in our last video which led to an internal crisis I accidentally mentioned that Senna followed her father steps while it was obviously illusions father steps I mean it's part of the overall story arc how could I have made that mistake then again all of these videos are literally over an hour long and I edit them down to 20 minutes mistakes can happen at least in this case we will cover the complete story of Lucien and Senna soon so if you find any other mistakes tell me below and I'll pin the comments here we are the last video on the cards of legends of runeterra this was quite a journey for me because I have never before released one video per day for a week honestly I have no idea how people do this and after we are done with this video we will finally go back to normal or the champion roadmap and don't forget that I also have the book I got some interesting things to show you from there but anyway we are so close to the end so let's get right into it let's start with Draven this picture doesn't show us anything super interesting besides this one woman that may reappear later and also you can see the main building of the immortal Bastion in the background the description says you want an autograph get in line pal the upgraded version has the same description but you can see that here he's inside the arena in the background you can see a small shoutcaster who will reappear later and you can see that Draven defeated a Minotaur now this isn't just any minute or this specific guy will appear later as well notice that he can easily be recognized with the amount of jewellery he has and one of his horns was replaced with a metal piece then we have Draven swirling death which just shows his moustache and then there is spinning axe yeah his brother would win one-on-one but you see those XS pearling its art it is art the quote of arena regulator here it is cool to see that even those who attended the arena matches they know that Darius is stronger than Draven it could be because they watched one of our videos but then again Draven only has two axes once he throws them away he screwed also I wonder if those feathers on the eggs actually help it guide through the air then we have Katarina Oh sir just a flash of red next thing I know I look up and it it was a slaughterhouse in there the quote of a demacian border guard of course here Katarina isn't in the Messiah she's obviously in Knox's and looking at the sides it seems like you can see the crests of different houses but unfortunately we don't know the crest of these houses we just know the names there is house key farad there is du couteau but we really don't know any of their symbologies and the upgraded version shows us Katerina in action this is what the description was talking about these are probably the demoscene border guards then there is Catarina's death Lotus which just shows us what she did a second ago but then we have Vladimir and when it gets to Vladimir things get a bit more interesting you see in the story on universe of blood Amir is in a remote place he has his own mansion in the shadows of noxus and over the years of hiding in this remote mentioned people simply forgot that he ever existed that was his plan vladimir always comes out of the shadows he changes history and then he goes back to hiding so no one can ever hunt him down however as you see in these cards Vladimir has quite the following so if these cards are to be canon they probably take place months after the last story we know because in that story vladimir commissioned a painter to paint him his own portrait and vladimir always does this before he changes history again at this point he has dozens of these paintings each painting showing him before a big turning point anyway the point is these cards might continue the story of universe the description says vicious scold cruel intriguing perspective charming irresistible and the upgraded version shows him jumping out of a different mansion I'm not sure if this is his own mansion which would be actually quite cool because we have only read the descriptions but we have never seen it before considering the man at the bottom is wearing red clothes in the style of the crimson cult which is very much following it might be Vladimir's mansion and on top of it remember that on universe we learned that the path to dimension is surrounded by Gardens and it is possible that these flowers might be a hint towards dead then there is Vladimir transfusion it's even take my dear you give I take and then there is cruising packed again these are all just blood splashes but then we get darius and iran will and a tightened strength there is no finer general to lead the tri Farion legion quote from jericho Swain himself now what is awesome about this is that everyone would expect knox is going against the messiah but that's not part of darius story currently there is leading numerous missions towards the north specifically around the iron spike mountains where noxus is mining dark iron which they turn into the black armor and weapons they have and looking at the dead guy at the bottom you can clearly see it's a frothy ordeal so this is a really cool reference to the fact that darius is expanding the Empire towards the borders of Freljord that's where Knox's has its main battles now of course the Tri Farion Legion is one of the most elite squads in the noxian army those guys will appear again quite often and the upgraded version of Darius shows us a couple of moments before the last picture a really cool detail here is how shiny his armor is you can see what it looked before and after the battle then there is Darius is decimate sometimes it takes a tactical genius to break a fortress sometimes you just have to hit harder the quote of Darius then there is a faction at Perot again as I mentioned numerous times before if a poro is not in front maybe we shouldn't consider it canon Knox's has no room for for weak will someone get this dancing of me the quote of Darius then there is blades edge which shows us one of Caterina's blades in the right hands a blade can cut through anything and I do mean anything the quote of Katarina then there is Draven's biggest fan because remember Draven is a star in the arena you won an autograph get in line pal you know because he's acting like his hero just instead of a spinning eggs he has a slingshot and then we have elixir of wrath when the open hand is declined there is always the fist quote of an ox in Exum so just like the numerous elixirs we saw before this is another item that finally gets its own lore now we know that the elixir of wrath is from Knox's then we have guile the name might be awkward but remember that noxus is led by three principles vision might and guile represented by Darius Swain and LeBlanc allow your enemies enough rope to hang themselves and you'll save yourself the effort the quote of LeBlanc herself unfortunately besides this one card we won't see more of LeBlanc but there is a cool detail on this bust which are the dark roses of course these are a reference to the black rose which is the hidden cabal in the shadows of Knox's and of course LeBlanc is in charge of it then there is Legion rearguard now the name here says Legion it doesn't say tri Farion legion that's because these two are technically two different squads I actually learned this from the book there besides the Tri fairy Legion it also describes the Legion which is also led by Darius but it seems to me that the Legion is a lower rank of the Tri Farion Legion I do wait these are supposed to be elite warriors nonetheless only this guy doesn't seem to be so elite in Knox's where soldiers are revered for their audacity on the battlefield rearguard duty is nothing short of a punishment so yeah these guys are pretty much just the clean up soldiers they have nothing to do on the frontlines now surprisingly I would expect this picture to be in another battle with Freljord but a lot of the local people which can be distinguished by not wearing armor look more like pirates I mean this guy has a sword similar to Cutlass and that guy has a coat I don't think for the audience wear these nor do they use these kinds of swords so this battle might be actually taking place on one of the islands around Bilgewater then there is Legion Sabater our shield breakers can split a man in two but the Legion has other talents at its disposal when it requires more discreet touch another quote from Tirico Swain and actually when we realize that this might be taking place in the same place as the picture before we are pretty much guaranteed to be in built folder because these guys are definitely pirates however we might also be in shurima because this naval clothing is also popular in shreemant ports and remember noxus is spreading to shurima too either way we are not in freljord but looking at the map you can see that there is a figure representing from the Orion fleet with that said I really can't read map no matter which way I look at it I can't recognize any part of it that little island could be built water upside down which means that the person would have to be pointing at shurima or dargol but Dargo doesn't have this shape what's possible is that this is a close-up of the build water islands and in that case I have no idea what for the audience would be doing there the last thing to note here are the shield breakers from the quote Swain said that these guys can split a man in two and remember that quote we'll see what these guys are at the end then there are the sabotage pumps which you can see the person before holding in her hand it's a simple noxian explosive then we got some of the spiders we saw during the shadow Isles cards so we will just skip over those however there is one spider guard at the end of the noxian cards that we should have mentioned during the shadow Isles cards I totally miss that one and it will alter the tiny story Alice has here but we'll talk about that when we get to it then there is arena battle caster and this is the shoutcaster you could see in the background of Draven's art also if you remember the giant flames from before that wasn't part of the arena's stage those came from flames turnovers operated by people the description says he roared with glee for a moment the heart of the arena paused in time with his and the excitement of the assembled masses was clutched in his triumphant hand it's pretty much a description of how much the battle caster enjoys his job also if you look at the background you can see some familiar faces right behind him we can see Draven to the right we can see the defeated Minotaur then there is Ravens eggs then there is something else and on the left you can see the feral reckoner which will come back as a separate card later then there is brothers bond bonds forged in war are just as strong as those of kinship indeed blood is shared in both quote of Legion veteran also a separate card that will come back later I just wonder how come those feathers don't burn and then we have the first of the crimson followers there is a group of four followers who are absolutely great when you play these guys in game they have really cool interactions with each other and they are all part of the crimson cult now one thing to note you'll notice that when it comes to hem oh man see that spell school is connected to pledge in like ecstasy kind of way so yes it is undeniable that there will be a lot of adult references such as the one you can see right here these two are our first two female friends and followers I'm not even going to go through the description in the next card you can see the same two female characters one on the left and one on the right perhaps a couple of moments before the last picture but then you can also see one more guy who will also appear later as a crimson follower now all of these guys have their own names I know this because again when you play these guards they do talk to each other and although it looks like she calls this person Edwin Edwin is probably the guy in the foreground because there is one more person as you'll see there are four in total also notice these vials on the table these are usually filled with blood and they are carried around by Edvin and it seems to suggest that these vials are like a drug to the crimson followers again in an ecstasy kind of way a cool detail in the background is the Minotaur again now we are not sure if this is the specific Minotaur from before but hey minotaurs are used in the arenas a lot I mean a least are used to be a gladiator - then there is legion drummer the legion spread the Empire's reach with every beat of her drums nothing could stop them nothing did I like this direct contradiction with demacia because in the demacian cards we learn that they don't use any music whatsoever when the mass is charging they use the beat of the hooves of their horses as the bedlam music but on the other side Knox's just straight-up uses drums then there is legion grenadiers every knock scene is taught that a life spent in service to the empire is well spent but few spend their lives as spectacularly as the legions grenadiers you see one thing to note here when I saw these grenades I thought that this guy is going to demolish the gates or something like that but no this is the bomber who is just taking his own life there is no battle around there is just peace and quiet that's because this is a surprise attack again looking at the background I believe that this is the same battle as was shown with the Legion rearguard then we have tri fairy and glory seeker earning a place in the Tri Farion Legion is good enough for most but not all again the Tri therien Legion is the highest rank of the Legion it's an equivalence to less Vanguard in the Messiah and just like the soldiers of the Dauntless vanguard want to become legends some of the people of the Tri Ferren Legion want to do the same here notice the guy in the background this is general Ferran the strongest unit noxes has we will see more of him later - then there is strife Arian hopeful you'll earn your title when your ex is blunt with battle and her boots soaked with blood quote of Legion veteran now here I quickly want to mention the arachnoid century again we did talk about this card when we covered shadow Isles there I thought that this guy was this guy because let's be honest he looks exactly the same but there is not the case for some reason these guys are different people and you will see why there is the case later then there is arena Buki a yordle it knocks us despite noxian hating yodels but it kind of makes sense because this yordle is rich and therefore powerful and also he is in charge of the arena which is the most popular entertainment in noxus as i read through the description remember the names you bet on sure ASSA a Soul Survivor and that Ionian kid sure is missing an arm but he ain't dead makes him a survivor see course you could always Double Down she raza is the known gladiator here I wonder if that kids that is missing an arm will appear later too but I couldn't notice anything even in the background if you guys find anything feel free to tell me either way in the background you can see the flags of the arena you can see that he is sipping a wine and there is a picture of Darius which is strange because Darius is not supposed to be a gladiator I'm not really sure why that picture is here then there is blood for blood nothing is messier than a Hema monsters first lesson and then we have Edwin the fourth member of the Crimson Colts that I told you about this is the person who is carrying the blood vials which again are more like ecstasy to these guys out of all of them this guy is my favorite he has amazing voice in the game and he is just full of character in this picture remember this scene because there will be another card later that will show the exact same scene but from different angle I love how the artist just had so much fun with these and the last thing to mention here is that yes these two female characters are the female characters from before then we have calling strike everyone dies the week just died faster then we have Allegiant Marauder the Tri Foreign Legion is thrilled by opportunistic brigands who prey on the weak and injured in its wake so this guy is more like the brutal executioner but notice that with this guy we are on a new battlefield in the Messiah then we have might just like guile this is another leading trait when I say sadly is overrated that doesn't mean it isn't good it's just overrated the quote of Darius himself then we have noxian guillotine probably the most brutal art we have ever had and notice that the rocks in guillotine is cutting through a member of the dauntless vanguard - Darius mercy is a deft blow then we have reckless try Faria recklessness is a fault tempered by the Legion it becomes a tool quote from Jericho's way looking at the armored guys around and the green grass it seems like we are back in the Messiah and then we have vision the final noxian trait those who cannot see the future have no place in it quote from Jericho Swain the grand general of Knox's then we have basilisk rider of course we know that instead of horses sometimes notice is using basilisks and surprisingly these beasts come from buzz Alicia the place where Draven and Darius were born this particular unit does use horses not just for riding the beasts find them delicious and now we got to a different angle of the shot I told you before if you're wondering about the descriptions these guys are attending a ball and they are going because they can feed on unsuspecting people this guy the one in the middle is the most powerful of them he is actually teaching the others more he moments he tricks but as I said before it is cool to see how much fun the artists had here then there is crowd favorite a gladiator which now I should mention it in Knox's whoever is in the arena is not called a gladiator they probably don't even know that word these Warriors are called reckoners because when they get into the arena that is the reckoning some reckoners are adored for their charisma others for their swift techniques ves it possesses neither but no one turns arrival to splatter with more efficiency now looking at the picture we saw before in theory maybe the arc we saw on the picture is actually this reckoners weapon and then we have the legion veteran the person who left a lot of quotes on the other cards descriptions he returned from the war on the brink of death resort only by his husband's touch and the apothecaries bulbs noxus spared no expense to ensure his expert counsel long after his fighting years see it's kinda cool how Knox's includes everyone no matter the race gender or orientation which at the beginning the Messiah did this too but those days are gone it almost makes you feel like Knox's are the good guys now which let's be honest they were never the bad guys unless you count mordekaiser's reign there is a different can of worms then we have sherazade blade the person mentioned by the arena bookie now notice the description it won't make sense now but when we have a look at the guy behind her everything will fall in place he said what that man has bricks for brains can't fold those shoulders due then we have try Farion assessor this picture really reminds me of Star Wars for some reason I really like those black robes it takes a ruthless discerning eye to select those worthy enough to become part of the Tri fairy Legion but she can sort the Sheep from the wolves a mile away so this person is actually recruiting soldiers for the Tri Farion Legion and then we have the spider guard I mentioned before I totally miss this when I was looking through the noxian cards so we should have mentioned this one in the shadow house video because this is the fate of the guy before which means that the other person had to be someone totally different because I doubt that after this scene Elyse was able to charm him and bring him to the shadow Isles I just think that she probably just paralyzed him here poor guy then we have decisive manoeuvre any fool can throw overwhelming force at the enemy it takes vision to conceal that force until the decisive moment quote of Jericho's way again looking at the map I am not exactly sure where this is this road almost feels like the road up to Freljord but then it wouldn't make sense why there is ocean on either side of this actually I have no idea where this is and then we have intimidating roar here notice that the Minotaur doesn't have one of his horns and it was replaced with an iron blade a thing we saw in Draven's are and the description is the shoutcasting of the arena battle caster he's taking a deep breath we might get a yes there we have it folks that's thunders famous war cry we are all shaking in our boots here thunder and there is still not the end of this guy then we have cutted the arm this is the person we saw at the back of the show rasa card and the description will complete their story sure rasa is a great girlfriend I mean friend we are in no way dating but if we wear I would like her to know that I wish her happy anniversary thank you no more questions so yet these guys are totally dating and then we have the Legion general and here things get a bit more interesting the description says all Ngoc scenes know the three principles of strength but if a soldier is to rise through the ranks they must learn to master them now the interesting thing here is that on the website work at the official art for all these cards this card was originally called the lost general and it was pointed out to me on our discord is that when you play this card together with Darius there are some interesting interactions and the most interesting interaction is when Darius says the Legion welcomes your return general and of course we know only one general that went missing and that is general du couteau Caterina's father and what is even more interesting is that this guy gets bonus every time someone is stunned or recalled and of course when it comes to knocks in cards recalling is connected to catarina who actually levels up that way because recalling here is a different world for her shampoo so this is just speculation but this might be a reference to the general du couteau then we have reckoning which is simply the reckoning for the reckoners then we have Caterina's shampoo by the time you've seen the blade it's far too late then we have tri fairy and shield breaker a person we have mentioned at the beginning I don't have patience for siege sending the shield breakers quote from various you can notice some really interesting design here notice that unlike the other soldiers of the Tri Farion Legion this guy has no shoulder pads and that is simply because he needs to do massive overarching strikes with his ex that's how he splits shields into so it's cool to see that little detail that they didn't give him shoulder pads because he needs it free movement then we have battering ram sir they are refusing to open their gates they've demanded to speak with Darius but he's two days right away should we send riders oh that won't be necessary notice of the RAM looks like a wolf because yes this is a reference to wolf as part of kindred remember nuke scenes don't necessarily worship the Lamb but they surely worship the wolf and then we have Minotaur reckoner which is the guy we saw from before he has all the jewelry we saw in Ravens art and he has a metal notice that in the background you can see how many battles he born or it could be the target he's trying to take down it's a bit strange because you can see Draven and Katarina here and I doubt that he defeated either of them so I'm not really sure what's the meaning of this the description says I don't care who wronged you or what they did you need me to make it right in the pit you pay upfront there's no discount for sad stories so this guy is settling the scores but that still doesn't explain why is Draven and Katarina here and then there is savage reckoner which I think I previously called feral reckoner that's a mistake on my part but yes he's the guy we saw in the arena before next up close last time was a bloody takedown versus a psycho five now the cycle three alright taking bets on today's victims four to one Carol the arena bookie which is cool because now we know that the yordle is called Carol also I wonder if this savage reckoner is actually a fraud the audience because remember most of these reckoners are prisoners just like xin zhao so this guy might actually be a Freljord Ian's prisoner and the last card we got here is Captain Ferren as I said this is the strongest guard noxes has and I mean look at the size can you blame him young Ben Ferren was labeled a menace unstable unacceptable in the ranks of noxus he was embraced awarded unstoppable now this is an amazing reference to zone because zone and Knox's have really good relationship and these two cities trade quite often fact sometimes they trade people every now and then noxian citizens are sent to the zone eyed minds and every now and then people from the saw night minds are sent back to noxus for example here captain Ferran came from the zone eyed minds deep in the sump but then you may remember her God who was actually a noxian commander who was fighting in the service of Boreham dark will but before Swain seized control over Knox's he sent dark wills followers on missions around from Terra and he sent her got into the sump levels of zone where her God was imprisoned in the mines so not only is captain Ferran a really cool card for noxus but he is also a reference to her God story which makes it that much cooler but there is it for Knox's and there is it for the cards of legends of runeterra now some people may mention that yes this won't be the last time we will have a look at Legends of Frontera because they already plan to add more cards through game which means that there will be more lore my guess is that the next faction added into the game is gonna be either shurima or Bilgewater these two are the fan favorites I don't think Dargan is going to be next but with that said I really want to thank you guys for sitting through these these really weren't easy to make I have never before released a video every day for a week and now I am finally going to sleep next time we will have a look at the champion roadmap because harrowing is coming and although I need sleep this won't make it any easier hey did you know that we have social media and twitch where we talk about other League facts and stories and did you know that we have need marks and shirts to the links to all of that will be below and as always thank you come again [Music] you

Channel: Necrit

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Keywords: Lore, Story, Necrit, Necrit94, Noxus, Swain, Urgot, Ferron, Le Blanc, Draven, Darius, Katarina, Vladimir, Crimson, League of Legends, Legends of Runeterra, LoR, Deck, Card, Narrated, Explained

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Length: 26min 18sec (1578 seconds)

Published: Tue Oct 22 2019