Aatrox Lore Interactions Explained 

"We talked about this!" Imagine like all the darkin just having a saturday meeting on some secret cave and sit on a round table to discuss about the names and the weapons.

“ I chose a sword, The noblest weapon. Rhaast....you....seriously, I don’t understand. Were you trapped in the gardening section?” 😂😂😂😂

Zoe: *Exists* Aatrox: *_DIE!_*

20:44 I love how Zoe is just dancing her little heart out while Aatrox is expressing his sheer desire to kill her a thousand times over.

THERE WAS A MEMO GODDAMNIT VARUS

11:00 So he was hinting at Kayle and Morgana rework all along...

The double A thing ? Aatrox Rhaast Varus-Vaarus

Aatrox really loves the word "COME"

''THE DOUBLE ''A'' THING, VARUS! WE TALKED ABOUT THIS!!!'' OMG xDDDD

I wish he had sayd: "Imagine you would have a real weapon, jax."

"Heavenly people of Targon split into either the Aspects or the Darkin". It just hit me: 5 Aspects, 5 Darkin.

"Varus, V.A.R.U.S your name should have an A and another A, there was a memo Varus THERE WAS A MEMO!"

Have you read Aatrox' short bio on the PBE? "Once honored defenders of Shurima against the Void, Aatrox and his brethren would eventually become an even greater threat to Runeterra, and were defeated only by cunning mortal sorcery. But after centuries of imprisonment, Aatrox was the first to find freedom once more, corrupting and transforming those foolish enough to try and wield the magical weapon that contained his essence. Now, with stolen flesh, he walks Runeterra in a brutal approximation of his previous form, seeking an apocalyptic and long overdue vengeance." It kinda takes the whole to a more complicated level!

Aatrox isn’t a madmen. He simply wants revenge on Zoe for what happened to him. Perfectly reasonable. He just wants to die and he knows that’s only going to happen if he destroys everything.

Something else to consider Necrit, Aatrox's lore also links him to Shurima: "Once honored defenders of Shurima against the Void, Aatrox and his brethren would eventually become an even greater threat to Runeterra, and were defeated only by cunning mortal sorcery. " "A fallen god-warrior who once threatened to destroy Runeterra, Aatrox and his kin were bound to ancient weapons and imprisoned for centuries." (If you remember, 'god-warrior' is used in the Where Icathia Once Stood story to refer to Shuriman Ascendants) I believe the Shuriman Ascendants and the Targonian Aspects may have more in common than we realize

I honestly think his new countenance is very interesting from a story standpoint. He’s supposed to be the leader of the Darkin, right? He has all the makings of a perfect leader: intimidation factor, badassery, and loads of charisma. However, at the same time, he’s also very naive, as a large chunk of Runeterran history has passed him by, so he doesn’t know a lot of new developments. This explains why he reacts so definitely to characters like the Shurimans, who are ancient beings in their own right, but is utterly confused at someone like Kled. It also explains how he seems rather singleminded when compared to a lot of other characters in League; he’s a relic of an age long since passed, akin to a Medieval knight suddenly appearing in 2018.

Could it be that Aatrox's curent vesle is Pylas? Pantheons biggest rival. Based on the voice lines he gives to him.

I just realized tryndamere's sword had like a socket like other darkin when weapons had eyes

interestingly, the new lore of Pantheon still works with the Aatrox quotes

"The axe suited you, Darius, the weapon of a simpleton!" My favorite Aatrox quote ^^

"When Zoe arrives somewhere, a big change is about to happen." This is true even in game. The arrival of Zoe prophesized the change that is the clusterfuck of a meta that we have now. Not that I'm complaining, I like this change.

Here's the thing: the lore on the PBE right now says that the Darkin were protectors..... of Shurima. No, I don't know how that's supposed to make sense either, but one of the writers says there will be a full lore update with short story to come for Aatrox expanding on it.

the "let me kill you... a thousand times isn't enough!" might be a metallica reference (from seek and destroy)

am i the only one that thought of the joke A: "Yes tryndamere i am the cause of your suffering" T: "you made me marry ashe?" FUNNY TIME WITH TRYNDA!

I feel like aatrox is confirming that darkins and targonian were once partners or an alliance against the void. When darkins and targonian aspects came to runeterra to combat the void but while there the humans and targon betrayed the darkins and sealed them away.

I feel like Pantheon and Aatrox were fighting against the Void's legions, desperately buying time for others to escape.We don't know Pantheons side of the story, but hating Zoe as much as Aatrox does makes me think that she may have warped Pantheon out of the Void while keeping Aatrox inside. Maybe Aatrox knew of a way out on his own, but Zoe told the Void what they needed to do to blockade his passage back out. Maybe this is through some special gateway that Aatrox that was closed by the Void right after Pantheon passed through it, which is why Aatrox is pissed off at Pantheon, thinking that his supposed brother in arms has betrayed him while beating it out of the Voids creatures about who gave them the ability to close tha gate.Maybe, like Kayn, Aatrox was once a normal warrior carrying around a Darkin weapon who gave himself to the blade after the betrayal, but due to Aatrox's honorable nature, the sword let its hosts memories and personality merge with its own, thus giving it a potent motivation in the form of Vengeance.Eventually, Aatrox managed to find a way out of the Void, potentially by allowing a piece of himself to be consumed/infused by it in order to create another gateway into Runeterra. This is why he isn't outright hostile to the Void anymore and is now simply afraid of becoming one of them as he has most likely seen the horrors they can do first hand.

This line when Aatrox kills Kai'sa reminded me of Artorias from Dark Souls, also Aatrox Q is very similar to Artorias' style.

I wish they would make Darkin skins for Tryn, Fiora etc. That would be cool like aatrox successfully made them his vessel

22:00 Zoey showed shurimans how to use her E ability

The second line Aatrox says to Pantheon has so much VENOM. I mean, he is enraged and furious at Zoe, but the anguished tone makes it sound like Pantheon *betrayed* him. It sounds like he's crying "I trusted you!"

teemo is the root of all evil

Knowing Kayle's and Morgana's rework, these quote make way more sense x.x

anyone else notice how aatrox and ornn use the exact same color pallet

27:11 im from the future, and aatrox killed the aspect

Me watching the interactions: wow its so cool, he has so many quotes My subconscious: *they are all in q backwards-e range*

Lore Aatrox: DESTROYER OF GODS In-Game Aatrox: Gets killed by a rat with a blowpipe and a bag of mushrooms.

u should have also gone over a few of his non interactive quotes as well. For instance, he has one that goes: "I once had another name...but now, I am a Darkin!". He also has another that goes: "I may be damned but, I will remake this world in my wretched image!"

Everything Darkin related in League is guaranteed to be great! Keep it up with the Darkin videos mate!

"The reason why I talk like a broken squeaky toy..." - Necrit

I originally was hoping when kayn was being teased, that when aatrox got more of a back story, we would find out the body aatrox's body was that of an angel and that is why he had wings

This Aatrox sounds like an angry Necrit.

„Come Betrayer“ don‘t you think that Aatrox is talking about how Pantheon betrayed Aurelion Sol?

Maybe Pantheon is a “betrayer” because he’s the one that made Aatrox a darkin to save his own skin? 🤔

Oh also, “Hail” can also be used as a greeting like “Hey” which is how I think Aatrox is using it.

Plot twist: Gangplank has two As in his name. Morgana has two As in her name too. Gangplank and Morgana are Darkins.

The aspect of war vs The darkin of war?

My theory is that "the worms" Kayle isn't worthy of relates to him infesting another "vessel". The old lore had Aatrox empowering Tryndamere, and Trynda got the Demonblade skin, demon=darkin in League, so it's Darkinblade, like Aatrox's old name. Tryndamere is infested with worms with Demonblade skin. Kayle isn't worthy of ascension, she isn't a Targonian, nor of the worms, not a Darkin. I don't know where it leads, but it all connects.

I have a theory, didnt pantheon have a friend/brother who didnt manage to reach the summit with him? What if aatrox was that person and pantheon had betrayed him?

Maybe Aatrox is in Atreus' (Pantheon before getting the aspect) friend body - Pylas? It was told that he died during the climb to the top of Mount Targon but that may change. It feels like he was once Pantheon's friend, and that he left him. That would fit perfect for me, but i don't know how he would become a Darkin.

Or it's just a refference that Kayle and Morgana are getting reworked to fit in the ''ascensions'' a bit more. Just how like Swain taunted old Irelia till it was obvious the taunt was a refference to new Irelia.

Maybe Taric might be the aspect of earth considering hes interest in gems and rocks

Well this just got me super excited for the lore and future videos

Hahaha Yeah missed the old noble cool dark voice of aatrox

I personally love the new Aatrox. I do miss the old mysterious Aatrox as someone described in the comments... But this new one, the voice, and everything is great!

29:52 "We confirmed that Zoe is that Aspect of Cheng" xD

Also Aatrox is teasing the Morgana and Kayle I'm pretty sure it's coming soon as they are both amongst the oldest champs in League

Okay,here is my theory about Pantheon and Aatrox We know that Pantheon is an aspect of War,a Targonian God,we also see in the dialogue that Aatrox hates Pantheon not only as an aspect but also as a person,since he always brings up friendship and betrayal,my theory is that the Pantheon took Atreus as a vessel,and Aatrox took plyas as a vessel(since we know that Aatrox only takes powerful warriors),and that je is mad at Pantheon for leaving him in the top of the mountain. Just to be clear I'm not a lore expert I just finished watching a Pantheon lore video and I saw this connection, maybe it's nothing but I just wanted to point it out.

It almost seems like the Darkin weapons were sealed in other worlds to me-- Kayn’s shadow-walking ability might have let him reach the plane where Shen’s Ghost Blade stands on to pull Rhaast from there I think Aatrox might have been hidden in the void world (thus showing his worry about looking like a void creature) and his host is one of the same race as Kayle and Morgana and in an attempt to turn the tides of the war in their world the being that Aatrox overpowered ventured to the void to find that weapon. Eventually, Aatrox defeated his host and his angelic form transformed into a Darkin and that would explain how he knows Kayle and Morgana in my opinion. But hey, that’s just a theory, a GAYME THEORY!

I'm doing a marathon on necrit's videos because it's been 4 months since i last watch his videos. Been busy with school stuff

You are the aspect of narration and lore, Necrit!

*Aatrox-Pantheon* Aatrox and Pantheon could have been close as friends , and somehow aatrox discovered he could become much more powerful (a darkin) and he decided to do so. He also might have decided to invite Pantheon to join him and become as powerful as him, however Pantheon could have refused and shared his actions to the rest of the targonians which is what led to Zoe finding out about Aatrox and that is why she gave the targonians the tools to capture him so this could explain why Aatrox calls Pantheon a betrayer.

Can we confirm Aatrox as more powerful then the aspects or the gods? It seems he could only be tricked, not defeated

The fact your head pokes out of the webcam is fucking cool

Interesting thing to add to aatrox wanting tryndamere for his next vessel, take a closer look at aatrox's right arm, it looks kinda buffed up compared to his left. Tryndamere throughout gameplay has a right arm that is stronger than his left by a large amount. Just a fun thing to add

sooo from what i saw i ended up with this theory: Darkins and Aspects are like opposites but somehow similar, both need vessels ,Darkins corrupt vessels while targoniens ??(i dont know what they do xd) ,maaaaaybe the void became such a threat that pantheon needed the help of the Darkins and then betrayed them to take them down (perhaps they were enemies before and the aspects saw it as a good opportunity). the joke where Aatrox says "there was a memo" feels to me like the 4 darkins we heard about were sent and chose those names to interact with runeterrans. now for the "Slayer of Gods" i still dont have an explanation for it (not sure if aatrox sees aspects as gods or maybe he killed some godlike creatures in the void or in some past wars ??) Edit: God king Darius says somethin about Aatrox fighting to end the tyranny of gods....this is getting deeper and deeper

Aatrox is basically one of the most metal character there is

I just realized Necrit streams.. thanks for letting me know

I am thinking that Aatrox really concern about the double "A" thing was because A is for "Ascended". He really wanted his ascended form rather than with vessel just like now.

2 kindsof beings who need a vessel The aspects of targon The Darkin Possibly aatrox was a soldier of targon who fought the void, aatrox fought along side pantheon and the other champions of targon. During one of their fights againts the void, aatrox and other targonians fought the void and lost, thinking that nobody survived they did not send in reinforcements thats why aatrox feels betrayed. Aatrox vessel might have encountered a darkin when it came to the battfield. He must have been choosen to be the vessel of aatrox the darkin. My theory about why aatrox thinks he was corrupted by the void might be because of velkoz. Velkoz champion teaser long ago showed that velkoz purpose was to gather information about the world of runeterra when velkoz peaked into the mind of aatrox vessel he was somehow corrupted by the void as well much like kassadin. The void corrupted vessel of aatrox laid on the battlefield until the darkin aatrox came along and inhabited his body without knowing the void corrupted mind it has.

Remember the dark angels of Morgana’s lore? Are the Darkin the “dark angels” who refused to surreder to the light.

Pls do this more often i would love deep lore explanation thanks

I am pretty sure when Aatrox was talking to Fiora he was simply refering to the fact that her full name is Fiora, the grand duelist, not that whole thing with the vassel. In his commentary we saw that he is breaking the 4th wall quite a lot (i.e. the commentary about the mastery)

Varus didn’t get the memo. Typical Vaarus

26:08 Nobody has said anything on how even Kale's sword looks very similar to Aatrox's. the large "gem" right after the hilt, the shape of the tip, and wider bottom of the blade. Although it seems as though Aatrox's sword has the gem at the tip ripped out or something

I think some of the Pantheon interactions are possibly hinting at a future Pantheon rework. With that they could add more depth in the relationship between him and Aatrox, and have his oddly specific interactions make more sense.

Thx for dis vid not only I want to play and main him I want to know his lore too ... GJ bro

i was thinking the interaction where Aatrox said that he knew Fiora's name was like her title "The Grand Duelist". So i though he was saying that she wouldn't be able to win the duel against him

The Morgana one is accurate to her current rework. An angel who choose to bound her wings to be closer to the earth.

I think taric is the aspect of hope he always says "That glimmer of hope you see, that's me."

Something that also points to the void is Varus' kit and old lore. Varus was changed to be a darkin but they didnt touch his kit. Remember he uses Void tendrils as his ultimate.. I find that interesting.

I’m not a god I am a demigod

With Kayle and Morgana's rework Aatrox's interactions with them make so much more sense

i really like the comment he has to jax, i think it is a nice way to explain that he was in jax's splash some time ago

I wasn’t really going along with the targon and darkin connection until I noticed the blade shapes of aatrox’s and Kayle’s blades

I wonder if key that Zoe's carrying has st together with it... i know that it's being said that Fiddle was carrying same key before (idk if that's true) but it would be really cool

I wish they kept “tryndamere....my greatest creation” (or something like that)

Maybe the 'bound' stuff with Morg means that rather than travel into void realms or whatever they're called to fight the void, she decided to instead permenantly stay on Runeterra. That way, she would be bound to the plane, and Aatrox's resentment would stem from knowing that he's risked his life many times fighting the void.

Morgana is a darkin. - She has heal - Urgot has a quote against darkin and morgana when he kills them "i am all the weapon i need" - morgana is a support and could be varus's sister because she is also drawn in a purple style

maybe zoe told targon how to capture aurelion sol too.

aatrox said that panth betrayed him , panth and targon betrayed aurelion soul also from the quotes it seems aatrox doesnt know what race he is. i think he was targonian that was about to acsend same as kayle's race and morgana( cuz he is the only one among darkin who has wins) , pantheon and the targon decided that they will capture aurelion soul and enslave him , and some of there warriors who were about to ascend they refused to go with there plan and ran away to the void then they got deacsended there or corrupted by the void ( i prefer that they deascended ). i read before that the darkin's home got destroyed and went to runeterra if that is true then forget about what i said .

About the quote "i know ur name fiora" it refere on how she gain her name in a duel between her and his father

Your theory about the targonians being split in two, it is mentioned in morgana's lore summary that she was driven insane by a conflict that divided her kind. Also, your theory about why she is on runeterra, that she may have a different form, maybe to accomplish something, and the lore summary also says that there is a prophecy that states that she will have revenge. She may have been like soraka, becoming mortal to accomplish something.

What if darkin are actually targoniana who were trapped and corrupted by the void left behind in a past war with pantheons leadership. Which is why he hates them cuz they were left. Basically maybe this explains aatrox questionung if he was ever really fully corrupted

1:15 doesnt this confirm that the other unknown darkin have double a in their names?

Man it’s crazy how much of this has changed only 3 years later XD LIKE almost all of this was so close we just didn’t have the right pieces yet.

Fianally, the moment we have been waiting for

My theory about Morgana and Kayle is that they are two entities that came from the same body. I think someone who wasn’t completely pure of heart climbed Targon and was going to be chosen by an Aspect, but they saw the evil in her and separated them into two beings: Kayle is the justice-seeking spirit and Morgana is the sinful body. Kayle was then allowed to stay on Targon but not as an aspect and Morgana was banished back to Runeterra most likely until she could climb Targon. This would also explain how they’re sisters as they’d have originated from the same body and are connected by blood but are two separate beings. It would also explain why they hate each other since they’re both to blame for the other being stuck in this limbo

It's my b-day No one knows its my b-day, fml.

watching this now gives me so much nostalgia

IT ALL CLICKS TOGETHER