I honestly love the idea that Olaf just left to fight a mad undead king and then came back with a new haircut and refused to talk about it. It’s like he’s leading a secret double life. What happens down South stays down South.
Gotta love how Sejuani demanded the mammoth to stand so it wouldn't die while kneeled, then immediately made it kneel again by striking it behind the knee
The part with olaf telling him he wouldn't swap with him being alive and dead, makes it very sad. Olaf knew the dude would have traded his life for theirs because deep down he loved them like true family.
The though of pre-rework Udyr walking out into the blizzard all lame looking and dorky, and then the absolute meat market they are making him into coming back out of the blizzard looking like an entirely new person that takes both Olaf and Sejuani off guard makes me smile. And the fact that I just called Udyr a "meat market" fills me with dread
I heard the story describe a legless man and I instantly knew who it was. I love Ornn and hope your theory on the new cinematic includes him in some way.
I'm a little sad that this video didn't discuss the implications of this story for Demacian lore in addition to Freljordian - in the most recent Sejuani story before this one, she was traveling South with Sylas to invade the Demacian capital. Since Graham McNeil confirmed that this story takes place after the events of A Death Knot, it's highly likely that the events of the Warriors cinematic have already happened at this point: that would also explain why the Winter's Claw is so small, since they just lost a major battle. I think it's far more likely that this story is foreshadowing an advancement of the Demacian Civil War plot than the conflict in the Freljord.
Pretty sure Death's Knot was Sejuani and his troops retreating from the Demacian border but being catched offguard near a lake, anyway, the Winters Claw must have taken heavy hit from their defeat.
Imagine all three of the leaders meeting up in the mountain to face the Ursine and Volibear. -Sejuani and the Winter's Claw go up there for the Cauldron -Ashe and the Avarosans also go for the Cauldron (perhaps the Ruination destroyed most of their food supply and fields) -And Lissandra going there for some revenge against the bear who took her eyes. I just want to see Sejuani and Ashe working together :D
There is a youtube Channel called TERRASIA who makes sculptures. They have partnered with Riot before when Seraphine came out, and now they are teasing a New sculpture of Ornn and Volibear fighting, so I think there is a Big chance for a cinematic with them🤔
This can really be a new animated series for me imo, a long peerless journey faced with many obstacles to save her people, filled with frejlord horrors and mysteries solved
An origin story of Sejuani/Ashe's ancestors and Lissandra pre Void corruption would be cooler at a later date. Everybody knows the real villain of Runeterra is The Void.
Im gonna focus on a very minor part of the story. But I *REALLY* loved that small inclusion of Kindred in the middle there. I don't know. It's just nice that there is something that riot set up previously (and relatively forgotten about) in the lore. And its actually being used in the lore. and in a way that fits perfectly. I love this universe.
None of the Freljordian human champions ( except Sejuani and Nunu ) are dressed properly for winter. Gragas is almost naked, Tryndamere and Braum are shirtless, by the looks of his VGU Udyr will be shirtless too, Olafs legs and arms are completely exposed. So yea I doubt they will change Ashe.
@@Aywar77 in the ruined king game, illaoi asked braum why hes shirtless on freljord, in which braum replied that he's iceborn, and iceborns has high resistance to cold (or immune to cold, i forgot which one he said).
I think Lissandra has the best lore in the entire universe of League, not just Freljord. There is so much mystery, the scale of things is beyond the motives of other champions.
@@DadoPanda lissandra definitely has the most lore potential from the Freljord but they are taking things slowly with her as they should, it takes time for a good build up, on the other hand they are using sejuani as a vessel to tell the current story in the freljord so that we can see things through her eyes and she has the most lore out of the three so by default she has the best stories i mean compare “silence for the damned” and “the dream thief”, the former is a story made to progress the lore and create tension while the latter is a story made to explain someone’s role in the world you could condense “the dream thief” and call it lissandra’s bio and it would still work.
If my memory serves correctly, Krieg is revealed first in the Tales of Ornn stories, where the storyteller describes saving Krieg when he was a boy, he just wasn’t named yet. He was just called “the legless boy”.
NEW LORE LETS GOOOOO!!!!! I like rift news and the other stuff, but I LOVE the Lore readings more. Excited about the void one coming up too! Hopefully the do something soon with Cho'Gath.
I mean, technically all League champions have plot armor since Riot refuses to kill any of them. But there are other consequences besides death. If Sejuani and Olaf lose the rest of the Winter’s Claw, or they fall under the Volibear’s control… that would be a HUGE shake up to the power dynamics of the Freljord
So glad I started watching your lore videos just a week before The Call came out. It was even more sick knowing what lead to everything and what it means. Thank you for putting so much work into this, you got me interested in Runterra so much I want to devour every piece of information I can get.
Just saying if riot made a whole book series since it might be a bit easier to do for them since lores written out already compared to more cintematics etc. They'd probably get a huge award in the fantasy genre for each book. I wish we had more things like this from riot so I can have physical copies etc of their work aswell and I know I am not speaking just for myself, but for every Runeterra Lore Junkie that watches your channel!
massive teaser of some big event in freljord! My mind is telling me Yes! But my body MY BODY IS TELLING ME YES! My body is ready, come big freljord event COME.
I legit said the same when 8 we saw the Emote And Ward posted in Twitter, It make me happy that I have the same Thinking procces as our dear Lore master Necrit 3>
I'm intrigued that Udyr is mentioned here as a teaser for his VGU when the story involves a fight with a mammoth. I say this because one of the four spirits Udyr will be getting will be a mammoth god of the Freljord , one that (I assume but not sure) we haven't seen anything about.
"Oh yeah. It´s all coming together." It would be great to see that going forward Riots stories consider the bigger picture that is Runeterra even more, if it is happening anywhere. That the actions and consequences in these stories all affect the World as a whole. Personally: I hope Oriannas Lore gets retconned for Arcane Season 2. I want Jayce vs Renni or an attempt at Jayce´s life by Renni. I hope Arcane´s timeline directs us to the Uprising in Noxus. I hope for either in Season 3 of Arcane or in its own show to see the Wars Noxus has. The second way would be better for people that get scared by lots of episodes and lots oof seasons. (Personal experience with one piece, bleach, naruto, breaking bad and Star Wars CW)
I don't like Sejuani, her ideology is something that I greatly disagree with, to me the Winter's Claw is just a bunch of scavengers scraping the bottom of the pot stealing from others and calling it "survival of the fittest", I REALLY don't like them, but I admit that her stories are very good and her development is good. I like Ashe, her ideology is something that resonates with me, but she doesn't really have stories, that short comic was cool and showed her potential, the Avarosans are the future of Freljord and the ones that I think truly have the chance to keep going in this land, but she as their queen simply doesn't have true development, she still just the token "sexy ice archer".
Yeah the fact it says "prisoner to stone walls and fields" Ah yes a prisoner to sustainable food and shelter. I also have a general disdain for the "might makes right, survival of the fittest" ideology but I do like that they still try to characterize it as more than just that.
I was just thinking the same ahahah It still bugs me the whole mentality of the winter claw: "confort? Nahh. Die of the elements and wild animals for 0 reasons? Oh yeahh". I get the whole viking mentality, but one thing is being a badass and liking the fighting and all that, and other thing is purposely risking a whole tribe just because " not being prisoner to stone houses and fields". They can continue their scavenger life in the same way, but at least if a mamoth decides to do "poetic middle finger" they don't risk die of starvation and have agriculture and a house to fall back on.
"We might see it in a cinematic". I think that what Ornn is actually planning to do, like said in "the lost tales of Ornn" is to rebuild the world. Also at 23:23 idk if i am going insane but... the clouds at the top right looks like they form the outline of an animal.
it took me more than a minute to see it, I have no idea how you saw it looks like a wolf, to me, or it might be the ursine bottom left, during the confontation udyr/volibear
Gotta respect Ornn, he was completely neutral, even his followers were neutral during the affairs between Three Sisters, the Watchers and the old Gods. They were just doing what they did best forge and make great equipments, tools, etc. The only reason he resurfaced is because his stubborn brother kept forcing him. Heck even Anivia doesn't even try to convince Ornn to join her cause or ask him to forge weapons for her precious mortals, she just leaves him alone in his forge. Damn you Voli.
ngl, this gave me goosebumps. The Winter's Claw vs The Ursine, I hope the battle would be epic. It would be nice if Sejuani prayed to Volibear in desperation bec it was hinted that she felt rage, bloodlust and lightning, perhaps a test to prove Volibear wrong about thinking her worthless.
"Sejuani May Be Teasing a Cinematic" Gods i hope so. The Freljord needs more representation that is not to be written off as comic relief, *Cough* Sentinals *Cough*. Lore and media attention is what this region needs, the Freljord has not had a champion since Ornn 2017, and i have a suspecion it may be because Riot likes Ionia a bit more than other regions. Alas, Zaun has not had a champ since Ekko 2015, but between the massive success of Arcane and the fact that the upcoming ADC and Support is almost certainly from Zaun, i think that Region has been sated for now.
wait how did Kriek stumble his way into the village if he has no legs tho? are there primitive freliordian prosthetics with true kneecaps or some shit?.. DID ORNN INVENT THE WHEELCHAIR? I MUST HAVE ANSWERS
Lissandra will release the watchers against freljord The demigods will stand against who'd come to seek and destroy their home Sejuani had a plan on seeking attack against voli the ursines and udyr will make a work to stop the conflict Now this is gonna be excited
Think it would be better if Olaf was tall but only close as tall as Seju riding. I also wish since she is fighting Volibear her mount Bristle would be a big white Ram (and that comes from a guy who liked to play Seju since 2012) I also wish Riot would finally give Olaf his much deserved VGU...
