Story Breakdown of "Awaken" Cinematic 

"If you zoom in really close, you can see this pixel here. It's a green pixel, you know what that means right? Yeah that's Teemo."

Jhin only shot 3 shots in the end so when he bowed he still had his 4 perfect shot :)

holy shit, the little blur of Darius cheering for Draven. I can't believe you caught that.

Sorry Necrit, but this cinematic is definitely foreshadowing future events in the lore. This was already confirmed to be the case by a few Rioters. For the Jhin vs Camille segment, Jhin's first short story ends with him traveling to Piltover and Zaun to take out some targets assigned by the Ionian cabals. Riot August affirmed this over a year ago, when he said that Jhin would become a serious threat to Vi, Caitlyn and Camille in their duty to protect Piltover, and here we see Camille tracking down Jhin, who has probably assassinated a few wealthy, corrupt Piltover business people in the middle of a theater. Secondly, the Ionion vs Noxus battle in the cinematic shows Irelia at her current age and Sion revived as the undead juggernaut that we know him as, which implies that this is Noxus's second attempt at invading Ionia. We know this because Irelia was only 14 or so during the time of the first Noxian invasion, and that Sion wasn't revived until Swain rose to power, since Boram Darkwill was Noxus's original leader during the first invasion. Yasuo is there because he has already been forgiven after last year's Confession of a Broken blade short story, which confirmed that Ionia now knows he's innocent. So he must be helping the other Ionian champs for a personal chance to redeem his sins (all the soldiers and bounty hunters he killed while he was a wanted man.) Meanwhile, Shen isn't with Akali and Kennen because he refused to help in the fight against any future Noxian invasions and as a result, Akali and Kennen deliberately decided to leave the Kinkou Order as a response. I don't know the entire deal with Riven and Draven, but if I had to guess, Riven returned to Noxus in an effort to better the empire and rid it of its current corruption, and was immediately labeled as a war criminal on her return, since Leblanc and the Black Rose planned for her to die back in Ionia, when her blade inadvertently acted as a kind of sleeper agent, killing Yasuo's master through a self-detonated explosion. So yes, this is 100% foreshadowing future events, and maybe I'm stretching it - but I think we might even see these events unfold in Riot's upcoming game - Legends of Runeterra, which was trademarked not too long ago.

I thought this could be a teaser for a another invasion on Ionia. That would explain why Irelia isnt 14 years old, karma is acually fighting, sion is in Ionia, yasuo fighting the (because it is after ther broken blade) and that riven was brought back in the Arena. It would all be explained if noxus started another invasion. The only question is: Is that second invasion canon?

Plot Twist: These are all future events.

Animator: i want to go home with my family Riot: no, stay in the basement and animated every single draven mustaches

They made the cinematic so good, that while the others are really fighting, you can see yasuo farming with his q in the background.

Necrit: now if you look back there, you can see swain, darius- me: bITCH HOW CAN YOU SEE THAT????

And this is the moment, one year later, when you discover that Noxus came back to Ionia to capture Riven and this cinematic becomes canon xddd

If you pay attention, Jhin uses only 3 bullets.

The thing is, it is possible that this Cinematic represents the near future We can see this by the fact that Sion is in Ionia (''revived'' by Swain and used as a weapon to win the war that Darkwill couldn't, for unknown purpose, because Swain tought Darkwill's ambitions on Ionia to be futile), Irelia fighting against Noxus in older age (the age she is right now on League's Lore), with the help of Akali and Kennen (who don't follow Shen anymore, as he wants to let the balance decide fate for itself and is opposed to fighting Noxus) and even Karma, who refused to fight in the first invasion and is roasted by Irelia because of this in her interactions, and probably changed her mind after seeing all the damage that Noxus has caused and how fighting back resulted in something good. Considering that the cinematic is in the near future, a scenario in wich Riven is captured and imprisoned because of ''treason'' and fights alongside other gladiators with a renewed purpose is way possible - perhaps even the most probable thing to happen, since Riven would certainly fight for the people who forgave her and granted her a new home. This covers also the detail of why is Yasuo fightning, since it is a new war, with a new, more wise and more powerful enemy (Swain as he is now and Darius of course) with more powerful weapons (Sion). It would not be easy to bring him to the fight, but would be possible, as Ionia is in need of powerful combatants to defend it and people who didn't fought before are doing so now. So, the thing to understand that this cinematic is cannon is to look forward, and not to what's happening now, in the lore - of course, that is if we consider that Riot is FINALLY moving forward instead of just showing us fights on the day-a-day of the champs

what do you mean sion 1v5ing not canon thats closest to ingame lore you can get

Something I personally enjoied was how Draven threw Riven's sword at her in order for them to have a fair fight.

Easter egg on inting sion strat

jhin was like : ART IS EXPLOSION

4:58 I dont think that its Vlad's claws, there's some weapons just in this shape, I think that the other seat is just for other gladiator that uses it in combat

Darius doesn't cheer Draven becuz hes making a great battle. He was shouting says " Don't throw those blades, SWING IT damn8".

Dude full full respect for the jhin theory

"But, enough about Draven..." Draven disliked.

A Rioter (Lore Writer) twitted that this are future events, Noxus second attempt on invading Ionia, what would make possible for riven to be at the arena, the scene where she drops her chain shows that she isn't tied to the Noxian Army anymore, that she fights against it, what would make even more sense to see Draven (and Darius) so glad about this event. And if it is in the future, Yasuo could be back to fight, as he found some sort of peace within him or something like it. But i'm not sure about any of this.

Jhin's perfectionism is on point! Love that champion's personanlity. I can almost hear him saying, "this is my design" when he bow down.

I thought it was weird seeing Yasou join the fight, but after thinking it over, it could be possible, Ionia after all isn't a unified nation. Many of its villages are isolated similar to feudal Japan with every community with their own beliefs and culture. As a wandering fugitive perhaps he noticed the incoming invasion and ensuing conflict and decided to temporarily step in and help, especially as a skilled swordsman he could not stand idle by and watch blood be spilled and perhaps in doing so he can atone for his past negligence

Whole Arena scene can be part of Rivens execution . You know she is kept on chain so she can't run away from other gladiators so she can be killed by them . That can explain why all Arena is full and thats for reason they annouced execution of well know deserter . Then Draven leap from his seat with his weapons drawned . He is the main exectioner . In his lore he execute people ,,with style'' that's why he jumped down . He is gonna execute her so he can again entertain people and again ,,shine'' . I think those scenes are from future event . Sion in Ionia can be Swains idea because he is literally unkillable war machine and he want to test it in Ionia for future battles against Demacia . In Jhins case why he is in Piltover can be explained by his quotes in whitch he refers that he is Killer for hire . Taunt towards champion from nexus he says : ,,I've been asked to do so many boring performances in your nation'' so he was just payed to make Camille ,,beautiful'' on stage . Sorry for my grammar I just rushed to write my opinion about this :) Peace

Sion is really thicc tho

damn darius cheering for draven is such a cool detail and it's really heartwarming to know that you know darius loves draven in a sense and that he also has feelings and stuff

it's super interesting watching this a couple years later because now, with the sentinels of light event, you see that the scene with draven and riven is actually canon - we meet her in the cells of draven's fighting pit and then later escape with senna, lucian, and vayne. it was some really excellent foreshadowing on riot's part

Conclusion: jhin is on drugs

The moment when you ruin 444 likes jhin mains '' inhale''

when irelia fought against noxus, she was a child, and in the cinematic she is not. Could this be a teaser of whats gonna happen? another ionian invasion perhaps...

Sion vs Ionian force = Thanos vs Avengers, hmmmmmm

about irelia, she was 12 when the first war happened, and now she is 19-20, so this is swin second invasion, wich would explain why sion is here, as for yasuo, a chance to fight in a war is the best chance he can get for redemption, don't forget that yasuo is not looking for forgivness, he seec redemption on it's own, and protecting he contry insted of his late master is the best way. as for riven, she did say that she wented to rebuild noxus to it's former glory in her old lore, maybe that lore is not complietly redconned, and she went back in an atemp to make her dream true. as for jin and camille... idk... i belive this cinematique is ether like you said, not cannon, or it is in the futur, after all jhin was escaping from ionia i his lore with zed and shen, so maybe he sucsseded and is now in piltover, showing of his art.

Can you do another Who would win?

Yasuo the Minion Killer

I love how u mentioned all the details! Appreciating Rito's hard work! thank youuu

Necrit maybe is something in the future, it seems that people believe everything is happening in histories that will be canon in the future, it could be that noxians are invading ionia again and in the invasion the village in which riven lives was already destroyed and riven was captured, that could be to the reason yasuo is with the ionians. And because everything is in the future nothing in the cinematic is concluded.

There is a way in which the cinematic could be canon. 1.- Necrit assumes the cinematic is showing the first Ionian invasion. I think this is a completely new invasion of Ionia. We see Irelia using her blades (an ability she learned during the invasion), Sion is there (who was not resurrected until after the invasion), and the Kinkou are in the fight, Yasuo could be trying to earn redemption fighting the noxians. It could be a simple raid instead of a full-on invasion though. 2.- The Arena scene is showcasing a point in Riven's past. Before the (first) invasion of Ionia. The only point in time this could have to happen is in the past. That said Riven's sword poses a problem as it was supposed to be crafted specifically for Riven, what could have happen is that the blade was broken before, it was repaired for Riven and she broke the blade again. So I think this cinematic could be trying to confuse us by showing 3 unrelated scenes and different points in time, the arena (past), the theater (present), Ionia (future)

"The place is all over the place." -Necrit 2019

Also, I think is a Teaser for the Future of Ionia. I think it's Not Cannon entirely (Because battles to the death are major spoilers, and also it's just a promotional for S9), but it might represent a future event reshaping the lore of Ionia that Riot haven't told us much about yet. This are my reasons: 1.- Jhin and Riven are in Ionia according to the present lore, so them moving could represent their lore will expand somehow. Take your guess how and why they could get out of the island. 2.- The Ionia battle just makes a lot of sense with Noxus planning of invading it again. If i remember well, thats the whole point of Sion being resurrected, to be used as a weapon on the next invasion. So that being said, what do you think?

THAT HAT THO...I NEED IT

Jhins bullets are infused with pieces of his soul. "I wanted to feel everything, the gun makes it so i can..."

They really could do an amazing twist with the Camille and Jhin story. The story would be told by Camille's point of view that way we can see how brutally and bloody the soldiers die while how beautiful Jhin sees it.

i feel like those weapons in the beginning are just random talons

"So now we have inting Sion versus the entire enemy team."

Is it just me, or are the scenes of Camille so BADASS

14:19 that's really cool, cause in wild rift right now, Swain and Darius really sit beside each other on the comics in Noxian Brothers Event

Honestly, this is like my 3rd video watching you. I have played this game so much, but having someone able to explain the lore from videos and just facts in general is so nice. I'll read the lore but sometimes I can't read it all. And some is hard to understand. Thank you for these videos! :D

6:58 Draven spams his mastery emote as always

My first thought regarding riven was that it tied into the events happening in ionia, its quite possible during this invasion (with sion leading) they captured riven and attempted to make an example out of her.

I have been waiting to hear you talk about this soo long

"yasuo doesn't trust people to trust him" Haha. That is so true lol. And I'm not talking about lore.

Oh boy, last time i was this early, league was not a k-pop game

This video is canon. It is confirmed by multiple writers on Twitter. Ariel Lavrence, the head of narrative, said that she is "very excited to dig into these stories." and Philip Vargas said "We'll be exploring these stories in the future"

Thank you for this video, I was amazed how many things you noticed and background knowledge that you shared with us :-D

Irelia: "I never meant to lead. I fought and they followed."

I love listening to your voice man 👍🏾

6:14 I think that's just the Jaurim's Fist item. It has that vertical blade on it like you were talking about.

I just want a league based mmo. Damn it, it would be so damn fun!

i have a theory about the bracelet blades that u saw on the wall behind draven i believe that it belongs to nocturne before he became the thing he is now i believe he was human whom lived in noxus and something happened to him maybe in someway transfered him to the spirit realm where he changed forms maybe he went mad after entering the spirits world cuz he does sound like a mad in the game and he found a way to take a form in the material world and terrorize people cuz nocturne uses the same weapon and no other character do so and i don't believe it's a new champion teaser also it may be some random model they used

IONIA STILL STANDS!!

Sion Rework was one of the first Lore changes to fit into the new league-verse, also in his Lore, his first death, when he killed Jarvan 1 was generations before he was reworked. Hes titled as a Warhero of an bygone Era, so his Rework trailer/teaser shows the resurection of his Body in his Mausoleum. After that trailer the new Lore was published and while he was dead that long time, he probably suffered some braindamage (would explain his incomplete sentences and words in his lore). So chronologically it must be like -> Kill Jarv. 1., Died, buried for 50+ Years, gets resurected by swain (who was wounded in the battle of ionia, according to new lore).

Great video bro. Can't wait for your Veigar lore. Keep up the good work.

1:36 "peace brackets" im using that from now on.

6:24 Oh, I don't know, but to me this kinda looks like one of Nocturne's blades. Aaaaand we know Nocturne is about to get a rework soon.

Good analysis. I can also see the cinematic setting up future stories and new lore. Or, it’s simply a fun LoL music video. Either way, I enjoyed it.

Years later we see the revelation revealed! In the sentinels of light event, Riven is in the cells of Draven's fighting pit and then later escapes with Senna, Lucian, and Vayne.

0:10 you really like it, huh?

that wrist guard with the vertical blade looks like the one from Talon's Renegade skin

Just an amazing breakdown of the cinematic. Really enjoyed it. Honestly, who could dislike the video? Maybe amumu mains..

a cool detail you missed is that after riven gave a headbutt to draven his nose started bleeding

The mystery weapon behind Draven looks like old Urgot's weapon (The wrist-mounted spike launcher)

What If that's how riven got noticed by the noxians? In other words, that that scene scene took place before Riven being enlisted in the army.

That first shot when Jhin only played 3 notes on the piano triggered me

this mass effect music hitting me right in the nostalgia bone

360p squad necrit :D

Did jhin stop playing the piano and close the lid, but then the next time you see him he stops playing (the already closed piano) and fires????

Great video! I think that parts with Camille and Jhin are the best parts of this cinematic. Btw, oh yeah yeah!

I love the Mass Effect music in the background

So Swain WAS actually in the cinematic. And here I thought they chose Sion to represent the Noxian army instead

You skipped the part where Riven headbutts Draven

I am really thankful for you making this video even if I didn't ask for this

@Necrit my guy you should prolly update this now that basically this whole Cinematic is in fact canon.

Hey necrit, I was wondering after my like 5th watch why there is an Vlad claw thingy next to rivens blade behind draven. Did draven betray Vlad? Because that doesn't really seem possible. Or is it something similar? Edit: well never mind you covered it already, wrote the comment before watching. Edit2, maybe jhin is blind on one eye, because you can always just see one. And maybe you know someone in lore with one eye?

Camille: noo you cant just emote to me while ima slice ur neck Jhin: haha gun go pew pew

Lit video, ty for the explanation (y)

I love your videos :)

Noxus, Piltover, Ionia... But where is Demacia? Thoose 4 are the most important zones in Runeterra. Maybe Demacia is destroyed by the Sylas's revolution?

is that mass effect ost uncharted worlds i hear in the background? :o

I think i can see Azir and Urgot in the Arena too . In the scene you reveal Darius , Swain and Leblanc , they are in the left corner standing silent !!

Btw this channel is gonna get so many more hits after marvel and then stepping up on lore. Excited :)

aren't those claws warwick's?

12:50 whats the name of the channel that your talking about

Finaly someone talking about that first Camille shot. The way they captured her movement was *amazing*.

Amazing video!!!

Draven: *Exists* Tyler1: IMMA EAT YOU LIKE A SNACC

6:25 this weapon look like Madred's Razors.

5:46 the first thing I got the vibes for that "hand" weapong was Madred's Razors. I'm not too much into story detail, since I watch you time to time Necrit ( and thank god you exist!), so yeah, hope I'm not saying a stupid theory ahah

I watched the cinematic and had so many questions about the Draven/Riven interaction. RU-vid autoplay brought your video up right after it :) I'll watch this and be educated!

Necrit will you do another WHO WOULD WIN? put mundo in there pls :()

What if all of these things will happen in the future?