4:51 You are actually right! Noxus is known to be growing empire, the fight between the man and the blue troll takes place in the latter's land: Freljord, one of many countries Noxus tried to conquer. And while the Noxians DID conquer it to some extent, the conflict in the border continues. So yes! The fight was between an elite Noxian soldier and the leader of the local trolls who are defending their territory.
Good ol noxus Just like Rome Instead of strength making you equal it's roman citizenship and those fat fat citizenship bonus of getting to be a glorious cog in their expansionist military state
The Black Rose part of Arcane was not superfluous. It pushed Ambessa's motives and unlocked Mel's potential. It should also be noted that Piltover/Zaun are not isolated places, they are part of a greater world, and that the Black Rose specifically would want to involve itself in what occurred in Piltover/Zaun. They are kind of like a group of power hungry magi that work to protect the world because they live on it to.
@@meewec2091literally everything they do is to advance the end goal of not allowing an empire of undeath to re-enter the world under their feet. If burning half the world were necessary they wouldn’t shed a tear, but every soul that passes into Mordekaiser’s realm builds his power and that isn’t a good thing for them. They have unchecked egos and anything that advances their power serves their greater good, but they’re not frivolous.
Idk, I don't watch her channel much anymore but I noticed several times that she has some odd takes or misunderstandings for someone who is a book writer.
Black rose was introduced to an already complex story, that is true. But in the older lol lore, black rose existed for a long time and had great influence around the world. Story wise it makes sense.
6:50 this black fingered lady is the shadow sorcerer from arcane that kidnapped mel and tried to kill ambessa. You can tell because in arcane her whole body was shadow except for her fingers, and here only her fingers are shadows
I can't agree more, I felt that season two was very rushed and need more time in the oven, Arcane need a season 3, so everything didn't feel so rushed, and it would have fixed pacing and helped a lot with the relationship between Caitlin and Vi.
Hell you could watch a black rose lore video by necrit, they are one of the bigger “stories” in league as they’ve been around for many centuries and have been catalysts for many events and characters.
@@craig725yeah her immediately dismissing the lore video irked me. Complaining about the story without wanting to know about the story seems weird to me especially as she writes stories.
The thing is though, that Arcane stood on it’s on feet without the rest of LoL and if I’ve understood it correctly the lore between the show and the game isn’t 100% accurate anyways. if you were required to read a lore-primer to enjoy Arcane it wouldn’t have gotten so huge success. And she didn’t say Black rose was there unnecessarily, only that it felt superfluous and I agree. I see the reasons why they included the Black Rose, and considering the existing fandom it was a good decision, but doesn’t change the fact that it was still superfluous for ‘the story of Arcane’. Someone not familiar with the lore of LoL would have likely enjoyed the season as much with whatever other reason they would’ve presented (likely anything else might’ve been just as superfluous, since the season was so packed).
I get your take about the Black Rose being added into Arcane. But the Black Rose is pretty well connected into the lore itself. Especially in Noxus. THAT SAID.. they coulda done it better. Arcane has always been about exploring the stories of champions and their regions/world. We've come to love the characters in Piltover/Zaun, but they were always going to move on from it to explore other regions and "champions". While Arcane is self contained, the other stuff is more for the fans of the game, the fans of the show are a bonus. And Riot has said their priority are the fans of the game.
The black rose was always been ambessas motivation from the start and always been relevant...ambessa could've reveal it from season 1 but they kept it secret.. It just that arcane reveals them bit by bit in arcane because they were not the highlight of the arcane..
You notice the sword? It has an EYE! So, does that mean they're gonna throw the dice with the DARKEN!? You can relate to Vlad.'s hesitation if THAT, is what LA Blanc is thinking.
@@jackhilton4285 search up naafiri dagger it could be that or something else we know that the black rose is searching for darkin artifacts or just general artifacts to help stop whats coming
The entire world of Runeterra is interconnected, you can not have a show about 1 region without exploring the others. That would be so 1 dimensional imo. The entire point of the show is to move through the different regions and how that creates Runeterra. Idk for League players I'm sure we all wanted season 2 to be EVEN MORE about Noxus. And in the Noxus show we will probably want more of Ionia and Demacia. There are too many stories to just focus on 1 region and 10 characters.
we have to get an harrowing episode if we get to bilgewater :D they could also tease the dark isle with Vladimir since he's related to Camavor and Viego. this is even better they have so many ways to bring a new region/story
Not trying to be too much a contrarian, but the whole story of Arcane was about 1 region and the people in it. Everything significant happening in the show had impact in Zaun/Piltover during the story. We learned a tiny sliver about Noxus (they are warlike and don’t like magic), but really not much at all about the Black Rose (they’re magic users and wanted Mel). I’m not saying including Black Rose was bad and I understand the reasons for including it, but doesn’t change that it was a still superfluous for the ‘story of Arcane’.
Saw him mentioned in the comments, but, Necrit's lore videos are amazing. Its really long, but him explaining the entire wolrd (for the future mmo) is an incredible watch.
Reference D&D, there’s a video that’s an 8 minute extract from a podcast titled ‘Deborah Ann Woll teaches John Bernthal Dungeons and Dragons’ that you should watch. They starred in Marvel’s ‘Daredevil’ and ‘The Punisher’ series together and Woll is such a great proponent of the game and an amazing storyteller.
It wasn't so much superfluous. The thing you have to realize is that everything in Runeterra is interconnected. Especially during the timeframe that Arcane and the new series takes place. I love the fact that Hannah remembered True Ice and how dangerous it is for "normal" people to even touch it.
For your info , Vladimir the guys we saw at the end get his power ( bloodmagic) from a darkin (ascended shurima warrior corrupted by fighting the void) , i don't recall if he kill it or just took his power ,but this is really something since darkin are really powerfull being ( they are confined in their weapons at this point to end their terror).
If oure interested in Ambessa's story, there is a novel coming out next year which is her backstory before the events of Arcane, and jusdging by its title "Ambessa: Chosen of the Wolf " it will have ties to the her cinematic.
I think you'll like how crazy Warhammer 40k is which is the 5th episode of secret level. Big 75.cal hand gun meets tiny man. A lot of lore built into that world and its just crazy stuff. once you see episode 5 you'll see how gruesome and scary the world is. Enjoy and don't lose your lunch. ALSO I think you'll get hooked into the lore videos of different chaos gods and space marines all that fun stuff. Honestly really interesting world building and many years in the making from like 1983😂
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Agreed. Season 2 definitely should have been two seasons. Regardless of what they said officially, it seems that they were told to ‘wrap up’ the story of Piltover and a lot of the story ended up on the proverbial cutting room floor. A real shame. However…as good as Arcane is, I feel like Piltover and its characters is like the least interesting region of the world, so a little glad to be moving on.
For Dungeons and Dragons games a perfect intro is video called: Should Your Boyfriend Play Baldur's Gate 3? The video creator doesn't know anything about it and plays Baldurs Gate 3 (which is very heavily based on tabletop RPG called Dungeons & Dragons) with her boyfriend and explains how she learned about it in a whimsical and fun way. >:D
I get it that as an Arcane fan you want to learn more about Arcane characters. But this is a League of Legends cinematic and as a player of the game I'm glad they at least showed us some characters and story progression from the game. Leblanc and Vladimir are both really cool characters with interesting backstories so I'm happy they're showing some of it here. I'm honestly tired of them pushing Arcane so much. It's a cool show but it's been taking over the game and they've changed so much of the story to fit the game into the show, instead of the other way around.
for the game's champion pairs in this video we've got darius vs trundle(the frost troll), katarina(the redheaded assassin) vs eliese(spider lady, member of the black rose) and then at the very end you've got vladimir(hemomancer) and leblanc(the shadow sorceress in arcane was a magical clone of her). vladimir and leblanc are both over a thousand years old and founded the black rose.
Oh no think of the show as an arc of a BIG universe Arcane is the introduction on what magic is to mortals in this world The blackrose is responsible for the majority of the worlds progression They will be in every series riot makes
I think because you're not familiar with the Black Rose in the way the players are it's easy to feel like it's superfluous, but honestly it made a lot of sense to me because the Black Rose always wants to get their hands on the most powerful magic, artifacts, weapons, etc bc there's this even bigger bad they want to stop, and they will stop at nothing to get those things which makes them a lot of enemies. I initially imagined the Black Rose were the ones who sent Ambessa the moment I saw her, so her fighting against them was a fun twist. I think my problem with season 2 being split into 2 seasons is that it feels like both seasons would end up lacking becuase the amount of extra stuff we needed, I don't think would have filled the spaces in an entire 2 seasons. I think they needed another 3 episodes, not a whole other season. If it had been 12 instead of 9 I think it would have been the perfect amount of time. Either way as far as THIS cinematic goes, it's a trailer for a lore-related season of gameplay changes, with new skins for characters, a redesign of another, and Mel being added to the game as a playable character. The map the game normally plays in has been changed to be Noxus-themed, with some lore-related easter eggs scattered around, and there's another lore-related skin coming later for a character who is very important to Noxus' history. My personal theory is that, since Christian Linke said whatever they do next he wants to be in Noxus, Demacia, or Ionia along with the rumours that they've been working on whatever is next for at least a year, I'm thinking we'll get an announcement for a Noxus show that may or may not cover the Noxian invasion of Ionia as a tie-in to showcase that region as well, and the Black Rose are big players in all of this, which is why there's such a heavy focus on them for everything. They are behind a HUGE amount of the world's events, so it makes sense to have started involving them here.
Yes this is directly after Arcane so we see a young Darius making a name for himself by trying to take over some land from the Frieljord and yes that was an ass whoopin he'll never forget XD
Everything that drops, I am like "oh oh, Swain, are they gonna show Swain?" and they ever only hit at Swain... Can't wait for when they finally show Swain xD (or Fiddlesticks terrorizing the hell out of Demacia, that'd be cool)
IMO they are waiting for the next show to air before showing Swain. In my eyes, he has the potential to become the next Silco (charismatic villain so well written and so complex that everybody end up loving him) so they wont spoil the surprise. At least that's what I would do
Warhammer episode in secret level show is taking place after events of Space marine 2, so if you will play it maybe you want to watch this episode later
That is indeed Mel, this cinematic seems to hint at Mel going to Noxus after the events of Season 2 and being introduced as a new League Champion. The cinematic also possibly hints at a future show, yet it hasn't really been confirmed yet. By the way, I love your reactions!
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honestly, the dual between Darius and Trundle is probably pretty complicated, especially because we aren't really sure when this takes place, Darius looks pretty young here, and, we don't really know how much the story will change now. but, from my recollection, Trundle and the trolls are pretty imperialist, themselves, and are trying to conquer the Freljord, themselves, and attack a lot of people, for example, the Avarosans. so, it could be Noxus being the agressors, or the Trolls, though, i find it interesting that Darius was willing to settle things in single combat,
actually, a comment on a different reaction suggested that Darius wasn't supposed to win, or survive his Duel with Trundle, Considering this possibly takes place in the time of Darkwill, and Darius seems like a popular general, I could picture a paranoid, despotic tyrant sending a threat on a suicide mission, akin to certain real life dictators.
You are so correct about Arcane season 2, it was definitely rushed. They could have milked it out so much more. Then again, for a League of Legends player for over 10 years, I thought Piltover and Zaun were the least interesting regions for me. I think Riot realized that as well and they wanted to expand their horizon so much further. So much bolder and so much more epic.
I don't recall if you've already reacted to it, but Ambessa does have a prequel video, it is "Blood Sweat & Tears ft. Sheryl Lee Ralph | Official Music Video - League of Legends".
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Regarding D&D videos to watch; Perception Check by Tom Cardy is a must watch. But that is literally a song, so probably just for your own amusement kind of thing :)
Other than arcane s2 was a bit rushed, the black rose part was kinda much better for people somewhat familiarto league lore. Before that it felt kinda disconnected from the lore, other than the character names and the hextech.
Not exactly, the trolls are also invasive and imperialistic, they kill native Freljordians to claim their territory. In this sense, it was just two aggressors finally bumping into each other.
The pacing was indeed insane in Arcane, but I would not necessarily call it rushed. Only unconventional, and I think it made the story work. Like Jayce said to Viktor: there is beauty in imperfection. And so I have to say the symmetries and how they played with that yin-yang motif made it the right decision to go with two seasons and not with three. But I know, I am weird, and that I actually like high concept approaches. Also, regarding this video here, yes, Trundle (the troll in the video) is the indigenous person, and that fight seems to take place at the border of Noxus and the Freljord, and I would guess the Noxians started it, since they are all about conquest. But I could be wrong, and it was aggression from the trolls that led to that duel. In anyway, I liked seeing it. And as someone wrote on the official video, it represents so well the top lane experience in game.
It's not gonna be a sequel or a prequel. The next show is gonna be exactly like Arcane. It will probably start in the past with Ambessa, Darius and the others being young war brothers and sisters. Arrive at the present and then push a little past it like Arcane did with Viktors story that did not exist in the lore yet. All the shows they plan to do are the same: introductory shows to different regions. Noxus just like Piltover has class wars, betrayals, politics (a lot) and the whole package. So they simply want to show Noxus. Then they will move on to the next region, etc.
I wasnt a fan of the animation mainly because the main guy for Noxus (his name is Swain) wasnt in this. I'm hoping this means he will be the main character of the next arcane show!
"The Black Rose was a little superfluous to the story of Arcane and it made it a little muddy... I think the show would be better without it... season 2 should have been two seasons," I completely agree with this assessment, but you put it more succinctly than I could. With Ambessa being the main villain of Season 2 they needed to establish a justification for her ruthless pursuit of hextech, as well as other weapons like Warwick and Viktor, but it felt kinda rushed and unconvincing imo. Mel's storyline was my least favourite of the entire show because it felt superfluous, like the setup for another show rather than an integral part of this one.
The masks is a ball being held by the black roxe yes that black rose the lady at the end is the shadow lady from arcane season 2 her actual name is deblanc she is oldest human alive if can call her human she was around at the start of noxus and could be deemed a anti hero She inprisoned a evil undesd monster who tried to wipe out the world and then buiot noxus ober his death now she prepares for the beasts resurection by gathering an army of mages Her goal is good but her actions are not she kidnapps magic children and raises them as weapons thats what she wanted to do with mel
Just to clarify, The Black Rose have always and already existed. I also preferred the quicker pace because of how the show should feel, as if everything is happening at once and it's difficult to keep up, as that's what the characters all feel. But it's just my opinion on how I prefer my stories to grow and continue, as Runeterra didn't begin with Arcane and it doesn't end with it either. It's just one, and a small one, of many stories, and the Black Rose is a much larger one in play, as that is Noxian power.
This 8snt a trailer f9r a spin off show this 8s the next game pass season 9f league this 8s the meta arc of the entire league of legends 7niberse not a small teaser f9 a show
True. And Mel didn't had to be fleshed out as a main character. I'm totally fine if she died in the story. Her, acquiring power out of her butt was so cringe. I hate that this new character can randomly square off with the original cast, i hate that she can disrespect mommy leblanc even as a clone. Mel was dealing with an ancient myth legend 😂 how is she so ballsy with such undeserving power. Power of golden spoon fed lol. Freaking irrelevant character. I would like her more if she stayed in like the first season.
Hot take: Kinda lost interest in Mel after season 2. She went from this cool, collected, and calculated strategist who had an asnwer for everything to the stereotypical "chosen one" which is always boring imo. Maybe they'll flesh her out but lol hit glowy golden win button is not it for me. Kinda venturing into Mary Sue territory
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4:51 You are actually right! Noxus is known to be growing empire, the fight between the man and the blue troll takes place in the latter's land: Freljord, one of many countries Noxus tried to conquer. And while the Noxians DID conquer it to some extent, the conflict in the border continues. So yes! The fight was between an elite Noxian soldier and the leader of the local trolls who are defending their territory.
Good ol noxus
Just like Rome
Instead of strength making you equal it's roman citizenship and those fat fat citizenship bonus of getting to be a glorious cog in their expansionist military state
The Black Rose part of Arcane was not superfluous. It pushed Ambessa's motives and unlocked Mel's potential. It should also be noted that Piltover/Zaun are not isolated places, they are part of a greater world, and that the Black Rose specifically would want to involve itself in what occurred in Piltover/Zaun. They are kind of like a group of power hungry magi that work to protect the world because they live on it to.
ehh, they work to protect their own interests and grow their power. if half the world burned they'd stand by if there was no potential gain for them.
@@meewec2091literally everything they do is to advance the end goal of not allowing an empire of undeath to re-enter the world under their feet. If burning half the world were necessary they wouldn’t shed a tear, but every soul that passes into Mordekaiser’s realm builds his power and that isn’t a good thing for them. They have unchecked egos and anything that advances their power serves their greater good, but they’re not frivolous.
@@phonepolice Yeah like people who comment like that makes me feel they dont know the Rose's true intentions
Idk, I don't watch her channel much anymore but I noticed several times that she has some odd takes or misunderstandings for someone who is a book writer.
@@phoenix1985gr keeping yourself from being brutally murdered by a guy you betrayed doesn't turn you into an altruistic world protector.
4:50 100% correct take XD
yup XD
Was about to comment the same thing
I'm always a little worried about what comments I'll get when I say stuff like that.
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Yeah but... let us not lie, most of Freljord are literally raiding savages, especially the Trolls.
Black rose was introduced to an already complex story, that is true. But in the older lol lore, black rose existed for a long time and had great influence around the world. Story wise it makes sense.
6:50 this black fingered lady is the shadow sorcerer from arcane that kidnapped mel and tried to kill ambessa. You can tell because in arcane her whole body was shadow except for her fingers, and here only her fingers are shadows
She also has the same voice actor and uses her abilities from the game that Mel reflects and breaks
Tried to? Did Ambessa *survive* that fight with Cait + Mel and is just in a coma now? Seems LB completely blew her up.
@@Ilyak1986 I assume Ambessa is dead af, she just survived long enough for Mel to free her from Leblanc at least is what I meant lol
I can't agree more, I felt that season two was very rushed and need more time in the oven, Arcane need a season 3, so everything didn't feel so rushed, and it would have fixed pacing and helped a lot with the relationship between Caitlin and Vi.
Hell you could watch a black rose lore video by necrit, they are one of the bigger “stories” in league as they’ve been around for many centuries and have been catalysts for many events and characters.
This…..totally this! Necrit’s black rose video and lore videos are great
@@craig725yeah her immediately dismissing the lore video irked me. Complaining about the story without wanting to know about the story seems weird to me especially as she writes stories.
The thing is though, that Arcane stood on it’s on feet without the rest of LoL and if I’ve understood it correctly the lore between the show and the game isn’t 100% accurate anyways.
if you were required to read a lore-primer to enjoy Arcane it wouldn’t have gotten so huge success.
And she didn’t say Black rose was there unnecessarily, only that it felt superfluous and I agree. I see the reasons why they included the Black Rose, and considering the existing fandom it was a good decision, but doesn’t change the fact that it was still superfluous for ‘the story of Arcane’. Someone not familiar with the lore of LoL would have likely enjoyed the season as much with whatever other reason they would’ve presented (likely anything else might’ve been just as superfluous, since the season was so packed).
Black Rose arguably bigger than Piltover and Zaun combined, so it's not just a "thing added" for next show for people who know the lore.
4:59 nono, you are 100% right xDDDD
I get your take about the Black Rose being added into Arcane. But the Black Rose is pretty well connected into the lore itself. Especially in Noxus. THAT SAID.. they coulda done it better.
Arcane has always been about exploring the stories of champions and their regions/world.
We've come to love the characters in Piltover/Zaun, but they were always going to move on from it to explore other regions and "champions".
While Arcane is self contained, the other stuff is more for the fans of the game, the fans of the show are a bonus. And Riot has said their priority are the fans of the game.
The black rose was always been ambessas motivation from the start and always been relevant...ambessa could've reveal it from season 1 but they kept it secret.. It just that arcane reveals them bit by bit in arcane because they were not the highlight of the arcane..
Spider lady Elise and the two at the end LeBlanc and Vladimir are all members of Black Rose.
You notice the sword? It has an EYE! So, does that mean they're gonna throw the dice with the DARKEN!? You can relate to Vlad.'s hesitation if THAT, is what LA Blanc is thinking.
What sword? I thought it was mel's family sigil. Am i wrong?
Yeah my prediction Is that they are getting desperate looking for a way to deal with the inminent mordekaiser coming
@@jackhilton4285the dagger with the eye, It was a clear darkin reference
@@GleipB meanwhile Katarina 😂in the middle of Mord and Aatrox fighting 💃👩
@@jackhilton4285 search up naafiri dagger it could be that or something else we know that the black rose is searching for darkin artifacts or just general artifacts to help stop whats coming
The entire world of Runeterra is interconnected, you can not have a show about 1 region without exploring the others. That would be so 1 dimensional imo. The entire point of the show is to move through the different regions and how that creates Runeterra. Idk for League players I'm sure we all wanted season 2 to be EVEN MORE about Noxus. And in the Noxus show we will probably want more of Ionia and Demacia. There are too many stories to just focus on 1 region and 10 characters.
we have to get an harrowing episode if we get to bilgewater :D they could also tease the dark isle with Vladimir since he's related to Camavor and Viego. this is even better they have so many ways to bring a new region/story
Not trying to be too much a contrarian, but the whole story of Arcane was about 1 region and the people in it. Everything significant happening in the show had impact in Zaun/Piltover during the story. We learned a tiny sliver about Noxus (they are warlike and don’t like magic), but really not much at all about the Black Rose (they’re magic users and wanted Mel).
I’m not saying including Black Rose was bad and I understand the reasons for including it, but doesn’t change that it was a still superfluous for the ‘story of Arcane’.
Saw him mentioned in the comments, but, Necrit's lore videos are amazing. Its really long, but him explaining the entire wolrd (for the future mmo) is an incredible watch.
Reference D&D, there’s a video that’s an 8 minute extract from a podcast titled ‘Deborah Ann Woll teaches John Bernthal Dungeons and Dragons’ that you should watch.
They starred in Marvel’s ‘Daredevil’ and ‘The Punisher’ series together and Woll is such a great proponent of the game and an amazing storyteller.
I've seen bits of it!!
It wasn't so much superfluous. The thing you have to realize is that everything in Runeterra is interconnected. Especially during the timeframe that Arcane and the new series takes place.
I love the fact that Hannah remembered True Ice and how dangerous it is for "normal" people to even touch it.
where did she learn about true ice?
I don't think she knows what true ice is specifically, but she did see the results on Darius' weapon.
@@TheRockhound119 right, the person said remembered though i was wondering if she reacted to something related to it but idk.
half the show wouldnt have happened if black rose stuff was gone lmao.
5:00 you totally should've been cheering for the monster XD
necrit lore explained!!!!!
he has all the good stuff
For your info , Vladimir the guys we saw at the end get his power ( bloodmagic) from a darkin (ascended shurima warrior corrupted by fighting the void) , i don't recall if he kill it or just took his power ,but this is really something since darkin are really powerfull being ( they are confined in their weapons at this point to end their terror).
3:25 just be friends xDDDDDD
If oure interested in Ambessa's story, there is a novel coming out next year which is her backstory before the events of Arcane, and jusdging by its title "Ambessa: Chosen of the Wolf " it will have ties to the her cinematic.
The beach Mel arrives is the same in Ambessa's video
I think you'll like how crazy Warhammer 40k is which is the 5th episode of secret level. Big 75.cal hand gun meets tiny man. A lot of lore built into that world and its just crazy stuff. once you see episode 5 you'll see how gruesome and scary the world is. Enjoy and don't lose your lunch. ALSO I think you'll get hooked into the lore videos of different chaos gods and space marines all that fun stuff. Honestly really interesting world building and many years in the making from like 1983😂
Secret Level Deep dive
Hannah: Okay, so tell me more about Concord.....
Internet: OH Yeah, Umm.....Ass and Been Gone,full stop
Hannah: Oh.......Ookay.....😐.
Agreed. Season 2 definitely should have been two seasons.
Regardless of what they said officially, it seems that they were told to ‘wrap up’ the story of Piltover and a lot of the story ended up on the proverbial cutting room floor. A real shame.
However…as good as Arcane is, I feel like Piltover and its characters is like the least interesting region of the world, so a little glad to be moving on.
4:50 HAHAHAHA
For Dungeons and Dragons games a perfect intro is video called: Should Your Boyfriend Play Baldur's Gate 3?
The video creator doesn't know anything about it and plays Baldurs Gate 3 (which is very heavily based on tabletop RPG called Dungeons & Dragons) with her boyfriend and explains how she learned about it in a whimsical and fun way.
>:D
I get it that as an Arcane fan you want to learn more about Arcane characters. But this is a League of Legends cinematic and as a player of the game I'm glad they at least showed us some characters and story progression from the game. Leblanc and Vladimir are both really cool characters with interesting backstories so I'm happy they're showing some of it here. I'm honestly tired of them pushing Arcane so much. It's a cool show but it's been taking over the game and they've changed so much of the story to fit the game into the show, instead of the other way around.
for the game's champion pairs in this video we've got darius vs trundle(the frost troll), katarina(the redheaded assassin) vs eliese(spider lady, member of the black rose) and then at the very end you've got vladimir(hemomancer) and leblanc(the shadow sorceress in arcane was a magical clone of her). vladimir and leblanc are both over a thousand years old and founded the black rose.
Oh no think of the show as an arc of a BIG universe
Arcane is the introduction on what magic is to mortals in this world
The blackrose is responsible for the majority of the worlds progression
They will be in every series riot makes
I think because you're not familiar with the Black Rose in the way the players are it's easy to feel like it's superfluous, but honestly it made a lot of sense to me because the Black Rose always wants to get their hands on the most powerful magic, artifacts, weapons, etc bc there's this even bigger bad they want to stop, and they will stop at nothing to get those things which makes them a lot of enemies. I initially imagined the Black Rose were the ones who sent Ambessa the moment I saw her, so her fighting against them was a fun twist. I think my problem with season 2 being split into 2 seasons is that it feels like both seasons would end up lacking becuase the amount of extra stuff we needed, I don't think would have filled the spaces in an entire 2 seasons. I think they needed another 3 episodes, not a whole other season. If it had been 12 instead of 9 I think it would have been the perfect amount of time. Either way as far as THIS cinematic goes, it's a trailer for a lore-related season of gameplay changes, with new skins for characters, a redesign of another, and Mel being added to the game as a playable character. The map the game normally plays in has been changed to be Noxus-themed, with some lore-related easter eggs scattered around, and there's another lore-related skin coming later for a character who is very important to Noxus' history. My personal theory is that, since Christian Linke said whatever they do next he wants to be in Noxus, Demacia, or Ionia along with the rumours that they've been working on whatever is next for at least a year, I'm thinking we'll get an announcement for a Noxus show that may or may not cover the Noxian invasion of Ionia as a tie-in to showcase that region as well, and the Black Rose are big players in all of this, which is why there's such a heavy focus on them for everything. They are behind a HUGE amount of the world's events, so it makes sense to have started involving them here.
Yeah dont think we needed a season 3, but either longer episodes, or a few more would be better.
Yes this is directly after Arcane so we see a young Darius making a name for himself by trying to take over some land from the Frieljord and yes that was an ass whoopin he'll never forget XD
Everything that drops, I am like "oh oh, Swain, are they gonna show Swain?" and they ever only hit at Swain... Can't wait for when they finally show Swain xD (or Fiddlesticks terrorizing the hell out of Demacia, that'd be cool)
IMO they are waiting for the next show to air before showing Swain. In my eyes, he has the potential to become the next Silco (charismatic villain so well written and so complex that everybody end up loving him) so they wont spoil the surprise. At least that's what I would do
The Katarina comic had the best sudden-Swain cameo ever. Check it out if you haven't.
Warhammer episode in secret level show is taking place after events of Space marine 2, so if you will play it maybe you want to watch this episode later
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🥴🥴 I was just making an observation, and then trying to be neutral! Don't cancel me!
That is indeed Mel, this cinematic seems to hint at Mel going to Noxus after the events of Season 2 and being introduced as a new League Champion. The cinematic also possibly hints at a future show, yet it hasn't really been confirmed yet.
By the way, I love your reactions!
They did announce they are doing three, focusing on the big three major areas, starting with Noxus, then Ionia, and then Demacia
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I think you're really gonna enjoy the Space Marine (episode 5) and the Armored Core (episode 8) and The Outer Worlds (episode 9) episodes.
honestly, the dual between Darius and Trundle is probably pretty complicated, especially because we aren't really sure when this takes place, Darius looks pretty young here, and, we don't really know how much the story will change now.
but, from my recollection, Trundle and the trolls are pretty imperialist, themselves, and are trying to conquer the Freljord, themselves, and attack a lot of people, for example, the Avarosans.
so, it could be Noxus being the agressors, or the Trolls, though, i find it interesting that Darius was willing to settle things in single combat,
actually, a comment on a different reaction suggested that Darius wasn't supposed to win, or survive his Duel with Trundle, Considering this possibly takes place in the time of Darkwill, and Darius seems like a popular general, I could picture a paranoid, despotic tyrant sending a threat on a suicide mission, akin to certain real life dictators.
Ambessa gets a novel by C.L.Clark Releasing on Feb 18.
Black Rose is the one who founded Noxus
You are so correct about Arcane season 2, it was definitely rushed. They could have milked it out so much more. Then again, for a League of Legends player for over 10 years, I thought Piltover and Zaun were the least interesting regions for me. I think Riot realized that as well and they wanted to expand their horizon so much further. So much bolder and so much more epic.
I'm confused because where did her reactions to Arcane even go?
I recommend episode 2 and 5 which is sifu and Warhammer. It very very good.
I don't recall if you've already reacted to it, but Ambessa does have a prequel video, it is "Blood Sweat & Tears ft. Sheryl Lee Ralph | Official Music Video - League of Legends".
I have that's the video I was talking about at the end of this one that I should rewatch after finishing arcane
@@HannaHsOverInvested Ahh makes sense. :)
There is a book coming out about Ambessa and her past. You will like i it i guess :P
There is no way you will...but you should watch EXU Calamity. It is one of the greatest pieces of media ever created. It is potentially life changing. I know a couple of people that can point to Calamity as the point in their life that things changed.
Black Rose exist in League of Legends and Arcane
React to the lore explained video about Black Rose. Necrit will explain why they added Black Rose in Arcane and it makes sense.
Regarding D&D videos to watch; Perception Check by Tom Cardy is a must watch. But that is literally a song, so probably just for your own amusement kind of thing :)
My bet is that Mel will find out more about Ambessa
Other than arcane s2 was a bit rushed, the black rose part was kinda much better for people somewhat familiarto league lore. Before that it felt kinda disconnected from the lore, other than the character names and the hextech.
Bravo.
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the show is made by the game lore, they can't take out parts
What?? Noxus totally likes making "friends"... very, very aggressively.
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watch necrit explaining the black rose you will understand
You're actually right about the natives xd
Not exactly, the trolls are also invasive and imperialistic, they kill native Freljordians to claim their territory. In this sense, it was just two aggressors finally bumping into each other.
@@thatpunkcatte true, but still kinda funny to think of them as just natives being assaulted by noxians 😂
The pacing was indeed insane in Arcane, but I would not necessarily call it rushed. Only unconventional, and I think it made the story work. Like Jayce said to Viktor: there is beauty in imperfection. And so I have to say the symmetries and how they played with that yin-yang motif made it the right decision to go with two seasons and not with three. But I know, I am weird, and that I actually like high concept approaches.
Also, regarding this video here, yes, Trundle (the troll in the video) is the indigenous person, and that fight seems to take place at the border of Noxus and the Freljord, and I would guess the Noxians started it, since they are all about conquest. But I could be wrong, and it was aggression from the trolls that led to that duel. In anyway, I liked seeing it. And as someone wrote on the official video, it represents so well the top lane experience in game.
I agree. Had they slowed it down, the story would have felt spoon fed. It's very much a keep up or rewatch it again storyline
This is a video promoting the new League of Legends game season and not a new TV series.
It's not gonna be a sequel or a prequel. The next show is gonna be exactly like Arcane. It will probably start in the past with Ambessa, Darius and the others being young war brothers and sisters. Arrive at the present and then push a little past it like Arcane did with Viktors story that did not exist in the lore yet.
All the shows they plan to do are the same: introductory shows to different regions. Noxus just like Piltover has class wars, betrayals, politics (a lot) and the whole package. So they simply want to show Noxus. Then they will move on to the next region, etc.
It is not Dungeons and Dragons related, but can you watch Internet Historians video Fall of 76?
What happened to your Arcane reactions?
I wasnt a fan of the animation mainly because the main guy for Noxus (his name is Swain) wasnt in this. I'm hoping this means he will be the main character of the next arcane show!
Trundle was indeed indigenous and protecting his land lol.
It did look exactly like that.
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Holy crap I didn't watch your channel in some time (but will again!) but you look TIRED! What happened? :D
"The Black Rose was a little superfluous to the story of Arcane and it made it a little muddy... I think the show would be better without it... season 2 should have been two seasons," I completely agree with this assessment, but you put it more succinctly than I could. With Ambessa being the main villain of Season 2 they needed to establish a justification for her ruthless pursuit of hextech, as well as other weapons like Warwick and Viktor, but it felt kinda rushed and unconvincing imo. Mel's storyline was my least favourite of the entire show because it felt superfluous, like the setup for another show rather than an integral part of this one.
You look like you haven't slept in 2 weeks, you good?
The masks is a ball being held by the black roxe yes that black rose the lady at the end is the shadow lady from arcane season 2 her actual name is deblanc she is oldest human alive if can call her human she was around at the start of noxus and could be deemed a anti hero
She inprisoned a evil undesd monster who tried to wipe out the world and then buiot noxus ober his death now she prepares for the beasts resurection by gathering an army of mages
Her goal is good but her actions are not she kidnapps magic children and raises them as weapons thats what she wanted to do with mel
React to anything Dimension 20.
Just to clarify, The Black Rose have always and already existed. I also preferred the quicker pace because of how the show should feel, as if everything is happening at once and it's difficult to keep up, as that's what the characters all feel. But it's just my opinion on how I prefer my stories to grow and continue, as Runeterra didn't begin with Arcane and it doesn't end with it either. It's just one, and a small one, of many stories, and the Black Rose is a much larger one in play, as that is Noxian power.
This 8snt a trailer f9r a spin off show this 8s the next game pass season 9f league this 8s the meta arc of the entire league of legends 7niberse not a small teaser f9 a show
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Not at all.
True. And Mel didn't had to be fleshed out as a main character. I'm totally fine if she died in the story. Her, acquiring power out of her butt was so cringe. I hate that this new character can randomly square off with the original cast, i hate that she can disrespect mommy leblanc even as a clone. Mel was dealing with an ancient myth legend 😂 how is she so ballsy with such undeserving power. Power of golden spoon fed lol. Freaking irrelevant character. I would like her more if she stayed in like the first season.
Hot take: Kinda lost interest in Mel after season 2. She went from this cool, collected, and calculated strategist who had an asnwer for everything to the stereotypical "chosen one" which is always boring imo. Maybe they'll flesh her out but lol hit glowy golden win button is not it for me. Kinda venturing into Mary Sue territory