You got your first look at Morgana in this, you'll see her and her sister in other stories/cinematics. They have very interesting Lore and are one of the more popular ''siblings'' Champions.
Rakan's fate in the SG lore is actually worse than just death. In a previous' story Xayah and Rakan have become corrupted by Zoe, and in an attempt to save both Xayah and the rest of the Star Guardians from Zoe's corruption, Rakan absorbs all of the corruptive powers into himself (while also banishing Zoe) and in return Xayah is purified.
actually 👆🤓 this "IP" is not from Sailor Moon. Mahou shoujo (magical girls) is a genre that has been around for many years, Sailor Moon is just one of the most popular of the genre.
@@HeadGodoftheGodCouncil I'm not saying they're not inspired, I'm just explaining to them that there is a whole genre of anime like that, Sailor Moon didn't invent the genre
@@kjqueen2582 The skinline is based on many works, in the cinematics you can see many inspirations from Sailor Moon, Makoka Magica and many others. There's nothing wrong with admitting that Sailor Moon isn't the only source of inspiration
Was it fiddlesticks? I thought it was more of Zoe since the whole thing was a dream and Zoe is kinda the main thing Edit, yeah no I read up on it and you were right
An interesting fact about the cinematic light and shadow - the song for it was written by the legendary composer Hiroyuki Sawano, who wrote a lot of music for the anime Attack on Titan.
Actually the most tragic story in my opinion is about Fiddlesticks. (That big smiley face in Akalis Cinnematic) I mean in the game he is the Demon of Fear (The 3. Powerful champion according to lore). In the Starguardian Lore he is (was) actually a girl named *Harp* . She stood with the first starguardians ( Zoe was a part of it) => Zoe is actually not evil at all. She saw what happened to Harp and found out that the only way to avoid the transformation is through corrupting the star guardians. You understand in Star Guardian Lore, the Guardians are Immortal (aslong as they manage to stay alive). But every Star has to dim. So if you live long enough, you get corrupted. So Harp turned into the Impersonation of Evil, imprisoned her (Geist) companion and preys on the star guardians and the universe. (sorry if there is missinformation but its been long since i was involved with the story)
The Light & Shadow one always makes me shed a tear, it's so emotional mainly because of the OST, and comes with that ray of hope when Ahri appears at the end
Pre watch: YESSSSSSSSSSSSSS Edit: There's a lot of lore around this! There's a lot of written story and stuff. The one with the purple afro is Rell - she and Quinn aren't really shown in the trailers but they exist. This video was so cute! :D
So in the yearbook the girl with the big purple hair is not Senna but Rell (a metalbender). Rell and Quinn also got a skin that year eventhough they don't appear in the cinematics. At 28:30 under the rain from left to right is Quinn, Rell and Taliyah.
Do you see the stars in Ahri's hand? They seem broken, right? ...You know what it means... For the Xayah/Rakan part, cmiiw, after the fight with Neeko, they're in pretty bad shape + using the corruped star guardian power that eats away their life (they both share the corruption half-half cuz couple) so Rakan chose to absorb all of the corruption into himself to save Xayah and kick her out of the crumbling dimension, leaving her alone and now corrupted-free (hence the song Everything Goes On; Rakan wants Xayah to move on from him because he's not the same guy she used to know anymore) Dunno if you've noticed yet, but the Star Guardian has multiple generation: Gen1: Ahri's team, which she's the only one left to survive Gen2: Lux's team Gen3: Kai'sa's team, the youngest + Xayah who's now corrupted-free There's also Akali who quit being a star guardian due to her condition
As a little foot note Neeko is canonically lesbian! She has many voicelines in the game where she compliments or flirts with other female characters. Neeko has had a previous relationship with Nidalee as well!
And Taliyah is transgender. It's never confirmed cause it's very risky for rito, they work in regions like UAE and rusia, but it's very obvious. And star guardian lore basically confirmed it.
@@BabyGirlInuyasha yes and no. She was designed from the start to be trans, but eventually riot didn't include that part in any part of her lore, so not many players knew that and even less people liked it. But now finally Riot started to giving us some clues.
Orianna might be that girl on the pendant that Singed was holding near the end of the finale of Arcane. While her lore is very similar, it might change with Arcane and have Singed as her father instead since he is obsessed with immortality. Makes sense with Orianna''s lore tied to him as well.
Absolutely, it's totally hinted both Orianna and Singed lore will adapt to it. So Orianna was Singed daughter with a terrible desease, reason why Singed would start working with shimmer trying to save her and of course Heimerdinger not able to relate or understand human feelings would despise this alteration leading to part ways with Singed and forcing him to work in the undercity where prolly Singed allied with Silco in a desperate need of funds to save her daughter while working in experimental other uses for shimmer such as of fighting upgrades. Afterall it's all stated in Arcane that shimmer can't be also used to heal (we saw it in Silco's eye and Vi's wounds) but of course can be used for worst things. What I'm eager to know is how does shimmer base it's obtained and tied to the void wich is actually the live lore in LoL game (void changing monsters and the rift itself) and how it will clash with humanity since void just... consumes everything. I unstertand all of Arcane-like series (however they will be named) will bring to us to understand the world of Runeterra and how they deal with the final clash vs the Void. Can't wait to see it develop, just hope I live enough to see it all!
15:27 Damn. Everything Goes On actually never allows my eyes to stay dry these days. Xayah pining for her lost love, Rakan, who completed her heart and sacrificed himself so that she could escape the dark corruption of Zoe...it fing hurts, yo!! Also, Kai'sa wasting away from losing the relationship with her "totally not girlfriend because they are obviously just very close friends, don't think deeply about it" bestie Akali is dreamy in the most terrible of ways. The quality of the MV is haunting and gorgeous. 25:50 I've actually never seen this vlog video. Very fing cool.
the star guardian skins are one of the most beautiful skinlines with gorgeous effects in the game. Even though this is such a niche genre it is a big success for riot and that's why we got a very big event last summer for this with a big lore drop which makes Starguardians now the most explored lore aside from the canon lore. The fans asked many times for a full anime series but with Arcane this might be a bit much on top of that so instead we got the event last year.
I wish Riot games had explained these stories and events much more for external and internal people. Within the game there were interactive graphic novels and more that explained a lot of the story. and the majority who discover this beautiful part are left wanting more without knowing that there is much more information. I hope you really enjoy all this discovery about all the stories this game has to tell! (I speak Spanish, sorry if something is translated wrong) Things like the Ruined King event and Senna had a lot of story and had potential for an entire Movie or series. Maybe one day we can see more about that.
@@meron7700 obviously yes. In the comics and the novel we discover things like 80% of the old star guardians die , and the second and third ar the replacement for the stars. Lux "giving" the star to Kaisa. And etc , the enemies and why Akali and Kaisa fight , why Xayah lose Rakan and is "dead" , etc etc. League of legends has A really deep lore inclusive in his multiverses
There's also the star guardian Taliyah sessions trailer. I like Taliyah because she was originally designed to be a trans champion but obviously the world (and the big suits at Riot) wasn't ready for that yet. The Star Guardian event was the closest they got to being explicit about that aspect of her design.
To be fair, what is a trans character in this kind of world? Someone that identifies with the opposite sex and therefore.. dresses as the opposite sex? Because.. if that's the case, I guess that can make sense. But to me, IRL trans also means.. surgical procedures, drugs/hormones, etc.. which kinda seems unrealistic for the region. If they had made a trans Zaun character.. that'd make more sense, but Shurima? I don't know. Zeri would have been a decent character to have made something like that.
@@khazms You may need a little more understanding of the trans community. Your comment didn't seem like ragebait, so I wanted to reply in kind. First and foremost: someone in our modern world can still be trans where no surgical procedures or access to gender affirming care exists. Trans people are also still trans if they opt out of procedures or hormone therapy, as not every trans person's experience leads them that way. It's comparable to suggesting that someone isn't actually gay until they've had same-sex funtimes, it's a shame that judging by appearance is what most folks like to think about when talking about trans individuals. The trans experience is more than an individual's ability to pass and should be respected as such. I appreciate that your comment doesn't seem like it's coming from any ill will though - just know that it would make fine sense to have a trans champ from any region.
@@khazms so I'll take this comment as rather a lack of understanding instead of ragebaiting but here it goes. Trans people have always been around even before surgeries, drugs and hormones. They have been around since ancient times so it is very realistic for the region.
You should see Xayah's "motion comic: crossed destinies". It tells her star guardian story and how she "lost" Rakan. It has 4 episodes, it's like a star guardian miniseries. You will love it! Kisses from Brazil!! I love you
It's so cringy. I got their ship in SG universe, their dynamic there is everything. But in canon lore they have nothing cute together. Lux would Final Sparked her for all she done for civilian people.
Light and Shadow is my favourite Riot video ever. They got the GOAT of anime music himself, Hiroyuki Sawano to compose the music in this video, and the animation is so good, goosebumps everytime
I like the Star Guardian skin line. more magical fantasy in fantasy? yeah I'm in wkwk Finally saw Morgana!! Morgana and Kayle are pretty interesting siblings. It's a bit funny when you said that Morgana looks really evil. Bcs in her rework lore, her ideals are more compassionate and forgiving than her 'angel-like' sister. I wish to see more content abt them from Riot tbh
prior to the new SG event came a short story of Ahris and Lux's team fighting back an attack from Zoe of Valorant City. Xayah and Rakhan are also there, deflecting Zoe and fight for the good side once more. Rakhan ends up sacrificing himself to drive Zoe back and he went missing. that is why he is also missing during the SG video where Xayah is in grief after loosing him. it is a great read as well, if you are interested on the sailor moon vibes: I thought so as well but they don't have that much in common with SM other than "girls transforming into cute heroines". the real inspiration for "star guardian" is "madoka magica". a relativly old magical girl series, that goes realy dark places as the story goes on. it is only 1 season as well, so it's bingable. you can see many similarities here like the downsides of becoming a magical girl (SG shine bright but tend to burn out fast) and the shadowrealm from some of the videos, where Akali and Xayah/Rakhan/Neeko is fighting. also Lux SG skin looks like a copy of madoka herself. that's realy on the nose here
I would LOVE to explain so many thiiiiiings hahahha but its so much, from skin lore, to individual champions and regions, so here's just one: The 3 stones/gems Ahri is holding all the time are from her previous team (Neeko, Xayah and Rakan) that supposedly died during a fight vs Zoe. Zoe was once a Star Guardian that became tired of the cycle of new generations of Star Guardians coming and old ones eventually fading into darkness, like a star. Ahri had to flee the fight to survive and now feels forever guilty for what happened to her friends, which is why she talks about changing destiny and decides to go after her dead team, which we discover is alive in the cinematic for the year after. Miss Fortune also survived with Ahri, but she doesn't have as much attention as the main poster girl, Ahri. There's so much more AAAAAAAhH and it's interesting how they all have different personalities, for example Janna in the first Star Guardian skin line, and Syndra are the purple ones, which are associated with more mysterious and wise Star Guardians, that hold many dark secrets from the Star Guardians history.
This lore is very extensive, the girl with the purple afro in the last video is called Rell, she was one of the least worked on skins to be honest, there are other versions of the skins that also have some lore, Example syndra is purple, because she pretends to be evil, but the blue version with glitter is the "real" version of her, ekko also has another version but he doesn't have lore I think, Ahri also has another version/color more white with pastel colors because she is dead just like Lux, Their team leader powers were given to Kaisa and Xayah, and the apprentices are Seraphine and Taliyah.
It'll be pretty long but you guys should watch a star guardian lore video. It'll give a lot of context, why Ahri has the stars in her hands, why Zayah and Rakan are evil then good, why Rakan isn't there after Light and Shadows, why there are other groups, etc...
Oh my. I´m a bit late to the party but let´s explain the SG lore a bit. It is a bit complicated because it isn´t exactly "fixed" but time flows from one team to the other. In the universe there are 2 forces, light and dark. To defend a city against darkness from time to time some "star Guardians" descend from the sky. The first video ("burning bright") is Lux´s team falling down. But even if in the videos Lux´s team is the first one, in the lore is among the newest teams (that´s why Lux is treated like an inexperienced leader). In the lore the members of the first team are still a mistery, we just know that Fiddlesticks was among them. Fiddle "lost her light" and became part of the darkness (in the lore they say that all stars eventually lose their light so it is implied all star guardians have a very high risk of falling to darkness). Those fallen are called Star Nemesis. Zoe saw fiddle´s fall and became a mad, semi-dark star guardian, whose sole objective is to corrup others to avoid becoming completely corrupted. It is heavily implied that Morgana was another member of that team that became a Star Nemesis herself. Some time later, Zoe succeds corrupting 2 members of Ahri´s original team: Xayah and Rakan and making a third one (neeko) dissapear. That´s why we see Ahri with 3 Star Guardian emblems in her hands in her videos. We Don´t know how many Star guardian teams descended between the first one and Ahri´s original team. We know that Neeko, Syndra and Janna are supposed to be older star guardians from one or some of those teams. And we now that Ahri managed to form a 2nd team, as seen in "New Horizon", with Miss Fortune as her second. Just as Lux´s team is descending, Zoe attacks Neeko in "Light and Shadows". Ahri comes to the rescue and manages to save both Neeko and Xayah, but in the process Rakan absorbs all the darkness from within those 2 and becomes a Star Nemesis Himself. After those events, Ahri´s team decide to partner and help Lux´s team. In Another city, Kai´sa and her best friend Akali received the call to form a Star Guardian team. We see fiddlestick´s "shadow" fighting Akali in "shadow of doubt" and managing to make Akali switch sides, becoming a Star Nemesis. So as for now the lore stays like that: Lux´s team training with Ahri´s new team; Xayah´s trying to get Rakan back and Kaisa´s trying to save Akali. And the current star nemesis are: Morgana, Rakan and Akali. Yeah, way too much text for a skin line, i know
ok i dont know the whole story but i dont see anyone else posting it so this is what i remember. there was a event a few years ago and just before it in a comic rakan absorbed all the "taint" that was in xayah to save her and it "killed" him. they ended up believing in he was not dead just somewhere else and had to go save him. also at the same time akali also got tainted and thought instead of purging it she could control it and left. i dont remember who but they decided to go after her. thats just a short version of it and i hope atlease im close. i would say go read it cause it is a great story line. i should go back and read it to refreash.
This is my all time favourite STORY! I really hope they will bring it back or even create a series about it. Also there's like a whole book with the star guardian lore. There are a lot of chapters and ALL the characters are in it.
ive always loved the lore for the star guardian skins bc yes the aesthetic of the skins is VERY cutesy and sailor moon but like other magical girl animes, the lore is a very tragic story. if they ever did animes/shows based on some of the skinlines, i would beg for them to make a series of the star guardians. out of the all the skinlines, star guardians lore has ALWAYS been my top favorite.
if you guys did'nt notice some of them getting dark shades specialy for rakan and xayah ( they have two skins each for star guardians ) and he is not dead he got corrupted after he saved her from zoe who is also corrupted and the stones ahri holds are for other star guardians partners ( the little pokemons with them and fun fact jinx's are her two guns ) who got lost to corruptions nemesis the evil ones like morgana and fiddlesticks who made akali living the nightmare. you guys should check oddyssey trailer and league of legends wild rift lunch trailer you will like it
If you wanna know Star Guardians lore then I hope you like reading cause it's like 5 stories, 5 comics (that for some reason aren't linked on SG page so you have to go to the Comics page to read it) and a biography for each of SG members. And there was also the visual novel in LoL client and the only way to read this now is watch someone's playthrough on YT but I'm not sure how much more new lore it gives since I was too lazy too read it on my own 😭
Burning bright and a new horizon have a Japanese song version Burning bright = endless starlight (Japanese song version) A new horizon = Fates Fall (Japanese song version)
There's actually deep lore behind this skinline but most of it come from in game event so if you want to know more it's better to watch some lore video on yt I guess but to summary the event star guardian came from the first light to fight darkness, star guardian power fade overtime and a new one will born, having multiple star guardian group exist at the same time means it's a bad omen for cataclysmic event in this case is zoey as a dark guardian corrupting star guardian right and left.
Ahhhhh, shiiiiiite!!!! One of my FAVORITE things in the League Universe!!! I am so very much excited to see ya'll's reaction to these. As a once Jinx main, the SG skinline was precious to me from day one,even more so now that ai watch anime. How very fukn cool, ladies.
like always they slighted my boy Urgot. Star Guardian Urgot still the best Star Guardian! much of the lore is not explained in the videos, for that you'd have to read all the lore they have on the site. but if you are interested in a deep dive into leagues lore, be it SG or just regular league/Runeterra, i can only recommend you our lore and savior(pun intended) Necrit. he has lore videos to almost all the skin universes and other background information.
it's fascinating how all this started from a single skins (star guardian lux), it sold so well that they decided to make a skinline out of it which also became a big success and led to making different seasons for the skinline
a new horizon was the theme SG skin drop. Inspired by Sailor moon. I'm like OF course! Light and shadow was the skin drop for star nemesis Xayah( Zay-yuh) Rakan (Rah-kahn) was the two SG left behind to die on a monster planet. So they ended up becoming star nemesis
Ooh I wish they had seen Star Guardian Fiddlesticks, his design is super fun. I love the Star Guardian skins and all the stuff they make around it. Now that there are so many characters there is a lot of lore that doesn't even make it into the main videos they put out lol
if they keep up the pace, we should get new star guardian stuff next year. Im hoping for a boi team. Taric, Yone, Kayne, Sett and Braum or so.. and as evil guys maybe Shaco
By the way there's Star Guardians in "Wild Rift Skin Spotlight". It shows animated intros as well as all the combat effects and recall animations. Well mostly the available ones. Also a "Star Guardian Xayah & Rakan Become Redeemed Star Guardians (Short CG) @wildrift". How Xayah and her new team save Rakan.
so in star guardian lore xayah and rakan got corrupted by Zoe but Rakan could break free for a moment and redeem xayah, so xayah is now hoping to cleanse him as well
there are web comics of this line. i know its on their website but not sure if they are anywhere else. it is also the biggest and has the most about it alt universe,
3:59 The Star Guardian Jinx skin is probably still my favorite one to play as, and that's saying a LOT, because she has gotten some serious fing love from Rito over the years. 5:40 Riot should be arrested over the fact that they have not made a Star Guardians animated series yet. It is the most obvious thing in the world that they should have ever done, even way before Arcane was a thing. 9:18 Hiroyuki Sawano- the GOAT of GOATS, when it comes to soundtracks that are actully magick spells. If there is one name anime fans will come to know and never forget, it's this man! 12:15 If you play as Xayah and Rakan, there are specialty things that happen, like if one of you are recalling to base, at any moment during your channeling, say as Xayah, Rakan can click on you and jump to joon you as it goes off. Also, their in game flirting banter is ADORABLE and kinda horny. They are THE lovebirds(pun kinda intended) of League of Legends. 12:40 Zoe is.......delightful cancer. When I want to make my lane opponent rage quit, I play Zoe. One of my favs, she can get lucky and annihilate a squishy champion in one single attack. 😂
in light and shadow music video, the little evil pirple girl is the one of my pfp and my favorit character is call zoe, in the star guardian lore, she corrupted star guardian for make the good star guardian stop to fight, because the best friend of zoe, getting corrupted by scary and she transform into a monster, so zoe try to save all star guardian to stop being like this, she wont anymore die like her best friend, its for that : zoe is the best girl i love my cutie baby ;w;
For the record, *I Ship Star Guardian Jinx and Star Guardian Lux SO HARD!* Even in the stories, Jinx straight up interludes between one of the male characters getting too friends with Lux, lolol!
Ah yes, Star guardians. So beatiful (i can still see beauty even if i am a man and not really a fan of magic girls), but yet sometimes so sad. I cried when i watched Everything Goes On first time and i still crying now (cause yeah, Rakan did die protecting Xayah. Also have to point out, in this universe Seraphine (with yellow hair, singer girl) is a empath - she can understand persons feelings just by touching them, so she felt all Xayah despair and saddness and tries to comfort her the best she can). There is some moments that never stop touching ur heart and soul, no matter what. Also some side-notes about new to u characters. Sona is indeed the mage that use music (u also see her briefly in Ryze Call of Power cinematic) and she also mute. She communicates with her art. Sadly now she is a bit overshadowed by Seraphine in-game, cause their skills is kinda simular but Seraphine does things better? thats why people called her Sona 2.0. when u choose her in-game, her creetings phrase is "Only u can hear me, Summoner! What masterpiece shall we play today?" As for Orianna, she was born in Zaun and had severe illness due to polluted air. Her father spend his life to bit by bit replace parts of her body to mechanical ones and give her new life, Hpwever that had a side effect - as not truly human, she cant fully understand their emotions and feelings. Great reaction as always, keep enjoying the League world and good luck!))
React to LoL Worlds Opening 2019. It is for sure the best opening ever. Probably better show than any half time Super Bowl ever. Probably the best live show ever created. Worth watching!
Orianna MAY appear in the second season of Arcane, there was a statue of her on the teaser. She also appears in one small frame on the last episode of the first season. The main question is: who is related to her? Theories, theories...
@@jeffkoenig7402 Lots of folks are leaning on the idea that it's the chembaroness seen in S1 ep. 7, "Margot" (not sure if they'll stick with this name, it could be codename/concept name), because of the similar 4dots seen on the statue's forehead with similar piercings. I'm inclined to believe this too, but I agree that we need some Janna representation aside from where we saw the Jinx graffiti! I always love theories though! I'm sure Riot is aware just how much the community gets riled up when they give us the smallest nuggets to work with.
@@hungryrabbiddawg fwiw (and *everyone* is just speculating no matter who they are) Necrit and TBSkyen both think it's Janna. I just happen to agree with them.
You got your first look at Morgana in this, you'll see her and her sister in other stories/cinematics. They have very interesting Lore and are one of the more popular ''siblings'' Champions.
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Also funny how they said she looks evil as hell, yet she is one if not the sweetest champion in the entire game. How looks can deceive :P
Rakan's fate in the SG lore is actually worse than just death. In a previous' story Xayah and Rakan have become corrupted by Zoe, and in an attempt to save both Xayah and the rest of the Star Guardians from Zoe's corruption, Rakan absorbs all of the corruptive powers into himself (while also banishing Zoe) and in return Xayah is purified.
actually 👆🤓 this "IP" is not from Sailor Moon. Mahou shoujo (magical girls) is a genre that has been around for many years, Sailor Moon is just one of the most popular of the genre.
Yeah, but these skins were literally based/inspired by Sailor Moon though.
This skin line is based on sailor moon even the lux return animation she ends up doing the usagi pose
@@HeadGodoftheGodCouncil I'm not saying they're not inspired, I'm just explaining to them that there is a whole genre of anime like that, Sailor Moon didn't invent the genre
@@kjqueen2582 The skinline is based on many works, in the cinematics you can see many inspirations from Sailor Moon, Makoka Magica and many others. There's nothing wrong with admitting that Sailor Moon isn't the only source of inspiration
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Should've show them Star Nemesis Fiddlesticks for Shadow of a Doubt, that was his realm after all
Was it fiddlesticks? I thought it was more of Zoe since the whole thing was a dream and Zoe is kinda the main thing
Edit, yeah no I read up on it and you were right
@@bubbledog12Fiddlesticks is the demon responsible. Just blasting Akali with everything she fears. It is his realm
An interesting fact about the cinematic light and shadow - the song for it was written by the legendary composer Hiroyuki Sawano, who wrote a lot of music for the anime Attack on Titan.
Now that you say it I can totally hear it 😮
Guilty Crown walked so Attack on Titan could run, put some respect on its name😤.
Actually the most tragic story in my opinion is about Fiddlesticks. (That big smiley face in Akalis Cinnematic)
I mean in the game he is the Demon of Fear (The 3. Powerful champion according to lore).
In the Starguardian Lore he is (was) actually a girl named *Harp* . She stood with the first starguardians ( Zoe was a part of it)
=> Zoe is actually not evil at all. She saw what happened to Harp and found out that the only way to avoid the transformation is through corrupting the star guardians.
You understand in Star Guardian Lore, the Guardians are Immortal (aslong as they manage to stay alive). But every Star has to dim. So if you live long enough, you get corrupted. So Harp turned into the Impersonation of Evil, imprisoned her (Geist) companion and preys on the star guardians and the universe.
(sorry if there is missinformation but its been long since i was involved with the story)
The Light & Shadow one always makes me shed a tear, it's so emotional mainly because of the OST, and comes with that ray of hope when Ahri appears at the end
Every time I here it, it reminds me of Attack on Titan ost.
Pre watch: YESSSSSSSSSSSSSS
Edit: There's a lot of lore around this! There's a lot of written story and stuff. The one with the purple afro is Rell - she and Quinn aren't really shown in the trailers but they exist.
This video was so cute! :D
this video made me realize how Riot completely ignored Quinn and Rell for most of the stan guardians promotions lol
So in the yearbook the girl with the big purple hair is not Senna but Rell (a metalbender). Rell and Quinn also got a skin that year eventhough they don't appear in the cinematics. At 28:30 under the rain from left to right is Quinn, Rell and Taliyah.
Do you see the stars in Ahri's hand? They seem broken, right?
...You know what it means...
For the Xayah/Rakan part,
cmiiw, after the fight with Neeko, they're in pretty bad shape + using the corruped star guardian power that eats away their life (they both share the corruption half-half cuz couple) so Rakan chose to absorb all of the corruption into himself to save Xayah and kick her out of the crumbling dimension, leaving her alone and now corrupted-free (hence the song Everything Goes On; Rakan wants Xayah to move on from him because he's not the same guy she used to know anymore)
Dunno if you've noticed yet, but the Star Guardian has multiple generation:
Gen1: Ahri's team, which she's the only one left to survive
Gen2: Lux's team
Gen3: Kai'sa's team, the youngest + Xayah who's now corrupted-free
There's also Akali who quit being a star guardian due to her condition
antes do time da ahri se não me engano e pelo q o pessoal jah falou nos comentarios teve o time da zoe.
my fav duo never end this ❤
🥰🥰😉
You are a really cute couple 😊 you remind me a bit Korra and Asami@@MeeshDeeReacts
As a little foot note Neeko is canonically lesbian! She has many voicelines in the game where she compliments or flirts with other female characters. Neeko has had a previous relationship with Nidalee as well!
And Taliyah is transgender.
It's never confirmed cause it's very risky for rito, they work in regions like UAE and rusia, but it's very obvious. And star guardian lore basically confirmed it.
@@Aaniel_al.Meara. i though taliyah being trans came out years ago lol
@@BabyGirlInuyasha yes and no. She was designed from the start to be trans, but eventually riot didn't include that part in any part of her lore, so not many players knew that and even less people liked it. But now finally Riot started to giving us some clues.
Funny how everyone says Morgana looks evil then you read the lore and find shes the good sister lol.
Kayle and Morgana both "good"
Orianna might be that girl on the pendant that Singed was holding near the end of the finale of Arcane. While her lore is very similar, it might change with Arcane and have Singed as her father instead since he is obsessed with immortality. Makes sense with Orianna''s lore tied to him as well.
Absolutely, it's totally hinted both Orianna and Singed lore will adapt to it. So Orianna was Singed daughter with a terrible desease, reason why Singed would start working with shimmer trying to save her and of course Heimerdinger not able to relate or understand human feelings would despise this alteration leading to part ways with Singed and forcing him to work in the undercity where prolly Singed allied with Silco in a desperate need of funds to save her daughter while working in experimental other uses for shimmer such as of fighting upgrades.
Afterall it's all stated in Arcane that shimmer can't be also used to heal (we saw it in Silco's eye and Vi's wounds) but of course can be used for worst things.
What I'm eager to know is how does shimmer base it's obtained and tied to the void wich is actually the live lore in LoL game (void changing monsters and the rift itself) and how it will clash with humanity since void just... consumes everything. I unstertand all of Arcane-like series (however they will be named) will bring to us to understand the world of Runeterra and how they deal with the final clash vs the Void.
Can't wait to see it develop, just hope I live enough to see it all!
15:27 Damn. Everything Goes On actually never allows my eyes to stay dry these days. Xayah pining for her lost love, Rakan, who completed her heart and sacrificed himself so that she could escape the dark corruption of Zoe...it fing hurts, yo!! Also, Kai'sa wasting away from losing the relationship with her "totally not girlfriend because they are obviously just very close friends, don't think deeply about it" bestie Akali is dreamy in the most terrible of ways. The quality of the MV is haunting and gorgeous.
25:50 I've actually never seen this vlog video. Very fing cool.
Whenever I see Orianna I just think “I too, once had a daughter
When distinguishing the characters, always pay attention to the weapons.
Morgana just looks evil but compared to kayle she's more compassionate
"our girl Evelynn" 😭😭😭 hopefully someday
the star guardian skins are one of the most beautiful skinlines with gorgeous effects in the game. Even though this is such a niche genre it is a big success for riot and that's why we got a very big event last summer for this with a big lore drop which makes Starguardians now the most explored lore aside from the canon lore. The fans asked many times for a full anime series but with Arcane this might be a bit much on top of that so instead we got the event last year.
I wish Riot games had explained these stories and events much more for external and internal people. Within the game there were interactive graphic novels and more that explained a lot of the story. and the majority who discover this beautiful part are left wanting more without knowing that there is much more information. I hope you really enjoy all this discovery about all the stories this game has to tell! (I speak Spanish, sorry if something is translated wrong) Things like the Ruined King event and Senna had a lot of story and had potential for an entire Movie or series. Maybe one day we can see more about that.
Did the graphic novels go deeper into the lore than the short stories?
@@meron7700 obviously yes. In the comics and the novel we discover things like 80% of the old star guardians die , and the second and third ar the replacement for the stars. Lux "giving" the star to Kaisa. And etc , the enemies and why Akali and Kaisa fight , why Xayah lose Rakan and is "dead" , etc etc. League of legends has A really deep lore inclusive in his multiverses
@@adrianvelasquez1527 No I meant comparing the graphic novels with the short stories and manga you can find online. Or are they the same thing?
Y'all are actually cruising through these! Glad I subbed 1-2 weeks ago! Keep the train going! 😊
There's also the star guardian Taliyah sessions trailer. I like Taliyah because she was originally designed to be a trans champion but obviously the world (and the big suits at Riot) wasn't ready for that yet. The Star Guardian event was the closest they got to being explicit about that aspect of her design.
I didn't know that, thanks!
To be fair, what is a trans character in this kind of world? Someone that identifies with the opposite sex and therefore.. dresses as the opposite sex?
Because.. if that's the case, I guess that can make sense. But to me, IRL trans also means.. surgical procedures, drugs/hormones, etc.. which kinda seems unrealistic for the region.
If they had made a trans Zaun character.. that'd make more sense, but Shurima? I don't know. Zeri would have been a decent character to have made something like that.
@@khazms trans people existed before surgery fyi. What a dumb and frankly weird comment to post
@@khazms You may need a little more understanding of the trans community. Your comment didn't seem like ragebait, so I wanted to reply in kind.
First and foremost: someone in our modern world can still be trans where no surgical procedures or access to gender affirming care exists. Trans people are also still trans if they opt out of procedures or hormone therapy, as not every trans person's experience leads them that way. It's comparable to suggesting that someone isn't actually gay until they've had same-sex funtimes, it's a shame that judging by appearance is what most folks like to think about when talking about trans individuals. The trans experience is more than an individual's ability to pass and should be respected as such.
I appreciate that your comment doesn't seem like it's coming from any ill will though - just know that it would make fine sense to have a trans champ from any region.
@@khazms so I'll take this comment as rather a lack of understanding instead of ragebaiting but here it goes.
Trans people have always been around even before surgeries, drugs and hormones. They have been around since ancient times so it is very realistic for the region.
Still Here and The Call is a must to react to.
WHY YALL FEED US SO CRAZY 😭 I LOVE U BOTH!! + THE HEAVEN SENT EDITOR ❤
You should see Xayah's "motion comic: crossed destinies". It tells her star guardian story and how she "lost" Rakan.
It has 4 episodes, it's like a star guardian miniseries. You will love it!
Kisses from Brazil!! I love you
ruclips.net/video/r2VTsZQa3Tc/видео.htmlsi=DVJBBqnxYp1k-Fpv
I didn't find it in English :(
Jinx x Lux is a couple loved by the community, the reason comes from this skinline, even though they have never met in lore.
It's so cringy. I got their ship in SG universe, their dynamic there is everything. But in canon lore they have nothing cute together. Lux would Final Sparked her for all she done for civilian people.
Man, Everything Goes On make me tear up every time.
Light and Shadow is my favourite Riot video ever. They got the GOAT of anime music himself, Hiroyuki Sawano to compose the music in this video, and the animation is so good, goosebumps everytime
27:55 I legit almost forget Rell's name, rofl!
That's a real 'feelsbadman' right there, lmao! 😂
I like the Star Guardian skin line. more magical fantasy in fantasy? yeah I'm in wkwk
Finally saw Morgana!! Morgana and Kayle are pretty interesting siblings.
It's a bit funny when you said that Morgana looks really evil. Bcs in her rework lore, her ideals are more compassionate and forgiving than her 'angel-like' sister. I wish to see more content abt them from Riot tbh
prior to the new SG event came a short story of Ahris and Lux's team fighting back an attack from Zoe of Valorant City. Xayah and Rakhan are also there, deflecting Zoe and fight for the good side once more. Rakhan ends up sacrificing himself to drive Zoe back and he went missing. that is why he is also missing during the SG video where Xayah is in grief after loosing him. it is a great read as well, if you are interested
on the sailor moon vibes: I thought so as well but they don't have that much in common with SM other than "girls transforming into cute heroines". the real inspiration for "star guardian" is "madoka magica". a relativly old magical girl series, that goes realy dark places as the story goes on. it is only 1 season as well, so it's bingable. you can see many similarities here like the downsides of becoming a magical girl (SG shine bright but tend to burn out fast) and the shadowrealm from some of the videos, where Akali and Xayah/Rakhan/Neeko is fighting. also Lux SG skin looks like a copy of madoka herself. that's realy on the nose here
I would LOVE to explain so many thiiiiiings hahahha but its so much, from skin lore, to individual champions and regions, so here's just one:
The 3 stones/gems Ahri is holding all the time are from her previous team (Neeko, Xayah and Rakan) that supposedly died during a fight vs Zoe. Zoe was once a Star Guardian that became tired of the cycle of new generations of Star Guardians coming and old ones eventually fading into darkness, like a star. Ahri had to flee the fight to survive and now feels forever guilty for what happened to her friends, which is why she talks about changing destiny and decides to go after her dead team, which we discover is alive in the cinematic for the year after. Miss Fortune also survived with Ahri, but she doesn't have as much attention as the main poster girl, Ahri.
There's so much more AAAAAAAhH and it's interesting how they all have different personalities, for example Janna in the first Star Guardian skin line, and Syndra are the purple ones, which are associated with more mysterious and wise Star Guardians, that hold many dark secrets from the Star Guardians history.
This lore is very extensive, the girl with the purple afro in the last video is called Rell, she was one of the least worked on skins to be honest, there are other versions of the skins that also have some lore, Example syndra is purple, because she pretends to be evil, but the blue version with glitter is the "real" version of her, ekko also has another version but he doesn't have lore I think, Ahri also has another version/color more white with pastel colors because she is dead just like Lux, Their team leader powers were given to Kaisa and Xayah, and the apprentices are Seraphine and Taliyah.
In the comic book cover Senna is reading there are Shyvana and Jarvan IV.
I YOU ONLY KNEW how fun is that XD
When i saw Xayah crys, i cry too.. its so heartbreaking omfg
Morgana looks evil but, surprisingly, she is the good sister 😂
Just like Kayle
GIRLS! Watch: ‘Dev Update: Heightened Hexperience’ There’s a new clip from arcane season 2!!
It’s from league of legends wild rift channel
It'll be pretty long but you guys should watch a star guardian lore video. It'll give a lot of context, why Ahri has the stars in her hands, why Zayah and Rakan are evil then good, why Rakan isn't there after Light and Shadows, why there are other groups, etc...
Oh my. I´m a bit late to the party but let´s explain the SG lore a bit. It is a bit complicated because it isn´t exactly "fixed" but time flows from one team to the other. In the universe there are 2 forces, light and dark. To defend a city against darkness from time to time some "star Guardians" descend from the sky. The first video ("burning bright") is Lux´s team falling down. But even if in the videos Lux´s team is the first one, in the lore is among the newest teams (that´s why Lux is treated like an inexperienced leader).
In the lore the members of the first team are still a mistery, we just know that Fiddlesticks was among them. Fiddle "lost her light" and became part of the darkness (in the lore they say that all stars eventually lose their light so it is implied all star guardians have a very high risk of falling to darkness). Those fallen are called Star Nemesis. Zoe saw fiddle´s fall and became a mad, semi-dark star guardian, whose sole objective is to corrup others to avoid becoming completely corrupted. It is heavily implied that Morgana was another member of that team that became a Star Nemesis herself.
Some time later, Zoe succeds corrupting 2 members of Ahri´s original team: Xayah and Rakan and making a third one (neeko) dissapear. That´s why we see Ahri with 3 Star Guardian emblems in her hands in her videos. We Don´t know how many Star guardian teams descended between the first one and Ahri´s original team. We know that Neeko, Syndra and Janna are supposed to be older star guardians from one or some of those teams. And we now that Ahri managed to form a 2nd team, as seen in "New Horizon", with Miss Fortune as her second.
Just as Lux´s team is descending, Zoe attacks Neeko in "Light and Shadows". Ahri comes to the rescue and manages to save both Neeko and Xayah, but in the process Rakan absorbs all the darkness from within those 2 and becomes a Star Nemesis Himself. After those events, Ahri´s team decide to partner and help Lux´s team.
In Another city, Kai´sa and her best friend Akali received the call to form a Star Guardian team. We see fiddlestick´s "shadow" fighting Akali in "shadow of doubt" and managing to make Akali switch sides, becoming a Star Nemesis.
So as for now the lore stays like that: Lux´s team training with Ahri´s new team; Xayah´s trying to get Rakan back and Kaisa´s trying to save Akali. And the current star nemesis are: Morgana, Rakan and Akali. Yeah, way too much text for a skin line, i know
ok i dont know the whole story but i dont see anyone else posting it so this is what i remember. there was a event a few years ago and just before it in a comic rakan absorbed all the "taint" that was in xayah to save her and it "killed" him. they ended up believing in he was not dead just somewhere else and had to go save him. also at the same time akali also got tainted and thought instead of purging it she could control it and left. i dont remember who but they decided to go after her. thats just a short version of it and i hope atlease im close. i would say go read it cause it is a great story line. i should go back and read it to refreash.
This is my all time favourite STORY! I really hope they will bring it back or even create a series about it. Also there's like a whole book with the star guardian lore. There are a lot of chapters and ALL the characters are in it.
ive always loved the lore for the star guardian skins bc yes the aesthetic of the skins is VERY cutesy and sailor moon but like other magical girl animes, the lore is a very tragic story. if they ever did animes/shows based on some of the skinlines, i would beg for them to make a series of the star guardians. out of the all the skinlines, star guardians lore has ALWAYS been my top favorite.
if you guys did'nt notice some of them getting dark shades specialy for rakan and xayah ( they have two skins each for star guardians ) and he is not dead he got corrupted after he saved her from zoe who is also corrupted and the stones ahri holds are for other star guardians partners ( the little pokemons with them and fun fact jinx's are her two guns ) who got lost to corruptions nemesis the evil ones like morgana and fiddlesticks who made akali living the nightmare.
you guys should check oddyssey trailer and league of legends wild rift lunch trailer you will like it
since you liked ayah and Rakan - they have some really nice voice lines together and a special joined recall. You might want to check that out ;)
hi from a poppy and neeko player :D my favorite champions. poppy is the yordle with the hammer and neeko the lizard girl running on all fours .
If you wanna know Star Guardians lore then I hope you like reading cause it's like 5 stories, 5 comics (that for some reason aren't linked on SG page so you have to go to the Comics page to read it) and a biography for each of SG members. And there was also the visual novel in LoL client and the only way to read this now is watch someone's playthrough on YT but I'm not sure how much more new lore it gives since I was too lazy too read it on my own 😭
Burning bright and a new horizon have a Japanese song version
Burning bright = endless starlight (Japanese song version)
A new horizon = Fates Fall (Japanese song version)
alot of lore is hidden in voicelanes of the champions. so might be an idea to react to those too
There's actually deep lore behind this skinline but most of it come from in game event so if you want to know more it's better to watch some lore video on yt I guess but to summary the event star guardian came from the first light to fight darkness, star guardian power fade overtime and a new one will born, having multiple star guardian group exist at the same time means it's a bad omen for cataclysmic event in this case is zoey as a dark guardian corrupting star guardian right and left.
14:20 I have PMS, but i'm crying watching Xayah running after the feather of Rakan
Watch Kaiju No. 8 it's short (12 episodes), fun, and carrying the summer.
Ahhhhh, shiiiiiite!!!! One of my FAVORITE things in the League Universe!!! I am so very much excited to see ya'll's reaction to these. As a once Jinx main, the SG skinline was precious to me from day one,even more so now that ai watch anime.
How very fukn cool, ladies.
Seeing you two as Xayah and Rakan (Rah-khan) would be dope af, I approve!
Also, Morgana is my bae.
like always they slighted my boy Urgot. Star Guardian Urgot still the best Star Guardian!
much of the lore is not explained in the videos, for that you'd have to read all the lore they have on the site. but if you are interested in a deep dive into leagues lore, be it SG or just regular league/Runeterra, i can only recommend you our lore and savior(pun intended) Necrit. he has lore videos to almost all the skin universes and other background information.
it's fascinating how all this started from a single skins (star guardian lux), it sold so well that they decided to make a skinline out of it which also became a big success and led to making different seasons for the skinline
Also LOL the Evelynn background.
Morgana may look evil but shes really nice.
a new horizon was the theme SG skin drop. Inspired by Sailor moon. I'm like OF course!
Light and shadow was the skin drop for star nemesis
Xayah( Zay-yuh) Rakan (Rah-kahn) was the two SG left behind to die on a monster planet. So they ended up becoming star nemesis
Ooh I wish they had seen Star Guardian Fiddlesticks, his design is super fun. I love the Star Guardian skins and all the stuff they make around it. Now that there are so many characters there is a lot of lore that doesn't even make it into the main videos they put out lol
if they keep up the pace, we should get new star guardian stuff next year. Im hoping for a boi team. Taric, Yone, Kayne, Sett and Braum or so.. and as evil guys maybe Shaco
By the way there's Star Guardians in "Wild Rift Skin Spotlight". It shows animated intros as well as all the combat effects and recall animations. Well mostly the available ones.
Also a "Star Guardian Xayah & Rakan Become Redeemed Star Guardians (Short CG) @wildrift".
How Xayah and her new team save Rakan.
Morgana looks dark. But she is good. You should learn about her and her sister Kayle.
You forgot to watch the endless starlight video, I know its only JP league, but it does have english subtitles if you are interested.
Omg. The Evelynn in the back ahah. Love it. Shes been my main for years. Nice to see im not the only one simping hard for her lol.
so in star guardian lore xayah and rakan got corrupted by Zoe but Rakan could break free for a moment and redeem xayah, so xayah is now hoping to cleanse him as well
finally someone who recognized jinx right away. xD
Poppy’s iconic line: I’m just a yordel with a hammer
lol when you said Rell looks like Bretman Rock I cannot unseen it now 💀
😂😂😂😂
there are web comics of this line. i know its on their website but not sure if they are anywhere else. it is also the biggest and has the most about it alt universe,
3:59 The Star Guardian Jinx skin is probably still my favorite one to play as, and that's saying a LOT, because she has gotten some serious fing love from Rito over the years.
5:40 Riot should be arrested over the fact that they have not made a Star Guardians animated series yet. It is the most obvious thing in the world that they should have ever done, even way before Arcane was a thing.
9:18 Hiroyuki Sawano- the GOAT of GOATS, when it comes to soundtracks that are actully magick spells. If there is one name anime fans will come to know and never forget, it's this man!
12:15 If you play as Xayah and Rakan, there are specialty things that happen, like if one of you are recalling to base, at any moment during your channeling, say as Xayah, Rakan can click on you and jump to joon you as it goes off. Also, their in game flirting banter is ADORABLE and kinda horny. They are THE lovebirds(pun kinda intended) of League of Legends.
12:40 Zoe is.......delightful cancer. When I want to make my lane opponent rage quit, I play Zoe. One of my favs, she can get lucky and annihilate a squishy champion in one single attack. 😂
This was such a fun world to fall into the aesthetic goes so hard hahahah
In the Video"Everything goes on" Zoe killed Rakan so thats why she cried.
I love the star guardians 💙
I'd love to see yall read more about the lore. I legit cried like crazy reading about those chapters about Rakan and Xayah
Thank you for the reaction ❤
You have to hear the japanese version of this Opening song, it's another song, another version, and it's beautiful, totally japanese OwO 💖
Star Guardian Rakan is my favourite skin on the whole game, it's majestic
OMG, if you think this skin line is cool, react to ALL the coven cinematics with Evelynn Voicelines
Ay....shoutout to Coven! I love that skinline! The aesthetic and lore we get for that AU is perfectly balanced between mystical and creepy.
I still believe we should get a 2D cartoon based on these characters at some point. Its very easy money.
in light and shadow music video, the little evil pirple girl is the one of my pfp and my favorit character is call zoe, in the star guardian lore, she corrupted star guardian for make the good star guardian stop to fight, because the best friend of zoe, getting corrupted by scary and she transform into a monster, so zoe try to save all star guardian to stop being like this, she wont anymore die like her best friend, its for that : zoe is the best girl i love my cutie baby ;w;
YESSSS STAR GUARDIANS!!! So excited for this!!!
alot of evelynn mains really want a sg skin i feel ya
Another alternative universe/skin line they might like to watch would be Odyssey with Jinx
I have played league for over 10 years, and you know more about the lore than I do
For the record, *I Ship Star Guardian Jinx and Star Guardian Lux SO HARD!*
Even in the stories, Jinx straight up interludes between one of the male characters getting too friends with Lux, lolol!
Ah yes, Star guardians. So beatiful (i can still see beauty even if i am a man and not really a fan of magic girls), but yet sometimes so sad. I cried when i watched Everything Goes On first time and i still crying now (cause yeah, Rakan did die protecting Xayah. Also have to point out, in this universe Seraphine (with yellow hair, singer girl) is a empath - she can understand persons feelings just by touching them, so she felt all Xayah despair and saddness and tries to comfort her the best she can). There is some moments that never stop touching ur heart and soul, no matter what.
Also some side-notes about new to u characters. Sona is indeed the mage that use music (u also see her briefly in Ryze Call of Power cinematic) and she also mute. She communicates with her art. Sadly now she is a bit overshadowed by Seraphine in-game, cause their skills is kinda simular but Seraphine does things better? thats why people called her Sona 2.0. when u choose her in-game, her creetings phrase is "Only u can hear me, Summoner! What masterpiece shall we play today?"
As for Orianna, she was born in Zaun and had severe illness due to polluted air. Her father spend his life to bit by bit replace parts of her body to mechanical ones and give her new life, Hpwever that had a side effect - as not truly human, she cant fully understand their emotions and feelings.
Great reaction as always, keep enjoying the League world and good luck!))
FACT : Sawano who produced the song in Light and Shadow video is the same guy who produced Attack On Titan OST
There are 2 musics in portuguese about the star guardians that I really think you guys would love, and they´re subtitled aswell
Did you notice that Xayah and Rakan wear each others' feathers?
La última chica de pelo violeta no es Senna. Las que sale en las foto. Es Rell. Campeón de noxus
the way i dreamt about this reaction is crazy
I hope you watch Necrits videos on all the lore. He explains it all for you.
6:13 theres too many magical girl series at this point that star guardians aint neew
Rell erasure here too 😭😭. They should have showed them Fiddlesticks skin too. But loved the video! SG on top!!
The Magical Girl Genre is actually a huge genre, and while Sailor Moon is the most popular, I personally prefer Madoka Magica.
React to LoL Worlds Opening 2019. It is for sure the best opening ever. Probably better show than any half time Super Bowl ever. Probably the best live show ever created. Worth watching!
My girl Soraka ❤ She is the best healer of the game
Sailormoon is to magical girl genre of what dragon ball is to action genre
Orianna MAY appear in the second season of Arcane, there was a statue of her on the teaser. She also appears in one small frame on the last episode of the first season. The main question is: who is related to her? Theories, theories...
I'm pretty sure the statue in the trailer is Janna
But I agree with the theory of her suspected appearance in the season 1 finale.
@@jeffkoenig7402 Lots of folks are leaning on the idea that it's the chembaroness seen in S1 ep. 7, "Margot" (not sure if they'll stick with this name, it could be codename/concept name), because of the similar 4dots seen on the statue's forehead with similar piercings. I'm inclined to believe this too, but I agree that we need some Janna representation aside from where we saw the Jinx graffiti!
I always love theories though! I'm sure Riot is aware just how much the community gets riled up when they give us the smallest nuggets to work with.
@@hungryrabbiddawg fwiw (and *everyone* is just speculating no matter who they are) Necrit and TBSkyen both think it's Janna. I just happen to agree with them.