Fiddlesticks is a very old champion who was just an incredibly cheesy crow-controlling scarecrow, at first, so outdated that they reworked him and turned him into this. Now, since they couldn't just change his name, and Fiddlesticks is a very silly name for one of the oldest known demons, they explained it as a moniker that children gave to the boogeyman from the stories inspired by him. He's more or less a folk monster, except he actually exists.
- he's the first of the 10 demons wandering Runeterra, it lives inside the cage chest of the scarecrow - Fiddlesticks can only say two types of things: the last words of past victims, or something related to the worst fears of those he's hunting - He makes the metal of the scarecrow to vibrate, rubb and that kind of things to speak - the voice actor does it without any physical or digital/electronic modification, he has a video on YT explaining how
For now, out of the ten demons, seven have been confirmed: 1 Fiddlesticks (The Demon of Fear) 2 Swain (Raum - The Demon of Deep Secrets) 3 Shaco (Delirium - The Demon of Obtuse) 4 Tahm Kench (Addiction - The Demon of Greed) 5 Evelynn (Agony - The Demon of Pain) 6 Nocturne (The Demon of Nightmares) 7 Yone (Azakana - The Demon of Negative) You can hear Fiddle refer to their nature when he speaks to those champions. The 8th demon should be the demon of madness, and people seem to think it might be Jhin but nothing is certain. Then there is bliss and obsession which are currently unknown.
@@kaihiroku8495 from what I remember those are minor demons compared to the ten kings, fiddle being the first of them and now the new champ being possessed by the demon of joy. Azakana are even more minor and are kind of everywhere
@@kaihiroku8495 Currently only Fiddle and the demon that Nilah uses are two of the ten demons Fiddle talks about. All other demons are minor demons. Furthermore Eve feeds of agony and not just pain, Shaco is not a demon at all and Yone's demon is not named azakana. Azakana is a stage in the live of demons, the weakest demosn are all Azakana and they grow until they reach the stage that Eve, Raum and Nocturne for example have.
Honestly, what I like most about the new fiddle is all the implications that his voicelines are making. Stuff like "Its in the house" and "don't leave me" literally paint a picture in my mind, its insane.
Best part is that over time, he must’ve started with only the words said by people who he killed, then he USED those voices to lure people, and now he has the words spoken by people trying to find what they think is someone in distress (“follow my voice”).
for the Sarah thing: miss fortune's name is Sarah, the "hide Sarah hide!" was basically her mother calling for her to hide, before she get killed by gangplank. so yeah fiddlestick were pretty much making her reliving her biggest trauma. Also, I love your reaction btw. its fun watching your journey discovering the league of legend world, and I hope you do more deep dives into single champion like this one in the future
"Fiddlesticks is just a fable. A story to scare children". I can't help but laugh a little imagining the scene, like 2 friends with one a little afraid, and the other trying to reassure him, with Fiddle suddenly appearing like " 'sup ?"
There’s a video where the VA for Fiddle sitting in his car talking about how he does it, and from that you can tell that there’s actually not a lot of effects added, which makes the voice that much crazier. It’s good stuff.
Yeah, it's a voice most can probably do. The trick is to breathe in when you're talking to give it that rasped, forced effect. At least, that's how I do it.
It's a combination of restricting your throat to make the voice sound croaky, and speaking on both the inhale and exhale to make it sound breathy and unnatural.
All of Fiddle's voicelines are him mimicking what he hears from his victims before he kills them, like in the cinematic, when you hear the "help me!". Its also why you can hear animal noises and people being out of breath, or talking about people being lost in the field. Its speculated that his name originated when one of his first victims realized they screwed up, like the term "Oh Fiddlesticks". He's also one of the first demons on Runeterra, and is said to be the first of ten primordial demons (also we arent sure exactly who those are)
@@omega7057 I think the animal noises are just fiddle's imitations of the animals on farms, as he's depicted as a scarecrow, farmers probably hear animals outside all the time, wouldnt do much to fool them.
If the speculation turns out to be true, then that victim must’ve had courage and a half. I can’t imagine anyone saying “Oh, fiddlesticks” in a scared tone.
Fun fact, the voice actor for fiddlesticks Kellen Goff practised to be able to talk like this... as in this is mostly or entirely just him talking without modulation etc, just his pure talent. He has a video on youtube titled "How I Do Fiddlesticks' Voice!" if you want to see some of it first hand.
Fiddlesticks was one of the oldest champs in league, and fairly beloved. He used to be quite goofy and his surprise party skin was a fan favorite since it 'suited' his goofy style better than his default skin for a lot of people. When he was reworked into an actual horror champ, people responded well to the rework, but there was a significant plea from Fiddlesticks fans to somehow retain an element of his old goofy personality. Riot managed to settle for the best of both worlds by infusing that old personality into the Surprise Party skin. That's why SPF feels like a different character entirely.
Just imagine a champion hiding in a house, and hearing the scraping of rusty metal, and Fiddlesticks rasping out that nursery rhyme about himself. Top-tier horror movie material there.
You got it right, he uses his victims inner fears or guilt. Also, he sounds mechanical because he doesn't have vocal chords, so he uses wind to make sounds or something like that
So Fiddle is the primordial demon and like all demons he feeds off of emotions, in his case, fear (though I think his design has made that fact quite apparent). Fiddle is such and ancient and primordial being that he can't really form coherent thoughts and instead of being able to talk of his own volition he pulls the deepest darkest fears out of his victims and says it back to them, thus heightening their fear and making a feast for himself. As a result, all of Fiddle's quotes are really deep references to champion lore. For his quotes to other champs: Garen - "Brother, please don't hate me!" - this is becuase Lux, Garen's sister, is a mage, something that is outlawed and shunned in Demacia, and as a result Garen is really conflicted on how to feel about his sister. Lux - "Little light" - Lux sort of fell in love with Sylas and he called her his little light and he helped her feel more confident with her magic, but of course he basically betrayed her and escaped from prison in Demacia. Miss Fortune - "Sarah, Sarah!" - Sarah is her real name, these are the last words her mother screamed, telling her daughter to run away as she was murdered by Gangplank. Miss Fortune - "Hide Sarah, hide!" - Same as above. Annie - "Annie, help me, Annie" - The last words of Annie's sister as she was swept away down a river to her death, I recommend watching Annie's cinematic. Annie - "Annie, don't let go" - Same as above, she was holding onto her sister's hand but it slipped free. Riven - "Guilty, Guilty, GUILTY!" - Yasuo was blamed for the death of Shen's former master as he was killed by a wind technique user, however in reality it was actually Riven, this and also during her time as a Noxian soldier she slaughtered tons of people and naturally she feels very guilty for it. Sylas - "Vannis, don't hurt her!" - Vannis is Sylas's master, he attempts to kill Lux as he's fighting Demacia, as mentioned above, Sylas loves her so he pleads with Vannis not to hurt her, in the end he has to kill his master to save her. Vayne - "Vayne, give us a smile" - Once again dead parents, killed by a demon (hence why she's a demon hunter), Evelynn to be specific. As she witnessed the life draining from her father the haunting image of the demon smiling at her was seared into her mind. Yasuo - "Brother, how could you betray us" - As mentioned above Yasuo was blamed for a murder he did not commit, his brother Yone tried to kill him as his punishment, however Yasuo bested Yone and ended up killing him. A lot of his random quotes are just him repeating things that those he's killed have said, like "Where are you, I'm coming to help" someone crying out to another person he's already killed like in the cinematic. One of the more interesting sets of champ interactions I've separated out for a reason here, these are the demon champs. Demons can be sealed by using their true name, that's why Fiddle says their greatest fear, their own name: Evelynn - "Evelynn" Nocturne - "Nocturne" Tahm Kench - "Tahm Kench" Swain- "Raum" Some of you are probably wonder why he calls Swain Raum then. This was actually a major revelation when it came out. During his coup in Noxus, a badly injured Swain made his way deep inside the Immortal Bastion, when he emerged there was a Raven sat atop his shoulder. Raum is the name of "real life" demon from the Lesser Key of Solomon (very old real world demonology book) who is said to take the form of a Raven (or crow) and grants those who summon him a great deal of knowledge. Swain presumably found Raum who had been imprisoned by Mordekaiser and made a deal with him to set him free in exchange for his powers of insight. The question remains, who does Raum truly serve, Swain, himself, or Mordekaiser? As for his kill lines with the demons, we get to see what human emotions/sins they feed off of: Evelynn - "Agony" - This is why see is smiling at Vayne as she's watching her father bleed to death in front of her, she's savoring her agony. Nocturne - "Nightmares" - He invades peoples dreams and gives them nightmares. Tahm Kench - "Addiction" - Tahm basically feeds people addictions, whether that be gambling, eating, drinking, he'll give them more and more until it tears their life apart and them swallow them whole. Swain - "Secrets" - There is a reason his in Noxus, secrets are basically the currency of the realm. This also brings into question who he really works for. Is he still loyal to Morde, sowing lies and creating conflict between Swain and Leblanc to allow for Morde's return? Does he work for Leblanc, manipulating Swain and keeping him out of her plans, she has a lot of secrets and Raum would definitely be attracted to them. Or does he truly work with Swain, hard to say. When it comes to the "First of ten" thing, Fiddle is the first, primordial, demon. He's the first of 10 demon kings. There is a compendium which shows the branching origins of the demons. Fear (Fiddle) is the primordial, from fear Nightmares, Secrets, and Delirium are born (Nocturne, Raum, and Ashlesh who is not currently tied to a champ in League). From Secrets, Obsession is born. From Delirium, Bliss and Frenzy are born (no knowledge of who they are yet). There are a number of other demons, like Tybaulk, who is the fire demon that animates Annie's teddy bear, Tibbers. Only Fiddle and Ashlesh are confirmed to be of the 10 Kings. There are also a ton of questions about Obsession, Bliss, and Frenzy. Tahm Kench is the demon of Addiction, but that's not necessarily obsession. Rakhsasum is known as the Spirit of Obsession, but is unclear whether he's truly the original Obsession because in the game he's just a skin for Thresh and not his own champion. It's also really hard to tell who the most powerful is. Fiddle is the oldest, but at the same time he's so primative a being that he can't actually manifest a physical form, instead he animates scarecrow like bodies that are built of wood an metal, kinda like how Tybaulk animates a teddy bear. Conversely much younger demons like Evelynn can manipulate their physical form and have arguably had more impact on important lore events. At the same time you have Nocturne, who has been shown to be very powerful in the lore, but he's not even at full power seeing as he's stuck in the shadow realm and can only invade the normal world through people's dreams, yet even doing this he was able to make an entire town go mad. As a whole League power levels are hard to figure out, all that we can really say is that the magical fluffy boy that is Bard, is actually the strongest lore-wise, and that him and Ryze are probably the two most important to the future of the world.
Actually, Ashlesh _is_ tied to a champ in League, he is tied to Nilah and was powerful enough to erase Nilah's entire existance in the mind of all who ever knew her in any way shape or form, Fiddle might not have much of a mind simply because he doesn't need it, therefore his power may lie elsewhere, or maybe he's also in a bit of a Nocturne situation and can't properly manifest himself
@@cursedafbutok8260 Kindred is really weak in comparison. Kindred is a regional Spirit God. Their power level is similar to that of Volibear, Ornn, and Anivia. People like to think that Kindred is death itself but that's not accurate, and the Riot lore team has confirmed this. Kindred is simply a personification of death and, like all Spirit Gods, is given power by the mortals of Runeterra believing in them. This also means that those that don't believe in Kindred will never meet them, this is why Mordekaiser didn't see Kindred when he died. Morde's culture didn't have a Kindred myth, instead they believed in The Hall of Bones, basically a version of Valhalla. As a Spirit God, Kindred can actually be killed. There is another god, the Etherfiend, which is also a personification of death. However the Etherfiend represents what is termed in lore as "true death", which is being forgotten. As all Spirit Gods gain their power from people believing in them they will lose all power if they're forgotten, and they'll be swallowed by the Etherfiend. Long story short, Kindred is a regional god that only exists on some parts of Runeterra. Also worth mentioning that Kindred can't do anything anyway. Their sole purpose is to kill those who's time is at an end. They don't have the ability to just randomly fight or kill people, they're kinda just a natural reaction of the world and not an entity with any agency. Now for Aurelion. Aurelion and Bard are both Celestials. They are godly beings that rule over fundamental functions of the entire universe. In the case of Aurelion that's creation, whereas Bard is space time. One the surface they're both on a similar power level, however Aurelion was tricked by the Targonians and crown was placed upon his head that binds him to their will. He's managed to break free from it for short periods of time, but ultimately he is a dragon on a leash. Since he has no self agency he is at a lower power level than Bard who can do as he pleases.
Since Fiddle just woke up, he is not as strong as the other demons who spent centuries on runeterra. Evelyn lore says that She didnt have a body, and actually decided to have one after multiple years. It's probably the same case with Fiddlestick, he is currently trying to understand the world, and gets more powerfull. We can see that Fiddlesticks is still an Orb when he backs (just like Evelynn in the past). I would say that the most dangerous demon is Tham Kench, it's the worst demon to encounter by far. He doesnt just kill you, he makes you suffer for years and take EVERYTHING you have (family, friends, houses) and then he eats you. He has fate manipulation and is really intelligent. Basically, if you meet Thamkench you'll never refuse his offer since he'll never show himself otherwise. Tham Kench is the devil of League of legends. Nocturne could be even worse than Tham Kench but he is currently locked.
Suprise Party Fiddlesticks is a Legendary skin, meaning that it has a new voiceover and new animations (And is a bit more expensive). Every other Fiddlesticks skin uses the base voicelines
Interesting Quote: When Fiddlesticks encounters a demon, he repeats their names, like for Evelynn, Nocturne, and Tham Kench. But when he encountered Swain, he calls him Raum (an already dead demon), that's because on Swain's right arm resides a demon named Raum. And when he kills Evelynn, Nocturne, Swain and Tahm Kench, he says what kind of demon they are or what they feed on (like the seven deadly sins or something like that).
Fiddlesticks is for me one of the best reworks (remakes) of a champion, they did him justice in every aspect. Also his voice does not have a voice filter, it's just the awesome voice of Kellen Goff, he even made a video on how exactly he made Fiddlesticks voice, and sounds (Fiddlesticks is also like a parrot, he is just mimicking sounds he hears, so humans,animals etc, so yeah that means his voice lines are probably the last lines of his victims, for champions specific lines, he indeed uses some lines either the champs or someone close to them said, so he invokes fear, also the Jinx line was an arcane reference :P)
Fiddle's demon is very old and it appears to have been present in many events in Runeterra. Miss Fortune name is Sarah, when he says "Hide Sarah, Hide", that was what Miss Fortune mother told to her when she was little just before Gangplank killed her. He does the same thing to Annie and Yasuo, on the first one he pretends to be her step-sister and on the second his brother Yone
He, as the primal demon of fear, can use and sense the inner fears of any creature. "Sarah" is Ms. Fortune's real name, her parents were killed and she hid, as a child so that's expected, but she has carried it on her back ever since. The strange lines that makes no sense and seem too "complex" for fiddlesticks to say, is because they're the things he has heard the people say that he was stalking. Also: fiddlesticks are a part of a violin, more or less, that make up a significant portion of his theme
the key line towards zoe "Nice ket you got there, twilight. Didn't steal it from someone dangerous did you?" is actually a throwback from when Zoe was released. Before that the old Fiddlesticks design had a key around it's neck, when zoe launched the key was gone from his neck and was on Zoe instead. This is what led a lot of people discussing what happened. This voice line is a nice throwback to that.
As other have mentioned Fiddlesticks is the Demon of Fear. When it says fear it is referring to itself. When it talks to other demons in game like Evelynn or Tahm Kench it refers to them by name. When it speaks to Swain it calls out his demon Raum by name. And also it will state their role. Like when it speaks to Tahm Kench it will say addiction or when it speaks to Swain it will say secrets as Raum is the demon of secrets and Tahm Kench the demon of addiction.
Fiddlesticks knows what everyone is afraid of, so when he first meets someone in game he says something to them from their past to scare them. he's not Garen's brother, that is a quote from Lux, who is Garen's younger sister. The Nunu quote is from his mother, his mother used to call him "my little hero" Sarah is Miss Fortune's real name, when Fiddle says "Hide Sarah" it's him quoting her mother, when her mother was about to be murdered by Gangplank. Fiddle is also aware of the other demons and spirits in Runeterra, that's why he calls Kindred "Grey Man" and Kayn Rhaast. Also Swain he calls "Raum" Riven was accused of killing her master and stealing his sword. Fiddle seems to reveal he knows the truth when he shouts "guilty! GUILTY! GUILTY!" I don't know if you've seen the video, but Annie's sister fell in a lake and Annie was trying to pull her ashore and failed. That's why Fiddle says "don't let go" as for all the random cries "who's out there" "there's something in the field" "it's in the house, it knows what we're afraid of" they are the last words of victims before Fiddle got them. You figured this out yourself after I typed this.
Good job at explaining! One you missed is when Fiddle says "Agony" to Evelyyn. 'Agony' is the name of the demon that possesses the human form of 'Evelynn' and that's why he calls her that, if I can recall correctly.
one mistake. the guilty to riven is for the judgement abour yasuo's master and all what she did in Ionia. in noxus, place where riven is from, killing your leader is seen fine as long as you think he was weak
that sound funnily enough isn't an edited voice. The voice actor does it really well. It's done by speaking but instead of exhaling you inhale... that and simultanously abusing your voice a little.
One of my favorite things about Fiddle's voice actor is not only does he not use any special effects to achieve one of the most spine chilling voices I've heard in YEARS, but he also voices the surprise party skin and gives off a COMPLETELY different vibe
"It's in the house" is probably the creepiest voiceline. Our homes is what keeps us safe and makes us feel safe. Imagine having something invade the place that is meant to keep you safe and is just lurking, waiting to kill you.
So as others have mentioned already, Fiddlesticks was reworked fairly recently in terms of the game's release. As you had already guessed, Fiddlestick's voice lines are actually based on the other Champion's biggest fears, with a key exception being other demons. In the world of Runeterra, there is a hierarchy for demons with the oldest("First of ten"), the most primordial being Fiddlesticks, a moniker made by the children of Runeterra and has a bunch of other nicknames for himself based on the regions. All the other demons in the game so far are lesser demons and not considered one of the ten either. Due to how ancient Fiddlesticks is, it developed way before almost anything existed, except for a few other entities, the Gray Man(Kindred), and Soraka being two of them, it never learned to create its own form unlike the rest of the demons, only possessing things. Fiddlesticks itself is actually the black mass in the middle of the scarecrow. Due to this, it does not really have a proper "human" voice, it only imitates what it hears from people and animals it hunts which is why it's wheezing, rasping, and scratching as it tries to "speak." Fiddle also repeats some of the other people's voice lines when he kills them. For the specific voice lines, I can give an idea for each. The other demons are probably the easiest to explain as they are so far as he calls them by what they feed on, including itself being fear, Evelynn feeds on agony, Nocturne on nightmares, Tahm Kench on addiction, and interestingly enough, knows of the demon Raum, who currently has a pact with Swain, and feeds on secrets. The other champions are based on their biggest fears or traumatic events in their lives: -Annie lost her family due to her powers she did not know how to control -Garen has a fear of losing his sister, Lux, because she is a mage in a nation that despises and imprisons mages much like in Dragon Age -You already know the story for Jinx, which the cool part about that line is that it was released before they revealed Arcane -Miss Fortune(First name Sarah) lost her parents to another champion, Gankplank -Nunu is searching for his mother with the help of his yeti, Willump -Riven is in exile because of the horrors and atrocities she committed during the Noxian invasion of Ionia -Sylas accidentally killed a mage when he was trying to protect a family from the mage hunters in Demacia -Vayne's line is actually a line from Evelynn killing her parents in front of her -Yasuo killed his own brother, Yone, as he was framed for killing his master and hunting him down. The generic voice lines basically tell their own story separate from champions and show some of the other ways Fiddlesticks has hunted and killed people around the world. Interestingly enough one of Suprise Party Fiddlestick's lines is actually canon or at least mentions something canonical, that being Zoe, another champion, has a key on her waist which belongs to Fiddlesticks.
Fiddlesticks is older than raka, he is as old as the universe/existed, being the very concept of fear. One of the incarnations of death likely also existed at that time.
Ok explanation of fiddlestics just in case. Fiddlestics is the 3rd being of the creation, he is the original evil, the first of demons, the Demon Lord of the Fear. That means fiddlestics is essentially a celestial entity, is the manifestation of the fear itself and for this reason he is able to become stronger by using any fear of his target against him. Essentially, fiddlestics is the black mess you can see inside the scarecrow and his form changes depending of his target’s deepest fears. Also, is important to know the power tiers of the demons in lore: -10 DEMON LORDS: cosmic entities, fiddlestics is the elder and the most powerful, currently is the only one who isnt sealed in the purgatory. -major demons: the first descendants of the 10 demon lords, they are ancient entities almost as old as runeterra (for now, swain’s demon, Raum the demon of secrets is the elder and most powerful from this tier, and btw he is the first descendant of fiddlestics specifically). -average demons: younger demons like nocturne, evelynn or thamkench they are like extremely powerfull monsters -minor demons (azakanas): like the one who has yone. As you probably noticed fiddlestics is based on “IT” (from stephen king movies an books) And yes.. since he is the strongest demon, he is like the demon of the demons… Thats why when he detects a demon he tells them their true name and the emotion they take them powers (as an act of superiority, since essentially they all are trully inferior to him) Btw, fiddlestics isnt even his true name, thats just the name the humans gave him in the legends ;) Thats why no one knows his true name, and the most accurate name would be “the lord of fear” However when he saw swain for instance and said “Raum… Secrets…” is his way of telling him… “ here i am the alpha , any problem? :v “ Imagine this, Swain could’ve easily taken demacia long ago… and if he isnt interested yet it isnt because of nocturne (who is less powerful than raum) but because of fiddlestics (since is 100% IMPOSSIBLE for raum to overpass fiddlestics) :3 P.D: think about this… the only way to have any chance against fiddlestics would be to have absolutely NO FEAR… And the only way to trully defeat him would be to make sure about there is NOTHING in all the universe who feels ANY KIND OF FEAR… Said in other words… there is no way to defeat him forever. (Even aurelion sol could be defeated by him) :o ----- And well… this is the explanation of all his interactions, i hope it can help a bit to understand his character, in any case i wrote it with the best intentions UwU (great video btw :3) P.D.2: ironically, fiddlestics is the only champions whoose all skins could be considered as “cannon” since he hasnt a defined form, so he will adopt the form of whatever his target fears the most :p
Sarah is miss Fortune's real name, and when her family was murdered by Gangplank, her father yelled "Hide Sarah, hide!" But Gangplank shot the young Sarah as well "SARAH! SARAAAH!!!". To get rid of the trauma she has, she uses the nickname Miss Fortune. Fiddlesticks cannot say whatever he wants, he mimics his victims' last words before they die "The scarecrow took them all! No one left... But me...", "It's hunting us! It knows what we're afraid of!" He can also sense the worst fear or trauma of the champion and uses it against them. Like when he yelled at Jinx "JINX! ALL YOUR FAULT! ALL YOUR FAULT!" He was reffering to the explosion in the third episode. Or with Annies "Annie... Don't let go", when Annie was young, she and her step-sister were playing near the river, but Annie's sister fell into the river and Annie didn't manage to save her, her sister drowned in that river. Fiddlesticks is the most ancient of demons, one of the first ten. He is the ONLY one of first ten because he killed and consumed the others "Fiddlesticks, End of Men! Fiddlesticks, FIRST OF TEN!". From the lore perspective he is the 3th most powerful being in all of league of legends, beaten only by the creator of the universe, and one other person. When Fiddlesticks sees other demons like him, he says their name "Evelynn!" "Tahmkench..." "Nocturne..." "Raum... (the demon inside Swain)" Fiddlestick's body, is just a shell he uses, a vessel. The actual fiddlesticks is the demon inside his ribcage.
Dang girl! You did a great job imitating Fiddlesticks' voice! That was pretty freaking good impression and it sounds like you got how the VA makes the voice/sounds. Fun reaction vid 😁
omg tysm! haha I really tried ngl and I didn't think it sounded TOO bad - maybe I have a future career right there xD! Thank you so much for watching hehe :)
The voice actor was inhaling the air in as he was speaking to achieve this effect, as he mentioned you have to drink water extremely frequently or you risk destroying your voice doing that for extended periods of time
Fiddlesticks most voicelines are either stolen from his screaming victims or he searches your soul and finds what causes you fear, wether something you made up or trauma you have, he finds it and twists it to cause the most fear to consume you in his unescapable hunger. Miss Fortune's name is Sarah and her mother was killed in front of her as a child and the person calling her name is her mother.
16:48 Fun Fact: This particular quote was derived from Fiddlesticks previous Incarnation, It was his Joke quote which was used on all of his Skins with the exception of Praetorian.
Fiddle is just straight up the best design Riot has ever done. It is so extremely iconic and unlike anything else. The "immortal primordial demon" schtick has been done to death, but Fiddle just stands out.
@@georgieegames Thank YOU for being real. The sole reason why I want to watch reactions is to re-live these emotions through others reacting to it for the first time. Your reactions are so much fun and genuine to watch :)
Fiddlesticks mimics the last words of its victims(sometimes to lure new victims), such as the animal noises and the sobbing and the “is someone out there? Show yourself”
fiddle is a ancient demon of fear (because of that he can see the deepest fears or the most traumatic events in the life of the ones he encounter) imprisoned in the scarecrow. the things tha he say (like "help me" or something like that) are the things that the ones that he kill have said right before he kill them and he kinda like blend that things to say something especific.
@@georgieegames he himself trapped him in there. The body is just something he carries around to scare people even more. If you look at his in game movement (especially his recall and ult) you can see the demon fully or almost leaving the cage and the body becomes more like a puppet he drags around rather than something he uses as a body :D TB Skyen covers stuff like this in his "what's the deal with ___" series, it's worth checking out :D
Fiddle voicelines are him mimicking other ppl words or ppl related too who he talk too example sarah is miss fortune first name he said too her hide sarah hide these words were said to her by her mother when she was killed by gankplank but this only for normal character if he talk to a demon he just calls them by their names like evelyne ,raum(swain), nocturne...
As someone who met his VA, he uses a voice distortion gadget and he also uses his own range! Very talented. He's super nice. And didn't make me pay $50 to hear him say Fear when I picked out Fiddle. Everyone else was getting five nights at Freddie's and I got super excited and was like "omg you play him! Shit your voice is awesome! Is he getting a new skin?" XD bruh star guardian comes out and I'm like damn, I wanted that splash art signed....
I love how he is sorta like a demon or grim reaper, but not fully sapient. He's more of a force of nature than a being. He doesn't really speak, so much as gruesomely parrots back things he's heard people saying as they died, or replays statements linked to past trauma of those he's hunting. My favorite is when he gets a pentakill and says something that a survivor said once after he attacked a group. "The Scarecrow took them all! Nobody left. But me."
Kellen Goff also has a video he made about how he did the voice for Fiddlesticks. Thats all him! I love all of his work, especially in the Five Nights at Freddy's games. He voices several Freddy characters, Sun, Moon, and Eclipse, and Glamrock Freddy
Woah I didn't think just listening to voice lines could be so interesting. There's lore in these too it seems. Not so much the ones for special skins, but the originals hold meaning in them. Loved you're reaction to these, and think you should react to the voice lines of other characters too! Great vid
Fun fact, I don’t know if it’s been meationed but there was two ideas for his voice, they went with this, the other they were thinking about and it was meationed in a dev diary was to use layered voices of men women and children all speaking in unison, it was to be described as the souls that he has taken speaking for him.
Fiddlesticks is the embodiment of fear it feeds off of fear, fiddlesticks -though a silly name- is basically a folklore of runeterra but exist and his story alone strikes fear into every nation
the only champion that fiddlestick is afraid of being around for any length of time is zigs. zigs considers fiddlesticks as a friend, and at the same time fiddlesticks just runs away when he see zigs.
Ok basically in Lore. Fiddlesticks is one of the 10 kings. The highest ranked demons in runeterra. He is basically the King of Fear, he feeds on fear and he is basically Runeterra's Boogieman, and everyone in Runeterra see him differently. Recently another of the 10 Kings has been revealed, that being Ashlesh Demon of Joy....and yes in the extreme Joy can be very, very bad. There are also Minor Demons in Runeterra. Example being Evelynn, Demon of Agony, Tahm Kench Demon of Addicton and then we have Tybaulk(who is sealed inside Tibbers, Annie's Teddy Bear) and several more
A shame you didn't hear his Champion Theme, it's nit long but really adds to that creepy vibe it has. Good video though, always glad to see someone experiencing Fiddlesticks for the first time!
-When adressing to Nunu ,it uses the name his dead mothers used to call him -when talking to Vayne , it says what her parents(they were killed in front of her ) used to tell her -when talking to miss fortune , it says her parents last words to her -It talks to lux by using the nickname sylas gives her -it calls garen "brother" and say "don't hate me" to him has lux might have told him when he learned that she is a mage -also it uses quote from the champion it kills
Sorry if already mentioned but.. If I remember well, when Fiddlesticks encounters another demon, that's the only time he says their name, no mocking whatsoever. (Just "Nocturne", "Evelnynn", "Raum" (which is the name of the actual demon in Swain)) Also, I think you should listen to his theme song. It shows concept arts as well, but the music is so so frightening o_o
When Fiddle encounters a Demon instead of saying what they’re afraid of he call them by their name, he calls Swain Raum because Swain made a deal with Raum to borrow his power. Also if you listen to his lines for when he kills a demon champion he says what they’re known for: Evelyn = Agony, Tahm Kench = Addiction, Nocturne = Nightmares, Raum (Swain) = Secrets, etc.
He speaks all these things. The last words someone said before they died, says your greatest fear outloud, voices the worst moment in your life, and calls out your true name if you are known by a fake one. Also when interacting with other demons he calls them by their name or the sin that they rule over because in the world of demons your true name holds power over you. So in a way it's him telling them that he outranks them and to back off.
Fiddlesticks looks into your fear. When he met Miss Fortune, he said what Sarah's Parents said when they got murdered by Gangplank. "Sarah...Sarah..." Calling Miss Fortune. "Hide Sarah...Hide!" Her parents tells Sarah to hide from Gangplank.
His voice-lines are so good. They play off the victims fears. e.g. for Garen "brother please dont hate me" is Fiddle imitating Lux, who is a mage, which is illegal in Demacia. "little light" is what Sylas called Lux in prison, before he tricked her and escaped.
What I like is that if you listen to the dialogue not specific to a target. He seems to be describing a specific attack on a demacian farming village in all of them. It all adds up to this grisly story of him picking people off in the corn fields at night and then openly terrorising the village when they discover his presence. Finally hunting down the last survivor after the massacre “nobody left but me” because obviously that could only be mimicked if Fiddlesticks did get him in the end. It could even be the same horror story you see in the cinematic.
creepy thing is that fiddlesticks mimics sounds that he or "it" heard from victims , animals or just the ambiance First of ten that means he is one of the first ten primal demons(ancient and powerful)
Here's a link to the VA going over how he does the voice. It's pretty impressive in how little post-processing is involved ruclips.net/video/czsRZd2-6Ac/видео.html
4:35 Fiddlesticks's Voice Actor is Kellen Goff, who has a video on RUclips where he's just in a car, casually explaining how he does the voice (with some demonstrations) if you're interested. It's not hard to find - just look for "Kellen Goff Fiddlesticks"
Fiddlestick's voice actor actually put out a video talking about how he did the voice. It's really cool. You might think there's a lot of processing done to make it sound like that, but, no. That's like 99% the actor's voice.
Sarah is Miss fortunes first name. He mimicks her mother, who was a talented gunsmith that was killed by gangplank (another champion from bilgewater)right in front of her when miss fortune was still very young.
The voice actor actually uploaded a video on how he does fiddle's voice. The video is just him in his car chilling, explaining how he did it, is really cool
Sarah is Miss Fortunes name. She and her mother(I think) was attacked by Gangplank. Sarah was little at the time and her mother told her to run and hide ,then was shot dead by Gangplank. Sarah hid ,but was found and shot by Gangplank ,but survived it.
fun fact Fiddlesticks is like a folk lore in Runeterra sort of a boogeyman and on every region he is different, and thanks to Braum we now know that he is called "the eater of Voices" in the Freljord
It's actually really funny that all of Fiddlesticks skins are canon in Runeterra since they depict how the fable and story of Fiddlesticks are depicted in the different regions of Runeterra
The sarah lines are what her parents told her before they were killed by gangplank, Basically fiddlesticks is the primordial demon and he knows everything that happens in runeterra because he is everywhere, and he uses people's fears and regrets interacting with them, he calls other demons by only their name like evelynn, tahm kench, nocturne, in swain's case the demon in his right arm is called Raum.
he's pretty terrifying in game. he plays around not having vision making him stronger. So often times he'll jump scare u from out of vision. also he plays these effigies that look like him and do a random action but arent actually him, so lots of the time u jsut walk into a random bush and get jump scaried
the voice actor speaks while breathing in in some of these lines to make this effect happen ^^ Edit: Context for Miss Fortune and Sarah -- Sarah is Miss Fortunes name.
Fiddlesticks' voice lines are scarier when you imagine them as a single night it attacked a farm. "There's something in the field." "They haven't come back from the field, it's been three days." A panicking farmer talking about his workers "The scarecrow took them all. Nobody left but me." A survivor coming back, warning them. "See? It's just a scarecrow." Farmer checking with the survival. "Fiddlesticks is just a story to scare children." *Heavy breathing voice line. Screaming* "Run! Run away!" the farmer/survivor running back. "It's not dead!" They attempt to kill Fiddlesticks "It's outside!" They lock the door to hide "It's hunting us, it knows what we're afraid of." Self explanatory "It's in the house!" Self explanatory "Don't open your eyes." A parent telling a child to close their eyes. "I'm so scared!" Child panicking "We can't get out!" "Don't leave me!" "Save me!" "No no!"
fiddle sticks is like a demonic learning algorithm of fear, it doesnt know what a fiddlesticks is, or what a scarecrow is, or anything, it just know that the things it does and says scare ppl
10:48 Thats exactly what it is, he's like a broken tape recorder for the last words of his victims, and a vast majority of his speech is made up of either that, or him drawing on the fears of who he encounters. Its almost like mockery, and we cant tell if thats even why he really does this, or if its just the very primal understanding that it freaks people out, and he does it not out of any sadism but simply the sheer opportunistic pro-active mindset of a predator.
So to tldr fisdlestick: He is the demon of fear and the first ever demon of the world, despite being old as time Fiddlesticks cant really speak and only mimics the voices of dead. Ever major region in Runeterra has their own version of Fiddlesticks (the version we see in the game is the Demacia version). Due to the nature of Fiddlesticks being a folk lore its thought he knows every horror the world has, e.g Luxs fear that her brother would betray her. The Miss Fortune lines go back when Gangplank killed Fortunes family and her mother screamed out for Sarah to hide and run
Fiddle sticks is as old as time and the universe, he's animalistic and has no thoughts or emotions other then to kill. It doesn't matter what you are or who you are or how bad your fear is, he will exploit it.
And to clarify, fiddlesticks can't speak, but he tries to replicate voices, like a parrot, he will be repeating them, the thing is those unfortunate to witness fiddlesticks are hunted by him, so, making the voices he repeats be the last words of a dead person and/or their deppest fears. It's cool to react to this video and imagine the stories behind each voice line, it gets dark real easy. Also, i loved the reaction to jinxes lines because of arcane, him knowing about what happened means he heard everything, u can even see crows in a lot of scenes, like when jinx kills one, they represent fiddlesticks and swain.
Kellen Goff is such a Legend He did a Fiddlesticks voice tutorial inside his car and it sounded so cool and terrifying Sure there's at least one filter over it but Kellen actually did most of these high pitched, squeeking horror sounds
My personal head canon for the surprise skin is because of the background of his art, it's fiddlesticks in the future. More experience, more developed essense.
Fiddlesticks on the surface is pretty simple and most of the rest of its lore is vague or mysterious, but with what little lore we have, Fiddlesticks appears to be the most ancient demon, "A demon before demons", potentially the most powerful of whatever ten it is the first of, was born upon the first scream of the universe' creation, may have been banished from Runeterra into space only to be summoned back by a foolish mage, and regularly goes into hibernations that last tens of thousands of years before rising again to feast on the fears of others. And that's just what we know, with a myriad of theories into just about everything surrounding Fiddles. Fiddlesticks is so vague and mysterious that it is debated to be one of the most powerful beings in Runeterra that is currently known, last I saw from my casual view was top three with some arguing it should be higher. And to think it was just a rickety scarecrow with a backstory that changed from major patch to major patch ever since the beginning of League, only to be revamped ten years later into an interesting mystery and terrifying presence within the world of Runeterra.
the things he says when referring other champions are past traumas that may put fear in them, like yasuo and his brother, saying Jinx is all her fault, etc. Then the voicelines where he kills them he mimicks what those champions said. all the other voicelines are either screeching sounds or it's victims last words like you said, for example people saying "it's in the fields" or "it's in the house", or "the scarecrow moved!" etc. So Sarah is Miss fortune name, Sarah Fortune, that line was said by her mother, "hide Sarah, hide". Also if you remember Annie origins, the things fiddlesticks say to her are truly sad Also recommend reacting to fiddlesticks champion theme
Fiddlesticks is a very old champion who was just an incredibly cheesy crow-controlling scarecrow, at first, so outdated that they reworked him and turned him into this. Now, since they couldn't just change his name, and Fiddlesticks is a very silly name for one of the oldest known demons, they explained it as a moniker that children gave to the boogeyman from the stories inspired by him. He's more or less a folk monster, except he actually exists.
In the Ruined King game when Braum and Illaoi has a campfire discussion, in the Freljord, they call Fiddlestick the "Voicestealer"
He's probably the oldest demon and one of the oldest entities next to A sol and the watchers
@@ejmakibelo3224 old and primitive compare to Raum, Tham Kemch and the others
@@ejmakibelo3224 Lore states he is older than the dragons so he is about the same age as the void.
@@ejmakibelo3224 and kindred
- he's the first of the 10 demons wandering Runeterra, it lives inside the cage chest of the scarecrow
- Fiddlesticks can only say two types of things: the last words of past victims, or something related to the worst fears of those he's hunting
- He makes the metal of the scarecrow to vibrate, rubb and that kind of things to speak
- the voice actor does it without any physical or digital/electronic modification, he has a video on YT explaining how
and fiddlesticks has to use metal to make scary sounds while that guy can just do that with his voice, what a noob scarecrow
For now, out of the ten demons, seven have been confirmed:
1 Fiddlesticks (The Demon of Fear)
2 Swain (Raum - The Demon of Deep Secrets)
3 Shaco (Delirium - The Demon of Obtuse)
4 Tahm Kench (Addiction - The Demon of Greed)
5 Evelynn (Agony - The Demon of Pain)
6 Nocturne (The Demon of Nightmares)
7 Yone (Azakana - The Demon of Negative)
You can hear Fiddle refer to their nature when he speaks to those champions. The 8th demon should be the demon of madness, and people seem to think it might be Jhin but nothing is certain. Then there is bliss and obsession which are currently unknown.
@@kaihiroku8495 nilah is also the demon of joy
@@kaihiroku8495 from what I remember those are minor demons compared to the ten kings, fiddle being the first of them and now the new champ being possessed by the demon of joy.
Azakana are even more minor and are kind of everywhere
@@kaihiroku8495 Currently only Fiddle and the demon that Nilah uses are two of the ten demons Fiddle talks about. All other demons are minor demons.
Furthermore Eve feeds of agony and not just pain, Shaco is not a demon at all and Yone's demon is not named azakana. Azakana is a stage in the live of demons, the weakest demosn are all Azakana and they grow until they reach the stage that Eve, Raum and Nocturne for example have.
Honestly, what I like most about the new fiddle is all the implications that his voicelines are making. Stuff like "Its in the house" and "don't leave me" literally paint a picture in my mind, its insane.
Best part is that over time, he must’ve started with only the words said by people who he killed, then he USED those voices to lure people, and now he has the words spoken by people trying to find what they think is someone in distress (“follow my voice”).
for the Sarah thing: miss fortune's name is Sarah, the "hide Sarah hide!" was basically her mother calling for her to hide, before she get killed by gangplank. so yeah fiddlestick were pretty much making her reliving her biggest trauma. Also, I love your reaction btw. its fun watching your journey discovering the league of legend world, and I hope you do more deep dives into single champion like this one in the future
wasn't that her father who said that?
@@jakubspalek4489 it was her mother
Same for Nunu and Vayne
@@jakubspalek4489 her mother telled her that when gankplank came
"Fiddlesticks is just a fable. A story to scare children". I can't help but laugh a little imagining the scene, like 2 friends with one a little afraid, and the other trying to reassure him, with Fiddle suddenly appearing like " 'sup ?"
There’s a video where the VA for Fiddle sitting in his car talking about how he does it, and from that you can tell that there’s actually not a lot of effects added, which makes the voice that much crazier. It’s good stuff.
The VA is also the English dub VA for Overhaul in My Hero Academia too iirc
Yeah, it's a voice most can probably do. The trick is to breathe in when you're talking to give it that rasped, forced effect. At least, that's how I do it.
Kellen (the VA) also play as Funtime/Molten Freddy in FNAF Sister Location and FNAF 6
It's a combination of restricting your throat to make the voice sound croaky, and speaking on both the inhale and exhale to make it sound breathy and unnatural.
Imagine living with a guy like that, April fools would feel like hell
All of Fiddle's voicelines are him mimicking what he hears from his victims before he kills them, like in the cinematic, when you hear the "help me!". Its also why you can hear animal noises and people being out of breath, or talking about people being lost in the field. Its speculated that his name originated when one of his first victims realized they screwed up, like the term "Oh Fiddlesticks".
He's also one of the first demons on Runeterra, and is said to be the first of ten primordial demons (also we arent sure exactly who those are)
That and animal noises in order to camuflage or to fool farmers
@@omega7057 I think the animal noises are just fiddle's imitations of the animals on farms, as he's depicted as a scarecrow, farmers probably hear animals outside all the time, wouldnt do much to fool them.
@@seb3751 Well, if you hear a pig in the middle of the field you would be interesed in investigating, and then...
Fiddle gets a dark harvest stack xd
If the speculation turns out to be true, then that victim must’ve had courage and a half. I can’t imagine anyone saying “Oh, fiddlesticks” in a scared tone.
he is THE primordial demon
first and most powerful, even nocturne fears him
Fun fact, the voice actor for fiddlesticks Kellen Goff practised to be able to talk like this... as in this is mostly or entirely just him talking without modulation etc, just his pure talent. He has a video on youtube titled "How I Do Fiddlesticks' Voice!" if you want to see some of it first hand.
Kellen Goff made diavolo from jojos dubbed version, and they sound nothing alike, truly talented.
Ahhh of course it's Kellen!! He's amazing in FnAF, I knew him from those games!
Fiddlesticks was one of the oldest champs in league, and fairly beloved. He used to be quite goofy and his surprise party skin was a fan favorite since it 'suited' his goofy style better than his default skin for a lot of people. When he was reworked into an actual horror champ, people responded well to the rework, but there was a significant plea from Fiddlesticks fans to somehow retain an element of his old goofy personality. Riot managed to settle for the best of both worlds by infusing that old personality into the Surprise Party skin. That's why SPF feels like a different character entirely.
Just imagine a champion hiding in a house, and hearing the scraping of rusty metal, and Fiddlesticks rasping out that nursery rhyme about himself. Top-tier horror movie material there.
It's much less scary when you think of thay champion as Aatrox, Asol, Morde, etc.
You got it right, he uses his victims inner fears or guilt. Also, he sounds mechanical because he doesn't have vocal chords, so he uses wind to make sounds or something like that
So Fiddle is the primordial demon and like all demons he feeds off of emotions, in his case, fear (though I think his design has made that fact quite apparent). Fiddle is such and ancient and primordial being that he can't really form coherent thoughts and instead of being able to talk of his own volition he pulls the deepest darkest fears out of his victims and says it back to them, thus heightening their fear and making a feast for himself.
As a result, all of Fiddle's quotes are really deep references to champion lore.
For his quotes to other champs:
Garen - "Brother, please don't hate me!" - this is becuase Lux, Garen's sister, is a mage, something that is outlawed and shunned in Demacia, and as a result Garen is really conflicted on how to feel about his sister.
Lux - "Little light" - Lux sort of fell in love with Sylas and he called her his little light and he helped her feel more confident with her magic, but of course he basically betrayed her and escaped from prison in Demacia.
Miss Fortune - "Sarah, Sarah!" - Sarah is her real name, these are the last words her mother screamed, telling her daughter to run away as she was murdered by Gangplank.
Miss Fortune - "Hide Sarah, hide!" - Same as above.
Annie - "Annie, help me, Annie" - The last words of Annie's sister as she was swept away down a river to her death, I recommend watching Annie's cinematic.
Annie - "Annie, don't let go" - Same as above, she was holding onto her sister's hand but it slipped free.
Riven - "Guilty, Guilty, GUILTY!" - Yasuo was blamed for the death of Shen's former master as he was killed by a wind technique user, however in reality it was actually Riven, this and also during her time as a Noxian soldier she slaughtered tons of people and naturally she feels very guilty for it.
Sylas - "Vannis, don't hurt her!" - Vannis is Sylas's master, he attempts to kill Lux as he's fighting Demacia, as mentioned above, Sylas loves her so he pleads with Vannis not to hurt her, in the end he has to kill his master to save her.
Vayne - "Vayne, give us a smile" - Once again dead parents, killed by a demon (hence why she's a demon hunter), Evelynn to be specific. As she witnessed the life draining from her father the haunting image of the demon smiling at her was seared into her mind.
Yasuo - "Brother, how could you betray us" - As mentioned above Yasuo was blamed for a murder he did not commit, his brother Yone tried to kill him as his punishment, however Yasuo bested Yone and ended up killing him.
A lot of his random quotes are just him repeating things that those he's killed have said, like "Where are you, I'm coming to help" someone crying out to another person he's already killed like in the cinematic.
One of the more interesting sets of champ interactions I've separated out for a reason here, these are the demon champs. Demons can be sealed by using their true name, that's why Fiddle says their greatest fear, their own name:
Evelynn - "Evelynn"
Nocturne - "Nocturne"
Tahm Kench - "Tahm Kench"
Swain- "Raum"
Some of you are probably wonder why he calls Swain Raum then. This was actually a major revelation when it came out. During his coup in Noxus, a badly injured Swain made his way deep inside the Immortal Bastion, when he emerged there was a Raven sat atop his shoulder. Raum is the name of "real life" demon from the Lesser Key of Solomon (very old real world demonology book) who is said to take the form of a Raven (or crow) and grants those who summon him a great deal of knowledge. Swain presumably found Raum who had been imprisoned by Mordekaiser and made a deal with him to set him free in exchange for his powers of insight. The question remains, who does Raum truly serve, Swain, himself, or Mordekaiser?
As for his kill lines with the demons, we get to see what human emotions/sins they feed off of:
Evelynn - "Agony" - This is why see is smiling at Vayne as she's watching her father bleed to death in front of her, she's savoring her agony.
Nocturne - "Nightmares" - He invades peoples dreams and gives them nightmares.
Tahm Kench - "Addiction" - Tahm basically feeds people addictions, whether that be gambling, eating, drinking, he'll give them more and more until it tears their life apart and them swallow them whole.
Swain - "Secrets" - There is a reason his in Noxus, secrets are basically the currency of the realm. This also brings into question who he really works for. Is he still loyal to Morde, sowing lies and creating conflict between Swain and Leblanc to allow for Morde's return? Does he work for Leblanc, manipulating Swain and keeping him out of her plans, she has a lot of secrets and Raum would definitely be attracted to them. Or does he truly work with Swain, hard to say.
When it comes to the "First of ten" thing, Fiddle is the first, primordial, demon. He's the first of 10 demon kings. There is a compendium which shows the branching origins of the demons. Fear (Fiddle) is the primordial, from fear Nightmares, Secrets, and Delirium are born (Nocturne, Raum, and Ashlesh who is not currently tied to a champ in League). From Secrets, Obsession is born. From Delirium, Bliss and Frenzy are born (no knowledge of who they are yet).
There are a number of other demons, like Tybaulk, who is the fire demon that animates Annie's teddy bear, Tibbers. Only Fiddle and Ashlesh are confirmed to be of the 10 Kings. There are also a ton of questions about Obsession, Bliss, and Frenzy. Tahm Kench is the demon of Addiction, but that's not necessarily obsession. Rakhsasum is known as the Spirit of Obsession, but is unclear whether he's truly the original Obsession because in the game he's just a skin for Thresh and not his own champion.
It's also really hard to tell who the most powerful is. Fiddle is the oldest, but at the same time he's so primative a being that he can't actually manifest a physical form, instead he animates scarecrow like bodies that are built of wood an metal, kinda like how Tybaulk animates a teddy bear. Conversely much younger demons like Evelynn can manipulate their physical form and have arguably had more impact on important lore events. At the same time you have Nocturne, who has been shown to be very powerful in the lore, but he's not even at full power seeing as he's stuck in the shadow realm and can only invade the normal world through people's dreams, yet even doing this he was able to make an entire town go mad.
As a whole League power levels are hard to figure out, all that we can really say is that the magical fluffy boy that is Bard, is actually the strongest lore-wise, and that him and Ryze are probably the two most important to the future of the world.
Actually, Ashlesh _is_ tied to a champ in League, he is tied to Nilah and was powerful enough to erase Nilah's entire existance in the mind of all who ever knew her in any way shape or form, Fiddle might not have much of a mind simply because he doesn't need it, therefore his power may lie elsewhere, or maybe he's also in a bit of a Nocturne situation and can't properly manifest himself
aren't kindred and aurelion sol stronger than bard?
@@cursedafbutok8260 Kindred is really weak in comparison. Kindred is a regional Spirit God. Their power level is similar to that of Volibear, Ornn, and Anivia. People like to think that Kindred is death itself but that's not accurate, and the Riot lore team has confirmed this. Kindred is simply a personification of death and, like all Spirit Gods, is given power by the mortals of Runeterra believing in them. This also means that those that don't believe in Kindred will never meet them, this is why Mordekaiser didn't see Kindred when he died. Morde's culture didn't have a Kindred myth, instead they believed in The Hall of Bones, basically a version of Valhalla. As a Spirit God, Kindred can actually be killed. There is another god, the Etherfiend, which is also a personification of death. However the Etherfiend represents what is termed in lore as "true death", which is being forgotten. As all Spirit Gods gain their power from people believing in them they will lose all power if they're forgotten, and they'll be swallowed by the Etherfiend.
Long story short, Kindred is a regional god that only exists on some parts of Runeterra.
Also worth mentioning that Kindred can't do anything anyway. Their sole purpose is to kill those who's time is at an end. They don't have the ability to just randomly fight or kill people, they're kinda just a natural reaction of the world and not an entity with any agency.
Now for Aurelion. Aurelion and Bard are both Celestials. They are godly beings that rule over fundamental functions of the entire universe. In the case of Aurelion that's creation, whereas Bard is space time. One the surface they're both on a similar power level, however Aurelion was tricked by the Targonians and crown was placed upon his head that binds him to their will. He's managed to break free from it for short periods of time, but ultimately he is a dragon on a leash. Since he has no self agency he is at a lower power level than Bard who can do as he pleases.
Since Fiddle just woke up, he is not as strong as the other demons who spent centuries on runeterra. Evelyn lore says that She didnt have a body, and actually decided to have one after multiple years. It's probably the same case with Fiddlestick, he is currently trying to understand the world, and gets more powerfull. We can see that Fiddlesticks is still an Orb when he backs (just like Evelynn in the past). I would say that the most dangerous demon is Tham Kench, it's the worst demon to encounter by far. He doesnt just kill you, he makes you suffer for years and take EVERYTHING you have (family, friends, houses) and then he eats you. He has fate manipulation and is really intelligent. Basically, if you meet Thamkench you'll never refuse his offer since he'll never show himself otherwise. Tham Kench is the devil of League of legends. Nocturne could be even worse than Tham Kench but he is currently locked.
Listen to his theme! It really captures alot of, what I believe, is the "tale" they tell children :D
Suprise Party Fiddlesticks is a Legendary skin, meaning that it has a new voiceover and new animations (And is a bit more expensive). Every other Fiddlesticks skin uses the base voicelines
I am so glad they made separate voice lines for surprise party fiddlesticks, it sounds so gooood!
Interesting Quote: When Fiddlesticks encounters a demon, he repeats their names, like for Evelynn, Nocturne, and Tham Kench. But when he encountered Swain, he calls him Raum (an already dead demon), that's because on Swain's right arm resides a demon named Raum. And when he kills Evelynn, Nocturne, Swain and Tahm Kench, he says what kind of demon they are or what they feed on (like the seven deadly sins or something like that).
Fiddlesticks is for me one of the best reworks (remakes) of a champion, they did him justice in every aspect. Also his voice does not have a voice filter, it's just the awesome voice of Kellen Goff, he even made a video on how exactly he made Fiddlesticks voice, and sounds (Fiddlesticks is also like a parrot, he is just mimicking sounds he hears, so humans,animals etc, so yeah that means his voice lines are probably the last lines of his victims, for champions specific lines, he indeed uses some lines either the champs or someone close to them said, so he invokes fear, also the Jinx line was an arcane reference :P)
Fiddle's demon is very old and it appears to have been present in many events in Runeterra. Miss Fortune name is Sarah, when he says "Hide Sarah, Hide", that was what Miss Fortune mother told to her when she was little just before Gangplank killed her. He does the same thing to Annie and Yasuo, on the first one he pretends to be her step-sister and on the second his brother Yone
The voice actor for this was Kellen Goff, known for also doing the voice of funtime freddy at the fifth game of fnaf, a talented boy
He, as the primal demon of fear, can use and sense the inner fears of any creature. "Sarah" is Ms. Fortune's real name, her parents were killed and she hid, as a child so that's expected, but she has carried it on her back ever since.
The strange lines that makes no sense and seem too "complex" for fiddlesticks to say, is because they're the things he has heard the people say that he was stalking.
Also: fiddlesticks are a part of a violin, more or less, that make up a significant portion of his theme
the key line towards zoe "Nice ket you got there, twilight. Didn't steal it from someone dangerous did you?" is actually a throwback from when Zoe was released. Before that the old Fiddlesticks design had a key around it's neck, when zoe launched the key was gone from his neck and was on Zoe instead. This is what led a lot of people discussing what happened. This voice line is a nice throwback to that.
As other have mentioned Fiddlesticks is the Demon of Fear. When it says fear it is referring to itself. When it talks to other demons in game like Evelynn or Tahm Kench it refers to them by name. When it speaks to Swain it calls out his demon Raum by name. And also it will state their role. Like when it speaks to Tahm Kench it will say addiction or when it speaks to Swain it will say secrets as Raum is the demon of secrets and Tahm Kench the demon of addiction.
And of course, Evelyyn, the Demon of Agony. You're on point!! 😀
Fiddlesticks knows what everyone is afraid of, so when he first meets someone in game he says something to them from their past to scare them.
he's not Garen's brother, that is a quote from Lux, who is Garen's younger sister.
The Nunu quote is from his mother, his mother used to call him "my little hero"
Sarah is Miss Fortune's real name, when Fiddle says "Hide Sarah" it's him quoting her mother, when her mother was about to be murdered by Gangplank.
Fiddle is also aware of the other demons and spirits in Runeterra, that's why he calls Kindred "Grey Man" and Kayn Rhaast. Also Swain he calls "Raum"
Riven was accused of killing her master and stealing his sword. Fiddle seems to reveal he knows the truth when he shouts "guilty! GUILTY! GUILTY!"
I don't know if you've seen the video, but Annie's sister fell in a lake and Annie was trying to pull her ashore and failed. That's why Fiddle says "don't let go"
as for all the random cries "who's out there" "there's something in the field" "it's in the house, it knows what we're afraid of" they are the last words of victims before Fiddle got them. You figured this out yourself after I typed this.
Good job at explaining! One you missed is when Fiddle says "Agony" to Evelyyn. 'Agony' is the name of the demon that possesses the human form of 'Evelynn' and that's why he calls her that, if I can recall correctly.
one mistake. the guilty to riven is for the judgement abour yasuo's master and all what she did in Ionia. in noxus, place where riven is from, killing your leader is seen fine as long as you think he was weak
@@gracetaylor2767 or another way of explaining, he says what the Demons feed off of
Tahm Kench - Addiction
Evelynn - Agony
Swain/Raum - Secrets
@@megarayquaza9054 Ah, got it! Thanks :))
that sound funnily enough isn't an edited voice. The voice actor does it really well. It's done by speaking but instead of exhaling you inhale... that and simultanously abusing your voice a little.
One of my favorite things about Fiddle's voice actor is not only does he not use any special effects to achieve one of the most spine chilling voices I've heard in YEARS, but he also voices the surprise party skin and gives off a COMPLETELY different vibe
"It's in the house" is probably the creepiest voiceline. Our homes is what keeps us safe and makes us feel safe. Imagine having something invade the place that is meant to keep you safe and is just lurking, waiting to kill you.
So as others have mentioned already, Fiddlesticks was reworked fairly recently in terms of the game's release. As you had already guessed, Fiddlestick's voice lines are actually based on the other Champion's biggest fears, with a key exception being other demons. In the world of Runeterra, there is a hierarchy for demons with the oldest("First of ten"), the most primordial being Fiddlesticks, a moniker made by the children of Runeterra and has a bunch of other nicknames for himself based on the regions. All the other demons in the game so far are lesser demons and not considered one of the ten either. Due to how ancient Fiddlesticks is, it developed way before almost anything existed, except for a few other entities, the Gray Man(Kindred), and Soraka being two of them, it never learned to create its own form unlike the rest of the demons, only possessing things. Fiddlesticks itself is actually the black mass in the middle of the scarecrow. Due to this, it does not really have a proper "human" voice, it only imitates what it hears from people and animals it hunts which is why it's wheezing, rasping, and scratching as it tries to "speak." Fiddle also repeats some of the other people's voice lines when he kills them.
For the specific voice lines, I can give an idea for each. The other demons are probably the easiest to explain as they are so far as he calls them by what they feed on, including itself being fear, Evelynn feeds on agony, Nocturne on nightmares, Tahm Kench on addiction, and interestingly enough, knows of the demon Raum, who currently has a pact with Swain, and feeds on secrets.
The other champions are based on their biggest fears or traumatic events in their lives:
-Annie lost her family due to her powers she did not know how to control
-Garen has a fear of losing his sister, Lux, because she is a mage in a nation that despises and imprisons mages much like in Dragon Age
-You already know the story for Jinx, which the cool part about that line is that it was released before they revealed Arcane
-Miss Fortune(First name Sarah) lost her parents to another champion, Gankplank
-Nunu is searching for his mother with the help of his yeti, Willump
-Riven is in exile because of the horrors and atrocities she committed during the Noxian invasion of Ionia
-Sylas accidentally killed a mage when he was trying to protect a family from the mage hunters in Demacia
-Vayne's line is actually a line from Evelynn killing her parents in front of her
-Yasuo killed his own brother, Yone, as he was framed for killing his master and hunting him down.
The generic voice lines basically tell their own story separate from champions and show some of the other ways Fiddlesticks has hunted and killed people around the world.
Interestingly enough one of Suprise Party Fiddlestick's lines is actually canon or at least mentions something canonical, that being Zoe, another champion, has a key on her waist which belongs to Fiddlesticks.
Fiddlesticks is older than raka, he is as old as the universe/existed, being the very concept of fear. One of the incarnations of death likely also existed at that time.
Ok explanation of fiddlestics just in case.
Fiddlestics is the 3rd being of the creation, he is the original evil, the first of demons, the Demon Lord of the Fear.
That means fiddlestics is essentially a celestial entity, is the manifestation of the fear itself and for this reason he is able to become stronger by using any fear of his target against him.
Essentially, fiddlestics is the black mess you can see inside the scarecrow and his form changes depending of his target’s deepest fears.
Also, is important to know the power tiers of the demons in lore:
-10 DEMON LORDS: cosmic entities, fiddlestics is the elder and the most powerful, currently is the only one who isnt sealed in the purgatory.
-major demons: the first descendants of the 10 demon lords, they are ancient entities almost as old as runeterra (for now, swain’s demon, Raum the demon of secrets is the elder and most powerful from this tier, and btw he is the first descendant of fiddlestics specifically).
-average demons: younger demons like nocturne, evelynn or thamkench they are like extremely powerfull monsters
-minor demons (azakanas): like the one who has yone.
As you probably noticed fiddlestics is based on “IT” (from stephen king movies an books)
And yes.. since he is the strongest demon, he is like the demon of the demons…
Thats why when he detects a demon he tells them their true name and the emotion they take them powers (as an act of superiority, since essentially they all are trully inferior to him)
Btw, fiddlestics isnt even his true name, thats just the name the humans gave him in the legends ;)
Thats why no one knows his true name, and the most accurate name would be “the lord of fear”
However when he saw swain for instance and said “Raum… Secrets…” is his way of telling him… “ here i am the alpha , any problem? :v “
Imagine this, Swain could’ve easily taken demacia long ago… and if he isnt interested yet it isnt because of nocturne (who is less powerful than raum) but because of fiddlestics (since is 100% IMPOSSIBLE for raum to overpass fiddlestics) :3
P.D: think about this… the only way to have any chance against fiddlestics would be to have absolutely NO FEAR… And the only way to trully defeat him would be to make sure about there is NOTHING in all the universe who feels ANY KIND OF FEAR…
Said in other words… there is no way to defeat him forever. (Even aurelion sol could be defeated by him) :o
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And well… this is the explanation of all his interactions, i hope it can help a bit to understand his character, in any case i wrote it with the best intentions UwU
(great video btw :3)
P.D.2: ironically, fiddlestics is the only champions whoose all skins could be considered as “cannon” since he hasnt a defined form, so he will adopt the form of whatever his target fears the most :p
Sarah is miss Fortune's real name, and when her family was murdered by Gangplank, her father yelled "Hide Sarah, hide!" But Gangplank shot the young Sarah as well "SARAH! SARAAAH!!!". To get rid of the trauma she has, she uses the nickname Miss Fortune.
Fiddlesticks cannot say whatever he wants, he mimics his victims' last words before they die "The scarecrow took them all! No one left... But me...", "It's hunting us! It knows what we're afraid of!"
He can also sense the worst fear or trauma of the champion and uses it against them. Like when he yelled at Jinx "JINX! ALL YOUR FAULT! ALL YOUR FAULT!" He was reffering to the explosion in the third episode. Or with Annies "Annie... Don't let go", when Annie was young, she and her step-sister were playing near the river, but Annie's sister fell into the river and Annie didn't manage to save her, her sister drowned in that river.
Fiddlesticks is the most ancient of demons, one of the first ten. He is the ONLY one of first ten because he killed and consumed the others "Fiddlesticks, End of Men! Fiddlesticks, FIRST OF TEN!". From the lore perspective he is the 3th most powerful being in all of league of legends, beaten only by the creator of the universe, and one other person.
When Fiddlesticks sees other demons like him, he says their name "Evelynn!" "Tahmkench..." "Nocturne..." "Raum... (the demon inside Swain)"
Fiddlestick's body, is just a shell he uses, a vessel. The actual fiddlesticks is the demon inside his ribcage.
Dang girl! You did a great job imitating Fiddlesticks' voice! That was pretty freaking good impression and it sounds like you got how the VA makes the voice/sounds. Fun reaction vid 😁
omg tysm! haha I really tried ngl and I didn't think it sounded TOO bad - maybe I have a future career right there xD! Thank you so much for watching hehe :)
The voice actor was inhaling the air in as he was speaking to achieve this effect, as he mentioned you have to drink water extremely frequently or you risk destroying your voice doing that for extended periods of time
Fiddlesticks most voicelines are either stolen from his screaming victims or he searches your soul and finds what causes you fear, wether something you made up or trauma you have, he finds it and twists it to cause the most fear to consume you in his unescapable hunger. Miss Fortune's name is Sarah and her mother was killed in front of her as a child and the person calling her name is her mother.
The spookyness aint over, if you get a chance there's Fiddlesticks theme you can listen to and it's...uh...fucking terrifying.
16:48
Fun Fact: This particular quote was derived from Fiddlesticks previous Incarnation, It was his Joke quote which was used on all of his Skins with the exception of Praetorian.
Fiddle is just straight up the best design Riot has ever done. It is so extremely iconic and unlike anything else. The "immortal primordial demon" schtick has been done to death, but Fiddle just stands out.
I just want to say how real and genuine you are. Too many you tubers are so produced and come offfake and quite robotic. Keep being you. You rock
omg AWWWW that is so nice thank you so much :D I am really happy to see this comment
@@georgieegames Thank YOU for being real. The sole reason why I want to watch reactions is to re-live these emotions through others reacting to it for the first time. Your reactions are so much fun and genuine to watch :)
Fiddlesticks mimics the last words of its victims(sometimes to lure new victims), such as the animal noises and the sobbing and the “is someone out there? Show yourself”
fiddle is a ancient demon of fear (because of that he can see the deepest fears or the most traumatic events in the life of the ones he encounter) imprisoned in the scarecrow. the things tha he say (like "help me" or something like that) are the things that the ones that he kill have said right before he kill them and he kinda like blend that things to say something especific.
He is so creepy! I really want to know more about the 9 other demons as well! So fascinating like who trapped him in there! Thanks for watching :)
@@georgieegames he himself trapped him in there. The body is just something he carries around to scare people even more. If you look at his in game movement (especially his recall and ult) you can see the demon fully or almost leaving the cage and the body becomes more like a puppet he drags around rather than something he uses as a body :D TB Skyen covers stuff like this in his "what's the deal with ___" series, it's worth checking out :D
Fiddle voicelines are him mimicking other ppl words or ppl related too who he talk too
example sarah is miss fortune first name he said too her hide sarah hide these words were said to her by her mother when she was killed by gankplank
but this only for normal character if he talk to a demon he just calls them by their names like evelyne ,raum(swain), nocturne...
As someone who met his VA, he uses a voice distortion gadget and he also uses his own range! Very talented. He's super nice. And didn't make me pay $50 to hear him say Fear when I picked out Fiddle. Everyone else was getting five nights at Freddie's and I got super excited and was like "omg you play him! Shit your voice is awesome! Is he getting a new skin?" XD bruh star guardian comes out and I'm like damn, I wanted that splash art signed....
I love how he is sorta like a demon or grim reaper, but not fully sapient. He's more of a force of nature than a being. He doesn't really speak, so much as gruesomely parrots back things he's heard people saying as they died, or replays statements linked to past trauma of those he's hunting.
My favorite is when he gets a pentakill and says something that a survivor said once after he attacked a group. "The Scarecrow took them all! Nobody left. But me."
Kellen Goff also has a video he made about how he did the voice for Fiddlesticks. Thats all him! I love all of his work, especially in the Five Nights at Freddy's games. He voices several Freddy characters, Sun, Moon, and Eclipse, and Glamrock Freddy
Woah I didn't think just listening to voice lines could be so interesting. There's lore in these too it seems. Not so much the ones for special skins, but the originals hold meaning in them. Loved you're reaction to these, and think you should react to the voice lines of other characters too! Great vid
Fun fact, I don’t know if it’s been meationed but there was two ideas for his voice, they went with this, the other they were thinking about and it was meationed in a dev diary was to use layered voices of men women and children all speaking in unison, it was to be described as the souls that he has taken speaking for him.
Don’t worry hon…..we all felt like shit after the jinx one
Fiddlesticks is the embodiment of fear it feeds off of fear, fiddlesticks -though a silly name- is basically a folklore of runeterra but exist and his story alone strikes fear into every nation
the only champion that fiddlestick is afraid of being around for any length of time is zigs. zigs considers fiddlesticks as a friend, and at the same time fiddlesticks just runs away when he see zigs.
Ok basically in Lore. Fiddlesticks is one of the 10 kings. The highest ranked demons in runeterra. He is basically the King of Fear, he feeds on fear and he is basically Runeterra's Boogieman, and everyone in Runeterra see him differently.
Recently another of the 10 Kings has been revealed, that being Ashlesh Demon of Joy....and yes in the extreme Joy can be very, very bad.
There are also Minor Demons in Runeterra. Example being Evelynn, Demon of Agony, Tahm Kench Demon of Addicton and then we have Tybaulk(who is sealed inside Tibbers, Annie's Teddy Bear) and several more
the voice lines of kindred are fire as well - though very sad but beautiful
I am looking forward to listening to kindred for sure :)
A shame you didn't hear his Champion Theme, it's nit long but really adds to that creepy vibe it has. Good video though, always glad to see someone experiencing Fiddlesticks for the first time!
Fiddlesticks - my favorite tattoo and my favorite LoL Champion
Miss Fortune’s first name is Sarah I think. I could be wrong since I don’t know a lot about League of Legends.
You curse like a sailor and I'm all here for it lmao
-When adressing to Nunu ,it uses the name his dead mothers used to call him
-when talking to Vayne , it says what her parents(they were killed in front of her ) used to tell her
-when talking to miss fortune , it says her parents last words to her
-It talks to lux by using the nickname sylas gives her
-it calls garen "brother" and say "don't hate me" to him has lux might have told him when he learned that she is a mage
-also it uses quote from the champion it kills
I love how Fiddlesticks can't really talks so he parrots what he hears. Just a collection of last words people said
Sorry if already mentioned but..
If I remember well, when Fiddlesticks encounters another demon, that's the only time he says their name, no mocking whatsoever. (Just "Nocturne", "Evelnynn", "Raum" (which is the name of the actual demon in Swain))
Also, I think you should listen to his theme song. It shows concept arts as well, but the music is so so frightening o_o
When Fiddle encounters a Demon instead of saying what they’re afraid of he call them by their name, he calls Swain Raum because Swain made a deal with Raum to borrow his power. Also if you listen to his lines for when he kills a demon champion he says what they’re known for:
Evelyn = Agony, Tahm Kench = Addiction, Nocturne = Nightmares, Raum (Swain) = Secrets, etc.
He speaks all these things. The last words someone said before they died, says your greatest fear outloud, voices the worst moment in your life, and calls out your true name if you are known by a fake one.
Also when interacting with other demons he calls them by their name or the sin that they rule over because in the world of demons your true name holds power over you. So in a way it's him telling them that he outranks them and to back off.
Fiddlesticks looks into your fear. When he met Miss Fortune, he said what Sarah's Parents said when they got murdered by Gangplank. "Sarah...Sarah..." Calling Miss Fortune. "Hide Sarah...Hide!" Her parents tells Sarah to hide from Gangplank.
Ohhhh that makes a lot of sense! I need way more backstory! Thanks for the details :)
Loved the video! You should definitely react to “Kindred: the Eternal Hunters” voice lines next, they’re one of my favorite champs in the game 💜
His voice-lines are so good. They play off the victims fears. e.g. for Garen "brother please dont hate me" is Fiddle imitating Lux, who is a mage, which is illegal in Demacia. "little light" is what Sylas called Lux in prison, before he tricked her and escaped.
Fun fact, the VA for fiddle didn’t needed any modifier to his voice, he was able to do it without any auto tune or anything
He even has a video on RUclips of him doing the voice in his car
What I like is that if you listen to the dialogue not specific to a target. He seems to be describing a specific attack on a demacian farming village in all of them. It all adds up to this grisly story of him picking people off in the corn fields at night and then openly terrorising the village when they discover his presence. Finally hunting down the last survivor after the massacre “nobody left but me” because obviously that could only be mimicked if Fiddlesticks did get him in the end. It could even be the same horror story you see in the cinematic.
creepy thing is that fiddlesticks mimics sounds that he or "it" heard from victims , animals or just the ambiance
First of ten that means he is one of the first ten primal demons(ancient and powerful)
Here's a link to the VA going over how he does the voice. It's pretty impressive in how little post-processing is involved ruclips.net/video/czsRZd2-6Ac/видео.html
OOOO I will give it a watch, thats awesome!
I was about to comment about this, glad I scrolled down and saw somebody had.
4:35 Fiddlesticks's Voice Actor is Kellen Goff, who has a video on RUclips where he's just in a car, casually explaining how he does the voice (with some demonstrations) if you're interested. It's not hard to find - just look for "Kellen Goff Fiddlesticks"
Fiddlestick's voice actor actually put out a video talking about how he did the voice. It's really cool. You might think there's a lot of processing done to make it sound like that, but, no. That's like 99% the actor's voice.
Sarah is Miss fortunes first name. He mimicks her mother, who was a talented gunsmith that was killed by gangplank (another champion from bilgewater)right in front of her when miss fortune was still very young.
The voice actor actually uploaded a video on how he does fiddle's voice. The video is just him in his car chilling, explaining how he did it, is really cool
There is a theory that the first of 10 line he says is potentially 10 different type of fiddlesticks demons
Sarah is Miss Fortunes name. She and her mother(I think) was attacked by Gangplank. Sarah was little at the time and her mother told her to run and hide ,then was shot dead by Gangplank. Sarah hid ,but was found and shot by Gangplank ,but survived it.
fun fact Fiddlesticks is like a folk lore in Runeterra sort of a boogeyman and on every region he is different, and thanks to Braum we now know that he is called "the eater of Voices" in the Freljord
It's actually really funny that all of Fiddlesticks skins are canon in Runeterra since they depict how the fable and story of Fiddlesticks are depicted in the different regions of Runeterra
Imagine fiddle in arcane jeeeez
Oh it would just become a horror show at then and would give vivid daymares
The sarah lines are what her parents told her before they were killed by gangplank,
Basically fiddlesticks is the primordial demon and he knows everything that happens in runeterra because he is everywhere, and he uses people's fears and regrets interacting with them, he calls other demons by only their name like evelynn, tahm kench, nocturne, in swain's case the demon in his right arm is called Raum.
he's pretty terrifying in game. he plays around not having vision making him stronger. So often times he'll jump scare u from out of vision. also he plays these effigies that look like him and do a random action but arent actually him, so lots of the time u jsut walk into a random bush and get jump scaried
the voice actor speaks while breathing in in some of these lines to make this effect happen ^^
Edit: Context for Miss Fortune and Sarah -- Sarah is Miss Fortunes name.
Kellen Goff's throat hurts every time he has to voice Fiddle
He’s said to be as old as Aurelion Sol, “born in the first terrible scream of creation”.
Who would have thought 5 limbs would make for such a terrifying character design.
Fiddlesticks' voice lines are scarier when you imagine them as a single night it attacked a farm.
"There's something in the field."
"They haven't come back from the field, it's been three days." A panicking farmer talking about his workers
"The scarecrow took them all. Nobody left but me." A survivor coming back, warning them.
"See? It's just a scarecrow." Farmer checking with the survival. "Fiddlesticks is just a story to scare children."
*Heavy breathing voice line. Screaming*
"Run! Run away!" the farmer/survivor running back.
"It's not dead!" They attempt to kill Fiddlesticks
"It's outside!" They lock the door to hide
"It's hunting us, it knows what we're afraid of." Self explanatory
"It's in the house!" Self explanatory
"Don't open your eyes." A parent telling a child to close their eyes.
"I'm so scared!" Child panicking
"We can't get out!"
"Don't leave me!"
"Save me!"
"No no!"
Fiddlesticks also mimics the last words of his victims which is very unsettling.
fiddle sticks is like a demonic learning algorithm of fear, it doesnt know what a fiddlesticks is, or what a scarecrow is, or anything, it just know that the things it does and says scare ppl
Kellen Goff is a freaking genius at voicework. That's how XD
Kellen Goff, the voice actor, is amazing in everything he does!
I looked to see who Fiddlestick's va was, not surprised to see it's Kellen Goff, he's insanely talented.
The "Hide Sarah Hide" line refers to the time when Miss Fortune saw her mother get killed by Gangplank while she hid.
10:48 Thats exactly what it is, he's like a broken tape recorder for the last words of his victims, and a vast majority of his speech is made up of either that, or him drawing on the fears of who he encounters. Its almost like mockery, and we cant tell if thats even why he really does this, or if its just the very primal understanding that it freaks people out, and he does it not out of any sadism but simply the sheer opportunistic pro-active mindset of a predator.
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Surprise Party Fiddlesticks sounds like if Justin Cook tried to impersonate Mark Hammil's Joker.
So to tldr fisdlestick:
He is the demon of fear and the first ever demon of the world, despite being old as time Fiddlesticks cant really speak and only mimics the voices of dead.
Ever major region in Runeterra has their own version of Fiddlesticks (the version we see in the game is the Demacia version). Due to the nature of Fiddlesticks being a folk lore its thought he knows every horror the world has, e.g Luxs fear that her brother would betray her.
The Miss Fortune lines go back when Gangplank killed Fortunes family and her mother screamed out for Sarah to hide and run
Fiddle sticks is as old as time and the universe, he's animalistic and has no thoughts or emotions other then to kill. It doesn't matter what you are or who you are or how bad your fear is, he will exploit it.
And to clarify, fiddlesticks can't speak, but he tries to replicate voices, like a parrot, he will be repeating them, the thing is those unfortunate to witness fiddlesticks are hunted by him, so, making the voices he repeats be the last words of a dead person and/or their deppest fears. It's cool to react to this video and imagine the stories behind each voice line, it gets dark real easy. Also, i loved the reaction to jinxes lines because of arcane, him knowing about what happened means he heard everything, u can even see crows in a lot of scenes, like when jinx kills one, they represent fiddlesticks and swain.
Imagine if this thing appeared in Zaun or Piltover
Kellen Goff is such a Legend
He did a Fiddlesticks voice tutorial inside his car and it sounded so cool and terrifying
Sure there's at least one filter over it but Kellen actually did most of these high pitched, squeeking horror sounds
so his voice lines are his victims last words, so ragged breathing is someone trying to run away right before they die, pretty dark xD
My personal head canon for the surprise skin is because of the background of his art, it's fiddlesticks in the future. More experience, more developed essense.
OOOOOOOOO like fiddlesticks in modern time?! omg I LOVE THAT! Like that is how he has had to survive because of changing times and modernisation! :o
Fiddlesticks on the surface is pretty simple and most of the rest of its lore is vague or mysterious, but with what little lore we have, Fiddlesticks appears to be the most ancient demon, "A demon before demons", potentially the most powerful of whatever ten it is the first of, was born upon the first scream of the universe' creation, may have been banished from Runeterra into space only to be summoned back by a foolish mage, and regularly goes into hibernations that last tens of thousands of years before rising again to feast on the fears of others. And that's just what we know, with a myriad of theories into just about everything surrounding Fiddles.
Fiddlesticks is so vague and mysterious that it is debated to be one of the most powerful beings in Runeterra that is currently known, last I saw from my casual view was top three with some arguing it should be higher. And to think it was just a rickety scarecrow with a backstory that changed from major patch to major patch ever since the beginning of League, only to be revamped ten years later into an interesting mystery and terrifying presence within the world of Runeterra.
the things he says when referring other champions are past traumas that may put fear in them, like yasuo and his brother, saying Jinx is all her fault, etc. Then the voicelines where he kills them he mimicks what those champions said.
all the other voicelines are either screeching sounds or it's victims last words like you said, for example people saying "it's in the fields" or "it's in the house", or "the scarecrow moved!" etc.
So Sarah is Miss fortune name, Sarah Fortune, that line was said by her mother, "hide Sarah, hide". Also if you remember Annie origins, the things fiddlesticks say to her are truly sad
Also recommend reacting to fiddlesticks champion theme
1:37 "After Fossbarrow" is a reference to a story you can read on Universe that features Garen and Lux and it is a good read if you wanna try it out!
Before the bigbang came in this universe or before the creation itself the moment it screamed fiddlesticks was born along side the creation