The Lore of Naafiri's Cinematic Explained

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0:00 TLDR Darkin History
2:49 Naafiri Cinematic

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[SandytheBoi]

There’s even a line in the cinematic where she references a little bird that’s running. Maybe she knows Azir’s been resurrected, but her corruption has made her forget her loyalty to the pigeon and drives her to chase after the emperor’s downfall.

[fpsDonor]

I feel like the RIOT artist loves Necrit, cause this guy really gets all the details they add to their animations!

[bonktoryu]

Can't wait to see Aatrox's dialogue shtting on Naafiri for becoming a hound

[dmitrishostakovich]

You didn't mention how after your favourite sceen of the pack leader biting the sun, the purple cave scenery has the moon in the middle. This is quite an obvious symbolism of Naafiri abbandoning her shuriman ways (biting the sun) and embracing her new life as a darking dog (the moon visible from hound cave). The cave together with the moon and the landscape has the shape of an eye, so we know it references Naafiri directly instead of, for example, showing how the houds lived before encountering her.

[ZdkDzk]

The whole sequence leading up to the hallway chase has Naafiri being reached for our devoured by the dogs. It feels like the process was less about possessing the them, and more about Naafiri fighting to stay herself while the dogs tried to consume her. In the end she changes and becomes one with the pack, but instead of being consumed she leads them. Give up or give chase.

[lGold]

I think the reason why the frame rate in the video is not the well is because they want to show how the pack was not united or as "one". When Naafiri said at the end "But together we feast" they all have the same frame rate and they all started a hunting pose at the same time, at the same frame rate to show us that the pack is now one and share the same mind.

[Egalia_]

I'm so happy they went with a full monster champion and the trailer reflects that. It's unhinged, brutal, and has that animalistic edge that perfectly fits Naafiri. Can't wait to learn more about her lore and play her in-game

[colossaldonut]

I really hope the lore gets expanded for Naafiri. There's still so much to cover with Bel'Veth, Xolaani, Varus, Aatrox and the whole Darkin war but because the lore team has been missing for years it's impossible to know when all of this will come to fruition. There's still so much to go through but I hope that we will get to eventually instead of everything surrounding Naafiri just being in its own circle.

[Dolfn]

Naafiri's dogs eating whole sun is a nice reference to Norse wolf-god Fenrir, which is known for swallowing whole sun.

Also hounds represent the aftermath of war. After every fight or war, there come scavengers to feast on dead bodies.

[deepfriedthumb]

it almost feels like League of legends are releasing trailers just for necrit to explain them and i love it

[sweetfunnycake]

In Varus' new voiceline you can see that his Darkin Sisters are very ambitious (Xolaani, Valeeva and Naafiri). But we all need Baalkux. C'mon Riot do it.

[fishsticks]

11:48 Might also be a reference to Sköll, one of the children of Fenrir of Norse Mythology. It is said that he will chase after the sun and when Ragnarok comes he will finally catch it and swallow it whole.

[hunterwolf]

Note the way Naafiri is smirking at the end, as if satisfied with the new arrangement of circumstance.

[DEML]

Honestly I'm just surprised that Riot finally did a non-humanoid champion.

[invernofuyu]

The best champion in literally years. I hope they understand that we don't want everyone in the game to be a fairy or handsome. Everything the LoR team touches becomes incredible.

[shandyx]

Imagine if Naganeka was the new champion... I wonder how the cinematic would look like 🐔🐔

[matthewpelletier]

People have been talking about Darkin Dog for what feels like a few years now. Glad to see it finally come true.

[MajorHuggles]

I think the reason I'm more excited for this champion, aside from the cinematic itself, is that the concept is very unique compared to a lot of recent releases. The last monster champion we had was Bel'Veth, but even then they purposely made her slightly more human outside of her transformed state. There've been so many...humans, and while their designs differ at the end of the day they aren't really all that exciting.

This champion just actually looks cool, and I think the Darkin are some of the most interesting entities in League's lore. It's refreshing after so many, honestly, bland releases lately.

[joseescobar]

Remember reading something online,
saying that the darkin were the 4 horseman of the apocalyps
Rhaast has a voice line from him saying him and Aatrox are Death and War.
Naafiri wants to spread the darkin blood magic to the whole world (pestilence).
By default that makes Varus Conquest. (could be a stretch)



-Varus but turn the V upside-down-

[federiconadai]

My first experience related to mobas is tied to vainglory, in that game there was a character that was an alpha pack leader that could spawn his pack, i got caught by nostalgia plus I’m a huge fan of darkin designs