#darius lol

[art-of-arcane]

ARCANE | Welcome to Noxus Darius Modeling | Edouard Cellura

[arcanegifs]

Welcome to Noxus - Bite Marks (ft. TEYA) ↳ “Noxus is where the strong gather. It seeks the fearless and defiant. Calling them here... to answer one simple question: Are you strong enough?”

[vegaphysics]

DARIUS, THE HAND OF NOXUS in Welcome to Noxus - Bite Marks (Riot Games, in partnership with Fortiche; 2025).

[ask-le-ali-di-demacia]

Wow! This Pentakill concert has some big surprises in store...

[mollysunder]

I've found new foil for my hat, and by hat I mean the "Mel is Guile" theory.

Look closely at Mel's concept art, specifically at the ornaments around Mel's hips and at the top of the train of her skirt. Do they look familiar? If your answer was no, don't worry, I might have figured it out.

Mel is wearing the symbols of Might and Vision of Noxus' Trifarix!

How am I sure? Well a few years back the Legends of Runeterra art team broke down Noxus' crest and incorporated it into the shape language of the three leaders that represented Noxus' Three Principles of Strength: Might, Guile, and Vision. Two of those three leaders, Swain and Darius, are actual members of the Trifarix, LeBlanc was probably included because Mel wasn't created by then and the devs have been adamant that LeBlanc is not Guile.

LeBlanc tangent aside, the portions of Noxus' crest that form Vision and Might are on Mel's back and hips respectively.

But how do we know that means Mel is Guile on the Trifarix Council and she's not just a Trifarix super fan or something? You probably didn't think the latter half, but the new Noxus map on League did answer the first half.

For League's new Noxus season, they updated their map to include impressions of Noxus' Trifarix Council. We have Darius as Might, Swain as Vision, and Guile whose face us obscured by the grass and flowers because Guile's identity is a state secret from the public.

If you zoom in on Guile, you'll notice there's an arch hovering over their figure, which could be a stylistic choice, but Mel's in-game model was revealed to included a fluttery ballroom shawl that hovers over her, especially when she activates her powers. Could it be a coincidence?

Possibly, but that's only if you don't notice the torso of Guile forms the Medarda diamond too!

Anyway I'll put my tinfoil hat back on the ground and go now.

[angelltheninth]

WELCOME TO NOXUS

[melmedarda]

Mel has been sighted in the Root of Empire video that LoL just posted!

[mads-arts]

i’m on a roll so have a fast darius thingy hihi

[dariusarc]

Darius in the Welcome to Noxus trailer.

[art-of-arcane]

ARCANE | Welcome to Noxus Darius Texturing | Céline Giglio

[acromandus]

i see the candle burning down / before my eyes, before my wild eyes

Darius and Zed in "BREATHE" | Official Launch Video - Legends of Runeterra [x]

[jinxyjinxer]

Why is he kinda...?

[disordercinema]

Also, I am so excited about the (possible) future story in Noxus because we've got an amazing tease for it already. With the hint that Swain has already been keeping an eye on everything that happened in Piltover, and in Mel, because of the three eyed raven, we can imagine that he is going to invite Mel to be the third leader of his new Noxian government

We always knew that Swain was Vision, Darius was Might but the Guile representative was linked to Leblanc somehow but we didn't know who they were. We knew that they visited the Wolf's sanctuary in Noxus and that they wore a mask. With Ambessa's death it seems like Mel is going to Noxus, she'll probably pay a visit to the Wolf to honour her mother's death and she has her mother's mask, which she'll probably start using from now on. She said she saw "the witch's face" which means she knows who Leblanc is and she made herself an enemy of the Black Rose.

Swain, since apparently he already has his demon of secrets, probably already knows about the existence of the Black Rose and Leblanc and will want an ally to defeat her. So he will most likely ask Mel to be Guile. Then we'll have the Noxian trifarix, the three people government, represented by Swain, Darius and Mel.

AND I AM SO FUCKING STOKED MY GUYS

[mollysunder]

Check out these size comparisons!

Darius is big enough to kiss the top of Jayce's head!

Don't think I didn't notice that the soldier by Darius called a soldier of the TRIFARIAN legion. That means the Trifarix was already established during the Bite Marks video (or at least Swain's in power!). I wonder if Mel's going to be the center of commotion that hinted to go down during Darius' Grand Reckoning!

But mlre importantly, why are Noxians so damn big? Why is Mel so small compared to them and her mom? What are they feeding them, and is Mel not eating it?

[elementaskylos345]

Darius and Draven being brothers is one of my favorite things, mainly because imagining family shenanigans is fun

Exhibit A

[jaijeijayjei]

Why did they do Jayce dirty like that 😭 this was a setup. What are they feeding people in Noxus??

Also this kind of looks like Jayce is wearing skinny jeans tucked into knee high boots lol

And y’all know I’m a Meljay truther for life but this made me imagine Darius picking up Jayce and him being like: