#Skarner

[aurelion-solar]

"Beyond myth." - Skarner VGU Promo Art

[kenyizsuartblog]

LoL - Skarner Is Right

"Oh man, I wonder if I'll draw other champions from this game later down the line"

<proceeds to have an idea that requires half the goddamn roster>

Famous last words, huh?

Real talk, delete that last sentence from the final paragraph of Skarner's bio:

"The only one Skarner can trust is himself, and he'll do anything it takes to protect Ixtal and its people. Even if that means becoming the root of their destruction, himself."

And his "destructive paranoia" immediately gets downgraded to "fully reasonable and healthy paranoia". I bet I haven't even pictured a fifth of all the insane bull-- going on outside of Ixtal, and half of the things on the pic would be enough for me to vote for eternal isolation, thanks.

This was a lot of fun to put together, even if it took a bit longer than I would have hoped. I ended up reading and/or listening to quite a few lore bits, all of which I really enjoyed... and my god, the story of Nasus and Renekton just nuked my heart. I want the god-warrior bros to make up and live happily ever after! I don't even care what happens to Azir and Shurima in the background, I want the brothers to get a happy ending, pls, Riot!!

So what's the lesson to learn from all this? #SkarnerIsRight

Other LoL-related works

Skarner sketchdump 24-04-03-06

2024.04.13

[ssephyr]

GO GO GO

[ohnoitstbskyen]

New Skarner just got revealed, first thoughts on his glow up?

[teratophallia]

Skarner is lookingt for some attention. Want to see the uncensored post with text? Check me out on Twitter (18+Only)

[zer0n00]

Skarner sketch i did for fun!

[stain-is-the-name]

Even more eyes ( Skarner, Soraka v3, Dryad Soraka)

[league-of-blorbos]

10/10 dev update, especially with the new champs and Arcane teasers

Can't wait for Skarner to finally finish up, Smolder definately looks better in game but I still wish his face and proportions were a bit different, but the look at Shyvana has me hyped thru the roof, excited for the new vastaya, I'm willing to bet so much money that the Arcane VGU will be for Viktor, my boy needs on so badly, FUCK YES AMBESSA, love more representation for buff, older, and black women and to learn more about her backstory and role in Noxus, we got a sneak peak at definately-not-Warwick, no sir, no clue what Singed could be up to, not too surprised at the prestige list but nice to see Kindred on there, sad to hear Teemo get delayed but hopefully he still comes out this year, and lastly, that first Heaven Scale could be Lee Sin due the blindfold but that be weird to give him a new skin before his ASU, but we also know Ezreal is getting a skin soon so maybe that's Kayn, if so FUCK YES I was just thinking about a dragon Rhaast not long ago so I bet he'll look fantastic if that really is Kayn

We eating good, y'all

[tamaart04]

Skarner fanart 🦂

[majoruyeda]

✦ Commission artwork

Oc x Canon with Skarner ♥

[goldlightwriting]

I know I'm in the minority, but I am honestly, truly glad that they retconned the Brackern being the source of Hextech. Even before Arcane, I was never a fan of that plotpoint. I talked about it a bit in Skarner video essay, but my feelings on the matter have only strengthened.

To simplify my thoughts: I just don't see what everyone else does in the old Skarner lore. I never found it particularly 'deep' or 'tragic.' I can tell there was an ATTEMPT to make it so, but I feel like the attempt falls flat for a variety of reasons.

Like, the core of Skarner's prior story was KIND of an environmental message; people using up a rare and limited resource to power their city, with the added tragedy of that resource being alive and sapient. Humans continued to exploit the Brackern regardless though, because most people just couldn't understand that Hexcrystals were alive and the few who did were just cruel bastards that didn't care.

There was supposed to be this whole dilemma of "could the people really give up on using Hexcrystals if they found out they were effectively torturing living people by using them, even if that threatened to compromise their way of life?" And honestly, I don't think that's much of a dilemma.

Like, if Skarner and/or Seraphine ever managed to get the word out and reveal the truth about Hexcrystals to a massive audience, I genuinely think that would be the end of Hextech... Except not really because the lore established that synthetic Hexcrystals are a thing so there's already an easy solution the issue regardless. They're more fragile and not as long-lasting, but if you can create cheaper copies that AREN'T alive to power your machines anyway then Piltover could still probably function with relatively the same degree of efficiency, especially if research was done to improve on the synthetic copies.

Also, we have to take into account that this is Runeterra: a world with like a billion different forms of magic. Piltover is NOT the only or first nation to use magic technology. Shurima, Icathia AND Ixtal all figured out how to make machines powered by the arcane, and one could even argue that Demacia has something like that going with its petricite golems. Hell, Zaun even has chemtech, which has its own share of problems, but still!

My point is that the brackern crystals were never the only viable source of power for Hextech in Runeterra. There are SEVERAL alternatives that could be reached if people actually took the time to look, and the only reason that no one does is because, again, most Piltovans just don't see a reason to.

New Skarner's lore has issues. I'm not entirely sure I like the idea of making him a full-on villain and it's a little unclear exactly what/where the Brackern are now, but I at least think this version of the character offers a bit more genuine nuance than the Brackern Crystal plotline ever did.

[aurelion-solar]

Skarner VGU - Updated Splash Art Base - Battlecast Alpha - Sandscourge - Earthrune - Cosmic Sting - Guardian of the Sands

[kenyizsuartblog]

LoL fan design - Broodmother Nixale #2

It is a misconception to believe broodmothers are the largest brackern out there. Although their size can very easily eclipse mid-sized towns on Runeterra, it happens often that even their own children outgrow them. Broodmothers only have to be big enough to effectively provide shelter for an entire brood of bracklings at a time. They are similar to scorpions, as they too carry their young on their back, but unlike scorpions, a broodmother would rather starve herself to death than to cannibalize her own. Despite their dedication, not all of their children get to live to adulthood, although the survival rate is of course far larger than that of the orphan born. Their offsprings are called “ra-tehn”, brood born.

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Plot twist: Big Mama Nixale is not that big, actually.

I just like the trope of the big burly hero and his tiny loving mother. It is entirely irrelevant if a broodmother's child will eventually grow to four times her size and at least six times her weight... he will forever be her little pebble.

I have a whoooole bunch of brackern headcanons scribbled down by this point, I hope I can sketch them out eventually ^^

2024.06.08

[ssephyr]

Beyond crustacean

[ohnoitstbskyen]

I know Riot would never do it, but do you feel like there's any champion in League that could benefit being split from their kit? Meaning the kit is perfectly fine, doesn't merit a rework, it just doesn't fit the Champion and their lore the best. If I were to give an example I'd say Morg.

When her Blackthorn skin came out I felt like it was such a perfect match for the kit and made a great case for why the kit deserves to be on a swamp warlock/witch. With its grasping vines and poisonous ground. This would give Morg the chance to get a new kit to better support her lore as a protector of the people and rivalry with Kayle.

I mean, yeah, Morgana is a great example of that kind of thing - her character's whole vibe is resistance against unjust exercise of power, forgiveness and redemption, but her KIT is nothing but chains and pains.

Her abilities are like Q: imprison a person, W: make them walk on flaming coals, E: a shield, and E: imprison even more people.

Of those, only her shield, which protects from crowd control, really works thematically with the idea of her as a liberator or a guardian against undue imprisonment and punishment. If anything, her kit seems like a much more natural fit for Kayle as a character.

Blitzcrank is another character whose kit isn't that great a fit for his character - in his story he's a heroic service-robot who spends his time helping the deprived of Zaun, cleaning up toxic waste and averting disasters. Like, his Q should at LEAST be useable for dragging allies out of danger as well as hooking enemies, but basically none of his kit supports that character fantasy AT ALL, and his ult straight up sucks for what he's supposed to be.

Kennen has the problem that his powers... it's not that they're a BAD fit for his story role, it's more that they're NO fit for it. They don't detract, but they also don't support it at all. He's supposed to be the agent of balance between the Eye of Twilight (Shen) and the Fist of Shadow (formerly Akali), a diplomatic mediator spurring the Eye to action and the Fist to calm, and that's just... NOT at all related to his lightning powers. Like, at ALL. They seem like utterly separate things.

Which is the same problem Skarner has - no real connection between his abilities and his story, although I guess maybe the rework is about to do something about that. Theoretically. If it ever comes out.

[clunsebungis]

here's a thing i drew last year from a template i got from @bunny_babbits on twitter