Gotta love morgana sacrificing almost everything she has, putting her life on the line to protect demacia, and Kayle gives her a fucking side eye

12:00 I love how Riot was consistent with Yasuo. Almost all of the village is on fire, there are dozens of corpses on the ground, but only in the very end that Yasuo comes to help, when almost all is over. Very reminiscing from how Yasuo works in-game, only arriving when the teamfight is over and managing to die anyway.

I can’t get over kindred getting the love in this, and like man did they do them justice, kindred is a one of a kind character lore and design, just amazing

If you look closely in the Tryndamere fight, you can see him destroy the corporeal form of wolf 4 times turning him intangible which may signify the 4 soldiers he killed while leaving the other 2 for Ashe's arrows.

Something I found really cool is that lamb doesn't take much effort when trying to kill tryndamere, it's quite the opposite, she shoots a few arrows that tryndamere easily stops with no harm. That's really smart because lambs arrow is supposed to mercifully and quickly take down those that accept death, while wolf brutally hunts down those who try to avoid it, so it makes sense Lamb only watches and eventually offers tryndamere a peaceful death, but since tryndamere refuses to die he stops lambs arrow with no effort while he does struggle to fight against wolf. Man that scene was awesome.

Yasuo's story - accepting death Tryndamere's story - refusing death Aatrox's story - having no control over his death Amazing storytelling

It's actually cool how the kindred is portrayed in yasuo's scene. The wolf usually chases his prey if they run, which is what Yasuo did his whole life. It is also why we see wolf waiting for him to run again, but because Yasuo is now content with his end, Lamb instead shoots her arrow

You forgot to say one verrrrry nice detail that shows Tryndamere and Ashe love for each other. Even him being an ruthless warrior, when he sees Ashe, his undying rage calms, and his expression also changed. I love that detail. How they trust each other, how even such an agressive warrior can find calmness in someone he loves.

Another great detail about Tryndamere's last fight: there are 6 enemies coming towards him. In the fight with Wolf, he strikes 4 times as if he hit something. Some were blocks, but there were 4 full on attacks. Kindred seemed to stop when Ashe fired two arrows at the two remaining enemies, saving Tryndamere from death. No more danger remained at that moment, so Kindred stopped / faded away.

Just 30 mins??? I think we need longer

A cool detail is how Lamb’s shots are super easy to parry or block. It’s like she’s repeatably giving Trynd a chance to accept her arrow and die peacefully, but he keeps rejecting it.

I absolutely ADORE Kindred, they're such unique characters. I was so happy to see them getting the love they deserve.

Probably my favorite part has to be the stark contrast between old Yasuo accepting his death (so Lamb takes his life with a single arrow while Wolf lurks in the shadows) and Tryndamere refusing to die and takes on both Lamb and Wolf. Considering that even Lamb was even trying to take Trynd's life along with Wolf shows that there's a part of Trynd that wants to die peacefully, but his undying rage prevents him from doing so. This cinematic is just fanservice for Kindred fans.

The first wants to die, the second accepts death, the third refuses it. Also, lamb’s voice always gives me chills. Amazing.

It's not as if Kindred decided that Trynda should not die today, it's more like Kindred is there to claim Trynda's death that is about to be at the hands of that tribe. Kindred realizes that Trynda is going to be "saved" and therefore can no longer claim Trynda's death that was supposed to be at the hands of the tribe. Kindred fades with the appearance of ashe

Couldn't have said it better. " A love letter to the league's lore community " I love this universe so much

Seeing kindred in a cinematic as start of the year is the best start to year I ever had

The snowflake at 23:12 was actually from Ashe's hawkeye (E ability) which she uses to find him. In the cinematic, you can hear her E sound effect and see a round explosion right when Yasuo's scene transitioned to Tryn's scene. Later on then she uses her 2nd hawkeye at the end to alert a backup (or for whatever reason). Just a minor detail you didn't mentioned here.

this idea that tryndamere and kindred have a mini shadow realm fight everytime he pops ulti is perfect

I remember there's a quote that says, "Those who accept death will face Lamb and those who flee from it will face Wolf" which means that Yasuo has accepted death in the cinematic since we can see that he was about to get hit by Kindred's arrow. This also means that since Tryndamere is fighting both the Wolf and the Lamb, he is accepting his death but still fights to prevent it (or "flee" from it).

I think there is a cool detail that you forgot to mention in the Yasuo scene. After he casts the wind wall, the leader of the bandits turns away and starts running, obviously recognizing that they're fighting none other than Yasuo himself, and he gets surprised and scared because of that. I think that implies that there is a legend or a story about Yasuo going around years after he had already stopped using the wind technique, and people are still afraid of what he can do to them if he wanted to, despite not knowing if he's still alive at all.

Yasuos death is actually perfect for his character. He spent his entire life running away from his mistakes and in the cinematic he finnaly choses to protect Ionia and dies a hero.

Speaking of little details- the wolf does not only has his eyes glowing within the trees, the trees are also shaped so that they look like top of his head- you can see those 2 pointy ears made of them! Really cool how Riot can absolutely kill it everytime, and I can't even imagine the genius people behimd its lore.... Well done Necrit! 😉🧡

The relationship between Morgana and Kayle was depicted to perfection. Morgana giving everything she has to protect everyone and what she got in return was that look of disdain from Kayle. Almost made me feel like Morgana cared more for her sister then she does about her.

7:20 I think this is actually a reference to Morgana's ultimate ability, which would explain why it took such pained concentration from her to cast as it's a kind of channeled ability before it fully triggers it's root/"bind" in game.

I love how they portray Kindred. It seems like she's not actually there, but when Tryndamere is close to death, she appears as the enemies he's fighting. When Ashe saves him, Kindred lowers her bow because it's not his time to go yet.

I just love how Lamb watches Tryndamere before dissappearing. She's just like "You've proven yourself worthy"

I also liked that you can vaguely hear Yone's theme, Yasuo's brother, when he was about to pick up the sword. The sound that was in their separate cinematic called ,"Kin of the Stained Blade," I think...

Kindred is such an amazingly created character. A lamb and a wolf representing death. So good!!!

This was definitely one of, if not THE BEST cinematic rito has released in terms of how in sync the music, animation, and the overall theme was presented.

Great breakdown as always, and wow what a cinematic! Just to throw my 2 cents in the ring, in the last scene when Ashe arrives and replaced the Lamb, I interpreted that not as Kindred "giving up", but more like: when Tryndamere is alone fighting, his life is at risk, but at when Ashe arrives, the circumstances change, and Kindred is no longer needed. Without Ashes arrival, I believe Kindred would have stayed until Tryndamere himself killed enough enemy warriors to secure his own life, Ashe just hurried the process along.

Man i love Kindred so much, perhaps the most unique and creative character in LoL, my favorite quote from them is “Never one without the other” indicating that Lamb and Wolf are symbiotic, emphasizing their inseparable connection and balanced existence. It also underlines the idea that life and death are intertwined in a cycle, with one always accompanying the other.

It's also very interesting to notice the symbolisms into the Kindred's actions: -In Aatrox's "death", the only one who comes for him is the lamb, because he accepts it and actively wants to die, even though it does nothing and fades away, as Aatrox is immortal; -On Yasuo's scene, we first see the wolf together with the rain of arrows, indicating that he could still fight against his fate or, in other words, he could still block those arrows and keep on fighting, which is what he "always did" throughout his life, indicating that the Kindred expected him to fight once again. Yasuo himself, however, doesn't wanna keep on fighting anymore, as we could clearly notice from his expressions and hesitancy to use both sword and wind once again, and as he accepts it, he instead receives the arrow of the lamb; -And as Tryndamere fights the Kindred, we can notice that the lamb barely fights, as it's duty is for the ones who accept death, rather than fight against it. But there is one more catch: as the fight ends, the lamb was clearly charging one last shot, more focused on it than in the previous ones, which could indicate that he would have no choice but to accept death, as he could be reaching his "limit" on immortality (just like it happens in game, where it's restricted by a set duration), and it only gives up on the shot as Ashe saves him from two warriors who were about to stab him from behind; so what it seems to me is that if Ashe had not shown up at that moment and saved him from those two, he would've actually died. This also leaves us to theorize whether Ashe's appearance really "pulled him out" of the undying rage, or if he was actually just about to hit his limit regardless. Edit: One last detail that I forgot is that it would've been the third arrow in the fight, just like in Kindred's E, which could mean some sort of "confirmation" of his death. I do know that in-game the lamb would just direct the wolf in the last attack, rather than shooting another arrow, but here the circumstances are different, I don't think it takes away from the point, and it probably intentional as well.

That musical riff before Morgana uses her magic was gorgeous.

Another detail I noticed during Tryn’s scene with Kindred: it starts with a burst of snow which resembles the burst of vision of Ashe’s hawkshot. It’s probably how Ashe knew where to find him and rescue him just in time.

Im just in love with the fact that they brought kindred into this

I absolutely love the scene with Trynd, just battling literal death while tearing through actual enemies and at the end his wife comes in to assist him and calms the rage. The look in his eyes when he sees Ashe is so cute!

"Most people are too lazy to read." THANK YOU. I get that league doesn't make some of its lore easy to interpret, but I swear so many of the short stories on the website can be digested in like thirty minutes each.

I love that every time Trynd uses his Undying Rage, he is fighting Kindred. Such an amazing touch.

Love the twist of the evil looking Morgana with magic being ironically kinder than the ideal poster girl for justice. Also would be more fitting if Aatrox became a war monster simply cause only the celestial beings could kill him. And only by threatening the world would they ever give him the hope of death by intervening.

I love Kayle's look of disgust when she walks past morgana, it's so in character for her. Little details like that are so awesome.

Also, worth pointing out Morgana's lil baby shoulder wings compared to Kayle's fully developed ones, despite them being the same age. Shows how Morgana wasn't quite "taking" to divinity as easily as Kayle.

small thing i noticed is at 15:30 the older dude without the mask IMMEDIATELY fled as soon as he saw the wind. As if he knew who he was dealing with at that moment, while the younger masked ones fighted on.

Kindred has my favorite Lore in all of LOL and to see it animated like this is like a dream come true

I definitely like Wolf's design better in the cinematic. Kindred and her approach and everything in this was honestly the best portrayal of kindred. I heard some people say that Kindred seems scary. And I love that, because she should be considering such a design that is so pure.

I feel like the reason why lamb stopped attacking tryndamere wasn't because she thought tryndamere couldn't be killed, but more of because ashe arrived. Tryndamere literally fought death long enough for help (ashe) to arrive and that's how he can avoid his death by his enemies. If ashe didn't arrive, I think he would succumb to death when his immortal state wears off, or unless his immortal form stays on forever (as long as trynd wants it on), they might keep fighting and idk what goes on after that.

A little extra bit with Trynd's fight: He fought off Wolf four times, and there's four Winter's Claw members that died before Ashe got there; so each time Trynd cut Wolf to make him vanish, that was a WC viking getting cut down.

Necrit explaining this animation like he put every detail there himself is just insane.

I perceived the Trynd and kindred scene differently. Although he was fighting the soldiers in real time i believe kindred actually came for him and he didn't make it up in his head. kindred came to claim Trynd and was going to succeed. She only stopped because Ashe came and killed the two soldiers that would've killed Tryndamere. Ending the scenario in which he dies. so kindred no longer saw it necessary to attempt to claim him and left him be.

I like to think that the final scene with Yasuo is an open ending because his in-game ability is to dash to the person he knocked up with the tornado. He can either accept death by staying where he is, or dodging kindred/a volley of arrows through a version of his in-game ult. I don’t think he knocked the main bad guy out of the harms way, I think he set himself up for an escape, leading to an open ending

One extra issue with the cinematic is that while they are on the ground, Kayle is holding the sword on the right hand and Morgana on the left and then it's switched once they nearing the clouds.

What I love about the Tryn/Kindred scene is the fact that the Kindred each have their designated targets; Lamb shoots those accepting death, Wolf hunts down those who reject it AND THEN TRYNDAMERE IS SO STUBBORN THAT THEY BOTH HAVE TO TEAM UP TO TAKE HIM DOWN AND NOT EVEN THAT IS ENOUGH

Lore-wise, this cinematic might be their best. Its so rich and interesting especially when you know the implications behind some of what is shown, so awesome.

I loved the detail in Yasuo's fight were he starts by breaking an arrow, then he deflects them with his wind wall but in the end he decides to embrace his destiny and accepts death. Meaning that even after all his fighting he still decides to take the Lamb's offer and go in peace.

My mom used to give me that look all the time. It means "we'll talk at home"

My headcanon is that kindred really *was* gonna kill trynd at the end as those two last soldiers ambushed him (ult ran out lol), but since she could sense ashe coming to rescue him she knew his time wasnt up yet. Really awesome storytelling in this cinematic and great analysis!

as a huge Kindred fan, I'm just so happy they finally get to be in the spotlight for once.

As a Kindred main,this cinematic made me so happy.Riot just make a League animated series.Besides Arcane.We want more.

i think kindred disappears at the end because trynda was meant to face death vs the winter warriors but survived long enough for Ashe to save him, thus death no longer hunts him.

One of my favorite little details in this is that when Aatrox lands, you see the sword pulse like a heart. It's just a nice nod showing that the sword is just as much a part of Aatrox as his host body.

I just realized, when Wolf was staring directly at Yasuo, Wolf had yellow eyes instead of the normal blueish purple eyes that he usually sports... Which actually matches with the eyes of the spirit blossom kindred skin...

@Necrit I would like to point out, that the text (lyrics) "it's in my blood, in my veins" is drop while Aatrox drops down, and then it's repeated when Trynda is on scene, Absolutely perfect detail

I love the coloring of Tryndamere's arc: - in the opening shot, showing him in the real world, it is tinted yellow - when we get back to him the setting shifts to cold blue and shadows - finally following Ashes arrows, we see the light return as a wave as we transition back into the real world Absolutely breathtaking

Oh my gosh, I didn’t think I would guess right! After watching it a few times, I started to think Tryndamir while fighting with Lamb and Wolf. The way they faded away, Ashe joining the fight, and seeing the warriors right behind him who got shot by Ashe’s arrows. I started to wonder if what Tryndamir saw was Kindred, but who he was fighting was the warriors, any of their attacks being what would “kill” him. I also started to think that maybe this is what always happens when Tryndamir’s undying rage goes off, him seeing Kindred again and fighting Lamb and wolf off while his physical body fights on against his enemies.

There is one small detail that would have made Yasuo's death a lot more satisfying and that would be if Wolf had closed his eyes after Yasuo closed his symbolizing Wolf ending the chase. This would put more emphasis on the fact that Yasuo accepted his death because he knew if he had tried the wind wall he would have failed and faced Wolf, so Yasuo instead chooses to take the painless death over the vicious one and accepts the arrow from Lamb.

If you pay close attention to the start of the scene where Tryndamere fights kindred, when the camera angles to thy sky, you can see Ashes hawk shot detonate above Tryndamere, signaling help was on the way and since the hawk shot what shot by a bow made of true ice, the true ice weapon from Tryndamere easily absorbed the snowflake of true ice. There are so many cool and interesting details in this cinematic!

Mmmm, can't wait for the Skyen frame-by-frame analysis video. All joking aside, great video! And so fast, too :D I caught most of the details myself (after watching the cinematic on loop for an hour, haha) but you still had some nuggets of lore for me that I couldn't have figured out myself. Thank you!

*knocks everyone down* *saves bossman* *dies* Bandits: "Back to work I guess"

I'm soo glad you noticed the detail with tryndamere fighting the soldiers and not just the wolf but I'd like to add here that both of these could be happening at the same time because if you look closely before the arrows from Ashe came to save him, Lamb was about to shoot him again. But the arrows came from behind the Lamb and so it realised that Tryndamere was finally saved from death because of Ashe and there was no point to keep fighting him along with the wolf who just disappears as the two soldiers die and the Lamb disappears when Ashe arrives.

Personally I like to imagine that Lamb and Wolf really were there for Trynd, following the attacks from the warriors, like how Lambs arrow is amongst the volley of arrows heading towards Yasuo. Death was following those fatal attacks, and so Trynd did beat death for another day while also killing those around him, and it wasn’t just his imagination

Kindred is my favorite character. Her voice over lines are my favorite in the whole game. So happy to see her/them getting more screen time.

I broke a tear at the Detail and lore that they put into this, it's beautiful

Been waiting since the premier for this breakdown. I'm just ecstatic that Kindred has finally been featured in a cinematic and boy was that Tryn fight fire.

Man, the visuals are so great. I especially love everything about the Kindred and that fight overall. And how they are present in every one of the scenes.

Tryndamere to Kindred: I'm not done yet Kindred to Olaf: you're not done yet.

man seeing necrit with almost a million subs makes me so happy, your channel made me love league lore like 10 years ago

I had a very different interpretation of Tryndamere. I think that when he went to his undying rage he confronted death - Kindred. She is symbolism as well as reality; you don't necessarily fight her physically. It was a metaphysical battle as he defied death mapped onto his battle with the warriors who should have killed him. Which is real seems blurred to me. They both are, I suspect. Ashe's arrival signaled the end of the conflict and so they vanished. He didn't imagine it, however; Wolf and Lamb came for him in the guise of those attacking warriors, and Tryndamere conquered death yet again. They are, after all, death itself. This might hint at the nature of undying rage.

A bit on the lyrics from what I noticed. These are just my thoughts.: "Got my heel crushing the snake" - A biblical reference to Christ (the heel) crushing the snake (Satan - the Hebrew word for Satan meaning adversary). Satan being the catalyst that introduced death to all humans. As a result, death, being the adversary of all living things (depicted as Kindred), is being crushed or rejected but will catch up to everyone eventually. Seeing Ashe show up at the end made me tear up as well. Not just because I'm an Ashe main. You can see the love for her in Tryn's eyes. My Queen! The scene with Morgana screaming give me the chills no matter how many times I rewatch it. Tryn had that Ned Stark look from Game of Thrones.

Well done! Enjoyed every minute of the breakdown!

Thank you for the excellent synopsis of this cinematic. I am not a LoL player, but love the cinematics, the music, and the lore. I knew some of what you spoke of but not all of it so you really helped me have a few "ahhhh" moments. Great job!

The amount of love Kindred is getting is making me so happy, one of the best characters ever made and just… Ahhhh! So happy!

I love how Riot reference the abilities while making them so fluid and seamless, sometimes even unoticeable if u don't really pay attention, like Kayle unlocking passive , Yasuo doing the classic E spam through minions with EQ too! Trynda spinning to reach Kindred, the Kindred W as death realm or the little Q jump while dodging! love it! And also the interpretation of lane minions is top quality like in every cinematic as bandits, soldier, rascals ecc. Amazing. PS: i want a zilean as cool as this yasuo next time.

On the scene with the multiple arrows coming for Yasuo, you can also see Wolf's silhouette merging with the tree in the middle of the background.

I was about to tell you 20/ out of/10 for your help with the pieces of this cinematic, then in the lest few seconds, the one detail i was waiting to see you pointing out gets revealed i just burst in laughter x-D

To be more precise, the Aspect of Twilight, the aspect that Zoe represents, was the one that taught humans how to trap the Darkin in their weapons. Which I always found funny because considering that aspect is a trickster to some extent they did it as a "prank".

That is one of the best cinematics riot released in years. Gotta love the unwordly unnerving vibe Kindred gives, as well as the small tilt she makes with her head when Trynda not only refuses to die, but also almost hits her with sword. 10/10 I forgive you last year cinematic

You missed Ash’a hawkshot around the snowflake, so she could see trend the whole fight and was running toward him, saving him at the last second

Good video as usual Necrit. If you look closely you can see Tryndamere was surrounded by 6 walking enemies at the start and during the vision he's able to "vanish" the wolf 3 times which I think reference him taking down 3 of the 6 guys during the rage plus 1 guy the guy that is charging towards him when Ashe appears and then Ashe taking the last 2 at the end. Like you could see the fight against 6

I believe that the Kindred vs. Trinda doesn't happens "in his mind", but in an "arena" created by the Kindred - its their W skill "Wolf's Frenzy" where you create a blueish area for the wolf to hunt in!

Kindred is unironically one of the best depictions of Death. Not just in media, but like in all cultures. It's wild that such a flushed out "god/spirit" came from a game company.

I love how it was wolf who's fighting and lamb just watching tryndamere because tryndamere doesnt want to die and it was lamb who kills yasou and wolf is just standing there because yasou wants to die

One amazing things to point out is the reference on what part of Kindred is executing dead, for Yasuo since he accepted his fate was with the arrow, and on the contrary Tryndamere who refuse to died is the Wolf who is trying to take him down. and that is exactly how Kindred works : "Lamb’s bow offers a swift release from the mortal realm for those who accept their fate. Wolf hunts down those who run from their end, delivering violent finality within his crushing jaws."

Wait a sec, if kindred is the character most featured in this season, maybe, just maybe, an actual champion will die? Maybe in arcane or other projects? This would actually be insane! And having the possibility of death for any character would make the stakes a lot highier!

in the scene with kayle using both sword and releasing her flames she also started to levitate before using them, meanwhile morgana kept staying on the ground while using her own magic that was a small detail but a really good one considering that morgana when she leaves her role as twin aspect of justice decides to walk on mortal ground while kayle sees herself as above mortals and hence why her levitating

So much details, good job man!

I’ve always loved league from the outside perspective and seen so many cinematics not knowing the lore thx for this video

I love this cinematic, bu my fav part is probably with Tryndamere and how his undying rage is portrayed as literally fighting off death. Also, I love the animation of his face when he comes to his senses and realizes that it's Ashe who came for him. Chef's kiss.

A cool detail that I haven't seen anyone talking is that Morgana is not only holding Aatrox, but also the whole army behind him (the purple light of her magic can be seen very briefly in the background)

The one person who can kill his undying rage is the one he loves most

16:42 Yasou would never hurt a soul unless he's fighting me while I'm getting used to whatever new champion I'm trying