Ruined King — Official Launch Trailer

Ruined King — Official Launch Trailer

Cinematic

Overview This video, titled "Ruined King — Official Launch Trailer," runs just under a minute and forty seconds and moves between spectral cinematic vignettes and isometric gameplay footage. It opens on an icy mountain and sea landscape that dissolves into a ghostly humanoid figure walking through a glowing ice cave, then cuts through a rapid sequence of silhouetted characters, burning ships, ruined architecture, and combat footage rendered in an isometric RPG style.

Excerpt from the official cinematic by Riot Games on YouTube. Story and characters © Riot Games.

View the original cinematic at Riot Games on YouTube

A backlit, horned silhouette with glowing teal eyes looms over armed warriors in an early comic-panel shot; the figure resembles Illaoi but is not confirmed by name.
A backlit, horned silhouette with glowing teal eyes looms over armed warriors in an early comic-panel shot; the figure resembles Illaoi but is not confirmed by name.
A character wields a hooked blade amid wreckage in a blue-lit shot shortly after the "COMMAND AN ALL-POWERFUL CREW" card; the footage index notes a possible, unconfirmed resemblance to Pyke.
A character wields a hooked blade amid wreckage in a blue-lit shot shortly after the "COMMAND AN ALL-POWERFUL CREW" card; the footage index notes a possible, unconfirmed resemblance to Pyke.
Isometric combat unfolds in a purple-lit temple room with a white fox-like creature and a golden mechanical figure; the footage index leaves the fox-like figure's identity as an unconfirmed, possible Ahri.
Isometric combat unfolds in a purple-lit temple room with a white fox-like creature and a golden mechanical figure; the footage index leaves the fox-like figure's identity as an unconfirmed, possible Ahri.
A murky, green-tinted underwater shot shows an indistinct silhouette of a wreck or creature, following the ghost-ship sequence.
A murky, green-tinted underwater shot shows an indistinct silhouette of a wreck or creature, following the ghost-ship sequence.
A small silhouetted figure falls through a swirling cyan energy vortex shortly before the trailer resolves into its title card.
A small silhouetted figure falls through a swirling cyan energy vortex shortly before the trailer resolves into its title card.