Aatrox: The Darkin Blade
Overview Aatrox : The Darkin Blade is the champion cinematic released in June 2018 alongside Aatrox's full gameplay and lore rework. It is a short, dialogue-light combat piece set on an anonymous, fog-shrouded battlefield strewn with the dead. The only champion present is Aatrox himself; the other figures are nameless mortal soldiers, including the doomed warrior who becomes his host. No specific Runeterran region is identified in the footage. The Story The cinematic is less a narrative than a demonstration of what the Darkin actually are.
Excerpt from the official cinematic by Riot Games on YouTube. Story and characters © Riot Games.
View the original cinematic at Riot Games on YouTube
Aatrox in the codex
Demacia Rising
Nerimazeth
Sun Disc of Shurima
Targon
The Darkin
Ascended
Aspect Host
Celestial
Darkin
God-Warrior
Spirit God
The Darkin Blade