#Swain

[aurelion-solar]

Ambessa in the "Blood Sweat & Tears" Music Video

[genshinatemybrain]

broke: arcane POV is detached third person

woke: arcane POV is swain sitting in his office, receiving scenes from his ravens and watching everything go down like a saturday night soap opera

[bamf]

Noxus has endured, because Noxus is strong. But the Grand-General Jericho Swain knows there are many kinds of strength—and the greatest leaders of the next age will be those who can wield them all...

[kazamajun]

The world is a perilous place for a solitary mage.

[art-of-arcane]

ARCANE | Swain Model | Léa Rocton

[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.

[mangaka-neko-chan]

After that last client comic, I'm not sure if Riot is aware of what kind of place Noxus really is.

[nedo21god]

[mathyna]

Sorry for not posting much anymore, but work and university take quite a lot of my time. Buuut here are my favourite men. Ill render it later

[summerlyewe]

Swain is my beloved

[randomkijana]

Long live the General

[aurelion-solar]

Chosen of the Wolf Ambessa, Katarina, Pantheon, Kindred, Swain & Prestige Swain

[dcartcorner]

some more little guys

[kazamajun]

The shadows of our empire, are cast by a raven's wings.

[oatland]

me and the bestie

[mollysunder]

It's important to remember those black six-eyed bird in the finale were ravens, not crows. It's not even just because the ravens will lead the will lead to Swain, it's because I need everyone to understand that ravens and wolves are heavily connected!

Wolves and ravens have such a well-known and successful symbiotic relationship that ravens are nicknamed "wolf-birds". They manage to feature together in mythology across cultures, because they're just so recognizable as a pair. Now we've got a "wolf" titled woman (Mel) off to meet a raven (Swain) coded man. Can you imagine what they're about to do when they meet?

Fun fact, ravens lead wolves to their prey.