Ascended

The Ascendant are a group of god-like beings native from Shurima

History The Ascendant are apparently born through a ritual in which the participant is bathed by a beam of Sunlight collected by a Sun Disk during the dawn. Ancient warnings dictate that the ritual should only take place as a last resort in face of the worse threat.

lore states that while he was a young emperor,, his magus combinced him to perform the ritual, ignoring the warnings. As   was about to ascend, pushed him aside and became the ascended one, while  was instantly destroyed by the failed ritual or by  himself. Shuriman civilization was subcencuently swallowed by the desert, destroyed eighter by or by the curse of ignoring the ancient warnings.

and, other ascended beings, senced what had happened inmediatly and rushed to face ,  but they could not restrain or defeat the creature, and only managed to throw him into a chained sarcophagus, that he notless destroyed, but leaving part of his powers sealed. In a final struggle drove the treacherous ascendant into Tomb of the Emperors, and urged to close it, with his brother inside.

Eons later, somehow returned,  having ascended through unknown means, while  and  where freed from their tomb by, who was looking for treasure in the tomb.

Powers and Abilities

 * Ascendant are inmortal, they don't age or die by any natural means. They don't keep their human bodies eighter during the transformation, and they usually take an animalistic form after the ritual
 * The powers the ascendant has apparently depends upon what they used to be in their mortal life. They noteless are extremely powerful and are at least regarded as demi-gods
 * , being a wise librarian has access to both   and life
 * , being a guardian and gatekeeper has largely got powerful physical abilities, but can also use certain degree of
 * , being the emperor of Shurima has control over its, and can use them and order them at will
 * , being a magus, controls a wide degree of destructive magical spells, but he entirely lacks a physical body.
 * It has been especulated that is the most powerful ascendant, as not even  and  together could subdue him.
 * The ascendant are currently the most powerful entities portrayed in the League of Legends universe, potencially tied with the Iceborn