Talk:Darius/SkinsTrivia/@comment-5114175-20120523102737

Well, I know how we all hate making references, but at least I'm more eloquent, and also I won't actually edit the wikia until we get better confirmation anyway.

I was looking at this teaser video of his unreleased-but-in-the-PBE client skin, '''Norse King Darius. I believe it's an allusion to Game of Thrones and specifically Eddard Stark.'''

1) "The Hand of Noxus" title bears resemblance to the titling and position of the 'Hand of King' in Game of Thrones/A Song of Fire and Ice. This was the position that Sean Bean's character in the TV series, Eddard 'Ned' Stark, held. Although Ned Stark was a 'good' character, Darius' loyalty and responsibility to Swain is similar to how Ned was loyal to King Robert Baratheon, the difference being Noxus doesn't operate on a monarchy.

2) Specifcally his Norse King skin, I feel the reference is more clear. There is a wolf's head on his shoulder, or a dog's head. The sigil of Eddard Stark (Sean Bean's character in the series) is the wolf. If it's a dog's head in general, it could also be a reference to Sandor Clegane, who is King Joffrey's right-hand man and his house sigil is the dog. In the latter case, since Joffrey is considered the 'evil' character in the series and Clegane is ruthless yet loyal, it matches Darius very well.

3) Like Hecarim and 'Suffering is magic', Riot likes make references to current popular media. Game of Thrones the TV series is considered the current 'big thing' in epic fantasy, and considering how political the latest JoJ concerning Swain's acension was, making a reference to GoT would seem apt.