Talk:Kassadin/Background/@comment-228697-20120421203814/@comment-213.122.217.11-20130318164229

^ Not really. Trundle was desperate for his tribe to accept him so he took their curse upon himself hoping to be acknowledged. While what he did was indeed noble, it doesn't really compare to what Kassadin has done.

While Trundle willingly put himself through agony and physical decay, Kassadin gave up EVERYTHING - his humanity, his family, his mental sanctity, his LIFE pretty much - to try and fight a hopeless battle against forces he alone understands. And he's thought of as a madman and a freak. Even though the world seems against him, and he has numerous disadvantages, he will fight until the last breath is wrenched from his broken body, because he is the only one who can. Because he feels he has to, and knows with the knowledge he has on the subject he alone can be effective.

He's fighting desperately to save a world that doesn't give a shit about him and thinks he's insane. While his enemies operate freely and can get away with anything against him, he is persecuted and has little if any real support. Case in point - Malzahar sacrificed his daughter to the void, manipulating Kassadin's own power against him. And while Malzahar got off scot-free and triumphant, Kassadin became wanted in Zaun because he just so happened to blow up a hextech power conduit in the process of trying to save innocent lives.

Later, Kassadin takes a chance - perhaps sought out in rage and grief of losing what might have been his only tie to his past life - to kill Malzahar, and before he can rid Valoran of someone who is actively working to bring about its end, he is stopped by the very League he is working for to try and convince them to support his cause. And he (presumably after having his power dampened to prevent him escaping) gets put in jail for it, even though Malzahar's death would very much be to the benefit of the rest of the world.

Kass isn't having a good time.