User blog comment:Deathkin12/Champion concept: Zelos, the Blade of Ionia/@comment-112.204.223.196-20120823145750/@comment-5297851-20120823150902

The thought behind His innate is that he is so talented with blades that he is able to plant them within enemies without them knowing which then he can command to pierce through his targets with his Ult. Which I think resembles Lito's talent with blades. Also his kit is inspired by both fighting to deffend what he love and revenge for what they did. I hope that justifies the inspiration of it all