User blog comment:Emptylord/Leaked Champion: Vel'Koz/@comment-9705522-20140203160407/@comment-24501367-20140203175032

@U N Ovvrn Actually, theory about Watchers being Voidborn much more sense than you'd think.

I understand that the first thing that comes into mind when thinking "Void" is that purple-transdimentional-rift energy... But as you noticed, Void creatures barely use them. Cho's rupture isn't "void" themed, it's a tectonic themed skill, and so is the nature of those "spikes" (keep in mind it's a pretty old particle). Kog'Maw doesn't use that energy at all, Kha - he's infused with it*, but his powers still seem to be based mostly on his biology (as for camuflage - notice his evolution - it comes from his carapace and he doesn't enter another dimention, he simply becomes invisible). So where does true Void creatures power lie? It's in their ability to evolve and adapt. Cho grows, Kog reaches farther and farther, Kha constantly changes, absorbing strengths of his prey - this is not my assumption, those are things Rioters directly stated (around Kha release). Vel'Koz would be the first Void creature to directy utilise Void energy - that would make him unique. Unlike the rest of Voidborns, who are automatically recogised as monstrous predators and devourers, he has a potential to pose as some higher, god-like figure. Now combine those two things - Void creatures innate "evolve and adapt" ability and power gained from that dimension's energy. Let's assume the Watchers were Voidborn, those "higher" beings compared to the ordinary Void predators, those who Kog could call "daddies". They entered Runeterra in several places (Freljord, Icathia, Shurima, maybe more) and did with the locals what lies in their nature - >evolved adapted< to their surroundings. In case of Freljord, it meant fusing people with ice, granting them powers based on it, making them Iceborn. In case of other places, it'd be different elements and different powers.


 * [I always assumed he defeated someone who known how to manipulate that energy when he was still inhabitating the Void, but that's my personall opinion]