Talk:Kassadin/SkinsTrivia/@comment-108.89.163.0-20110714191021/@comment-94.7.228.169-20110723003236

I don't think it's out of the question for him to have had a family at one point. He was human, once. And from reading the JoJ I get the feeling Kass wasn't thinking clearly when he attacked Malzahar to stop the sacrifice... Perhaps he panicked on recognizing her? The JoJ's report states that Malzahar told his followers Kass would be appearing. That means Malz arranged this and Kassadin knew beforehand that this girl had been abducted, and he hadn't just been in the area as the ritual was about to take place. Malzahar also knew that Kassadin would react without thinking - the whole ritual seems to have hinged on Kass using his powers on Malz. If it was just a random civilian he'd probably have been thinking more logically about how to handle the situation - Kassadin doesn't strike me as the incompetent type so there must have been some emotion blinding him, he likely knew about the dagger's power. What would make a man panic more than seeing his daughter about to get killed?

Also, Kassadin definately has a massive grudge against him now. Saying Malzahar embodies all that he opposes is true, but it didn't seem that he'd attacked him before the ritual incident. At the ritual, Malzahar acted as though he wanted Kass as an ally - and by blaming him for sacrificing his own daughter he could maybe guilt trip him into joining him? I dunno. Either way, while Malz hasn't shown any malice towards Kassadin, Kass outright attacked him in the mountains in a later JoJ entry. Malzahar even had to call Kog'Maw to help. There didn't seem to be any void activity going on - so why would Kassadin, knowing that league champions aren't allowed to fight, seek out Malzahar with the intention of wrecking his shit unless he had a serious reason to hate him? Karthus was even found dead at the scene. Maybe Malzahar killed him, but maybe Karthus had tried to break them up and Kassadin had gone right through him.

Well, that's my analysis of this anyway. /loregeek