User blog comment:Kellbyb/Zelos, the Dreadblade/@comment-6292556-20140310152156/@comment-5493192-20140310161932

Yes! My current idea is that Talon went on a mission to assassinate Zelos when He left for Demacia. Talon ended up creating so much mayhem on the ship that it crashed on the shadow isles. Talon ended up tracking down Zelos and attacked him, leaving him mortally wounded. As Zelos lay dying, he felt the shadows trying to claim him and willingly transformed into a death knight for the sake of his country. Thanks to his Ionian willpower, he did not fall under the control of the shadow isles, and left to rejoin the fight for freedom against Noxus.