User blog comment:ND999/Lore Hypothesis, Mt. Targon, Guardian Sea and Shadow Isles/@comment-6582248-20141116014213/@comment-7709681-20141116051630

Riot didn't contradict itself in this case, Maokai's lore says that the King ordered a ritual to unbound life and death, what I meant is that your comment just emphatise on making him look like yet another leader selfishly craving for power for his own.

And what I meant by Hecarim having amnesia "just for the sake of it" is because you don't give an explanation for it on your theory, you just let it happen. I don't mind for what he currently does (Ignore his past, among other things), I mind what leaded him (The answer to why he has amnesia) to what he currently does.

And about Maokai itself, it only express that he was a nature's spirit, nothing more, nothing less, he just witnessed how all he knew died and he couldn't act to defend, but hasn't been expressed if he himself had something to do of importance within the isle before the ritual beside wandering and delight in now lost life.

And about calling Mordekaiser "Lord" is likely a reference to the meaning of his name, since Mordekaiser means "Murder Emperor" or "Lord of Murder" on german.