Talk:Xerath/Background/@comment-3974211-20141019094932

Do you think that Xerath's Ascension was ever intended to happen? Obviously from Azir's and Nasus' perspectives: Xerath stabbed Azir in the back and "stole" the Ascension - but from Xerath's perspective, the Ascension was meant to go wrong (currently not specified if Xerath merely knew it would go wrong, as implied in the Facebook images; or something Xerath specifically did). The bomb had already been primed (something Riot has confirmed couldn't have been stopped at the point Azir released the slaves, due to the nature of the ritual). The Sun Disc was meant to kill Azir and collapse the empire. It's possible that Xerath pushed Azir out the way to save him (the thought that counts sort of thing, since destruction was still inevitable) - but maybe Xerath's selflessness, in that act, triggered a functional ascension (similar to Azir when he saved Sivir).