User blog:SW Rythmatic/Zelos - Sword of the Fallen

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“Master Lito lived as a swordsman of great honor and skill, both of which his son, Zelos, admired with a passion. He dedicated his life to the blade, and at the young age of 16 requested a duel against Master Yi himself. Yi saw potential in the young man and took him under his wing. But one day as Zelos was leaving the temple a messenger ran up to him, and alerted Zelos of an assassination attempt against his father. Zelos rushed to his father’s house, inside physicians and mages were attempting to heal what appeared to be a diseased wound. However, on his final night, Lito told Zelos that the disease was really a spell he had imbued a weapon with long ago, but he found it to be too powerful and kept it hidden away. After that night, Zelos swore to bring honor back to the family name, and avenge his father’s death.

Two years passed and Zelos trained with anguish in his heart. Rumors of assassin with the cursed blade started filled the halls of Ionian barracks, taunting him, and yet Noxus had just fronted a sneak attack on Ionian territory. Zelos knew he should stay, but his hunger for power and revenge was insatiable. He left early the next day, telling Irelia he will return with Demacian assistance. Days passed and no reinforcements arrived, and Noxus had begun its full assault claiming much of Ionia’s beauty. Zelos and a handful of Demacian cavalry returned weeks later to find Ionia in ruin, but Irelia and the rest of her people safe. Before any other words were spoken between the two, Irelia smiled and said, ‘its ok, I forgive you’. With cursed sword in hand, Zelos left to search himself for the true honor he once claimed to believe in. Now, he makes his way for the Fields of Justice, with one goal in sight: atonement.”

“My sister has forgiven me, but I haven’t...and neither will Noxus.” - Zelos