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Nasus Nasus is an imposing, jackal-headed Ascended being from ancient Shurima, a heroic figure regarded as a demigod by the people of the desert. Fiercely intelligent, he was a guardian of knowledge and peerless strategist whose wisdom guided the ancient empire of Shurima to greatness for many centuries. After the fall of the empire, he went into self-imposed exile, becoming little more than a legend. Now that the ancient city of Shurima has risen once more, he has returned, determined to ensure it never falls again.


NasusSquare"What was fallen will be great again."  Nasus
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Background[]

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Appearance[]

Nasus is a humanoid figure with the head of a jackal. He is tall and muscular with glowing blue eyes and a body covered in short black fur.

He wears golden, ceremonial armor with teal highlights, and much of his body is wrapped in pale bandages. His staff is teal and gold with a brown leather grip.

Personality[]

Thoughtful and reclusive, Nasus is an imposing, solemn presence, bearing all the power, wisdom, and sorrow that comes with millennia of life. Primarily a keeper of knowledge, he is not one to rush to violence despite being a fearsome combatant.

Abilities[]

  • Ascended: Nasus is one of the Ascended, also known as God-Warriors or Sunborn. The Ascended are mortals that were empowered by The Sun Disc into immensely powerful demigods. Each Ascended has unique powers depending on the individual they were prior to the Ascension.
    • Immortality: The ascended do not age, and do not need to eat or sleep. Baring beings of similar power, the Ascended cannot be killed.
    • Regeneration: Nasus can heal from almost any injury in a matter of seconds.
    • Superhuman Strength: Nasus is much stronger than any normal human, being able to destroy building by merely punching them, breaking a man's entire body with his fists.
    • Life Draining: Nasus has the power of creating an life-draining aura, aging them down at an extremely fast pace and reducing them to dust in a matter of seconds.
    • Size Shifting: Nasus can change size to become gigantic and destroy his foes.

Relations[]

Other Ascended[]

When the Shurima Empire still existed, Nasus fought alongside other Ascended hosts including those that would later become the Darkin. Nasus was a warrior scholar who spearheaded the military and cultural uprising of Ancient Shurima, but Azir's Azir's misled misled arrogance led to the empire's downfall, costing him his own brother Renekton Renekton. Nasus was forced to imprison his own brother with the betrayer Xerath Xerath, who would later drive Renekton into madness. After being freed, Renekton started to hunt down Nasus, believing he was the cause of all his suffering. Nasus hopes he can cure Renekton Renekton of his madness, so that the united brothers might defeat Xerath Xerath and restore Shurima to greatness together with their resurrected emperor Azir Azir.

Sivir Sivir[]

Nasus first sought Sivir Sivir for her royal bloodline and finds in her the hope of a reborn Shurima and the key to defeating Xerath Xerath. Nasus would later confront Xerath himself to buy time for her and Taliyah Taliyah to escape alongside other citizens.

Taliyah Taliyah[]

Nasus encountered Taliyah Taliyah when she was protecting an injured Sivir. Nasus would later confront Xerath himself to buy time for her and Sivir Sivir to escape alongside other citizens.

Myisha Myisha[]

Myisha, the previous Aspect of Twilight Aspect of Twilight, led the Darkin Ta'anari to Nasus who guided them to the Chalicar, the blade that belonged to the Ascended queen Setaka and belongs to Sivir Sivir in the present day, which Ta'anari later used to perform a ritual that reverted the Ascension of the nearby Darkins, vaporing them.

Ryze Ryze[]

Long before Shurima rose again from the sands, Ryze Ryze and Nasus delved into a ruined archive beneath the Great Sai and fought its awakened protector.

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Biography

Starring Champion

Shurima Market Of Illumination
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Short Story • 36 Minute Read

Bloodline

By Graham McNeill

Taliyah had almost forgotten how much she'd missed the furnace heat of Shurima – the sweat and crush of hundreds of people pushing, cursing, haggling and speaking with such passion and speed that outsiders often thought they were fighting.

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Empires of the Ascended (Video)

A buried empire. A brother’s betrayal. A relic that could change everything.

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Comic

Fall of the Empire

By Numerous creators

Shurima The Ruins Of Shurima
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Short Story • 4 Minute Read

Ouroboros

By Ryan Verniere

Nasus walked at night, unwilling to face the sun. The boy followed in his wake.

Mentioned Champion

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CONV/RGENCE

By Double Stallion Games

Rewind the Past, Control the Future - Explore and traverse through the spectacular city of Zaun as Ekko, a young inventor with an ingenious device to manipulate time, in this story-driven action platformer. Play as a young Ekko and realize the full potential of one of League’s fan-favorite Champions.

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Call of Power

Ryze scours Runeterra for fragments of a forgotten past, each step bringing him closer to incredible power—and terrible ruin.

Varus Darkin A Legacy Of Pain
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Short Story

Dark Kin

By Graham McNeill

Varus followed a river running through the desert. Its water was gritty, but drinkable. The new body he had wrought to bear his bow was beautiful, fast and strong, but it came with the weaknesses of flesh. It hungered. It thirsted.

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Short Story • 4 Minute Read

Darkness Renews

By Graham McNeill

Am I a god?

Cassiopeia Sivir Descent into the Tomb
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Descent into the Tomb

Scroll after scroll in Noxian libraries chronicle the power buried within Shurima. Now Cassiopeia thinks she's found the key. Learn how the saga began.

Soraka Halfway Between the Stars and Earth
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Short Story

Halfway Between the Stars and Earth

By Katie Chironis

It was a perfectly good night for a cup of tea. Chilly, certainly, but clear—as crisp a night as frigid Mount Targon ever got, really. Soraka was expecting a visitor. The snow in the stone kettle had already begun to melt over the hearth at the center of her little yurt; as it grew warmer, the room was suffused with the smell of dried tea leaves and sparse mountain herbs.

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Homecoming

Kai'Sa Monstrous
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Short Story

Monstrous

By Graham McNeill

There's light under the earth, if you know where to look.

Sivir Rise of the Ascended
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Rise of the Ascended

Discover the tale of Ancient Shurima, where the fates of Azir and Siver intertwine.

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Biography

The Emperor of the Sands

By Graham McNeill

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Biography

The Magus Ascendant

By Graham McNeill

Darkin To Slay Legends
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Short Story • 25 Minute Read

Twilight of the Gods

By Graham McNeill

They came to a dead city in the mountain's shadow under cover of night.

Void The Fall Of Icathia
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Short Story • 22 Minute Read

Where Icathia Once Stood

By Graham McNeill

My name is Axamuk Var-Choi Kohari Icath'or.

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Short Story

With Teeth

By Graham McNeill

Firewood was precious in the desert, but the blackened ruins of Vekaura offered a plentiful supply of charred timbers to hurl on bonfires.

Alternate Universes

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Unite Against The Dark

Hear the story of Lunar Empress Lux, Lunar Guardian Nasus, and Lunar Guardian Warwick as we celebrate the Year of the Dog in League of Legends.

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WARRIORS

By Numerous creators

The battle begins, and sixteen teams across the globe are fighting towards one goal – to win the League of Legends World Championship.

Trivia[]

  • Nasus is inspired by the Egyptian god Anubis.
  • Nasus is over 3796 years old and less than 3900 years old.
    • He fought alongside Setaka for 3 centuries before she died in the battle of Icathia, which happened around 2500 BN or 3500 years ago.
    • Nasus Nasus is Renekton's Renekton's older brother and both became Ascended at the same time.
  • Renek was one of the nations that belonged to the ancient Shurima Crest icon Shurima Empire and was possibly located somewhere near the Renek River. The siblings may have originated from here and Renekton Renekton may have been named after it.
  • He may be immune to Amumu's Amumu's power due to his power's connection to death.
  • The Ascension Ritual takes a long time and Xerath Xerath kept it going far longer than was normal (hence his body was all but obliterated...) so that gave time for Nasus Nasus and Renekton Renekton to get back (and a day for mortals, might only be a few hours for Ascended beings...).

Change log[]

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3 Feb 2021 (during V11.3) Added.

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