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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.
 | "What was fallen will be great again." — Nasus |
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Background
Early Life
Contemporary history
Recent events
Appearance
Personality
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 Strenght: 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
- 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 misled arrogance led to the empire's downfall, costing him his own brother Renekton.
- Nasus was forced to imprison his own brother with the betrayer 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 of his madness, so that the united brothers might defeat Xerath and restore Shurima to greatness together with their resurrected emperor Azir.
- Nasus was forced to imprison his own brother with the betrayer
- Nasus first sought Sivir for her royal bloodline and finds in her the hope of a reborn Shurima and the key to defeating Xerath.
- Nasus encountered Taliyah when she was protecting an injured Sivir.
- Nasus would later confront Xerath himself to buy time for the two to escape alongside other citizens.
- Nasus encountered
- Myisha, the previous 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 in the present day, which Ta'anari later used to perform a ritual that reverted the Ascension of the nearby Darkins, vaporing them.
- Long before Shurima rose again from the sands, Ryze and Nasus delved into a ruined archive beneath the Great Sai and fought its awakened protector.
Read More
Biography
Starring Champion
Short Story • 36 Minute Read
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.
Short Story • 4 Minute Read
Nasus walked at night, unwilling to face the sun. The boy followed in his wake.
Starring: Nasus
Mentioned Champion
Video
Ryze scours Runeterra for fragments of a forgotten past, each step bringing him closer to incredible power—and terrible ruin.
Starring: 
Ryze
Mentioned: 
Miss Fortune, Nasus, 
Sona, 
Trundle
Video
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.
Starring: 
Azir, 
Cassiopeia, 
Renekton, 
Sivir, 
Xerath
Mentioned: Nasus
Short Story
Halfway Between the Stars and Earth
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.
Starring: 
Soraka
Short Story
There's light under the earth, if you know where to look.
Starring: 
Kai'Sa
Mentioned: Nasus
Video
Discover the tale of Ancient Shurima, where the fates of Azir and Siver intertwine.
Mentioned: Nasus
Biography
By Rayla Heide
Starring: Sivir
Mentioned: Azir, Cassiopeia, Nasus, Renekton, 
Taliyah, Xerath
Short Story • 25 Minute Read
They came to a dead city in the mountain's shadow under cover of night.
Starring: 
Zoe
Alternate Universes
Comic
By Gutter Rat
Starring: 
Ahri, 
Darius, 
Ekko, 
Vladimir
Mentioned: 
Amumu, 
Anivia, 
Annie, 
Ashe, 
Aurelion Sol, 
Braum, 
Caitlyn, 
Cho'Gath, 
Dr. Mundo, 
Draven, 
Elise, 
Ezreal, 
Fiddlesticks, 
Fizz, 
Galio, 
Gnar, 
Heimerdinger, 
Janna, 
Jhin, 
Jinx, 
Kog'Maw, 
Lulu, 
Lux, 
Malphite, 
Malzahar, Miss Fortune, 
Nami, Nasus, 
Olaf, 
Poppy, 
Rakan, 
Rammus, 
Rek'Sai, 
Riven, 
Rumble, Ryze, 
Shaco, 
Singed, Sona, Soraka, 
Syndra, Taliyah, 
Talon, 
Taric, 
Teemo, 
Thresh, 
Tibbers, 
Tristana, 
Twitch, 
Urgot, 
Varus, 
Veigar, 
Volibear, 
Warwick, 
Wukong, 
Xayah, 
Yasuo, 
Yorick, 
Zac, 
Zed, 
Ziggs, 
Zyra
Comic
By Gutter Rat
Starring: Ahri, Darius, Ekko, Vladimir
Mentioned: 
Akali, Amumu, 
Bard, 
Blitzcrank, Draven, Elise, 
Evelynn, Ezreal, Fiddlesticks, 
Fiora, Fizz, Galio, Gnar, 
Jayce, Jhin, 
Kayn, Kog'Maw, 
LeBlanc, Lulu, Lux, Malzahar, Nasus, 
Nunu, Poppy, Rakan, Rammus, Rek'Sai, Renekton, 
Rhaast, Rumble, Ryze, Shaco, Singed, Sivir, Sona, Taliyah, Talon, Teemo, Tristana, Trundle, Twitch, Varus, Veigar, Warwick, Xayah, Zed, Ziggs, Zoe, Zyra
Comic
By Risu
Mentioned: Ahri, 
Alistar, Annie, Ashe, Blitzcrank, 
Brand, Braum, Caitlyn, Darius, 
Diana, Dr. Mundo, Ekko, Evelynn, Ezreal, 
Gangplank, 
Garen, Gnar, 
Gragas, 
Graves, Heimerdinger, Janna, Jinx, 
Karma, 
Katarina, 
Leona, 
Lucian, Malzahar, Miss Fortune, Nami, Nasus, Nunu, 
Quinn, Renekton, Rumble, Ryze, 
Sejuani, Sivir, Sona, Soraka, 
Tahm Kench, Taliyah, Taric, Teemo, Tibbers, Trundle, 
Tryndamere, 
Twisted Fate, Twitch, 
Valor, Varus, 
Vel'Koz, Vladimir, Volibear, Warwick, 
Willump, Wukong, Zac, Ziggs
Comic
By Risu
Mentioned: 
Aatrox, Ahri, Alistar, Amumu, Annie, Aurelion Sol, Azir, Bard, Blitzcrank, Caitlyn, Cho'Gath, Diana, Draven, Ekko, Ezreal, Fizz, Galio, Gnar, Graves, Heimerdinger, Jayce, 
Kha'Zix, Kog'Maw, Leona, Lucian, Lux, Malphite, 
Maokai, Miss Fortune, Nasus, 
Nautilus, 
Nidalee, Olaf, 
Orianna, Poppy, Quinn, Rakan, Renekton, Riven, Rumble, Shaco, Taric, Teemo, Tibbers, Tristana, Trundle, 
Udyr, Valor, Vel'Koz, 
Viktor, Volibear, Warwick, Wukong, Xayah, 
Xin Zhao, Yasuo, Ziggs
Outdated Lore
Entries
Formare veneficum est formare fatum.
Starring: Akali, Alistar, Amumu, Anivia, Annie, Ashe, Blitzcrank, Brand, Cassiopeia, Cho'Gath, 
Corki, Darius, Dr. Mundo, Evelynn, Ezreal, Fiddlesticks, Gangplank, Garen, Gragas, Heimerdinger, 
Irelia, Janna, 
Jarvan IV, 
Jax, Karma, 
Karthus, 
Kassadin, Katarina, 
Kayle, 
Kennen, Kog'Maw, 
Lee Sin, Leona, 
Lissandra, Lux, Malzahar, Maokai, 
Master Yi, 
Mordekaiser, 
Morgana, Nasus, Nidalee, 
Nocturne, Nunu, Olaf, 
Pantheon, Poppy, Rammus, Renekton, Riven, Rumble, Ryze, Sejuani, Shaco, 
Shen, Singed, 
Sion, Sivir, 
Skarner, Sona, Soraka, 
Swain, Talon, Taric, Teemo, Tibbers, Tristana, Trundle, Tryndamere, Twisted Fate, Twitch, Udyr, Urgot, Veigar, Vladimir, Warwick, Willump, Wukong, Xin Zhao, Yorick, 
Zilean
Trivia
- 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 is Renekton's older brother and both became Ascended at the same time.
- Renek was one of the nations that belonged to the ancient Shurima Empire and was possibly located somewhere near the Renek River. The siblings may have originated from here and Renekton may have been named after it.
- He may be immune to Amumu's power due to his power's connection to death.
- The Ascension Ritual takes a long time and Xerath kept it going far longer than was normal (hence his body was all but obliterated...) so that gave time for Nasus and Renekton to get back (and a day for mortals, might only be a few hours for Ascended beings...).
Change log
| Character blurb | |
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| 3 Feb 2021 (during V11.3) | Added. |
References
See also
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