Development
- Main article: Pantheon (Development)
- He is voiced by George Georgiou.
- His champion theme is composed by Edouard 'EdTheConqueror' Brenneisen, with Rush Garcia providing the vocal.
- One of the scrapped narrative pitches involved Pantheon rescuing a young girl and mentoring her much like Wolverine and X-23 from Marvel.[1]
- One of the scrapped spells tested during his development included Pantheon throwing his spear and taking out a sword and fighting with it until he picked up his spear again.
- His secret dream of baking is carried from his previous joke.
- During development his primary color was changed from red to blue in order to keep him consistent with other newer released or updated Mount Targon champions.
- This color change can also be seen between and .
- This is also made to differentiate Pantheon from Solari (whose primary color is red and gold), as he is no longer part of that religious order. and other
- Some features of Pantheon draw parallels to Kratos from God of War, albeit that both characters are based on Greek mythology.
- He is voiced by Gavin Hammon.
- are also voiced by the same voice actor. and
- Pantheon's dance references Jailhouse Rock by Elvis Presley.
- A side-by-side comparison can be seen here.
- He shares this dance with .
- A side-by-side comparison can be seen here.
- Pantheon and movement speed in-game (355). are the champions with the highest base
Universe
- Main article: Pantheon (Character)
- Pantheon is a Rakkor warrior named Atreus, whose body was possessed by the Aspect of War before being slain by . Atreus was able to resurface after the Aspect had died.
- The card 5 The Warrior depicts the Aspect in Atreus' body.
- Pantheon dedicates himself to the protection of mortals against the Darkin, Aspects, and others with great power.
- Pantheon wields the armor and weapons of the previous hosts to the Aspect of War. They were imbued with celestial magic and became holy objects before the Aspect of War was killed.[2]
- His spear is named Skyfall and was used by a host named Areion.
- His shield is named Aegis and was used by a host named Zeonia.
- His cloak is named Solstice and was used by a host named Astraea.
- His helmet is named Nova and is used by his current host, Atreus.
- According to Rioters who worked on Pantheon, he stands at 5’9, or 175.25 cm.
- Pantheon's current host shares the same name with Atreus from the God of War series.[1]
- Pantheon is the paragon of Rakkor warriors who looks down on people of Valoran for installing an organization to replace war and joins the Institute of War to show the world a true warrior.
League of Legends
Gameplay
- Main article: Pantheon (League of Legends)
- Pantheon was named after Πάνθεον (a noun originally referring to all deities from Ancient Greek religion, later Twelve Olympians).
Quotes
- Main article: Pantheon (League of Legends Audio)
- ▶️ "They will not enjoy this.", ▶️ "Getting kicked into a well is the least of your worries!", and ▶️ "My profession?! You know, now that I think of it, I've always wanted to be a baker." reference 300.
Skins
- Main article: Pantheon (Collection)
- He resembles a Hoplite.
- He shares design elements with The Solari. due to both being part of the Ra'Horak of
- can be seen in the background of his splash art.
- His was directly tweaked for the first splash art of his skin.
- While more elaborately edited, the first splash art for his skin also seems to have borrowed the pose from his first classic splash art.
- This skin shares the Road Warrior theme with:
- He references Lord Humungus from Mad Max 2.
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- He references He-Man.
- This skin shares the Wonders of the World theme with:
- ...and others
- He references the eponymous legendary warriors from the Iliad by Homer.
- His helmet was inspired by Ancient Roman Galea helmet.
- This skin shares the Fables theme with:
- ...and others
- He references the eponymous hero from Greek mythology.
- According to the mythodology, Perseus received five gifts from the gods to defeat the Gorgon Medusa, namely: The winged sandals from Hermes, a hooked sword from Zeus, a dark helm from Hades and a lustrous shield from Athena. features all those gifts.
- . depicts the head of what closely resembles
- This skin shares the Heavy Metal theme with:
- The arena he is standing in is the same one from splash art.
- His helmet crest resembles that of a Parasaurolophus dinosaur.
- This skin shares the Wonders of the World theme with:
- ...and others
- He shares some resemble to Thor from Thor: Ragnarok and Avengers: Infinity War.
- He references the Dacians ( depicts their Draco), a Thracian sub-group of people who were the ancient inhabitants of the cultural region of Dacia, which area includes mainly the present-day countries of Romania and Moldova, as well as parts of Ukraine, Eastern Serbia, Northern Bulgaria, Slovakia, Hungary and Southern Poland.
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- He was released in celebration of the Romanian Server's launch.
- His helmet looks similar to the ceremonial Celtic Waterloo Helmet, referencing cultural interactions between Celts & Thraco-Dacians
- This skin shares the Dragon World theme with:
- ...and others
- New textures were accidentally pushed to the PBE before his rework was revealed.
- This has also happened with and .
- He resembles a Dragoon from Final Fantasy.
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- He and the Riot Ward were given out at Anime Expo 2014.
- This skin shares the Zombies VS Slayers theme with:
- He references The Walking Dead and Left 4 Dead.
- He uses homemade weaponry: a ' ' (pipes stuck to a chainsaw), a spiked sewer cover stuck to a Do-Not-Enter-sign and fire extinguishers strapped onto his backpack to zombies.
- This skin shares the Culinary Masters theme with:
- can be seen in the background.
- His dream of becoming a baker is realized.
- In the Star Guardians Universe, Pantheon owns a bakery called Pantheon’s Pastries, where Soraka works part-time.
- His turns into a pie.
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- He has a rolling pin attached to his back and his turns into a bun.
- This skin shares the Pulsefire theme with:
- ...and others
- This skin shares the Ruined theme with:
- The skin represents his canon appearance during return, with the Aspect of War being resurrected to fight for the Ruined King and taking control of Atreus once more.
- The face of the shield is an imprisoned Atreus.
- This skin shares the Ruined theme with:
- This skin represents a "what-if" scenario where Atreus manages wrest back control of his body from Pantheon, rather than [4] being defeated and Pantheon being subsumed back into his mind.
- Prestige Ascended Pantheon is the only Prestige skin not to have the same title as its base skin.
- This skin shares the Ashen Knights theme with:
References
- ↑ Interlocutioner on Scrapped Pantheon Lore
- ↑ Interlocutioner on Pantheon's Arsenal
- ↑ Beekes, R.S.P. "Etymological Dictionary of Greek", p. 1257
- ↑ Ask Riot: Vex's Release Date