TALES OF RUNETERRA: IONIAN
AKALI THE ROGUE ASSASSIN'S

Ionia has long been a region of natural magic, its bright society and powerful spirits live in harmony. Sometimes it must be monitored.

Kinkou is the guardian of the sacred balance of Ionia. Loyal priests of the order lived in the magical and real real real realms, they reconciled the conflicts between them, if needed, they intervened with the forces. Akali was born among their army, the daughter of Mayym Jhomen Tethi, the famous Fist of Shadow. Mayym and his partner Tahno raise their daughter in the Kinkou Order, under the tutelage of the Great Master Kusho's leader, the Eye of Twilight.

Whenever his parents were called to leave, the other members of the order acted as Akali's adoptive family. Kennen, the Heart of the Tempest, spent a lot of time with the young girl, teaching her the Shuriken technique, and putting speed and agility first over strength. Akali is a clever boy, and she absorbs all that knowledge like a sponge. For everyone it is clear that he will follow the path of his parents—with the son of the Great Master and his successor, Shen, he will lead a new generation that will dedicate his life to the balance of Ionia.

But the balance can fade. The order itself was then divided.

A disobedient priest named Zed returns and fights fiercely with Kusho, fighting for power in a bloody coup. Akali fled to the eastern mountains with Mayym, Shen, Kennen, and several priests. Unfortunately, Tahno was not with them.

Zed's transformation of Kinkou turning him into the Order of Shadow was almost complete. But as the new Eye of Twilight sets in, Shen aims to rebuild the one that has collapsed. They will go back to following Kinkou's three fundamental philosophies: pure impartiality when Looking at the Stars, the path of judgment on Hunting the Sun, and eliminating imbalances by Trimming Trees . Although their numbers are not many now, they will train new people to recover and increase their numbers again.

When Akali reaches the age of fourteen, she is formally rewarded with Kinkou's training, with the determination to pass on her mother as the new Fist of Shadow.

But my soul felt uneasy, and his eyes were wide open. Although Kinkou and the Order of Shadow find a slight match in the midst of Noxus' invasion of Ionia, he sees his hometown continue to suffer. He questioned whether they were actually carrying out their goals. Pruning Trees meant eliminating those who threatened the sacred balance.

He's got Akali. All mantras and meditations will appease his soul, but such actions will not defeat his enemies. His maturity too quickly turned into rebellion. He argued with Shen, he opposed him, and he defeated the Ionian enemies in his own way.

In the presence of the entire order, he exposes Kinkou's incompetence, all his discussion of spiritual balance and patience is just a title. Many Ionian communities have fallen in the real world, and it is nature that Akali will protect. He was obeyed as an Assassin. He will be an Assassin. He doesn't need that order anymore.

Shen let her go, because understanding that was the path Akali chose. Perhaps that path would return him someday, but it had to be determined by him alone.

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