I want this so bad I can just imagine fighting a giant version of him in a huge arena maybe one of his mechanics is that he randomly uses death realm on somebody it would be amazing
It would be the last raid boss going by lore, he is the strongest Champion in lore and potentially the strongest character in lore, especially if going by home turf advantage like Watchers in the Void or Mordekaiser in his Death realm
Mordekaiser is so metal, that all his old skills had names of heavy metal bands. He's so metal, that he had the first skin of a line called "Pentakill", in which he's a metal guitarist, and which would later have its own set of songs, albums, and even a live concert with lore and an interactive event for viewers and stuff. If you wonder who's the most "musically" themed champion in League, some people will say Sona. Others may say Seraphine. I have no doubt at all, it's definitely Mordekaiser
But they toned that down a lot after his rework. They could have kept most of the old ability names with his new kit (for example, Iron Man as his W or Mace of Spades as his Q) but they didn't. They said it was because they wanted him to be more than a reference but I think the real reason is that they were a bit afraid of legal action.
There's still some relatability in his realization that his whole life was misguided, as well as his fear/anger/unwillingness of being forgotten and fading away
@@justonyx6721i love that mordekaiser in the top 10 most powerful champions in the lore without being of godly origin or being a vessel of god like powers
@@CyrusL Most Voidborn beings and aspects (including darkin) either fear him or would do well to fear him. While there are a few canonically more fearsome champions, they are few and far between, with Asol coming to mind. He'd slap even Kindred around, being a some kind of self adopted, more influential half-brother to it.
His ultimate ability is one of the coolest in the game, he takes an opponent with him into a separate dimension called the Death Realm for like ~7 seconds where it's a forced 1v1 and the opponent has very limited space in which to run away
He straight up rends the souls out of weak willed people and forges them into something more useful for his campaign of death. If you won’t fight for him, you shall be the stones which will (quite literally.) carry his army to victory. Nothing gets more Metal than that.
Mordekaiser is not only (one of the) big bad(s) of the world of Runeterra, but is also the only champ who essentially breaks the rules of the game and can rip you out of summoner's rift (the main arena) into his death realm for a usually one sided 1v1.
When you have time, you should check out the pentakill album that league has. Its mainly metal and rock. The 3nd one has its own story and lore. Riot even had its own live concert for the lost chapter album. Mordekaiser is one of band memebers along with Kayle, Sona, Olaf, Karthus, and Yorick. Veigo is the antagonist for the 3nd album.
I would be soooo ready for a live reaction stream of the lost chapter concert but i guess he would have to react to all the characters before that can happen
Morde is one of the champs whose voicelines I just absolutely love. His long walk voice lines are fantastic. "In the lands beyond, blackened ichor filled a crumbling sky, as souls withered unto nothing. But I refused to fade." The way the lines are delivered have an innate strength behind them. The raw confidence that he radiates makes him really fun to play.
Mordekaiser is the personification of "Literally too angry to die", tempered by surprising cunning and fueled by a total lack of compassion. I love this lad mainly because, in the grand scheme of things, Mordekaiser is one of the more simple champions, lore AND game-wise. He's a big boi with a big mace and he wants to conquer everything. Dassit.
@@ukuviispert9599 technically speaking, trynd is powered by aatrox, and is able to channel the darkins gift to him (aatrox is grooming him as a suitable host) to prevent his death for a time. its borrowed power. morde however, lived his life as a conqueror of many lands. he died, but found no great hall waiting him. he got so pissed off with his faith being wrong, that he was able to use sheer willpower to prevent his souls natural decay in the death realm. he managed to claw himself back into runeterra, and there is literally not a single creature capable of killing morde that we know of. you can defeat him. you can destroy him. he will not die. and he will come back
@@jynxed66six54 And honestly, even that one time Leblanc and the Black Rose "defeated" him, by throwing him back into *his own realm* Yeah, that only happened because Mordekaiser allowed it, literally. He knew about Leblancs Plan the entire time and could've put an end to this (and the entire Black Rose for that matter) at any point. The only reason he allowed the banishment to happen was that is played right into *his* Plan of returning to his own realm to amass an Army. And it had the added benefit of the Black Rose and Leblanc thinking they upstaged *and* overpowered him. Which means every contingency Leblanc is currently cooking up for Mordekaisers inevitable return, is doomed to fail. Because she's working off of a completly wrong baseline of Mordekaisers Abilities to begin with.
You not finished watching skill preview - his Ultimate is badass! It takes him and one selected enemy into different realm, where only they are present and no one else can affect them, so it is like a duel of sorts, and a scary one, as you can't escape.
Talking about the 'Big Bads' of League at the beginning is interesting because Marco's right. Mordekaiser is an incredibly powerful figure within Runeterra, but he's certainly not the most powerful. An incredibly powerful sorcerer who has conquered the Realm of Death and countless souls of the dead, Mordekaiser is still ultimately mortal and limited. He lacks the infinity of cosmic power of the Targonian Celestials, or the Darkin. He lacks the primordial essentialism of the Freljordian gods. Before entities that existed since the very dawn of creation? Beings like Aurelion Sol, Fiddlesticks, Ashlesh (Nilah's pact demon and one of the 10 primal demon lords) or The Void and The Watchers? Mordekaiser is almost laughably outclassed. However, despite all of this, Mordekaiser is still League's most powerful and important villain. This is because out of all of these large world-ending threats, Mordekaiser is the only one who is truly villainous. Aurelion Sol is furious at his imprisonment and wishes destruction upon all of Runeterra, sure. But this makes him vengeful, not evil. Aurelion Sol is a cosmic entity who is justifiably angry at his enslavement, but inherently a reasonable being with a pure cosmic goal. Fiddlesticks and The Void (and by extension The Watchers) are most certainly Evil, but they are not villainous. Villainy implies a certain level of consciousness and purpose, which these entities lack. The Void's hunger for creation and Fiddlestick's hunger for fear is no more villainous than a predator's hunger for prey. It is purely instinctual, there is no greater desire or plan behind it. Aatrox by contrast, is evil and fully aware of his actions, but his want for destruction is purely circumstantial. He states himself his evil "was not born, it was forged". In truth Aatrox is a tragic and tortured fallen hero. An individual who has turned to evil acts out of desperation, not personal gain. Aatrox simply wants peace, and if a way for him to have this peace was offered, he would take it with no hesitation. He is more a victim of the Targonian God's experimentations with human psyche than he is a villain. Viego is considerably less powerful than any of these we've mentioned so far but the same goes for him. He wants his wife back, and the pain that is caused on the way to him is simply an unfortunate consequence. None of these individuals are 'good' by any means. But they are not 'villains'. Mordekaiser is not an animalistic entity, acting on instincts. He is fully cognizant and intelligent. Mordekaiser is not a tortured or desperate individual. In life he had all he ever wanted, and in death he simply wants more. Mordekaiser is not a vengeful individual. He has not been greatly wronged in any way. Mordekaiser wishes to conquer all purely out of selfish desire. Sahn Uzal lived believing that might meant right. He believes with all his being that he is the mightiest, and therefore deserves everything. There is no tragic twist or sympathetic angle for Mordekaiser. He is not a force of nature nor an animalistic predator. Mordekaiser is a villain, plain and simple. At the level he exists at, that makes him League's greatest villain. (side note: this is why Bel'Veth was such a significant event within League canon, because despite being a newlyborn Voidborn and likely not as powerful as an entity like Cho'Gath, she shows a vision of The Void with actual intellect and purpose. Bel'Veth is The Void not as a force of nature, or as hungry predator, but as a cognizant and self-aware villain.)
Seriously, a bit late, but really, nice fucking speech, you just unlocked in my brain something about what make a good villain. It will je usefull for me in the futur, thanks.
As a league player, lore fanatic and musician(though i am still far from being a pro) Your vids are not only entertaining but also gave me a new passion to understand music I consistently listen to a playlist of all league themes that plays them in a random order, trying to deduct from the music which champion is depicted This practice has also helped me gain a new understanding for music and to convey it in a new way (I play french horn) Thanks macro, you're awesome Looking forward to your next vid!
A bit of theory. The mist from Viego weakens the barrier of the realm of the living and dead, so Mordekaiser is currently on the Shadowisles amusingly watching Viegos tantrum adn fall. Looking at Swains voicelines, the one who has the Demon of Secrets Raum with him (Raum being one of the two known Demons that Mordekaiser enslaved (Tiberius or Tibbers being the other) informed Swain of Mordekaiser and the Leblanc was the one that Sealed him centuries ago, in Swains voicelines the future is foreshadowed: "If you kill me you leave Noxus with something far worse" Swain knows of Mordekaiser and sees himself as the only thing capable of stopping him. "If they knew what was to come, would they still struggle to stay alive?" Talking about the inevetable rise of Mordekaiser and the war that will follow where again generations of humans will march into their deaths "I could kill them now but it is far crueler to show them I was right" Swain wants to unite Runeterra under the banner of Noxus hoping that such a grand alliance could stop Mordekaiser and anyone resisting Noxus is just helping Mordekaiser win. "A king remains in the mists while another marches" People thought the King in the mists is Viego, but the King marching was Viego, the King in the mists is Mordekaiser "They fight the mists above the seas, never looking beneath it" Another one easily mistook, but that again could call out to people fighting Viego as if he is the enemy, never looking to what is behind Viego aka Mordekaiser This coul just be me reading to far into it, but Swain having the Demon of Secrets makes it plausible for there to be hidden meanings in his voicelines.
Crazy how League as at least 10 big bads all capable of ending the world. You get to pick your favorite form of world ending Edit: For everyone commenting on who is REALLY the "big bad" of league. I'm sorry to tell you this but the watchers exist and their whole purpose in life is to get rid of all life. They are literal lovecraftian gods who just hate life in general because it keeps them from sleeping. They are REALLY tired of us
@@kenshi4296 nah I think the Crown on ASol's head finally cracking would legit be the final day of Runeterra. Guy can snap his fingers and planets cease to exist.
Fine work as usual! Felt like I'd chime in since I'm a big lore guy. Mordekaiser is a world-ending threat to Runeterra, that much cannot be questioned. But Runeterra has been dealt a pretty bad hand as of late, so he's not even close to being the only one. Aatrox and Viego also stand for mass extinction, as well as a few other threats that I'll leave out since I don't think you've gotten to them yet. Excited for more, as always.
I’m so glad you included listening to some of the voice lines. Always felt you were missing out on some of the best bit of lore/characterization by not having a part for it in previous vids.
The thing about League's universe is that there's so many characters or entities trying to either destroy it or take over by force that no one can really take the "big bad" title. I feel like there's so many world ending events trying to take place at once that they all kinda level out 😂
His music makes me think that his presence, after first stepping onto the field, reaches everyone immediately. The game changes from a war, to survival.
My favourite bit about his lore is about how he picked his name from the language of the death realm and it's just German. My favourite part about himself is his over the top voice acting, the dude is just so unapologetically evil. His animation and ability sounds help too.
Well, I think there might be 4-5 four big bads in the league universe: Mordekaiser, Aatrox, The Void as a whole (and Bel'Veth by herself), I think Xerath is, and Aurelion Sol too is up to something.
macro: some of you got annoyed when i said atrox me when he says mordenkaiser for the whole video and when he spelled it mordkeiser in the description:
4:54 Omg not Marco cutting off right before the most iconic ability in League,but then again gameplay watching isn’t what this video is about so no one can blame him xD
I need more createros like you on youtube. YOu are not even playing lol as you say but still making amazing content about leag. And here comes my main. Morde(n)kaiser :D
I’d say he’s stronger, he literally can’t pass on. He’s like a Darkin but without the need for flesh. The Ascended were about even against SWARMS of void creatures, the only reason the empire actually fell is because of Xerath’s betrayal. Otherwise the Ascended would have stayed and had a reason to keep fighting. They wouldn’t have gone mad because of the lack of leadership and power struggles that opened from the Emperors death. Mordakiser is already mad and isn’t bound by flesh. Only the Watchers and Aurelion Sol are the true “end of universe” scenarios.
I love the glow up Morde got. His theme is stellar. It's a war song. Imagine hearing those drums and the haunting, almost shrill howl of the horn far off in distance. Almost reminds me of the carnyx instrument. Also the electric guitar specifically at 10:18 reminds me of a moment in the Mad Max Fury Road score. Certain parts of his theme sound like they would fight right into that world.
"Your sickness sustains him, He delights in your pain, And on summoner's rift, he is Loooord! When the dust has all settled the Master of Metal is the only thing left to record! Life's overrated, There's none quite as great as He, The Kaiser of Morde! Your lifelines are severed, affliction forever! Outnumbered, you fall to the horde!" 6v4!
@@MarcoMeatball hmmm not sure if i agree... That ulti it's like the most important trait of him. Bonking ppl in the head with a big mace might be superflous to know but bringing someone to the death realm and force him to face you in combat in a place where you can't run and noone can help you... well speaks a lot about the character!
If you haven't already, i can only recommend you listen to Pentakill (LoL's own Metal Band) and watch the video for "Mortal Reminder". There you can see Mordekaiser (and other LoL champions) and it is just great.
Mordekaiser just gets stronger and stronger as people die. Either as mortar for his empire in the afterlife, or as servants in a presumably humongous army.
Honestly league isnt really the type of thing to have one big bad, its such a wide world telling so many stories that there is no one big bad, though it is correct to say mordekaiser is some characters and storylines big bads for sure, he is a HUGE threat, just when your dealing on the scale of a entire worlds stories, you dont really have one guy who is the main threat to ALL of it, Also i just wanted to tack this onto the end of this lore blurb here, your analysis of music is truely amazing and your ability to read story from music is honestly surprising and impressive to me and you have given me a whole new appreciation for the music i hear in my video games then i ever had before, thank you so very much
I would argue that it would be Fiddlesticks, The Void, Xolanni, Aurelion Sol, the World Runes, Mordekaiser, Aatrox, then Veigo. Pretty sure if you look at the lore, Fiddlesticks may have been what first woke the Void. As the void was just chilling in nothingness then woke up when existence was born. What else was really “noisy” at the birth of creation? The primal scream… also the Watchers are a part of the void just as much as Belveth is, thought about separating them but don’t think it’s as valid as Aatrox and Xolanni
Morde vs Veigo is an interesting one because both are masters of the dead who claim souls as their big thing, except only Veigo has had a major lore beat so far. So naturally someone asked the devs in an AMA who would win, Morde or Veigo. Answer was Morde would obliterate Veigo.
The empty afterlife at 2:40. The aimless souls unguided until Mordakiser contorts the all the lost souls into screeching and forming the screams into his own instrumental. Definitely a “Big Badass” that’s for damn sure, Mordakiser doesn’t need ascension or godly powers… he will crawl his way out of death itself with sheer willpower and spite alone.
So a lot of people wonder how would he interact with Aatrox and Kindred. Here are my 2 cents: Kindred has no power over Mordekaiser since he doesn't believe in Kindred. Generally speaking, Kindred will cease to exist when people will stop believing in it. A lot of people also think that Morde is more powerful than Aatrox since he came way before the Darkins and Morde is immortal. Well to that I say: Aatrox doesn't bring death, Aatrox btings oblivion. Aatrox kills even that which does not die. And let's not forget that Darkins are Ascendants corrupted by the Void. Remember the Void? That place where The Watchers reside and those guys where here even before the breath of creation. If anyhing, the Void magic or whatever it is called is the thing that can truly end all things.
Hey Marco, love seeing you react to everyone's favorite raid boss! I am not sure if i've followed you long enough to notice if you've reacted to anything "Anime" like theme songs, i personally would love to see you react to Goblin slayer's main theme OST. I just really love that anime and haven't found any creators i know reacting to it. ANYWAY Keep up the great content and i hope you are having as much fun analyzing these champions as much as we love hearing your take on them!
I like how song is split in couple times contrastin the lore. First part is initial conquest of runeterra. then death and screams of lost souls. Then comes rebirth and second time he ravaged the lands of living with no mercy building his empire of murder.
Always a good day when Marco uploads! And League too?! (Btw, Every char has a dance animation, HOWEVER: Mordekaiser transforms his mace into a FCKING GUITAR and PLAYS HIS OWN THEME... now THAT'S a badass "dance" for a video game.)
Untrue, Aatrox is a bit stronger than bel'veth, however Mordekaiser (Sahn' Uzal eclipses both of them. Only considered to be weaker than Aurelion, Fiddlesticks, Zoe and Bard, and finally "Kindred".
@@TheNihility When i said the void is stronger, i meant the watchers. Not a single void champion/character, the void has/is an army just like how Mordelaiser has his own army of ghosts (not sire if i remember it correctly, but the name of the army might be "the gray legion", it was revealed in LoR) Also, while Bel'Veth is from the void, she fights against the void- instead of trying to destroy reality, she's tryong to make a new version in her own image. With blackjack and hookers :p
I would highly recommend you listening to the GRIME OST for the bosses and background music. It has an eerie otherworldly feel to it that perfectly reflects the games atmosphere when you first get thrown in and the boss music is just top tier, on par with most souls or bloodborne bosses in my humble opinion
So League has a few big bads of varying degrees of threat. The Void wants to unmake reality, Viego and his Black Mist... Actually got stopped so hes out. Theres Mordekaiser who wants to conquer the world, theres Aatrox who wants to kill the world on the off chance he dies too, you could count Lissandra and her Frostguard trying to kinda conquer the Freljord and also hold off the Void with human sacrifices. I could go on
the amount of world ending threats in league is insane, Aatrox and the other darkin, the void, Mordekaiser, Noxus (tho thats more just a actively expanding empire then a world ending threat), Veigo and the the black mist, ASol, Fiddle and prolly a few more i don't remember.
Highly, HIGHLY recommend @nebulus who's made lyrics for so many of these themes and they get stuck in your head so easily, He made one for Morde and *all* I can hear is his lyrics over the original theme now.
I would be soooo ready for a live reaction stream of the pentakill lost chapter concert but i guess he would have to react to all the characters before that can happen
Love these videos, I love the music and world of League. Hope Rell comes up soon, also look forward to Renata next up. And also would you ever check out Pentakill? It's a band made up entirely of champions from League, being Mordekaiser, Kayle, Yorick, Sona, Karthus, and Olaf; as well as guest appearances from Viego. The music itself isn't explicitly tied to the characters, but it does tell stories of the world of Runeterra.
I like how other champs' themes would always show their emotions or desire while Morde's just pure power and might, as if the theme is about a force of nature
the only match of league i ever played was as mordekaiser (cause he looks like my main, Magyar, from Brawlhalla) and when i saw the league character guess videos you did i imediatelly searched to see if you had done mordekaiser. I did not find anything but then one week later here it is lol
if League of Legends really got the Elden Ring or Final Fantasy 16 Treatment about actually progressing the story with a RPG walkthrough, the game would be Legendary as it claim to be over its toxic moba.
Mordekaisers Lore is as simple as it is amazing. He lived a life of a Warlord to be rewarded in death for his dommination of the world. And when he died and the death realm wasn't to his liking, he used the souls of the dead to build the immortal bastion and find a way back into the living world to conquer it, as death doesn't give him what he deserves. An absolute evil with strong ambitions and no other incentive but to dominate. So simple, yet so good.
Morde's Lore is absolutely fantastic, basically dude was the greatest conqueror in the world, that after his death he found out it was empty so he decided to conquer death and created his own afterlife.
Love all your content! This will probably get lost in all the theme requests, but if you haven't done Irelia's theme, I think that one is beautiful. Completely different feel from this one
Just a quick lore TLDR, this won't spoil any champs THE big bad of leagues universe are "The Watchers". They're these godlike creatures from a different dimension of pure darkness who basically just sleep nonstop. One day a random rift occurred and light from leagues dimension started pouring into their reality, and for the first time they were made aware of themselves and the space they existed in, BUT- They didn't like that, they just wanted to go back to sleep (so me fr) but the rift tear was so small that they couldn't fit through it (they, meaning any of the watchers, as far as we know there could be literally an infinite amount of watchers inside that reality it's purposefully not made clear), so they sent small scouts through to figure out what it was that was lighting up their world and how to stop it. This is what resulted in the void, because once they found out that whatever was on the other side was material, had a solid form (the watchers are not material, they're something beyond that), they also found out how to destroy that material, and they made essentially a virus that infects anything material and converts it into their own dark purple material in an attempt to snuff out all light. THAT'S the big bad of runeterras universe, but runeterra itself has a LOT of world (meaning the planet) ending threats on it too.
Some fun facts. Before this remark, he was known as the master of metal. All his abilities had to do with metal songs P: Ironman Q:m-ace of spades W: creeping death E siphon of destruction R: children of the grave
Renata Glasc is next and sooner than you think (like in a couple days)
Swain's theme is one of the best ones in league. Would like to see you react to that too
OH MY GOD IM GONNA GO INSANE FINALLY THE QUEEN RENATE GLASC ONE OF THE BEST CHARACTERS FINALLY 🥹
YES YES YES YES
i just hope he does rek'sai, more people need to know how good her theme is
Always liked her theme mainly cause of how it sounded.
you can already tell Morde is about to be a raid boss in the Riot MMO just from his lore alone
I want this so bad I can just imagine fighting a giant version of him in a huge arena maybe one of his mechanics is that he randomly uses death realm on somebody it would be amazing
@@monadoboy9639 it's all fun and games until he sends your Healer to the Death Realm.
@@patrickcarter2829 very true
@@patrickcarter28291v1 me bro moment
It would be the last raid boss going by lore, he is the strongest Champion in lore and potentially the strongest character in lore, especially if going by home turf advantage like Watchers in the Void or Mordekaiser in his Death realm
Mordekaiser is so metal, that all his old skills had names of heavy metal bands. He's so metal, that he had the first skin of a line called "Pentakill", in which he's a metal guitarist, and which would later have its own set of songs, albums, and even a live concert with lore and an interactive event for viewers and stuff. If you wonder who's the most "musically" themed champion in League, some people will say Sona. Others may say Seraphine. I have no doubt at all, it's definitely Mordekaiser
But they toned that down a lot after his rework. They could have kept most of the old ability names with his new kit (for example, Iron Man as his W or Mace of Spades as his Q) but they didn't. They said it was because they wanted him to be more than a reference but I think the real reason is that they were a bit afraid of legal action.
I would actually argue Kindred. They are only as powerful as they are because of the songs and stories about them.
@@Oscar97o It is definetly the legal reasons. If lol was 100% witout payments it would be okay.
@@Oscar97o whats wrong with making a champ more than a reference
its bad taste to make a champ just a bunch of references and no real personality
well at least he still has his W as a reference to Disturbed
"He's like 8ft tall." Mordekaiser is 12 to 15 meters tall and weighs 30 tons. *Because he's all metal*
Hold up, METERS? I knew he was awesome, but god damn he's bigger than my house?!
Technically, he weighs nothing. That's just the weight of the armor he's bound to 🤓.
@@louisrobitaille5810 I know.
bros fat
No ? I mean he is big but not that big xd He is 3.66 m
What I love about mordekaiser is that theres no sad backstory, there's no redeeming qualities, there is only villainy
There's still some relatability in his realization that his whole life was misguided, as well as his fear/anger/unwillingness of being forgotten and fading away
@@justonyx6721i love that mordekaiser in the top 10 most powerful champions in the lore without being of godly origin or being a vessel of god like powers
@@righthook9000he is the top dog excluding void and celestial/certain darkin
The definition of "fuck it we ball"
@@CyrusL Most Voidborn beings and aspects (including darkin) either fear him or would do well to fear him. While there are a few canonically more fearsome champions, they are few and far between, with Asol coming to mind. He'd slap even Kindred around, being a some kind of self adopted, more influential half-brother to it.
His ultimate ability is one of the coolest in the game, he takes an opponent with him into a separate dimension called the Death Realm for like ~7 seconds where it's a forced 1v1 and the opponent has very limited space in which to run away
He takes you straight to Brazil
He straight up rends the souls out of weak willed people and forges them into something more useful for his campaign of death.
If you won’t fight for him, you shall be the stones which will (quite literally.) carry his army to victory.
Nothing gets more Metal than that.
not to mention Morde is THE BIGGEST wall of stats in game
@@Lesquidliestone i automatically laugh at this but i forgot the context at this point
@@rrraven369 Mordekaiser es numero uno huehuehue
Mordekaiser is not only (one of the) big bad(s) of the world of Runeterra, but is also the only champ who essentially breaks the rules of the game and can rip you out of summoner's rift (the main arena) into his death realm for a usually one sided 1v1.
he also tends to break the rules of the game on a coding level.
@whosewell6918 truly the biggest threat to Riot
"one sided" the vayne twith 3 second dash cooldown : lol.lmao
@@whosewell6918and his ult tends to get countered by e abilities
Nobody escapes Brazil
When you have time, you should check out the pentakill album that league has. Its mainly metal and rock. The 3nd one has its own story and lore. Riot even had its own live concert for the lost chapter album. Mordekaiser is one of band memebers along with Kayle, Sona, Olaf, Karthus, and Yorick. Veigo is the antagonist for the 3nd album.
Ah yes, Veigo, the Ruined Twink
@@andreasottohansen7338 At the end of the live concert, seeing Mordekaiser knocking out Viego with a punch is hilarious 😂
I would be soooo ready for a live reaction stream of the lost chapter concert but i guess he would have to react to all the characters before that can happen
Heyyy, the first two albuns have lore, too. >:(
Morde is one of the champs whose voicelines I just absolutely love. His long walk voice lines are fantastic. "In the lands beyond, blackened ichor filled a crumbling sky, as souls withered unto nothing. But I refused to fade." The way the lines are delivered have an innate strength behind them. The raw confidence that he radiates makes him really fun to play.
Mordekaiser is the personification of "Literally too angry to die", tempered by surprising cunning and fueled by a total lack of compassion. I love this lad mainly because, in the grand scheme of things, Mordekaiser is one of the more simple champions, lore AND game-wise. He's a big boi with a big mace and he wants to conquer everything. Dassit.
isnt tryndamere the one who is too angry to die?
@@ukuviispert9599 nah, he's just so angry death fears him. Totally different.
@@ukuviispert9599 technically speaking, trynd is powered by aatrox, and is able to channel the darkins gift to him (aatrox is grooming him as a suitable host) to prevent his death for a time. its borrowed power. morde however, lived his life as a conqueror of many lands. he died, but found no great hall waiting him. he got so pissed off with his faith being wrong, that he was able to use sheer willpower to prevent his souls natural decay in the death realm. he managed to claw himself back into runeterra, and there is literally not a single creature capable of killing morde that we know of. you can defeat him. you can destroy him. he will not die. and he will come back
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And honestly, even that one time Leblanc and the Black Rose "defeated" him, by throwing him back into *his own realm*
Yeah, that only happened because Mordekaiser allowed it, literally. He knew about Leblancs Plan the entire time and could've put an end to this (and the entire Black Rose for that matter) at any point. The only reason he allowed the banishment to happen was that is played right into *his* Plan of returning to his own realm to amass an Army. And it had the added benefit of the Black Rose and Leblanc thinking they upstaged *and* overpowered him.
Which means every contingency Leblanc is currently cooking up for Mordekaisers inevitable return, is doomed to fail. Because she's working off of a completly wrong baseline of Mordekaisers Abilities to begin with.
Honestly, Mordekaiser isnt too angry to die.. hes too damn stuborn to die.. xD So the title "Too angry to die" still goes to Tryndamere
Love his Pentakill line
"All will serve the true lord of the living and the dead"
If I recall correctly, the name Sahn-Uzal is based off of Old Arabic for "Wandering Fortress". Very apt!
You not finished watching skill preview - his Ultimate is badass! It takes him and one selected enemy into different realm, where only they are present and no one else can affect them, so it is like a duel of sorts, and a scary one, as you can't escape.
You can if you build just one item
@@kosstarYT or...orange
@@ExecutorArtaris or kitty meow
Mordekaiser's lore in one sentence: "I'm gonna make my own Death Realm, with blackjack and hookers!"
(Also: Brasil huehuehue)
the only difference being hes actually going for it unlike bender who would by this point say "screw the whole thing"
His lore is there were no gods of death so he became the god of death
Talking about the 'Big Bads' of League at the beginning is interesting because Marco's right.
Mordekaiser is an incredibly powerful figure within Runeterra, but he's certainly not the most powerful. An incredibly powerful sorcerer who has conquered the Realm of Death and countless souls of the dead, Mordekaiser is still ultimately mortal and limited. He lacks the infinity of cosmic power of the Targonian Celestials, or the Darkin. He lacks the primordial essentialism of the Freljordian gods. Before entities that existed since the very dawn of creation? Beings like Aurelion Sol, Fiddlesticks, Ashlesh (Nilah's pact demon and one of the 10 primal demon lords) or The Void and The Watchers? Mordekaiser is almost laughably outclassed.
However, despite all of this, Mordekaiser is still League's most powerful and important villain. This is because out of all of these large world-ending threats, Mordekaiser is the only one who is truly villainous.
Aurelion Sol is furious at his imprisonment and wishes destruction upon all of Runeterra, sure. But this makes him vengeful, not evil. Aurelion Sol is a cosmic entity who is justifiably angry at his enslavement, but inherently a reasonable being with a pure cosmic goal.
Fiddlesticks and The Void (and by extension The Watchers) are most certainly Evil, but they are not villainous. Villainy implies a certain level of consciousness and purpose, which these entities lack. The Void's hunger for creation and Fiddlestick's hunger for fear is no more villainous than a predator's hunger for prey. It is purely instinctual, there is no greater desire or plan behind it.
Aatrox by contrast, is evil and fully aware of his actions, but his want for destruction is purely circumstantial. He states himself his evil "was not born, it was forged". In truth Aatrox is a tragic and tortured fallen hero. An individual who has turned to evil acts out of desperation, not personal gain. Aatrox simply wants peace, and if a way for him to have this peace was offered, he would take it with no hesitation. He is more a victim of the Targonian God's experimentations with human psyche than he is a villain.
Viego is considerably less powerful than any of these we've mentioned so far but the same goes for him. He wants his wife back, and the pain that is caused on the way to him is simply an unfortunate consequence.
None of these individuals are 'good' by any means. But they are not 'villains'.
Mordekaiser is not an animalistic entity, acting on instincts. He is fully cognizant and intelligent.
Mordekaiser is not a tortured or desperate individual. In life he had all he ever wanted, and in death he simply wants more.
Mordekaiser is not a vengeful individual. He has not been greatly wronged in any way.
Mordekaiser wishes to conquer all purely out of selfish desire. Sahn Uzal lived believing that might meant right. He believes with all his being that he is the mightiest, and therefore deserves everything. There is no tragic twist or sympathetic angle for Mordekaiser. He is not a force of nature nor an animalistic predator.
Mordekaiser is a villain, plain and simple.
At the level he exists at, that makes him League's greatest villain.
(side note: this is why Bel'Veth was such a significant event within League canon, because despite being a newlyborn Voidborn and likely not as powerful as an entity like Cho'Gath, she shows a vision of The Void with actual intellect and purpose. Bel'Veth is The Void not as a force of nature, or as hungry predator, but as a cognizant and self-aware villain.)
Seriously, a bit late, but really, nice fucking speech, you just unlocked in my brain something about what make a good villain.
It will je usefull for me in the futur, thanks.
theres no way he skipped his last and undeniable coolest ability 😭
Shadow Realm ?
@@elcareemojifome5562 "Realm of Death" but yh
@@ITZzHELLFIRE1 it was mostly a Yu-Gi-Oh joke. (I felt that the brazil joke was getting a bit overused.)
@@elcareemojifome5562 Aren't those synonyms?
"Guessing who Mordekaiser is"
Says: Mordenkaiser
Chapters: Mordekeiser
Description: Mordkeiser
Incredible effort to get this much variety
You’re welcome really
The guitar in his theme is actually not from his background as an emperor but from his background as The PENTAKILL guitarist xD
As a league player, lore fanatic and musician(though i am still far from being a pro) Your vids are not only entertaining but also gave me a new passion to understand music
I consistently listen to a playlist of all league themes that plays them in a random order, trying to deduct from the music which champion is depicted
This practice has also helped me gain a new understanding for music and to convey it in a new way
(I play french horn)
Thanks macro, you're awesome
Looking forward to your next vid!
Means a lot :)))
‘The world has tried to forget my existence. Time to remind them *why* they fear.’
Love you including the voice lines now, just more character and flavour.
A bit of theory.
The mist from Viego weakens the barrier of the realm of the living and dead, so Mordekaiser is currently on the Shadowisles amusingly watching Viegos tantrum adn fall.
Looking at Swains voicelines, the one who has the Demon of Secrets Raum with him (Raum being one of the two known Demons that Mordekaiser enslaved (Tiberius or Tibbers being the other) informed Swain of Mordekaiser and the Leblanc was the one that Sealed him centuries ago, in Swains voicelines the future is foreshadowed:
"If you kill me you leave Noxus with something far worse" Swain knows of Mordekaiser and sees himself as the only thing capable of stopping him.
"If they knew what was to come, would they still struggle to stay alive?" Talking about the inevetable rise of Mordekaiser and the war that will follow where again generations of humans will march into their deaths
"I could kill them now but it is far crueler to show them I was right" Swain wants to unite Runeterra under the banner of Noxus hoping that such a grand alliance could stop Mordekaiser and anyone resisting Noxus is just helping Mordekaiser win.
"A king remains in the mists while another marches" People thought the King in the mists is Viego, but the King marching was Viego, the King in the mists is Mordekaiser
"They fight the mists above the seas, never looking beneath it" Another one easily mistook, but that again could call out to people fighting Viego as if he is the enemy, never looking to what is behind Viego aka Mordekaiser
This coul just be me reading to far into it, but Swain having the Demon of Secrets makes it plausible for there to be hidden meanings in his voicelines.
Tybaulk. Tiberius was a DnD character on Critical Role
Crazy how League as at least 10 big bads all capable of ending the world. You get to pick your favorite form of world ending
Edit: For everyone commenting on who is REALLY the "big bad" of league. I'm sorry to tell you this but the watchers exist and their whole purpose in life is to get rid of all life. They are literal lovecraftian gods who just hate life in general because it keeps them from sleeping. They are REALLY tired of us
aatrox pls and thank you
Yes, But mordekaiser is by far the most feared one
I'm pretty sure the void are the big bad guys considering they literally want to wipe out all of existence, including the afterlife
@@kenshi4296 nah I think the Crown on ASol's head finally cracking would legit be the final day of Runeterra. Guy can snap his fingers and planets cease to exist.
Yeah ofc, But on a earth only POV mordekaiser is the most scary thing@@chrishaven1489
Fine work as usual! Felt like I'd chime in since I'm a big lore guy. Mordekaiser is a world-ending threat to Runeterra, that much cannot be questioned. But Runeterra has been dealt a pretty bad hand as of late, so he's not even close to being the only one. Aatrox and Viego also stand for mass extinction, as well as a few other threats that I'll leave out since I don't think you've gotten to them yet. Excited for more, as always.
I’m so glad you included listening to some of the voice lines. Always felt you were missing out on some of the best bit of lore/characterization by not having a part for it in previous vids.
The thing about League's universe is that there's so many characters or entities trying to either destroy it or take over by force that no one can really take the "big bad" title. I feel like there's so many world ending events trying to take place at once that they all kinda level out 😂
His music makes me think that his presence, after first stepping onto the field, reaches everyone immediately. The game changes from a war, to survival.
My favourite bit about his lore is about how he picked his name from the language of the death realm and it's just German.
My favourite part about himself is his over the top voice acting, the dude is just so unapologetically evil.
His animation and ability sounds help too.
The passive proc SFX tingles the back of my neck.
Swain theme is also amazing, I feel you would seriously enjoy that.
Well, I think there might be 4-5 four big bads in the league universe: Mordekaiser, Aatrox, The Void as a whole (and Bel'Veth by herself), I think Xerath is, and Aurelion Sol too is up to something.
I would think Kayle is a bigger threat than Xerath
@@cameronlofte3386 Possibly, but what I'm counting on, is the characters' ambition to overcome the rest of the world.
@@cameronlofte3386 you call this needless destruction I call this collateral justice - Kayle
FINALLY! And I love it! I first recommended Mordekaiser in October 2022... been a long wait but here we are ^^
macro: some of you got annoyed when i said atrox
me when he says mordenkaiser for the whole video and when he spelled it mordkeiser in the description:
4:54 Omg not Marco cutting off right before the most iconic ability in League,but then again gameplay watching isn’t what this video is about so no one can blame him xD
Except the people who will blame me
I need more createros like you on youtube. YOu are not even playing lol as you say but still making amazing content about leag. And here comes my main. Morde(n)kaiser :D
If the void didn’t exist he may as well be the big bad
I’d say he’s stronger, he literally can’t pass on. He’s like a Darkin but without the need for flesh.
The Ascended were about even against SWARMS of void creatures, the only reason the empire actually fell is because of Xerath’s betrayal. Otherwise the Ascended would have stayed and had a reason to keep fighting. They wouldn’t have gone mad because of the lack of leadership and power struggles that opened from the Emperors death.
Mordakiser is already mad and isn’t bound by flesh. Only the Watchers and Aurelion Sol are the true “end of universe” scenarios.
the Void is not bad. It just is
@@dripapproved1582The Watchers are kinda part of the Void tho, that's why it is a bigger threat than Mordekaiser.
I love the glow up Morde got. His theme is stellar. It's a war song. Imagine hearing those drums and the haunting, almost shrill howl of the horn far off in distance. Almost reminds me of the carnyx instrument. Also the electric guitar specifically at 10:18 reminds me of a moment in the Mad Max Fury Road score. Certain parts of his theme sound like they would fight right into that world.
"Your sickness sustains him,
He delights in your pain,
And on summoner's rift, he is Loooord!
When the dust has all settled
the Master of Metal is the only thing left to record!
Life's overrated,
There's none quite as great as He, The Kaiser of Morde!
Your lifelines are severed, affliction forever!
Outnumbered, you fall to the horde!"
6v4!
Very cool to see you delve into the lore alongside the music. Look forward to more league themes in the future!
I love that you are listening to Voice Overs now . They add so much to the characters songs.
Pity that you watched almost every ability but ended before Ultimate, when he is taking enemy to his Death Realm, literally to another layer of game.
i mean it's about music so it'll be alright.
@@MarcoMeatball hmmm not sure if i agree... That ulti it's like the most important trait of him.
Bonking ppl in the head with a big mace might be superflous to know but bringing someone to the death realm and force him to face you in combat in a place where you can't run and noone can help you... well speaks a lot about the character!
Absolute dig these videos, that dog clicking his teeth meme caught me off guard and made me chuckle, thank you man !
I’d love for you to have a gander at Ivern or Yorick. They are very much opposites thematically and I’d love to see your input!
0:26 god damn I love this man.
If you haven't already, i can only recommend you listen to Pentakill (LoL's own Metal Band) and watch the video for "Mortal Reminder". There you can see Mordekaiser (and other LoL champions) and it is just great.
While he is certainly one of the biggest bad guys, he is not THE biggest bad thing in Runeterra.
Runterra is just full of ticking time bombs.
Mordekaiser just gets stronger and stronger as people die. Either as mortar for his empire in the afterlife, or as servants in a presumably humongous army.
Yall ever realized Runeterra has a big bad world ending guy problem?
One could argue he is, even compared to the void
@@kipras1412 the only two things worse then him are fiddlesticks and the watchers
Honestly league isnt really the type of thing to have one big bad, its such a wide world telling so many stories that there is no one big bad, though it is correct to say mordekaiser is some characters and storylines big bads for sure, he is a HUGE threat, just when your dealing on the scale of a entire worlds stories, you dont really have one guy who is the main threat to ALL of it, Also i just wanted to tack this onto the end of this lore blurb here, your analysis of music is truely amazing and your ability to read story from music is honestly surprising and impressive to me and you have given me a whole new appreciation for the music i hear in my video games then i ever had before, thank you so very much
idk man... cho'gath is a fuckin problem lmao
@@arosbastion7052 cho may or may not actually be real so its hard to count him untill he gets a lore update
I haven't played League since Morde was the Master of Metal, and now I wish he'd had this theme back in those days.
The big bads of runeterra [Leagues Universe]
1. Mordekaiser
2. Viego
3. The Void
4. Watchers
5. The Darkin [Aatrox, Varus etc.]
Arguably the Void is the biggest bad, and the Watchers can be seen as a part of the Void
@@ProitoOk teemos the worst one of them all ( "o_o)
@@MrDunno790 true, mb i forgot that atrocity existed
I would argue that it would be Fiddlesticks, The Void, Xolanni, Aurelion Sol, the World Runes, Mordekaiser, Aatrox, then Veigo. Pretty sure if you look at the lore, Fiddlesticks may have been what first woke the Void. As the void was just chilling in nothingness then woke up when existence was born. What else was really “noisy” at the birth of creation? The primal scream… also the Watchers are a part of the void just as much as Belveth is, thought about separating them but don’t think it’s as valid as Aatrox and Xolanni
Well I really waited for this video)))))) (I would love to see you guessing Yorick too)
Morde vs Veigo is an interesting one because both are masters of the dead who claim souls as their big thing, except only Veigo has had a major lore beat so far. So naturally someone asked the devs in an AMA who would win, Morde or Veigo.
Answer was Morde would obliterate Veigo.
Always enjoying your reactions Marco!
Thanks for the video! Looking forwards to the next
Thanks for the uploads, Marco! they cheer up my day
Greetings from Argentina!
Mordekaiser can be loosely translated to death emperor.
that is what i said in the first 30 seconds of the video. :D
@@MarcoMeatballI zoned out for a bit, completely missed it. Love these videos.
emperor of murder. tod = death. mord = murder
@@leviosa216 why do you think I said 'loosely translated'?
The empty afterlife at 2:40. The aimless souls unguided until Mordakiser contorts the all the lost souls into screeching and forming the screams into his own instrumental.
Definitely a “Big Badass” that’s for damn sure, Mordakiser doesn’t need ascension or godly powers… he will crawl his way out of death itself with sheer willpower and spite alone.
I mean a’atrox has a voice line that’s “I’m not your enemy, I am THE ENEMY”
I love the guitar(?) after the silence it sounds almost like wailing
So a lot of people wonder how would he interact with Aatrox and Kindred. Here are my 2 cents:
Kindred has no power over Mordekaiser since he doesn't believe in Kindred. Generally speaking, Kindred will cease to exist when people will stop believing in it.
A lot of people also think that Morde is more powerful than Aatrox since he came way before the Darkins and Morde is immortal. Well to that I say: Aatrox doesn't bring death, Aatrox btings oblivion. Aatrox kills even that which does not die. And let's not forget that Darkins are Ascendants corrupted by the Void. Remember the Void? That place where The Watchers reside and those guys where here even before the breath of creation. If anyhing, the Void magic or whatever it is called is the thing that can truly end all things.
Mordekaiser is so badass that after death he wanted to 1v1 god of death. But then he found that there wasn't one. He decided to become god of death
Yeah, Mordekaiser is definitely THE big bad. Bad enough that on Riot’s roadmap for events, their last plan literally just said:
“Mordekaiser Returns…”
ngl the beginning it's like you're receiving his full combo (E, Q, AA and Passive) directly at your head all at once.
Dominance and fear Yaaaaaassssss! Deffinately one of the most suited themes so far!
Hey Marco, love seeing you react to everyone's favorite raid boss! I am not sure if i've followed you long enough to notice if you've reacted to anything "Anime" like theme songs, i personally would love to see you react to Goblin slayer's main theme OST. I just really love that anime and haven't found any creators i know reacting to it. ANYWAY Keep up the great content and i hope you are having as much fun analyzing these champions as much as we love hearing your take on them!
FYI, he has an animation in-game where he riffs an electric guitar!
I like how song is split in couple times contrastin the lore. First part is initial conquest of runeterra. then death and screams of lost souls. Then comes rebirth and second time he ravaged the lands of living with no mercy building his empire of murder.
"In the world beyond, blackened ichor filled a crumbling sky, as souls withered to nothing. But I refused to fade."
Always a good day when Marco uploads! And League too?! (Btw, Every char has a dance animation, HOWEVER: Mordekaiser transforms his mace into a FCKING GUITAR and PLAYS HIS OWN THEME... now THAT'S a badass "dance" for a video game.)
YESSSSSSSSSS I'VE BEEN WAITING FOR THIS MOMENT
Love the editing in this vid!! :3
Goat, Legend, Beast, GTEDI, Absolute Madman, MVP, King, THE Man, HIM Etc... AKA = Mordekaiser
Funnily enough. His pre-rework self was 8ft tall. Current one(The one you reacted to) is 12ft tall
Aatrox and Morde are roughly on the same level in lore
Th void and Aurelion Sol being steonger than the two
Untrue, Aatrox is a bit stronger than bel'veth, however Mordekaiser (Sahn' Uzal eclipses both of them. Only considered to be weaker than Aurelion, Fiddlesticks, Zoe and Bard, and finally "Kindred".
@@TheNihility
When i said the void is stronger, i meant the watchers. Not a single void champion/character, the void has/is an army just like how Mordelaiser has his own army of ghosts (not sire if i remember it correctly, but the name of the army might be "the gray legion", it was revealed in LoR)
Also, while Bel'Veth is from the void, she fights against the void- instead of trying to destroy reality, she's tryong to make a new version in her own image.
With blackjack and hookers :p
I would highly recommend you listening to the GRIME OST for the bosses and background music. It has an eerie otherworldly feel to it that perfectly reflects the games atmosphere when you first get thrown in and the boss music is just top tier, on par with most souls or bloodborne bosses in my humble opinion
So League has a few big bads of varying degrees of threat. The Void wants to unmake reality, Viego and his Black Mist... Actually got stopped so hes out. Theres Mordekaiser who wants to conquer the world, theres Aatrox who wants to kill the world on the off chance he dies too, you could count Lissandra and her Frostguard trying to kinda conquer the Freljord and also hold off the Void with human sacrifices. I could go on
But most importantly Morde is a Master of metal and a great guitar player :)
mordekaiser is around 1420 years old and is 12 feet tall.
i like how you figured out his entire character design and lore in 3 minutes
the amount of world ending threats in league is insane, Aatrox and the other darkin, the void, Mordekaiser, Noxus (tho thats more just a actively expanding empire then a world ending threat), Veigo and the the black mist, ASol, Fiddle and prolly a few more i don't remember.
it is the powerful march of an entire army inside the footsteps one individual. thats what the music sounds to me
Ah yes, my favorite Dark Souls boss in League of Legends, his theme is so cool and terrifying.
Iirc Morde's metal body is like
10-15 feet tall, not just 8
Highly, HIGHLY recommend @nebulus who's made lyrics for so many of these themes and they get stuck in your head so easily, He made one for Morde and *all* I can hear is his lyrics over the original theme now.
i never put 2 and 2 together and realized that "mordekaiser" is german for "murder emperor", and it fits the charecter too!
I would be soooo ready for a live reaction stream of the pentakill lost chapter concert but i guess he would have to react to all the characters before that can happen
Love these videos, I love the music and world of League. Hope Rell comes up soon, also look forward to Renata next up.
And also would you ever check out Pentakill? It's a band made up entirely of champions from League, being Mordekaiser, Kayle, Yorick, Sona, Karthus, and Olaf; as well as guest appearances from Viego. The music itself isn't explicitly tied to the characters, but it does tell stories of the world of Runeterra.
There are SO many big bads of League haha. They don't know what to do with em all it often feels like!
But of all the Big Bads, Mordekaiser and Viego are probably in the Top5
I like how other champs' themes would always show their emotions or desire while Morde's just pure power and might, as if the theme is about a force of nature
I love playing mordekaiser but never really listened to his theme. Boy it goes so hard.
the only match of league i ever played was as mordekaiser (cause he looks like my main, Magyar, from Brawlhalla) and when i saw the league character guess videos you did i imediatelly searched to see if you had done mordekaiser. I did not find anything but then one week later here it is lol
Old meme for Mordekaiser was him being the 'Master of Metal' also refering to music. All of his old abilities in the game was named after Metal Songs.
if League of Legends really got the Elden Ring or Final Fantasy 16 Treatment about actually progressing the story with a RPG walkthrough, the game would be Legendary as it claim to be over its toxic moba.
"Local man died and was disappointed by the death so he decided to come back to life." is so amazingly metal
"I like my weapons how I like my music, heavy and metal"
Mordekaisers Lore is as simple as it is amazing.
He lived a life of a Warlord to be rewarded in death for his dommination of the world.
And when he died and the death realm wasn't to his liking, he used the souls of the dead to build the immortal bastion and find a way back into the living world to conquer it, as death doesn't give him what he deserves.
An absolute evil with strong ambitions and no other incentive but to dominate.
So simple, yet so good.
Morde's Lore is absolutely fantastic, basically dude was the greatest conqueror in the world, that after his death he found out it was empty so he decided to conquer death and created his own afterlife.
Love all your content! This will probably get lost in all the theme requests, but if you haven't done Irelia's theme, I think that one is beautiful. Completely different feel from this one
Just a quick lore TLDR, this won't spoil any champs
THE big bad of leagues universe are "The Watchers". They're these godlike creatures from a different dimension of pure darkness who basically just sleep nonstop. One day a random rift occurred and light from leagues dimension started pouring into their reality, and for the first time they were made aware of themselves and the space they existed in, BUT- They didn't like that, they just wanted to go back to sleep (so me fr) but the rift tear was so small that they couldn't fit through it (they, meaning any of the watchers, as far as we know there could be literally an infinite amount of watchers inside that reality it's purposefully not made clear), so they sent small scouts through to figure out what it was that was lighting up their world and how to stop it.
This is what resulted in the void, because once they found out that whatever was on the other side was material, had a solid form (the watchers are not material, they're something beyond that), they also found out how to destroy that material, and they made essentially a virus that infects anything material and converts it into their own dark purple material in an attempt to snuff out all light.
THAT'S the big bad of runeterras universe, but runeterra itself has a LOT of world (meaning the planet) ending threats on it too.
Some fun facts.
Before this remark, he was known as the master of metal. All his abilities had to do with metal songs
P: Ironman
Q:m-ace of spades
W: creeping death
E siphon of destruction
R: children of the grave
Mordekaiser is literally the League universe' *_Sauron - the ultimate evil looming over the world of Runeterra_*
Where words fail, Music speaks