Rhaast
Rhaast, also known as The Darkin Scythe, is the weapon of choice for Kayn, the Shadow Reaper. A sentient Darkin scythe, Rhaast is wielded by Shieda Kayn, Master Zed's second-in-command to the Order of Shadows. Slowly corrupting the young Kayn from within his prison, Rhaast hopes to one day become powerful enough to take over Kayn's body and become the malevolent overlord he was always meant to be.
The Darkin Scythe
Rhaast was once one of the most powerful of the darkin, a race of powerful beings who wielded immense magical power. He was known as the Darkin Scythe, and his weapon of choice was a scythe that was imbued with dark magic. Rhaast was a ruthless and feared warrior, who sought to conquer all of Runeterra. However, Rhaast was eventually defeated by a group of mortals who banded together to stop him. For centuries, Rhaast remained trapped inside the scythe, unable to escape or exert his power.
Ascended Origins
Like the other Darkin, Rhaast was born a warrior in the ancient Shuriman empire, who underwent an Ascension ritual before the great Sun Disc to become a god-warrior. The Ascended were forced to fight the forces of the Void at Icathia, but when the emperor Azir was killed and Shurima fell, the Ascended were left without a master, and in the Great Darkin War, Rhaast sided with the corrupted Ascended who used the forbidden blood magic for world conquest.
When the Darkin lost the war, Rhaast was sealed within his scythe and hidden for centuries in what would later become Noxus. During the invasion of Ionia, Rhaast was uncovered by the Noxians, who sought to weaponize the Darkin's power to aid their war effort. But Rhaast would not be wielded by the Noxians, his power would soon fall into the hands of the Order of Shadow, an elite group of assassins sworn to protect Ionia by any means necessary.
Kayn's Bargain
The assassin sent to retrieve Rhaast was none other than Shieda Kayn, who was once a conscripted child soldier of Noxus before he was accepted under Master Zed's tutelage. Kayn was young and ambitious, someone who Rhaast saw as the perfect potential host. While Kayn had been sent to destroy the scythe, Rhaast manipulated the boy, using his arrogance to convince him to instead take the scythe and its power for himself.
When Kayn picked up the scythe, however, Rhaast was surprised at the strength of Kayn's spirit. Where another could have been corrupted instantly, Kayn's powers were strong, holding back Rhaast's corruption as it made its way up his arm. As a result, Kayn and Rhaast are currently locked in an endless struggle for dominance, a symbiotic stalemate between weapon and wielder. Kayn returned to Ionia with the weapon, hoping to use it to fulfill his ambitions in the Order of Shadow. But meanwhile, Rhaast is always planning his next manipulation, hoping to one day fully possess his host and join together with the other Darkin so their reign of terror can continue once more.
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