Paladins Headcanons

It is with sadness that I announce I am leaving the blog. It has gone inactive and almost all mods have lost interest in Paladins and the blog. I have too, for it doesn’t feel like the game I used to love anymore. My attention has been taken away by other games, work, and starting a studio with a friend. I simply cannot try to write for the blog anymore.

I apologise to everyone who sent in a prompt that I will not be answering, and I’m not sure if anyone will anymore. Goodbye, Paladins. It’s been a wonderful few years.

That's hard to say, Anon. There aren't exactly specific holidays for the two chests you mentioned. Sometimes they just randomly bring chests back, like the Draconic chest was rereleased awhile ago.

I recommend you follow the Paladins Instagram (@/paladinsgame). They tend to update that when chests are back.

Well, I mean I like to think that Pip was the black sheep of his family. He never really fit in with his community.

So, I’ve wanted to keep things fresh on this blog and noticed that in the past, the older mods did things like Ship Sunday and AU Tuesday...

Wait. HOL UP! AUs? 

Yea. As you can see from the title, I want to start a new thing on this blog. I’m calling it AU Time With Mod Lian. In which we will be revamping the old AU Tuesday thing from way back in 2017 but except its never gonna be on a Tuesday. 

So, I’ll be taking AU requests and like the original AU Tuesday, I’ll be throwing every single one of the 40+(?) Champions into it and state what they’ll be like in said AU. 

I’ll also be doing AUs on my own accord every now and then.

I also may bring back Ship Sunday for the fun of it. But that’s another topic for another day.

Send in your requests!

Hey, Anon! Thanks for asking! Got some headcanons cooking in the pot and coming right up.

- Mod Lian

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- Seris is kinda... not Abby (her original name) anymore. Her soul has been completely consumed by the Abyss; or at least - that’s what everyone thinks. The old human part of Seris may be lurking somewhere inside her corrupted mind. I like to think that every now and then, Seris will become a little more human and show a little bit of the person she once was. She has no knowledge of Furia’s transformation, though. 

- Our dear Furia, though? She’s different. She knows all about Seris’s transformation. She hates it, in fact. Whenever she encounters Seris, she will always try to search for any sign of her sister’s soul still being conscious in her old body. Despite what I said above, signs of Abby’s personality just don’t seem to ever show whenever Furia tries to search for it. Perhaps it’s the Abyss trying to conceal the scraps of Abby’s soul from Furia to lead her on a wild goose chase?

*busts down the door* WHO SUMMONED ME?

- Mod Lian

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- Ok, ok, hear me out. When Lian was a growing up she was very insecure, unlike her current self. She wasn’t always the proud, high and mighty woman we know her to be. At one point in her life, she was an awkward teen girl who was still searching for herself. She never talks about her teenage years, though. She’s too embarrassed about them.

- Lian’s picky about her clothes and jewelry. To her, attention to detail is super important. She’s always never without a single hair out of place, even when fighting. She always makes sure she looks good while blasting your brains out.

Hey, everyone. Mod Lian here. 

Recently, the ask box has been kind of dry so... if anyone has any asks or headcanons or questions for the mods please feel free to send them to us! We’ll be sure to answer them!

I have a weird feeling that Anon user was me back before I got tumblr. Because I remembered submitting an ask for that ship on this a few years back. I never knew whether any of the mods responded.

The plot thickens...

PS: I’m still undercover Zhian trash 

SHHH... pretend I wasn’t here! No one saw me!

*smoke bomb*

You didn’t need to ask twice! Here’s a few random ones I have on hand

- Mod Lian

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- Maeve is terrified of all canines. She’s usually never afraid of anything much; but give her a dog or wolf - no matter how small - and she’ll be immediately be up the nearest tall climbable thing in a flash. Sometimes, her instincts get the better of her and she hates it.

- Sha Lin has a very large general knowledge of the most random, unnecessary things. Despite this, the Paladins find his library of various facts very useful since it has saved them many times when they are faced with a situation they can’t get past. 

- Lian has twisted her ankle when running in her heels before. But she’s way too proud and embarrassed to ever admit it. It’s a small thing. But Lian definitely is the sort to treat something like an injury in a freak accident like the worst sin a mortal can ever commit. 

- Cassie dislikes having to eat bird meat. She sees it as cruel. To her, it’s like she’s eating Zigs’s relatives in some way. If it’s the only thing there to eat, she’ll put Zigs in another room and get her meal over and done with as quickly as possible. 

- Zhin becomes a more shouty version of that Youtuber, Filthy Frank when drunk out of his mind. Extremely offensive, states all his bad opinions on everyone and basically goes on a screaming rant for 20 minutes about how he hates everyone in the room. So the best thing to do? Don’t invite him to a party with booze. Ever.

Hello! I’m Mod Lian, the most recent addition to the team.I’m really happy to be here! I promise that I’ll make this blog more interesting for everyone and will do my best to keep up with the asks.

Can’t wait!

For those who aren’t aware, Strix is seen fighting alongside Tyra, who is a known Paladin. They’re both shooting at Vivian and Viktor. This scene is at 0:27 of Corvus’s trailer. Corvus is Grand Magister Karne’s son.

I’d take it. We know Corvus had something to do with the Abyss, so how do we know that Strix is anti-Magistrate and not just anti-Abyss? At the end of Corvus’s trailer, he says, “For I am Corvus. Son of Karne! I will control the Abyss, and save this Realm!”

There’s a bit of a pause (where I assume most people would have already stopped the video and gone to watch something else), before Corvus says, “For the Magistrate.”

So Corvus is 100% on the Magistrate’s side. He’s not just working for them for his own personal gain only to turn on them when they’re no longer useful. And Strix is shooting at Viktor and Vivian who are also known to be hardcore Magistrate goons. So this shows that Strix isn’t just against Corvus and his Abyss-bound ideals, he’s against Magistrate personnel as a whole.

There really isn’t a lot of answer as to what would have made Strix turn against the Magistrate, or why he chose to do it, but perhaps something within the lore might hint towards an answer. Let’s look at Strix’s lore.

Having spent most of his life in the military, Strix was an invaluable member of the Sentinels, tasked with training their elite sharpshooters like Kinessa. He was reassigned after the unit was disbanded — sent to the front lines with the regular army as it prepared to put down the Resistance. 

So key point 1: Strix was a Sentinel. Who else was a Sentinel? Viktor. And the Sentinels disbanded for one reason or another. Could Strix have blamed Viktor for the fall of the Sentinels? Let’s look at Viktor’s lore.

The former commander of Sentinels, an elite Magistrate military unit, Viktor lives in shadow of his former glory. He took the blame for what happened during their final mission, was stripped of his rank, and reassigned to a lower position by Grand Magister Karne. Though disgraced, his training and skill as a soldier remains unmatched, along with his unwavering loyalty to the Magistrate.

Seems Viktor took the fall quite well and Strix didn’t receive any punishment if Viktor took all of the blame. So it was likely that Strix didn’t fall out with Viktor and chose to leave for some other reason, unless he has some unknown conflict with Viktor. Since nothing hints that they fell out, let’s leave that point.

Strix also has another contact within the Magistrate - Kinessa. I don’t think she had a part to play in why Strix chose to fight for the Paladins since she struck out from the Sentinels long before the unit was disbanded as stated in her lore:

As the Realm descended into chaos and war, vigilante bounty contracts have been plentiful, earning her all the fame and fortune she'd lacked while in the service of the Magistrate. She still refuses to pick a side in the conflict, however, because there's much more money to be made by playing both sides than by contracting with either.

She did serve the Magistrate and in game, she could be played on the Magistrate’s side during End Times. Still, she was long out before this went down, so I’d rule her out too.

Kinessa and Viktor aren’t the only ones who were involved in the Sentinels before. Tyra and Buck were both part of it previously, though it is mentioned on the Wiki that “When the Civil War started some remained loyal to the Magistrate, others entered for their own reasons, and the rest joined the Resistance.”

Tyra and Buck are both Paladins and likely knew Strix a long time before the Crystal Revolution even began. It’s also said that Strix was the trainer within the Sentinels and trained recruits: Kinessa and Tyra, so Tyra has a longstanding relationship with Strix.

This would give Tyra and Buck a lot of sway when it comes to convincing Strix to fight for them instead, assuming they had a neutral or positive relationship. Strix does have an unused spawn chatter line directed towards Tyra, “You haven’t aged a bit.” It’s not said maliciously so we can assume their relationship was neutral or positive.

Until Corvus showed up, Strix was considered Magistrate, so I think we can say that it was Corvus’s presence that encouraged Strix to leave. Since Strix has been working with the Magistrate for quite some time, it’s likely he knew Corvus for awhile and didn’t approve of abusing the Abyss to get rid of the Paladins. Either it was that, or Corvus had another motive or something he did that disillusioned Strix.

Something super interesting and a little conflicting is that Corvus has a kill taunt line directed at Vivian, which is someone he assisted in his own trailer. This could mean nothing and just be a jab at Vivian. 

There’s a couple other rabbit holes Corvus’s voice lines lead down, though nothing directed at Strix or hinting at him.

This one is a little complex because there’s no information about Strix’s motive, and his relationships don’t seem to be the cause of him switching sides. I do conclude that it is a problem with Corvus at the end, and it was Tyra and Buck’s convincing that pulled him to the Paladins’s side.

Hey! Bet you’re talking about A Realm Divided, right? I’m really glad that you enjoy it! I’m proud of it too since it breached the 100k word mark for me. Yes, I am writing a sequel though it focuses more on the Thousand Hands and House Aico, and the problems that ensue with the ending of A Realm Divided. It likely won’t go up until I have a few more chapters written.

About Lazaros, he is not a canon character. He’s just a fan character of mine that I felt would fit into the premise of A Realm Divided and make it more than retelling of the actual canon lore.

Hey there, welcome to the game! I know it can be confusing, so here’s a list of every single champion (and them some) and their affiliations. These are just in alphabetical order, except for their leaders.

Paladins (Resistance)Valera (Not a playable character, but she is the one leading the Paladins as of now.)BarikBuckCassieFuriaGroverImaniInaraKogaMakoaSha LinTalusTyraYing

MagistrateGrand Magister Karne (Also not a playable character, and the one leading the Magistrate. Not to be confused with Khan, Primus of House Aico.)CorvusAshFernandoKhanLianStrixTerminusTorvaldViktorVivian

House Aico (Overlaps with the Magistrate)Lian (Working with the Magistrate)Khan (Working with the Magistrate)

Thousand Hands Guild (Overlaps with the Paladins)ZhinKoga (Framed and left)SkyeSha Lin (Betrayed the Thousand Hands)

AbyssAndroxusDredgeRaumSeris

The Outer Tribunal (Overlaps with the Abyss, works for the Magistrate)Androxus (Cursed by the Abyss)Lex

Nature Protectors (Overlaps with Paladins)GrohkGrover (Working with Paladins)Makoa (Working with Paladins)Mal’DambaMojiWillo

Neutral and OthersJenos (Against House Aico)Io (Working with Jenos)AndroxusAtlasBomb KingDrogozEvie (Doesn’t like the Magistrate)Pip (Doesn’t like the Magistrate)RuckusTiberiusMaeve (Worked with the Paladins during Siege Of Ascension Peak event, worked with Magistrate during End Times event.)Kinessa (Worked with the Magistrate)

Hope this helps in identifying affiliations!

I do! It was an inside joke between the older mods that Mal’Damba’s snake is called Waffles. I can’t remember why we chose such a name, but for awhile we also had a mod who honoured this and used the tag Mod Waffles!