#rell canwell

You got Ambessa and Mel.

Mel and her young cousin.

Vladimir and his blood homunculus baby, Briar.

Darius and Invetia.

And of course Swain and Katarina.

Honorable mentions:

Ambessa and Rell, because that may have lasted around the year, but the trauma will last a lifetime.

Please sit down, I brought slides.

Mel - Scorpio

Kino - Aquarius

Ambessa - Saggitatrus

Azizi - Taurus

Rudo - Gemini

Katye - Libra

Hanek - Scorpio

Tivadar - Cancer

Gintara - Aries

Rell - Leo

Ta'Fik - Pisces

Inyene - Virgo

This image was included a part of Riot's "Welcome to Noxus" event. It was captioned, "In Noxus, unions are not for the heart-they're for the ages". A couple of people speculated this might foreshadow Mel getting into an arranged marriage to help the Medarda Clan later down the line.

Personally, I think it's funny. Noxians, at least in Mel's supposed circle, have either incredibly toxic or destructive romantic tastes.

Elise: A black widow before becoming an actual spider monster.

Swain: Was seduced by LeBlanc in disguise, then he had her executed (or thought he did until she tried to have him killed in Ionia). Still chooses to flirt with her after everything.

Vladimir: In toxic yuri with LeBlanc for centuries.

LeBlanc: About to get divorced by a clown (Vladimir) who makes portraits by mixing his paints with orphan tears.

Mel: We all saw what happened in that finale (and s2 in general).

Darius: Wife divorced him over irreconcilable differences (and chemical weapons). Then they nearly fight to the death until their own daughter kills the mom.

Ambessa: Was in a loving and affectionate open marriage before an affair (and the Black Rose) got her son and husband killed, stole most of her property, and kidnapped her daughter.

Draven & Rell: *Unsure what's going on with those two for different respective reasons. I have little faith in Draven though.*

Katarina: Likes Garen.

Anyway I like the idea that those two people are Swain's parents (look at that guy's eyebrows). Outside of the whole... atmosphere, they look pretty normal-ish, which makes their fate all the worse.

It is at best annoying for Ambessa to know her children don't fit the mold she broke herself into and now justifies her ambition with, but she let's them be this way. She wants Mel and Kino to be the Wolf, but she won't force them like she was. Years back she tried to train Kino and Mel in martial combat, and gave up on that early on. Ambessa refused to think on why she abandoned her children's training regimen when they were still so young.

Instead, Ambessa took on Rell who was exploited by her parents in a similar vein as Menelik exploited and abused her as a child, so it's easier to put Rell through the things she did but doesn't want for her children. By her logic it's easier to condition Rell to make the same kind of choices she would make because they're so similar. What's worse is that you can tell Ambessa is still being gentler to Rell than Menelik was to her, but it doesn't fix anything, it only makes things worse.

Woke: Caitlyn's cloak is actually reminiscent of young Mel's cloak before she was exiled from the Medarda Clan and still under her mother's tutelage.