Epilogue

The Champions slowly restored peace to Runeterra, though this job wasn’t easy. The Kinkou ninjas told the Champions what happened with them and that they were saved from a god slaying tyrant. The other Champions were also shown the truth behind the room where their dead bodies and clones lay, and this led to a rebellion against the Summoners and the Champions demanded to be free from their rule. Akali told the Summoners that their leader was gone now and their experiment had been a failure; that if they wished to live, they would collaborate with the Champions and find ways to reverse the effects that have been done to them. Giving back their memories, sending them off to their proper afterlives.

For they were heroes from different worlds and pasts that were killed in their prime and their souls were held in a kind of stasis for Thanatos to perfect the art of immortality and achieve his perfect body. The Champions didn’t know what to do now that the big secret is exposed and some of them even lost their purpose and dignity. Yet Akali knew that this was the best choice, for they were under the shackles of Summoner oppression from before. Even if the truth were harsh, it still sets you free.

Akali twined hands with Shen, who looked lovingly in her eyes.

“Is this really the right path?” Akali murmured before Shen nodded.

“The right path isn’t necessarily the easiest one, but at least you’re being guided by a good conscience and heart. I know that you will make this work, Akali.”

“I hope so,” Akali said before Zed stepped in and said.

“Akali, you’ve far surpassed me as your mentor. There is nothing left for me to teach you.”

“Thanks, Zed,” Akali said with a smile before she put Zed’s hand on Shen’s hand. “Promise that you two will be brothers again? I hope that Zed will be the uncle to my little one.”

“You’re pregnant, Akali?” Zed asked while Akali nodded, looking at the slight swell in her belly.

“I want there to be a hopeful future for my child,” Akali said. “Even if this world is imperfect, I want to share something beautiful with my child, which is living.”

“You’ll make a good mother, Akali,” Zed said, while Akali smiled towards Zed.

“Thank you. Knowing that I have your support as well…I feel like I can confidently do anything.”

“Thresh is currently guiding some Champions back into the afterlife,” Shen said before Akali nodded.

“I know. Some chose to move onto another life instead of staying here in Runeterra. But who could blame them? They were stuck and stagnant in this world, and living onto another life is the best opportunity for them to grow. But I felt like staying here is the best for me. I want to fix this world and change it so that others can live here properly.”

“That’s an admirable goal,” Shen said as he kissed her. “I’ll make sure that our child only grows up knowing times of peace.”

“I would like that, very much,” Akali said, before she looked off into the distant sky, staring at the stars and wondering just how many beautiful stories the constellations told of the Champions and their stories.