Chapter 144: Shurima and Icathia
“If we say that the last film introduced everyone’s attention to Shurima through Taliyah.”

Jiang Wen said while holding the microphone,

"Now, let's use Nasus to introduce us to the story of the ancient Shurima Empire!"

Even he had to admire Xu Er's methods.

If we were to tell the story of Shurima as a whole, who could be better suited than Nasus, the desert death god who has lived from ancient Shurima to the present day and built a great library for Shurima?

He is in charge of all the books in the lands conquered by Shurima. It can even be said that he is the wisest Ascendant in all of Shurima!
As a remnant of ancient Shurima, it is fitting that Nasus be the one to tell this story!
But! If the audience had not learned about Nasus’ fate through Taliyah’s perspective, I’m afraid no one would be able to empathize with this Ascended being lost in the desert for nearly a thousand years!
Just as the audience has seen, as Nasus opens the cover of the parchment book, the story of Shurima has only just begun!
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The Shurima Empire was once a thriving civilization that ruled an entire continent. An invincible army of Ascended god-warriors created the empire, uniting the desperate southerners and bringing lasting peace to them.

A few lines of text appeared on the book in Nasus's hand, and the audience's perspective, along with Nasus's memories, entered the ancient Shurima.

From the map, Shurima is located in the south of Valoran, bordering Noxus and Demacia in the north. When viewers look closely at the map, it is not difficult to find that most of the city-state civilizations of today are flourishing in the north. In the south, that is, the area of ​​Shurima, it looks like a wild land with few people. The few cities are mostly built along the coast.

However, thousands of years ago, the Shurima Empire was at its peak...

Guided by the sun disk, the sun's life force brings vitality to the entire empire, and the heroes of Shurima are also baptized by the power of the astral world under the sun disk.

The outstanding warriors who performed well in the war were all selected from the best soldiers in the world, and the star power from the sun disk further transformed them, shedding their mortal bodies, and their bodies showed certain animal characteristics. Their bodies were much taller than mortals, like a small mountain, and they also gained long life and strong recovery ability.

"The power of Shurima comes from the sun disc."

And this powerful force comes from the huge sun disk floating in the center of Shurima!

The mortals of Shurima respectfully call these ascended beings - God-Warriors!
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When Icathia, the last country on the continent that did not belong to Shurima, also surrendered to her, Shurima's territory expanded to the end of the known world.

Even when Nasus was young and had not yet become an Ascended, Shurima had already ruled the entire Valoran continent.

Nasus did not experience the battle in which the Shurima Empire conquered Icathia, and even for him that was a very long time ago. However, through the great library he established and the books he compiled, the audience can still get a glimpse of the powerful power of the Shurima Empire.

But careful viewers will discover some secrets hidden behind the records in the books from Nasus' introduction.

The first Lord of Ascension, the Holy War Queen Setaka led the Ascended Army to fight in the south and the north. Her weapon was the unique cross-shaped weapon that everyone had seen in Sivir's hands before, the Charikar.

"So what exactly is this solar disk? How was it built?"

"And where does it get its power from?"

Jiang Wen looked at the huge sun disk floating in the sky above Shurima on the screen and asked. In the video, the audience also saw the tip of the iceberg of the battle between the Shurima Empire and the Ekassia Kingdom.

There is a reason why the Kingdom of Icathia was the last country to be conquered by Shurima. This kingdom was extremely prosperous and powerful, with a rich and diverse civilization.

While Shurima's armies are numerous, Icathia also has a unique army of mages!
If it weren't for the Sun Disc, if it weren't for the God Warriors, the final outcome of this battle would be hard to predict!

However, even Nasus did not know the ultimate source of this power.

Even though he accepted the power of the stars under the guidance of the Sun Disk and became a supreme ascender, because the Sun Disk was established so long ago, perhaps only the original ascender lord Setaka knew the specific reasons.

But Setaka is dead, she thought she could live forever.

Therefore, the only useful information about this power is the few words recorded in the books - "the power of the stars"!
"Don't think about it, this is definitely another trap set by Xu Er!"

Guo Fan shook his head and smiled, "It's just that the pit is too obvious!"

Experienced directors like them have read countless scripts, so of course they can tell at a glance that this is a hidden foreshadowing in the film!

And there is no doubt that this foreshadowing is related to the worldview of the entire film!

Where does the power of the Sun Disk come from? Who built the Sun Disk?

What is their purpose in bestowing the power of the stars on Shurima through this sun disc?

These questions arise in every audience's mind.

But now is not the time to reveal these secrets!
The history of Shurima is presented to the audience bit by bit on the big screen as Nasus flips through the pages!
Icathia's army was defeated by the god-warriors of the Ascended Army, and the kingdom became a vassal state of Shurima.

The defeat left Icathians dismayed, but many saw an opportunity for common development. They accepted a proposal to make Icathia an autonomous region under Shurima and set up a ruling council of outstanding mages, philosophers, and legislators to oversee the change of power.

After conquering all the lands within sight, the continent was finally completely ruled by Shurima.

However, in that ancient era, this vast empire, even though it possessed the unhuman power of the Ascendants, still used the ancient system - slavery!

It is undeniable that the prosperity of Shurima was built with the blood and flesh of slaves, and war is the source of the most slaves in Shurima! The kingdoms conquered and ruled by Shurima offered countless slaves to the capital under the sun disk.

Even though the Kingdom of Icathia saw itself as an autonomous federation of Shurima, it could not escape this fate.

And this is also the source of all subsequent tragedies!

(End of this chapter)