Nasus is an imposing, jackal-headed Ascended being from ancient Shurima, a heroic figure regarded as a demigod by the people of the desert. Fiercely intelligent, he was a guardian of knowledge and peerless strategist whose wisdom guided the ancient empire of Shurima to greatness for many centuries. After the fall of the empire, he went into self-imposed exile, becoming little more than a legend. Now that the ancient city of Shurima has risen once more, he has returned, determined to ensure it never falls again.
Nasus is a humanoid figure with the head of a jackal. He is tall and muscular with glowing blue eyes and a body covered in short black fur.
He wears golden, ceremonial armor with teal highlights, and much of his body is wrapped in pale bandages. His staff is teal and gold with a brown leather grip.
Personality[]
Thoughtful and reclusive, Nasus is an imposing, solemn presence, bearing all the power, wisdom, and sorrow that comes with millennia of life. Primarily a keeper of knowledge, he is not one to rush to violence despite being a fearsome combatant.
Abilities[]
Ascended: Nasus is one of the Ascended, also known as God-Warriors or Sunborn. The Ascended are mortals that were empowered by The Sun Disc into immensely powerful demigods. Each Ascended has unique powers depending on the individual they were prior to the Ascension.
Immortality: The ascended do not age, and do not need to eat or sleep. Baring beings of similar power, the Ascended cannot be killed.
Regeneration: Nasus can heal from almost any injury in a matter of seconds.
Superhuman Strength: Nasus is much stronger than any normal human, being able to destroy building by merely punching them, breaking a man's entire body with his fists.
Life Draining: Nasus has the power of creating an life-draining aura, aging them down at an extremely fast pace and reducing them to dust in a matter of seconds.
Size Shifting: Nasus can change size to become gigantic and destroy his foes.
When the Shurima Empire still existed, Nasus fought alongside other Ascended hosts including those that would later become the Darkin. Nasus was a warrior scholar who spearheaded the military and cultural uprising of Ancient Shurima, but Azir'smisledarrogance led to the empire's downfall, costing him his own brother Renekton. Nasus was forced to imprison his own brother with the betrayer Xerath, who would later drive Renekton into madness. After being freed, Renekton started to hunt down Nasus, believing he was the cause of all his suffering. Nasus hopes he can cure Renekton of his madness, so that the united brothers might defeat Xerath and restore Shurima to greatness together with their resurrected emperor Azir.
Nasus first sought Sivir for her royal bloodline and finds in her the hope of a reborn Shurima and the key to defeating Xerath. Nasus would later confront Xerath himself to buy time for her and Taliyah to escape alongside other citizens.
Nasus encountered Taliyah when she was protecting an injured Sivir. Nasus would later confront Xerath himself to buy time for her and Sivir to escape alongside other citizens.
Myisha, the previous Aspect of Twilight, led the Darkin Ta'anari to Nasus who guided them to the Chalicar, the blade that belonged to the Ascended queen Setaka and belongs to Sivir in the present day, which Ta'anari later used to perform a ritual that reverted the Ascension of the nearby Darkins, vaporing them.
Taliyah had almost forgotten how much she'd missed the furnace heat of Shurima – the sweat and crush of hundreds of people pushing, cursing, haggling and speaking with such passion and speed that outsiders often thought they were fighting.
Rewind the Past, Control the Future - Explore and traverse through the spectacular city of Zaun as Ekko, a young inventor with an ingenious device to manipulate time, in this story-driven action platformer. Play as a young Ekko and realize the full potential of one of League’s fan-favorite Champions.
Varus followed a river running through the desert. Its water was gritty, but drinkable. The new body he had wrought to bear his bow was beautiful, fast and strong, but it came with the weaknesses of flesh. It hungered. It thirsted.
Scroll after scroll in Noxian libraries chronicle the power buried within Shurima. Now Cassiopeia thinks she's found the key. Learn how the saga began.
It was a perfectly good night for a cup of tea. Chilly, certainly, but clear—as crisp a night as frigid Mount Targon ever got, really. Soraka was expecting a visitor. The snow in the stone kettle had already begun to melt over the hearth at the center of her little yurt; as it grew warmer, the room was suffused with the smell of dried tea leaves and sparse mountain herbs.
Nasus is over 3796 years old and less than 3900 years old.
He fought alongside Setaka for 3 centuries before she died in the battle of Icathia, which happened around 2500 BN or 3500 years ago.
Nasus is Renekton's older brother and both became Ascended at the same time.
Renek was one of the nations that belonged to the ancient Shurima Empire and was possibly located somewhere near the Renek River. The siblings may have originated from here and Renekton may have been named after it.
He may be immune to Amumu's power due to his power's connection to death.
The Ascension Ritual takes a long time and Xerath kept it going far longer than was normal (hence his body was all but obliterated...) so that gave time for Nasus and Renekton to get back (and a day for mortals, might only be a few hours for Ascended beings...).