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Rek'Sai Universe Background
Rek'Sai
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An apex predator, Rek'Sai Rek'Sai is a merciless Void Crest icon Void-spawn that tunnels beneath the ground to ambush and devour unsuspecting prey. Her insatiable hunger has laid waste to entire regions of the once-great empire of Shurima Crest icon Shurima—merchants, traders, even armed caravans, will go hundreds of miles out of their way to avoid her and her offspring's hunting grounds. All know that once Rek'Sai is seen on the horizon, death from below is all but guaranteed.


Rek'SaiSquare"Fear not ambush from the hills, nor winged beasts from the skies. The true terror of Shurima Crest icon Shurima comes from the sand, and gives no warning of her presence."  Sivir Sivir
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Background[]

Early life[]

Rek'Sai originated in the Void Crest icon Void, as the queen of the Xer'Sai. Thousands of years ago, she entered Runeterra Crest icon Runeterra through a portal to Shurima Crest icon Shurima, where she and the Xer'Sai made a home within the sands, claiming parts of the region as their hunting territory and hunting anyone they found. Alongside her brood, Rek'Sai devoured thousands of people in the desert, causing the Shurimans to fear her as a bringer of death.

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Scourge of the Desert[]

Rek'Sai was targeted by a Noxus Crest icon Noxian hunting team attended by Aelon, a noble who intended to capture her to use in the Noxian arenas. Initially arrogant and eager to pursue her for the sake of glory, he began to humble to the Shuriman residents over time and listened to their stories of Rek'Sai. But after witnessing the destruction Rek'Sai and her brood were capable of, Aelon began to doubt his faith in the hunt. Aelon's mind was scarred by witnessing Rek'Sai's carnage firsthand, seeing her as death incarnate. While he survived the encounter thanks to his Shuriman companions' warnings, the traumatic experience caused Aelon to become disillusioned with Noxus' values, making him decide to leave the empire.

Sai Kahleek[]

Rek'Sai's territory in the Sai Kahleek was visited by six Shuriman teenagers and their camel. As they discussed the myths about Rek'Sai they had heard about, they heard a bell alarming them of something coming from behind them. The boys felt a jolt of Void energy before seeing their camel die within seconds. Disturbed, they tried to tiptoe towards the black rocks nearby, but the rocks moved further away.

They eventually came across a gigantic tunnel made by Rek'Sai herself, and decided to go into the tunnel in hope of finding water. Suddenly, Rek'Sai leapt out from the burrow and killed Xalee by crushing his spine with her fangs. The boys' leader, Shahib, instructed them to duck before Rek'Sai dragged Kall into her burrow. They managed to escape from the burrow but Rek'Sai followed them out, lunging at Jaheje but missing. She burrowed into the sand and knocked the group's youngest member VezKah into the air, killing him upon landing. Rek'Sai chased the remaining boys into the valley, cornering them and leaving them no choice but to run straight ahead. When Caleeb was too exhausted to continue, Rek'Sai killed him too. After witnessing a portal directly leading to the Void, the Xer'Sai's true home, Shahib encouraged Jaheje to escape and tell the story, offering to sacrifice himself to Rek'Sai as a distraction. After seeing Shahib's body getting desecrated by Rek'Sai, Jaheje broke down in tears from all the trauma he went through.

Reaching the Renek River as the only survivor of the group, Jaheje told his story. Few believed him at first, but many eventually realized that Jaheje was right upon witnessing the truth of the Sai Kahleek. He taught the other cast-off boys of Shurima how to survive the Sai Kahleek, warning them of Rek'Sai.

Hollowspun[]

Rek'Sai Rek'Sai is only mentioned by Kai'Sa Kai'Sa during her exploration of a chasm in Shurima, after meeting Taliyah Taliyah and other rock weavers. She states that all Rek'Sai's children do is devour.[1] Chasms like the one found by Kai'Sa Kai'Sa were once the home of the void creatures, driven to 'eat the world'.[2] Rek'Sai Rek'Sai herself doesn't appear during this story.

A fight between Kai'Sa Kai'Sa, Taliyah Taliyah, and Rek'Sai Rek'Sai is depicted in the Season 2022 cinematic, likely referencing the fight between the Xer'Sai and the rock weaver camp.[3][4]

Appearance[]

Rek'Sai is a colossal Xer'Sai with a purple body armored with an exoskeleton of blue plates. Her body shape is scorpion-like with four insectoid legs, two gigantic forelegs with four claws each, and a barbed tail. She has four sharp upper teeth with two fleshy mandibles on either side of her mouth in place of a lower jaw. She has a shark-like fin on her back which glows with Void energy when she senses her prey.

Personality[]

Rek'Sai is a primitive, animalistic predator who only communicates through roars and chitters. Her main drive is to burrow through the Shuriman desert and savagely consume every lesser being she senses. She has a motherly care towards her brood and wants to protect them from Bel'Veth Bel'Veth, whom mentions that the Watchers did not originally create her with these instincts.

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Other Voidborn[]

Rek'Sai, Cho'Gath Cho'Gath, Kha'Zix Kha'Zix, Kog'Maw Kog'Maw, and Vel'Koz Vel'Koz each belong to different member species of the collective known as the Voidborn. Rek'Sai is the queen of her Voidborn species (the Xer'Sai) as well as the largest among their number. Rek'Sai came to Shurima from the Void millennia ago (legend has it she's been around since before Azir's Azir's time) making her one of the Voidborn who have dwelt the longest on Runeterra (she has spent all this time building a portal to the Void, using the life essence of her victims as fuel to open it). Rek'Sai is not as sapient as the other Voidborn champions (she is to them what a dangerous animal is to humans).

Yuumi Yuumi & Book of Thresholds Book of Thresholds[]

Rek'Sai attacked Yuumi Yuumi and Book of Thresholds Book of Thresholds when they were looking for Norra in Shurima.

Kai'Sa Kai'Sa & Taliyah Taliyah[]

Rek'Sai and her Xer'Sai attacked Kai'Sa Kai'Sa and Taliyah Taliyah as they sought Xolan a mythical paradise in Sai Kahleek.

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Trivia[]

  • Kassadin Kassadin gained his name by exploring ancient ruins and guiding his employers through the Great Sai. His name is taken from the common Shuriman phrase “Kas sai a dyn?” or “whom does the desert know?” with the word 'sai' meaning desert, supported by the existence of The Great Sai. So while the meaning of Rek'Sai's Rek'Sai's name is unknown, the "Sai" within her name is the Shuriman word that refers to "desert".

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