Who they are
Vel'Koz is a reconnaissance construct of the Void whose purpose is to understand by unmaking.
Their story belongs to The Void. A realm of nothingness that wants to unmake the world.
Their story, step by step
- Step 1
Made to understand
Vel'Koz is among the first Voidborn, created by the Watchers from beyond Runeterra. Ancient Shurimans named him, a name meaning to understand by unmaking. Unlike most Voidborn, his purpose is to watch and learn from the living so the Watchers know how best to destroy them.
- Step 2
Millennia of study
He has studied Runeterra for ages and moved between the world and the Void to report back. His study is destructive, leaving settlements empty and corpses withered, each marked with a dark hollow where the left eye was.
- Step 3
Tokogol
More recently he appeared in the Tokogol region and wiped out the village that shares its name.
Turning points
- Created by the Watchers as a observer rather than a devourer
- Leaving marked victims across settlements
- Destroying the village of Tokogol
- Facing Bel'Veth's challenge
Where their story stands now
Vel'Koz is still active and his whereabouts are unknown. The Watchers' larger plans are unclear, and Bel'Veth has recently challenged his authority, hinting at conflict inside the Void.
Where this fits in the story
- The Void · step 1
What the Void is
The Void lies beyond reality. Its masters, the Watchers, had no form or self-awareness at first and want to unmake Runeterra.
- The Void · step 2
The Freljord
The Watchers turned humans in the Freljord into immortal Iceborn. Avarosa led a rebellion, and her sister Lissandra entombed the Watchers in True Ice beneath the Howling Abyss. Some escaped, and those trapped made the first Voidborn.
- The Void · step 3
Icathia
Around 2500 BN the Icathians rebelled against Shurima, dug up a mysterious weapon and opened a huge rift. It destroyed their civilization and released countless Voidborn. The Rupture is still there.
- The Void · step 4
Today
Nine runic seals slowly weaken, and Voidborn keep appearing. Some champions hunt them while others, like Malzahar, serve the Void or open new rifts.