Thresh

Human Appearance

Thresh used to be a fair-skinned man with a long, bony face with dark brown hair and eyes. He can disguise himself as a human appearance but now with green eyes.

Wraith Appearance

As a wraith, Thresh's head changed, becoming a approximation of a floating human skull that had fangs with three skeletal appendages attached like hair. A green flame appeared, wrapping only his now floating skull and his clothes were dark blue, being extremely tattered and lined with bones. He was wearing a large overcoat and an oversized, flared collar accompanied with black armor on his hands and feet but his clawed gauntlets glowed a spectral green. He carried a short-handled scythe in his right hand and levitated his lantern with his left hand. And of course, the lantern seemed to be made of bones and glowed and swirled from the souls within. Both implements were attached to chains fashioned from bones. A pair of keys dangled from the front of his belt. His wraith form can still be seen but now in his shadow.

Unbound Appearance

After becoming unbound, Thresh again seems as a pale-skinned human with glowing green eyes with a hair that features three long pony tails in the same fashion as the once-present skeletal appendages on his head. Dark symbols appear tattooed onto his forehead and cheeks. His clothes are an elegant, black and gold regalia. The chains he carries are golden metal rather than skeletal. His lantern appears to be a large, teal crystal encased in a golden frame. Still, he glows with an ominous green light.

Thresh's human life (Thresh's history #1)

Thresh, named Erlok Grael, was born in the Blessed Isles and becoming a monk of Helia (Capital of the Blessed Isles). After many years serving the order, Thresh expected to be recognized among Helia's masters, but due to his humble background, he was delegated to work as a warden to safeguard Helia's magical artifacts. He took that as an insult and felt bitter about his new position because he believed himself to be more talented than his noble peers who obtained more prestigious roles. Thresh worked in the vault for years, causing him to become more bitter and cruel but seeing his fellow wardens getting killed by the artifacts did not help him at all, as seeing them die made him increasingly frustrated. One day, Thresh took interest in a nameless tome claimed to whisper one's darkest thoughts and therefore, Thresh kept kept the tome in his possession, but his superior, Head Warden Rastofir, stopped him and threatened to demote him. Angered, Thresh believed that Rastofir was trying to steal his research for his own benefit, so he arranged Rastofir to be killed by a miscategorized artifact so he could manipulate the order into a pragmatic direction.

The Ruination (Thresh's history #2)

One day, a fleet of ships from Camavor went to invade The Blessed Isles and were led by their king, Viego. Viego wanted to revive his beloved wife Isolde using the Waters of Life. The monks refused, causing Hecarim and his knights to take the opportunity to slaughter the monks and all of the natives. Thresh delighted in the slaughter and suffering of the monks and took it upon himself to lead Viego to the Waters of Life. When Viego left Isolde's body in the water, Isolde transformed into a horrible wraith of her own and killed Viego with his own sword. This caused a blast of magic that corrupted the Blessed Isles' protective mist into the Black Mist. All the inhabitants of the place were turned into a terrible wraith form of him, including Hecarim and Thresh himself. However, Thresh embraced his transformation, eager to act out his desires for cruelty without punishment or the limits of mortality. As passed, Thresh's decades spectral form morphed into a reflection of his darkest traits. He roamed the Blessed Isles, now called The Shadow Isles and killing people and imprinting their souls within his lantern, becoming known in the folklore of Runeterra as a bogeyman figure.

Knowing the existence of Lucian and Senna (Thresh's history #3)

Many years later, Thresh encountered Lucian and Senna. They were a married couple and part of the well-known order 'Sentinels of Light'. They were in a forbidden Helian vault in search of a cure for Senna and overzealous in his goal to save Senna, Lucian refused to turn back, but his decision cost him Senna's life as she sacrificed herself to save him from an oncoming attack from Thresh. The wraith trapped her soul in his lantern, with Lucian spending years battling his arch-enemy, all while Thresh taunted him by holding Senna's soul ransom. Eventually, Lucian was able to set Senna's soul free by blasting Thresh's lantern open. While he expected the souls to pass on, Senna re-emerged with her newfound ability to control the Black Mist. Though Thresh was defeated, he decided to let them have their victory as he would toy with them in the future.

The return of the Ruinedly Ruined King (Thresh's history #4)

The Saltwater Scourge, Gangplank, traveled to The Shadow Isles and he met Thresh. Gangplank had an amulet that can make Gangplank able to use the Black Mist without problems. Thresh began ordering Gangplank of burying a crown in Bilgewater that draws the Black Mist to the city. Gangplank did it, makes Black Mist arrive and they return to Thresh's domain with the Buhru artifacts and begin the ritual to awaken Viego, but Gangplank worries there won't be a city left to rule after Thresh is through with them. Thresh shows Gangplank the blade where the Ruined King slumbers and explains that the power of this spirit is supreme in the Shadow Isles. Gangplank's amulet has the power to subjugate the spirit, but its strength is only equal to the will of the user. As Viego awakens, he demands to know where his queen is, but Thresh tells him to gather strength. Gangplank departs to wait, while Thresh plots against him, noting that he will make a suitable mortal host. Gangplank was getting impatient because Viego was not cooperating because Viegos was a jerk. Thresh says that the king's obsession of his wife, Isolde, is what fuels his strength, and reveals that there is a secret that can weaken him enough to be easily subjugated. Ahri, Braum, Illaoi, Yasuo and Miss Fortune confronted Thresh, who was creating a portal to Viego's chamber. Before they finish him off, Thresh managed to escape from the place and left the portal open. The group entered the group and saw how Gangplank draws out Viego, but the Ruined King proves too powerful and possesses Gangplank. Viego commands Gangplank to deal with the interlopers while he heads to Bilgewater to search for his queen's crown. The group defeats Gangplank and frees him from possession. The group fought Viego and managed to trapped hom inside in an amulet.

Viego and Thresh (Thresh's history #5)

Some time later, Illaoi departs for the Shadow Isles in search of the Brethren of the Dusk, the original creators of the amulet, to find out if she can destroy it, with Viego trapped inside. She is escorted there by Ruven, a captain indebted to Miss Fortune. On Isles, Illaoi meets Yorick, the last member of the brotherhood, who reveals they can destroy the amulet, but requires a heart source hot enough. They decide on a nearby volcano, but as they set sail, Ruven betrays revealing he is the puppet of Bartek, an agent of Thresh. Bartek manages to wrest the amulet from them and retuns it to Thresh. At some point, Viego would escape from his amulet and continue his search for Isolde. He would be made aware of a fragment of her soul within Senna and unleash Harrowings in all Runeterra. Viego confronted Lucian, Senna, Gwen and Vayne and attempted to retrieve the remaining fragment of Isolde within Senna. Gwen intervened and hid Senna in Hallowed Mist, leaving Viego no choice but to vanish from the place. In the Shadow Isles, Viego revels in his victory. Thresh, seeing this, would offer Viego his services but Viego refuse, as he distrusted Thresh when Senna managed to escape from his lantern. Then, Thresh begins to absorb the Black Mist and plots his next move. Some time later, Thresh was absorbing Black Mist and he encountered Lucian and Rengar in Ixtal. Thresh offered a deal: Crucial information that can defeat Viego in exchange for a fetter. Despite their bitter history, Lucian follows him to a temple to hear him out, where Thresh exploits Lucian's desire to protect Senna and makes him retrieve a jade mask from the temple. Thresh illuminates ancient reliefs within the temple that tell the story of an old Harrowing, which reveals that there is a powerful weapon at the Sentinel base in Shurima, a gun that can revive fallen allies. Not believing the story, Lucian calls off the deal, but Thresh has already departed.

The Unbound (Thresh's history #6)

In the Shadow Isles (again), Viego observes the fetters that he has collected, before being interrupted by Thresh. Thresh reveals the jade mask and offers it as an olive branch, feigning interest in returning to his good graces. Viego accepts the offering, but warns Thresh about failing him again. After Viego's defeat by The Sentinels, Thresh reveals himself with a new appearance. He says he's been siphoning and absorbing the excess Black Mist that Viego was wasting, and now he is unbound from Shadow Isles. Thresh divulges the bargain that Lucian made with him in Ixtal and demands retribution for Senna's soul escaping his lantern, one soul for hers or all of their souls if no one complies. The Sentinels try to stop him, but Thresh easily repels their attacks. Lucian considers offering his soul to Thresh but a person named Rookie takes his place instead. As Thresh prepares to harvest their soul, Rookie activates the Wayfinder at the last second and transports everyone back to headquarters. Currently, Thresh is collecting souls on Noxus.

Personality

Thresh is psychopathic, sadist, narcissistic and spiteful, who reveals his cruelty and hatred. He delights in making others suffer even after death, ripping out the souls of his victims and letting them suffer within his lantern. Thresh is also known for manipulating others for his own gain, such as influencing Viego after reviving him so the deaths he caused would empower Thresh to become unbound, freeing him from his perpetual imprisonment in the Shadow Isles and granting him the power to move around Runeterra.

Viego and Isolde

Viego is a skinny man wraith with pale skin and white hair. Viego traveled to the Blessed Isles to revive his dead wife, Isolde. Thresh, after delighting and satisfying by watching Hecarim and his knights kill the monks mercilessly, took Viego to the Waters of Life to revive Isolde. Although the Waters of Life cured illnesses, the water did not revive people and this caused the Ruination of the Blessed Isles. And with that, Thresh is directly responsible for the accident. Much later, Viego was awakened by Thresh and Gangplank. Thresh took advantage and used Viego for his own benefit, managing to be unbound from Shadow Isles. Isolde was a poor seamstress with light skin and auburn-ginger hair. Viego had fallen in love with her and they ended up getting married. Viego was so in love with her to the point of being an unhealthy obsession, neglecting his title as King of Camavor. Camavor's enemies took advantage of this and poisoned Isolde with a poisoned blade. She died and Viego traveled to the Waters of Life, guided by Thresh. After what happened with Ruination of Blessed Isles, Isolde's soul is in fragments that are scattered throughout Runeterra. Two pieces are in Senna and another in Gwen, a doll of Isolde that came to life due to the fragment.

Lucian and Senna

Lucian is a thin man with dark skin and a fierce face. He has yellow-brown eyes and black hair fashioned into long locs with the sides shaved and twin pistols in hands. He is Senna's husband and a member of the Sentinels of Light order. Lucian hates Thresh, because Thresh trapped Senna in his lantern when she tried to save Lucian. Lucian managed to free Senna by blasting Thresh's lantern. Thresh decided to leave them alive, planning to play with them as if they were toys. When Viego was awakened and began expanding Harrowings across Runeterra, Thresh decided to make a deal with Lucian to defeat Viego, revealing Thresh did that to be unbound. Senna is portrayed as a low, toned and curvaceous black woman, her hair is long black tied with dreadlocks falling to one side. She is Lucian's wife and was trapped in Thresh's lantern when she tried to save Lucian from him. She was freed thanks to Lucian and Thresh simply let them live, wanting to play with them in the future. After Viego has awakened and is defeated by Sentinels, Thresh now appears in his unbound form and reveals his deal he made with Lucian. Lucian and Senna are currently going to defeat Thresh once and for all.

Sentinels of Light

Sentinels of Light is an order dedicated to protecting Runeterra from the Black Mist and Wraiths. They want to freeing all the Shadow Isles wraiths from their unlife and restore Shadow Isles as it was before, a beautiful realm called Blessed Isles. They managed to defeat Viego when the latter attempted to make Runeterra full of Harrowings and the Black Mist just to search for his wife, Isolde. Currently, the Sentinels are searching for Thresh, the Chain Warden, to defeat him. Members of The Sentinels of Light: Akshan: Akshan is an attractive young man with olive-colored skin, brown eyes, a short beard, and long, dark chocolate brown hair. He's a member of The Sentinels of Light. Lucian: Lucian is a thin man with dark skin and a fierce face. He has yellow-brown eyes and black hair fashioned into long locs with the sides shaved and twin pistols in hands. He is Senna's husband and a member of the Sentinels of Light order. Senna: Senna is portrayed as a low, toned and curvaceous black woman, her hair is long black tied with dreadlocks falling to one side. She is Lucian's wife and member of the Sentinels of Light order. Vayne: Vayne wears a dark blue catsuit with red accents and red tinted glasses. She wields a wrist-mounted crossbows and carries a larger crossbow on her back. She also keeps her hair in a long ponytail. She's a member of The Sentinels of Light.

The Shadow Isles

The land now known as the Shadow Isles was once a Blessed Isles beautiful realm, but it was shattered by a magical cataclysm. Viego took his dead wife, Isolde, to the Waters of Life in the hope that she would revive. That failed, as Isolde turned into a wraith and stabbed Viego with his own sword. The entire place was filled in a magical explosion and all the inhabitants turned into Wraiths. at the moment, Black Mist permanently shrouds the isles and the land itself is tainted, corrupted by malevolent sorcery. Living beings that stand upon the Shadow Isles slowly have their life-force leeched from them, which, in turn, draws the insatiable, predatory spirits of the dead. Those who perish within the Black Mist are condemned to haunt this melancholy land for eternity. Worse, the power of the Shadow Isles is waxing stronger with every passing year, allowing the shades of undeath to extend their range and reap souls all across Runeterra.

Wraiths

Wraiths are the predominant undead found on the Shadow Isles. These twisted spirits are remnants of their former selves that were ripped away from their living bodies by the Black Mist that oozed out of broken heart. The stronger a Wraith's sense of self is, the stronger it will be as a result.

Black Mist

Black Mist is a thick shroud that covers the Shadow Isles and the surrounding seaside. It's a prison of souls, trapping any living being it touches in the moment of death, only the strongest of souls who retain their personality and desires can escape its grasp. But the manifestations of those souls who escape the Mist can be killed with the right tools or by other spirits. They are doomed to return to the mist, sometimes staying there for centuries, other times just some days. Manifested spirits can use the Black Mist to travel anywhere it touches, even though stronger spirits may venture beyond the isles without a Harrowing.

Thresh's abilities

Wraith: Thresh is one of the Shadow Isles's wraiths, created when the Ruination came to be. The Black Mist consumes ones original personality, leaving only a specter consumed by negative emotions and obsessions. In Thresh's, interestingly enough, he seems to have changed very little. [Amortality: Being already dead, Thresh can't die again. He can only be banished and lose his material form for a while. Spiritual Constructs: Wraiths can create solid constructs from spectral energy, such as bodies and physical objects. These constructs mainly base themselves around how they looked in life. Transitory State: Being ethereal beings, Wraiths can shift from the physical world and spiritual one at will. This means they can become intangible and invisible, and disappear from one place to another.] Soul Snatching: Thresh' most terrible power, and what makes him so dangerous, is his ability to entrap the souls of others by hooking them with his scythe, and then trapping their souls inside his lantern, were they suffer untold horrors until they become his enslaved thralls.

Random Extras

Thresh is between 1050 – 1100 years old, born at some point before the Ruination of the Blessed Isles. After what happened with Viego, Thresh is now unbound from the Shadow Isles and is able to steal souls across Runeterra.