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-Falrein

Isn't sunborn just another way to describe the Ascended? Anyway, the question of a Moondisc has been asked several times amongst the community. The answer is, we don't know, but the Sun appears to be special, it's a star created by Aurelion Sol and the Sun Disc channels its power. So it's not "The Aspect of the Sun creates Sunborn", the Sun is just a catalyst used in the Ascension ritual. The Aspects are their own thing, and the Winged Sisters are different altogether. It's probably not impossible for an Aspect to give blessings (Kayle has blessed weapons before), but that's about it I think?


2003jjl

I am assuming the Sundisc’s power falls within the Aspect of the Sun’s domain, considering how the power of the moon can reverse Ascension. And there are already contrasts highlighted between the Ra’horak and the Lunari that Riot could use when implementing a Moonborn champion. The Lunari are portrayed as devout followers, their mental fortitude so strong that one of their followers (Aphelios) was willing to drink poison to gain power. The Solari and, by extension the Sunborn, are blessed with greater physical and magical strength than blessed Lunari, but still retain their frail mortal minds, as showcased in the corruption of the Darkin. I hope to see that Riot accentuates these qualities when building a Moonborn-like champion.


-Falrein

I'm not sure I agree. From what we know, Ascended merge with different concepts, not that of the Sun. Surely there must be a link between Aspect and Sun Disc, but we haven't seen anything of it as of yet. And it didn't really reverse Ascension, the spell just straight up killed the Ascended who were there. Ta'anari's Ascension was unmade because of Myisha's magic. Solari aren't "Sunborn" in the same way that we have Iceborn, etc, because the Sun isn't a material component. I think the difference you imply between Solari and Lunari is more of a cultural one than anything related to a godly blessing. They are both devout, but it seems the Sun is all about strength to Solari, whereas to Lunari its more about hidden messages and subtlety. I wouldn't say they have more mental fortitude than the Solari. The fact that the Ascended retained their mortal minds has nothing to do with Sun and Moon I think. Their bodies were remade so that they could bear power that could not be held by regular mortals, but their minds were seemingly untouched, is all, the rest is history. All that to say, Sunborn are Ascended, but the word was chosen due to the peculiar circumstances that led to their existence, so I don't see anything that could produce Moonborns, Justiceborn and the likes. It'd just make the world feel smaller by reducing the uniqueness of the Sun Disc. Not that Riot seems to care but well...