The Antashire district is an important attempt by Rhodes.

It was not easy for Rhodes to turn Shurima into his sphere of influence, and for the Shurima to face the Void as a leader rather than a titan.

Without him, it's just because the relationship between Shurima and the giants is too deep.

Many civilizations in the Ancient Shurima Empire simply come from the giant god star spirit - whether it is the power of the sun or the belief in the giant god, if the Lakore people who live in the area of the giant god peak are born to be the servants of the giant god, then the ancient Shurima people are the people of the god.

When Azir's resurrection announced the return of the Emperor, Shurima was faced with a new choice.

Do you want to go back to the past and become the appearance of Gushurima.

Of course, this is a problem that many Shurima people are not aware of, and even many who have followed Azir are not aware of the problem.

Don't look at the long queue of Shurima people who joined the army in Shurima City, but how many of these new followers of Azir really realized what choice they had made?

Among those who pursued Azir were the descendants of freed slaves, who chose to follow Azir more as a reward for their kindness.

In addition to the descendants of slaves who do not have surnames, speculators also occupy a considerable proportion, for these poor and white guys, there is an ancient emperor, running over and hugging a thigh is also a proper meaning, in case of soaring, he is not impossible to ascend to heaven.

In addition, there are naturally many people who really want Shurima's revival in the ranks, either they understand the glory and greatness of Shurima, or they realize that Shurima is now extremely bad and must change - and this kind of people is what Rhodes needs to strive for.

Azir represents Shurima's past glory.

It can be said that if Azir succeeds in taking out Zelas and gathering the remaining remnants of the Celestial warriors, he may not be able to restore Shurima to its former glory, which is what many people want to see.

But what they apparently didn't realize was that it would mean endless wars of conquest.

Don't forget, why the Titan chose to support Shurima in the first place - in the process of the rise of this kingdom, there are not only two civilizations that have been destroyed!

For the great Shurima Emperor, the vanquished had to submit to Shurima, they could only speak Shurima's language, use Shurima's script, obey Shurima's rules, and make themselves completely part of Shurima.

For the high titan gods, the area conquered by Shurima will surely become the area controlled by the titan.

Throughout the history of the Titans, we will find that they have clearly gone through three phases of mortals - the first forcible conquest, which was almost broken by the three Freljord sisters, and the Serilda and Twilight Star Spirits simply went head-to-head, and although they lost their voices in the end, it also proved that mortals cannot be enslaved.

After the failure of the three Freljord sisters, the giant god Star Spirit began to choose to invest in Shurima, and then became the de facto religious leader of the country, and the high solar disc was infused with its own power by the most powerful Sun Star Spirit, and then Shurima used this as a basis to create the Demigod Group of Ascenders, and began the pace of conquest.

However, with the Battle of Acacia and the betrayal of Zeroth, the Empire's prosperity is gone forever - the Darkspawn War, the entire empire, and the whole of Valoran are on the verge of collapse, at which point Twilight Starlight has to take it upon himself once again, through deception and seduction, to make the Darkspawn kill each other, and finally seal it in a weapon.

In this way, although the war of the Darkspawn ceased, Titan's second attempt also failed - when the Celestial warriors infected by the Void unscrupulously showed the ugly side of human nature, the Titan realized the infeasibility of supporting humans, and that support alone could not control these creatures who were naturally emotional and always made their own choices.

After that, the titans fell silent for a long time.

During this time, they inspected Vastaya, learned about the yodelers, and after going around and around, they found that the most suitable person for the whole of Valoran to become the basis for the rule of the giant gods was still humans.

After that, the Titans adopted a third different approach - they no longer issued direct orders and no longer participated in human domination, they chose to stay away from humanity and turn themselves into a symbol, a detached faith.

Thus, Demacia was born.

Some people may hate the gods and all the high beings, but few people will express their dislike for something symbolic abstract that represents a spiritual quality.

What's more, the spiritual qualities represented by the giant god can also be self-defined.

In Demacia, the Astral Spirits are equated with justice and glory - except when Demacia was first founded, the Astral Spirits rarely appear in Demacia, and rarely participate in the specific affairs of Demacia, but they do influence the kingdom, guiding the country with an invisible hand.

If you advocate justice, then I will be righteous.

You seek glory, then I will give glory.

You crave fairness, then I will give you justice.

It seems that the titans give everything people need, but behind the giving, they also deprive Demacia of the possibility of progress.

You don't need magic, you don't need technology, you don't need philosophy—all you need is to live in peace within the framework of your own being, and then when the Void strikes, you will be armed with the Titan Star Spirit and die generously.

Maybe after the war, there will be survivors who will build a new kingdom and start a cycle, maybe the term Demacia will be completely annihilated in the long river of history, but no matter what the outcome, the giant god finally got the "peace" that he wanted, which belonged to Valoran.

Divinity and humanity are destined to be completely different.

What the Titan God needs is Valoran's stability, and for this stability, they have to support humanity to fight against those enemies from the Void on the one hand, and on the other hand, they also want to prevent humans from threatening the Titan God, so they have successfully locked up Demacia's progress through a certain degree of help.

Perhaps the Demacians had a good time.

But their fate was never in their own hands - it wasn't until the appearance of Silas and the arrival of Rhodes that the invisible shackles opened a small gap.

And now, Shurima will face the same problem.

Do you want to go back in time and bask in the glory of the sun?

Or choose the second option brought by Rhodes - like Zaun, Piltover, Bilgewater, and Freljord, take your fate into your own hands.