As It Turns Out, Solo Leveling Hid Away Igris' Tragic Backstory... Until Now
Warning: Contains spoilers for Solo Leveling.Anyone who’s read or watched will know that it’s not a narrative-driven story. There’s an overarching plot, and the characters go through varying degrees of development, but both aspects tend to be very minimal as the story’s focus tends to be doing whatever it can to set up the next big fight scene for Jinwoo and the occasional ally.
has never been a story with a large focus on its narrative, and a character who best exemplifies that idea is Igris the Bloodred. The initial fight with Igris hinted at some sort of backstory for him, but neither the manhwa nor the novel ever fully elaborated on anything, despite him getting the most screentime of Jinwoo’s soldiers, and the anime is sure to be the same. Surprisingly, though, the mobile game, , has finally revealed Igris’ backstory, and there’s plenty to digest with it for old and new fans alike.
According to the mobile game , Igris was once an ordinary human who rose to knighthood thanks to his godlike swordsmanship. Igris’ skills brought him plenty of wealth and fame, but he was only interested in finding a strong opponent, yet his prowess with the blade still resulted in him earning his king’s favor. In doing so, however, Igris drew the ire of jealous nobles envious of his power and fame, and so it was that Igris, at the height of his power, fell victim to an assassination attempt by the nobles who wanted him dead.
The original story content for was written by series creator Chugong.
An army was sent to kill Igris, and while they were no match for him, the nobles had also taken Igris’ family hostage. Igris was forced to surrender himself to save his family, but even then, the nobles went back on their word and killed them right before his eyes. Igris died with his heart filled with rage and wanting nothing but revenge, and while his soul was initially fated to simply waste away in agony, Igris was eventually reborn as a soldier of Ashborn the Shadow Monarch and finally had
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