Lore: A Journey Into New Lore. Please do not repeat prior mistakes

Razec··1 votes·724 views

I recently read that the current lore is being scrapped/Overhauled to create a more cohesive lore where all characters has some interaction with one another, the one problem I have with this is due to a change in lore that I feel was a big let down, Trundle. Trundle's base storyline was solo, I understand that it was a one shot that connected him to no one else he also wasn't summoned he goes to the rift of freely on his own to seek a cure for his curse. That now with his new lore trundle has champions to have unique interaction with from the freljord but the main problem was his original story line was he was a champion of his people he served them by taking the curse they all bore, and took it on himself and then left the village so they may never suffer it again. Transition to new lore, trundle gets kicked out of his clan runs finds a big mace of true ice steals it gets caught, vows to help some wicked ice witch then goes back to his tribe kills his leader takes over the tribe and vows to conquer all and even betray the witch. Old trundle nice guy who just wanted to save his people, New trundle GIANT FLAMING DOUCHEBAG who wants to kill and destroy all in his path. The fix, instead of straight up scrapping old lore and replacing it maybe instead tweak it and evolve it to explain the changes of look and skill. since again you have made pretty much every character have some agenda to head to the summoners. so why not have some of them progress their agendas maybe instead of having trundle change the way he did he ended up hearing about true ice and it's magical properties and how he planned to try it out for healing himself of his curse, and the ice witch Lissandra . there are other options other then replacing, upgrading is always a strategy as many a League o Legend player knows. let me know what you think, opinions straight up objections anything.

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Ironclad Dragon2 votes

Old Trundle was an ass too. When he was told that removing the curse from his people removed their regenerative abilities, he just shrugged his shoulders.

Razec1 votes

i don't really see how that makes him an ass when the curse itself was pretty terrible made worse by the fact that they were regenerating while they were afflicted.. so they stopped regenerating when they lost the curse they don't have the curse anymore.

Sneak Dog1 votes

Look up the judgement.

Razec1 votes

okay either way the point is more i believe the lore can evolve vs being just straight up scrapped then changed...

Sneak Dog1 votes

Allrighty then. Trundle. New Trundles background came really close to being the old Trundle in a new setting. The main issue is that the new Trundle is just a bit too power-hungry, while old Trundle didn't want power, he wanted to be part of his tribe, not bullied by it. His background could easily be rewritten in a way that Trundle still does the same things, but with different thoughts/motivations so that it's old Trundle we're dealing with, not new Trundle.

He becomes chieftain, but instead of finally being equal, everyone now relies on him and he's still denied his dream of just being equals of his tribesmen. He gets angry, decides to just take up his new role and take it good, take over all the tribes and starts a war. I'm no writer, but Trundle could definitely retain his identity while still being chieftain of a tribe of ice trolls.

His in-game presentation is terrible. All his voice-over lines indicate that new Trundle is a power-hungry brute. He is supposed to be a runt, why does he look like a perfectly normal troll?

I don't care he's in the Freljord now. I don't care he's an ice troll, I care he's no longer good old Trundle. As long as he isn't, I can't trust Riots lore department not to retcon any more champions out of the game and replacing them with new ones, so I hope they'll fix Trundle and I can enjoy the new lore instead of forcing myself to hold back.

I've written this so many times by now. It gets tiring honestly because I know even if a Rioter reads it and takes it in consideration, they won't respond positively because that'd be like a promise.

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