When you re-do the lore, please be careful about Morgana and Kayle

Rozzeta·9/7/2014, 8:08:50 PM·25 votes·1,683 views

If you read Morgana and Kayle's Lore, you question yourself: who is actually the bad guy here? As much as Kayle preaches about justice, it is actually "her own brand of justice". Kayle thinks of herself as the police, the judge and the executioner; someone who will make the rules and will make sure they are followed, or else you are destroyed. Aether Wing Kayle, a skin set in a hypotetical scenario in which she wins the war, has dialogues which perfectly depitc this.

Morgana, on the other hand, as evil and rage flueled as she is/seems to be, could very well have a point in her speech. No one really knows what she had to go through during the war, what drove her to master the black arts, and what sacrifices she made in the process. She is either a tragic heroine, or a great liar. She might be the one preventing Kayle from enslaving al of Valoran to serve to her kind, or merely wishes to enslave Valoran herself, for her own purposes. It's clear she stands against the angels tyranny, but there is no mention of what she wants to do if she ever wins the war.

In any case, after what I saw previously done to Viktor, another tragic character who was portrayed as a crappy villain from a 70's superhero cartoon in order to make Jayce look cool, or what is about to happen to Xerath, I fear that you might brand them by their appearance and portray Kayle as the rightful and Morgana as her evil counterpart. Neither of the two is free of sin, and I'd like it to remain like that instead of the usual oversimplification for clarity purposes.

I think the Angel's war, and the characters of Kayle and (particulary) Morgana have a lot to offer lore-wise if the morality of both sides remains as gray as it is right now.

18 Comments

redniwediS9/7/2014, 8:31:18 PM4 votes

I agree with everything but your comment on Viktor. How he came about sure matches a basic super villain setup, but he has no intention to do evil. He wishes to elevate humanity to a new and greater level, the only problem is he no longer feels empathy and does not understand that most people do not want what he has to offer.

In his mind it is all for the greater good.

Worgslarg9/7/2014, 8:30:36 PM2 votes

I see morgana as a kind of jack bauer, crossing the line of reasonable conduct, all to win the war.

Helmight9/8/2014, 6:19:47 PM2 votes

At this point, all I'm hoping for is that Kayle and Morgana retain their otherwordly nature. Makes no sense for Runeterra to have a whole community of angels having a war right above everyone's heads with nobody noticing.

Fahrside9/7/2014, 8:14:35 PM2 votes

Upvote, because this is interesting.

Linna Excel9/8/2014, 1:13:57 AM1 votes

Kayle's the good guy, morgana is the villian. It should stay that way. Just look at them and it should be pretty obvious. Also the old lore has morgana actively being evil in order to win out of spite.

Zeta9/9/2014, 1:30:11 AM1 votes

Get ready for the team to stick Morgana and Kayle into Mount Targon's lore.

Cassaluna9/7/2014, 8:50:05 PM1 votes

Great points to bring up! I would love to see where they go with that. Maybe a Loki/Thor type of relationship between the two? Morgana Kayle

Xenohaz9/7/2014, 10:36:54 PM1 votes

I'm so glad to see someone else thinks this! It was always interesting to me that the exact details of Kayle's justice/tyranny are never specified. For all we know, Morgana turned to dark power or whatever as an absolute last resort. Depending on how you read it, she could be anything from a villain to an antihero.

turkeyBACON9/8/2014, 12:14:58 AM1 votes

This is a tangent thought but its not likely worth making another post about. But what do people think about kayle and morg being "angels". They're origins are still other worldly and i know the lore team has stated before that they want to ground these type of characters to volaran/runetera. Nasus and renekton were shifted to be ancient Shurima. The yordle "mothership" is all but forgotten and Gnar places their history as ancient. Anivia was placed into the Freljord.

What are people's thoughts on the same happening to Kayle and Morgana? Should it be done? Can it be done? How should it be handled? Sorry if this hijacks your thread but I was hoping to expand the conversation on Morg and Kayle.