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9.7: Lore Update

Riot·4/5/2019, 3:00:08 PM·2 votes·25,833 views
Hey everyone!

In this week’s Lore Update we’re departing from our tales of Demacia for a darker story on the Shadow Isles featuring Thresh and Kalista.

Alongside that, we also have new color stories for Darius and Zyra. With the spotlight on the Shadow Isles, we’ve also taken the chance to update Hecarim and Kalista’s bios as well.

Finally, we’ve included a couple of updates that have been made to the Universe website and the League Displays app, and we’ll use this as a platform to share more updates to those as they come in the future.

As always, we look forward to hearing your thoughts—let’s get to it!
Ashekandi

Short Story

new

The Echoes Left Behind

- by Anthony Reynolds

Thresh shook his head, laughing. “We have what mortals have coveted since time immemorial—eternity.

Thresh, Kalista, Shadow Isles

Color Story

new

The Winterspike Road

- by Laura Michet

Noxians don’t run. We win,” he growled. “We chop them to pieces for what they do to us.

Darius, Noxus

new

With the Flowers

- by Matt Dunn

“Step into the garden that ever grows…” Zyra whispered through the stems and petals. “Death blossoms, and you don’t want to miss the colors, do you?”

Zyra, Kumangra, Jungle

Bio Updates

Updated Bio

Break their ranks, and ride them down without mercy. Crush the living. Feast on their terror.

Hecarim, Shadow Isles, Bio

Updated Bio

Turncoats, oath breakers and betrayers… we hate them all.

Kalista, Shadow Isles, Bio

Comics

Warmother

- by Odin Austin Shafer

Raised in the savage wilds of the north, Ashe is an Iceborn, a warrior gifted with a magical connection to her frozen homeland--and burdened by her mother’s fanatical expectations. When they set out on a dangerous quest for the truth behind an ancient myth, bonds are broken, secrets come to light, and Runeterra is forever changed. Will young Ashe become the leader her people need? Or is destiny merely an empty dream?

With the final issue of Ashe: Warmother live, the full story of how Ashe became Warmother of the Avarosan tribe is now available for free on Universe! If you are yet to dive in, head on over to the issue page on Universe to get started and learn more of Ashe’s origins.

Ashe, Sejuani, Freljord, Comic

Universe Updates

With Universe being updated regularly with new features and quality of life improvements, we thought these notes would be a good place to document updates to the site. We will work to include updates to the site going forward here, and if you have any questions or feedback on Universe itself, this would be a great place to let us know!
  • Reorganized each region’s respective page on Universe to have a better flow, include more artwork, and connect many more stories to individual regions and champions.
  • The League Displays app has been reorganized.
    • A new “Cinematic” collection has been added with cinematic stills.
    • All images added to Universe in the above reorganization have also been added to League Displays.

38 Comments

WAZZZUP5004/5/2019, 5:50:42 PM15 votes

Dude Ledros would be sick as an actual champ. In the story he can 1v1 hecarim, he's gotta be a champ-strength character. The only problem is that at the end of the story he basically becomes Yorick: the sequel

HugeDaddyDragon4/5/2019, 3:05:37 PM5 votes

and that's the real tea.

Raiokun4/6/2019, 1:25:34 AM5 votes

I love how you guys really hit home on Kalista's being buried under the weight of souls.

At first I thought she was just Thresh but she was the lantern instead of her having a vessel. But seeing her come back to Ledros like that really showed she's just a person being buried with duty.

As Ledros' fate is still unconfirmed, I would love to see him as a champion or maybe just a few pictures of him and Kalista before the ruination.

It was a really good read though, I hope we get more on the Blessed Isles and the tragedy of the Ruined King

GrayBlood4/5/2019, 10:49:45 PM5 votes

Darius is the best character, he's a good person but ruthless towards the enemy and very brave, love noxus.

Lady Daybreaker4/5/2019, 8:30:40 PM4 votes

Oh I so hope Ledros becomes a champion. Not going to lie, I cried so hard with that story, heartbreaking all throughout it. Well done!!

JonnyBoyy4/5/2019, 3:14:24 PM4 votes

I hope you guys would bring back the race tab cause the vastaya and the darkin tabs are hard to locate for new comers.Lastly, i know that there are the boards for discussions but what if you place a comment section at the bottom of each stories so that we could discuss there without going into the boards and so that it wont be buried unlike the boards. Thanks!

nosafterburn4/5/2019, 4:21:16 PM3 votes

Ah Thresh ; What a hero. This story makes me smile.

AlienMV4/5/2019, 7:29:00 PM3 votes

With this new addition to the Lore Update notes with Universe changes, is it also possible to make note of new things added to the Map of Runeterra as well?

With that question aside, I've been enjoying the steady supply of lore we've been getting each patch and look forward to what comes next.

Lonely Islånder4/7/2019, 11:24:10 PM2 votes

Wish riot would balance as well as they make lore...

Febos4/5/2019, 3:15:18 PM2 votes

Downvotes... why?

I want Mordeksaiser lore. Also, Hecarim is a big meanie.

Brutalistica4/8/2019, 1:44:54 AM2 votes

Are you guys planning on doing a mmorpg or something with all this lore?

Osaka Bondage4/6/2019, 6:29:21 AM2 votes

I wish League had a short story mode for each character, kind of like how fighting games have. Not a campaign or anything big like that. Just a tutorial/singleplayer section where the player can learn the lore and the basics of playing that character.

BlossomingDesire4/5/2019, 11:24:01 PM1 votes

OMG I want to be with the flowers... Why does riot make everything good death inducing?

MrClockWorks4/6/2019, 3:13:59 AM1 votes

Please make Ledros a champion one day, he's not a Yorick clone, and there's nothing wrong with two characters fighting to free the curse. He's actually a badass character with this new lore.

Scrimrot4/6/2019, 6:41:10 AM1 votes

Darius is so savage*[darius-angry]*

igyarados4/7/2019, 11:39:01 PM1 votes

The Dev's need to keep it dark and stormy while having spooky music. ugh rainy days and gaming are the best!

Lord of Valarin4/8/2019, 3:11:36 AM1 votes

I love seeing Riot add these short stories to the website like the old summoner's newspaper feature thing from the client. I don't like that the in game bios keep getting rewritten; to me it leaves me asking why do I bother reading these? It'll be changed within a year. Q.Q

Shinjuku Jalter4/5/2019, 4:45:33 PM1 votes

Cool updates! Can't wait for Lux comic.[sg-lux]

mortifried4/8/2019, 4:28:24 PM1 votes

That's great rito, but we're still waiting for a lore update between Singed ,Warwick ,Jinx , Vi and Ekko

Blue Moon Wolf4/5/2019, 5:55:04 PM1 votes

So happy to see these. While they aren't as flashy as the event level lore updates, it's still great to get these on a regular basis.

jared lannister4/5/2019, 6:47:42 PM1 votes

please make nidalee lore

Celciyuki4/5/2019, 7:39:02 PM1 votes

Could there also be a place to find more stories written for skin events? Currently there's only KDA, Start Guardian, and Odyssey, but many other stories have also come out over the years that are a pain to try and track down, such as for Project, Harrowing, etc.

It would also be nice if stories had dates released/updated on them so that I could get a better sense as to if I had read them yet or not

My Imagination4/5/2019, 7:51:46 PM1 votes

nice

jcttheking4/5/2019, 4:18:58 PM1 votes

Mordekaiser dont take away the r ultmate really cool