Creating a champion linked to amumu lore, a darkin, and possible switching mana and life mechanic
let's call the champion anna randomly LORE Anna was a mage from an organisation that served the imperial family for decades. She was young but very talented. One day the young amumu son of the emperor of shurima (who was knd but capricious) decided to leave the palace. He got lost and encountered Anna. they spend some time together before Anna bring him back to his family. It then became a tradition for them to meet as Amumu sneak out of the palace, this way they developped a very close relationship. Someday amumu start developping symptomes of a contagious skin disease. Anna felt guilty, for her Amumu wouldn't have any problem if he didn't leave the palace to see her. So she decide to try to heal him, but the more experienced mages of her organisation already tried in vain and it is forbidden for her to appraoch him as it is way too dangerous. But anna can't accept this fate, she decide to breack the most important rule of her organisation and start doing research in a condamned part of their library that contains occult magic that was abbandonned as the organisation started to serve the empire of shurima. After weeks of research she find a spell book that might be able to save Amumu. She started the ritual but the spell didn't heal amumu from the disease but from death. He was now condamned to suffer for eternity in pain and solitude. Amumu's curse wasn't the only price to pay tio breack the rule, the spell book was a darkin that start possessing Anna. She was very strong and had that natural calm and self control that allowed her to become a member of the organisation that young, and she didn't let him take the advantage over her. When she realised what she did to Amumu she felt so bad that she told everything to the organisation council, the members of the council left immediatly telling her to wait for them. They came back several minutes later with other mages and soldiers. She didn't understand and was affraid, and then she saw the way they looked at her full of fear and hatred. It was now clear that they were here to kill her.... BUT what did she do? She just tried to help her friend? it wasn't her fault!!! The darkin saw the opportunity and told her to kill them all, she resisted... but not for long. when they started the assault she embraced the power of the Darkin and slaughtered them all. The darkin itself felt so powerfull and satisfied by that bloodbath that he decieded to stay with her, there was something broken in this little mage and so dark that he felt like he was with someone of his own specie. With her new ally Anna felt free to do whatever she wanted, and she wanted to see Amumu but when she arrived to the palace, Amumu was gone, maybe he was scared to hurt shurimian poeple with his contagious disease or he was affraid by what Anna became. Anyways Anna refused to die before she could see Amumu again and she used the darkin power to survive threw years until Amumu and her finally spend the eternity together.
POSSIBLE SKILLS AND MECHANICS
R : toggle between human and darkin form. in darkin form mana is used as life and life as mana. the spells are either completly different or have different effects depending on the form chosen. This is interesting as contrary to kayn they don't overwrite each other but try to find a balance while still consuming each other.
Anna form : support like champ, shield heal darkin form : focus on dmg primarly maybe cc
the interesting part about that is that you have to build differently depending on which form you wanna use the most depending on the situation and in which form you'll be more vulnerable so that you build either mana, life or both. making of Anna a versatile champ and allowing for original builds to show up.
Thx for poeple who bothered reading this, sorry for the english mistakes i may have done (fr) and, yes if you think this is a good one or if you got ideas that could fit this one let's leave comments and hopefully we might see a Anna kind of champion coming out someday. (even if riot is more about reworks nowadays)[slayer-jinx-catface]
EDIT
some ideas of spells:
Q anna form Quick sand does dmg in an aoe slows down more as they appraoch the center. darkin form Ant swarm poeple walking on the aoe are not slowed but take dmg overtime even after leaving the aoe.
W anna form sand armor give an ally or yourself a shield darkin form sand warp give an ally or yourself a buff granting his next aa extra dmg and range, when attacking it tp you or your ally to maximum aa range (little like ekko e, but might tp ranged champions away from their target)