Unfinished Champion Concept: Zaan "The Stalker of the Forests"

Zaan The Stalker of the forests

Lore: Zaan was a orphan which grew up in Ashbourne, a small village in the great Sai and south to the capital of Shurima. Zaan was a young teenager with the mind of a pacifist. Zaan hated wars ever since she was young. She had watched her parents get brutally murdered by Kindred, the wolf and the lamb. Ever since that day she had become a very shy introvert, never talking to anyone in the village, living a life of seclusion. Although her parents were dead, she was fostered in by a family which loved her very much. In her spare time she was an excellent artist and would paint large canvases of forests and landscapes. They always told Zaan to not venture to far away from the village, but this was her only opportunity to act adventurous and forget about her misery. As she walked through the desert, enjoying the sand in between her feet, she discovered something in which wasn’t there the last time she looked around in this area. Because of sandstorms which frequently occur, the landscape of the Shuriman desert always altered to hide and reveal things. Zaan had discovered the ruins of a town. Most of the stone buildings were gone, with some of the stone blocks sporadically dug into the sand. Zaan looked around, curious to what happened and accidentally fell into the hole in which she didn’t see before. It seemed as if the town was devoured by quick sand, and sunk. Zaan was worried she would not be able to climb out of the hole, which was about fifteen feet deep. Instead of worrying about getting out, she became more curious and looked around inside of the hole. It seemed more of the town was intact inside the area of the hole, and there was signs of people who lived here. Zaan found multiple tools which looked like mining equipment. As she continued to look around, she also found the mining cave in which the tools must have been used for. Inside the cave was jewels of all kinds in which Zaan could not believe. She became excited, not knowing how to react with the treasure in which she found. The further and further she went, a dark feeling slowly crept onto her. Finally reaching the end of the cave, she had found what looked like a purple crack in the air, a small void rift. Although scared, the rift was calling out to her, to her fear and pain which she had endured for so long. In spite of the fear which she had for the new object, she decided to touch it. When she had touched it, she was transported away from Shurima and into the void.

Zaan and the Void:

It was dark inside the void, purple energy was swirling rapidly. As Zaan walked through the void, horrible noises and void-like creatures swarmed around her. Trying not to succumb to fear she continued to walk, trying to now find an exit. Finally walking to what looked like the end of the pathway, there was a large deep purplish-blue glacier in front of her. Encased in ice was the Watchers of the void. Zann laid a finger on the ice, listening to the sound reverberate outwards. She watched and waited for a response or something, but nothing seemed to happen. She decided to turn around and walk back the other way. 
“I can sense the fear and pain inside of you child.” one of the Watchers echoed to her, its voice piercing through the dense thickness of the black ice. Zaan turned around, frightened. “Yes child, come closer.” Zaan took steps back towards the ice cautiously, unknown what to expect.

“I can feel and hear your pain in the void child, just like many horrendous cries in the void. You must seek out the power within you and let the void take over. Allow my power to flow through you to seek vengeance on Kindred and to destroy Runeterra.” Zaan wanted vengeance for her parent’s death, but she knew this was not the way to do so. She tried to flee running, but the flowing magic of the void attacked her and inseminated itself into her body. Her cries similar to the horrible noises of the void as her body began to change and reshape into what the void wanted her to become.

The finding of Saak:

  Her body had changed completely, her mind now corrupted with the power of the void, changing her shy and introverted attitude into a murderous ravager. Zaan was spat out from the void at a different location than which she entered from. It was a desert area which was named Icathia. A ferocious battle had taken place here in the past, the land was ruptured by the void, along with remnants of skeletons with armor and swords. The void had placed her here for a reason, and she was going to investigate and find that reason. 

She searched the battlefield of clues to what to look for, but to no avail did she find anything. The only thing which looked somewhat interesting to her was the rupture which the land was tossed in the air and swirled. She went below the ground and down the rapture hole, finding another cave. Zaan came across a powerful object at her feet, and finally understood why she had taken her here. It was a Darkin weapon by the name of Saak. Saak was one of the nine highly powerful ascended which went into battle against the void and was killed. Saak was a long range sniper which killed many voidlings with his Arbalest. “Why do you come seeking my power?” Asked Saak “I require your power to destroy the one which has brought me the most pain.” Replied Zaan. “That wolf and lamb shall pay for killing my family, along with the rest of Runeterra. I plead for your aid.” Saak was long in thought, but saw through Zaan’s desperate heart to see she was being controlled by the power of the void, the same beings in which killed him. “Poor child, you have been corrupted by the power of the void, the same thing in which I sought to destroy. I shall help you and fight the void inside of your body, so that the void will be killed.” Zaan picked up the weapon, Saak now fighting the corruption inside of her mind and body. As she goes and hunts Kindred, her mind always half void and half Darkin, her body the spot of a war zone between the two fighting for power.

Appearance of Zaan:

• Large crooked antlers, some broken
• Arrow pierced into her chest
• Hooves
• Human/deer-like body
• Half a foot or a foot taller than a average human

Quotes:

• “Those who killed my family shall pay.”
• "Sometimes the hunter becomes the hunted.”
• (Seeing kindred) “preyyyyyyy.”
• (Killing kindred) “retribution for the void!.”
• (Killed by kindred) “The hunt will never end…”)
• (Saak speaking) “The battle will be long and endless.”
• (Saak speaking) “The resilience Runeterra brings is a nuisance.”
• (Saak speaking) “The void has corrupted your mind, snap out of it!"

Abilities: melee/ranged champion (jungler)

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(Passive) Ravager of the Void / Saak the Destroyer:

       _Zaan was initially first infused with the power of the void. It tore her body and transformed in slightly, giving her claws which she uses in combat before finally unleashing Saak. Until level six, Zaan cannot unleash Saak._

Saak is an arbalest which takes control over the Void’s power inside of Zaan for his own purposes to kill the void and help Zaan. Saak isn’t released until level 6 (you can upgrade to Saak anytime after level 6). Saak gives Zaan new abilities. Saak can fire only three large bolts at a time before having to reload. Reloading time can be slightly decreased by attack speed.

(Q) Claw marks /

Zaan slashes an invisible x into the ground. When an enemy champion hits the x they are spotted giving zaan true sight against that champion and damaging them for 40/50/60/65 (+100%AP) damage. Zaan can have a max number of three claw marks on the ground. 

(W) forest hunter /

 Passive: Zaan while in the jungle gains (2/3/4/5)% movement speed and increased lifesteal against large or epic monsters. 

Active: While only in the jungle or in fog of war, Zaan can go completely invisible to enemy champions for .5 seconds. When reappearing she gains (10/12/14/18)% attack speed and (10/12/14/16) movement speed.

(E) Fury slashes /

Zaan unleashes a fury of wild slashes which deal 20/23/25/30(+80%AD)(+30%AP) damage. 

(R) Voidling Tamer / Seeker of power

Passive: Zaan begins hearing whispers after the spawning of Baron Nashor. Baron Nashor will whisper objectives in which can be completed for a reward. Zaan must complete three objectives by a certain time limit in order The objectives are randomly chosen and can be in any random order:

• Kill the next drake which spawns in

• Completely clear all ally jungle camps

• Shut down an enemy champion

• Buy a void staff

• Steal enemy Murk Wolves

• Kill enemy Jungler

    **Active:** Once Zaan completes all the objectives she crafts a ritual at the Baron’s pit. After a 1:30 seconds, Zaan gains control over Baron Nashor. Baron Nashor is considered as a pet and has half the statistics of Baron Nashor. (Can be controlled with alt key).
  

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**Passive:** Alternatively if Saak was activated, Zaan can listen to the whispers of Saak which will require three objectives to be completed during a certain amount of time for a reward. The objectives are randomly chosen and can be in any order:

Get a shutdown on an enemy champion

• Kill two or more enemy champions

• Clear both ally and enemy red buff

• Get 50 more CS

• Buy a death’s Dance

  Active: Once the objectives are complete, returning back to the spawn point will permanently corrupt Zaan with Saak’s full potential. Sakk gains permanent statistics including a new passive, Seeker of power.

                  * Zaan’s lifesteal converts into damage
                  * Zaan gains .5*(10+(1 per minute of game time seeker of power is active) adaptive damage
                  * Seeker of Power: Zaan gains permanent increase in lifesteal for every enemy champion kill (increased even further if it is an enemy shutdown).