Raisiel, The Lightning Kitsune
#Raisiel, The Lightning Kitsune (R-igh-see-l)
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(Fun fact: 'Rai' means 'Lightning' (Japanese). 'Siel' means 'Soul' (Afrikaans). Raisiel = "Lightning soul" )
#Lore
Monster. Demigod. Fiend. Demon. Such words were used to describe the powerful being that terrorized Ionia for generations. Raisiel, the golden fox that commanded the power of lightning to wreak havoc across species she thought to be beneath her feet, especially humans. Towns would find a quiet day turning into devastation faster than the blink of an eye.
Many attempts were made to appease the fierce deity with treasures and statues in her honor, with careful detail to her tails that she prided over. Such propitiations were short-lived as lightning would soon strike again and again.
Desperate for hope of survival, remnants of previously destroyed villages collaborated their efforts with those who have yet to taste destruction. A powerful spell was discovered in a crumbling tome; magic just powerful enough to work on Raisiel's race, but only under the condition that the spell's mark have under six tails. Time was very short as the lightning kitsune was nearing the end of a 1,000-year cycle in which she would claim her 6th tail and gain a thousand times her own power.
On the eve of her sixth cycle‘s completion, Raisiel found herself bound by a spell almost as old as she. Before her stood an old man that had lost everything to her might--his family, his friends, and his home. Around them, the entire gathered legion of Ionians lay dead. Expecting her own demise at the hand of a creature she looked down upon, she angrily glared at the man, hearing his words like thunder.
"A thousand years--over one hundred mortal lifespans, is what time you have left to learn the verity that has eluded your ages of wisdom, O Great Fox."
The man placed a paper seal across her lips, and a few mystic words followed, completing the spell that had bound her. The sacrifice of all the mortals surrounding her was signified in a mythical display in which all the bodies lain around her transformed into pure magical energy, visibly gathering into her prison. Locked tightly in great discomfort, thick tree roots wrapped around her, permitting virtually no movement. Runes were etched along the bark, glowing brighter as the life force of those she had slain poured into it. As the last particles fell into place, an even brighter light flashed between the cracks of the roots imprisoning her. Her sixth tail had come, and her power multiplied, but alas, it was not enough to undo what had been done. She was now alone in the dark night as the cold rain pelted her.
Over 900 years went by as the kitsune remained isolated from all but the nature around her. A new sound reached her ears--a pattern of noise she had nearly forgotten. Bipedal footsteps crunched the grass as they approached closer. From the bushes came out a young boy, venturing the depths of the forest neighboring his village.
Stunned at the curious sight he stumbled upon, his hazel eyes met her ruby red eyes. At first, frightened, the kid hesitantly and cautiously approached Raisel. The golden fur of her tails and ears shone brightly in the sunlight that peered between the tree branches above them.
Years passed, and the boy visited every day. Through rain or snow, he always showed up at the same time to tell her about his life and to play a song; attempts to comfort the young woman trapped by a spell, unable to speak or move. She watched him grow into adulthood as his stories changed from his time with other kids to tales of his wife and children of his own.
Keen ears fell to disappointment and worry as the footsteps one day ceased to approach. Feeling lost and forgotten, the seasons continued to roll by as Raisiel remained tethered in seclusion. She had counted for each day since her imprisonment, and at last, the final day of 999th year was about to end at midnight. She tightly braced for her demise.
Under the moonlight and stars, the silence of night was broken by footsteps once more, much slower and uneven than the times before. An elderly man limped out of the shadows and sat in front of the trapped demigod. He apologized for his absence and told of his kids' passing from disease, his wife's murder, and his own declining health.
"I have lived a full life, as happy and sorrowful as it has been. My only regret is that I could not help you live yours."
He pulled out the simple, crudely carved wooden flute he had on him the day he had found her and began playing . The only friend Raisiel had in the world spent part of many days playing the same song to her on various instruments he was able to bring with him, but this one was her favorite by far. The boy she had watched grow up used the last of his breath to finish the song before joining in the silence of the air around them.
Tears clashed with the dim light of her binds as Raisiel was overcome with flooding emotions of helplessness, longing, sorrow, and regret. Feelings a powerful being like her never thought would encounter.
To her surprise, she felt hands wiping her tears. Opening her eyes, she realized they were her own. The constriction around her had dissolved.
Was this the end of the spell? No...the timing was off. Something was missing.
Tears continued to stream until they were interrupted by a surge of light and power. She looked over her shoulder to see her seventh tail glistening. After a thousand years, she finally realized what her captor had meant. A new emotion was born inside of her. Love...for humanity.
As the sun rose, the dawn's light shed on the grave in front of her; the very spot she spent her captivity, now a memorial to her friend. She made a vow to use her power to protect the species she had placed beneath her for so long. No longer the same person she once was, she set off to find a way to atone for her past lifetime. It didn't take long for word of the League of Legends to reach her. There, she now fights to protect the most precious gift of all: life.
"Life is much like lightning. It can end faster than the blink of an eye...but can echo long past its duration."
- Raisiel
#Abilities
Passive: Ancient Electrocutioner Raisiel's abilities apply a stack of Electrocution (1 per hit) onto enemy champions that lasts 5 seconds before disappearing altogether unless refreshed by another ability. Raisiel gains 1.5% movement speed for every active stack of Electrocution within 1000 range of her.
Q: Tri-lightning (Skillshot/AOE) -- Raisiel calls lightning from the sky to crash down on a targeted area. This ability can be cast up to three times within 5 seconds of being activated. On the third strike, lightning silmultaneously strikes her foe(s) and herself, briefly encasing both in a field of electricity for 1 second, damaging enemies that come into contact. The delay between each cast is decreased based on movement speed.
1st and 2nd strike: 20/30/40/50/60 (+30% AP) magic damage 3rd strike: 30/40/50/60/70 (+40% AP) magic damage AoE strike range: (125) Cast Range: (770) Electric field magic damage: 10/20/30/40/50 (+20% AP) [1 hit per enemy. Fields do not damage their own carriers] Electric field range: (175) Mana cost: (70/75/80/85/90) [first cast only] Cooldown (starts on first cast): 12 seconds Delay between casts: 1.25 seconds ( - .25 seconds per +25 bonus movement speed) [Max reduction to .25 seconds delay] Delay before strike on target area: (.25 seconds)
- This ability does not interrupt Raisiel's movement
- Tri-Lightning will not reset if another ability is used after casting this skill.
- Tri-Lightning's 3rd cast strikes her to give her the electric field, but does not damage her
W: Supercharge (Self-cast/counter) -- When activated, the electricity coursing through Raisiel's tails flares up as she prepares to counter. If Raisiel is hit with an eligible CC ability within the next 4 seconds, she negates the ability and becomes immune to all eligible CC effects for .75 seconds. Within 1 second of countering, this ability can be activated again, teleporting Raisiel up to 300 units behind the caster, striking them with a bolt of lightning and dealing magic damage.
Eligible CC abilities (for activation and immunity): Snares, stuns, knockups, knock-backs. Magic damage: 50/75/100/125/150 (+75% AP) Mana cost: (50/60/70/80/90) Range: (1100) Cooldown: (20)
***If the enemy champion that cast the ability that triggered Supercharged dies, becomes untargetable, or is out of range before the spell actually hits her, Raisiel will teleport behind the nearest enemy champion within range. If no target is available, Raisiel will negate the spell, but simply not teleport.
E: Jolt - (Omnidirectional leap/Autocast AoE) -- Raisiel somersaults in the air as she nimbly leaps to a target area and shoots a bolt of lightning through all enemy champions in range as she lands. The lightning continues trailing through all enemy champions within proximity of a struck champion. This ability cannot strike the same target more than once per cast. Raisiel gains 15% movement speed for each champion struck that decays over 3 seconds.
Magic damage: 70/85/90/105/120 (+60% AP) Leap range: (350) AoE range from Raisiel: (400) AoE range from effected enemies: (300) Mana cost: 55/65/75/85/95 Cooldown: (12/11/10/9/8)
- Much like the Statikk Shiv, but a mage version!
- The speed buff gained with this ability is visibly shown by electricity flaring around Raisiel's feet with each step.
R: Indignation - (Target Cast/Circular AoE) -- Raisiel targets an enemy and channels currents of lightning through her seven tails around herself for .5 seconds. She then teleports to her targeted position with an enormous lightning bolt crashing down with her, creating a powerful explosive wave of electricity over an area, dealing magic damage to all enemies caught inside. The effective range of the AoE increases based on how many different enemy champions have at least one stack of Electrocution. Enemies take additional magic damage according to how many stacks of Electrocution they have on themselves. All stacks of Electrocution are consumed.
Magic damage: 200/300/400 (+50% AP) + (15% AP per stack of Electrocution on individual targets) Cast Range: (675) Channel Time: .5 seconds AoE radius: (500) units (+ 100 per Electrocuted enemy champion aside from target) [900 max radius] Mana cost: 110 Cooldown: 105/90/75 seconds Wave speed: 2500 (full 360 circular wave, but NOT a projectile)
What? A mage with no CC? That's right! Raisiel is a tanky-ish CC-less caster designed for lightning-fast action, making use of movement speed and HP/AP items. Got what it takes to keep up with her?
#Q&A's
Here I will try to answer questions you may have about Raisiel's before you even ask! Clarity OP. Of course, if you still have questions, feel free to post them.
Q: First thing's first. TWO foxes in the game?
A: To be fair, we have multiple yordles and humans in the game! I don't think it will do harm to have two foxes in the game while having some interactions with Ahri, a popular champion that could use a little attention/expansion in this way. They're still quite different enough from each other in many ways for this to be a major concern, in my opinion. Their races, although very similar, are also different as Raisiel is a Kitsune and Ahri is a Gumiho. The more you read, the more you can see the differences between them.
Q: Does Tri-Lightning proc one stack of Electrocution total or one stack for each hit?
A: Each hit! Tri-Lightning can proc up to 3 stacks on a single target. Even more depending on how Electric Fields land.
Q: Could you clarify Tri-Lightning's Electric Field effect?
A: Of course! On a single target, Tri-Lightning does 3 attacks total, but makes an enemy hazardous to his own team for 1 second with the Electric Field from the third strike. Other enemy champions that come into contact with said Field take damage and a stack of Electrocution. Because Tri-Lightning is an AOE, it can hit multiple targets at once, thus being able to proc Electric Fields onto several enemies! Enemies with a Field around them can take damage from others, but not their own. Enemy champions can take damage from multiple fields, but never twice from the same one.
Q: Supercharge. How do we counter this counter?
A: As it states, there are eligible CC's that Supercharge can proc off of, but five types of CCs are not labeled, and thus, are ineligible. Silences, taunts, fears, suppressions, and slows. Abilities with those effects will bypass and not trigger Supercharge. The first activation functions as the spellshield concept this ability is inspired from. Upon being hit by an eligible CC effect while activated, the entire ability becomes null and Raisiel is granted temporary CC immunity to all eligible types. Raisiel can then activate Supercharge again within 1 second of nullifying an eligible attack to teleport and deal damage to an enemy within range.
Q: Indignation seems pretty straightforward. Any details not written in the tooltip?
A: Indignation is a target AOE that does not follow its target. Why doesn't it follow, you ask? It gives a very small window of escape, but moreso, it's to keep this ability in check when it comes to teamfights. It can already become wide enough to hit an entire team if used to max potential, so it should simply be enough for Indignation to hit the ground it was targeted on. It's a bit different from other abilities in that aspect because it's the halfway point of a free-aim skillshot that can hit the ground and be missed, and a never-miss target skill. This keeps her from having inescapable/un-catchable mobility--being forced to use this ability on a target instead of free-aiming it for escapes and such. Make use of her AOEs to maximize Electrocution output and set Raisiel off in a deadly lightshow!
Q: Do these stacks of Electrocution have to be within a certain range of Raisiel to effect her ultimate?
A: Nope! Whether that may effect the AOE of her ultimate during the animation or not, I have left it so that it doesn't matter how far Electrocution stacks are because she doesn't have any CC abilities and needs to make the best use of all of her skills as is. It does not matter where her enemies are...all that matters is that they are electrocuted!
Q: Okay...Now tell me...why didn't the kid in Ionia get help for poor trapped Raisiel!
A: Because of reasons! Reasons that would be explained in her Judgement Tail. Yes, I may or may not write a Judgement for her and yes, I did just make that pun.
Q: Are Raisiel and Ahri related?
A: Nope. They are both foxy, but not of the same blood. Raisiel refers to Ahri as "cousin" as seen in her quotes, but that's because they are similar species.
I hope this conversation with myself answered some questions you readers may have.*
This is a shorter version of the original post. If you want to read even more, including her quotes, details on her appearance, skin ideas, etc., here is the link again.
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For the picture, I had the idea of using the character creation section of a MMO (Blade and Soul) to help show what she might look like since I can't draw. I hope that's okay.
Just add fox ears and 7 fox tails as described in the original thread.
For those in favor of the original lore and preserving the existence of the Institute of War and Summoners, please take a look at this thread.
