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Crystal Priestess Taliyah / Crystal Universe

Eeszsa·11/10/2018, 6:52:05 AM·63 votes·16,142 views

Hello everyone,

few weeks ago, I came up with a concept called Sacred Earth Taliyah many people liked it. However, after illustrating the concept by the TALENTED @NeburaART (Walther Sorg), we decided to rename the concept and build a whole universe for it. This universe will include Bloodstone taric, bloodstone lissandra, Amethyst Ashe, emerald taric and blight crystal varus.

I came up with the concept of the skin, the universe, the line and Walther came up with the visuals of the skin to match the universe.

The reason for this concept is that Taliyah lacks skins and since she is an stoneweave it would make sense if we make her abilities crystals. Then, I thought if it's gonna be crystal themed skin why not create a universe for the rest of the crystal theme skins and organize them into a universe since Riot hasn't made a lore for them yet.

**DISCLAIMER: The lines will also include other characters not in the universe just for fun.

The Skin Concept:

https://i.redd.it/uzf9dukjqfx11.jpg

https://i.redd.it/4gvpowjjqfx11.jpg

The Universe The universe contains factions of pure gems that each contain a special power, but the factions are divided. However, if they don’t work together the Bloodstone will corrupt their world and take all their powers and shine-ness away from them which will lead to chaos and the doom of the universe.

Crystal Priestess Taliyah: Taliyah is the child of two royal factions. Her dad is the Emerald King and her mom is the Gold Queen. After a tragic event by Bloodstone, both her dad and her mom died when she was really young. Emerald Taric, raised her and made sure she is safe. Now, Taliyah is the Queen of both the Emerald and Gold Factions. Her true purpose is to save the world from the Bloodstone.

Emerald Taric: An emerald born citizen. He held was the right hand for the Emerald king. He is the protector of the Emerald civilization and he is the general of the emerald army. In the past, Taric was corrupted by Bloodstone Lissandra and he was the main reason why the emerald king and the gold queen died. Lissandra brainwashed him into killing them.

Amethyst Ashe: The queen of the amethyst faction. She is tough and headstrong. She believes in Taliyah and her vision of a better world, but her own demons are stopping her from helping Taliyah. She is fearful of what lissandra could unleash because she was the key to saving both taliyah (when she was a baby) and taric from lissandra’s corruption. She had to sacrifice her own people the Amethyst faction to save other factions from lissandra. However, she couldn’t kill lissandra.

Blight Crystal Varus: He is the antihero of the universe. He’s in love with Lissandra, but he’s also in love with Ashe. He doesn’t know who he is and he killed many citizens of many factions to prove he’s worthy of Lissandra’s love, but Ashe tried to fix him with her powers and now lost a sense of whom he is.

Bloodstone Taric: The dark version of taric who killed taliyah’s parents. His existence was very short and had one fulfilment is to serve lissandra. However, ashe and emerald taric erased him from existence or so do they think.

Bloodstone Lissandra: She holds the power of the bloodstone which destroys all crystals and gems and take away their shine-ness. Only who’s worthy will end her. She wants vengeance for the pain she felt when her faction was destroyed by other factions for having radical thoughts about the crystal universe.

The Lines Ally: “I’m grateful for your presence” “Together we could save the world” Ally Lux: "Hey! Lux! Are we besties yet?" "Awww you are so pretty" "Your true power will shine from within" Enemy Malphite: "Is your heart made out of crystals too?" "I wonder what type of gem you're hiding" Ally Yasuo: "Master! I have reached full control of my powers" "Did you know gems can be weaved too?" "Thank you for believing in me" Enemy Azir: "I am strong enough to face you" "The gems of Shurima won't be enslaved by you ever again." "I'll teach you a valuable lesson Azir." Ally Kai'sa: "You've suffered for way too long." "You are a truly beautiful gem." "The void will never corrupt your pure heart." Ally Nasus: "You are the protector of many. Thank you!" "Can you be my pet dog?" Enemy/Ally Blight Crystal Varus: “Trust is valuable and trust is something you’ll never from me” “Traitor? Savior? You cannot be both Varus” “Your own people turned on you, that doesn’t mean we will.” Enemy Xerath: "You've messed with the wrong girl!" "It's time to end your era with a little crystal shard." "Wow! U will most definitely be my next learning opportunity." Ally Emerald Taric: "With your beauty and power you could help us defeat our enemies" "I believed in you once and I will believe in you twice" "Taric! It's time to let our gems shine brighter than the sun" Ally Amethyst Ashe: "You might be tough, but I know deep down you are fragile" "I could help you ease the pain of those whom you've lost" "You've fought harder than any man I've seen, but your lack of self forgiveness will eat you alive" Bloodstone taric: “You are just a bad memory that will be forgotten” “I know who my true friend is and it’s you” “I will never forget the beauty you once manifested” Bloodstone lissandra: “Darkness? Seriously? I thought you were smarter than this” “I am Taliyah and I will end the suffering you unleashed upon my world” “You will pay for every ounce you’ve made my people feel.” “A wise man once told me “Darkness is nothingness and the only way to defeated is by shining brighter than the stars”” Placing A Ward: "Crystal guide me" "Sight is a gem I seek"

I hope you guys like it. Feel free to give me any feedback. Thank you.

56 Comments

Sexy Jack Rabbit11/10/2018, 11:31:39 AM10 votes

I really love the quotes you came up with, very nice. I feel like the Brown hair might clash with her classic a bit though.

Although I must say it's ironic having Varus be in love with a female, 2 even at that.

Smartness Immune11/10/2018, 11:06:31 AM4 votes

I love this, but while the Emerald/Bloodstone Skins are one thing, this Taliyah skin looks a lot like Star Guardian ones (witch i love btw). But that might just be me.

EDIT: Let me say this once again, i really love this "Crystal Universe"

Shazzbot6911/10/2018, 8:46:12 PM3 votes

The art looks nice, but it looks like a star guradian skin to me. Not nessccary a bad thing.

Elderly Woman11/10/2018, 7:26:24 AM3 votes

I like your crystal idea!

Hextech OwI11/10/2018, 11:24:14 AM2 votes

Emerald Taric is already part of the Elderwood/Death Blossom/Coven/Eclipse skin line.

Jot Newbie11/10/2018, 11:36:00 PM2 votes

I thought that was a pokemon but it was taliyahs arm

MrGerund11/10/2018, 2:21:03 PM2 votes

this looks like a runescape character tbh

rtbf22561824111/10/2018, 10:56:33 PM2 votes

The universe contains factions of pure gems that each contain a special power...

https://imgur.com/SukeLFE

ModRowanstar11/11/2018, 2:26:37 AM1 votes

I love this. Skin Universes are my favorite thing about league. I like that Bloodstone is the main villain especially since Liss is a big bad in LoL. Gj.

MisticWarrior11/11/2018, 2:53:26 AM1 votes

I really like how the ult looks. idk if thats the concept for the normal taliyah, but I like how it goes in and out of the ground. It actually looks like vines to me tbh. but if riot were to take I think they'd figure out how to make it look like a gem. Really good skin idea :D

GrReaper9611/11/2018, 3:01:56 AM1 votes

But Emerald Taric is in the Elderwood universe...

FakeGravity11/11/2018, 6:04:39 PM1 votes

we need ruby saphire and diamond skins too, and if we separate bloodstones from the crystal universe we can give lissandra de sapphire skin and maybe the diamond to orianna? does obsidian counts for malphite? maybe we can go a bit off and give diamond to lissandra so she dont look blue again, and give sapphire to nami?

Jaspers11/13/2018, 12:49:20 PM1 votes

Up vote for every Taliyah skin concept until she actually gets one. Come on Riot.

Stars Shaper11/10/2018, 10:04:27 AM1 votes

Really good concept!

The only thing I need to say is that Emerald Taric is part of the Coven and Death Blossom skin lines as it's revealed in Eclipse Leona dialogues.

Taliyahº11/10/2018, 4:47:40 PM1 votes

Glad to see you posted this outside of the discord. Looks good. [sg-ahri-2]

Niksi G11/10/2018, 7:47:15 PM1 votes

Very cool comcept bro, keep up the good work <3

TisBis11/10/2018, 10:17:22 PM1 votes

She looks like a Pokemon

SaltiestSandwich11/10/2018, 10:53:53 PM1 votes

Supporting this skin concept from Discord, LoL Subreddit, Taliyah mains Subreddit, and here as well

Untamed Pretzel11/10/2018, 11:06:18 PM1 votes

Amazing job!

Ifneth11/11/2018, 2:11:06 AM1 votes

I see potential, here. Just some suggestions to improve.

  1. Where’s the mantle? It’s a literal metaphor for her responsibility to use her powers safely and wisely, a fundamental theme of her character, along with a feature of her character design.

  2. More roughness, please. While fashion is part of Taliyah’s character and design, so are long journeys across rugged terrain, along with an almost tomboyish attitude. Her lines and outfit in this skin are too clean to reflect that part of her character.

  3. Keep her earnest and serious. Though Taliyah has a heart and an appreciation for wonder, she indulges in cheese only when repeating tribal wisdom. Lines to other characters are usually spoken to enemies and usually tinged with melancholy or noble, determined outrage. Lines like “Can we be besties?” should be scaled back to something like, “...could we be friends?”

  4. Kinda teenage-y and girly. Overall, from the nice outfit to the fresh haircut to the giggling lines, she’s just... too girly and teenage-y. I don’t recognize my almost-tomboyish, already-wise main in this project. It might fix Lux, but not Taliyah.