Bastion, The Automaton Fortress
Name: Bastion/Gloria Role: Immobile Hybrid Tank Race: Yordle, inside a Runic Machine. Gender: Female
Story: Gloria wasn't always inside of Bastion. Originally, she lived among the rest of her kind in Bandle city, happy and living her life to the fullest. She was a researcher on the Rune Wars, and the effects of the aftermath on Runeterra as a whole. She would roam the continent of Valoran in search of any semblance of an artifact of the Rune Wars for intensive study purposes, but when her and a crew of five others ventured forth into the danger of the Kumungu jungle, she discovered a relic lost to time. This relic was a large obelisk, towering above the six adventurous yordles who dared to wander so deep into the Kumungu jungle. Gloria was the only one among the six to actually have the ability to read in runic, and was able to easily decipher what the runes on the object before them read.
"The one who knows, is the mind. The one who brings life, is the heart. The one who protects, is the body. The one who lives, is the soul." Was carved into the obelisk. As Gloria read this aloud, to all six of the adventurer's surprises, the symbols began to glow various colors. Suddenly, four pillar-like structures jutted out from each corner of the obelisk, each with more runic symbols to be read. One of the five yordle accomplices was crushed beneath one of these towering structures, and instantly killed. The entire crew was stricken with fear by this and fled the scene; All except for Gloria, who was so enthralled in deciphering the rest of the runes that she didn't even realize what had just occurred. "The heart beats with the Oceans." As she read this aloud, it to began to shimmer and glow a soft blue. "The mind thinks with the Sky." This set of runes began to shine a vibrant yellow. "The body moves with the Earth." When these were read, they began to glow powerfully with the color green. "The soul shines with the Stars." This line did not glow upon her reading. As she read the final line of the runes, the obelisk before her seemed to awaken, like a beast who had been asleep for thousands of years. It stood triumphantly upon it's four luminescent legs. Gloria then heard a voice, one that soothed her entire being. "You. You have spoken to me." Glorida stood there, entranced by this voice in her head. "I am the mind, which is contained within that of the body, and I live only with the help of the heart." After hearing this, she regained her composure and asked the voice where it was coming from. "Together, we are what was once called Bastion. Our purpose was to defend the soul." Gloria then asked the voice, "Who was the soul?", which was replied simply with: "You." She was taken a-back by this, and confused by what the voice calling itself Bastion meant by it. "We were created to defend that which speaks to us. To defend the soul. You speak to us, therefor you are the soul." Suddenly and without warning, Gloria's entire body was lifted off the ground, and floated towards the towering runic machine known as Bastion. "Hey! Wha-!" Before Gloria could finish her sentence, she was dragged inside of Bastion against her will, melding with it's surface until her body was no more. Gloria was still alive however, and she knew this, as she still heard Bastion's voice in her head. "We welcome you as part of us. As our soul. The one who guides us. The one, who lives."
** ABILITIES:**
Resource: Bastion does not use mana, and relies solely on cooldowns to activate his abilities.
Passive: Bastion is massive and attacks slowly, making every basic attack he does have a short delay before occurring. Additionally, his basic attacks gain bonus damage equal to 20% of both his armor and his magic resist as true damage.
Q - Mind: Activating this ability hastens Bastion, allowing him to leap into melee distance of a targeted enemy, dealing true damage and slowing the target for 40% over 2/2.5/3/3.5 seconds. W - Heart: When activated, Bastion regenerates 3/7/10/13% of his health after channeling for 5/4/3/3 seconds. Passively every two large monsters, five minions, or a single hero kill will give Bastion 1% more health permanently. E - Body: Bastion slams down into the ground and becomes fully immobile, gaining defenses and dealing basic attack damage back to targets who hit him while he stays in this form. This ability taunts enemy minions and neutral monsters, but not enemy champions. R - Soul: Gloria calls out from within Bastion, calling down beams of light from the sky at enemies hit within the radius of the ability by both Bastion and allies. Enemies hit are dealt true damage equal to 50% of the damage the original source did. (IE, if an allied Kha'Zix attacked an enemy Fiora for 400 damage, the light beam will add 200 True damage to that attack.) Upgrading the ability increases the range in which it is effective. Lasts for 5 seconds at all ranks.