[Champion Concept] Gullveig, The Wailing Witch

Candurill·8/13/2015, 10:02:52 PM·22 votes·3,866 views

This champion is part of a project im working on to expand the lore and history of the Glade. The Glade is the realm of the Fae, where Lulu was taken by Pix. Not much is known of this world other then that it stands outside of time and is vastly different then Runeterra. I took it upon myself to create a new race and two new factions. For the whole story, take a look at my other Fae champion concepts :D Puck, The Adventurous Sprite and Trystain, The Fae Knight

I am not a novelist, nor a game designer or artist. I make mistakes cus im human but I always want to improve, so please leave your thoughts in the comments :D Ofcourse, upvotes wont hurt either ;P

Name: Gullveig Gender: Female Race: Fae (Unseelie court) Birthplace: The Fae Lands

Lore: Gullveig was once a beautiful Fae woman, adored by all that met her. Life had given her everything. She lived in one of the most beautiful regions on the Unseelie side of the Glade. All the men fell for her, and she was gifted with a singing voice that almost equaled that of the Unseelie queen Mab. But it wasn’t enough. Gullveig wanted more. More power, more beauty, more adoration. She frequently left the Glade to charm men from a local human village into leaving their wives and coming with her. If they did, she secretly used their life energy to fuel her own magic experiments. Her behavior however, did not go unnoticed. Queen Mab herself got wind of her dealings with the darkest of magics. Unable to believe it herself, she masked her own form and took on the form of a human man. On one of Gullveigs outings, Mab entered the village and tricked Gullveig into thinking she was charming an innocent man. When the beautiful Fae had taken her new victim to her place of work however, Mab revealed herself. “How DARE you use your gifts for these evil practices? You do not deserve these talents!! I cast you out of the Glade, and curse you to live out your days as a ghastly hag, with a singing voice that will bleed the ears of anyone that hears it!!” After this, Gullveig was thrown out of the Glade, to which she could never return. Distraught by her fate and mad with tears, she started wandering the world as the banshee, soothing her craving for revenge on the innocent, until the time comes when she can unleash her fury on Queen Mab.

Be weary little one…Or the Banshee might just bleed your ears until you’ve lost your mind.

Appearance: See picture (this is not MY art and i take no credit for it. It is just an idea). Maybe add some pointed ears to make her Fae origin even more clear. Her voice should sound hoarse and ghastly.

Quotes:

Champion select: "My voice is the last thing they shall hear!!"

Moving: "One step closer to revenge..." "Like a whisper" "They WILL hear me come..."

Attacking: "No-one is safe!!" "Yes, Scream!!" "Feel my wrath!!" "Hear, Me, Sing!!"

Jokes: Gullveig badly sings a part of Ave Maria (or something of that ilk) "I should enter Runterra's Got Talent..." "Let me sing you the song of my people..."

Taunts: "The eardrums are the most sensitive organ on the outside of the human body...how lucky for me..." "I dare you to tell me my voice sounds awful..." (To enemy Lee Sin): "Lets see how you'll cope with just 3 senses, Lee Sin..." (To enemy Sona): "Your music disgusts me..."or "Not even your summoner will hear you after I'm done with you..." (To enemy Braum): "Even YOUR shield will break at the right frequency, Braum..." (To allied Cassiopeia): "You and I are alike Cassiopeia...Two powerful women that had their beauty taken from them...Lets seek revenge together!!!"

Laugh: In stead of laughing, Gullveig wails in different ways.

When performing an empowered auto attack after activating Ghastly Whisper: (Whispers) "Death..." (Whispers) "Pain..." (Whispers) "Agony..." (Whispers) "Bleed..."

Passive, Queen Mab’s Curse: Just as Queen Mab had proclaimed, Gullveig’s voice makes all who hear it bleed from their ears. All her abilities and auto attacks apply a stack of pain to all enemy champions within her auto attack range. The pain causes them to take 7.5 (+ 2.5 every level up to 35 + 25% per 100 AP) magic damage every second for 3 seconds. This effect stacks up to 3 times with every exposure, renewing the timer, after which the target suffers from the “Bleeding Ears” status. Any of Gullveig’s abilities that hit the target with full stacks while the effect is active will deal 25% (+1% per 100 AP) bonus true damage. The target is then immune for the effect for 25 seconds.

Q, Agonizing Screech: Mana cost: 50 / 60 / 70 / 80 / 90 mana Cooldown: 10 / 9 / 8 / 7 / 6 seconds Gullveig sends a screech filled with agony in a broad, straight line, that damages all enemies hit for 60 / 95 / 130 / 165 / 200 (+ 80% AP) magic damage. If an enemy is suffering from Bleeding Ears, this ability stuns for 1 / 1.1 / 1.2 / 1.3 / 1.4 / 1.5 seconds as well, aside from dealing bonus true damage.

W, Ghastly Whisper: Mana cost: 70 / 80 / 90 / 100 / 110 mana Cooldown: 15 / 14 / 13 / 12 / 11 seconds Gullveig taps into her dark powers and becomes stealthed after a 1 second channel for 3 / 3.5 / 4 / 4.5 / 5 seconds. During her stealth, her movement speed is increased by 40% and her next auto attack deals an additional 50 / 90 / 130 / 170 / 210 (+ 60% AP) as bonus magic damage and applies Bleeding Ears to a target if it does not suffer from the effect already.

E, Disembodied Moan: Mana cost: 50 / 60 / 70 / 80 / 90 mana Cooldown: 10 / 9 / 8 / 7 / 6 seconds Gullveig lets a disembodied moan erupt from a target location after a 0.5 second delay, dealing 75 / 120 / 165 / 210 / 255 (+ 50% AP) magic damage in a radius of 250 units and slowing the enemy by 20% / 25% / 30% / 35% / 40% for 2.5 seconds. This ability can be cast during the stealth of Ghastly Whisper, without breaking stealth or using the bonus damage.

R, Wail of the Banshee: Cost: 50 / 150 / 250 mana per second. Cooldown: None Toggle Gullveig takes a deep breath for 1.5 seconds (this channel breaks stealth). After this, she starts screaming at the top of her lungs, setting Queen Mab’s curse on her voice to work. All units around her take magic damage per second and suffer from additional effects depending on how far they are from Gullveig. Every second also applies a stack of bleeding ears to all effected enemies. This effect lasts until Gullveig runs out of mana or the ability is deactivated, after which she is silenced for as long as the ability was active. During the ability, Gullveig is rooted in place and she cannot cast any abilities. 0-200 units from Gullveig: Take 225 / 275 / 325 (+ 45% AP) magic damage per second and are silenced and slowed for 30%. 201-400 units from Gullveig: Take 175 / 225 / 275 (+35% AP) magic damage per second and are silenced. 401-600 units from Gullveig: Take 125 / 175 / 225 (+25% AP) magic damage per second. 601-800 units from Gullveig: Take 75 / 125 / 175 (+15% AP) magic damage per second.

Combo suggestion: If she has at least one point in all of her basic abilities, Gullveig can string them together for optimum damage. First go into stealth with Ghastly Whisper instantly following with a Disembodied Moan to deal some initial damage and to slow the target. Gullveig can then easily catch up with the target for the empowered auto attack from Ghastly Whisper, applying all stacks of Bleeding Ears. This allows her to finish her enemy with Agonizing Screech and the bonus true damage from Bleeding Ears. If the target is still alive then, the stun from Agonizing Screech will allow her to maybe finish the target of with an auto attack, or for her to cast Wail Of The Banshee if she is level 6 or higher.

27 Comments

EpicPrism8/14/2015, 12:16:00 AM2 votes

i like it

SunflowerQueer8/14/2015, 4:18:16 PM2 votes

i would buy her in a heartbeat :D

Melodox8/14/2015, 7:53:53 PM2 votes

wow the lore . i kinda wish this was a actual champion in the game now

Yo Niqqa Jaquan8/14/2015, 2:58:28 AM1 votes

I really like the concept overall as well as the lore. I would change the w a bit since I feel like its a bit out of place with a wailing banshee, maybe instead of a stealth replace it with say a slow moving root. That way you can keep one or two enemies in place while you whisper sweet nothings into their bleeding eardrums. Also I would lessen the damage of the ult at longer ranges. I don't think she should have an ult that is 1000 units and still does 300 magic damage per second, that's a bit absurd in my eyes. But this is all constructive criticism, overall I really like the concept, just needs a bit more fine tuning. If possible I would really like you to take a look at my champion concept for Penelope if you can.

Catastrop8/14/2015, 3:08:18 AM1 votes

Much want. Seriously, this is awesome. I really like how Q ties so well conceptually with her Passive.

Shadr23698/14/2015, 3:28:06 AM1 votes

I think this passive is a bit too strong with the true damage and the strength of the bleed. Other than that it is a very interesting concept!

Zondervain8/14/2015, 6:28:02 AM1 votes

Numbers seem a bit strong (especially the passive, ult, and the short cooldowns) , but I like the concept.

Candurill8/14/2015, 7:34:33 AM1 votes

I edited her!! The damage on her ult, passive's bleed and E now scale less strongly. Her ult also has less range.

Candurill9/9/2015, 2:59:23 PM1 votes

Bump :3

Prof Zam9/26/2015, 7:29:07 AM1 votes

Really Love the theme of this one. Particularly liking her ultimate, It's one of those game changing powerful epic feelings ults but still has that catch of vulnerability after its after. I can see all the youtube highlight reels already :P If I had to nit pick I'd say the ult cost after its second is pretty insane especially with the relatively high cost kit she already has unless she is intended to stack mana. In which cast some sort of passive that also benefits from mana might be necessary. Other then that well thought out yet again!

Candurill8/13/2015, 11:33:44 PM1 votes

Added some quotes :P

Candurill10/14/2015, 7:39:02 PM1 votes

Bump ^^

therealdragon8/14/2015, 2:20:42 AM1 votes

her ult needs tweaking but besides that this is an amazing champ concept!

GoodHotFreshFly8/14/2015, 2:37:38 AM1 votes

Well this caught my eye! :)

Passive: This is pretty good and ties in to her lore greatly. It just sounds a lot like a certain item's passive. :)

Q: The mechanic you put in here is very good with her passive. Good Job!

W: So who is Gullveig? This ability makes her sound like a jungling mage (which would make her passive even better) but I don't see if you mentioned anything like that in your post. :( I just want to make sure I know what you want. :D If she is (or could be) a jungler, this is a great ability!

E: Another great ability! I jut think that the fact that it doesn't break stealth is kind of unnecessary, but I'm probably wrong on this! :D

R: I apologize, I don't really understand this ability (not your fault! mine). :) So it's a toggled ability like Anivia. I just imagine her standing in place just screaming as everyone around her takes damage. For some reason, the imagination I have in my head has Gullveig rooted in place for the duration, not being able to move around at all, floating above the ground, and just SCREAMING as she looks at the sky! It'd just look weird to me if she moved around (could be a drawback of the ability). In other words, it sounds like a channel. It's also about 1.5x Lissandra's W range in my head, which I'm assuming is smaller then her attack range, so enemies will have her passive applied anyways. And can she use abilities during this?

Also, I want to ask you something. I started this project awhile back called "Aria" about creating a MOBA game called Aria. Obviously, since I'm not a huge video game production company, I can't just do this, so I just want to start very small and make the "concept" of a game and post it on a website (I don't even intend on making a real game lol) (I made a website but it's crappy http://icyjk913.wix.com/aria). The game is completely based off of the characters in it (the "destined", like the "champions" in LoL) and one of the bases I refer to while creating it is League of Legends, so it's pretty similar to this game. Because I really like this champion concept, I want you to help out. It's not anything big that you have to contribute all of your time to, it's just discussing things through e-mail. It's just me and some other guy that I asked this same question who gladly accepted so this isn't big at all. But I really want to expand on it and I want you to help out so badly, because me and the other guy are kind of stuck. We created several "destined" that will be in Aria, but I want to revise them (I don't know if you're as good at "improving" as you are at "creating") until they're good enough. My e-mail is [email protected].

Don't be overwhelmed by my question, it's not that big at all, and you're allowed to say no. But selfish me really wants you to say yes. Even if you have LITTLE bit of time. I'm mainly doing it because I also create champions, but it's hard to really integrate them into LoL, so I wanted to start with a clean slate. Plus it's just generally fun doing stuff like this! :D

I'm sorry for spamming your thread with this, but I've been working on this (though slowly) for almost a year and I'm kind of stuck.

Thank you! :D