Champion Concept: Adek, the Cursed Traveler

Hey everyone! This is my concept for a new champion that i called Adek (name not official). This post is going to talk about his lore, what in the heck are the spirits and his abilities.

Lore Adek's story Adek is a young (20-ish) boy from Bilgewater. He loved the sea and wants to discover what no one has ever seen. He was also adventurous and loved challenges. His life was filled with hope and gleam, until that one faithful day. As he returned from one of his trips to the ports of Demacia, he heard rumors about the Black Mist and mysterious islands they called the Shadow Isles. No one dared to venture there, which only made Adek's curiosity grow. After many days of hard labor, he finally had enough Silver Serpents to afford a ship and a crew (which were a few men with nothing to lose). When he finally set sail, many strange phenomena started happening. First, the crew started to bleed from their nostrils. Then, that blood turned blue, and so did the crew's skin. After a few days, a strange mist was starting to form, but it was too late to back down. When Adek finally arrived at his destination, what he saw horrified him: there were dead corpses roaming the land, strange spirits drifted in the waters and the air was filled with the scent of death. As they lowered the anchor to go explore, the inhabitants of the Isles began to assault the boy and his men, leaving no one alive. No one, except Adek. He was fortunate enough to rush to his boat unnoticed thanks to his small stature, and was able to flee the Shadow Isles before his inevitable doom. What he failed to notice, however, was that three spirits of the cursed islands were able to infiltrate the boy's body, forever haunting him. Thus, the story of Adek ends.

Details: Adek lived in a rather favorable environment, his family was normal and he lived a normal life. He was a mate aboard a ship for a while, until he became sailing master. The person he looked up to the most was Gangplank, as he dared to do what no one would (steal treasures form both Zed and Swain's collection), and he dreamed that one day he could be like him. He has no enemies, and after the incident, he lost his friends.

I'm going to go over the spirit's stories a bit faster.

Jack's story Jack, like the rest of the spirits, was a despicable being in his normal life. He is a native of Demacia, but never liked the place. All his life, he was an asshole backstabber with everyone he met. He would offer deals or services, but end up making everything worse on purpose. He hated everyone, and everyone hated him. He was also notorious for funding anti-Demacian groups with the money he'd steal. One day, his dealing tricks went too far and he was pursued by the most dangerous of the organizations. He was eventually caught and was stabbed in the back as an act of vengeance. He bled out and was thrown in the water by the boss' men. Jack's spirit roamed the sea until he found the Shadow Isles, a place where he could continue his reign of mischief.

Details: Tell me if I missed anything in the comments.

Ok, now a little faster...

Brutus' story Brutus was a Noxian warrior and loved to fight. One day, he was fighting a war against Ionia (hi Taliyah!) and was eventually captured as a prisoner of war. He started fights all the time when he was in prison, and eventually died when the guards accidentally killed him while restraining him. He was also thrown in the sea so Ionia wouldn't be accused of killing prisoners. His spirit, like Jack's, found the Shadow Isles and made himself at home, picking on and clubbing the weaker spirits.

Details: he's pretty much a bully.

Alice's story Alice is by far the most evil of the three. In her former life, she lured in children with her beauty before mercilessly killing them. No one knew who it was, so they named her The Tarantula because of the way she captured her victims. She went on with her crimes until she was caught red-handed and was lynched by the town. After a few days of hanging (to show what happened to the guilty), she was thrown in the sea, where her spirit would find the three others in the Shadow Isles.

Details: Not sure where she would be from, probably also Bilgewater. I'm probably missing a few details here and there too...

Ok, now it's time to look at Adek's abilities!

Abilites Adek is an AP mid laner/ jungler that focuses on his apparitions to deal damage. These ghosts will randomly appear, and when they do, they offer high rewards.

Adek has no mana. Instead, he has a Sanity bar, which fills up when an apparition appears. The Sanity bar also slowly decreases when no spirits are appearing. When the Sanity bar is full, Adek becomes Paranoid, which makes him run faster and gives his spirits special effects. The Sanity bar goes back to zero 5 seconds after Adek goes Paranoid.

**Passive:**Curse of the Shadow Isles For every enemy unit nearby, the spirit's Haunt rate grows a certain percentage (lots more percent for champions, abysmal percent for minions and medium percent for monsters).

This passive will make sense when you see the rest of his kit.

**Q:**Brutus, the Brawler Toggle: Brutus will randomly appear based on a certain percentage (example: he appears once every 3 seconds, randomly). When he does, he deals a huge burst of damage to the enemy unit (except turrets) closer to him (priories champions over anything else). If Brutus is empowered by Paranoid, he applies a debuff that reduces the target's Armor and Magic Resist.

All the spirits have the same concept as Brutus (percent chance, hits units close, priories champions).

**W:**Alice, the Deceiver Toggle: Alice will randomly appear based on a certain percentage. When she does, she deals damage and Fears the target she hits. If Alice is empowered by Paranoid, she Fears all enemy units around her initial target.

**E:**Jack, the Dealmaker Toggle: Jack will randomly appear based on a certain percentage. When he does, he deals damage and generates gold on hit. If Jack is empowered by Paranoid, he generates even more gold and hits targets behind the initial target in a cone (he's dropping gold coins).

**R:**Ultimate Exorcism Adek roots himself and becomes invulnerable. During this time, an army of spirits swirl around him, slowly sucking in all enemy units closer to him (except turrets!)for 4/5/6 seconds. During this time, Brutus, Alice and Jack's apparition percentages go up.

I've decided that the ''random apparition'' type of gameplay was great on Adek, because of how ghosts work in folklore (real life ;) ) and how they always appear unexpectedly. Kinda like jumpscares when you think about it...

Adek's basic attacks are melee. He uses a flaming torch to hit opponents.

I could write a lot more about this champion, but the page is pretty filled up already. I'd love to see your feedback in the comments. Thank you for reading!

Links to artwork: http://lordgrimstream.deviantart.com/art/Champion-Concept-Adek-the-Cursed-Traveler-613196145 http://lordgrimstream.deviantart.com/art/Adek-s-Spirits-Brutus-and-Jack-613196165 http://lordgrimstream.deviantart.com/art/Adek-and-one-of-his-spirits-Alice-613198426