Juniper, The Forest Guardian

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, Trystain, The Fae Knight and Gullveig, The Wailing Witch

Name: Juniper Gender: Female Race: Fae (Seelie court) Birthplace: The Fae Lands

Lore: Long has it been told that the Fae Folk have magic older, more mysterious and more powerful then any magic known to man. The entrances to the Fae lands, also known as Glades, are nestled in remote forests all over Valoran. In these forests, the magic of the Fae seeps into the land, the trees and animals. To make sure these forests stay hidden and are protected from from things getting in (and things getting out) a Fae of the Seelie court is assigned to protect the forest by the Seelie king Oberon. Juniper is one of these Fae. She had been assigned a Glade to protect at an early age. She had shown great potential and they trusted her to be worthy of such a task. It went very well for a time, but the young Fae grew restless. More and more she ventured into the mortal world to see what natural beauty it had to offer. And every time she left, she went further away and took longer to come back. After venturing out on one journey that took her 3 whole days in the mortal realm, she came back to find her glade to be destroyed. An evil Fae sorceress had laid waste to the forest and allowed a human mage to enter the Faelands. Feeling distraught and guilty, she turned away and ran. After wandering aimlessly for a few days, she came upon a small town, in the middle of a forest. From its inhabitants she heard word of a foreign power slowly nibbling their way through the forest, ever expanding their territory and destroying the wildlife in the process. Juniper realized something. She could save the forest. With renewed willpower, she fought the mortals back, scaring them away from the forest, never to return again. She had found a new purpose. She might not have been able to protect her Glade…but she will protect the nature of this beautiful world before it would disappear entirely under the unstoppable expansion of the mortal populace. She turned her sights towards the strongest neutral power she knew, The summoners of the League of Legends and struck a bargain. Now, allied with her kin on the field of justice, Juniper seeks to stop the destruction of nature and in the end, protect the Glades like she was meant to do.

Appearance: See picture (its not my art and i could not find the artist. I take no credit or it but only use it as a general idea).

Quotes:

Champion selection: “Look deep into nature, and then you will understand everything better!!”

Moving: “Nature calls!!” “Don’t you love this breeze?” “Beauty is all around us.” “The forests are calling, I must go!!” “Nature does not hurry, yet everything is accomplished.”

Attacking: “There is no forgiveness in nature.” “Natures wrath!!!” “You can’t violate natures laws!!” “I am a force of nature!!”

Jokes: “Spring is nature's way of saying, 'Let's party!'” “Behind every tree….There is ANOTHER tree!!” “Isn’t it beautiful out he-…yuk I think I stepped in something…” “I thought I was pretty cool…Until I realized that plants eat sun and poop air…”

Taunts: “Some people are like clouds…when they disappear, it’s a brighter day!!” “Nature provides exceptions to every rule.”

Passive, Tree Spirit: Juniper will start the game with a Faerie tree seed in her inventory. She will be able to plant this seed on any inhibitor she wishes by activating the item and targeting the friendly inhibitor of choice. From that moment on, a Faerie Tree will grow on the inhibitor, that will spawn a Spriggan in that lane with every wave of minions that passes it. This creature will act like any other caster minion, except that it will heal a champion that falls below 50% health once. If there are no champions to heal, or all champions within range are full health, the heal is saved for when a wounded champion is within range. Healing a champion will consume the Spriggan. As guardians of the forest, Spriggans will instantly prioritizes enemies that target the Faerie Tree or a Faerie Sapling. The Spriggan has the following stats: • 400 health + 50 per level (Max 1250) • 7.5 armor + 2.5 per level (Max 50) • 7.5 magic resist + 2.5 per level (Max 50) • Auto attacks do 20 magic damage + 5% of Junipers AP + 2 per level • Heals 10%/15%/20% (+ 2.5% for every 100 AP) of the targets missing health.

Q, Leafstorm: Cooldown: 10 Mana Cost: 50 Juniper summons a storm of leaves at a target location that deals 60 / 115 / 170 / 225 / 280 (+ 75% AP) magic damage in a 150 unit radius and slows all hit targets by 25% / 30% / 35% / 40% / 45% for 3 seconds If Juniper is in the range of a Fearie Tree Sapling, the AoE of this ability is bigger.

W, Fairy Ring: Cooldown: 19 / 18 / 17 / 16 / 15 Mana Cost: 50 / 60 / 70 / 80 / 90 Juniper places a ring of flowers on the ground for 3 seconds that will effect the first champion that enters it and will be consumed in the process. An enemy champion that enters the ring is rooted in place for 1 / 1.25 / 1.5 / 1.75 / 2 seconds. If the Fairy Ring is placed within the range of a Faerie Tree Sapling, the root becomes a stun. An allied champion that enters the ring will consume it and will gain a 50% boost in movement speed that decays over 1.5 / 2 / 2.5 / 3 / 3.5 seconds. If the Fairy Ring is placed within the range of a Faerie Tree Sapling, the ally gains 25% attack speed as well.

E, Root Whip: Cooldown: 14 / 13 / 12 / 11 / 10 Mana Cost: 60 / 70 / 80 / 90 / 100 Juniper summons a magical root from her arm that whips forward in a cone, dealing magic damage (70 / 115 / 160 / 205 / 250 + 50% AP) to all hit enemies and knocks them backward. When Juniper uses this ability within the range of a Faerie Tree Sapling this ability roots all enemies for 1 second as well as knocking them back.

R, Reap and Sow: Cooldown: 110 / 95 / 80 **Mana Cost:**100 This ability has 2 different effects Reap: Juniper uses magic to cut off a sapling from the Faerie Tree she has planted. Doing this will change this ability into Sow. Sow: Juniper plants the sapling of the Faerie Tree at a target location. If left untouched by enemy attacks for 5 seconds, the sapling will grow into a tree and grant vision in a radius of 800 units. Allied units in the area will gain 10% / 12.5% / 15% / 17.5% / 20% AP and 100% bonus mana regeneration. Spriggans within the saplings range will also heal 10% more and Junipers other abilities are empowered. Juniper can have multiple Saplings at a time, as long as they are not in each others range and the effects do not stack. They can be destroyed by enemy attacks, will have 50% of Junipers health and resistances and will start replenishing this health after not being hit for 2 seconds.