[Champion Concept] Sham'a, The Candle Maker

I once posted this champion before. Ive changed a lot since then, reworked his abilities, added some quotes etc, etc. So i figured i re-post him as the creation he is now. Tell me what you think!! Tips are always welcome!! :D I remade him and his lore within the concept of a series of champions im calling "The storybook series". These champions are all beings out of Runterra's local folklore. If you are interested, here are the others i've made so far: For The Freljord: Torvald, The Storm Bellow who is a powerful spirit that creates storms and thunder. For Ionia: Chayon, The Shepherd of the Afterlife who is a benevolent spirit that guides lost and tormented souls to the afterlife. For Demacia: Ethea, The Primordial Spirit who is the bringer of the end times that wields 3 forces of nature on the battlefield. For all of Valoran: Laurell, The Forest Guardian who is a nature deity that pops up in multiple tales all around Valoran and protects nature with fury.

I remade this champion concept with the idea for a storybook/folklore series of champions....lemme know what you think ^^

Identity:

Name: Sham’a Gender: Male Race: Spirit Birthplace: Shurima

[img]http://s11.postimg.org/abuj7q237/Sham_a.png[/img]

Appearance: See the picture (yes its from The Book Of Life...but its only an idea of what i had imagined for the character...it was hard to find anything at all...but yea). He should have a trustworthy, wise vibe going for him. He'd then be a bit white gold in color with wicks here and there that flicker on and off. His body is made of wax and should drip here and there. He should also have Shuriman texts etched all over his body and a calm, collected and wise voice.

Kit:

HEALTH 558 – 2020 ATTACK DAMAGE 55 – 106 HEALTH REGEN. 5.3 – 14.6 ATTACK SPEED 0.625 (+0% – 35.9%) MANA 392 – 1276 MANA REGEN. 5.0 – 22.0 ARMOR 21.6 – 72.6 MAGIC RES. 30.0 RANGED 550 MOV. SPEED 345

Passive, Master Candle-maker Vision and stealth wards that Sham'as places have a bigger range. Vision wards also have more health and stealth trinkets last longer. Sham'a also gains Mana regeneration (20% + champion level + 5% / every 50 AP), 17% (+ champion level + 1% / every 100 AP) movement-speed and some of his spells have added effects when near wards he places.

(Sham'as wards will have a candle holder under them, to set them apart from other wards.)

Auto attack: Sham'a throws balls of fire (and wax if Waxing Force is activated) for a medium ranged attack.

Q, Burning Candles: Mana cost: 50 per candle Cooldown: 12 seconds Active: Sham'a places a candle at a target location with 2 / 3 / 4 / 5 / 6 charges, granting him vision within a 550 unit radius. Allied champions can absorb its light every 15 seconds by clicking on it to restore 30 / 50 / 70 / 90 / 110 (+ 20% AP) health per charge. Only three candles can be placed on the map at any given time, and they cannot be within each others vision range. If the candle is placed within the range of one of Sham'as wards, it does not count to the total of three and will gain one bonus charge. If the ward is destroyed or runs out of time, the candle will disappear aswel. Candle's still cannot be placed within each others vision range.

W, Extinguish: Mana cost: 50 Cooldown: 15 seconds Active: Sham'a blows a strong gust from his lungs in a target direction, dealing magic damage (70 / 115 / 160 / 205 / 250 + 50% AP) in a cone in front of him. Targets suffering from stacks of wax are Lighted. If Extinguish hits a Candle, it will blow up, dealing 75 / 105 / 135 / 165 / 195 (+ 10% AP for every charge the Candle still had) in a 175 radius around the Candle, and will apply a stack of wax.

E, Waxing Force: Mana cost: 50 mana + 10 mana per attack Cooldown: 16 Toggle: Sham'a covers himself in magic wax, reducing all incoming damage by 5% / 10% / 15% / 20% / 25% for 6 seconds. Additionally, Sham'a now attacks with balls of wax in stead of fire, applying a stack of Wax on enemy champions with every hit. Stacks of Wax on enemies will slow them by 5% / 7,5% / 10% / 12,5% / 15%. Every stack of wax will stick for 3 seconds resetting after every succesive hit, eventually stunning them for 1.5 / 1.75 / 2 / 2.25 / 2.5 seconds after 4 stacks (visualised with the target being covered in wax). The stunned champion is then immune for this effect for 20 seconds. When targets with stacks of Wax are hit by any of Sham'as other abilities the stack will become "Lighted", dealing 40 / 70 / 100 / 130 / 160 (+ 10% AP per stack) magic damage over a period of 3 seconds and granting vision on that champion for the full duration. Lighted enemies grant True Sight in an area around them, revealing stealthed champions and traps instantly.

R, Eternal Light: Mana cost: 100 Cooldown: 180/140/100 seconds Passive: Sham'a's internal fire burns brighter with every inch of vision. For every ward or candle Sham'a has on the map, he gains 5% bonus AP. Active: Sham'a places a magic Candle near himself or a target ally (This candle is NOT a ward...) with a health of 5 / 6 / 7 hits (candle can also be hit by AoE abilities) and bind the targets life to that candle. While the Candle is active and the bound ally is within its effect range, it will keep the target champion from dying, even if its health drops to 0. If the targets health is 0 and it leaves the effect area, it wil die instantly.

Lore:

Report on Sham'a from "Legendary beings of Valoran." - By Candurill Gellius, schollar and historian at the Royal Acadamy of Demacia.

Shuriman texts speak of a tale of folklore, told by mothers and grandmothers to babes in their arms and little-ones in their beds. It is a tale about light, warmt and kindness... Ofcourse light has always been very important to the Shuriman people. They worshipped the sun and stars. They made fires to cook their meals and scare off wild animals. Grand chandeliers hang in extravagant dining halls and quaint hearths warmed the rooms of every old shack during the cold nights in the desert. It is told that there was once a candle maker and he was the best Shurima had to offer. How he loved his work. Every day he would make candles, big and small, magic or normal, white or blue, for all people that would have them. He didn’t ask much, nothing even if people had nothing to give. He saw it as his noble goal to fill the world with brightly lit candles to warm peoples hearts. A dark being however, had other plans. It wanted to snuff out all light and make peoples hearts cold and dark. Long had he watched the candle maker and reviled his work. And one night, he struck back... Without even the slightest warning, the candle-makers shop went up in flames, so fast that the other people could do nothing but watch as the fire consumed the whole building. Nobody got hurt, other then the kindly candle-maker that had been working there all day…. With tears in their eyes the people mourned the kind man. With sadness and grief, their hearts slowly turned cold. And with no candles to warm them, they became even colder and colder. A year went past until one day a figure was seen rummaging around through the rubble that was left of the house. No man could tell exactly what it was, only that it was not human. It was made out of golden wax, shone with a warming light and created candles, which it left out in the street for anyone to collect them. Slowly but surely, warmth returned to the people's hearts and the days became merrier and merrier. Many a man or woman in the town swore that it was the spirit of the old candle-maker, not content with letting his job of spreading light and warmth alone even after death. From that day on, the would be known as the kindly candle maker, Sham’a.

“Whether his heart is made out of gold or wax, it matters not. What maters is that its bigger then anyone has ever seen.” - Thankful woman.

Children's story version: Have you ever heard the story, my dear, about why we light, A little candle, next to our bed, to get us through the night. It al started long ago, on a chilly desert eve, With a poor woman, child and sickly husband, for which the former grieve. While hunting in the desert, the man had been too slow to draw, and in the fight for life that time, he pulled the shortest straw. With fatal wound he would leave the child in the lonely mothers care, For healing they did not have the gold, and hope they did not dare. That night the mother used the last tinder to light a fire To warm the father in his bed, the situation had grown dire. Cold soup there was for mother and child, filled with naught but scraps T’was not tasteful, I dare say, but it filled a mouth perhaps. But then, outside a warm light shone, which at night was mighty rare, And a jolly voice was heard, laughing and humming fair. “Knock knock knock” at the door was heard, the mothers brow was raised She walked over to the door and then outside she gazed. Naught but dark and nightly winds, greeted the poorly lass. But behind her, the child chuckled about something that came to pass. When she came back, to her surprise, the family had been blessed With candles everywhere, big and small, warming soup at their behest. She looked around for whom had brought this wonder in their midst And saw a light from husbands room, and heard a candle hissed. She ran to the room and saw there, a being pure and white made out of wax and light and warmth with a posture of average height. The creature pulled out a hair from fathers head and used it as a wick And placed it at the fathers bed, lighting it very quick. It then turned towards the mother, smiled, and said with jolly voice “Have no fear for your husband dear, he will live, rejoice!!” “As long as this candle burns next to him and keeps him light and warm” “Nothing on this living earth will do him any harm.” After uttering these final words the spirit disappeared And the woman cried of happiness, her husbands fate was cleared!! An thus, my child, when we go to bed we burn our candles bright, For then, the kindly candle maker, watches over us at night.

-From "The Kindly Candle Maker." Bedside rime from the southern parts of Demacia. Thought to have been based on the Shuriman Spirit of Light: Sham'a.

Quotes:

When chosen: "There are two ways of spreading light summoner; being the candle or the mirror that reflects it."

Moving: "On my way." "I'll bring a light." "Without delay." "I am needed elsewhere..." "Walking with a friend of the light is better than walking alone in the night." "I enjoy it when the world smiles; the more smiles, the warmer I am."

Attacking: "You force my hand!!" "Fireball!!" "Candles don't JUST warm..." "When you can't make them see the light, make them feel the heat." "It is not light that we need, but fire!"

Joke: Sham'a scratches his head, then breaks out laughing with the punchline. "What burns longer, a red candle or a green candle?...Neither!! They both burn SHORTER!!" "Light a man a fire, he'll be warm for a day...Light a man ON fire, he will be warm for the rest of his life!!!" "I had scented candles in my shop you know...No wonder everyone was so calm that day..."

Taunt: "You are like a candle in the wind...Completely useless..." "Blowing out someone else's candle doesn't make yours shine any brighter." (Enemy Nocturne) "There are dark shadows on this earth...But the light is stronger." (Allied Nocturne) "In order for the light to shine so brightly, the darkness must be present." (Enemy Annie) "Your fire may burn strong...But it Brings nothing but darkness..." (Allied Annie) "It is nice to see a child with such fire in her heart." (Enemy Brand) "You are all the bad of fire, combined into one being..." or "I will Extinguish you..." (Enemy Leona) "The sun may rise...But it also sets. Thats when people light candles..." or "I Pick up where you fall short!!" (Allied Leona) "The sun is like a big, flying candle...I like it!!" (Any Taric) "Candles are truly outrageous..." (Enemy Diana) "Don't tell me the moon is shining; Does broken glass shine when light glints from it?" (Enemy Soraka) "The stars may guide you, but the stars aren't always visible..." or "My candles are like little stars that people can take with them...THAT is true guidance." (Allied Amumu) "When we are in sorrow, it is the light in our heart that keeps us company." (Any Azir) "Good to see you again sire...Do you still light a candle every night?" (Any Xerath) "Oh my...You were always a tormented child...It is sad to see you ended up like this..." (Any Renekton) "Do not seek to strife with your brother!! Follow the light and it will guide you back to sanity!!"

Since Sham'a is a spirit of light and warmth, he is the exact counterpart to Nocturne. As such, his candles stay lit and allow reduced vision during Nocturnes ultimate ability. Sham'a will comment on this when Nocturne activates Paranoia by saying: "Look at how a single candle can both defy and define the darkness."

When placing a healing candle: "Like fire, happiness never decreases by being shared."

When using Eternal Light on an ally: "Have no fear for your life my dear..."