In all honesty, the new lore is extremely bland as well. A gay couple looking for shelter after (I don't remember which one) became injured, stumble upon an evil temple and as such get possessed by a demon who is out for vengeance. His old lore was cliche yes, but is still written better then that is. A man who lost his family had a duty to protect an evil weapon from the clutches of the enemy invaders. As a final attempt to protect his people during this war, he dawned the evil weapon to fight for his country and to seek revenge for those that took the lives of his family. Well. If you think the old lore was cliche and the new lore is written badly, why not fuse the two together and make it even better?
Instead it would be two male guards, long time lovers who were instructed to help defend a weapon sealed away and hidden from Ionia's enemies in a temple. That strategy would not work as, soon enough, a squad of Noxian soldiers stormed their way through killing and injuring those who were in their wake. Hearing the commotion outside (Kai or Val ) in an act of brave valor walk towards the doors as a first call to the disturbance only to have a blade thrust into their side by one of the savage warriors who had opened the temple doors. The Noxians fought their way in and while (Kai or Val's) lover was moments away from being dealt the final blow, more soldiers came in and others were outside still fighting. (Again Kai or Val) had only one option left as they were desperate to save the one closest to them and to protect his fellow countrymen. They toss their spear aside to dawn the evil weapon and with it, they kill the Noxian soldiers surrounding his boyfriend. He rushes to tend to his lovers wounds and as he does so, the devilish darkin that sleeps within the weapon awakens to it's new hosts. It takes each couple's form and combines them into one. It saves the soul of (Whoever was struck) but at the cost of their bodies, which was now controlled by the demon of agony that resided within the bow. As the pair watch the Darkin Varus slaughter those thought to be foe and friend, his actions would not quell the spirit of the couple. As Varus seeks revenge for those who have contained him, those he currently traps will fight him in this battle of control every step of the way.
That's a better lore. If you could get past the shitty writing n' grammar. It gives the characters a true purpose. A gay couple stumbling upon an evil temple and accidentally falling into the possesion of a Darkin serve no purpose. Varus the darkin has a motive but not the couple, they just wanna get out. That's boring, and bad writing. Stumbling upon something is boring writing too. Characters should have a drive, that way their personalities develop further as this drive becomes well known and it pushes them to go beyond their limitations all for the sake or purpose of something or other. Its what makes the character. I don't give a flying fuck if Varus is gay, straight, left, or right just make the story GOOD. Don't make it a flop, that focuses solely on the relationship of the couple, and doesn't give enough depth as to a purpose they'd have as a character. Even if it's a character of multiple minds and one body, they all should have varying personalities and their own drive. You can say that the soldiers drive is to save his lover, but what does that matter when their minds are all in one body?? "Oh let us out" Like wtf. Make them soldiers, make them out to be warriors and have them use their combined will to fight back the Darkin to regain control and help save their people! And if they're stuck that way well after the invasion at least they went out acting for the sake of their country and to save their lover from certain death at the hands of another soldier, not to be all sappy.
X champ suffered a tragedy. X champ now seeks Redemption/Revenge/To Right The World/REVENGE. Some of these are a bit different, but still follow the trend. I like that Riot is making each character unique and not just a ball of beliefs and values with a tragedy.
