League of Legends/Runeterra is missing basic, important things relative to any game's lore!

As a writer, I (and I'm certain many of you) get stuck when it comes to some simple things in league lore. Below is just a short list of things that League is missing, as well as why they're important to lore and world building:

#"Speak up, I can't understand you!": Runeterra Language

In fantasy, one of the most important things is the flow of language across the world. Right now, we have no idea if everyone in this world speaks the same language or if there's just a main language. Here is the tiny list I can make up based on what characters say in their lines that could be attributed to another language:

• Common: Basic English. Everyone seems to speak this. Prominent Speakers include everyone.
• Ionian: A sort of hodgepodge of languages from Eastern Asia. Prominent Speakers include
• Cavespeak: Unga Bunga. Only speaker is

That's literally all we have right now. We don't even have dialects, although I can think of a few that we've seen:

• "British"
• "French"
• "Southern"
• Urban/Street/Slang Heavy
• "Serbian" (Credit to Tesla Effect for this correction!)

We could really use some expansion on this as well. Is Piltover a primarily british-accented place? Is Demacia a combination of various european places? Is Zaun more of an urban slang diction with hints of Russian? Bilgewater have cajun/southern hints? We could really use some expansion on this.

#"What's a god to a non-believer?": Runeterra religions.

We have a few of these but, for a lot of them, you have to either read between the lines or flat-out assume in many cases. Feel free to disagree with me, I'm sure that there are fringe cases that are up for debate:

• Cult of the Void: Those who worship and bow to the void's power ()
• Shamanism: Respect for elements/spiritual plane ()
• The Doctrine of Balance: Pretty much Ionian. Taoism, Hinduism, bits of everything. ( )
• The Shadow Isles Bible: Death is good. ( )
• The Watchers Quarterly: Watchers are boss yo. ()
• The Power Cosmic: Stars and space above are the greatest power. ( )
• The Solari/Lunari: At least I think it's a religion? ( )

So, as you're probably seeing, about half of what I've listed fall more in line with cults than actual religious beliefs. Do Demacia and Noxus share a psuedo-christian belief system? Does Shurima have a sun-worshipping somewhat egyptian notion of things? Are yordles primarily science-loving and more focused on atheism? DOES RUNETERRA EVEN HAVE A HELL?

#"What do you mean you people?": Runeterra Races

Similar concept to dialects. We see a variety of people with a variety of skin colors but this extends beyond that. We've mostly seen animals and creatures in Runeterra, very little humanoid. Run down of what I was able to compile so far for sentient creatures:

• Bread and Butter Humans:
• Elementals:
• Sentient Constructs:
• Trolls:
• Void Beings:
• Yordles:
• Spiritual Beings:
• Possible Unique/Last of Kind Beings:
• Dragons:
• Darkin: (???)
• Angels:
• Ascended:

Seems like a large list, right? Except, for the size of it, we have so few outside of Yordle, Human and Void-beings. Everything else is either open to interpretation (Is Anivia an elemental or a phoenix? Is Rengar one of a kind or are there tons of him? Are Kayle and Morgana the only remaining angels?) It would serve Riot well to expand on all these, because right now we're not really sure where some of these stand outside of one sentence rundowns. As an example, there are only five darkin...that's it. Do they all look like Aatrox? Is he unique? Is he the same as them? etc.

#"SCIENCE!": Runeterra Technology.

This is pretty standard. We know Piltover/Zaun are tech power houses while everyone else is generally lower tier (although I imagine Zaun/Piltover tech is all over the place, such as televisions and radios), but how far does this go? Do they have cars? Airships? Are guns standard in Piltover/Zaun or something super expensive? Does it border future tech in some areas?

#"Who needs a map?"

I do. Give me a damn map of Runeterra.

#"It's your kids, Marty!": Runeterra Timeline.

This one I wouldn't mind missing out on but a unified and clear timeline of Runeterra would be nice. It's probably not feesible with all the lore restructuring happening but it'd be cool to know where all this takes place on a time scale.

Overall, I enjoy writing in league's space. I find the characters enjoyable and the amount of stories super open to exploration in any number of concepts. However, these little tidbits I don't have continue to add up, warping dialogue. Would they say hell? Does Runeterra have hell? Could Karma understand Ashe if they met in person? Are Demacia and Noxus equal on religion or is this a religious war too. Are trolls common in this world? If I could just even the tiniest clarification on this, it'd be wonderful. Thank you.