Something's off with the new Zyra bio
First of all, I want to say I'm thankful that Zyra is getting some love in this end of year. The girl hasn't got any piece of Lore since her release, 6 years ago, and we had only her outdated bio to chew off.
Now that I read her entire biography, I can't help but notice how there are quite strange things about it :
- Zyra is now Shuriman.
Well first, I'm still disappointed Kumungu hasn't become an actual faction, and now Zyra is listed as a Shuriman, which upsets me quite a lot ! Kumungu is located in the Shuriman continent, but it is not part of the Empire, just look at the map you can see a clear delimitation of the territory. Time will only tell us if RIOT decides to make it a fully-fleshed faction, as I waited for so long to have something about the jungles.
People might say Kumugu hasn't become a faction due to it's lack of governements/landowners & being anarchical, as it's still a harsh & hostile land yet, but we have the Shadow Isles as a faction... So I'm questioning this decision.
- The mention of "Noxious fumes & spores" and her "Poisonous Barbs".
As far as I'm aware, toxins/spores/poison, aren't part of Zyra's gameplay, nothing in her character reflects that, her title is known as "Rise of the Thorns", and only this piece of lore mentions she has ability to control that, which is quite odd. So either the lore writer was wrong or this is a teaser for a GU for her.
- What is she ?
Now we know Zyra was born the same way as Evelynn, the ancient sorcerous catastrophe was in fact the Rune Wars.
" A seedpod bulged, pulsing with unnatural life, until a creature clawed its way free, gasping and confused."
When the creature became the Zyra we know (She still called herself like that without knowing why..), she reminded the agony of hundred of mortal deaths, as if all the memories of the tragedy were flooding into her. This reminds me quite a lot of demons, and the way they like to torment in their own ways, humans.
It is stated she knew she was different from other life forms. Mortals; like humans, yordles & vastaya were unpleasant to her, same for the ethereal entities like the ascendeds. They were too arrogant, & none of them seemed to respect nature. So she began to conquer her own lands & make herself a territory & destroying all who dares standing before her.
Like it is stated in Evelynn's quotes towards Tahm Kench, demons have their own territories, could Zyra be possibly a demon also ?
That was my 2-cent about Zyra's new bio, that's maybe quite a lot to read and still want to know who wrote her new bio tho
If someone has some infos, that would be nice [sg-ahri-2]
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