Jayce's new lore makes me love him all over again

Oelyk··4 votes·1,318 views

Okay, Im going to quote from his lore and his story some of my favorite bits, but really... just read them here and here!

  • "Most things came easy to Jayce, and he could never understand why his peers had so much trouble with what, to him, were simple concepts. As a result, nearly everyone who worked alongside Jayce found him arrogant, dismissive, and unwilling to slow his pace to help his colleagues catch up. As time went on, his patience became shorter, while at the same time, a chasm grew between decorum, charm, and Jayce’s natural demeanor."

  • "Only one person ever managed to match Jayce’s intelligence while also maintaining a healthy indifference to his superior attitude.

His name was Viktor.

The two met at a mandatory Progress Day party, and immediately bonded over how little either of them wanted to be there."

  • "Jayce realized that despite how dismissive he’d been toward his fellow scholars, none of them ever gave up. None of them ever stopped seeking the very things that defined Piltover: Progress. Discovery. If they wouldn’t give up, Jayce decided, he wouldn’t either.

And maybe he’d try to be nicer.

Maybe."

  • "Jayce’s eardrums nearly shattered from the booming baritone note that blasted from the shard. Heat radiated from the crystal and, with a flash, it glowed bright enough to nearly blind him. This was unexpected. This was _**potentially **_dangerous."

  • "Jayce had heard a monologue like this before from Viktor. He never liked where it led.

Viktor told Jayce that he only needed one thing for his Glorious Evolution – a power source like Jayce’s crystal. Jayce disagreed, informing Viktor that what he truly needed was a moral compass."

  • "Jayce cared little for the adoration of his fellow Piltovans, but took the nickname to heart."

Then from the short story Every thing is great about it... READ IT... but the best part was probably:

"Most everyone he met had heard the stories of his legendary hammer and his unyielding heroism. They expected grandeur. They expected humility. They expected him to not be a massive jerk. Jayce inevitably disappointed them."

LOOOOOOL this is so perfect... He's a massive anti-social genius Jerk

Bravo Riot! Bravo!

8 Comments

ThePRofWRandR2 votes

While I do still like the character Jayce is in the new lore; I can't help but feel disappointed saying goodbye to the old lore. I really liked that he was a "cool nerd": witty, charming, popular, capable, and still among the smartest in the room. That behind though, I laughed hysterically at the interactions in the short story, and it is a plus that there is a lot more room for character development now.

Oelyk2 votes

Although I may miss the old lore because its nostalgic, I think the new lore fits and makes him so much more human, than just an object of fantasy.

ThePRofWRandR1 votes

I definitely agree with it fitting and being humanizing, but it never struck me as a fantastical character type because I know a few people like that XD

Ralanr2 votes

Best parts were his interactions with the little girl.

Valaran Nara3 votes

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Best parts were his interactions with the little girl.

I like how he fixed the doll because she used sarcasm (a show of wit) and showed that she learned something from him: humans are stupid

Jayce Oh shit. This young, prepubescent child just roasted the ever livin' sod out of me. Like her. Girl's got moxy. "Hand me the soldier."

Ralanr2 votes

Roasted him with his own words too. He set himself up to fall there.

Oelyk2 votes

It was more glorious than Viktor's glorious evolution.

Valaran Nara3 votes

{quoted}

Roasted him with his own words too. He set himself up to fall there.

True story

It was the Snowpocalypse (The State of Georgia had 3 inches of ice and had it completely shut down due to being ill-equipped for such as situation). A little girl, a friend of my sister is was 9 at the time, came to the door while it was fully dark out and asked if she could come out. At first, I denied her, citing the cold air outside and the lack of light as a no go; however my mom overturned me.

As I was walking upstairs, I jokingly said, "Sure seems toasty outside." She called me stupid for saying it was warm when it obviously wasn't. "I was using sarcasm." As I said this, she just stared back at me. "Do you even know what sarcasm is?"

Annie "No," she retorted defiantly.

Ekko "Sarcasm is when you say one thing, but mean the other."

Annie "Oh! Wow, you're really smart."

Ekko Proceeds to whisper to myself, "Oh fuck."

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