League and how fascinating its story can be

NeoNovaBLK808·Nov 19, 2017·6 votes·553 views

There are 138 champions in league with one on the way. Runeterra is gigantic and is filled to the brim with lore for each character with simultaneous artwork, canonized story that fits together vividly. I hope i don't sound reaching but an RPG could be made from the amount of content they have for the basic world building. There are obvious antagonists and protagonists, the summoners even though the story for summoners is being flushed out with the Runeterra stuff it could fit into developing people's original characters and such. it can lead up to how the League was born and what it takes or how your character is shaped to be a champion. I mean, one person had to sacrifice their daughter to not have anyone else be infected with the void, and another was Born at the Breath of Creation. Maybe this is all just in my head because i love RPGs and narrative but it feels pretty solid.

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Talos of AltmoraNov 19, 20172 votes

Only if I can free Sol and destroy the Aspects.

WOOOOOOOOHOOOOOONov 19, 20171 votes

Then Sol immediately obliterates Runeterra and the game ends.

Talos of AltmoraNov 19, 20173 votes

Good, the aspects are no better then the void at this point.

WOOOOOOOOHOOOOOONov 19, 20172 votes

I don't understand comparing a pantheon of at-worst apathetic fickle gods to the ceaseless unending all-consuming horrors of the void.

HonestJohnTheConNov 19, 20172 votes

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Hehe I see what you did there. But for real, Targon getting destroyed by Aurelion would be an absolutely hilarious alternate ending.

WOOOOOOOOHOOOOOONov 19, 20172 votes

Yah and then what would happen?

HonestJohnTheConNov 19, 20171 votes

Alternate ending. Not saying it would be canon. At all.

What sucks about having a League of Legends story is that some characters will inevitably die. It would suck to have a champ you main die. Even if you main an obvious antagonist, like Mordekaiser or Cho'Gath, it would still be a punch in the gut to know that your main character was canonically dead. There would be riots against Riot about champion favoritism and whatnot. You could kill off NPCs, but A) hardly anyone knows they exist (I doubt many people, aside from lore nerds, have even heard of Rafen [MF's First Mate]), and B) we wouldn't get emotionally attached.

WOOOOOOOOHOOOOOONov 19, 20171 votes

I can see champion death happening, but the common sentiment from Riot is that none of the champion's stories have finished yet. When certain characters reach their resolution, death might come into play.

HonestJohnTheConNov 19, 20171 votes

I'm calling it, Teemo will die first.

Talos of AltmoraNov 19, 20172 votes

The void are at least honest about being world ending horrors. the aspects are manipulative bastards who care only for destroying the void, even though that is an impossible task.

WOOOOOOOOHOOOOOONov 19, 20172 votes

Where did you get any of this from? This is a gross misrepresentation of the aspects imo.

Talos of AltmoraNov 19, 20171 votes

Subtext. The lore does paint it that way, especially when you read between the lines.

WOOOOOOOOHOOOOOONov 20, 20173 votes

Well to me it's unquestionable that the Void is bad, they are as clear cut evil as you can be. There is no redeemable factors about any of the creatures of the void.

The aspects on the other hand are a lot more complicated. They're gods, detached, struggling to connect with the people they're supposed to care about and fighting an eternal war against a growing threat. Some of them are going to be much more direct with their interference. Pantheon is the aspect of war, as the Aspect of War he needs soldiers, so he completely dominates the host, because individuality isn't something that's important to him. The other aspects look for character traits and instead develop a sort of relationship with their host. You have to remember the perspective as well. What's one mortal soul against the onslaught of the Void? If the void had their way everything would be like them. While you can make the case that what the aspects do is bad, is it really? I mean it's not like they're snatching people randomly. The Rakkor worship these guys. So while Atreus may be in some sort of limbo, he knew going in what was likely to happen on top of the mountain. While his family mourns his loss, they also celebrate the honor of having their Atreus chosen by the gods.

What makes Zoe really interesting is we have the perspective of someone who has really lost touch with what it means to be human. That's why she's always trying to reconnect with people, she wants to play with the other kids. However, incredible ancient knowledge combined with innate immaturity creates what is to me a compelling character.

The Targonians (the space empire) are gods, calling them body-snatchers, while I guess somewhat correct, completely misrepresents the characters.

Talos of AltmoraNov 20, 20171 votes

No one can stand against the void. If the Void gets to Runeterra, or anywhere else in the universe, It's game over. They are an endless horde of horrors, Kog'maw's a literal living siege engine, and he is the larval form of a species that is freaking huge. The Void has always been portrayed as something that cannot be stopped, only delayed. The only thing that helps is that each creature of the void has it's own will, so they would interfere with one another, but that only gets the word so far.

They are honest about being monsters, but the Apsects are not gods. They are worshiped as gods, but they are not divine beings. The Targonians only think of them as divine, we know nothing about them. They use the fact that they are worshiped to get their hosts, Pantheon killed, by your own admission, his worshiper. yes, he's coming back and might be in there, but Atreus is honored for committing suicide just to have his corpse used as a costume. It's like a religious horror story

They cannot win this war. the void has always been portrayed as a Lovecraft/H.R Geiger nightmare. They cannot be stoped by anyone, gods or mortals. That's why Kassadin has his groupies and Malzy keeps trying to get rifts open, because if they were already here, there would not be a story.

What makes Zoe really interesting is we have the perspective of someone who has really lost touch with what it means to be human. That's why she's always trying to reconnect with people, she wants to play with the other kids. However, incredible ancient knowledge combined with innate immaturity creates what is to me a compelling character.

Well, I'm glad you like her. I think she comes across as immature and unusually chipper for someone who knows her family and friends are long gone. I don't like Riot has done a good job to show her trying to reconnect to humanity. It seems she just treats it as another game, but that's just me.

a little shadowNov 20, 20171 votes

I literally just made a post saying League could be made into a game lol. I felt like asking for an rpg getting to build your own character was too much so I asked for a little less. I'd be happy with any game tbh.

JaspersNov 20, 20171 votes

League and it's lore, based on it's success, could be exanded in some many ways. While things like Star Wars are pushed to every entertainment format (games, comics, films, tv, books), League stays with League.

Is it a case that they fear what they might do to the franchise? I dunno. I would like to see them expand what they have created and that's one of the most popular video games of all time.