League of Legends Lore

Jimboslicer1··3 votes·937 views

I know I am a little late with this comment, but I still feel as if I have to add my comments. I used to get really invested in League's lore, and when there was a break between champ releases I would read plenty of fan-fictions about my favorite champions. I took a long break from being invested in the lore so I could focus on growing as a player. And as of recently I have found that I am wanting to get back into the lore again. To my surprise I found that Riot's story writing team has completely deleted the Institute of War from the lore, and with that goes the Summoners. Not only has that disappointed me, it has disconnected me from the game itself. Now because of the lack of Summoners in the lore, it feels as if there is no real reason for the champions to be in the game.

I may not be a writer and I know nothing of the struggles of writing an evolving story, but from what I have gathered in my investigation to the 'new' lore, it would have been just as easy to write out the IoW through means of story rather than retcon and delete the whole think without explanation.

It maybe too late to change much now, but I ask this of Riot's Narrative team:

Now that the Institute of War is gone from the lore, presumably for good, what happened to the champions that inhabited it? Not the ones that came for diplomatic reasons like Jarvan IV or Katarina, but the ones who were locked up there because they would create havoc accross the land. Fearsome champions like Nocturne and Fiddlesticks, otherworldly creatures like Cho'Gath, Kog'Maw, Kha'Zix, and Vel'Koz. What happens to them? Are the released upon Runeterra? if so, what is stopping them from destroying the world by whatever means necessary?

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Valaran Nara3 votes

Don't worry. Apparently, the new platform by which they want to present the lore is FINALLY getting tested this month (within a week, actually), so we will FINALLY see that lore they've been promising.

And with that will probably come all the retcons and updates on lore that wouldn't be tied by events such as Shaco, Fiddle, and Nocturne. You know, unless they get retconned into different factions for whatever ungodly reason. (Voodoo Lands, maybe?)

Jimboslicer12 votes

I hope the way they present the new lore is better than what they gave as lore for some of the more recent champs and reworks. Like Tahm Kench has 4 sentences for lore. A measly 4 sentences is not nearly enough to accurately provide a description. Yeah they give us the preview with a lot. But why does the preview contain more insight to the champion than the actual lore? And if memory serves me, all of the champions that were involved with the Shurima retcon, had wonderful and descriptive lores behind them, now what they have could barely be considered half a paragraph.

My only fear is that they take away the lore for Nocturne and Malzahar, because those two have wonderful backgrounds and are my two favorite champions in the League lore and game. I should copy paste and commit it to memory because the way I see it, I might not have too much longer to enjoy the amazing story behind my two favorite champions in the League.

Valaran Nara3 votes

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Why would you think it would be half a paragraph?

The short summaries are short summaries located within the client. It is NOT their lore piece.

Jimboslicer11 votes

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Why would you think it would be half a paragraph?

The short summaries are short summaries located within the client. It is NOT their lore piece.

I think that because it is true: http://gameinfo.na.leagueoflegends.com/en/game-info/champions/tahmkench/#champion-lore The lore on the champion page on the site is the same from the client. When I checked the wiki, it had the same 4 sentences, and while it did have a longer description under it, that was simply the script for the narration of the River King video. Which was released as the teaser for Tahm Kench.

Valaran Nara1 votes

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I think that because it is true: http://gameinfo.na.leagueoflegends.com/en/game-info/champions/tahmkench/#champion-lore The lore on the champion page on the site is the same from the client. When I checked the wiki, it had the same 4 sentences, and while it did have a longer description under it, that was simply the script for the narration of the River King video. Which was released as the teaser for Tahm Kench.

No, they put that there for filler. Remember how I mentioned testing the system? The reason for the doubt of narrative is because that system had tech issues for the longest, and they're about to test it to make sure it works now. The short paragraphs are for the summaries. That is not the REAL lore. It is there otherwise it is EMPTY because they want the platform to be up, so they can show us everything properly.

Jimboslicer11 votes

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No, they put that there for filler. Remember how I mentioned testing the system? The reason for the doubt of narrative is because that system had tech issues for the longest, and they're about to test it to make sure it works now. The short paragraphs are for the summaries. That is not the REAL lore. It is there otherwise it is EMPTY because they want the platform to be up, so they can show us everything properly.

There is no real point in arguing any further on a topic we know little about. You maybe right, the new system could improve upon what little we are getting for lore. But I will stay skeptical until I at least see a work in progress. Because right now to newer players that are just starting to learn the lore can be easily confused as to why some chanpions have extensive well told back stories, where as others should have a TL;DR warning.

RetroRage961 votes

Yuss

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