Shadow and Fortune: Chapter One

Sharjo·Oct 27, 2015·51 votes·25,735 views

Shadow and Fortune | League of Legends

It's here folks! Beware the Harrowing! Take a read and enjoy!

Also included is Kalista's long lore, complete with the Invocation short!

140 Comments

RiotDinopawzOct 27, 201563 votes

Tune in every morning this week (Wed/Thu/Fri) for the rest of the story and see how the terror unfolds...

LordHippomanOct 27, 20154 votes

Well, that just made my week.

Loving this story so far.

SharjoOct 27, 201522 votes

To clarify for folks, this is Dinopawz, A.K.A. Mr. Graham McNeil himself, and if I remember right he's the primary writer behind Shadows and Fortune. Everyone say hi, he's new around here!

A Superb VillainOct 27, 201517 votes

{quoted} Everyone say hi, he's new around here!

Thresh "Ah... fresh meat."

SharjoOct 27, 201510 votes

https://i.ytimg.com/vi/7nUspEUVYG0/maxresdefault.jpg

"RGRAAAAAAAAHHH!!!" (That's my line!)

FastAsHeckOct 27, 20159 votes

wrong game! go back to the nexus!

ShénzhìOct 27, 20155 votes

{quoted}

#--and see how the terror unfolds...

http://www.reactiongifs.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/zomg.gif

May I add that in the future that all events be remastered and redistributed systematically each year? Included with this idea is resetting the 'story content' webpage's story chapters to re-tell the event-story to people. Yes they can just read it all somewhere on the internet (Wiki) but it would also indicate which stage the event is at.

This idea and this idea together = Stage set for 20 years.

Sneak DogOct 27, 201518 votes

Poor Olaf. Soon pretty much everyone in his vicinity will be dead but him.

ChortleOct 27, 20159 votes

he just pops out of the kraken again...

"what did I miss?"

RalanrOct 27, 20154 votes

I am so surprised and so happy he's in this story. He's one of my favorite champions!

Olaf : WHY WON'T I DIE!?

Malicious MetalOct 27, 201529 votes

Wait, now that Olaf's at the Harrowing we only need Sona to pay them a visit and Pentalkill shall rise from the Black Mist!

RiotBioluminescenceOct 27, 201522 votes

[{quoted}](name=Malicious Metal,realm=EUW,application-id=6kFXY1kR,discussion-id=50EPRsHR,comment-id=00090002,timestamp=2015-10-27T19:38:57.683+0000)

Wait, now that Olaf's at the Harrowing we only need Sona to pay them a visit and Pentalkill shall rise from the Black Mist!

I didn't realize I wanted this. Now I do.

Malicious MetalOct 27, 201512 votes

Now we know who Bilgewater's savior's going to be! They're going to keep the Mist at bay through the power of Heavy Metal!

RiotDinopawzOct 27, 201512 votes

[{quoted}](name=Malicious Metal,realm=EUW,application-id=6kFXY1kR,discussion-id=50EPRsHR,comment-id=0009000200000000,timestamp=2015-10-27T19:48:55.099+0000)

Now we know who Bilgewater's savior's going to be! They're going to keep the Mist at bay through the power of Heavy Metal!

And the world shall tremble before the Brazen Gods of Metal! :-)

Malicious MetalOct 27, 20157 votes

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jac80JB04NQ

Goodnight NunuOct 27, 20155 votes

Don't tell me you have a metal song ready for every situation o_O

RiotRiot ShadowStormOct 27, 201512 votes

[{quoted}](name=Hentaî Senpaî,realm=EUW,application-id=6kFXY1kR,discussion-id=50EPRsHR,comment-id=0009000200000000000000000000,timestamp=2015-10-27T20:25:59.246+0000)

Don't tell me you have a metal song ready for every situation o_O

I'd be disappointed if that WASN'T the case.

Goodnight NunuOct 27, 20151 votes

Yeah, that would be unforgivable. XD

Malicious MetalOct 27, 20157 votes

Which would make me the unforgiven

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ckom3gf57Yw

RiotRiot ShadowStormOct 27, 20155 votes

Can I be unforgiven, too?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G-Bn_kD6QN4

A Superb VillainOct 27, 201518 votes

Congratulations to Bioluminescence, the dead canary in your survival kit made into lore.

That said, spooky stuff. Too spooky, perhaps; I'm ready to visit someplace a little less grimdark than Bilgewater now. Seventeen dead is just a slow evening, fishing grubs pulled from a corpse's sockets, men hung by a skewer in their jaw?

Nope. I'm good.

Let's go someplace nice, like... Ionia? No, that's occupied by Noxus. Demacia? No, no... I'd hate to be hung for jaywalking. Nox- Hah, no. Shurima? Not bad, but the neighbors in Icathia aren't so accommodating. Freljord? Stuck in a civil war, but at least they have Braum. Zaun? Eh... I'd rather not donate my body to science while I'm still living. Plague Jungles? Not with a name like that. Mount Targon? I don't like hiking.

Piltover? Jinx

You know what, forget it.

Malicious MetalOct 27, 20156 votes

Come on and revel in the undoing!

A Superb VillainOct 27, 20154 votes

World domination isn't possible if everyone is dead!

Malicious MetalOct 27, 20154 votes

Whoever holds dominion over the damned shall rule the world. No one in their right mind may think themselves capable of standing against the vicious Revenants. Soon only the dead shall remain

A Superb VillainOct 27, 20156 votes

I swear by all that is evil and unholy, if I must save the world to rule it properly I am going to eat my silk top hat, bow tie and all.

Malicious MetalOct 27, 20154 votes

Now that would make for very short-lived entertainment. Hue. :^)

RiotBioluminescenceOct 27, 201514 votes

[{quoted}](name=A Superb Villain,realm=NA,application-id=6kFXY1kR,discussion-id=50EPRsHR,comment-id=000a,timestamp=2015-10-27T18:34:44.652+0000)

Congratulations to Bioluminescence, the dead canary in your survival kit made into lore.

Woohoo! I just noticed that too and I got the biggest grin on my face. Pretty sure that's not the appropriate response to realizing what's coming, admittedly, but hey. I'll take what I can get :D

(To your other point - maybe Bandle City?)

A Superb VillainOct 27, 20158 votes

I am not sure, every Yordle seems a bit... unstable.

Who knows what dreams of horror those fluffy furballs entertain.

RiotWhrenOct 28, 20155 votes

Hey! Us Noxians aren't all that bad. :\

hides knives

LordHippomanOct 27, 201516 votes

Olaf owns. Illaoi sounds like she's going to be awesome. LadyPlank Priestess is supremely my shit. Looking forward to this.

A Superb VillainOct 27, 201511 votes

“No. She knows me,” said Miss Fortune. “I heard that her and Gangplank used to...you know?”

“Really?”

“So the scuttlebutt goes.”

I MUST KNOW WHAT EXACTLY THAT ENTAILS, BUT THEN I DO NOT BECAUSE I DOUBT THERE IS ENOUGH BRAINBLEACH TO RESTORE MY SANITY.

Jeddy017Oct 27, 20158 votes

Thresh - Going to take note of that idea.

Laughing FishOct 27, 201515 votes

This may be Rito's best work yet. It is time for Lucian to kick some ghostly ass! http://i.imgur.com/ZyHKsyG.gif?Noredirect

kJsOct 27, 20154 votes

This is amazing! Now we know what the coming champion will look like and who she allied with. I love the first chapter's lonesome man too. Whot, Miss Fortune's name is Sarah!!??

Dat lore doe. Really really well done Jaredan and Ant in Oz.

ModWulf HelhammerOct 27, 20156 votes

It's been revealed her name is Sarah since she came out..

Sneak DogOct 27, 201517 votes

Let him have his moment? :P

Darius StradaOct 27, 20153 votes

{quoted}

This is amazing! Now we know what the coming champion will look like and who she allied with. I love the first chapter's lonesome man too. Whot, Miss Fortune's name is Sarah!!??

Dat lore doe. Really really well done Jaredan and Ant in Oz.

Fortune's name has been Sarah since she came out.Next you're gonna tell me you don't know Shauna is Vayne's first name

RiotBioluminescenceOct 27, 201517 votes

They are one of today's 10,000 (XKCD link), and we should celebrate that. :)

StexeOct 27, 20151 votes

The problem I have with the lore is that it is way too long and spells out everything. No one cares about Karthus as a child -- they care about what he is now. A single sentence or two about his past would have been fine. Shortening the stories down to 1/3rd or 1/4th of what they are would have done wonders.

We get it, you want to flesh out the world, but so many times in storytelling the old adage is still true: "less is more." Leave some to the imagination, give hints to the full story, don't just state it all out.

Malicious MetalOct 27, 201534 votes

Hush, some people actually like these little details and quite enjoy delving into the pasts of our most beloved champs.

NevahwinsOct 27, 201514 votes

Personally I like to understand why my character acts the way they do. For those that don't care, they don't have to read it, but for those of us that want to understand a character's psyche a little better, it's nice to have.

Malicious MetalOct 27, 20159 votes

Exactly my point. Why cater to those who don't even "like" lore? That's why the client lore's pretty much only a fourth of the extended lore, to give some people a rough understanding of the champion's background. If it sparks a flame of interest one can quickly find a well laid-out format of one's favorite champion.

It's honestly one of the best possible solutions.

SharjoOct 27, 20158 votes

Rather than force things down your throat and making super intimidating walls of text from the get-go, Riot's leaving the door open and saying "Hey, if you want, you can come in and join us!". Only THEN do they give you the walls of text, those glorious, glorious walls of text!

Malicious MetalOct 27, 20159 votes

Ahh... We should build a shrine to those texts. A real Wonderwall for us to worship!

SharjoOct 27, 20156 votes

10/10 would bow before the glory of the Wonderwordwall.

StexeOct 28, 20151 votes

Except having everything spelled out removes a lot of mystery and eloquence. Do you want a story where every single thing is told? That is boring.

Good story telling knows what to leave out. These tales are way too over complicated. Who cares that Karthus's mom died during childbirth and he was raised with his father? That doesn't matter in his current development.

Sneak DogOct 28, 20153 votes

Little details like these will explain the character though. It gives us insight in who he is. Also the Shadow Isles have had a lot of speculation and mystery around them already. Everything being a mystery is also boring.

StexeOct 28, 20151 votes

Well done mystery is not boring. If they know how to hint at things and leave subtle clues it is intriguing. Instead it is just way too drawn out. What are we going to have next? Karthus's childhood diary entries? Mordekaiser's dinner plans? Kalista's favorite colors in order?

There are amazing settings that paint huge pictures while being vague about things. Look at the Planescape setting in D&D as an example. They explain a lot, but leave so much out, with subtle clues given here and there. That is good world building. Instead we get seemingly direct accounts about the childhood of people -- how does anyone know that who is still living? How is it not just rumor and speculation instead of stated fact? Just seems like poor writing and story telling to me.

Sneak DogOct 28, 20154 votes

Consider this the reveal afterwards. All mysteries with no reveals gets tedious. It would actually suggest the writers not knowing what the answer is when they make the mystery. It's a good way to lose fans.

We currently are in a world-building stage again. The whole old world is retconned, the new one is being treated as a blank slate. You need a base to speculate from.

There's enough champion backgrounds that're vague and mysterious. It gets repetitive and can easily make the champions feel distant, even though we directly play them in the game and they're the main focus of things.

Mystery is fun. But there's a time and a place for it. Incidentally, have you read the Journals of Justice? They did quite a couple of mysteries I believe.