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If the Institute of war was in fact closed not deleted, where would the Summoners end up?

Finnical··4 votes·1,058 views

Where would the summoners go if the institute had been closed instead of deleted? (like it should have been.)

They would return to their home nations I am sure, but would they lose all contact with each other? Would there be star-crossed friendships?

Would they immediately start a rune war? Without the institute they could not settle disputes the same way.

Would perhaps some strike out alone and become hermits? Would they perhaps form splinter organizations similar to the institute?

What about the research division? Where would all the magical relics contained there end up? Would there be a fight over those relics?

I would love to hear some ideas! I am certain the members of Factions (http://leaguefactions.net) would be interested to hear this.

Specific examples would be good, such as "What if X conflict happened again, how would it be resolved without the Institute? How did Y champion react without the Institute to contain them?"

(Hi CupcakeTrap)

17 Comments

Criomhthann4 votes

Mercenary groups, Academic Institutes and positions of political power in City-States that don't run on Divine Right of Kings.

Tyrannus03 votes

Mercenary groups, Academic Institutes and positions of political power in City-States that don't run on Divine Right of Kings.

And of course positions of political power in mercenary groups that form City-States that run on Divine Right of Kings.

Mordekaiser

Finnical1 votes

I lol'd.

Finnical1 votes

It would be very interesting watching the nations deal with these mercenary groups. The summoners were VERY powerful magicians in their own right and I don't think they would be easy to deal with. The Academic Institutes would most likely have to be founded in one of the nations as well to have access to a pool of new students.

Which nation do you think would be most interested in having an Academic Institute? Zaun seems an obvious choice as they wouldn't try to limit the summoners in any way, and they would be interested in applying whatever they learn.

Criomhthann2 votes

All of them to some (major) degree.

Ignore Riot, they forgot everything about the old lore long before they made the ret-cons. The reason why summoners and mages of similar power were such a big deal was because their combined magic was literally ripping their world to shreds. The IoW was formed entirely because wars between City-States that had them ran the very real risk of destroying the planet.

With such potential, pretty much every state would be trying to get their hands on as many as possible. Think German rocket scientists after the Third Reich fell. The Americans and the Soviets were out looking for every one they could get.

Finnical1 votes

Makes sense to me. I imagine the relics the IoW had would be hotly contested as well. Frankly I think a rune war would be a very likely outcome of the Institute closing as preventing one that is exactly why it was founded in the first place. I suppose you might end up with a cold war situation, no one wanting to drop the first nuke spell on the enemy.

I don't see there being any peaceful agreement between the city-states, they are just too different. Demacia and Noxus could certainly never agree on terms, I doubt Piltover or Zaun would be winning to compromise either. Plus there the Shadow Isles and the Void, who would probably be trying to kidnap/possess/blackmail/consume as many as they could.

Lord Milutin2 votes

Darling, there are NO summoners anymore.

Finnical2 votes

I know, I mean in our hearts and minds. I also lament Riot's poor choice, thus the part about "closed not deleted."

BAM, darling. :)

Dreamspitter3 votes

Darling, there are NO summoners anymore.

we KNOW that

Diana x Me2 votes

The once oppressed champions slaughtered as many summoners as possible until they were no more. They do not feel remorse for their actions, their is no regret, for they are free at last from an endless cycle of life and death. Now the IoW is just a pile of ash which will be scattered to the winds for an eternity.

Finnical2 votes

Yet another way Riot could have closed the Institute without alienating the lore fans like myself. Here is your cookie sir.

LordHippoman2 votes

Well, Baron's a lot bigger in the new map.

He had to have gotten that girth off of something...oh no.

Chogath

Finnical1 votes

I could just see a cadre of summoners trying to tame baron and getting omnomnom'd.

CupcakeTrap2 votes

If the idea is that a Summoner can provide "radio support" for a Champion and significantly increase their fighting power, you might well see them continue in much the same role, but now supporting Champions in actual battles. Not all Summoners would be game for this, I'd imagine; inasmuch as they were part of an international institution dedicated to peaceful resolution of conflict, some might refuse to take part in actual killing.

Otherwise, the same thing you'd expect mages to do, for the most part. A Summoner with an Institute education and friendships with famous Champions could go far. In the days of the League of Legends, factions recruited Summoners to support their causes on the Fields of Justice: in the chaotic aftermath of the League's collapse, they'd have need for them again.

The League of Legends was our last best hope for peace. It failed. In the year 24 CLE, it became something greater: our last best hope … for victory.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d9EbGd1AlMg

I imagine that some idealistic Summoners would continue to try to broker diplomatic interactions between the nations of Runeterra, working with people like Karma to protect Valoran from another Rune War.

Finnical2 votes

This becomes a really interesting idea when you consider evil or monstrous champions. Do you suppose that any summoners would choose to augment a void beast, perhaps as a power grab? I could see one of the void champs trying to convince them to do so. Or perhaps it would be under threat; I am not sure Nocturne would enjoy subterfuge, but I bet he would LOVE to threaten someone into obedience.

2WhiteAndNerdy1 votes

They would become Helmet Bros.

Finnical2 votes

Probably not true, but I love it. Helmet Bro is essentially a random soldier who graduated to champ-hood through magical artifacts and bravery I think. Helmet Bro should be a champion damn it!

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