Will Bandle City be relocated like the Shadow Isles?

YumaS2Astral·May 6, 2016·3 votes·519 views

I mean... On the old map, Bandle City is located literally south of Icathia, separated from Shurima, Icathia, and Kumungu only by a chain of mountains.

However, Bandle City's culture does not resemble in any way the Shurimans, and they have nothing to do with the Void. So will they have the Shadow Isles treatment? On the old map, the Shadow Isles and Bilgewater were located on completely opposite points of the map. But now the new lore established that they are both located on the same place, the Blue Flame islands.

I imagine that if Riot were to relocate the Bandle City, they would place it near Piltover and Zaun, since Bandle City has a lot in common with them. They even share many of the same modern, sci-fi-esque culture.

11 Comments

Tesla EffectMay 6, 20162 votes

There is a chance, yes.

JayHog1992May 6, 20161 votes

Well, Bandle City is supposed to be a secluded place, in a place where humans couldn't reach it without the possibility of being shot on sight. Mostly because they fear the idea of humans wiping out their race.

YumaS2AstralMay 6, 20161 votes

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Well, Bandle City is supposed to be a secluded place, in a place where humans couldn't reach it without the possibility of being shot on sight. Mostly because they fear the idea of humans wiping out their race.

And that's why it is located near Icathia?

JayHog1992May 6, 20161 votes

You talking about the new map or the old map? Because that's what's confusing me.

YumaS2AstralMay 6, 20161 votes

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You talking about the new map or the old map? Because that's what's confusing me.

old map

JayHog1992May 6, 20161 votes

What's in Icathia anyways? Never heard of the place.

YumaS2AstralMay 6, 20161 votes

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What's in Icathia anyways? Never heard of the place.

It's a very old Shuriman city - likely a ghost town - that has been dominated by Void energy. It is generally considered to be the "capital" of the Void on Valoran, and it is also the point of entry to which the Voidborn creatures come to Runeterra, as the main Void portals are located there, although there are Void portals on other places of Runeterra.

Most humans who come there either die, become Void servants (like what happened with Malzahar ) or manage to survive and not become a Void servant but they have to become non-human beings who have to fight the Void (like what happened with Kassadin ).

The old map shows Icathia located just north of the city of the yordles, and the only thing that separate them are a chain of mountains called Sablestone Mountains. However, even if the yordles do not want to be visited by humans, it is unlikely that they would rely on Icathia to scare them. Because this would mean that the yordles are malevolent creatures and we all know that this is not true bar a few exceptions Veigar - It is likely that the yordles do not even know that Icathia exists.

There isn't any real explanation to this, though. I asked this question because it does not make sense that Bandle City is isolated from the rest of the human nations, especially Piltover, from which most of the culture and technology of the yordles is "imported". It is even more strange because Piltover and Bandle City are separated not only by Icathia and Shurima, but also by Noxus, a nation of humans which hate Yordles.

It would make a lot more sense if Riot did to Bandle City the same thing that they did to the Shadow Isles: They relocated the Shadow Isles to become part of the Blue Flame Islands (an archipelago in which Bilgewater is located). Riot could do the same thing to Bandle City, so that they would be bordering Piltover. This would make a lot more sense since there are many yordles which are linked to Piltover Heimerdinger Rumble Ziggs Corki but there is only one yordle which is linked to Shurima Amumu and even then it is debatable whether he is a yordle or not.

Ebonmaw DragonMay 6, 20161 votes

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... Riot could do the same thing to Bandle City, so that they would be bordering Piltover. This would make a lot more sense since there are many yordles which are linked to Piltover but there is only one yordle which is linked to Shurima and even then it is debatable whether he is a yordle or not.

The problem with this, is that Riot said in the Q&A of Ekko, that he has never seen a yordle, and he has been in Piltover many times (His weapon is the second hand of a clock that he stole of Piltover).

So, its possible that the yordles do not have a conection with Piltover anymore... after all, the new lore of Heimerdinger never mentions Piltover.

Princess EmmaMay 6, 20161 votes

I sure hope not.

Those poor Shadow Isle creatures wont survive.

Meep ManMay 6, 20161 votes

The Shadow Isles isn't really RIGHT next to Bilgewater or in the same chain of islands, it is just closer to Bilgewater than every other nation.

Also, I think every place is being relocated because now there is 3 different continents in the new map. One where Ionia is, one where I would assume Demacia and Noxus are, and a mystery other one, possibly Shurima.

LordHippomanMay 6, 20161 votes

I think it's interesting to think about this in conjunction with Jaredan mentioning the new map has 3 continents. So if you've got Valoran as one and Ionia as one, that third is still a mystery. I think that a Yordle Continent could be a potential thing.