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Thoughts about the futere of leblanc(lore wise)

Emperor of Fate·1/15/2018, 8:43:55 PM·1 votes·503 views

Leblanc was always one of the msot interesting champs lore wise but due to the retcon judgements are no longer canon thus we now have very little info about her! However i think that we will soon get a lore update for her along with swain rework and as unlikely it may sounds i do beleive that the core of her old lore may be revived! I base that assumption on two facts : 1)when urgot executes her he says : ''every one of you as dead as the last '' something that hints that there are multiple leblancs or rather multiple vessels for leblanc! Now for thsoe of you that dont know the ''true leblanc'' used to be the first matron of the black rose and since then the name was passed down to the next matrons along with a crown(?) and a staff that made each matron look identical with the original leblanc!Also it was hinted that the consciousness of the original leblanc was slowly fusing with each matron( ''strange" she said ..."its like looking to a mirror''). 2) In swains new bio is stated that : In a swirl of sacrifice and secrets,** the greatest secret of all is that the true enemy lies within.**Now that was somethign i overwrote until i remembered the following sentence from leblancs judgement :She comes to a halt in front of an ornate door, taking a moment to peruse the inscription. "The truest opponent lies within," she reads whimsically. The irony curls the edges of her lips to a brief smirk, but only for an instant. My best shot is that lebalnc is trying to manipulate swain and swain is trying to use leblanc and ehr magic for his own goals...basicaly the war of black rose and noxus military is an intelectual contest between leblanc and swain , and both of them are trying to hide their true colours until they are able to checkmate the opponent in one move!

Also they can take a wild approach and : Turn leblancs crown or staff into a darkin weapon ( the sister fo varus or the fifth one) something that will be intriguing but hard to pull off(given the nature of the darkin we know so far)

I really hope black rose gets a serious update in general because currently it has no goal as an organization..Anyways i would like to hear as many opinions on the topic as possible so dont hesitate share yours !

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Whyte Lyon1/15/2018, 9:47:57 PM1 votes

Personally I find LeBlanc as a character was boring as hell. A lot of aspects to dated characters in League are left horribly unexplained, LB more so than most. As much as I can't fault her lore for being annoyingly vague or confusing or filled with plot holes, I suppose the point of pre-retcon LeBlanc is intended to be like that... ?

A few things I didn't appreciate about LB's lore that needs a heavy amount of improvements:

  • Unlike the other Black Rose members, LeBlanc as a character is confined exclusively to the group. If you take away the BR altogether, LeBlanc is left with a gaping hole of nothing, her story is dead. She has nothing to do otherwise and the character has no where to evolve.
  • Second, the Black Rose has no meaning behind it, no fathomable motivation at all. So far they've just done random bullshit that's made very little sense or benefited them in some grand purpose or larger picture. And I think this hurts LB's lore quite a bit.
  • Next, her powers / magic. Would be nice to have a firm grasp on what she can do in-universe other than the basic observations we can make from her in-game.
  • Speaking of powers, explain if not at least hint at why the title "LeBlanc" needs to be passed on. It's a cool concept to the character but doesn't add much to her either- cool for cool sake. Either retcon it or have it play into something significant.

Honestly I would try to point out more areas that LB's character needs improvements on but her lore was never that extensive to begin with, I think I've summed her up in a broad sense quite well. I will admit I'm not familiar with Judgement perhaps there's more vague and confusing things there too.