New SR's Blue & Red sides = the Protectorate & Magelords?
Aatrox's lore mentions these two ancient factions. Is it possible the new map represents the Protectorate and the Magelords? Their themes seem to line up.
What do you think?
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Lore? Connections? http://i1.kym-cdn.com/entries/icons/original/000/013/113/hahaha-no.gif
The possibility does exist.
I'd figure the Protectorates had more of a robust, solid architecture. Look at the towers; they look like tanks that defend and protect, hence the name. More support also draws from their mascot, The Stag. look at it on google, hell even better, find the profile icon you got when SR updated. The design is blocky scrollwork, just like the rest of blue team. More of this mascot is visible in other stone decorations around the rift.
As to the Magelords, their mascot is An Owl. You might not see it, but the latches around the Nexus hole look faintly like their respective mascots. One of my screens gives greater resemblance.
The ruins are old, ancient, and worn down. Even the pits have broken structures that can tumble. Demacia and Noxus wouldn't have such poor maintenance on this map. Though both ancient factions became the two largest today, this rift does not seem recent.
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YES!
If i'm not mistaken though both of those became nations of today. I think its actually Noxus and Demacia. Demacia being the winning army and why Aatrox has the justicar skin to show how demacia views him.
I've honestly thought this for quite a bit. Glad someone brought it up. The possibility exists! I'm not sure though.
Im pretty sure the current lore team has not read up on any of the previous lores.
In the new summoners rift vid they put out, i remember the art guy saying the designs for the two sides were based solely on 'one is more rounded out' vs the other 'more blocky in design'.