religions in runeterra

thecowley··2 votes·1,384 views

The targon champs are channeling. Aspects of great. Power. Illoia is a bearer of a gods will/power, and I tho k janna has been retconed into a winf spirit from the cliff face that piltover and zaun are built into.

Are there religions in runeterra though? Does Demacia and Noxus have national religions? Organized church orders? Lucian could easily be a member of exorcist like clergy from a demcian church task with destroying undead

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Epicurus4 votes

There are some in Zaun-Piltover who revere the "Grey Lady" (and that's NOT Camille). There are also a bunch of traditions, like leaving all the windows open on Progress Day. Janna is seen as a guardian angel to Zaunites.

Ryze believes in entities he calls the "World-Makers". Given his age, this may be an otherwise extinct religion.

Taliyah and her tribe follow the "Great Weaver". Other tribes likely have their own faiths.

Ancient Shurimans worshipped the sun, which may indicate a link between Shurima and Targon. There is still sun-worship in modern Shurima, but it may not be the most prominent religion anymore.

Noxus has an order known as the "Tallymen of Kindred", though wether they view Kindred as the Lamb and Wolf or some other form is unknown. Karthus was part of this order once. For that matter, Kindred is known to all Runeterran cultures in one way or another.

Aatrox used to be a figure appearing in religions all across Runeterra, but this may no longer be canon.

Demacia's cultural psychopomp is the "Velied Lady", referenced by Lucian in Shadow and Fortune.

TahmKench is a cultural symbol of Bilgewater, in addition to Nagakabouros, although he isn't so much worshipped as acknowledged.

The Solari faith is dominant in Targon, and the Lunari have been wiped out.

EDIT I forgot the best one: Shurima has cult devoted to Rammus! Every year, his devotees somersault through the cities as an act of faith, and lead marches into the desert in the hope of meeting their god.

Wrathof3003 votes

Camille is referred to, as the Gray lady all over the place, and she is 90 years old. The gray lady they worship might as well have been inspired by her. The cult refers to themselves as the glorious evolved, majority of them are Viktor's patients.

Chembaron Yamada1 votes

This. Camille is probably the furthest augmented person in Piltover right now (along with Viktor himself) and walking in these streets for a damn long time, it's plausible that they took inspiration from her when the myth of the Gray Lady was born.

The glorious evolved are not the only ones talking about the Gray Lady. Remember the short story from Evelynn where she is in Zaun making a deal with a baron? She reveals that one of the murders the baron thought she executed was actually the work of her assassin rival and she calls her the Gray Lady.

In my opinion, people in the past saw Camille and imagined her as a higher being, giving her the name Gray Lady. The myth probably lived and like every myth, they made more out of her than she actually was. So the Gray Lady they imagine nowadays is some kind of goddess, while the origin was simply an augmented woman.

Lanceworks2 votes

There is the augmented cult in Piltover/Zaun.

Tormentula1 votes

Not too sure, but I believe the blood moon cult would be considered one (however its a non-canon skin line)

However there is only one true religion in runeterra: Draven

Digielf1 votes

There is the Thieves guildTalon in Noxus which believes in Nocturnal

Whyte Lyon1 votes

There is the Thieves guild Talon in Noxus which believes in Nocturnal

Really? Cause I've checked and that's not once mentioned in either Talon's nor Nocturnal Nocturne's lore.

However your comment as an idea could be interesting for when Talon or ~~Nocturnal ~~ Nocturne's lore is updated.

Epicurus1 votes

I think Syncroniam is making an Elder Scrolls reference. In that series, Nocturne is a patron spirit of thieves.

Whyte Lyon3 votes
Epicurus1 votes

Aladdin was 25 years ago. [slayer-pantheon-popcorn]

Mystery Ghost2 votes

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http://68.media.tumblr.com/54b1a8bd6973f311e1407f938df80e59/tumblr_o6ii42o8761rwfctbo1_1280.gif

Please cut me some slack, Elder Scrolls was 6 years ago.

You can't be serious right? Elder Scrolls Online is ongoing and the newest expansion Morrowind is coming this summer, and they also announced bigger-scale expansions until they cover up all the remaining Tamriel

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s5xst39v8wE

Whyte Lyon1 votes

Wow way to bust my balls. I'm obviously referring to Skyrim and not the franchise as a whole. Which if it wasnt more obvious was the last time I personally played an ES game. But sorry for the typo, perhaps I should have used a V just to satisfy you ...

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