My review of Taric's new lore: Taric is a traitor and will face justice.

As morning lit up the temple’s overgrown cloisters, Taric finally decided to head back and check on his men. He was greeted by a scene of carnage. His troops had been butchered in their sleep, their corpses bearing the jagged hallmarks of the Void’s monstrous predators.

Taric had failed his men, his country, and most painfully, his self-avowed mission to protect life.

Returning to Demacia in shame, Taric was stripped of his rank and sentenced by Garen to endure “the Crown of Stone,” a ceremony that demanded a dishonored soldier ascend Mount Targon, known to all as a death sentence, as few mortals had ever survived the climb.

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EDIT: Even after he so called "paid for his crimes", he takes on a Demacian Army to save a flower. **A FLOWER! **

its beauty rings out like a single crystal bell. It is the last flower of its kind. If it dies, no more shall bloom. I can not allow it to perish.

The two opposing commanders pause in their combat as I approach, an uninvited guest at their last moments. They turn to me, suddenly allied in their outrage at my intrusion.

I stand at the very eye of the two armies, seemingly inviting the cold embrace of death from all sides. But unlike all those who are now taking wary steps toward me, their sword hands trembling, I know why I fight.

#TRAITOR! http://static.comicvine.com/uploads/original/12/128535/4986147-6574591594-8a8.g.gif

I don't care if you are an outrageous hunk who is the epitome of man, nobody escapes justice! http://i.imgur.com/W0wVY4c.gif?Noredirect