After discusion, here is the second version of the new lore map! If anything doesn't fit, please, don't hesitate to inform me!
http://i.imgur.com/iePIa7Bl.jpg
Original post: http://boards.na.leagueoflegends.com/en/c/story-art/oEJG5qIs-new-lore-runeterra-map-concept?
RiotBioluminescence18 votesI only have a few minutes to comment (sorry!)
--Liking the size of Ionia's continent now - much better than before.
--The 'Serpentine River' issue is a real problem that I, and other lore fans, have wrestled with in the past. My solution was to have two serpentine rivers. (Which is something that happens in real life too - in the USA there are two rivers with the same name in the same state! Never mind on the same planet.)
-- Shurima is a decent size too. Good.
-- I'd look to the Freljord event map for a rough outline of that region. Pretty sure that's at least somewhat canon.
-- Bilgewater and Shadow Isles looking pretty good, relationshipwise too.
Probably cannot comment on anything else right now, but I didn't want to see you (and the other map/geography experts here) with nothing. I swear something is in the works, but you know Riot. We can't give you a date because it might get pushed back etc. I know how infuriating it is, and I'm sorry.
Sharjo7 votesI like to imagine you guys are paranoid about jinxing things, so everyone is required to carry a block of wood with which to touch in an effort to un-jinx themselves.
Tesla Effect5 votesI like to imagine you guys are paranoid about jinxing things, so everyone is required to carry a block of wood with which to touch in an effort to un-jinx themselves.
ing things....I see what you did there....
@Bioluminescence has said more than enough for the time being, and we completely understand the oath of secrecy you all need to follow.
Sharjo3 votes[slayer-jinx-wink]
Elikain3 votesDid someone say
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An Undead brat2 votesI got a response from Riot. I can die piecefully now. Karthus, may I join you?
On a serious note, I really didn't want more, you're just awesome! <3 Thank you! (And thank you, Tesla Effect, you're helping alot!)
Chromatic Eagle1 votesSo there's a third continent that we know nothing about?
An Undead brat1 votesResearch says the third continent is where Shurima desert locates, we figured out that it might be connected by land with Valoran.
Sharjo5 votesI like the idea!
Problem though; Runeterra has three continents, with Shurima and Icathia on the third, southern one that has yet to be named.
An Undead brat1 votesThanks! No problem separating Valoran. Do you know if Targon locates on Valoran or the Shurima continent...?
Sharjo1 votesI think Targon's on Valoran, given that Taric's called "The Shield of Valoran" specifically, but I'm not 100% sure.
An Undead brat1 votesAlready checked updated Targon's lore where it's stated that it locates almost in the center of Valoran!
GreenLore2 votesWell the definition of a continent isn't quite clear. I mean some countries count eurasia as 2 continents(europe and asia obviously) and some count america as 2 seperate ones,so it would be possible for valoran to be one big mass of land that consists of 2 continents.
Sharjo1 votesDefinetly possible.
Tesla Effect4 votesTwo Serpentine Rivers....that helps a lot. Mainly due to this map http://vignette1.wikia.nocookie.net/leagueoflegends/images/2/29/Quinns_Journal_p3.jpg/revision/latest?cb=20130209023014 This map confuses me, on one hand we have the indication of something that maybe new lore stuff (Lightshield crest from previous journal images), but on the other hand, we have a river that closely resembles the old river from the old map. Is there a possibility of multiple rivers like these? Also Demacia is on the west side instead of east...so yeah this map confuses me.
Most likely Quinn is a being troll and Valor is helping her.
Moonboy653 votesthat looks really well done, good job [slayer-jinx-wink]
An Undead brat1 votesWell I won't be satisfied until a Rioter approves the map :P
Tesla Effect2 votesWhat if Valoran is just an full name for the supercontinet similar to Afro-Eurasia? Still a Supercontinent, just more cut than what the giant clump Pangea was.
An Undead brat1 votesI'll look at it (let's also consider that Eurasian boarder are mountains)!
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I'll look at it (let's also consider that Eurasian boarder are mountains)!
Well thats true, there is no actual sea boarder between Europe and Asia. Africa was only recently divided from Eurasia due to the canal made in Egypt. So yes, all of them are connected in some small part of the land.
Beyond Legends1 votesFrejord is way too big and you miss the fact that there is 3 contient instead of two. Also the serpent isle(where bildge is located) runs along the serpentine river and I'm pretty sure piltover is closer down south.
An Undead brat1 votesI agree with Freljord, it just came from my hand this way lol...
And I already know about the three continents, I just had this done already do I posted it, but it's still work in progress :)
Tesla Effect1 votesThis looks better but I would also like to point out that the river in Piltover flows into the large body of water, not from it. Unless this is a reverse river system, the lake thing seems odd. More likely Piltover is near the sea, while Zaun maybe from ether the opposite coast line (given Jinxes trajectory from her music video), or part of the giant merging of two cities of Piltover and Zaun. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0nlJuwO0GDs Certainly Piltover is a sea city with a moon shaped bay from its left side
An Undead brat1 votesI was studying Get Jinxed for a while now too xD Honestly, I wouldn't be so sureabout it being a sea, still might be a lake, but the Harrowing map points on Piltover too, might indicate something.
333lom1 votesCould it be possible that both Piltover and Zaun are on the coast?
An Undead brat1 votesIt definitely could, the reason why I did not put Zaun there was simply that I thought that there would be way too many coast-side cities xD
Mordepool1 votesShadow isle looks way to close to bilgewater
An Undead brat1 votesThey are, actually (Harrowing).
Mordepool1 votesThe blessed isle was a lonely isle none could find I'm not sure what scale your using but it seems the shadow isle would be visible from bilgewater
An Undead brat1 votesI'm sure you'd be right, if this was a part of the old lore. Eeeh, please, don't make me explain it again xD Google something, The Shadow of Fortune, The Harrowing and stuff. :)
Mogarl1 votesDue to the harrowing map I think Bilgewater is closer to Piltover/Zaun and Ionia than any other City States. Simply because no other locations are marked on the Bilgewater map. That's what really confused me when I attempted to make a layout of Valoran. Piltover/Zaun and Ionia are the only places close enough to be marked down on the map. Unfortunately Information about Piltover and Zaun is almost useless as we have no geographical knowledge of what else Piltover or Zaun are near.
DoktorKaiser1 votesArent Shadow Isles in the nort-west part of the world if I remember correctly ?
An Undead brat1 votesIn the old lore, yes. In the new one on the other hand, no way :)
Elikain1 votesWhere are the Void incursions? I remember something in Aurelion Sol's lore about him wiping out the mountain, drying up a river and desintergrating forests with his Starsurge?
It should be around Mount Targon (at least in the base of it) and i doubt it hadn't left a permanent mark on the environment, not visible from the map. It should look like a small meteor strike at least.
#Since i mentioned the Void, what about Icathia?
An Undead brat1 votesWe have little to no information about Icathia in the new lore, so I don't want to draw it in :/ But in the third map, I estimated Urtistan on a place it should fit the most...
About Sol thing, good point. Not sure it would be visible on map, but if it was, do you know the location closer?
Elikain1 votesNot sure at the moment. I don't think the exact place was mentioned but am off to uni at the moment so i will be able to check it after a few hours at least. Will inform you about any new or no information then :).
Good map though. And i appreciate that we got an approximation of League's universe. So far all we have are stories of how all of these places are like and grand but we've left the sizes and relations between them to our imaginations.
Elikain1 votesThis is the description of the place in Sol's lore:
This world’s imbued warrior is alone at the peak of one of the smaller summits, brandishing a starstone spear. ...gesturing to the bottom of a rocky crevasse with her pointy little spear. ...I turn my attention toward the source of the breach, nestled in the basin of the once-verdant valley, now strangled with creeping, purple miasma.
And Aurelion Sol describing what he does with the breach:
Gravity melts in undulating waves of color most eyes will never be able to witness. My stars warp matter as more fuel coalesces into their cores... ...Trees splinter. Rivers evaporate. The mountain walls of the valley crumble in smoky avalanches. ...Certainly, no terrestrial world has ever born scars as severe as what is left of that once-verdant valley. When I am finished, nothing remains. ...In the glowing aftermath of my carnage, the smoldering once-mountains collapse into the molten rubble streams now flowing through the valley. This is the scar I have left upon this world.
An Undead brat1 votesHeh, I did version #3, I think we're pretty accurate right now, but since now, we can only wait for official map, there's nothing left at this point I believe.
http://boards.na.leagueoflegends.com/en/c/story-art/1JBqsVze-new-lore-runeterra-map-concept-3
Lord Wrath1 votesI'm gonna be honest I thought this was a tracing of Ireland and England but just upside down flipped
