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I know where Norra is.

The Iceborn·5/16/2019, 1:07:33 PM·55 votes·32,233 views

####Intro I've been thinking quite a lot of about Norra, oddly enough. Whenever I find something intriguing, I try and find as much evidence as I can. Im here making this post in order to present that evidence to you. We know that Norra is the yordle master of Yuumi and that Norra used Book to travel to different places in order to collect random artifacts. We also know that Yordle's seem to be quite curious spirits/beings. So with that in mind I think that Norra is on the Shadow Isles, let me explain how I got to that conclusion. https://i.imgur.com/XV893QR.jpg[] ####Evidence Norra went to a place that is dark and quite dangerous so she ripped not one but many pages from Book, she didn't want anyone to follow her to that place as even Book stayed and didn't follow her. The only places that seem really dark to us is the Void (portal in Icathia) and the Black Mist. Now since Norra tore out the pages she traveled to, Yuumi can't follow her directly there and that is why Norra is not in the Void/Icathia. Keep that in mind.

She saw the book on her master’s desk and flipped through its pages in a panic, noticing that** some were torn out entirely**

As we all noticed by now, some in- game items are lore related. For example: Frost Queen's Claim, Seeker's Armguard, Guardian's Orb and many others I can't think of right now. If Im thinking this out correctly, Lost Chapter was never lore- relevant until now. If you look at it in detail, you will notice that the page has a symbol on it, it's the Shadow Isles symbol. Now I wouldn't have made this post if Yuumi's bio didn't mention multiple pages, and it does! The image shows that the pages were not taken out with a gentle hand. They were torn out. If you rewatch the yuumi teaser you will notice that Book uses simple symbols for factions and places. The book isn't written in a complicated way, it's very straightforward. This leads me to believe that the Lost Chapter, in its simple writing, is the page(s) that was torn out of Book since there is literally a lost chapter... https://i.imgur.com/rgZHKgA.png[]

####Conclusion Now the only question left is why? What would Norra want in the Shadow Isles? I know she is curious as most yordles are but she isn't stupid to risk her life just to discover a few artifacts there. She even left Book because she knew how dangerous it is there and how dangerous it would be if someone from the Shadow Isles got Book. In my opinion she is on a very risky mission to do something, not sure what tho.

63 Comments

Malicious Metal5/16/2019, 1:15:15 PM28 votes

Hmm

Camille Ferrøs5/16/2019, 1:18:35 PM20 votes

seohfgsdsdofi HOLD ON HOLD ON. no way to plan the lost chapter thingy with the book no way. im mind blown.

4 Step Cadence5/16/2019, 1:23:40 PM15 votes

That raises the question of how/why Yuumi found traces of Norra in Shurima, though. Is the teapot fragment from a previous adventure? Did Norra purposefully scatter "clues" all over Runeterra before her disappearance to distract Yuumi and keep her from finding her? Hmmm...

ADC Yuumi5/16/2019, 1:18:34 PM11 votes

I thought Yuumi just hopped right into the Void never to return. [sg-miss-fortune]

Pika Fox5/16/2019, 5:41:21 PM10 votes

Rito: "Genius, theyve written the lore for us! Us, hire this person!"

On a more serious note, checks out, and is a definite possibility. This is either spot on or looking too much into things riot didnt think about before hand.

Hammermancer5/16/2019, 8:41:44 PM8 votes

Norra the explora

General Matty5/16/2019, 2:59:13 PM6 votes

You sir are brilliantly insane. I applaud you.

Terozu5/17/2019, 2:22:04 AM5 votes

Holy fucking good catch though. I've never even looked closely at the lost chapter icon, even though we memed that it was where norra went on the Yuumi discord.

Maybe we'll finally get a corrupted Norra as our shadow islands yordle!?

Shadowkirby145/16/2019, 9:33:52 PM4 votes

If that were the case, imagine Norra being the next champion already succumbed and twisted by the Black Mist. Just seeing Yuumi for the first time in ages would be heartbreaking.

"Yuumi? ...is that you?"

Opop5/16/2019, 8:56:47 PM3 votes

It makes sense, though I don't think it was intentional (given how Lost Chapter is an item from 2015).

Regardless, I can see Riot building up on it in a sort of ''oh yeah this lines up pretty well actually'' so props to you for the theory.

Dewritoes5/16/2019, 10:15:29 PM3 votes

Something about the fact that you can buy Lost Chapter makes me think... Have these pages already been found by the merchants of Summoner's Rift? IS NORRA ASSOCIATED WITH SR?

Probably thinking too much

Noxxarian5/16/2019, 6:26:42 PM2 votes

Clearly it may not indicate that she necessarily went there directly. Even if she did intend to do something there. To just appear at the Shadow Isles would be a bit foolish, I'd say. The final destination could be there. The question still remains what she wanted to do there. Perhaps she thought of a way to heal the isles? It would make sense since yordles have a special approach to magic, and seeing such a dark twisted place would certainly not feel quite alright to observe. Though if we follow this chronology, we can assume that since the lost chapter was found (?) at some point, to exist under such a title, the Shadow Isles were never healed, and it would imply she failed, or died there... or was changed by the isles.

Thinking of it now, it would be pretty neat if you had Norra as a champion who was... changed by the isles, in a similar way Yorick was. But who knows. I can speculate until tomorrow, and this is a really neat theory.

The Dreamwalker5/16/2019, 4:32:33 PM2 votes

I think it makes sense. Bilgewater is mentioned quite a bit with Yuumi, and this helps it make sense because she can travel near the place where Norra is and not directly there. Bilgewater is the place closest and most heavily affected by the Shadow Isles. It would make sense that Yuumi ended up in Bilgewater in search of Norra.

Also, just a note, Riot is planning on releasing a new faction which may have ties to Yuumi and Norra with the release of the new adc champion.

LordRedStone Nr15/16/2019, 9:23:19 PM2 votes

Very interesting! I found some more evidence:

#Yordles

At first, note that there are some Bandle City Yordles (that are listed on the Bandle region page) and others that roam the physical realm. All of them are connected to a special region or culture: Amumu: Shurima (not confirmed a yordle, but likely) Kled: Noxus Poppy: Demacia Kennen: Ionia Fizz: Oceans / Bilgewater Gnar: Freljord Heimerdinger and Ziggs: Piltover and Zaun

The only regions that do NOT have a yordle associated with them are Mt. Targon, the SI and the Void. I doubt they would want to make yordles for Targon and the Void, which are essentially the big players in the universe, but what about the Shadow Isles? Or the former blessed isles?

#Norra and the Blessed Isles

Consider this bit about Norra in Yuumi's Bio:

Whenever adventure sparked her interest, she joined Norra on explorations across the material and spirit realms. Norra spent her time collecting strange objects like broken cups, shards of colored glass, and fabric with funny stitching. She examined each artifact with deep reverence, though Yuumi never understood their purpose.

Collecting (probably magical, maybe technical) artifacts and examining them? That does sound a lot like scholars from the Blessed Isles, right? That's why I think Norra is our missing yordle that is connected to the Blessed Isles. She may even be the marksmen from the roadmap! Or that marksmen should be connected to Norra and Yuumi at least (if we assume that teaser gif is indeed for the Blessed Isles. We can't know for sure, but it's the most likely option for now.)

Another thing here: Book's origins. Still unclear, but it might be from the blessed isles. Maybe it was made there, maybe they found it and archived it, and gave it to Norra? Norra seeked out the help of Blessed Isles scholars to research this magical book?

#My theory on what happened

So, Norra went around and collected magical artifacts, inspired by, commissioned by or at least connected to someone on the Blessed Isles. She would probably check back there from time to time, maybe visit her friends or the library or something. She has a magical book which can bring her anywhere, so I think it's safe to say she traveled to a lot of different places. (Maybe even further than the known map.) We know she has been to Shurima and other regions. And it is said that she likes to relax at home too. So she probably wasn't there all the time, but checks in from time to time. Also note that time works differently in Bandle.

The ruination happened, thanks to Thresh, Kalista, the Ruined King and everyone else involved. Norra didn't know until recently, when she learned about it from other sources, maybe thanks to a visit in Bilgewater or somewhere close. She decides to check it out, but tears out the pages because it's too dangerous for others to follow.
That seems to be in line with what we know from Yuumi's Bio.

Thoughts?

WAZZZUP5005/16/2019, 4:38:18 PM2 votes

Another point I just noticed with the zoomed in pic of lost chapter: the female face on the page looks similar to the maiden of the mist, and the color scheme fits too.

Sir Gusi5/16/2019, 4:46:48 PM2 votes

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####Intro I've been thinking quite a lot of about Norra, oddly enough. Whenever I find something intriguing, I try and find as much evidence as I can. Im here making this post in order to present that evidence to you. We know that Norra is the yordle master of Yuumi and that Norra used Book to travel to different places in order to collect random artifacts. We also know that Yordle's seem to be quite curious spirits/beings. So with that in mind I think that Norra is on the Shadow Isles, let me explain how I got to that conclusion. https://i.imgur.com/XV893QR.jpg[] ####Evidence Norra went to a place that is dark and quite dangerous so she ripped not one but many pages from Book, she didn't want anyone to follow her to that place as even Book stayed and didn't follow her. The only places that seem really dark to us is the Void (portal in Icathia) and the Black Mist. Now since Norra tore out the pages she traveled to, Yuumi can't follow her directly there and that is why Norra is not in the Void/Icathia. Keep that in mind.

As we all noticed by now, some in- game items are lore related. For example: Frost Queen's Claim, Seeker's Armguard, Guardian's Orb and many others I can't think of right now. If Im thinking this out correctly, Lost Chapter was never lore- relevant until now. If you look at it in detail, you will notice that the page has a symbol on it, it's the Shadow Isles symbol. Now I wouldn't have made this post if Yuumi's bio didn't mention multiple pages, and it does! The image shows that the pages were not taken out with a gentle hand. They were torn out. If you rewatch the yuumi teaser you will notice that Book uses simple symbols for factions and places. The book isn't written in a complicated way, it's very straightforward. This leads me to believe that the Lost Chapter, in its simple writing, is the page(s) that was torn out of Book since there is literally a lost chapter... https://i.imgur.com/rgZHKgA.png[]

####Conclusion Now the only question left is why? What would Norra want in the Shadow Isles? I know she is curious as most yordles are but she isn't stupid to risk her life just to discover a few artifacts there. She even left Book because she knew how dangerous it is there and how dangerous it would be if someone from the Shadow Isles got Book. In my opinion she is on a very risky mission to do something, not sure what tho.

Roit said the are going to release a new adc with a theme that sounds shadow isle'ish maybe that is Norra! That would be so epic but still I really want a yordle that is designed for the jungle, but sti it would be amazing if she is the next champ!

KnightFalll5/16/2019, 5:04:47 PM2 votes

When you read Yuumi's lore you find out the that she found some traces of her master in shurmia. This is when she found a piece of pottery with her scent on it.

Here's Necrit's video about it: https://youtu.be/qPLsoC4cBAU

Ionian Vulpix5/16/2019, 5:46:44 PM2 votes

Interesting theory. Too bad that, like every other plot thread introduced with each new champ, nothing will ever be explored or reach a conclusion.

Whyte Lyon5/16/2019, 2:16:37 PM1 votes

As we all noticed by now, some in- game items are lore related. For example: Frost Queen's Claim, Seeker's Armguard, Guardian's Orb and many others I can't think of right now.

But they're not. Just because items share the aesthetics or qualities that can be found in-universe, doesnt make them canonical without ever legitimately been mentioned. AFAIK, no item has been mentioned in official stories.

I'm curious what convinced you they were ?

Paletongue5/16/2019, 5:28:43 PM1 votes

Now since Norra tore out the pages she traveled to, Yuumi can't follow her directly there and that is why Norra is not in the Void/Icathia. Keep that in mind.

Wait I'm having trouble understanding the correlation. Why does that mean she's not in Icathia?

Stars Shaper5/18/2019, 11:16:36 AM1 votes

I also thought about the SI but I didn't notice the "Lost Chapter" thing.

Really well done.

Nrsh5/21/2019, 11:38:33 PM1 votes

That does make a ton of sense (never noticed that lost chapter detail btw! Omg I feel dumb...) another supporting evidence is that it seems like Mordekaiser shows interest in Book (in Yuumi's voice lines she tells morde he cant have him), the way he could know about something like that is by meeting Norra and seeing the chapter she has. It might even be that he captured her. OH DAMN, I think I'm on to something (thanks to you), What could Norra, a yordle possibly want with the shadow isles?! The answer is Veigar!!! Veigar was taken by Mordekaiser, and Norra must have some relation to Veigar! That's why she would risk her life and go there, to rescue him! It's also kinda confirmed by MM's "Hmm" that it has to do with Morde. (I thought about the second part while writhing this)

The Iceborn11/8/2019, 12:03:15 PM1 votes

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