Fiddlestick's Lore.

For a long time I've always talked to my friends (Who I admitting have very few of.), about how I felt that Fiddlesticks should get a rework. Recently I've thought instead that Fiddlesticks should receive a Lore Rework, instead of a Game play Rework. LORE

For nearly twenty years, Fiddlesticks has stood alone in the easternmost summoning chamber of the Institute of War. Only the burning emerald light of his unearthly gaze pierces the musty darkness of his dust-covered home. It is here that the Harbinger of Doom keeps a silent vigil. His is a cautionary tale of power run amok, taught to all summoners within the League. Decades ago, there existed a powerful rune mage from Zaun - Istvaan. At the end of the fifth Rune War, he became one of the League's first summoners. Too much a prisoner to the old ways of magic, Istvaan stepped further and further outside the rules of conduct in the League. In what was ultimately his last match, his reach finally exceeded his grasp. Sealing himself inside the easternmost summoning chamber, he began incanting the most forbidden of rituals - an extra-planar summoning.

What exactly happened inside that chamber remains unknown. No champion came to represent Zaun that day in Summoner's Rift. Only silence echoed back from repeated knocks on the chamber door. The first apprentice who entered was cut down immediately by an unearthly scythe. What few who followed and survived were driven mad by fear, mere husks of men gibbering about crows and death. Afraid of the evil even Istvaan could not control, the League sealed all exits to the chamber, hoping they could contain what they could not destroy. Years went by, but the wooden figure within never moved save to slay any foolish enough to enter. Seeing no recourse to reclaim the chamber, the Council instead devised a use for Fiddlesticks: executioner. While he comes to life and seemingly abides by the rules of summoning in the Fields of Justice, what he awaits inside his chamber is unknown. His unmoving face yields no clues, and his scythe stands ready to strike down any who stand before him.

Those who say 'you have nothing to fear but fear itself' have not yet felt the crows.

Now the obvious problem with this lore is The Institute Of War no longer exists Theres alot of things that you could do with Fiddle's lore, his kit, and his appearance. Personally I've always had this head-canon for Fiddlesticks.

"Before the cataclysm that tore the Shadow Isles apart into what it is today, it was full of splendor and beauty. The forests were seemingly alive, springing with life and the beauty of nature. The fields were full of men working day and night to secure a bountiful harvest, but that harvest always came, it never faltered. This was because of the intervention of a spirit that the locals called "Fiddlesticks." Fiddlesticks was a spirit of the harvest, the spirit had bound itself to a scarecrow built by the farmers, and with it's looming presence no crows dared to touch down on the fields, for it was under Fiddlesticks protection. Locals sometimes debated wether or not Fiddlesticks was real, as most of the time their scarecrows would never move, but occasionally one scarecrow in particular would disappear from time to time. That scarecrow would appear at different sections of the farm every week or two, sometimes it would take months or years to move. Whatever the case, Fiddlesticks' mere presence caused the harvest to flourish, and the fields to be ripe. Nothing gold can stay , and soon the cataclysm took place. The forests became corrupted, resulting in the being Maokai, the new dark magic that loomed over the isles transformed anything under the sinister black mist, turning them into undead monstrosities. Fiddlesticks was not spared, the spirit of harvest and plenty became the spirit of famine, twisted and corrupted by the black mist. Now, Fiddlesticks has become fear itself, a spirit deserving of the title "The Harbinger Of Doom", where he goes, fields wither, flocks of carrion and crows devour everything in his sight, and it drains away anything still living that dares to show itself in it's presence."

Not only does that tie Fiddlesticks into the Shadow Isles so that he can be used more frequently in stories, but it makes Fiddlesticks have more identity as a character. Hes not just a scarecrow dude that sucks people dry, Hes a spirit of famine that brings entire nations to it's knees with the fear of starvation, and with fields dying at it's mere touch. Also, wouldn't it be cool to see Fiddlesticks in the Harrowing?