I'm loving this new almost Grecian feel to Demacia

THE RlVER KlNG·Mar 7, 2017·35 votes·2,226 views

https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-8E2gpSvvuxk/WL78nKG8OQI/AAAAAAAAfVU/s1jUqpCCseARTPU9b-GDx6sLAIh-mDyIwCLcB/s640/wp-galio-base-logo.jpg

The architecture here is very much pastoral Greece. People were already making a few allusions to the Colossus of Rhodes, but you can notice that these similarities are even more pronounced now. I think it would be great if Demacia was pushed to a Grecian feel, maybe even if Noxus got some Roman allusions to match.

You know what this reminds me of? Mount Olympus, from Disney's Hercules.

http://vignette2.wikia.nocookie.net/disney/images/a/a4/Olympus.jpg/revision/20150105053508

Establishing distinct architectural archetypes for Runeterra is great, but I am just really in love with what this is hinting at and I hope it is further explored.

21 Comments

Big LincolnMar 8, 20178 votes

I hope we actually get to see this sort of stuff in-game

would be fuckin' amazing to see more maps of various places, even if they're just reskins of the Rift or Treeline or HA, playing new Galio on a special Demacian map would be a thing of beauty

RalanrMar 8, 20172 votes

Agreed. It's why I loved the bilgewater ARAM map. We actually got to see some life in bilgewater, rather than fight on an old bridge miles away from any Freljordian tribes.

MechakaiserMar 8, 20173 votes

So swain would basically be Caesar?

THE RlVER KlNGMar 8, 20172 votes

Et tu, Darie?

Stars ShaperMar 8, 20171 votes

Tu quoque *

VelvetCrotchMar 8, 20172 votes

More like Osman I. or Süleyman I.

Stars ShaperMar 8, 20173 votes

Both Demacia and Noxus seem to have more Middle Age features compared to the ancient Greek and Roman civilizations, there might be a reference though to the early split of the Roman Empire with some ancient likeness.

Also Mt Olympus in LoL is Targon (which is used by Demacia as a sort of death sentence) :P

VelvetCrotchMar 8, 20171 votes

They are more what old greek and ottoman culture could ve been in a fantasy future. ;)

Stars ShaperMar 8, 20172 votes

Quite accurate indeed.

VelvetCrotchMar 8, 20171 votes

thx

VelvetCrotchMar 8, 20173 votes

Yes my feeling too. Thats why I like the new design so much. Love mythology especially Greek.

Potential for a "golden Galio" skin there. (Like " colossus of Rhodes")

Imo Demacia could be the interpretation of the old Greeks, Freljord of the nordic Viking Culture, Ionia Japanese Culture and Noxian the old Ottoman Empire. (isn't Darius a Persian name for King?)

XIII VanitasMar 8, 20172 votes

Noxus has plenty of Roman allusions: it's a militaristic society ruled by a general/emperor who's constantly waging wars in order to conquer new territories. When a new land is annexed to the empire, they erect monuments that symbolize Noxus domain and they enroll locals into the army with the promise of land and wealth. They also make abundant use of the colour red to show their fierceness and might.

GenoXxMar 8, 20171 votes

The part where Fiora live's has to have an italian/ france feel to it. For people to be named umberto and what not.

VelvetCrotchMar 8, 20171 votes

https://de.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Umberto_Eco

IronwallJacksonMar 8, 20171 votes

The word is "Greek," yo.

THE RlVER KlNGMar 8, 20172 votes

Grecian:

relating to ancient Greece, especially its architecture.

IronwallJacksonMar 8, 20172 votes

I know what it means, broski. "Grecian" is archaic, replaced in modern parlance with GREEK. If you must use a different word to compare Galio to Greek architecture, then the term you'd be looking to use is "Hellenistic," and even that would be inadequate. Demacia, as a city, bears little resemblance to any city from classical antiquity, let alone something as ancient as the Greek city states. Rome makes a slightly better analogue and even falls under the purview of Hellenistic architecture, but that's still not a good comparison, since Demacia is too mired in the scale and stylings of fantasy for anything beyond a passing resemblance.

http://universe-meeps.leagueoflegends.com/v1/assets/images/factions/image-gallery/demacia-silvermere.jpg http://universe-meeps.leagueoflegends.com/v1/assets/images/factions/image-gallery/demacia-grandplaza.jpg http://universe-meeps.leagueoflegends.com/v1/assets/images/factions/image-gallery/demacia-citadel.jpg

Damn thing looks like Minas Tirith, if anything.