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The orbit of Targon stories

Wrathof300·1/13/2020, 10:38:02 AM·7 votes·10,276 views

With the recent Leona and Diana lore updates and the release of Aphelios. It is nice to see the Targon story moving away from trying to be the rival faction/ the protagonist counterpart to the Void.

Targon's story is becoming more grounded in it's own lore, with the Solari and Lunari storyline. The Lunari are coming into power to challenge the Solari's dominance over Mount Targon, supposedly with Diana at the helm. And Leona being chosen as an Aspect to protect the dominance of Solari.

It begs the question "How long have the Solari and Lunari been caught up in the cycle for dominance and how often have they switched places?"

It can even be linked all the way back to Zoe. She is the Aspect of Twilight and heralds times of great change after all. Although, I think she is also heralding an even greater change to Targon's power hierarchy in relation to AurelionSol's revenge. However, this a plot involving Targon Prime and celestial which is much further away in Targon's future.

I am also interested in whether there is any connection between the spirit realm and celestial realm.

Even Pantheon has been more involved with immediate and current developments on Runeterra opposed to waiting on the Void. The Aspect initially seized control of Atreus' body to deal with the return of the Darkin: Aatrox Varus Kayn Now Atreus will possibly play an active role in the coming Shuriman god war.

Whereas years ago it was assumed Pantheon and all the Aspects came to Runeterra because of the Void. The Void being mentioned in both Aurelion Sol and Diana's short stories and in Taric's bio.

This is much better for Targon going forward, immediate stories not being built around villains from another region. Now Targon's relation to the Void can be akin to Bilgewater and the Shadow Isles, the Harrowing is one aspect of Bilgewater, but the region has it's own stories and developments separate from the Shadow Isles. More than likely the Void's return is going to affect the entirety of the Shuriman contintent if not multiple regions across Runeterra and this is much better, having Targon be actively and equally affected opposed to them waiting on the sidelines to save the day.

Also on the topic of Targon going forward, I do hope that the next Targonian champion is a Solari/ Ra'Horak champion.

8 Comments

Jaspers1/13/2020, 11:24:16 AM4 votes

I think Targon is ripe for good stories due to it's setup. While Noxus is about war and being the best, so stories are about conflict and being the best or Demacia is all 'mages bad' 'big man with sword good', Targon has many plot points due to their status on Runeterra and how they (both the people and the Aspects) function. From it's dying Empire and Sol to it's conflict with the Void to the people that inhabit around Targon (Solari and Lunari). There seems so much potential in good story telling.

I'm all for anything more on Sol and the Empire myself.

mrmeddyman1/14/2020, 1:31:19 AM2 votes

The Solari and Lunari are two parts of a larger truth, they will fight, but eventually come back together at the end of it all. I hate specific changes done to Leona and Dianas' dynamic though. Making them close friends, that ascended together and then had a falling out over opposing truths/ideological differences that they wear on their sleeve is SOOOOOO tired and played out in the storytelling. They're just carbon copies of Kayle and Morgana now, if I was new to the lore I'd have trouble distinguishing them. Also it's just too late in the game to change stories of champions who aren't getting VGUs or aren't relevant to the story yet. Hard to get invested in anything when everything is subject to change.

Lewanor1/14/2020, 9:50:33 AM2 votes

The dawn will never rise again.