Lore?

Sadistic Clown·Feb 9, 2019·3 votes·3,332 views

Is there any actual lore in this game?Not just a champion story stuff,but actual lore.

I take example from DOTA that has real lore/story.

Im just wondering if there is such story in LoL.Or is it maybe just slapped on on the go.

8 Comments

FalreinFeb 9, 20197 votes

Just go there and have fun. There are stories for each champion (well, almost. You may find a post that was made a few days ago about which champions don't have stories yet), and more. You can find comics, stories that aren't about champions (such as The Eye in the Abyss by Anthony Reynolds, or Twilight of the Gods by Graham McNeil, two awesome, talented writers). There are also stories that involve champions but that aren't necessarily about them directly (The Dreaming Pool byt Anthony, and Where Icathia Once Stood by Graham). There's a lot of stuff really, and there's more coming: a novella, more comics, ~~Syndra lore~~, etc. So yeah, there's plenty of lore. There's even a map (I think Bio's the one we gotta thank for that!).

One can but wonder why they are putting so much effort in Worldbuilding...

Sadistic ClownFeb 9, 20191 votes

I suppose you do know the story of Dota,well Warcraft to be precise,where every hero has its place within the whole story.So it is in fact slapped on for LoL.

I just like the well written stories in games that i play.It puts more depth within the game itself.

I will check out those you mentioned.

FalreinFeb 9, 20194 votes

Oh I just mentionned a few but there are many more.

You have to remember that unlike LoL, Warcraft's story has been evolving for a long time. League's lore is more recent, and still suffers some plotholes and missing links. Do think that for now, League of Legends is just a MOBA, and even though the game and the lore are two separate entities, the lore suffers from that too. It would be easier to tell stories through another kind of games (cause as you can tell, a MOBA isn't the best way to tell stories). I'm fairly confident Riot is cooking us a nice, lore-focused game (Legends of Runeterra might be a hint towards that, but I don't wanna spread misinformation so until further notice we can't truly know), and that their lore will evolve.

Do remember that they have a lot of stuff that is stored and ready to be published, but they just can't for some obscure reason.

Ebonmaw DragonFeb 9, 20192 votes

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I suppose you do know the story of Dota,well Warcraft to be precise,where every hero has its place within the whole story.So it is in fact slapped on for LoL.

Warcraft and Dota are two separate things, Dota is a custom map created with the Warcraft Edittor... But the characters of Dota have no relation to the lore of Warcraft.

So, No, not "every hero has its place within the whole story", Lesale Deathbringer, the Venomancer from Dota has little to do with Warcraft and never appears in the story... Because he is based on a Hydralisk from Starcraft

https://i.ytimg.com/vi/UXDJZsylCE0/maxresdefault.jpg

Look at Arthas for example, he is a character from Warcraft, but in Dota there are 2 different heroes with totally diferent stories that use 2 different models of Arthas (Abaddon the Lord of Avernus and Purist Thunderwrath the Omniknight)

In Warcraft there is a Blood elf called Kael('thas) and in Dota there is a Blood mage called Kael, they both have the same name, ultimate and model but their stories and other skills are totally different. Anub'arak is another example of 2 characters having the same name and model, but not skills and lore.

Same goes for Rylai for example, she is not Jaina even if they use the same model.

In fact, not every hero from Warcraft "has its place within the whole story"... Firelord, Alchemist and Tinker never appear in the story of the campaign.

So, DOTA is a bad example since YOU dont know the real lore/Story of DOTA... you know the story of Warcraft 3.

6FlagsFunnelCakeFeb 9, 20193 votes

"Dota Lore" "Warcraft Lore" [sg-lux-2]

Et Tu Geddn XNa Feb 9, 20191 votes

Riot scrapped alot of the their old lore to create new lore which is why there are no summoners in league of legends. Summoner part got scrapped which makes it kinda ironic that the main mode is summoners rift

They are doing well in making new lore the recent years some of which are very well made kinda

DerMangoJoghurtFeb 9, 20191 votes

Depends what you mean with "slapped on". If you mean that lore and gameplay are seperate from each other, then yes. If you mean that the lore isn't well done or only small scale, then definitely no.

There are currently 146 short stories on the universe page. Roughly 100 of them are champion specific color stories, about 5 are skin universe stories, and the rest are either world building or character interaction stories.

Sadistic ClownFeb 9, 20191 votes

Well slapped on is when you create character and than try to squeeze him in the whole story.I agree that there are many short stories and they are ok but what i would really like is one where all champions are included at some point.Imagine if you watch a movie and characters just pop out of nowhere.