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Expanding Runeterra

Solus Cael·1/3/2015, 8:39:13 PM·5 votes·1,363 views

So I've given this some thought for a while, and I think it would be great if the lore could expand beyond Valoran and the surrounding islands. After all, Valoran is just one continent. Ever think, looking at the map of Valoran, what lies west past the Shadow Isles, across the Conqueror's Sea? Or east, past Ionia and the Guardian's Sea? Wouldn't it be great to one day see a world map of the entirety of Runeterra?

I honestly think expanding the lore to mention new continents, regions, and/or civilizations would allow League of Legends to grow even more in depth, variety, and appeal for years (maybe a decade or two) to come.

It might be wishful thinking, but wouldn't it be great to introduce champions into the mix that aren't from Valoran or the Void? With maps not located in Valoran?

And what if one day Riot were to have another lore event like the Ionia versus Noxus event back in 2010 (Is that the correct year?), but this time with Valoran defending itself from an outside force?

Please leave your thoughts. Does this concept have potential, or is it stupid? Do you have any ideas that might fit into this?

(Also, as a side note, I know Riot needs to clean up the existing lore before doing this, but you know...)

7 Comments

UomoAfide1/3/2015, 10:11:16 PM2 votes

LoL Factions is actually trying something like that, with the introduction of the newly discovered continent of Nyroth. Anyway, the idea sounds interesting, but there is a major problem which is preventing the expansion of the current world of Runeterra. The lore retcon is still in development and the introduction of new lands seems a bit doubtful, considering that they are trying to redefine the entire world map and giving every "province" a precise ichonographic and lore theme. I suppose we could possibly expect one day to have new lands beside the already known Valoran, but as i made clear before there is a lot of work to be made on the actual world map to consider a new geographical introduction. For the moment my only advise is to just wait and watch.

GreenLore1/4/2015, 12:02:21 AM2 votes

The question is if other stuff even exist there,I mean the harrowing showed the shadow isles now being south of runeterra instead of north and some speculate that the world of runeterra is simply that small(although I really doubt that,considering that it'd be kinda weird)

Anyway I think it'd be hard to make a new continent.They are currently updating a lot of places and still don't know what to do with some of them.

Another point is that every nation in runeterra more or less has their own culture(based mostly on medieval real life cultures or well known fantasy culture) and their own themes,so it'd be hard to create new nations that are thematically different from the rest.

But well a smaller continent might not be impossible I mean it could have less nations or be simply smaller in general.

Some stuff that could be interesting and that isn't that present in runeterra would be:

  • a really big forest area. I mean we have a forest on the shadow isles and some other forests,but no area is really forest-themed,could obviously inhabited by some nature oriented nation

  • volcano-area. When the magma chamber was announced I was actually asking myself,where it'd be located since valoran has no known volcanos.It could be brands original birthplace,before he was imprisoned in ice

  • aztec/maya based city I guess these could also fit into the plague jungles,but well until now we don't have anything like that.

  • swamp area Well ok we have the howling marsh and the bubbling bog,but since karthus became a member of the shadow isles,there is basically nothing that connects these 2(although the vodoo lands are often seen as a marsh area by fans,but in the end we have no idea how they actually look like)

  • maybe a culture with lots of arabic influences? Dunno if Shurima qualifies though,I mean most shurima stuff looks more like egypt,but malzahar seems to be closer to the arabic culture,so I dunno if shurima doesn't mix these 2 already.

  • a nation that flies in the sky would be kinda hard to make that part of the new continent though,since it would fly,but the continent wouldn't(I'd think though that something like this would be a fitting home for kayle/morgana)

  • a native american based nation

Forbidden Siren1/4/2015, 12:50:41 AM1 votes

It would be nice to explore the underwater location/home of Nami and Fizz. Not much is known except Nami is trying to save her family/face and Fizz is just... Fizz.

Sneak Dog1/4/2015, 12:31:35 PM1 votes

I disagree. Adding more areas would reduce the time we have to introduce each area right now and reduce depth. Perhaps it's good in three years, but right now we should get to know more about the existing areas. We barely know anything about most of the map.

Dotintheparadox1/4/2015, 6:57:00 PM1 votes

There was the theory that there were other continents, but they were destroyed due to previous rune-wars.

Shíny1/4/2015, 11:14:56 PM1 votes

Unfortunately if anything Riot is trying to make the LoL universe and Runeterra smaller. Part of their Retcon initiative has been the removal of other worlds (Nasus,Anivia) and the removal of other continents (Olaf)