Riot, please make Rek'Sai's lore first person.

Destínum·11/26/2014, 11:26:29 PM·32 votes·3,069 views

Currently, she has no quotes whatsoever (unlike Gnar who just isn't speaking our language). I think her not being able to speak is fine, but her problem currently is that because she is so in-human in both appearance and personality, she feels more like a glorified jungle monster rather than a champion. Because of this, I think her lore really need to be in first person (just like Vel'Koz and Sion). If you do the same to her as you did to Gnar's and Kalista's lores, she won't be anything else than mindless beast (which is not what voidborn are meant to be btw.) We need to get a look into her head to see that there's more to her than "land shark from the void that eat travelers".

34 Comments

HeresyUntoFedex11/26/2014, 11:47:28 PM7 votes

That would be pretty cool, but I wouldn't count on it though. Rito's lore team is kinda a mess at the moment.

Jungle Lux God11/27/2014, 4:13:18 AM5 votes

I haven't read Rek'Sai's lore, but I'm not sure if making her lore first person is the best idea. It would probably look something like this:

"Rarr rar raaaaarrr arrr grrr rarr grr rarr garrrrr grr rrrraarrr rar rarrrr rar rrrarr grrr grrarrrr raar

grrrr rarrr rarr rrarrr rar rrrrr rarrrr grrr garrr garrrrrrrr rrrr grrrraaaaarrrr rrr

raaarrrrr rrarr rar rrraarrr rrrr rrrarrrr grrr garrrrrrr grraarrrr"

Narasimha11/27/2014, 12:18:19 AM5 votes

"Rito please we don't have enough real monsters." "Rito common, make our monsters seem more human."

Unslaadfel11/27/2014, 1:54:43 AM4 votes

Or it could be a biography written in a journal by some researcher. The last journal entry could be of his fatal encounter with Rek'Sai.

Hawkefire11/27/2014, 7:04:27 AM4 votes

I say do both.

With her official lore being in first person, and a mini-story told by some travelers who narrowly escaped death (extra kudos if you have Ezreal running into her and surviving)

SecretAgentHulk11/27/2014, 2:09:34 AM2 votes

I think her lore should be third-person, probably like Gnar's; IMO this preserves the "other" feeling that Void champions give off (although TBF Vel'Koz's lore does not do this). That said, she needs lines.

HowPlayGAEM11/27/2014, 5:17:12 PM2 votes

Not sure if first person would be a good idea, but I agree that she needs more depth.

Yes, Gj Riot for releasing a nonpandering female monster champ, but at the same time it would be incredibly boring for her to simply be a monster based on instinct.

IMO, the overall plot increases in depth when the "monsters" have some explanation. For example:

The rachni from mass effect are initially perceived as mindless monsters, but then you learn that they are actually very intelligent sentient creatures who communicate by songs.
The darkspawn from Dragon Age are initially presented as unknown mindless plagues, but their origin turns out to be far more messed up. Throw in the awakening DLC plot in there for and extra good story time.
The zerg overmind is/was a very charismatic personality; without it, the race would simply not be as interesting
The witches in the Madoka anime
Song of Saya visual novel

Of course, it depends on the context. In some cases, details can ruin the experience (Reapers explanation in ME3)

Rek'Sai is a nonspeaking monster champ placed into a setting that currently doesn't exist because Riot deleted the old lore and didn't make the new one yet. There is no framework or context, no speech, no dialogue, NOTHING. Broodmother in Dota2 has a voice, and it's cool; she doesn't lose her monster card just because she's voiced. Giving Rek'Sai minor personification or some context isn't going to diminish her status as a monster, and more than likely may strengthen it.

Helmight11/27/2014, 6:39:07 AM2 votes

I was never a fan of the first-person lore entries, but given Rek'Sai's disappointing VO, I could go for one. At the very least we'd have SOME kind of idea as to who she is and what drives her.

Xulsigae11/30/2014, 2:22:43 AM1 votes

To me it doesn't make sense that we wouldn't be able to understand her (or Gnar). Languages in fiction get translated constantly, it's not really something to complain about. We as summoners can understand every champion except Gnar and Rek. Why? Why are they much more 'alien' than others? Surely Taric, Kayle, Morgana, pre-retcon Nasus and Renekton, Malphite, Olaf, Anivia, Nidalee, Trundle, Rammus (Okay), Fizz, Nami and any other champions from far off lands and such would not speak recognizable Runeterrestrial languages, and yet we understand them just fine. The logic doesn't add up to Gnar and Rek being unintelligible.

Having her lore from her perspective would be far superior than any third person story in my opinion. Sure third person is unique, but it doesn't really make up for the loss of her own voice. Show, don't tell.

TheFrozenIsles11/27/2014, 2:26:26 AM1 votes

No. I'm hoping it be some hunter that think she is nothing more then a animal only to find out all a lone he was the hunted and he was only falling for her trap like the animal he thought she was.

Kingsgrave11/27/2014, 5:04:28 AM1 votes

I hope her lore is written from Kha's perspective so she remains a monster but we get more direct information about her and her species.

Gorgiolio11/27/2014, 6:06:53 AM1 votes

I have to disagree with you on this. She obviously doesn't know english, why in the world would she be thinking in english? We do not know EVERYTHING about the void. What makes you think that there isn't terrifying, blood hungry creatures mindlessly lurking there.