Boards›Story, Art, & Sound

Tahm Kench's lore

TurquoiseYoshi·8/1/2015, 4:37:39 PM·1 votes·1,710 views

"'The whole world's a river, and I'm its king.' Tahm Kench travels Runeterra's waterways, feeding his insatiable appetite with the misery of the unsuspecting. The singularly charming gourmand savors every moment of his victims' suffering. A deal with Two-Coats may carry you to wherever you wish, but your journey will most assuredly end in the depths of despair." -Tahm's lore

So he makes deals, and then eats people. Fun. And then, as with most champions, he has a friends/enemies section to his lore. He is friends with Aatrox, and enemies with literally every non-evil Yordle, and Fizz. (btw none of those champs list TK in their friends/enemies sections) WHAT DOES THIS MEAN? So, the Yordles are scared he'll eat them? Aatrox appreciates people who fight, even if he just eats them? Fizz is the only one who makes any sense, but what the hell Riot? Why does this make so little sense?

And it doesn't stop at Tahm Kench. Ekko is also bullcrap. Jinx is listed under both friends and rivals, and Ekko is friends with Vi, but enemies with Cait. I think Riot should have just listed that kid and the policeman from the comic.

Continuing down the new champion list, Bard has no relationships with anyone ever. Makes sense for his character, but it isn't fun. Same with Rek'Sai.

Kalista is enemies with Cass, LB, Liss, Hec, and Zed. Because she doesn't like "betrayers, deceivers, and traitors". Cute, but still an isolated character.

Do you see what I'm getting at here? No new characters are related in any way to any old characters. The lore, at this point, seems like a jumbled mess of everything that the lore team has to slowly edit together to fit the new canon. However, this makes them scared to release anything new to exist near any established champions. The closest we've had in the last 5 was Ekko, who lives in Zaun. That's it. That's the entire connection he has with this world. He lives in a place where other people also are. I really like just going on the website, and reading some lore. But Riot, can you please make new champions a part of the world and not just stuck in somewhere?

17 Comments

Ebonmaw Dragon8/1/2015, 5:11:57 PM4 votes

I think that the yordles do not consider TahmKench an enemy, because they actually dont care about him or his "deals"... that is why he seems them as enemies, because they would never accept his "deal".

GreenLore8/1/2015, 8:20:42 PM3 votes

The reason why most new champions aren't directly tied to anyone else is,because otherwise they quickly get defined by their relationship to another champ.

Viktor is seen as his own character,but Jayce is only seen as the dude who is rivals with viktor.

A character should be able to stand on his/her own though.

Valaran Nara8/1/2015, 4:43:10 PM1 votes

I'm just going to focus on Ekko real quick.

Ekko is friends with Jinx and Vi because he respects them on the grounds of being from Zaun. Both of them have grown up in the slums, so he feels a connection in there.

Now Ekko probably is rivals with Jinx because she is FRAGGING CRAZY!

BTW Caitlyn is a Pilty. Ekko doesn't like pilties. Just because Ekko is friends with Vi doesn't mean he has to be friendly to Cait.

Oh, and what Policeman? I only remember Ajuna who got shot by a Pilty who decided to whistle in a carefree manner after possibly killing someone. There were no police in the comics. Just two kids and a crooked man in the wrong neighborhood.

OMGBeardAlmighty8/1/2015, 5:34:44 PM1 votes

Tahm is "friends" with Aatrox out of mutual respect. They are both Ancients, who are aware of each other. And my guess, with the Yordles, is that they are too pure of heart, to be corrupted and lured to the darkside by his dodgy deals. And he doesn't like that. Yes, there are others who would refuse, but the Yordles are worth mentioning, as it would irk him to no end, that he has no power over (essentially) an entire race.