Worried about new lore

BeatinWarDrumz·9/23/2015, 11:57:39 PM·9 votes·5,576 views

> For those of you who don;t know, a couple of months ago LoL got a new head of lore who used to work on Warhammer 40k. Since then, we have had two releases - tahm, and kindred (lore release at least - check it out, a little piece was written by Riot called a good death, nice read). Both of them are really cool conceptually, and provide enough detail for speculation unlike some other releases(cough cough bard cough cough), HOWEVER neither of these champions seem to tie into the existing universe very well. With the retcon, i was under the impression that Riot's goal was to be able to have plot development - thus far the only real development we have gotten has been in the bilgewater event (which was really cool), and it doesnt seem like tahm or kindred tie much into Noxus/demacia or Shuriman civil war etc etc.

Thoughts?

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RiotRiotJaredan9/24/2015, 1:37:21 AM11 votes

The wonderful fellow you are referencing is not the new head of lore, let's not throw a bunch of stuff on his plate! Tahm Kench and Kindred were not worked on by Graham, though you'll be seeing some more of his work soon... (tease).

Tahm Kench and Kindred both deepen Runeterra's mythology so they're not really main antagonists or protagonists in the manner you reference.

That won't be the case for all champs, it's just worked out that way in this regard.

Amélie Cauchemar9/24/2015, 12:13:57 AM6 votes

They're not supposed.

They're called outside sources.

Do crossroad demons pertain to anything about your life story? 98% chance no. Are they part of human culture's story? Yep. Are you part of human culture's story? Yep.

What is Tahm Kench? Technically he's the devil of League.

Aatrox is essentially the God of War.

And Kindred is literally death.

None of these things pertain to really any person's one single story in the real world. But if you apply it culturally, realistically, they are what shaped all of human culture to the way it is today.

Tesla Effect9/24/2015, 12:17:33 AM5 votes

They expand upon the mythos of the world a lot, also introducing interesting characters that arent Champions. I say Aatrox Bard Kalista TahmKench RekSai and Kindred are all invaluable to the lore of the setting itself.

Only Play Darius9/24/2015, 3:12:29 AM4 votes

All the recent champions are independent and I don't really like it.

Kindred is some kind of Reaper who wanders the forest.

Bard is a cosmic entity.

TahmKench is implied to be somewhat connected to Bilgewater but he is officially independent.

Kalista is technically from the Shadow Isles but isn't truly affiliated with them.

Gnar is a wild animal who has no association with any of the factions.

RekSai is technically from the void but is once again a feral animal who does not align herself with the faction.

Azir feels like the only recent release who has actually belongs to a faction.

I mean seriously when was the last time we got a champ who fought under the banner of Noxus or Demacia?

Sharjo9/24/2015, 1:15:15 AM1 votes

For those of you who don;t know, a couple of months ago LoL got a new head of lore who used to work on Warhammer 40k.

Gonna stop you there. Jaredan's currently heading Narrative's endeavours, Mr. McNeil is, as far as I know, been in Riot for less time than Jaredan's been at the helm, so Mr. McNeil is not the new head of lore. Just wanna make sure that at the very least is clear.

lightdragoon889/24/2015, 1:39:50 AM1 votes

Tahmn Kench is mention in the Bilgewater event. He is a legend there and many stories about him too.