What has Anivia done in the Freljord? What's her purpose as a deity?

Moody P·1/22/2019, 4:18:22 AM·7 votes·5,260 views

Since we're still waiting on her retcon to be "officialized" with an actual bit of new lore, I can't help but wonder what good she does for the Freljord. While all 3 spirits we know about have had clear and obvious terraforming effects on the Freljord, the other 2 have done something clearly useful in regards to making the place habitable, even if they have a habit of wrecking the place every now and then. Ornn created the land, Volibear created the rivers and I can assume that also means he brings rain.

Well, all Anivia does apparently is freeze shit. What good is that, really? Very cold weather makes things worse for people, generally. As far as we can tell, she's a neutral entity who exists just to exist; I suppose that's a step up from Volibear turning into a jaded asshole because he wasn't being admired enough or something, but Volibear at least has the claim of being a huge boon to human survival in the Freljord, arguably the _only_reason they can survive there at all, unless Ornn made the soil fertile for crops when he beat down the earth. So what effect has Anivia had other than turning the place into a tundra?

We're almost 2 years on the Freljord demigod retcon now, by the way.

12 Comments

The Iceborn1/22/2019, 12:05:18 PM3 votes

She represents the ever changing weather, the cold in the freljord.. We shouldnt discuss that part too much as she will get some lore in the future.. But what we know is that she is the protector of Freljord thats why she exists, she represents the Lands emotion (she mirrors the lands state). She is also connected to Ashe, seeking peace and unification for the freljord.. She is,uknown to Ashe, guiding her toward a great path of unity.. So her main purpose is protection, that is exactly hy she doesnt like Lissandra.. Anivia senses Darkness in her land, check out her quotes! By being the lands spirit, she is prone to corrpution ( hence why there is a Blackfrost Anivia skin, she was corrupted by lissandras darkness) and that makes her not want to protect Freljord anymore, which again is great for Lissandras plans

Ralanr1/22/2019, 6:41:35 AM2 votes

I'm thinking more towards representing a force of nature. Being a phoenix, she represents a rebirth, though with snow it's to remind us that winter is always coming.

As for what good she does, idk. Can't remember her positives on winter.

mrmeddyman1/22/2019, 9:12:40 AM1 votes

They're all just greater spirits. It's the Freljordians that regard them as "deities".

Ifneth1/22/2019, 4:35:37 PM1 votes

She protects and watches over the Freljord, preparing to fight the Watchers beneath the ice.

Thefrostyviking1/22/2019, 4:39:00 PM1 votes

She might just have a connection to the "untainted" iceborn like braum.

Would somehow make sense given that lissandra represents the opposite side and those two are hostile to eachother.

Velzard of Koz1/22/2019, 9:34:40 PM1 votes

She's cutting the butter