Ezreal should be counted as a Shurima champ IMO
I know Ezreal lives in Piltover, but he's never really home for long. He's more like a citizen of the world, traveling around from place to place. I'm sure he spends most of his time not in piltover rather than in it. And where does Ezreal's lore mostly transpire within? Shurima. I'll make a few bullet points for my argument.
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These are the other champions of Piltover. How many of them does he interact with ever? One, and it's off-camera in lore when Jayce secretly unlocks a gate or some such for Ezreal. Cait is listed as a friend but we can only guess why that might be. How many of them leave Piltover as Ezreal does? None. Finally, they are also in some way technologically inclined. A cyborg, a tech gun, a clockwork lady, a mega claw gauntlet, a hextech inventor; you get the point. Ezreal is none of these. He was raised on magic, and he lives by archaeology and more magic. He is the odd one out in Piltover. He does not fit. -
Ezreal has the most lore within Shurima. If Ezreal was a character in West World, his cornerstone is all about his time in Shurima. His parents? Died in Shurima. His gauntlet? Found in Shurima. The site where you would imagine the most ruins and digs could take place within granted other champion's lores like Sivir? Shurima. For the Aatrox reveal, Ezreal was also the investigator who compiled information. It's recently been decided that Darkin are actually corrupted ascended beings or some such, making them all former Shurimans. Zoe, another character connected to Ezreal, is also connected to Aatrox. It's also worth noting that character's "homes" are sometimes not their faction. Heimerdinger comes from Bandle City, but is counted as Piltover. Ezreal wears a weapon of their land, one for ascended beings which are home in Shurima, and the main aspects of his life take place within Shurima. He fits.
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