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2018 Lore Tournament - 8th December: The Girl Who Came Back vs. At The Edge of the World

RiotBioluminescence·12/8/2018, 9:29:49 PM·7 votes·8,649 views

[Edit] And with that - the Edge of the World wins with 69 votes to The Girl Who Came Back's 33. Congrats to a tale of misery, hubris, and betrayal! Yay!

#2018 Lore Tournament: Day 3 Welcome to day 3 of the 2018 Lore Tournament!

We've seen Nunu's mum tell us a story, Ezreal try to convince us (or maybe himself?) of the greatness of his explorations, seen Swain handle a minor inconvenience on the front lines, and watched Nidalee lay down some stone cold payback!

Today we'll decide if we prefer the story of Kai'Sa teaching a young girl how to deal with the Void, or the tale of a hyper ambitious Noxian commander bringing the Empire to the jungle.

https://i.imgur.com/2sYg12l.jpg[/img] The Girl Who Came Back by Michael McCarthy Kai'Sa meets a plucky young Shuriman girl who is armed to the teeth and ready to make her family proud. ##vs https://i.imgur.com/v3opzGn.jpg[/img] At the Edge of the World by Ian St. Martin Ysard Tomyri commands the ship Ardentius for the glory of the Noxian Empire, and hopefully the glory of her own name.

I can recommend taking a re-read of the Kai'Sa story - it feels like it was released so very long ago (2018, eh? Crazy.) At the Edge of the World, on the other hand, was only released a few days ago, and may still be fresh! Fresh and bloody. So which is your fave? Both feature determined main characters in seemingly impossible environments - wrestling with fear and its consequences. One has a little girl sidekick, Illi, and the other a grizzled beast master, Ordylon. Both concern themselves with monsters :)

17 Comments

Eleshakai12/9/2018, 12:01:41 AM4 votes

I sense some noxian bias here... it seems like even mediocre noxian stories get disproportionately high votes.

FeelingOrnny12/8/2018, 10:34:26 PM3 votes

After reading other story's about void incidents and how cuts from void monsters or being touched by void matter results in their death(or amputation of bodypart). I can't call any kai'sa lore/stories good when her survival is based on something that near directly conflicts with other void lore.

Is there any way of checking when a story was released, I've found story's on the LoL wiki but there rarely/never a release date.

good abyss story edit: ok she even conflicts with lore from this year wow.

"edge of thw world" was a great story to reintroduce the kumungu jungle into modern lore with it's mysterious and lethal environment.

Cetri12/8/2018, 11:03:16 PM3 votes

I love the horror aspect of At the Edge of the World. As I said in another thread, I'm a fan of eldritch horror, especially when the land itself is the monster.

Falrein12/8/2018, 9:36:59 PM2 votes

At the Edge of the World is just soooo nice. I loved it (and it's the first long story I've read&understood in English. The others I read in French. So I'm kinda attached to that one). The Girl who Came Back isn't bad tho. Just that I like Kumungu's story better!

[slayer-jinx-wink]

Edit: I totally forgot to vote when I wrote that lol

Lewanor12/8/2018, 10:31:45 PM2 votes

For the glory of Noxus!