So... I haven't read the lore for Bilgewater in a lonnnnnng time, but does Rafen still exist within the story? Cuz... supposedly a Bilgewater champion is coming next, and ya never know what riot might be planning. (Is rafen too close of a name to rakan to even be a possibility?)
Rafen still exists as far as we know; didn't show up during Fortune Smiles, but he survived Shadow and Fortune more or less unscathed.
Dunno if they'd go with making Rafen a champion, though as you say anything's possible. I dunno how Rafen works in other languages to know if it's an alright name to usethough; that'd be my only issue. Unless they just conjured up a last name for him and used that instead.
The teasers of the the upcoming Bilgewater content leans more towards the ocean/s around the Blue Flame Isles rather than the inhabitants of the islands itself.
So my money is on another sea creature themed champion. But hell it could be a normal human from Bilgewater, whose gimmick is efficiency at swimming.
I mean, his shtick would probably be swordplay. Maybe he'd be a Bligewater assassin, as we don't have that yet (Fizz is technically not from Bilgewater).
I don't know. I'm intrigued.
I'd personally take the cool seamonster champ over a third lame pirate champ. The lore of bilgewater is cool and all, but god, GP and MF look so bland, like Pantheon and Olaf
I'd love to see Rafen I found his character pretty entertaining in Shadow & Fortune. I don't think he'll be the next champ though, unless they do something really left field with his character. All we know from both stories is that he was a pretty good pickpocket in his youth, pretty good with a sword and a pretty good first mate haha. None of that really screams champion material. Still like the idea, though
