New Champion Speculation!

https://nexus.leagueoflegends.com/en-us/2017/10/champion-roadmap-october-2017/

So with the release of this new Champion Roadmap (finally!), Riot has officially revealed some very interesting news to us regarding reworks as well as a NEW CHAMPION!

So first, let's list off what they revealed:

1. New FEMALE BURST MAGE!
2. Details on Swain Rework
3. IRELIA REWORK CONFIRMED!
4. Stuff about Aatrox Gameplay Update

Now let's speculate on the new Champion (I've bolded key words in the text regarding the new champ, they have some hidden little clues to what exactly we are getting)

"TOYING WITH TWILIGHT It’s been a long time since we had a new mage (and even longer since we released a new burst mage). With this in mind, we’ve redirected some time to creating a new burst mage with the tools to approach a fight from… interesting angles. We also wanted to take this chance to do something a bit more playful and bubbly as opposed to the dark and serious champions we’ve done recently. The new mage will have unique abilities that haven’t been seen before in League, so hold onto your summoner spells and don’t fall asleep, because change is coming… cataclysmic change. Also, sparkles!"

• "TOYING WITH TWILIGHT" - First off, the name alone gives me a little idea of what this new burst mage is. "Toying" may refer to the character being either a child, or simply very childish and playful, which most definetly is true! The image hint is literally bubbles, sparkles and butterflies. Now the word "Twilight" is where it gets interesting. We've only really seen the term 'twilight' used once in League; Shen, the Eye of the Twilight. Now, what is Shen exactly? He's basically the person who acts as the line between the Spirit world and the Physical world. We've had some details on this Spirit world through many pieces of lore; the Vastaya have a direct ancestry linking to the spirit world, all natural magic derives from the spirit world, and it's most likely the place where beings like Kindred, Maokai or Janna come from. My theory; The New Champion is a Spirit, and her release will give us more details on what exactly a 'spirit' is, just like how Evelynn revealed how Demons work. Another piece of evidence to this; I had theorized before that 'Demons' are just an evil name for 'Spirits' who do bad things, but Evelynn reveals they are actually a slightly different species that have ties to negative mortal emotions. Maybe this new Champion will finally put my theory to rest and reveal the distinctions between spirits and demons! PS: It's also mentioned that "Change is coming...cataclysmic change." The word 'Cataclysm' puts the RuneWars to my head, which is directly tied to the birth of a demoness, specifically Evelynn, another hint that this may be a Spirit champion and that they have some connection to the Rune Wars.

• "Approach a fight from...interesting angles." "Unique abilities never before seen in League" - Now I can't say too much on what this means, but what I can say is that this means were getting something entirely new and out-of-the-box, as most new Champions tend to be. Ornn's able to forge his own items, Aurelion Sol can't play hide-and-seek, and Ivern TALKS to jungle monsters. Perhaps 'interesting angles' may mean that they effect teamfights from a far distance away, so I can't WAIT for what were getting next, since I don't know what to expect!

• "Playful and bubbly" - More details on their more positive, childish theme compared to our darker, more serious characters we've gotten lately, probably Lulu style childish! Also, the term "Bubbly" may also be a hint to the overarching theme of the new champion's kit, as we actually have images of BUBBLES in the teaser image!

• "Hold onto your summoner spells and don't fall asleep" - Some of these new 'never before seen' kind of abilities mentioned before. Definetly some kind of interaction with summoner spells, as well as what may be a new type of CC? Sleep?

EDIT: So some new info has emerged, and I think I have a deeper theory! As discussed, a lot of people theorize that this new champion may be some sort of 'antithesis' to Nocturne, where she focuses on dreams rather then nightmares, hence the whimsical theme and the mention of 'sleeping.' Along with that, the new Evelynn AMA gave rise to some new info. 1) We might learn about who else in League is a Demon alongside Tahm and Evelynn and 2) We might get some Nocturne lore as well! This only further proves the idea of this new mage having some connection to Dreams instead of Nightmares.

A Rioter also mentioned that the new mage may 'agree' with someone who has a huge dislike of Lux, which at first was strange considering how bubbly and upbeat Lux is. But then I started thinking, if this new champion has a connection to Nocturne, then maybe they just hate mages in general?

Maybe spirits/demons have a dislike of mages due to their use of magic, a very important resource in the spirit world, just as how Xayah dislikes mages for how they take magic away from the Vastaya. Along with that, Nocturne was last seen in Demacia, and he also mentioned his dislike of 'mages,' going as far as to actually possess one and have a huge fight with Lux and Garen.