Who The Hell Is Jax?
** Jax is an Iconic Character of League of Legends. ** But who is he within the setting? Let's look at who Jax was BEFORE the new lore direction (Removing the Institute of War), and what old lore said he was first.
It is seldom the case where a champion is defined by his actions after joining the League of Legends rather than before. Such is the case with Jax, for whom the argument could be made that he is the most prolific tournament fighter currently at the Institute of War. Before joining the League, Jax was an unremarkable soldier-for-hire. For reasons known only to the former leader of the League, High Councilor Reginald Ashram, Jax was put on the top of the list of candidates to receive a League Judgment - the interview process that either accepts or rejects a prospective champion. His Judgment was the quickest in League history, where the Doors of Acceptance glowed and slowly swung open as soon as it began. Jax faced no recorded Observation or Reflection during his Judgment.
Jax proved himself to be an immediate terror in the Fields of Justice. The self-proclaimed Armsmaster of the League rattled off a streak of consecutive wins that to this day has not been matched. A number of summoners in the League grew concerned that the perceived objectivity of the League of Legends would be questioned by the presence of an unknown fighter who was unbeatable. For this reason, the new leader of the League (following Reginald Ashram's disappearance), High Councilor Heyward Relivash, created special restrictions for Jax to fight under. This was something the League had never done before, and something which has never been done since. The burly fighter responded by imposing his own special conditions; as a means of protest, he permitted himself to fight using only a brass lamppost. Neither the League's sanctions nor his own has affected his winning ways. The League has since rescinded its sanctions, but Jax has not; he fights and fights well with his trusty brass lamppost.
So he was an unremarkable nobody sell-sword who didnt really become recognized until he joined the League, and was instantly approved. No one knows WHAT he is (it aint human), where he learned his martial skill, and he only gained his signature weapon because it was a self imposed restriction within the League.
Well now that the league is gone, the organization that "defined him"....looks like lore teams gonna have a LOT of work replacing everything that is now missing.
I think they need to start with the "what is he?" question that has, as Lore team said long plagued Evelyn albeit there's still room for mystery. Currently more than any other champion, Jax is now a blank slate. It wont due for him to be a nobody, The Grandmaster needs to be LEGENDARY. Why did he choose a lampost as a weapon? Maybe he doesnt use a 'real weapon' because he wants to make fights interesting? Jax seems like he COULD be the type that enjoys fighting for the sake of itself, with money and ideology, and even national allegiance being secondary if important at all.
He could also use a VU. And a new skin ....maybe........Unmasked or True Master/True Form Jax?
Maybe there could be a rivalry between him and Aatrox, a champion he counters AND might appear in his newer splash art from the shadows? Could Jax be a fabled Darkin, or something else like a so called Lightkin? Aatrox simply appears (although it's implied he can be called) to turn the tide in a battle -maybe Jax simply shows up to fight against whatever side he feels will be entertaining ? And he handicaps himself just to make it "fair"?
that Jax doesn't have: he's simply really good at what he does.
