LeBlanc Lore

DonatellaVersace·5/18/2017, 2:00:32 AM·6 votes·1,701 views

So, I have loved to play LeBlanc for a long time. She was my second champion to play as, and soon became my very first main. I have always loved the mystery behind her and the Black Rose, but after seeing all these new lore updates with champions and reworks, I look back at her lore and I am sort of disappointed. While many champions have lore that directly surrounds them, LeBlanc's lore focuses rather on the secret organization she leads and not LeBlanc herself. While we know 'LeBlanc' is the title passed down to those who are deemed worthy of leading the Black Rose, I find it lackluster that LeBlanc, or perhaps better known as Emilia or Evaine for those who have been here a while or did digging on her, doesn't have much of a background on herself, the individual.

I see two options for a LeBlanc lore update:

We evaluate the true motives of the LeBlanc. Since LeBlanc is a title/mantle/spirit, it would be very interesting to get a background on it. When the title is passed down to whoever is worthy, when they take the mantle they take on the physical appearance of the first LeBlanc. How old is this manifestation? Is it a spirit? How was she able to trap her essence in a mantle and manage to keep it in cycle with the organization? How long has she been present in Runeterra? Is she one of the omniscient/omnipotent beings such as the Watchers or Aurelion Sol on a different scale? WHO IS LEBLANC???

Another road we could take is a background on the current individual, Emilia/Evaine. When did she join the Black Rose? What made her worthy of the mantle and title? Did she have any direct connection to some of our more prominent Noxians before taking the title?

So much to think about. I do believe we could have an INCREDIBLE story with LeBlanc, but as of now, for a champion with such a mysterious and alluring but also lacking background, she is of little interest other than her gameplay.

11 Comments

Valor Bot5/18/2017, 2:40:28 AM3 votes

Hopefully Urgot's VGU will bring with it a regional lore update for Noxus that'll shed some light on LeBlanc and her place in the world. Doubt Riot would forego her due to how influential she is in Noxian politics and her relationship with Swain (if that still remains).

6FlagsFunnelCake5/18/2017, 4:12:48 AM2 votes

I think more background on Emilia/Evaine rather than reveal the truth about LeBlanc. Though I want them to dwelve more on LeBlanc's background as an immortal "evil-queen-esque" character of Runeterra, I think that the idea of not knowing is a huge part of her character. Though I want them to keep most of her history a general mystery, I do want this:

  • Delve deeper into the thematic of The Black Rose as the huge secret-society of League, take notes on conspiracy theories, and thematics of other societies such as the Illuminati or even H.Y.D.R.A
  • Give her a deeper relationship with Swain. I like to imagine that her relationship to Swain is that of a mother and son. With Swain's lore obviously changing with his Visual Gameplay Update, I hope they go on with the idea of LeBlanc being the adoptive mother to Swain, who raised him to become the cruel leader of Noxus he is today. Along with that, the idea of secret societies raising powerful political figures in the hopes of controlling those nations effected is another thematic for secret societies.
  • Evil, keep her super evil. Morally gray characters are great, but too much of it can get a little stale. LeBlanc is the evil-queen from Snow White, put into life in League of Legends, she's the reason why Noxus and it's Champions have an extremely bad image and portrayed as a more "evil" society, she shouldn't be a morally gray character, hell we have some 'good' characters (Lux, Galio, Zac and even Ahri in a sense), why not any 'evil?'
Ioverboy 5/19/2017, 4:10:29 PM2 votes

Leblanc was one of the first champions that I main as well and her lore was one of the more interesting ones back in the day which is why I picked her up specially with her journal entry back from the old lore. I always had a theory that the jewel that was on her head contained the memories and experiences from all the other Leblancs and when the old one got too old they would find a new women with magic potential and have her take her place technically making her immortal and extremely wise. I can only hope that riot does something really interesting with her lore though

Whyte Lyon5/18/2017, 3:09:48 AM1 votes

Name one Noxian that is a fully fleshed out character, name one Black Rose member who's lore isnt anything other than mysterious and/or riddled with plot holes. Newsflash LB isnt the only annoyingly vague champ from that region and I sympathies with those who are interest to know more. So I really hope that the Noxian LU is a good one... well good is too simple a word. It needs to be mind blowing or "INCREDIBLE" like you said.

I need that same jaw dropping feeling from the ending of "Progress Day" again, that twist conclusion was very exciting!