Terminally ill Champion

Chembaron Yamada··10 votes·1,864 views

I was looking at Urgots rework and let me point out: I love it, his visuals and kit are great and I look forward spamming that guy (and probably maining him at top lane) in the future.

That being said: I thought that when it comes to lore, there was some missed opportunity. Urgot became another vigilant in Zaun, killing chembarons for the sake of his ideals ("There are no leaders, just survivors."). Good story and really fitting for his new badass theme.

But there was another hook I thought they probably could have taken for him: Urgot could have been a terminally ill chembaron, trying to cheat death with every method he can find and therefore was augmenting his whole body with machines. Of course he chose a much more horrifying appearance, since he is a chembaron and he understands the power of fear (since fear is the biggest motive in his life, the fear of death made him willfully turning into a monster).

Urgot is ruled out now, but what do people think? Is that story arc of someone desperately trying to survive and cheat Kindred by using immoral methods something you would like in a future champion? I know I would like that, it could give a character depth, nice interactions with Kindred and beings who successfully cheated death (aka undead).

13 Comments

KoKoboto10 votes

I think that story is already told with Orianna.

Chembaron Yamada1 votes

Yes and no. Orianna was ill, but since she turned almost completely into a hextech driven robot the fear of death does not define her anymore.

More like she is searching her place in this world since she is completely different from everyone else. Her illness was the reason for her transformation, but after it it doesn't have any effect on her anymore. She is just looking for company like in that short story where she is finding another robot and she thinks it is like her, having self awareness.

I am asking for a champion who is still terminally ill and can't get cured, therefore being in permanent fear of death and trying to postpone it. Or maybe looking for a cure himself.

Warlord Dienekes7 votes

I keep hearing Yasuo has cancer, so that might be what you're looking for.

Danjeng4 votes

He is cancer

Eternal7914 votes

I too was expecting something along those lines, but thinking about it now it wouldn't make too much sense. Urgot is essentially a war machine. He should be out wrecking people's shit, not sitting around watching over this empire he's carved out.

Chembaron Yamada1 votes

Yes, I understand that it wouldn't make sense for what he is right now. With the shotgun knees and that stuff, being a vigilant going to kill chembarons in Zaun is more fitting for him.

Just thought that the archetype of someone being doomed to die soon, but trying to postpone it as much as possible would be really interesting. Hence why I ask if there is some interest in the community for that trope to get embodied in a future champion. ^^

Eternal7916 votes

Also he's not really a vigilante, cause he's not fighting crime. Anarchist is a better word for him.

RiotReav39 votes

Visionary Anarchist was the word we used internally a lot. Rather then a chaotic anarchist like Jinx

Eternal7911 votes

Oh man. I can't wait to hear the Urgod preaching his vision of chaos and suffering to his acolytes. I imagine his VO is going to be awesome.

Grimm Howl2 votes

Sounds like Urgot might have a VO reminiscent of ideals of Christopher Nolan's Joker and Bane melding together.

XIII Vanitas1 votes

Definitely more Bane than Joker.

RiotReav39 votes

It's funny because this is exactly the conclusion we came to during his early ideation. Early on in his development he was a chembaron himself very similar to what OP describes above. We pivoted to this direction because it made more sense for war machine to be out killing people

mkyner1 votes

That's pretty cool. I kind of like the idea of a Champion with an ongoing "dispute" with Kindred as they struggle to put off making their choice (succumb or run) as long as possible. Perhaps this Champion has some magic that makes outrunning Wolf a realistic possibility, so rather than letting him/her make a choice, Wolf and Lamb need to work together to enforce the Champion's mortality. Sounds more like a Shadow Isles thing, though.

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