Religions of Runeterra

SSmotzer·9/28/2018, 7:42:30 AM·10 votes·10,024 views

Targon: Mount Targon Worships Targon Targon is the head of the pantheon of celestials Zoe Taric

Solari: Mount Targon Worships the celestial of the sun Leona

Lunari: Mount Targon Worships the celestial of the moon Diana

Lightbringers: Demacia Worships the Light Some high rank members are called Radiant Ones, Illuminators, Sentinels, and they spread the light Kayle Lucian Lux

The Great Balance: Ionia Maybe worships Karma Believes all things should be in balance Karma Akali Irelia LeeSin MasterYi Shen MonkeyKing

Cult of The Void: Woships the Void Malzahar

Anivia: Freljord Worships Anivia Believes in hope, life, and change Anivia Ashe Nunu

Volibear: Freljord Worships Volibear Believes glory can only be found through combat Volibear Sejuani Olaf

Frostguard: Freljord Worships the Watchers and the Three Sisters Believes the Watchers, who are secretly Voidborn, will conquer the world, and that they will be given the Watcher's powers and become Iceborn Lissandra (well, not really Lissandra, but her followers)

Ornn: Freljord Formerly worshiped Ornn He quit Ornn

The Sun: Shurima Worships the Sun Disk The Sun Disk It is connected to the power of the celestials and can give that power to mortals Azir Nasus

The Great Weaver: Shurima Worships the Great Weaver Believes all things have been written by the Great Weaver Taliyah

Wolf: Noxus Worships conquest and Death Kindred Darius Sion

The Church of The Glorious Evolved: Zaun Worships technology and the Grey Lady (possibly CamilleCamille ) Viktor

Janna: Zaun Worships Janna Protects and guides sailors Janna

**Nagakabouros: ** Bilgewater and the Serpent Isles Worships Nagakabouros Practiced through the truth, and always moving forward Illaoi

Godwillow: Worships nature Ivern Xayah Rakan

Rammus: Shurima "Ok" Rammus

**Xerath: ** Shurima Worships Xerath Believing Xerath is the true god king of Shurima and the world Xerath

Aatrox: Worships Aatrox Believing that offering a chosen to wield Aatrox would bring their tribe mercy Aatrox

Brethren of Dusk: Fromerly Blessed Isles Worships Life Buries dead with a drop of water from the Blessed Isles Yorick

Vilemaw: Shadow Isles Worships the Vilemaw Elise

Evelynn: Worships Evelynn Evelynn

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Oleandervine9/28/2018, 4:48:14 PM11 votes

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Targon: Mount Targon Worships Targon Targon is the head of the pantheon of celestials Zoe Taric

This isn't a religion. The mountain is considered a sacred place by the Targonians, but they do not worship it. The majority of the Targonians (Rakkorans) worship the Aspect of the Sun as part of the Solari cult.

Lightbringers: Demacia Worships the Light Some high rank members are called Radiant Ones, Illuminators, Sentinels, and they spread the light Kayle Lucian Lux

We have no records of the religions in Demacia yet. The Lightbringers are a secret sect of the military that employs magic (taboo to Demacia) in black ops missions that no other branches of the military is willing or capable of doing.

The Great Balance: Ionia Maybe worships Karma Believes all things should be in balance Karma Akali Irelia LeeSin MasterYi Shen MonkeyKing

The Ionians don't particularly worship Karma, nor do they worship balance. They're closer to Shintoism and Buddhism, in that the religion is more of a living philosophy on how to be in harmony with the world than it is about having deities. There is ancestor veneration here, and a reverence for the Karma that houses the spirits of the past Karmas, but it's not really worship in the way that western religions consider worship.

Anivia: Freljord Worships Anivia Believes in hope, life, and change Anivia Ashe Nunu

I got the impression that Anivia isn't so much worshipped as she is more of a tall-tale kind of being. They talk about her like people did about faeries and other myths like that, as someone who does her thing, can be appeased for favors, but I don't think there are organized religions around her.

Frostguard: Freljord Worships the Watchers Believes the Watchers, who are secretly Voidborn, will conquer the world, and that they will be given the Watcher's powers and become Iceborn Lissandra (well, not really Lissandra, but her followers)

This was redacted in the new Lissandra bio with Nunu's release. The Frostguard, and most of the Freljord, venerate and worship the 3 Sisters - Averosa, Lissandra, and Serlynda and worship True Ice to a smaller degree. They do not worship the Watchers anymore, as records of them have been wiped from most histories, except for a select few in the inner circles of Lissandra's cult. Even then, they do not worship the Watchers, they treat them as beings that will herald the end of the world and work to ensure their prisons are intact and report findings to Lissandra.

Wolf: Noxus Worships conquest and Death Kindred Darius Sion

I don't think we've gotten any information about religions in Noxus either. Their society is based on power and strength, but they do not worship conquest and death.

Janna: Zaun Worships Janna Protects and guides sailors Janna

All of Zaun does not worship Janna, just small pockets. Even then, she's mostly invoked as a superstition, and not really a deity in organized religion.

Godwillow: Worships nature Ivern Xayah Rakan

Like Karma above, the Godwillow wasn't a central deity in organized religion. It was a mystical, sacred site that was venerated because of the harmony and magic it had with the land, but it wasn't worshipped. And Xayah and Rakan definitely do not follow any religions.

**Xerath: ** Shurima Worships Xerath Believing Xerath is the true god king of Shurima and the world Xerath

I was not aware that Xerath has a cult.

Aatrox: Worships Aatrox Believing that offering a chosen to wield Aatrox would bring their tribe mercy Aatrox

I was not aware that Aatrox had a cult.

Vilemaw: Shadow Isles Worships the Vilemaw Elise

Vilemaw is not a real god. Elise is not a real priestess. She's a charlatan, like a TV Evangelist, stoking religious fervor in the weak minded so she can lead them to their deaths in Vilemaw's lair.

RiotBioluminescence9/28/2018, 4:03:09 PM7 votes

There's the Grey Lady, also, in Zaun. Not sure if the tally-men of Kindred are a religion, or just a job that needs to be done without any religious connections.

YDy2ZkRq029/28/2018, 4:56:35 PM4 votes

Targon: Mount Targon Worships Targon Targon is the head of the pantheon of celestials

https://boards.na.leagueoflegends.com/en/c/gameplay-balance/cfEdVAJd-welcome-to-the-aurelion-sol-qa?comment=008c0000

Targon refers to the empire -- the Aspects collectively. (Not an individual person).

Also, where did you get the information that Zoe and Taric worship Targon? In truth Zoe was a Lunari and Taric a Demacian.

Solari: Mount Targon Worships the celestial of the sun> Lunari: Mount Targon Worships the celestial of the moon

I wouldn't say that they worship the celestial, more like the Moon and the Sun itself.

Lightbringers: Demacia Worships the Light Some high rank members are called Radiant Ones, Illuminators, Sentinels, and they spread the light

The name of the religious order is Illuminators, not Lightbringers and Radiant Ones is the name of the warriors:

While in the capital, she continued her altruistic efforts, working to help those in need alongside a charitable religious order of Demacia known as the Illuminators...During her stay, she befriended a knight of the Radiant Ones, the warrior order of the Illuminators, named Kahina.

and about "Sentinels" even though Lucian's order could be connected to them, it isnt confirmed. Kayle is in limbo right now. The Veiled Lady seems to be connected to their religion, but again, it isnt confirmed.

The Great Balance: Ionia Maybe worships Karma Believes all things should be in balance

Karma is refered as a "religious leader", I would say that they worship the Spirit of Ionia and revere others spirits, as the Spirit of the Dragon, instead.

Cult of The Void: Woships the Void

You forgort to mention that they're in Shurima.

Anivia: Freljord Worships Anivia Believes in hope, life, and change

The Notai and the Avarosans have different visions about Anivia:

They say she is a phoenix, with icicles instead of feathers—her wings borne on frigid wind, brrrrrr! But we Notai know, it is hope that carries Anivia, and that she is not a guardian of our realm, as the Avarosans say. She is freedom. She is the spirit that fills you as you follow your passion, no matter how mean the world is.

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Volibear: Freljord Worships Volibear Believes glory can only be found through combat

It isnt confirmed that the Winter Claw worship Volibear, they're considered separeted forces in Ornn's color story.

Frostguard: Freljord Worships the Watchers Believes the Watchers, who are secretly Voidborn, will conquer the world, and that they will be given the Watcher's powers and become Iceborn

That was completly retconed, first, most of the Frostguard already are Iceborns, second, they worship the There Sisters, not the Watchers, in truth, they consider the Watchers an ancient evil that was defeated by the Iceborns, and even check if the Watchers's "seal" isnt getting weakened. All that I said can be found in The Eye of the Abbys and Lissandra's lore.

The Sun: Shurima Worships the Sun Disk The Sun Disk It is connected to the power of the celestials and can give that power to mortals

Again, I believe it is the Sun itself, not the Sun Disc.

Wolf: Noxus Worships conquest and Death

Not sure if the worship of the Wolf is connected to conquest.

Godwillow: Worships nature

While the God-Willow might have been worshiped, after Ivern cut it down, I think that this "cult" ended, if it exist at all.

Aatrox: Worships Aatrox Believing that offering a chosen to wield Aatrox would bring their tribe mercy

Sources?

Tears of Life: Fromerly Blessed Isles Worships Life Buries dead with a drop of water from the Blessed Isles

The name is Brethen of Dusk and they seem to have more to do with afterlife than life, even if heal the living was one of their duties:

Yorick agreed to journey to their monastery, and there, he learned the ways of the** Brethren of the Dusk** and the true significance of their trappings. Every monk carried a spade as a symbol of their duty to conduct proper burial rites, which ensured souls would not lose their way. And each brother wore a vial of water drawn from the Blessed Isles’ sacred spring. These Tears of Life represented the monks’ duty to heal the living.

RyzeTheSmurfMage9/28/2018, 7:59:55 AM3 votes

I'm curious about which gods does Ryze worship ("By the gods, the world is still here'"). Also Lissandra's lore got changed.

Warlord Rhinark9/28/2018, 12:59:55 PM3 votes

Targon: Mount Targon Worships Targon Targon is the head of the pantheon of celestials

"Targon" isn't a god, nor the head of the celestials.

Lightbringers: Demacia Worships the Light Some high rank members are called Radiant Ones, Illuminators, Sentinels, and they spread the light

"Lightbringers" aren't stated to be a religion, Light isn't stated to be a deity, and neither of the below mentioned organisations are known to be affiliated with it.

Aatrox: Worships Aatrox Believing that offering a chosen to wield Aatrox would bring their tribe mercy

Aatrox isn't confirmed to have a cult.

######Did I miss any?

You didn't miss any, but you sure mentioned some incorrect ones.