Bringing Cho'Gath into league's lore.

As it stands, Cho'Gath has no place in the lore of the current league of legends. Based on what I've read from writer comments concerning him (and the complete dearth of presence from him in stories/most discussions about the void and unique void creatures) all I can conclude is that he is your run-of-the-mill, completely ordinary voidspawn. Not particularly strong, not particularly special.

In fact, I would go so far as to say in his current form Cho'Gath isn't special at all. That would make him quite literally the only champion in the game whose lore leaves him as not a 'legend' in any sense of the word. Even Rammus, who previously was just an animal, has had his lore updated to make him some sort of immortal shuriman demigod who's always down for some beetle-munching. All this without having him say much more than "ok."

Lets take a look at the other void champions currently slithering around in this lovely game.

##Tied to Overarching Void Plot These voidspawn have a vile purpose, and are likely voidspawn either picked out by the watchers for their unique traits, or engineered by them to further their own ends. They look to have some important role in the Void's invasion of Runeterra.

Kog'Maw: Probably the closest to Cho in terms of lack of purpose or uniqueness, but even the void puppy is here for some specific reason, gifted to Malzahar as a part of the Watcher's plans. It's just that that reason has not yet been elaborated on and his personality does not betray much of it other than "terror coming."

Rek'Sai: The only Voidspawn with no discernible personality due to her bestial nature. She is a higher class of voidspawn, much like Vel'Koz, as the queen of an entire hive of lesser void creatures. Controls a large swathe of desert, rendering crossing difficult. She falls more toward a folklore/mythos character than other Voidspawn. It has been speculated that she uses her tunnels, and the tunnels of her children, to construct a massive portal to the void deep within the Sai. This would likely herald an invasion on a scale rivalling the Great Void War.

##Voidspawn Individuals These voidspawn adapted unpredictably after emerging from the churning darkness of the Void. Their time on Runeterra has given them personality, and individual purpose separate from the machinations of the watchers. Whilst not world-destroying threats like those above, they become legends due to their single-minded pursuit of their own goals and their capacity for growth. They are exceptional for breaking the shackles of their masters and pursuing their own ambitions and hungers above all else. They offer us unique insights into the nature of the void and the latent potential of all Voidspawn.

Vel'Koz: Confirmed to be a higher class of void creature who has developed some level of independence from his origins in the Void. A danger in his own right because of his capacity for learning, and current obsession with obtaining information about time travel. Speculated in his bio to be the original voidspawn on Runeterra, which by itself makes him a compelling character whom I would love to see more of in the story. He has seen a lot, and can be used to get a lot of answers about the world's past. (He was a participant in the Great Void War, almost certainly.)

Kha'Zix: A voidspawn who used his unique traits to ascend beyond his initial, pitiful form. He may have started as the usual pure-hunger voidspawn, but he too has grown into an exceptional individual with his time on Runeterra. His goal is to become the apex predator, and his hunt for favorable traits to appropriate means that he will continue to inject himself into the stories of the great and powerful. His relationship with Rengar, among the greatest Vastayan warriors currently alive (which is quite the feat), as an equal and rival means he will always have some lore relevance as well. Of the current Void creatures, Kha'Zix is second only to Cho'Gath in lack of relevance to the overarching Void plot. He is more of an offshoot.

---

Then we reach Cho'Gath. Purpose? Nil. Change since emerging into Runeterra? Nil. He is a big, hungry boi with no ties to anything and no greater purpose or potential for change. He's about as legendary as a krakenwyrm. Yes, they're big and scary and people will tell tales of slaying one, but that's just the nature of the creature. It's not unique in that regard as it could be replaced by literally any other member of its species without any meaningful change to its role in the story. Cho'Gath could be literally any voidspan and still serve the same purpose: be a lower-tier, non-adapted, little-personality void beast who during a void conflict would merely be one of the crowd of creatures who had been cut down during the first attack rather than something that stood out on the frontlines.

##What could Cho'Gath be if his lore were updated? I would love to hear your thoughts on the matter, and I will place my own below as an example.

I've been working on a for-fun Cho'Gath VGU for a little while now, so what I put below is going to come from that. (Keep an eye out for the full thing by the end of the month!)

Cho'Gath is an ancient monstrosity from the Void, tailored by the mysterious watchers as a method of permanently putting down Targonians, and as a weapon for crushing the morale of those who would stand against them. Inside his vile heart churns a near-bottomless sea of Void energy, turning him into a walking nuclear reactor that poisons and corrupts the world around him. He gets just as much delight from crushing the hope and faith of his victims as he does from consuming them, body and soul.

Beneath is a little short bio thingy that i just did up to match. Forgive any errors in spelling and grammar, I tried to catch them but I'm only human.

---

Upon his birth from the all-consuming womb of the void, Cho'Gath's unique trait expressed itself rather quickly. The things he consumed did not die. Their consciousness, their souls, were imprisoned inside of him as their physical forms were dissolved to fuel the growth of his own. In this, the Watchers saw... potential. Cho'Gath was pulled back into the void to be groomed into a weapon. For centuries he gorged on his kin and was suffused with the vile magics of the watchers. When Cho'Gath re-emerged into the world, he was nearly unrecognizable as the whelp he had once been. He was titanic, his fangs longer than any spear, and his armor far too thick for any weapon to fully penetrate. Against the backdrop of the great frozen wastes to the north of the Freljord, he resembled a living mountain. When the first aspect to face him fell in battle and never returned to her fellow Targonians, the nature of the threat became very clear. Cho'Gath laughed and taunted those 'gods', as he relished in the look on their faces when they realized that for the first time in millennia they were vulnerable.
For Targonians, death was never the end. But when this monster claimed them, they were his for eternity. His threats, spoken with a vile tongue, promised them that what awaited was a fate worse than any death.

When they finally injured him, their horror only intensified. Inside of this creature was a seemingly bottomless mass of void magic which spilled out and contaminated the area around it whenever it was wounded. Not that the wounds lasted long, as Cho'Gath masterfully shifted its biomass to close them. If Cho'Gath was killed, the amount of void energy that would spill from his corpse would have been cataclysmic.
In the end, it took a great feat of magic to bring the beast to heel as it marched to the south. The ice beneath its feet was opened up and as the creature attempted to pull his titanic bulk back to the surface he was imprisoned deep beneath the ice.

Countless lifetimes have passed since the day that the Terror of the Void fell, and Cho'Gath has finally re-emerged. He is a small, spindly creature now after having shed the vast majority of his biomass to free himself from the ice. He now works his way south, devouring everything in his path and blighting the world around him. And he's only getting bigger.

Bam. There's what I've pieced together for him. He now has purpose, to grow and regain his lost form and herald the final void incursion on Runeterra. He's now genuinely terrifying, poisoning the world and permanently imprisoning those he consumes in a writhing sea of void magic inside of him (that could be... say, the inspiration for the imprisonment magic used on the Darkin?). He also delivers on the fantasy of growing into a giant kaiju monster more effectively. I intentionally took inspiration from sources like Godzilla, Gamera, Pacific Rim, Cloverfield, etc. Now, you can feel more powerful as you gain Feast stacks and close in on your true form, you can feel like a true terror as you run down your fleeing foes knowing the fate that awaits them. He has more lore tie-ins now which makes him feel more like a part of the universe rather than a forgotten relic who seems to be getting pushed further and further to the wayside.

This one goes a little far because it's tied in to my fan-vgu of him, but just take it as an example of the sheer amount of potential that lies in a giant, growing monster.

This is of course not the only possible route to fix him. Just one that I thought was cool. I'd love to hear what the boards (or a Rioter) thinks of where Cho'Gath is currently, and what he has the potential to become with some work.

---

TLDR: I put a bunch of effort in the post so I'd appreciate if you gave it a read. Cho'Gath has no place in the lore and is currently nothing special, and that really should change since it negatively impacts his gameplay fantasy and we need a real big monster with a name.