Is it me or does Bilgewater seem to be largely forgotten these days? We've got plenty of ninjas, more than enough yortles, and lots of other tropes. But we haven't seen a new pirate since MF. What gives Riot? You know we deserve a new pirate themed champ. Heck, maybe even do a crossover with Shadow Isles? Gangplank's undead father? Anyone else seem to think so h-arrrr-d to be without more pirates?
BUST!
or NO BUST!
Instead of another pirate, what about an admiral that wants to make the port-city more organized and so that it actually has laws. This champion could be used as the introduction of a civil war (kinda) in Bilgewater where the people who want to keep it as a free city fight those who want it more orderly.
The pirates being on one side while the admiral and his navy(?) battle and use politics to decide the fate of the city. This event could be used to show some of the working gears of the city and what living there actual feels like, all while showing us what Bilgewater really is.
Besides this is a great excuse to make pirate animations. It would also involve the community if riot allowed is to vote on what direction the city-state should head for. It also gives a plot for Gangplank where he has to chose between staying on the pirate life-style, joining the Admiral so as to fully develop Bilgewater into its own worldly standing, or his own other solution
All areas of lore are lacking these days.
Fortunately, Riot is beginning to put some effort into lore so we'll see some cool stuff soon. Icathia, Bilgewater, Ionia... I wanna see it all
The Harrowing video is set in Bilgewater :P
Thing with pirates is that we've got already 
Their champion standards have changed,nowadays they try to give every champ their own unique role. Gangplank istn't just a pirate,he is THE pirate(MF looks like a pirate girl,but is a bounty hunter). So just adding another pirate is basically a no-go unless the pirate-theme gets downplayed or its some other kind of pirate(undead pirate or davy-jones-pirate could be a possibility)
I vote that Gangplank's father gets resurrected and we can now play a real and awesome ghost pirate !
I'll be honest, the idea of Bilgewater skins or champions doesn't really appeal to me. You have so much variety when looking at other factions, whereas Bilgewater has mostly been just pirates, with a few bounty hunters and conmen. The only real piece of variety in Bilgewater so far has been Fizz, but not much outside of that.
Riot needs to take a hard look at Bilgewater and ask themselves, what defines Bilgewater more than just being some kind of pirate gangster hole.
