What will happen to Fiddlesticks?

Apostasy Now·10/24/2014, 1:55:46 PM·18 votes·24,137 views

As of now, the lore is or is in the process of being retconned. As far as I know, from what I've read, the League is gone. While this is sort of ironic, I'm wondering if this means the Institute of War has been removed as well, and if this is the case, what will happen to Fiddlesticks?

I can totally see him as being related to the Shadow Isles. His original lore states that his existence came about when a mage, a summoner named Istvaan hailing from Zaun, entered the chamber in the Insititue of War to commit to a super dark ritual. This is implied as the birth of Fiddlesticks. This also leaves me wondering whether or not Fiddlesticks is Istvaan, or if Fiddlesticks was summoned by Istvaan, upon which Fiddlesticks killed the mage immediately.

This of course implies that he is not of the Shadow Isles. My only reasoning that he would be a SI champ is that he looks like he fits the scene. Also, I feel like he makes for a fun comp when paired with various shadow isle champs as well (Thresh Support, Maokai Top, etc).

What are the community's and developer's thoughts on champs like Fiddle who seem to not have a real homeland, especially ones like Fiddle who have to be contained at all times unless they are on the fields of justice?

75 Comments

RiotCarnival Knights10/24/2014, 5:16:18 PM31 votes

Hello! I'm currently the guy taking a crack at Fiddlesticks (still in the early stages, nothing concrete). For the current iteration I've decided to keep him separate from the Shadow Isles, if nothing more than to keep SI from being our Spooky Scary Champ megamart. Plus, I think he fits in better elsewhere anyway :)

One of the things I want to preserve is the core of Fiddle's personality, while expanding on his origins and purpose. I'm throwing in a bit of Lovecraft and Alice in Wonderland to the early drafts (I also took a couple suggestions from the forums), so hopefully the result is a bit of creepy absurdism with a hint of something-wicked-this-way-comes. We'll see if we end up using any of it, but I'm definitely trying to do him proud!

Merxamers10/24/2014, 8:10:05 PM2 votes

so quick question; is every champion having lore written about them right now? how many champions are each writer tackling?

I Feed People10/30/2014, 2:52:21 AM2 votes

You guys should make Fiddlesticks like Candlejack, giving him that mysterious and spooky-scary kinda the

Stexe10/28/2014, 5:45:34 AM2 votes

Just create Fiddlesticks to be a ghost story like Candlejack! Ta-da, done.

Stars Shaper10/24/2014, 4:40:43 PM2 votes

I predict that he will be put in the Shadow Islands the same way that Rene and Susan found place in Shurima.

SamosaKing10/25/2014, 2:11:22 AM2 votes

Please keep the dread/unsaid horror aspect of Fiddlesticks around. Don't make him some childish champion that is "spooky" but the same, as a terrifying but enigmatic fiend

WolfBV10/25/2014, 2:23:09 AM2 votes

A scarecrow prank gone horribly wrong. Fiddlesticks

McGunnickle10/25/2014, 4:33:52 AM2 votes

i read the idea somewhere to connect fiddle, nocturne and shaco, as they all seem to be "supernatural fear avatars" and i really like it. i too like fiddle not being from the SI or having no relation to them. how about having him have something to do with the world of the faeries. fae are creatures of dreams and magic, but are currently only represented through lulu. could fiddle (or shaco or nocturne) be something like a nightmare version of what lulu is?

missinggrave10/25/2014, 11:12:50 PM2 votes

Based on his quotes, what he is currently doing pre-retcon, and his quotes, I'd say he just likes toying with people. Sadistic as that might sound, he enjoys watching people run in fear and just flat out suffer before they die. For example, in his lore he never goes out of his way to kill anyone. Instead he just waits for people foolish enough to come near him so he can drive them mad before trying to kill them - after all, it was said few had lived entering where he stood and those who had were driven mad. There's no reason for him NOT to leave, there's certainly no reason for him TO leave. So he just sits there waiting for his next victim, eventually being used as an executioner.

If I were to see him under a new light outside of the old lore, I would put him as someone who just sits in one place. Some place that it's rumored that a dark magic was used or is supposedly haunted by a powerful mage driven mad. Everyone knows that the rumor is true - after all, how could you not know about a murderous scarecrow? However, Fiddlesticks would probably just be played off as a legend to try and forget what he's capable of. A murderous, sadistic, mind-games playing scarecrow with no mercy.

"I haven't got a brain...and soon, NEITHER WILL YOU!"

Merxamers10/24/2014, 8:24:08 PM1 votes

Last question for @Carnival Knights; what is your favorite Fiddlesticks skin?

agbudar10/25/2014, 1:37:09 AM1 votes

wait maokai is from the shadow isles now?