About all that magic on Runeterra thing...
Recently seen Posts about the lack of Explanation about Magic in Runeterra, so when i was bored and started talking to myself as usual, I had some thoughts about this.
Ryze searches World Runes, which are very powerful runes that could blast Runeterra in pieces ( In his lore the 2 nations that kinda... fcked themselves up with the runes as example) BUT WHAT IF THE RUNES ARE EVEN STRONGER? WHAT IF NOBODY ON RUNETERRA CAN TRULY USE THEIR FULL POWER? Imagine it so: 1-3 World Runes, when used right, could create entire worlds, like Runeterra. The Makers, that Ryze refers to, used the World Runes to create...worlds. As Aurelion forged the stars, so did they forge the planets.
In order to do so, they concentrated the Magic essence that is spread in the Universe like air on earth, and said Magic was focused at one Point and created a World Rune. But some of the makers developed greed for power, longing for the runes not to create, but to destroy. Some Kind of Maker "elders", the part of their Society that knew how to craft them, sensed this, and made an attempt to save the whole universe from their greed. They created Runeterra, far far far faaaaar away from everything, with its only use being the place where the world runes are stored ( which is why there are so many runes). They then kinda sacrificed themselves, to forever seal the knowledge about rune-crafting.
HOWEVER, as time went on, very very tiny fragments of Magic leaked, and thats how "Evolution" kicked in, plants and other forms of life started to exist, like trolls ursine humans Dragons and more. This would explain why some beings have innate Magic, like Annie or Janna: In some Individuals, the Magic power is a bit more concentrated than in others like, Xin. This is why they have magical powers and others have not.
Now this could be why aurelion thinks of them as weak lifeforms: they basically exist out of an accident, life never actually meant to be, life that wasnt properly created and formed, thus a weak abomination of what could have been, as aurelion may knew the makers and the wonders, worlds and civilizations they made, and so, he views life on Runeterra as accidents, there, but far from "good" or "perfect".
This would explain why Runeterra is named Runeterra ( Aurelion got a Quote there), it was named Runeterra ( Magic Earth or something like that) because it was kinda... the warehouse of the Universe for immense magical power, and Ryze´s scroll could have written on it what the runes could truly achieve, or even why they are there, and he fears someone might try to use their power to its fullest? If they could really create planets...what kinds of weapons could be made? I think that could be one of the reasons why he doesnt want anyone to read the scroll.
This is just MY OWN HEADCANON i wanted to share. While it does not explain why there are different kinds of Magic like earth fire etc., I just think of it like leafs: Magic, like leafs, Comes in many different forms, to each their own. While sometimes similar, never the same.
This may be full of grammar mistakes and there is a lack of order/Pictures/whatever I hope someone at least reads this and tell me how (bullshit) it is
TL;DR: Makers created Runeterra, dropped all the worldrunes here, sacrificed them, Magic leaked, Life was created, Thats why some have Magic, Aurelion sees all as mistake and acts so arrogant, Ryze MAY know why the runes are there/ what they can truly do.
