Do Items Still Have Lore To Them?

Chromatic Eagle·Nov 15, 2014·10 votes·1,080 views

I mean I know not every item will have lore to them, and I think the Doran items have been retconned, but I'd like to see some story or reference to things like and .

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ModCaptainMårvelousNov 15, 20145 votes

item 3191 item 3025 item 3092 all have Freljord ties. item 3069 and item 3068 are really subtle Shurima references because if you look you can see the symbol of Shurima on them!

I'd argue some of these items are gonna be re-purposed or changed so that they better fit the lore.

XulsigaeNov 15, 20144 votes

Doran was put in a mental hospital.

Would be nice to have descriptions, but if lore is separate from gameplay...

Earl EulrichNov 15, 20144 votes

There´s no Lore to support the gameplay anymore....for that we have to go to one of the 99,99999999% of games that actually think it´s important for lore and gameplay to support and enhance each other. But Riot wants to be special it seems.

CriomhthannNov 15, 20144 votes

No, game and lore have been separated.

GreenLoreNov 16, 20141 votes

doesn't mean items can't have lore. The blade of the ruined king is still conncted to the actual ruined king as seen by kalistas quotes

Ironclad DragonNov 15, 20143 votes

http://images4.fanpop.com/image/photos/21000000/Back-to-the-Future-One-of-the-best-movie-series-of-all-time-michael-j-fox-21003794-1280-688.jpg Where we're going, we don't need lore.

ShínyNov 15, 20142 votes

So although these things aren't quite as in depth as the doran's story, we've been fed a few lore tidbits about certain items through voice-overs.

(careful as these link to some rather loud voice-over clips)

For example we have Karthus who gives us just the littlest peek into the Rabadons Deathcap item 3089 by saying "Its old master served my patron well."
Who is karthus' patron and how did rabadon serve it?

Or another example is taking a look at the new champ Kalista and what she says about the blade of the ruined king item 3153 "Once, he was a noble king, until grief overcame his reason." "In the end, it was not his blade that stole our lives." "As once it symbolized hope, so now shall it incite despair!"

Although the voice-over lend themselves to being short and cryptic, you can still see glimpses of a bigger lore and world. So what do you guys think are these types of things satisfying?

GhostOfShrimpmasNov 15, 20143 votes

For example we have Karthus who gives us just the littlest peek into the Rabadons Deathcap by saying "Its old master served my patron well."
Who is karthus' patron and how did rabadon serve it?

Pretty sure his patron is death, and Rabadon just killed a lot of people.

WolfBVNov 15, 20141 votes

I like to think that BotRK has something to do with Varus and his lore.

kitcat300Nov 15, 20148 votes

The "ruined king" was the king of the shadow isles before it became a land of death.

FantasySniperNov 15, 20141 votes

Really? Where'd you find that >.>

GhostOfShrimpmasNov 15, 20143 votes

Where all the lore comes from nowadays: Reds commenting in threads about new champions.

FantasySniperNov 15, 20141 votes

I was looking for a link or a specific area of lore I can look at to find out more.

ShínyNov 15, 20144 votes

Theres only little bits of lore about the shadow isles but the most tangible things you can read about the king of the shadow isles would be to read maokai's lore and at the moment kalista's Voice-over which i linked elsewhere in this thread.there's also been mentions of him in the Twisted treeline altar voice-overs

FantasySniperNov 15, 20141 votes

Thank you, kind sir.

DreamspitterNov 15, 20146 votes

Where all the lore comes from nowadays: Reds commenting in threads about new champions.

#DID YOU KNOW Lissandra was blinded by the Ursine? -Kitae

exiledFromBadmenNov 15, 20142 votes

Yeah, so she can't see any difference. item 3151 Lissandra

JunkοNov 16, 20142 votes

And she said that almost a YEAR AFTER her release.

DreamspitterNov 16, 20141 votes

And she said that almost a YEAR AFTER her release.

http://forums.na.leagueoflegends.com/board/showthread.php?p=45591689#45591689

And she totally mangles Greyor's name too. Although the G and Y are right next to each other she consistently spells it that way.

Minor clarification. Avarosa herself was iceborn as were her people. The iceborn really rebelled and defeated the watchers.

It is certainly possible that brand or anivia could have played a role in that confrontation. They are both super old.

Even lissandra's role is unclear. Gregor clearly served Avarosa but seems unsure as to Lissandra's loyalties.

All this info can learned from Lissandra's monologues and Gregor's VO!

This is a story I would love to fully tell some day. I will share one interesting tidbit. Lissandra is blind, and she was blinded by the Ursine before she became iceborn.