Shen's updated lore (new one that came with the Akali rework)
A small gripe about the updated Shen lore, particularly the ending. the story is good, and overall written pretty well, however the ending feels a bit tacked on. We hear about his transition from a young acolyte, Zed's friend, the eventual angst and his transition into the eye of twilight...more specifically the leader of the kinkou order. Then we learn about his training of Akali and her eventual departure. This is about where the story feels like it's reached a satisfying conclusion, but then Riot remembered Shen is supposed to be a warrior keeping the balance of the mortal and spiritual planes. The last line in particular feels thrown in there, just out of the blue. For such a dire proclamation, there isn't much, if any, build up to it
> "He has never let his emotions stop him from preserving tradition, but the question remains: how long can one man walk two worlds, before the acts of one destroy the other?"
Sure this might just reference his internal struggles, but the phrasing seems to be too intense to mean that. Plus his story didn't really reference what he does (keeping balance between the two worlds) until that ending. If another paragraph was added, just before the concluding paragraph, referencing the spiritual world it'd lead to a more seamless transition. As is right now, there feels like we're missing that transition. But idk, it might just be me lol.