Important Lore ties in the New "Universe" Panel

CaptainMårvelous · 2016-11-16T23:13:29.584Z

Talon has ties to Quinn. Long lost brother? Syndra has ties to Zed. Zed x Syndra confirm? Soraka has ties to Karthus. Deeper rivalry? Ryze is by far the most interesting. Ties to Brand, Miss Fortune, Sona, Trundle, Galio and Nasus. Are they holding runes he needs? Alistar is connected to Xin. The Noxus Gladiator story lives? Brand has Shurima connections (Nasus, Xerath and Renekton). Ascended? Zyra has ties to Maokai. Plant love? Vel'koz has Zilean. Rivals? Annie and Amumu. D'aw. Varus has no friends. Udyr and Nidalee hiding in a tree. G-A-N-K-I-N-G. TF and Evelynn still have that ex-relationship going on. Fiora might like Jax. Jayce seems to have some ties to skarner. Feel free to share any more you guys come across.

ModCaptainMårvelous·Nov 16, 2016·8 votes·1,688 views

Talon has ties to Quinn. Long lost brother?
Syndra has ties to Zed. Zed x Syndra confirm?
Soraka has ties to Karthus. Deeper rivalry?
Ryze is by far the most interesting. Ties to Brand, Miss Fortune, Sona, Trundle, Galio and Nasus. Are they holding runes he needs?
Alistar is connected to Xin. The Noxus Gladiator story lives?
Brand has Shurima connections (Nasus, Xerath and Renekton). Ascended?
Zyra has ties to Maokai. Plant love?
Vel'koz has Zilean. Rivals?
Annie and Amumu. D'aw.
Varus has no friends.
Udyr and Nidalee hiding in a tree. G-A-N-K-I-N-G.
TF and Evelynn still have that ex-relationship going on.
Fiora might like Jax.
Jayce seems to have some ties to skarner.

Feel free to share any more you guys come across.

32 Comments

Malicious MetalNov 16, 20165 votes

Jayce's hammer is fuelled by Brackern Heartstones.

STOP THE ANIMAL CRUELTY!

UomoAfideNov 16, 20161 votes

Jayce striking Viktor's lab to recover the poor Brackern crystals after discovering their true nature? That might be interesting.

Ebonmaw DragonNov 17, 20161 votes

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Jayce striking Viktor's lab to recover the poor Brackern crystals after discovering their true nature? That might be interesting.

Jayce KILLING the poor Brackern after Viktor adopts him<<<

MavenSongNov 17, 20161 votes

Actually, he made the hammer after his crystal was stolen... but he did technically kill the crystal... so..... yah.

LordHippomanNov 16, 20164 votes

Xerath or Azir's new lores (I forget which) do mention that the distraction Xerath used to lure Renekton and Nasus away from the Ascension ritual was "a beast of living flame", or something to that effect, so I assume that was Brand.

I'm very interested in the Alistar and Xin story. I really liked Alistar's backstory with the Fleshing and I hope that's still intact.

The TF and Evelynn one is interesting too, that's a JoJ callback.

5000000000000000Nov 17, 20163 votes

Quinn almost caught Talon when he tried to assassinate some Demacian official, iirc. Ryze is supposed to travel around the world, and undoubtedly he's met a lot of people from all over the world. In Shurima lore, during Azir's ascension ritual, Xerath released Brand somewhere in Shurima to keep Nasus and Renekton away from the ceremony, so he can be ascended. Vel'Koz saw Zilean's tower and wants to know more about time magic. Fiora and Jax are both great duelists (in lore), so they probably want to fight (or have fought).

TenshouSNKNov 17, 20162 votes

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Quinn almost caught Talon when he tried to assassinate some Demacian official, iirc. Ryze is supposed to travel around the world, and undoubtedly he's met a lot of people from all over the world. In Shurima lore, during Azir's ascension ritual, Xerath released Brand somewhere in Shurima to keep Nasus and Renekton away from the ceremony, so he can be ascended. Vel'Koz saw Zilean's tower and wants to know more about time magic. Fiora and Jax are both great duelists (in lore), so they probably want to fight (or have fought).

Dude that was not talon, talon does not do piety meager jobs like that. The only way she would ever catch him is if they are actually long lost siblings but otherwise she has no chance. Talon is one of the 3 greatest assassin's in runeterra, there is no way he would get captured by an upstart farmgirl and her he-bird bodyguard/taxi.

EnlegacyNov 17, 20161 votes

Read the Jax story. It explains a little.

Best Kog NANov 16, 20162 votes

Well if you look at Vel'Koz's lore he actually says he's after a "time master" which is obviously Zilean. Vel'Koz's goal is to hunt down Zilean and get his knowledge of controlling time.

UomoAfideNov 16, 20162 votes

A flying eyeball with chrono-dysplasia might be fun to watch tough.[slayer-pantheon-popcorn]

Best Kog NANov 16, 20162 votes

Raka and Karthus have such similar Ultimate abilities that Karthus might be a "darker" (not in the emo way) version of Soraka maybe.

Beyond LegendsNov 17, 20162 votes

Talon and Quinn are rivals...also Caleb was his name damn it.

TenshouSNKNov 17, 20161 votes

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Talon and Quinn are rivals...also Caleb was his name damn it.

J4 and Quinn are rivals in romance.

ModAcademy KaynNov 17, 20162 votes

JarvanIV x Garen

The only thing greater than their love is DEMACIA

A Superb VillainNov 17, 20162 votes

Correct me if I am wrong, but haven't these connections always been there on the old champion pages?

ModCaptainMårvelousNov 17, 20162 votes

Some of them.

I never recall Jayce having a connection to Skarner however, among others.

A Superb VillainNov 17, 20162 votes

That one is new, I will give you that.

I am concerned though, how this might play out as lore. Anything with Jayce makes me nervous for Viktor's sake.

GreenLoreNov 17, 20161 votes

Honestly I imagine that the skarner part might actually make Jayces image even worse. I mean Skarners lore mentions how the crystals of his people are used to power artifacts,so what if Jayce is using one for his hammer?That would make Jayce more or less an animal abuser(ok they are sentient,so animal might not be the best word here),even if it is by accident.

PlacentasNov 17, 20162 votes

I'm guessing the Jayce & Skarner ties are something to do with the crystals harvested from Skarner's people/area that fuels hextech technology. Skarner & Jayce probably end up having a few words with one another.

FasmodeyNov 17, 20162 votes

Many of them existed in champion pages before this announcement though. I would not trust and expect for every of them.

Janna mìdNov 17, 20162 votes

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Syndra has ties to Zed. Zed x Syndra confirm?

Nanana y'all don't get it it's Zed x Shen :D

Weiner the PoohNov 16, 20161 votes

Maybe I missed it, where does it say Fiora might like Jax?

ModCaptainMårvelousNov 16, 20161 votes

Nowhere.

I'm just pointing out connections.

GreenLoreNov 17, 20162 votes

fiora lists Jax as her rival on her regular champion page.

Also there is Jaxs new story that might shed some light into their connection;)

UomoAfideNov 16, 20161 votes

Old lore stated that Fiora wanted to defeat Jax to prove that she was the best duelist in all Valoran, not sure how that could work out with her updated backstory though.

UomoAfideNov 17, 20161 votes

Oh, nevermind. Just read now the new color text for Jax.

G4LLOWSC4L1BR4TRNov 17, 20161 votes

Poppy and Shyvana were previously unrelated (other than both being Demacians), but now are listed as being related champs. Also Zed and Syndra were already listed as allies on the old site.

xxxDogmanxxxNov 17, 20161 votes

Alistar and XinZhao have always been friends. Also, here's an interesting tidbit: According to the lore, Kled 's only friend is Skaarl, and his rivals are literally everybody in the League of Legends, including himself.

AirKingNeoNov 17, 20161 votes

Jax is from "don't use a real weapon you're too strong" to "I use this lamppost because I want to give my opponents a chance."

Also Kayle's lore kinda sucks now being very vague.

Blue Moon WolfNov 17, 20161 votes

I hope they clear everything up more and list why each champ is related to another. Just something simple like splitting up the friends and foes like it does on the champ pages on the main page would be nice. Even better would be for it to go into detail as to why they are on the champs friends/foes list.

NarasimhaNov 17, 20161 votes

Off the top of my head

Syndra + Zed - They both are Ionians who chase after power, and they've killed people who've tried to stop them from gaining it. At the least some kinship there

Soraka + Karthus - Fairly obvious, they're antagonistic to each other. Karthus brings the peace of the grave to the living, and Soraka does her best to keep the living from death's door.

Ryze + Various - Brand, Galio, and Nasus are all probably beings he's encountered before. The others seem a bit more tricky, especially Miss Fortune.

Alister + Xin - No change in backstories here, it would seem

Zyra + Maokai - This was vaguely mentioned before, I believe. Zyra sees her new form as a blessing and wants to exploit it. Maokai just wants things to go back to the way they were before and be a regular tree again.

Vel'koz + Zilean - Wouldn't really say 'rivals'. Zilean is pretty much Vel's wet dream as far as experimentation goes, and Zilean probably doesn't even know of Vel'koz yet.

Fiora + Jax - From Jax's new lore, seems they're going down the rival path. The undefeated warrior vs the untouchable duelist.

Jayce + Skarner - Jayce's lore mentions 'an arcane crystal'. Safe bet to say its one of Skarner's.

Overlord ForteNov 17, 20161 votes

So far a lot of this is the old 'Friends/Enemies' relationship system, but there are new odd balls cropping up that previously didn't exist in that capacity. The related champions area seems a little all over the place, selectively choosing on some hidden metrics as much as something like 'is in the same faction at all' (e.g, Freljord).