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So Ryze's Intro Paragraph's here, and it gives a bit of insight in to Runterra's origins...

Sharjo··10 votes·4,165 views
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>_ 'Take care with this world. What is made can be unmade.'' _ Widely considered one of the most adept sorcerers on Runeterra, Ryze is an ancient, hard-bitten archmage with an impossibly heavy burden to bear. Armed with a boundless constitution and a vast array of mystic knowledge, he spends his life searching for World Runes - fragments of the raw magic that once shaped the world from nothingness. He must retrieve these glyphs before they fall into the wrong hands, for though they were once used to create Runeterra, they also have the potential to destroy it.

So apparently the world was forged by an incredibly powerful magic and the remnants of said magic are known as World Runes. Said World Runes are also likely to be the runic power that defined the Rune Wars.

Thoughts people? I feel like we'll definetly get more with Ryze's full lore, but this is an interesting bit of information.

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Ebonmaw Dragon8 votes

So let me see if i understand this.... Riven has a sword with the power of a nuclear bomb?

okay

Ralanr4 votes

...oh shit.

Sharjo1 votes

Probably a bad idea to let Noxians get close to Runes considering how they trusted a woman who later went awol and took said runic power with her.

Ralanr1 votes

Maybe her weapon was a test run.

rtbf2103100951 votes

Nukes emit radiation. Radiation is toxic. Riven Mains are considered toxic. Riven mains are riven's sword. Confirmed

Virgin Ray1 votes

I smell Riven buffs

Arakadia6 votes

New Ryze makes me drool. Everything is so awsome...

Darkslayer856 votes

He must retrieve these glyphs before they fall into the wrong hands, for though they were once used to create Runeterra

Can I put these in my rune pages?

Dannenheim5 votes

Ah, the World Runes, the creator did say. Remembering back from a year since today. The world since shifted from a point in time, when things had balanced yet weren't sublime.

I had assumed the world had awoken, a mechanic of sorts, when things were left broken. For the system of warring was left for disarray, the wisest of mages decided to play.

The world full of color with the space that it gained. But what of perhaps, the memory retained? The cycle continued and the field grew grim, the levels unchecked were approaching the brim.

Poetic might be the timing of fate, when resolution arrives to open the gate. As champions of a world that they defied, held power the giants forever have vied.

Alas, such events, a playground at best. but this I am certain I could never attest: The stars stir close for thrice imminent war, when worlds collide and clash fates once more.

Demosthentine2 votes

I'm a simple man. I see League of Legends Poetry, I upvote.

Virgin Ray1 votes

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Virgin Ray1 votes

http://i.imgur.com/aMgG2jh.gif

Ralanr4 votes

Hmm...I wonder if this has any connection to AurelionSol and his star making?

Sharjo4 votes

Well Ryze does make reference to "Makers" in his VO, indicating the the primal magical forces that forged Runeterra were perhaps guided or utilised by a group of world creating beings.

DragonShea1 votes

Yeah so the Pimp dragon may or may not have had a direct hand in the making of Runeterra but he would definetly being a part of it's making indirectly as no planet with life can't exist with a sun. So I'd say Aurelion is a maker in his own right.

WestTiger4 votes

'Take care with this world. What is made can be unmade.'

Riot: "Remember, remember, what is a summoner..."

Whyte Lyon3 votes

Seems like Runterra might end up with an infinity stone like problem. If so I'd imagine Ryze would do more the collect and protect these World Runes. If Ryze had such powerful artifacts all located with himself it might make it easy on any more powerful adversary to kill him and take them. Unless Ryze has maybe Bard on speeddial.

Rito Staff1 votes

Bard isn't unbeatable though :o

Marbelara1 votes

The problem is, even single runes can bring about terrible things. So it's either let really bad things happen with high probability or let really bad things happen with a smaller probability due to Ryze's guard.

It's like the solar system exploding vs a violent nuclear bombing - either way we're toast.

Rito Staff2 votes

From having those runes scattered and hidden to a single person having them I'd really rather have them hidden.

It's like he's saving the malefic villain from his ingenious plans of destroying the whole world, muahahah, some time and trouble honestly.

Those are my thoughts :P

Sharjo1 votes

Well if they're in a singular location they can be found. Ryze is a man on the move and powerful in his own right, so he can keep them safe through action as opposed to just let them sit around being vulnerable. He's not the only man who's pursued that kind of power after all.

Rito Staff1 votes

Ye, it's a gamble, they can be obtained either way I guess, either by defeating whoever possesses them, or finding them through out, there's no failproof security and Ryze believes in himself I guess.

Toplane Fencer1 votes

There's probably not many people who can destroy an ancient archmage. I don't see any league champions doing that honestly. Except for the celestial ones, butthey probably wouldn't bother. What do they have to gain from destroying Runeterra?

Xerath and Malzahar might be able to, I don't know.

Rito Staff1 votes

we don't know how their powers interact actually, all our power discussions are guesses. How can you say Aatrox can't beat him? Can Teemo shoot a dart from afar and kill Ryze just like that, or he has a very specific anti-dart rune in his neck?

But talking about the really powerful ones, Xerath wouldn't be interested? I think I remember a Rioter saying that Bard isn't immune from Tahm and he could be corrupted, and a dark Bard could defeat Ryze.

Azir, Nasus, Renekton. Can Ryze runes stop Malphite? (The mountain sized one, not ingame) we don't know their power levels until deus ex machina comes in and says so

Toplane Fencer1 votes

I guess you're right. I just assumed that Ryze is about equal in power to Medivh, but that's just a guess of course.

RiotReav32 votes

Ryze is the only person Ryze trusts to not use the Rune's for evil. So while it is a risk he feels it's a risk he has to take, and that he is the only person capable on doing it.

darkdill1 votes

I wonder what his response would be to the question "Can you protect them from yourself?"

RiotReav34 votes

Probably "Well if I can't, no one can"

Sahn Uzal3 votes

He'll propably stick them... ''Somewhere safe''

Wait, does he still have that in his VO?

RiotRiotJaredan3 votes

Perhaps he asks himself that question every day.

Whyte Lyon1 votes

.... there seems to be an annoying echo in this chat.

Rito Staff1 votes

I posted before I read the replies though :P it's just a common thought.

he spends his life searching for World Runes

Meaning it took years, and it'll take more cuz he's not finished, to gather them, but only a few moments in a fight to lose them. He might be up for the task but Runeterra is full of legends.

MavenSong1 votes

It would be interesting. Rito teased as much as the Rune Wars were still a thing in the current lore recently so it could be a segwey (idk how to spell this word)

Illâoi Evê Siôn1 votes

We're getting a villain champion next with one of these Runes, aren't we?

Mogarl1 votes

Looking at a comparison of our universe to the Runeterra universe, I suppose this does answer one question. If Aurelion Sol has created all the stars but not the planets it was unknown just how planets came into being. In our Universe it is believed that the planets form from the same dust stars do and due to the same forces. However now we know that planets like Valoran are formed from runes of creation. This brings up more questions like "who wielded these runes first?"

However we can look at a few things about Aurelion Sol in a new light His stance towards magical words and how it just muddles it up In his flavor story he used caution as to not damage the planet too badly and seemed remorseful to have scarred it.

So we know Aurelion thinks little of magical runes, due to his dialogue, and also holds planetary life in contempt because of Targon. So why would he be remorseful about damaging the planet? I don't think it was because he was worried about being punished for it by Targon (or he wouldn't have melted Pantheon).

As one final set of questions, are all worlds in the Runeterra universe created with the runes of creation, or just the magical ones? How many planets are in Valorans solar system, and are planets common, uncommon, or very rare to find around stars in the Runeterra universe?

Engrailed1 votes

{quoted}

So apparently the world was forged by an incredibly powerful magic and the remnants of said magic are known as World Runes. Said World Runes are also likely to be the runic power that defined the Rune Wars.

Thoughts people? I feel like we'll definetly get more with Ryze's full lore, but this is an interesting bit of information.

Yo Sharjo,

Just a heads-up to add to this particular post - Jaredan answered a question of mine about 'World Runes' on his ask.fm page:

My Question: Ryze's short lore on the PBE mentions world runes and offers a brief description. World runes and their importance was something Tryndamere hinted at 2 years ago but then was never spoken of again until now. How long has this idea been in development and will it become bigger than just about Ryze's

His Response: World Runes have been in our thoughts for a long time. They're central to Ryze's story, but they're not limited to it. I can't say any more than that. Sorry!

Sharjo1 votes

Yeah I saw that; I have Jaredan's ask FM in my bookmarks. I'm eager for more info!

Bito Maney1 votes

This bio reminds me of Roland Deschain's from the Dark Tower. Where's my gunslinger skin Rito!

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