"Spirit" Collection

Breezy Boyy·11/3/2018, 12:09:45 AM·2 votes·3,069 views

For those unaware, in the Universe page, there's a tab called "Collections" which, as of yet, shows off the only two officially classified races aside from Humans, those being Vastaya and Darkin. I was wondering if Riot could add a "Spirit" Collection, further expanding the lore, and helping to explain quite a few champions.

Champions that would fall under the "Spirit" group would be Evelynn Fiddlesticks TahmKench Janna Kindred Maokai Nocturne , and possibly Zyra depending on what Riot decides to do with her when she gets her eventual lore update. By Spirit, I specifcially mean entites that are formed by their environment, whether that be the people that surround them, or the actual physical location, or certain events that helped form them. My reason for choosing "spirit" is because it's a nice, neutral umbrella term that can contain a lot of sub-groups underneath it, but I'd love to see Riot come up with their own offical term.

They're such interesting concepts, yet we know only the basics about them. We know that they "feed" off of emotions and ideals, such as lust or hope, but can also feed off of more esoteric things, such as death itself, or nature. The more they feed, the stronger they become, but if they loose their food source, they can "die", but we're unaware to what extent, whether they fall into some dormant/weakened state until they get more food, or disappear all together. We also know that, even in their "infant" stage, they still have some personality, and won't immediately "feed" on the first thing present, which we know from Evelynn, due to her voiceline, "I tried peace once, didn't do it for me."

From Shen's lore, we're aware of a "Spirt Realm" where spirits, and other Fey like creatures, such as Yordles, exist, but that's about all we know. It's said that portles to Bandit City, the Yordle homeland that can be found in the Spirit Realm, can be found across Runeterra, but are their other ways to enter the Spirit Realm, can Spirits simply come and go between realms as they please, or do they have to use these "doors". Does it function similar to the Void, that the Spirit Realm can corrupt the world around it and make it more to its liking?

What little other information we know about the Spirit Realm is from Lissandra's lore, the realms weren't always split, "...beings of old magic freely walked Runeterra. The borders between the mortal realm and what lay beyond it were hotly contested." While this could have been referring to the Void, it could have also been referring to the Spirit Realm, as well as the realm of the Aspects. What exactly was it that split the realms, and why is it that Spirits can walk freely between them? These are questions that the "Spirit" Collection could answer.

Other champions that could also fall under the "Spirit" Collection are Anivia Ivern Ornn Volibear, and possibly Braum, I'm stll unsure whether he's just a really strong guy, or one of the Freljordian Demi-Gods.

This isn't to be confused with the undead champions, such as Thresh and Karthus.

4 Comments

mrmeddyman11/3/2018, 4:26:22 AM1 votes

Kindred was originally suggested to be a spirit, now Rioters have been teasing that it's more of an entity up there with the likes Nagakaborous or Aurelion Sol in a way.

JonnyBoyy11/3/2018, 8:01:38 AM1 votes

the collection tab in the universe page should be renamed because its misleading. maybe like Species Tab