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Brand, the Burning Vengeance - New Lore

Voidac·7/29/2015, 9:12:20 AM·2 votes·721 views

While I love the champion, and while we're on the subject of champ lore reworks (SHH WE ARE NOW), lets maybe discuss some possibilities Riot could take Brand's lore direction outside of "cleanse the world in fire". Actually, it wouldn't even take much to change Brand using his current lore. He's wildfire, destroying what is and making way for what will be. And I think that's awesome. But he doesn't have to be a mass murderer, recklessly killing just cuz burnin' peeps is what he does best, mom. He could be a force to cleans the world of corruption and injustice. Now, I'm not talkin' straight up crime fighter, here. I'm saying he could totally want to cleans the world of those who seek to harm it and those who would otherwise happily live in it. He's always seemed like a force of nature to me (even though it's hinted that he's not), but his intentions are pure. He wants a better world.

So I suggest turning Brand into an actual Burning Vengeance. Burning away corruption, purifying it in glorious fire!

Or he could burn villages. Honestly, I'm cool with either or. But this is just a thought, what do you guys think?

2 Comments

Shénzhì7/29/2015, 1:46:06 PM2 votes

I'd like to think of him simply with an affinity from magic like Janna. Janna uses wind; Brand uses fire. Not sure about Ryze - he's more of an enthusiast. This approach to LoL magic may deviate the idea of Runeterra, and so you could say their blood or soul has Runic 'inscription', which may reinforce Ryze's runic infusion on his skin to imitate an innate ability (he may not be gifted like Janna or Brand but finds an experimental way). The difference is Janna uses a medium (her Staff. smart girl) where Brand does not (uses body. naive boy) so it surges and magically-alters his body upon each practice. By doing this creates more consistency in LoL's stories and lore.

The magics themselves can reflect upon their personalities, too. Brand may be sparky, spontaneous and quickly tempered. His actions may be without faith or purpose and instead just exercises magic. Unlike Syndra he may have been free to exercise magic, and so his lifetime of being a health hazard may start a new story of isolation. Understandable but unacceptable. Burning Vengeance title could be changed to 'the Flame's Vigil' (similar to Janna 'the Storm's Fury') as his magic may be a recurrent anguish on his razed body.