Champions' Lore That still stands

Aneventhorizon·Sep 23, 2014·1 votes·967 views

The last champion to explicitly mention their joining the League was Hecarim, on April 4th of 2012. No champions after him directly reference their joining of the league, and most champions reworked (with lores updated) after that date (Sejuani, Karma, Trundle, Heimerdinger, Karthus etc) have had their references to league of legends removed. Could this mean their lore still stands? Would you want their lore to?

If their lore is standing, how are they dealing with the Resurrection of Shurima?

5 Comments

MaknBacnPancakesSep 23, 20142 votes

To me it appears the line is blurred... IMO Lore should be broken down into sections..

1st: Where the champion came from and life pre their time at the institute of war. 2nd: Reasoning on why/how they became involved with the institute of war 3rd: Life at/during the institute of war

I find the biggest issue being the lack of clarity, then the almost back peddling that occurs whenever a new champion arrives that happens to tie in other champions lore. The clearer and more defined those 3 elements are at the start, can make for an easier (in most cases) transition in the future.

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XenethSep 23, 20141 votes

What academy are you referring to here? You are aware of the huge retcon/direction shift that discarded the Institute of War, right?

Or are you trying to say that the old "academy centric" format sewed up champions stories for you in a way that you now miss...

Your post is kinda confusing.

Ironclad DragonSep 23, 20141 votes

I've realized some lore changes, like Xerath's, didn't change that much.

XenethSep 23, 20141 votes

Indeed. Nasus and Renekton are still very much the same characters. Not all the lore reworks are Trundle-like in scope.

I'm surprised I haven't seen more kibbitz about Malzahar being left out of Shurima, given the strong Arabian Nights themeing of the character. Keeping him out of the desert seems like a waste, but I'm guessing he's going to be addressed in an upcoming big Void lore unification arc that we know little about just yet.

MrSc0ttySep 23, 20142 votes

They are?

....how?

There's no indication that Nasus is patient or intelligent anymore. He's definitely no longer a librarian, evidently he has the vocabulary of a six year old, and all we know is that he was some kind of ancient shuriman hero type.

Xerath goes from a conflicted character torn between love and desire for knowledge to a Saturday Morning Cartoon villain

Renekton goes from a guardian tormented by his ability to see the darkness in the hearts of all those around him into another nonspecific hero whose chief power seems to be the ability to rugby tackle ascendant energy beings. His personality is still preserved at least, because it's hard to screw up "RAAAAAAAARGLEARGLE"

Seems pretty equivalent to trundle honestly, minus the visual shift.