Lore for Azir, Kalista, and Rek'Sai

Shogari·2/5/2015, 5:33:21 PM·2 votes·1,030 views

I was browsing through the Champion overview pop-ups in the client, and I noticed that the 3 newest champions were a little bit light on detail in their lore tabs. Every champion before them had a full page write up, letting us know a bit more about their identities, motivations, mindset, etc. It's not anything on the level of deal-breaking with the game, I just don't want to see Riot cut corners on introducing fully fleshed out Champions. Just a few more paragraphs, pretty please?

6 Comments

lightdragoon882/5/2015, 6:00:54 PM2 votes

I have them saved. Here you go:

Azir http://boards.na.leagueoflegends.com/en/c/story-art/zmvrQ7I6-short-stories-azirarisen

Xerath http://boards.na.leagueoflegends.com/en/c/story-art/RdkEIREJ-short-stories-xerathunbound

RekSai http://na.leagueoflegends.com/en/creative-spotlight/reksai-scourge-desert

Siachi2/5/2015, 5:40:06 PM1 votes

Azir does have a larger story somewhere on the boards (Don't remember the link), which if memory serves sort of goes through his thoughts and memories shortly after his ascension.

Kalista I think also has a story posted on the boards; something to do with a woman summoning Kalista and bonding with her that, really didn't go over much of Kalista's character, to be honest.

And Rek'Sai actually got a page on the website: It had a Noxian hunter's journal as he tried to find Xer'sai for the Noxian Arena, and to summarize, it was pretty neat.

The issue is that Riot wants to do a 'Short lores in the clients that links to longer lores in the main website', but they've apparently had a lot of tech issues in doing that, and they've had these issues for a while, apparently.

TL;DR: These champs DO have longer lores, they just aren't in the client, and there's been some tech issues that's delayed progress for quite a while in getting things the way they want.

Bat Bot2/5/2015, 6:39:56 PM1 votes

This is moreso the new direction due to the space in the client. I believe they're redoing all of the lore so that it can be shifted to 'summary in client, full story on website'. The primary reason is to keep the client small in size as well as primarily based on the game's mechanics and strategy. The lore, although nice, is better served via links to places where high resolution, long detailed, and possibly musically enhanced stories can be hosted.

Nybx4life2/8/2015, 2:12:01 AM1 votes

Damn, I just looked at their stories, including Skarner. Holy crap is it small.