Random Theory Thought: Orrn is going to be a Dwarf

Forhonor321··1 votes·743 views

Now this is something that i just thought of after watching the teaser earlier. We already know that the next champion is going to be a blacksmith of sorts and associated with the Freljord. But now here's were my idea came in. At the very beginning of the poem it talks about how smoke rises from the mountain and as it goes on it tells how when you journey into the mountain, you will then meet Ornn at his forge and kingdom of stone.

Now remember this is all just a personal theory of mine but after listening and reading the poem carefully over again all I could think about was "this guy is a dwarf". I mean to me the clues are pretty good. What typical fantasy race are usually referenced in living in or under mountains and have good stonework? Dwarfs. Who are usually great smiths of steel in fantasy games? Dwarfs. What race, even in it's most cartoon-ish form, has a viking, Nordic feeling to them? Dwarfs!

And when you think about it we've never really had a Dwarf champion in League yet, outside of say Yordles if you want to count them as League's dwarfs (i personally think of them as halflings). On top of this it could make sense that maybe Dwarfs only reside in the Freljord area, again given their usual Nordic look/feel in most cases. Again, just a random theory till full reveal but you can't say that's it's not an idea that Riot is doing.

9 Comments

GreenLore2 votes

So far we didn't have any dwarves,elves or orcs,so I really doubt that they'd introduce those now all of a sudden.

Killaburn1 votes

we have elf champs like janna/zil and orc/goblins can be like the troll class too like trundle

Krabohod1 votes

Honestly we don't need any orcs, dwarves and elves cause we have planty of magical races in Runeterra. Also, Yordle are fullfilling the Darven role. And I thought that Zilean and others have pointy ears, cause of magic influence.

GreenLore1 votes

Janna is a spirit,Zilean just has a random case of pointy ears and well if you can see the trolls as our equivalent of the orcs,then you could also see the yordles as our counterpart for dwarves. I mean especially Poppy is pretty much your standard dwarf warrior(short,hairy,wears armor,a shield and a hammer) and Gragas looks a lot like a dwarf,just a bit bigger.

Killaburn1 votes

what i mean is traits for janna and zil and i like the equivalent of yordles as drawfs to make runeterra unique. btw, gragas has dwarf characteristics but enlarge. maybe drawfs in runeterra are big but has its traits remain like when you enlarge a big insect, its also the same as its small counter part. seems ironic but unique in a way is great in runeterra.

KuroCaliber1 votes

Yo, but what if he's a proper Freljord yordle? I mean Gnar is prehistoric, an So he really doesn't count. But a blacksmith yordle.

Forhonor3211 votes

My memory might be a bit rusty but isn't Poppy still technically a Blacksmith since her update?

Talvaren2 votes

I don't think we're getting a new Yordle yet, after all we just got Kled last year.

Talvaren1 votes

Understandable, but please let's hope not. The Dwarf Smith trope is a little overused I think, and plus we wouldn't want to upset poor Torbjorn of Overwatch and get him to sue Riot. My opinion, based on the fact that he gets a song about himself is that he is of a similar nature to Braum, that of a folk legend. So maybe some perfectus humanus specimenus, AKA Perfect Human Specimen.

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