Rivens new lore sucks

MorganaIsMyWife·10/29/2019, 3:56:38 PM·5 votes·2,007 views

Can we get back her old one? Why do we need to keep Jacking off Ionia? Why can’t she be a wanderer wanting the old noxus back anymore?

Previous Riven lore ending:

Counted dead by Noxus, she saw an opportunity to start anew. She shattered her Runic Blade sword, severing ties with the past, and wandered in self-imposed exile - on a quest to seek atonement and a way to save the pure Noxian vision in which she believed.

Current Riven lore ending:

Stripped of the faith and conviction that had bolstered her entire life, Riven now wanders Ionia’s battle scarred landscape in self-imposed exile, seeking atonement from those who cannot forgive: the land, the dead, and herself.

3 Comments

EdgeLady10/29/2019, 5:44:50 PM2 votes

We know from Awaken that she goes back to Noxus, it's even possible that she goes back there after Confessions of a Broken Blade, a story which happened years before the present.

GreenLore10/29/2019, 7:19:13 PM1 votes

While it was never specified where she went after her exile in the old lore, its pretty logical for her to remain in ionia considering that she is essentially stranded there and seeks atonment(both in the new and old lore).

Riot has obviously plans to let Riven go back to Noxus, otherwise she wouldn't be counted as a noxian champion anymore(I think they even specifically clarified this when this was brought up) and they wouldn't have shown her in the noxian arena in the awaken cinematic if they didn't plan to do this.

It's just that the atonment part of her lore comes first, which makes sense because once she gets out of ionia, it is unlikely that she'll return to it.