Building a Better Bio: A Lore Dev Blog

Sharjo·Oct 26, 2015·15 votes·4,515 views

Dev Blog: Building a Better Bio

A look in to Narrative's insights on how lore will be done in the future, particularly for bios. Take a gander!

25 Comments

Sneak DogOct 26, 20159 votes

Rito plz don’t destroy my beloved champ

We know you guys love your champs. We love them too!

A little bit late, isn't it?

Also, dang, Sharjo, you're fast. It isn't even on the euw news page yet!

UomoAfideOct 26, 20152 votes

We might have our Moobeat for anything lore related

SharjoOct 26, 20157 votes

Oh no I basically get all this from Moobeat or anywhere that I catch a whiff of a lore related happenings. Once it happens I turn full bloodhound and look EVERYWHERE so I can alert the masses. I'm just the messenger boy!

UomoAfideOct 26, 20151 votes

Well, still a good job Hermes! :D

RiotRiotJaredanOct 27, 20156 votes

He's like greased lightning.

Jeddy017Oct 26, 20156 votes

Yay Mt. Targon is on their hit list. Leona Sun is love Diana Moon of life Pantheon Cakes for all!

RalanrOct 26, 20152 votes

Cookies! Cupcakes! Bread! ALL THE BREAD!

freeformlineOct 27, 20152 votes

I've been wanting more Targon lore for a long time, but hearing that it is actually coming makes me pretty apprehensive. There is a ton of community lore about these characters, so they will have to be really careful to not completely contradict the vision most people have of them.

RalanrOct 27, 20152 votes

What I'm worried the most about is Pantheon being a warmonger with no redeeming qualities.

XulsigaeOct 27, 20156 votes

I'm still waiting for lore that could not have existed with the League in place and was better without it. So far, the new lore has been quality, but also rather generic and doesn't stand out from other fantasy universes. Too much has been rewriting and not enough progression.

DestínumOct 27, 20152 votes

You serious? You honestly think these new Shadow Isles bio's could exist within the old universe? Also, how exactly could the physical manifestation of death be a champion in the old universe?

Sneak DogOct 27, 20152 votes

Also, how exactly could the physical manifestation of death be a champion in the old universe?

By manifesting... mentally? Isn't that even easier than manifesting physically?

SharjoOct 27, 20153 votes

Yes but why would Kindred want to join the league? If anything they'd probably rather be rid of it considering how many times people cheat death in its walls through the fields of justice.

Sneak DogOct 27, 20152 votes

Well, people die on the rift. This means Kindred would already be there. No clue why they'd participate, but they were written without IoW in mind. Different settings have different limitations on characters.

Had Kindred been in the old lore world, they would've gotten a different background to explain why.

XulsigaeOct 28, 20151 votes

A somewhat contrived reason (but could be good with better writing than I'm giving it) would be for Wolf to hunt prey that can fight back perhaps. Another would be a desire for Lamb and Wolf to desire to be together again, or to find means to fight the Shadow Isles, thus turning to a place of great knowledge for assistance. These are not the best reasons of course, but show there are ways for Kindred to have a desire to join.

Personally I'm not a fan of many of the new champions like Bard or Kindred as they seem to lack an ability to interact with champions that would be meaningful to the greater story. The League (I think) enabled more interesting interactions and built a more cohesive story.

ShínyOct 26, 20154 votes

LoL, they're holding up gangplank as their example of not destroying beloved champs? Thats hilarious.

Sneak DogOct 26, 20152 votes

I think the update was consistent with his old lore.

Are you referencing to the disconnect of his old in-game representation and his old lore?

ShínyOct 26, 20153 votes

I don't agree that there was as huge a disconnect as people say there was, but even if there was this huge gap between game and lore, which one do you think people had more attachment to? One people were exposed to countless times and the other Riot even admits didn't engage a significant part of the playerbase.

Sneak DogOct 26, 20152 votes

It's a valid argument that going with the in-game representation could've been more appropriate for GP fans, I agree.

Apparently Riot decided not to do it. Considering that, I think they nailed the GP from the text version.

As he grew, the young man rapidly became the most ruthless and feared pirate in all of Bilgewater, and his daddy was never more proud than on the day of his son's eighteenth birthday - when Gangplank stabbed his old man in the back and claimed the famed pirate ship, the Dead Pool, for his own.

This is the same character as the new Gangplank before his fall, isn't it? On the disconnect: a ruthless, feared and backstabbing pirate wouldn't sound very jolly, would he?

ShínyOct 26, 20156 votes

[{quoted}](name=Sneak Dog,realm=EUW,application-id=6kFXY1kR,discussion-id=gxoNgoZX,comment-id=0001000000000000,timestamp=2015-10-26T20:51:04.708+0000) Apparently Riot decided not to do it. Considering that, I think they nailed the GP from the text version.

This is the same character as the new Gangplank before his fall, isn't it?

I guess, although old lore GP would actually be a mix of before and after the fall, since he wasn't pirate king in old lore.

On the disconnect: a ruthless, feared and backstabbing pirate wouldn't sound very jolly, would he?

Not necessarily , seeing as he's supposed to be this living legend it could've been interesting to have him not be fazed by anything (visibly) and treat things very lightly. Being this legend of an unstoppable pirate who laughs in the face of death and adversity is closer to how I saw old GP, almost like Braum (but with bilgewater values).

OuttaControl56Oct 26, 20152 votes

This made my day. SO excited! Loving the lore goodness!

Stars ShaperOct 26, 20151 votes

The Morde new bio is great story telling and makes him justice.

From one of the last paragraphs though I read it like they want to make the page layout characteristic of the champion himself am I wrong? If they want to amke it as the short story of Kindred was shown and how they did for Shurima new "short" lore bits I'm totally fine with it and I can't wait to see the SI layout.

RalanrOct 26, 20151 votes

Anyone know why they're down?

ShínyOct 26, 20151 votes

[{quoted}](name=Ant in Oz,realm=NA,application-id=6kFXY1kR,discussion-id=gH9WcAlj,comment-id=000f0001,timestamp=2015-10-26T21:14:23.405+0000)

It looks like they went up a bit early (except for Kalista) and had some odd formatting errors. They should be up again soon.

Sneak DogOct 26, 20151 votes

Should be up 'soon'. They went up a bit early (save for Kalista) and still had some formatting issues.

[{quoted}](name=Ant in Oz,realm=NA,application-id=6kFXY1kR,discussion-id=gH9WcAlj,comment-id=000f0001,timestamp=2015-10-26T21:14:23.405+0000)

It looks like they went up a bit early (except for Kalista) and had some odd formatting errors. They should be up again soon.