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Lets talk about Yordles in LoR

Ebonmaw Dragon·10/19/2019, 2:53:06 AM·5 votes·8,607 views

Okay... so, we dont have information of Bandle City... but the new game of Riot show us a lot of new yordles and some of them seem to be very interesting.

https://i.imgur.com/i2iSdHA.png

The first one that i want to point out is this little fella: https://i.imgur.com/fjuYGFk.png

Its just me or... he has tails? like more than 1. Does that mean that all yordles have tail? Gnar and Fizz have a tail as well.

https://cdn1.sixmorevodka.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/08000538/ARENA-BOOKIE.jpg?webp=0

Then we have this yordle from Noxus... it seems like he is the boss of the Arena were Draven fights.

https://cdn1.sixmorevodka.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/08000506/T-HEX.jpg?webp=0

Then we have THIS MASSIVE MECHA CREATED BY HEIMERDINGER (and other yordles)

Excuse me WHAT? Heimerdinger made a GIANT T-REX with Hextech? How does other champs that use technology can even compare to THAT THING? As a fan of Rumble AND Viktor, they are nothing in comparison with that giant thing.

And at least, my favorite yordle so far: https://i.imgur.com/zyywj4i.png

Those 2 dudes are a Chembaron, it seems like they pretend to be human thanks to the glamour... that is AMAZING... And it seems like the "Definitely not Blitzcrank" is connected to them (and their Impersonate skill card).

PS: It seems like there is a yordle in the splash art of the Professor Von Yipp (Who made a giant mech suit for his cat)

29 Comments

4 Step Cadence10/19/2019, 3:01:21 AM3 votes

Well aren't Yordles influenced by where they live? Maybe the one with multiple tails lives with Ahri's lost tribe, assuming they're all nine-tailed foxes.

Also the Chembaron Yordles need to be a thing in the actual lore and need to be a big part of a champion's story, cause I can't. That's amazing.

Terozu10/19/2019, 3:54:33 AM3 votes

Wait. Wait. Wait.

ARE YOU TELLING ME. IT IS CANON. THAT TWO YORDLES IN A TRENCH COAT ARE LEADERS OF ZAUN!?

I have never loved the lore more than right now.

Yordle Gunner10/19/2019, 11:48:52 PM3 votes

As long as Riot stays true to the Yordles core I am ok with variations. It would be nice to see more non fluffy ones like Poppy and Trist tho.

GreenLore10/19/2019, 2:33:39 PM2 votes

One thing that took me a long time to realize is that this fellow https://cdn1.sixmorevodka.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/08000451/WHUMP-MATRIARCH.jpg?webp=0

is also a yordle.

Jeddy01710/19/2019, 7:01:20 AM1 votes

The fact that they made a mecha T-Rex leads me to think one thing: T-Rexes (or some sort of Runeterra version of a T-Rex) are or were a thing on Runeterra? I know, I know. It's entirely possible that Heimer came up with the design on his own rather than based it on creatures in Runeterra. But the 8 yr old in me just thought it be cool if Dinosaurs were a thing in Runeterra.

Another note: Now it's hard to tell, but there doesn't seem to be any female Yordles here. At least, not ones that are visually similar to Lulu Poppy Tristana. Possibly the Samurai one with multiple tails, but you can never know these days. Why point this out? I don't know, just making an observation.

Wish we could see more of the amphibious Yordles that Fizz is classified as now. They could use LoR to show more of this subset of Yordles.

Jaspers10/19/2019, 2:50:23 PM1 votes

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https://cdn1.sixmorevodka.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/08000506/T-HEX.jpg?webp=0

Then we have THIS MASSIVE MECHA CREATED BY HEIMERDINGER (and other yordles)

Excuse me WHAT? Heimerdinger made a GIANT T-REX with Hextech? How does other champs that use technology can even compare to THAT THING? As a fan of Rumble AND Viktor, they are nothing in comparison with that giant thing.

In the Mecha universe, Heimer, Rumble and Ziggs are responsible for building the Mecha champs (Aatrox, Sion, Kha' etc) to fight kaiju monsters. It could just be that side of things. Last we know of Heimer in normal lore is the comic with him, Ziggs and Jinx, in which he was just a shop keeper trying to run a business.

Is ALL LoR lore considered (a) in base Runeterra universe and (b) canon?

Guy Broman10/19/2019, 4:08:34 AM1 votes

I think the Noxian Yordle dude is a bookie, he probably brokers bets at the arena.

Żügżwäng10/21/2019, 4:32:53 PM1 votes

Bilgewater and the Void are also missing, perhaps they'll release in a later expansion.