A look back at a couple of recent things the Lore team has done..

When I think back over the last few months I can only recall a few things the Lore team has been doing.

1. The Shurima "event" in which Azir was introduced.

2. The Sion rework.

3. Rek'Sai's release.

Starting with the Shurima event. It came and went and with it the stories of Nasus, Renekton, and Xerath have been changed to make them all fit into this nice little cliche Disney movie plot. Azir was introduced as a very naive emperor and let his entire kingdom die out because he screwed up. Also they tied in Rammus, Skarner, Ezreal, and Amumu while not actually furthering the lore. An amazing feat. Oh, also Aatrox was in there somehow.

The Sion rework was amazing. Everything from the Art to the designing of his character was great.

When you think about it though they just redesigned his old story. They turned an undead warrior into and undead warrior. I don't think the lore teams had to work hard on this one at all. He's now an Undead Warrior Zombie. Hungering for the death of his enemy, and his enemy is whoever is in front of him. I saw this EXACT concept on a character in an animation 10 years ago on Newgrounds. Nothing new or exciting for me as a lore fan. Excited for him in game. Not excited about the lore ,although, the animated thing on the website was pretty cool. Good job artists!

Rek'Sai. The Void Burrower. I hate this champ. Not in game. Outside of the game, in the land of Runeterra. Rek'Sai's lore itself annoys me. It's not about Rek'Sai. It's about some guy named Aelon who became a chicken at the sight of Rek'Sai. How did she get out of the void? How is it a she? Don't say "because the lore says so". No. I mean how do WE know it's a she. Do the natives tell tales of Rek'Sai at night to frighten their children around a campfire? If so do they refer to the beast as a "she"? How do they know? Do other Void creatures know of Rek'Sai? If Kha'Zix ran into Rek'Sai would he instinctively know it's a she, and if so why not have that be her lore? I'd rather know something about Rek'Sai that I didn't learn from watching the animation.

Just my opinion on the recent lore that we've gotten. I feel like being a writer for Riot would be the easiest job in the world. I feel as if you're a person who's well versed on the lore and can write a short story about a new person within the confines of that lore then you can be a lore writer. I remember when I first started this game. I sadly was not here for JoJ however I've read them all and I loved them immensely. I'm a huge lore fan and I always get into a games lore. I read the books (if there are any), I read the wiki every chance I get, and I love the characters of the games I play. I feel as though when reading the current lore I've hit a brick wall. As though Runeterra isn't evolving anymore. It's becoming more and more stagnant and honestly, it makes me sad.

TLDR: This is the Story and Art section if you don't want to read gtfo.