The State of Annie's Lore and Base Skin

Omnem Occido·7/3/2017, 12:18:13 AM·6 votes·572 views

Annie was one of my first champions, and she really helped me ease into the game with her simple but effective ability set. Needless to say, I have a little bit of lasting endearment for this champion.

That being said, I think there is a disconnect between her character lore and her base skin: she's part of an occult group of dark magicians banished to the wilderness, but she looks like a little schoolgirl from a big city who is interested in make believe tea parties and other childish concerns. I see two options: either she ditches the little schoolgirl look for a "child of the wild" look, with primal markings and poorly made fabric clothing, or, and more to my liking, her lore changes to this:

Orphaned at a very young age when her parents died in a house fire, Annie has drifted from orphanage to orphanage over her short life, leaving an inexplicable trail of fires in her path. At each place, many of the survivors remarked that she was an odd child, and while she may come off as innocent, clutching her little toy bear, she becomes menacing when threatened or rejected. A few of the survivors even claim that her toy bear can be willed to life, surrounded by flames. Regardless of what is true and what is superstition, the girl possesses great magical potential. Only time will tell what she will grow up into.

For me, this wraps up her in-game identity perfectly with her lore. Of course she would be wearing a short dress, with cat ear headbands, and a backpack. Of course she would be into tea parties with stuffed animals. Of course she's a creepy little girl with a pyromaniacal streak.

7 Comments

KoKoboto7/3/2017, 1:14:19 AM8 votes

Lol why is it always parents are deaderino or parents are gone somewhere child becomes tragic.

I think most of her clothes are very possible as she was family to a pretty powerful parents. Her back pack, leg warmers(?) and cat ears headband is kinda stretching it though.

I'd prefer if Riot just made it so she remains a pretty bubbly child but is pretty dark and likes burning stuff. Nothing wrong with tea part at noon and mass arson in the evening. Create story around it as you will but I don't think Annie would ever consider herself a sad child and has many reasons to be sad in her life.

Epicurus7/3/2017, 1:10:38 AM5 votes

I am rather apprehensive about Annie's lore. The backpack and cat-ears are her most iconic features after Tibbers, but unfortunately they look out of place everywhere in Runeterra. Even in Piltover, the most technologically advanced faction, the children wouldn't dress like that. So even in your alternate version of the lore, I don't think Annie's visuals would fit in.

GreenLore7/3/2017, 12:49:49 PM2 votes

Overall I think they should keep the "voodoo lands" or whatever her country will be named eventually(as it was said already that the name would definetly need to change if they kept the faction),but change the descriptions of it.

Don't make them a group of mages sitting in a wasteland(how did Annie even find a bear in a wasteland?),but maybe a faction that has a style similar to Alice in wonderland?(of course not exactly the same,just the general direction) That would fit both the mage theme and Annies clothing.