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I grow increasingly worried that potentially great Du Couteau's and Noxus lore/story will be wasted

Curious Melody·12/9/2018, 2:35:35 PM·14 votes·10,996 views

As the year is ending, Riot's promise of further expanding (how fitting) the Noxus' lore remains unfulfilled, not counting Vladimir's short story which barely expanded on the country as a whole. Riven stopped being a Noxian champion ages ago and even Riot's higher ups stopped considering Cassio as a Noxian, calling her Shuriman instead. As all of this goes on, Du Couteau's family lore remains in the sad little limbo of nothingness. We still don't know anything about their whereabouts after Swain took over, we have no idea where Marcus is and even the "chained champion teaser", which showed a lot of promise will most likely result in a random monster champion unrelated to anything Noxus (as seen on the "It lives" quotes on pbe).

Swain's revolution arc, as he took over the throne has so much unused potential it's almost saddening. The amount of possible theories, conspiracies, stories of each participant in the whole thing is probably larger than in any other part of the Lore. Since it's update, Noxus and anything related to it was (and still for the most part is) widely considered single grandest lore piece in all of League of Legends. And yet i feel like Riot never fully committed to further expanding that story, disregarding all of it's great potential.

I know that telling stories of other places on Runeterra is just as important, don't get me wrong. I just have this lingering in the back of my mind fear that whatever they ultimately decide upon will be just a glimpse of greater possibilities Noxus story provides.

Only thing left for people like me if to just wait, and grow more and more worried. I'm frankly kinda spooked.

11 Comments

Camille Ferrøs12/9/2018, 5:18:19 PM3 votes

We have to remember that riot said after everything is set up they will start pushing the story forward. We can't have Noxus invade and take over Ionia while Soraka doesn't exist but is supposed to be in Ionia. Also Noxus is a pretty big pillar in Runeterra so there is absolute no way that they will forget about it. They might forget about the Mundo and Twitch characters but not something like Noxus.

MS exceI12/9/2018, 5:04:09 PM2 votes

It would be awesome to get something on the family but riot's execution on these stories leave a lot to be desired. I don't want Kata or Talon retconned or changed up

Pale Mask12/9/2018, 5:16:21 PM2 votes

The Noxus story isn't going to be finished this year, but I don't think you should give up on it just yet.

Firstly, Morgana's update is coming soon, and she had often been associated with Noxus (like Kayle had been with Demacia). Their update could possibly offer some info when it's released.

Secondly, Mordekaiser is still due for a VGU. I won't guarantee anything here, but considering how many factions he ties together (at least Shadow Isles through himself, Karthus and Elise, Bandle City through Veigar, Darkin through Kayn and Rhaast, demons through the Demon of Secrets), it'd be surprising if he wasn't released with some sort of event (à la Blackest Night).

Zaun, Shurima and Ionia can also contribute to Noxus through their stories.

RyzeTheSmurfMage12/9/2018, 3:03:03 PM1 votes

The year hasn't ended yet. Maybe we get a huge lore update for Noxus right before 2019 starts.

Lewanor12/10/2018, 2:09:48 PM1 votes

Just wait when I drop out that Talon lore i've been working on. Maybe it'll give them an image of possibilities!

I'm saying those things for a long time, and out of 3 DuCouteaus Talon got the short stick and we still dont know anything about him. Cass got one but she doesnt have anything with her Noxian side now.... As i said i hope the Talon thing gets everyones attention...

GenoXx12/12/2018, 1:42:45 AM1 votes

If anything, you just realized what i did a while ago about the new lore choice: They are not going to be fleshed out in their original concepts. They've killed lore bits for me with recent changes, so I'd say you're right to be worried.