Vayne should be in the Demacia comic

Blood Magicks··18 votes·2,879 views

It's been said time and time again that she needs a bit more character development, and the opportunity for that will either be Evelynn's lore or an upcoming comic.

While I adore what the writing team did with Lux's role in Demacia, she has already got plenty of content (together with her brother). Jarvan, on the other hand, has also been overlooked, so a story involving Vayne's excessive cruelty and unceremoniousness getting her in trouble with the king himself would be just sweet (for example).

http://image.ibb.co/cMptzQ/a3233385817410c009e39bbbd1108bb9.png

What do you think? Would you appreciate a story about Vayne's grimdark exploits?

[vayne-pose]

39 Comments

Hammermancer13 votes

Vayne finds out lux has magic

Garen is tasked by jarvin IV directly to destroy a mysterious light using spellcaster in the area

garen decide between his sister and his honor

AuraCreed13 votes

Garen : [sg-janna]

Sulghunter4 votes

Vayne : [sg-syndra]

Lux : [sg-ahri-1]

50000000000000004 votes

I would like the story, but I feel like that would have low stakes since we all know Lux won't die. At worst she'll just be exiled or be on the run.

...actually, that would still be pretty interesting even if Lux doesn't die.

(also, let's not forget Galio. Lux can make Galio come alive, so any story involving Lux and other Demacians would have to include Galio as well)

mkyner1 votes

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I would like the story, but I feel like that would have low stakes since we all know Lux won't die.

Why not? It might be kind of cool for a Champion to be killed off in-lore. It's not like they'd need to delete her from the game.

Hammermancer1 votes

Who might die though? why would it have to be lux? Or even vayne?

Maybe garen dies D: He's the most willing anyways and it would great for his character to die for his honor

ChunLii1 votes

They can do a cape comic book kill off with Lux or Garen. You know the part where they kill off A-list superheroes but then they are guaranteed to return a few months later.

Arakadia1 votes

They could have Demacia think she dies but she doesn't and make her a "ghost" Ana from Overwatch style.

Although if they included Galio in a story where Lux is exposed, I would think they would escape together.

Blood Magicks1 votes

This is all nice and interesting but League should NOT have a main character (in my humble opinion) and Lux is awfully close to being one.

Jerry SeinfeId1 votes

except she only appears in demacian lore.

Blood Magicks1 votes

Well, each region has a main character and this is also something I don't exactly approve of.

TheHappyReaperz1 votes

Why not? Central characters tie the story together. Some characters do more, lore-wise, than other characters, and so having a greater emphasis on them seems natural.

Blood Magicks1 votes

By that logic only the most important person per faction should be in the spotlight. For Demacia, this translates to the prince himself.

Jerry SeinfeId1 votes

Even then. Lux only takes the lead in her own stories. The one with her brother focused on garen and lux, i didn't read the galio one cuz i honestly don't care about current machoman galio, and in her own stories ofc she's taking the lead. The fact that she's present in garen's story as a mentioned character is because of garen's whole "Honor" thing but his sister being a mage (and if it's still canon katarina).

None of the zaun stories put anyone in the spotlight except the character they're talking about.

The only reason i can think of for lux feeling like "The league main character" is because of the latest starguardian lore, of which she IS the main character.

Blood Magicks1 votes

For Demacia, which is supposed to be the main story, has Lux in the spotlight. The only Demacia animation we got has Lux in the spotlight. I love her and she is one of my mains, but the preferential treatment is obvious.

Jerry SeinfeId2 votes

Sorry i must have missed the announcement in which riot stated Demacia to be the main story.

She's an important figure in Demacia but just saying she's in the spotlight because of that 1 animation is a bit much. These animations were very short and were for Darius, Zed, Lux and MF. They were a side project on which some rioters worked and were made with no regards for lore aside of character personality.

darius was in both the animation and got a comic. But noxus atm is a difficult place when it comes to lore because it's not updated yet.

Warwick is the only Zaun champion with an animation. so is he suddenly the main character of zaun? ######yes jinx has an animation but that's a music video.

Blood Magicks1 votes

Sorry i must have missed the announcement in which riot stated Demacia to be the main story.

I didn't mean that Demacia is the main story, I meant that the short story titled "For Demacia" is the main story we got when the Demacia faction update happened. (Like Bloodlines was for Shurima and so on). Lux is quite obviously the main character there.

I'm not saying you can judge who the main character is by a single piece of content, but when this character consistently appears in materials associated with a faction and it gets hard to not see them, it's a pretty safe bet they are marketed as special.

Jerry SeinfeId1 votes

MB soz. I think garen got plenty of attention in the story. The main reason i can think of why you'd feel that way is because she actually "solves" the issue. Garen however would have never figured it out and is much more proficient in defending the town of the creatures. so it makes sense. Lux being the one who beats the enemy does not take away garen defending the town. This does put lux in a more prominent main character role but if we'd have been focusing on garen more we'd just be reading about him fighting for so long until lux happens to solve it "offscreen".

Other than that she appeared in galio's story and garen's. Garen's story is impossible without lux, and so is lux's without garen. Why she's in galio's would most likely be because galio is a magical being and lux struggles with magic in demacia. The others afaik don't mention her.

Blood Magicks1 votes

Needless to say, seeing Lix in stories that shouldn't have anything to do with her will be bad storytelling.

Making her essential to stories and wrapping main narrative points around her isn't bad storytelling per se, but it gets boring and shows favouritism we can easily do without.

Stars Shaper2 votes

Galio saves the day

[galio-happy]

Hammermancer1 votes

Well I've been thinking further about this

Story is 'light based magic kills some people in demacia, garen is tasked with finding the person, vayne is the bigger player in this though because of her expertise, she tags along"

in general this would lead to people assuming that lux is the perp, but there is at least one other light based damage champion in the game who could be present.

Lucian Often fights the undead, but he isn't limited, he generally dislikes various evil magic doers, and in many ways has a more sane and balanced variant of Vayne 's role, But why would he be in Demacia? He's generally dealing with the shadow Isles.

Well theres the order of the black rose, which features such characters as Leblanc and Swain but more relevant to lucian's interest would be Vladimir and especially Elise

Lucian is drawn to track down elise from what he finds on the shadow isles: the corpses of her victims. He first goes to Noxus but finds her absent, instead he is forced to face off against Leblanc and Vladimir , Possibly coaxing information out of one of their henchmen on elise's whereabouts

Well after his fight, he travels to demacia where the spider prophet is reported to be, the rose's chief member Swain who also happens to be the CiC of Noxus dispatches one of his best assassins Katarina with a team of noxian infiltrators

So that sets the stage right there

Lucian did it, he killed a bunch of noxians with his light casters while seeking his quarry: a shadow island/noxian character, This would provide a good contrast to a focus on vayne's half of the story, while it would also allow for some development for the Garen Katarina subplot

Elise being in noxus would be a big deal, and if swain knew then it would be a larger setup, likely a plot against the crown all together

Talon could also be alongside katarina for this one, possibly with a grander target Lux ) which would give potential for Katarina to change sides and overcome a man who is considered her better at her job (Noxus's best assassin)

So Lucian kills some noxian assassins with light based bullets, it leads you to think it was actually lux, garen and vayne start pursuing lux because of the rumors about her. Vayne and Lucian have some sort of Paradoxical interaction, are they allies? are they enemies? They share many of the same targets but can they actually beat eachother? A stalemate where each would kill eachother at a moment's notice, but they allow eachother to live because of their targets

lux would have a lesser role, Instead focusing on Vayne Lucian and on Katarina Garen Both dichotomies would actually have a good balance, with one character feeling fleshed out enough to give some room for the other to grow more naturally, as both Vayne and Katarina could use some development

This also sets the stage for a pretty comfortable Demacia vs Noxus story type, where the actual end of the journey is less interesting then the journey itself, It could also result in garen getting a dues ex machina in not having to kill his sister, but her being outed to him. He could defend her and disown her at the same time, showing that through his thick honor he loves his little sister more.

Malicious Metal8 votes

I'd rather see this guy in the comic: [galio-happy]

Blood Magicks10 votes

He got a ton of content recently and doesn't make for a relatable character. Unless you are a giant tincan of course.

Malicious Metal8 votes

Well, I think a heroic, good-natured magical Colossus is more relatable than a bloodthirsty crazed huntress.

But that's just me.

Blood Magicks3 votes

Hey, edgy is the new sexy and Vayne is like a pile of shurikens in that sense.

Chembaron Yamada1 votes

I think most of us have already picked a fight with a house.

Crimson Anam7 votes

I'd rather read about Vayne's romantic exploits.

Blood Magicks7 votes

I don't think she can easily get onto a relationship, but if you insist... [vlad-salute]

mkyner4 votes

As cool as that would be, we already have one Demacian putting their values on the line for love (Garen x Kat). While Vayne certainly isn't as honorable as Garen (in my eyes, at least), such an engagement would still entail her going against things she feels strongly about.

Blood Magicks2 votes

Garen x Kat is Romeo and Juliet and may actually work out one day. Vlad and Vayne will never get out of the flirting/rivalry with heavy sexual tension phase and if they do, it won't be pretty.

Hammermancer2 votes

Vayne xLucian might actually be a story where they seek redemption in eachother

Chembaron Yamada2 votes

She will probably be part of Evelynn's new lore, at least I guess so. [sg-lulu]

Thefrostyviking2 votes

Vayne is a jerk, she killed her teacher because said teacher had become something like a werewolf to fight lissandra. Apparently the fur was needed to survive the cold magic or something.

Even though the teacher explained all that vayne was still like "evil is evil and dogs get put down" before nailing her teacher to a wall with her crossbow.

Arakadia2 votes

So? Cruel characters can still be very cool and interesting.

Thefrostyviking4 votes

There is a difference between being cruel and being treacherous and untrustworthy. Vayne´s teacher picked her up and taught her how to fight and survive after Vayne lost her parents and yet all she got for her troubles was a silver bolt through the chest.

In that story Vayne comes of as a completely ice cold killer with zero compassion even for the one person that gave her everything when she was near dying.

No gratitude, no mercy, no kindness or need to payback the fact that she owed her teacher pretty much everything, just straight up shot the lady because she wasn't 100% "pure" anymore.

Just a unfeeling iceblock with no remorse or regret even for killing the one person she had considered family for years prior to that :(

The lady taught Vayne for years, everything from how to take care of herself to manners, to scholarly basics, to martial arts, crafting, special weapons and more. And still vayne didn't even give a damn and shot the one person that had cared for her without a care.

Makes one think she is more of a machine than a person, even Orianna who turned herself into a hextech ...android? has more personality and humanity.

Arakadia2 votes

Doesn't matter how vile a person is. I know Vayne is pretty fucking brutal.

She would still be super sick to see in a comic.

WinTheWarOnPants1 votes

I couldn't care less about vayne after her lore update. That picture is nice tho. Aristocrat vayne is still my fave vayne skin

rtbf2256182411 votes

Yeah..i don't think she'd dress like THAT.

But idk, she's mean to be grim. I feel as if she's meant to be a new partner for someone like Lucian.

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