The Ruined king as a playable champ ?
Just an idea ... but can we see the Ruined King as a champion in the future ?
I can already imagine the interactions between him and The Shadow isles Champs ... 
in particular ...
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Overall the big question would be how to differentiate him from other shadow isles champs
We've got already
a death knight/walking armor/evil overlord 
an undead chimera
a soul collector 
a lich 
a ghost 
a necromancer/gravekeeper
And well 
is pretty much our frankenstein monster
So what else could the ruined king be? He will need some theme to make him stand out among the roster.
I'm making an epic lore for The Ruined King. It's going to involve:
Essentially I'm making his gameplay like a final boss. Telegraphed and sluggish, but powerful in grandiose ways. His lore based on the connection between mana and death and the reason why we are tasked at destroying Nexus shards to win games. Zara's character will be a bit strange though, since the way I formed his lore makes him the only champion who is actually dead--gone from Runeterra.
His form in game literally based on his legendary acts during his second life, much like Heroic Spirits from the Fate series. However, since he is literally a part of the realm in which champions are summoned, he is physically aware of the situation he is placed into in a much deeper level.
I already see him with that imposing presence,his appearance being similiar to that of Dark Souls final boss our mighty lord Gwyn http://i.imgur.com/3dXjh.jpg
We need a banshee !
he could be an ad attack speed tank with a passive that shreds tanks like his sword
or he could modify himself and other champs with his abilities to increase his skill in battle
but i think it would be cool for him to be able to inflict a new status effect called madness on himself or others
I would want to see him as a rotting amalgamation of death and life, fused with his Queen, both begging for death and for their misery to end, give them a unique joined at the hip design, a rusted sword and the power to control the mist in plumes that drain life energy, they can have life steal autos and an ability that calls upon the wrath of the king's madness to boost attack speed and the queen can take over and use her overwhelming suicidal dread to fear and damage, the ultimate could maybe be based on how close to death they are and be kind of like a reconjuring of the mist. Or get rid of the life steal and make a new disable, dread, which would sap mr. Just some thoughts.
Just make him a ripoff of Leoric. The Ruined King is more or less King Leoric
I don't know, but I hope we get this someday relatively soon. Badly. Him and kassadin's daughter.