The upcoming Ionian lore update

Camille Ferrøs·3/15/2018, 11:44:10 PM·5 votes·691 views

We all know that lore for Ionia is coming but what if there is more.Many people expected the build up hype for the void event to be something more then just lore updates and a new champion.But what if Riot has a new big event for Ionia.

Many lore point to Ionia like Diana's help needed in Ionia,Nami after her. We still don't know much about Soraka's part in Ionia(now that she is a celestial being like Bard)she has to have a bigger role then healing in Ionia. Zed has a good bio so we shouldn't expect a new one but can we expect a short story ¿ about his operations in the shadows.Maybe finally answering what really happened when Zed and his mater entered the temple.After all riot said they want to answer some long-standing questions.A perfect example is Zed's lore. Yasou's search for the killer of his master ¿ That would be cool I still think that the killer should be kept a mystery but at least some hints that Yasuo gets thought out his journey.

Of course we are getting new lore for Irelia. Ahri lore continuation ¿ It would be nice if Zyra gets tied to the garden that Ahri visited in her short story.. Some general Ionian lore the Noxus invasion the trapping of the Darkin ¿(I know that Darkin are planned for later but just saying maybe some little info/hints) Karma, Lee etc. What are your opinions,expectations ¿

8 Comments

GreenLore3/16/2018, 12:31:58 AM6 votes

Well keep in mind that this year we'll get smaller events and the last ones only gave us a full lore for the new VGU/champ,a longer story and bios for 3 or 2 champions.

That being said I think the longer lore piece will focus on the noxus invasion,as that is an event that had huge effects on all of ionia and while it has been adressed by now,it was never fully explored in the new lore.

As for the bio updateds(besides Irelia) I'd say the most likely ionia champs to receive one would be: Karma as one of the ionian leaders she is one of the most significant ionian champs MasterYi as he is probably the most iconic ionia-champ LeeSin as he played an important role in the noxus invasion(though who knows if this will remain canon) Soraka simply because they wanted to fix her lore a long time ago(also if she still rescues Irelia,then it'd make sense to update her alongside Irelia).

The reasons why I think Syndra and Yasuo are less likely to receive a lore update is that Syndras lore is rather isolated from the rest and Yasuos lore can still remain the way it is(though it might get a small change,as his new short bio talks about him losing his mentor). And I doubt that we'll get any new bios for the ninjas,since Akalis VGU comes after Irelias,so thats likely when we'll get some ninja lore(Akali lore,Zed bio and maybe a Kennen bio?).

The rest of the ionian champs already have updated bios,so I doubt that we'll get anything about them.

Whyte Lyon3/16/2018, 12:36:13 AM4 votes

We know the topic for Ionia's lore update will focus on the nation's "Harmonious and disharmonious glory" which if you ask me that means Karma Zed are like all but guaranteed to be apart of this updated with Irelia's re-release. Karma & Zed right now are the best representations of Ionia's cultural/social conflict post-invasion.

For any other Ionian it's too hard to say, as many different factors could play into whether or not others are included in this update.