Demacia Lore?

Omnem Occido·2/8/2017, 10:25:26 PM·2 votes·2,610 views

It strikes me as odd that Demacia, a place which a large number of champions in League call home, has the least amount of lore of any major faction. We know that they are a kingdom that is rival to Noxus, that they place an emphasis on order and structure, and view themselves as heroic champions of light and goodness. That, however, is the vast extent of the lore.

How did Demacia come to be? Who was the first Jarvan Lightshield, and how did he become king? What is their social structure? Have they had any interactions with other factions outside of Noxus? I feel as though Demacia is a sort of Noodle Incident of places, a place often referred to, but never explained.

Does Riot have plans to make a "Demacia Event"? Are they just going to blandly drop the story, or will it be a grandiose special event that brings it into the limelight?

5 Comments

GreenLore2/8/2017, 10:36:46 PM4 votes

I'd say Bandle city has the least amount of lore currently considering that we currently aren't even sure if this place is a physical place or hidden in some sort of magical dimension.

Also Demacia might get a lore update with the upcoming galio update.

KuroCaliber2/9/2017, 12:31:09 AM2 votes

That might be because the majority of demacian champions were released a large number of years ago. Newest one was years ago. Lore wasn't detailed then.

Sir Poodle2/8/2017, 10:47:30 PM1 votes

It's coming.

HalfTangible2/9/2017, 3:21:05 AM1 votes

Galio is getting a VGU soon; that means a ton of new lore, albeit mostly based around him. Many have speculated that a Demacia/Noxus event will coincide with his release, since Urgot is being reworked immediately afterward. (though IIRC Bandle City is the next place getting a lore update)

Sharjo's also put together a fairly extensive pair of posts detailing the game's lore updates for 2016 and 2015. I'd recommend reading through them for Demacian goodness (ctrl+f 'demacia' might help), as he puts together basically EVERYTHING that Riot has said about Runeterra, everything hinted at in the lore, every comment and champion reference, even very small stuff you might've missed. Riot's commented on a few bits of it as well.