It used to be, at least from my understanding, that the various champs in league either approach, or were approached by the Institute of War to fight in the League. But with the whole Sion/Shurima thing, I don't see where/how the League/Summoners fit into it all?
For example:
How did Azir go from his resurrection and raising Shurima from the sands to fighting endlessly on Summoner's Rift?
How did Azir go from his resurrection and raising Shurima from the sands to fighting endlessly on Summoner's Rift?
Just wanted to point out that this would be a strawman version of the League.
A reasonable version of the League would enhance Azir's story. Without the League, one would expect Azir to have to immediately subordinate himself to a major power (like Demacia or Noxus) to avoid getting steamrolled and having all his fancy magic taken as spoils. With the League, he can go to the Council and seek recognition as a sovereign member-state. He can then start recruiting Champions and Summoners as allies to contribute to his efforts to revive Shurima. This allows his nascent state to rise without being immediately pillaged.
Small point: just getting tired of people who defend the erasure of the League by insisting that it's either "no League" or "all-powerful evil mind-controlling League that puppets Champions and locks everyone away to fight forever".
The League has fallen. The Minister of Magic is dead.
I still think there should be a justification for calling the game League of Legends. Heck, just let some people form a team of people who work for peace like the Justice League. Not everybody needs to be part of the League, and it doesn't have to be tied to every single champion in any way. Just make it an integral part of the story. Or heck, make it part of the backstory. A Legendary League of Evil Sorcerers who a thousand years tried to take over the world.
There's no more League and no more Summoners that have been revealed thus far. It's been retconned away. Think of 5v5 matches on Summoner's Rift like a game of Super Smash Bros... it has no bearing on the canon lore of the world.
