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Blood Moon Skin Lore?

Kiryu·2/23/2018, 12:22:32 AM·5 votes·5,346 views

So awhile ago, I was checking out the skins tab and reading up on all the lores behind the various skin lines. Something that got me surprised was the lack of descriptions for the Blood Moon line since a few of them already have pretty interesting details about them that could be used as a basis for lore such as Talon being a blade demon, Diana being a sort of cult priestess and that Shen's was based around a festival for them. Hell, if the lores behind Shen's and Akalis are too confusing I'm sure that they can be updated or retconned to match the new vision for the blood moon. Also I'm just a bit upset that we didn't get any Blood Moon skins this year (RIP Blood Moon Kayn and Camille) but that's a conversation for later.

11 Comments

RiotKindlejack2/23/2018, 10:20:20 PM5 votes

I shared our previous thoughts on the Blood Moon skins on the boards with the team writing the content for the skins tabs, so hopefully it will come to pass in the future!

Ben O Nights2/23/2018, 12:42:52 AM2 votes

The original bloodmoon-skins ( akali and shen) are from a theaterplay, where an old folktale is told. A demon that haunts the land ( shen) and the huntress that stops him (akali ). It's supposed to be a traditional play in the culture of ionia that is performed every lunar new years. The cult is something they added later to justify the expansion of the skinline.

I really like the first two skins, beacause they actually feel like traditional costumes and thus bloodmoon-akali's splash looks like a painting. Shen's skin got added some time later and they derived from that painting-esque style, i think.