How are yordle and human relations like in Runeterra?
What do yordles think of humans and vice versa?
If humans accept Yordles into their society and vise versa, why do they? Humans can barely tolerate each other like Demacia vs Noxus, Piltover vs Zaun, Noxus vs Ionia, etc.
Finally do humans and yordles ever date/marry each other? Or would that be considered unacceptable and disturbing by one or both parties?
Ralanr8 votesYordles seem to be considered as tall tales or fae beings so to speak. They do not as a whole fully interact with other races in their yordle form. I can't remember if this is conscious or not or if they can choose their other appearance (Tristana was mistaken for an old lady for example). So it's unlikely that yordles as a whole have open relations.
But individual yordles are different. Namely how Poppy interacted with Orlorn. Though Poppy isn't really known as a yordle amongst Demacia. It's probably safe to say that the legend of Orlorn's hammer is just considered a myth by the Demacian kingdom as a whole, making everyone Poppy gives it to unaware of what it actually is (cause if they knew, they'd stay far away from her).
As for what Yordles think of humans? Honestly I think that they generally look down on them. The same way an elf looks down on a human for a foolish act. Yordles probably believe that they have most stuff figured out and probably don't have wars with each other. So humans, who are very violent towards each other, are probably seen as children to them.
I'm basing this off of Tristana's story as she better represents the thoughts of Yordle society at the moment because the other two yordles with updated lore are basically outcasts of yordle society that also stopped caring about yordle society in favor of their new ones (Kled and Poppy). Though we can also learn from them about yordle society.
Based on what attracts Poppy and Kled, yordle society is probably a hedonistic communist society. There is no actual order (which is what drew Poppy to Orlorn and Demacia) and everything is probably shared without anyone really owning anything (bringing up Kled's obsession of Noxian values in owning something).
Now if my theory that Lulu is the yordle faction leader makes sense, this kind of society is accurate.
midnight oil241 votesGood in general.
But any country run by lulu would be dead in a matter of days.
Legacy Hydralpha9 votesOr made of cupcakes.
Wrathof3001 votesYou forgot 
from Shurima (which is understandable, because he is a mystery), in my opinion at least, he is confirmed a yordle. (basically, how I view Riot's fairy tale characters are: more than likely they take aspects from all of the stories told about them rather than just one story being the correct story)
So in my head-canon at least, would have been a young yordle Shuriman emperor cursed and left alone before being sealed away by his people.
If at least the 1st half is true (yordle emperor) then it is possible that somewhere some aspect of Shurima, has a hint of yordle culture... or it may have been long lost to time.
Lintu Puck3 votesand yet even in his lore it is stated that no one realy knows what the F Amumu is. Human Child? Yordle? All we know is that you start to shrivel if he touches you.
Parallelity1 votesChildren are humans too
Lintu Puck1 votesI think you might of misread it, since they are on different lines. "Human Child?" is what I said.
Parallelity1 votesyeah woops lol thought you were being age-ist.
HalfTangible2 votesKled, Poppy and Tristana's color stories imply that Yordles aren't even aware that they don't look like Yordles to other creatures. Kled was probably just being Kled, but Poppy and Trist are both relatively mentally stable.
Maika20001 votesLulu is absolutely NOT the girdle faction leader. Actually, the yordles think she's strange and weird. Lulu is not allowed to even step into the city.[sg-lulu]
midnight oil245 votesFrom what I can tell, Yordles are weird Fae creatures. In tristana's story, no one sees her as a yordle until she tells them, rather, they see her as an old woman. Kled also gets seen as an old man. So I don't even think there ARE interspecies relations.
ForgottenStone1 votesIf most humans think Yordles are other humans wouldn't that mean they would have interspecies relations? Since the human wouldn't even know.
midnight oil241 votesWell most yordles seem to be viewed as old people from what we've seen.
And I meant interspecies relations in terms of diplomacy between species. I myself wouldn't mind Yordles in other ways, so I have no problem with your interpretation ;)
ForgottenStone1 votesTbh, I meant in terms of diplomacy but I guess that works too.
Basically what I was saying if humans think they are humans then dealing with humans should be easy for a Yordle since nothing would seem out of the ordinary.
midnight oil241 votesYou were phrasing it in a way that implied romantic relationships, but ok. It did sort of sound like it, tho. Sorry
ForgottenStone1 votesI like to be vague so you can take it anyway you want. [slayer-jinx-wink]
midnight oil241 votesYou sly dog
Ebonmaw Dragon1 votesIf most humans think Yordles are other humans wouldn't that mean they would have interspecies relations? Since the human wouldn't even know.
... It is actually possible. However, from the point of view of the human, it would be like having a relationship with another human... so, they woulndt considerate it an "interspecies relation" because they would be unaware of it.
Even if the human knew that he or she has a relationship with a yordle and manages to see the yordle in the real form, the rest of the humans wouldnt... in fact, its possible that the other humans would see a the normal human having a relationship with an small old person (or a child)... and that could cause problems for the human. And if the man tries to explain that the "old person" (or child) that he or she is dating is actually a yordle, the rest of the humans would see him as an insane person.
And, how do we even know that yordles can be atracted to humans? maybe they see humans as disgusting animals or something.
Sharjo5 votesDepending on what cultures you're looking at, some are gonna be more accepting than others. Piltover for instance has esteemed yordle scientists, so they're more likely to not only accept yordles in to their city, but also attract more yordles to them. Noxus is similar to a degree since one of their cultural heroes is a yordle, even if he's a bit off the wall. Places like Shurima and Mount Targon are probably places where yordles are viewed with more scepticism; fairy tale beings rather than real people, and some places might not trust them at all; I could see places like the Freljord and Demacia being a tad wary of weird magical fuzzy folk.
On the flip side yordles are drawn to human cultures and gravitate around the ones they like the most and want to be a part of, but given the limited perception of humans they're more likely not to notice yordles living among them than they would otherwise. Folks like Poppy, Kled, Heimerdinger, Ziggs and Kennen are probably more exceptions to the rule than the rule itself, and even in their cultures some people don't recognise them as yordles since they have different views on the things those yordles embody. Basically yordles probably live among humans all the time, but in most cases humans would never notice them because of the whole perception deal.
I highly doubt that yordles and humans would engage in marriage or any degree of a more intimate relationship beyond being close friends and comrades.
Jimmy Rustles5 votesYa'll just wanna bang a yordle
That being said, I'd bust all kinda nuts with poppy tho
midnight oil243 votesNot gonna deny that.
Tristana, amirite?
Ralanr1 votesPoppy is best girl.
midnight oil242 votesPoppy's not bad, but tristana is better, imo.
Ralanr1 votesThis reminds me, we need another female yordle.
Like an AD assassin jungler yordle.
midnight oil242 votesSo true. We need less gerbils and more fair folk females.
Skins Project1 votesso Triforce poppy >:)
ForgottenStone2 votesYa'll just wanna bang a yordle
That being said, I'd bust all kinda nuts with poppy tho
Maika20001 votesWtf?[sg-ahri-1]
Sozan54 votesSadly, with the current way the yordles are coming - they are basically fairies that barely even interact with humans, also being nearly timeless (or maybe even timeless), so I highly doubt that. Especially since they can't even be recognized as Yordles by humans.
I liked the previous iteration of yordles WAY more. Basically underdogs of runeterra, a race that is smaller, doesn't have exceptional magic powers and, most importantly, made of flesh and blood (also fur). And even though they were underdogs they were still keeping up, mostly thanks to their wits.
Interaction was pretty much constant, with multiple Yordles living (and being recognized by humans) in major human cities (Poppy was the Ambassador of Demacia, while Heimer and Ziggs were living in Piltover to my knowledge (also, all the unnamed Yordles that went to Yordle academy - which was in piltover) and his former students spoke highly of Heimer. From Rumble lore:
He only intended to get a good look at the humans, but four hours and several choice words later, he returned home bruised and bloodied with an earful about how he was an embarrassment to "enlightened" yordles like Heimerdinger.
So, I imagine that yes - there were Yordle x Human couples (even though I imagine a decent amount of both humans and yordles would shun such couples).
...
I dunno, new Yordles... I just don't get it. While I loved a lot of changes to the lore after the retcon (Bilgewater, DAMN that was good now Zaun is also pretty damn good, Shurima was alright (Xerath seems very undeveloped - he's just a villain, but others ended up nicely)). I just can't relate to completely mythical creatures that the Yordles have become.
xelaker4 votesummm ive seen rule 34 stuff and can, without a shadow of a doubt, say that humans and yordles can...erm have relations
VelvetCrotch1 votesLove this art-style! Yours?
I think that yordles live like dwarves in other games (witcher, warhammer, dwarves etc.):
Maybe some yordles are discriminated by humans etc. in e.g. the most part in Noxus. Or are food for the arena monsters.
In other locations they are maybe as respected as humans (like in e.g. piltover). Maybe some lead universitys or are tutors.
But relationships with yordles? hmpf... maybe with the more "human" ones like poppy or lulu. But a heimerdinger or ziggs? idk man.
midnight oil244 votesLike I said below, I don't think there are interspecies relations. People in the stories so far only seem to see yordles as yordles if they are told by the yordle that it is, indeed, a yordle. So I think they just look at them as humans unless clued in.
VelvetCrotch1 votessry bro didnt read ure comment cause when i wrote mine, there was literally none. :)
maybe ure right? maybe there are places, dark places, where yordles are captured and tortured - who knows?
midnight oil243 votesIn trist's story (kled's too) you get an example of yordle-view from humans: http://leagueoflegends.wikia.com/wiki/Tristana/Background
Maybe there is something else, but the Yordles so far seem to be using some sort of unintentionally self-induced illusion magic.
VelvetCrotch1 votesk thx. unintentionally? they cant handle the "dark force" it seems. yordle yoda need to be done!
midnight oil241 votesThink of it as glamour magic: magic that alters your appearance (yes, it's a dumb name)
And it's more of just a Fae thing. Think of it like the none of your business field from hitchhikers guide to the galaxy: It just has people not see what should be clear.
Skins Project2 votesI think we've know for a long time yordles don't look like yordles to humans I mean....
They call this a new skin but it looks just like the og... http://imgur.com/a/8yMis
Lanceworks3 votesThe art is actually from a rioter You have to scroll down a bit to see what he has done.
Sexy Jack Rabbit1 votesKNKL Doesn't work for Riot iirc.
He's a freelancer, and does a lot of his own stuff on the side. He does however get hired quite often for Artistry work in the Riot Studio.
ForgottenStone1 votesNot my art it's Lulu Concept Art from a rioter.
The less furry looking yordles are the female yordles, strangely all the female yordles take on a more human like appearance, and the males look like furry creatures. Though Corki looks more like some sort of cartoony old man.
XIII Vanitas1 votesI don't think they have "open interactions": humans usually lack the ability to recognize yordles and yordles don't go around correcting humans' false perception of them. Those interactions are probably rare as well, because the majority of yordles lives in Bandle city (the only exceptions we're aware of are Poppy, Kled, Kennen and maybe Heimerdinger, Ziggs and Veigar too*). This is probably why the majority of humans has only heard of yordles from old tales and isn't even completely sure about their existence, so I really doubt there have ever been romantic relationships between the two races.
*not sure about them because I don't remember if they've ever been mentioned since the retcon
ModAcademy Kayn1 votesWhen people talk about Yordle Human relationships
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When people talk about Yordle Human relationships
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Lol, when I say relations I mean like how do humans treat yordles and vice versa.
Aren't yordles basically a mixture of furries, dwarves, and fae rather than children? Their child sized but not really child like.
LunSeiSleidee1 votesFinally do humans and yordles ever date/marry each other? Or would that be considered unacceptable and disturbing by one or both parties?
That was the only thing you really wanted to ask about, isn't it?
No, just no. Yordles are furry and look like 6 years old kids.
No.
ForgottenStone1 votesFinally do humans and yordles ever date/marry each other? Or would that be considered unacceptable and disturbing by one or both parties?
That was the only thing you really wanted to ask about, isn't it?
No, just no. Yordles are furry and look like 6 years old kids.
No.
Idk about the looking 6 part. Maybe the old splashes looked child like but now I can't really see any child features besides the height and mega heads.
http://ddragon.leagueoflegends.com/cdn/img/champion/splash/Corki_0.jpg http://ddragon.leagueoflegends.com/cdn/img/champion/splash/Poppy_5.jpg
LunSeiSleidee1 votes"Besides the height and mega heads" .....which is how you do childlike appearances in drawings. Cartoon art 101.
ForgottenStone1 votes"Besides the height and mega heads" .....which is how you do childlike appearances in drawings. Cartoon art 101.
Maybe, but Yordles have alot more in common with fantasy dwarves and fae than children. They don't really have faces, styles of dress, attitude, etc. that make one think of children, except for I guess Gnar , Amumu, and to some extent Lulu.
As for the child likeness of yordles, the male yordles look like some sort of furry creature, except for Corki who likes an old man, and Heimer who looks sort of like a hairy human. http://ddragon.leagueoflegends.com/cdn/img/champion/splash/Ziggs_0.jpg https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-PidLSZwfEoU/V5ZqNI2G36I/AAAAAAAA9GM/hUkf64vGR3oO0nGd6qgDLIHXhQK72mvbwCLcB/s640/Kled_Splash_0.jpg
Female yordles used to look like this: http://orig09.deviantart.net/6ba4/f/2011/336/b/c/tristana_by_avenged96-d4hy0vj.jpg Very child-like, like some sort of little blue elf girl.
Less child-like, more yordle like. So furrier, sporting a midriff, tiny bit of figure added, less baby like facial expression, etc. I'm not into the whole yordle thing, their sort of cute in a pixar sort of way but too weird and furry like to be sexy.
Hige1 votesI think that while a human might want to do the humpty dumpty with a yordle, yordles themselves might be very grossed out by it making the whole thing impossible
Craft Zeppelin1 votesThey are basically now those traditional fairy tale elves. Not the sparkly rainbow type, but the mischievous force of nature type you see in old highland tales.
Meep Man1 votesSince humans see yordles as humans, it has probably already happened in one form or another.
