I think I missed an important part of the lore, because with summoners gone and the newer in-client lore never mentioning the league, I have no idea why my character is there and not seeking vengeance 
or rebuilding their nation 
. :P
Someone please link me to/ make up a reason for WHY A BUNCH OF PEOPLE ARE FIGHTING ALONG SIDE THEIR ENEMIES AND KILLING THEIR FRIENDS TO WATCH SOME CRYSTAL EXPLODE. (Not that blowing things up just cause isn't awesome 
.)
InvalidGuest10 votesThe new lore pretty much has nothing to do with the game now.
League's characters still have backgrounds and stories about them but we pretty much have a Super Smash Bros Tier story line now. There is no reason for them to be in the Rift fighting each other mentioned in the new lore.
They still release pretty entertaining stories once and a while the Xerath and Azir short stories... it's nice and all but the lore and the game itself are divorced.
Hard to take the LoL story seriously since half of the characters in-game call you summoner and the other half are to act as if you don't exist.
Darrosh Jewfist6 votesRiot has divorced gameplay from the game lore, so the League of Legends (the game) has nothing to do with the non-existent League of Legends in lore (which was retconned).
This is hilarious considering Heroes of the Storm (aka Blizzard: the Game), which is Blizzard's take on the MOBA-genre has an explanation for its story as flimsy as it is. Warp storms teleports random heroes from their franchises to strange arenas where they have to battle for nexus energies and hopefully a chance to return home. Best premise? Nah. Does it explain what the hell Zeratul, Diablo, and Tyrande are doing together in an arena beating each other senseless? Yes.
Also, if the lore has nothing to do with the gameplay - all this stuff the narrative puts out just seems like commissioned fanfiction and considering the new lore consists mainly of short stories...
Motajo3 votes[{quoted}](name=Darrosh Jewfist,realm=NA,application-id=6kFXY1kR,discussion-id=s7EkTIRu,comment-id=0004,timestamp=2015-01-10T17:20:56.916+0000)Also, if the lore has nothing to do with the gameplay - all this stuff the narrative puts out just seems like commissioned fanfiction
Yep. Since they severed the lore/gameplay ties, all new lore is literally just fanfiction posted in an official-looking way.
The All Tomato4 votesThe League of Legends and Institute of War were thrown out with Summoners in the lore retcon.
We don't have an explanation of gameplay, and AFAIK Riot wants gameplay to be unrelated to lore.
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Meep Man2 votesWhat I like to believe is it is just them fighting. Since the League of Legends doesn't exist anymore, there is no one to stop wars.
NorthernDruid3 votesNew Lore:
The IoW and the LoL were never created to stop another Rune War from destroying the entire world. As such, a new Runewar destroyed the entire world.
The end.
CupcakeTrap2 votesThe League of Legends is what we make of it. Narrative has abandoned it.
NorthernDruid3 votesThis. Reject their idocy and make up your own (you don't have to make up something idiotic if you don't want to, you could make up something totally awesome, like Factions). Someone should make sure there's a proper lore archive of the old lore. There's some on the wiki but i'm kinda nervous that it'll for some reason be taken down.
CupcakeTrap2 votesIt's my hope that the Factions wiki we're working on will not just archive the old lore, but will help organize it so that we can continue to develop it as a community. It's hard to seriously argue that we can match the output of a team of 30+ professional authors or whatever Riot has, but we can sure try.
NorthernDruid2 votesWell that sounds totally sweet.
I need to catch up on the lore so I can catch up on Factions lore so i'll be more invested in that entire thing.
Shame that it seemed during the Nyroth arc (what little I was part of) that it was hard to get a match going in EUNE.
CupcakeTrap1 votesWell that sounds totally sweet.
I need to catch up on the lore so I can catch up on Factions lore so i'll be more invested in that entire thing.
Shame that it seemed during the Nyroth arc (what little I was part of) that it was hard to get a match going in EUNE.
That's part of why we're doing a scored intermission while we prep for the next arc: to encourage people to get matches going. Since it's intermission, all the factions are available, and there are no declarations, so as long as you have 10 Summoners willing to play, you can run a match and send it in. My hope is that this will help gather some momentum in regions outside of NA so that we'll have a strong core when the next arc starts.
Chromatic Eagle2 votesThe game and the story are two separate things. They are not connected. It's like reading a comic and then watching a movie adaptation.
Big Bang Bob1 votesSo I didn't miss anything. That's good to know. Thx guys. :D
TwoD1 votesInb4 they change the title as Land of Legends, lmao
Sneak Dog1 votesThe game is called the league of legends, the lore the land of legends. They are just similarly named and the league takes all its stuff from the land, but as far as the land is concerned, there is no league.
The Fire on Fire1 votesRiot doesn't use the lore anymore, so they are just playing around with the story now and then.
DWT123451 votesLeauge of legends is just a name now. It is a lot like smash brothers really. All the characters are mashed intl fighting without purpose, and its super unbalanced
