Summoners Rift: The story now.

Ralanr·Nov 3, 2015·4 votes·946 views

Obviously we haven't gotten an update on the reasons why champions fight on summoners rift. But I can't help but speculate about it. One thing I noticed (across the Krugs on red/formally purple side) is that there is a sword embedded in stone. This leads me to think that it was a battlefield (obviously it is a battlefield, but it's had more than just these champions).

We also have the two different colors and minions. Blue and Red. Protectorate and Magelords? Maybe the nexus is a warmachine that continuously creates soldiers unless destroyed or commanded to stop.

I'm just spitballing here. Anyone have thoughts on Summoners Rift?

26 Comments

SharjoNov 4, 20155 votes

Well there's some indication as to what happened, in particular the Aatrox carving, the gravestones, a random void monster in the middle of a ruin, so we can hypothesize about things in that regard.

My personal thoughts are that Summoner's Rift was a battlefield between two factions who utilized summoning magic, potentially fighting for control of the mountain they built their fortresses upon. They used their magic in different ways, with blue side's magic being controlled and regulated while red side's was volatile and used with more reckless abandon. The beings on the Rift such as the Sentinels and Bramblebacks are as a result of this magic abuse. Blue side was getting beaten, but the timely arrival of Aatrox spurred them on to roll over the red side. Desperate to win the red side delved in to dark magic and brought forth a void monster that would later be known as Baron Nashor, but the mighty alien worm cared not for its summoners and ravaged both forces, driving everyone from its newly conquered domain.

That was my thoughts at any rate.

RalanrNov 4, 20151 votes

Why the blue side being more controlled?

SharjoNov 4, 20151 votes

Culture? The different ways in which one use magic have a bunch of different origins, including individual bias, national laws, cultural perspectives, the origin of magical training, etc. it might just have been a by-product of the society the Blue Side comes from, whatever nation that might be, at least that's how I see it.

RalanrNov 4, 20151 votes

I meant what about the blue side makes you think that, in the rift.

SharjoNov 4, 20151 votes

Oh right. Well specifically the chains and the armour style in contrast to the free floating crystals and wizardy robes in the architecture. That's the vibe I get.

frigginmurlocsNov 4, 20151 votes

But one thing I wonder is the location of summoner's rift. It used to be along the serpentine river, but now it is on top of a mountain.

SharjoNov 4, 20152 votes

Geographically I would say it's quite far north, probably a bit shy of southern Freljord, mostly because of the fact it's filled with evergreens as opposed to deciduous trees.

Star GuardíanNov 4, 20151 votes

My theory is that LoL the game is like Mario Kart, Mario Party or Smash. Canonicaly Link hasn't fought Samus. But in smash he has. Just like Graves may never fight Kogmaw, but in game he does.

RebonackNov 4, 20152 votes

Riot has drawn parallels to Smash Bros. Smash is just a kid playing with his toys.

Therefore, League is clearly Dinosaur Gnar playing with Garen and Kat action figures.

freeformlineNov 6, 20151 votes

I've heard that comparison, and I really hope Riot doesn't stick to the rationale behind it. The characters in Smash Bros. all have their own games elsewhere, so you have time to work with them and develop relationships with those characters away from Smash. The League, however, is all these characters have, so all of the relationship building you would normally through playing them relies on interaction and immersion within League of Legends, which has lost its narrative justification for gameplay. I wouldn't mind it at all if there were other ways to play the characters.

There is hope for that, of course, as our prophet Bioluminescence has indicated that Riot does intend to eventually make a game other than League. I can only hope that it is tied to the lore of Runeterra and its inhabitants!

frigginmurlocsNov 3, 20151 votes

I did post a theory that the worlds collide video gave subtle hints as to how summoners work on the rift, but it got Buried by "where harrowing" threads

RalanrNov 3, 20151 votes

I saw that. What was it again?

frigginmurlocsNov 3, 20151 votes

TL;DR of the theory is thAt summoners, or at least what remains of their power, is sealed within the nexus as ethereal beings

RalanrNov 3, 20151 votes

Oh yeah, and you based that around the breaking of the shards in the video right?

frigginmurlocsNov 3, 20151 votes

Yeah, primarily because before the teams found the shards, they were normal, and after coming into contact, became ethereal beings.

RalanrNov 3, 20151 votes

An interesting take, but what about the rest of summoners rift? For example: The dragon spot having a crest in the middle that symbolizes a dragon. Why would that be there? Maybe enchanted to attract a dragon?

frigginmurlocsNov 3, 20151 votes

That's seems most likely, but we need to consider the absurd geography of the rift in mind, a river forms and fliws between the lanes, but where are the sources? The dragon pit may Double as a spring for south river, but if that is the cases, how does north river keep Flowing after a void portal opened in the baron pit? Why don't the rivers continue flowing off the cliffs that surround the Rift, the more I look at the rift, the more confusing it becomes.

RalanrNov 3, 20151 votes

Now that I think about it, that river should be contaminated with the void.

Hopefully no one drinks from it.

frigginmurlocsNov 4, 20151 votes

Well, scuttle clearly did during the offseason, and now he's half voidling

XulsigaeNov 5, 20151 votes

Ah makes me miss the days when the reasons for fighting were to preserve peace rather than fuel fan speculation.

RalanrNov 5, 20151 votes

Yeah but sometimes I felt we might have made bullshit laws. Like allowing slavery too exist.

XulsigaeNov 5, 20151 votes

In reference to what?

RalanrNov 5, 20151 votes

I was under the assumption that the matches were to decide whether a law passed or not.

XulsigaeNov 5, 20151 votes

The matches were for major disputes between nations and factions. If Noxus wanted slavery to exist in its own borders, the League isn't going to interfere.

Some matches were also for entertaining Valoranians through large view screens and magical scrying devices.

RalanrNov 5, 20151 votes

Huh...there must have been a lot of disputes.

Though this still meant that Noxus could claim Bandal City if they won a league match. And for more cruelty, Jarven or Garen could be on the Noxus side since they had no control (as far as I am aware) of which side they were on.

I only think each champion has no control over which side they're on because of some factions lack of a certain champion. Like Noxus's lack of a support.

Though Swain can be played bot.

XulsigaeNov 5, 20151 votes

They did have some control depending on the issue at stake. In the Ionia/Noxus conflict for instance, there were no Demacians or Ionians on the Noxus side nor Noxians on the Ionian side. Champions retained most of their own agency. The League for the most part (if at all) didn't force enemies to fight alongside enemies in disputes that would negatively affect their own interests. If there was a dispute over trade between Noxus and Bilgewater, the League wouldn't force MF, GP, Fizz or any other Bilgewater champion to fight on the Noxus side. The champions would more likely just throw the match if they were forced to fight against their own interests.

It's important to remember that most of the matches we fought could either be considered non canonical or for entertainment purposes, or because champions and summoners wanted to have a punch up and hone their skills. Not each one was a major dispute. If you wanted to, you could have a little head canon moment where you decided what the issue at stake was.

Both Bandle City and Noxus would have to agree to such a fight. Noxus couldn't just say 'Fight for Bandle City starts now 123 go!'

Not sure the meta applies in real life matches.