Intertwining Lore is Great. Do more.

TzQGRUST39·May 6, 2016·18 votes·2,950 views

How you connected the lore of multiple champions in the Bio's of Azir and Xerath was really great. It is hard to appreciate this stuff when we are present for the releases of their lore, reading them back to back, but imagine yourself as someone who is just beginning to read the lore a year from now. To find these tidbits like Xerath unleashing brand from is sarcophagus or Xerath being the one to kill Azir's mother and father would be extremely rewarding if you had happened to read Xerath's lore after that of Azir or Brand's. It also makes the world field more lively and connected, it isn't just a bunch different factions who happen to have their own stories, these are places on a globe and inevitably they will interact.

Please, keep doing this in the future.

8 Comments

RiotRiotJaredanMay 7, 20168 votes

We'll certainly do so when we think it adds to every Champ involved, while not making the world feel too small.

TzQGRUST39May 7, 20167 votes

Exactly, it really doesn't have to be big things, just the tiniest of details that snap us back into the world and make us say, "Oh yeah, this is Runeterra". Just having these "constants" (Invasion of Ionia/Rising of Shurima) in the stories of multiple champions makes the world feel doubly real, even if it is only hardly mentioned in a champion's lore. Even very simple things like graves having a gun from Piltover while mainly being a Bilgewater champ adds a whole new layer of depth.

May I also say I love what you are doing with Ionia and I think it is really ironic as well. As the writers set out to make Ionia its own place and not just "Asia-Land", its story of rapid modernization and industrialization to keep up with the more developed world powers heavily parallels that of China and Japan. I also really like the blurring of the line between magic and technology in Ionia as a theme.

kneel on IceMay 7, 20162 votes

I espicially love Lissandra 's lore for that

Chromatic EagleMay 8, 20162 votes

I say this with respect, since I'm immensely impressed over how much Riot has improved their writing since the retcon, but aren't you concerned with making the world feel too large? You have over 100 champions and counting, all who plan to have their own story. This is mostly the foundation on top of that, with more events being planned for the future.

How do you expect to have these champions interact with each other, given the increasing size of the world? The power and size scale is huge, from Yordles, to celestial dragons. You have local criminals, and giant armies of void creatures and spooky skeletons.

I'm worried Riot might be overwhelmed and fall short.

Tesla EffectMay 6, 20165 votes

There is a possibility that due to Azirs and Xeraths lore, we may have some connections towards Zilean (the conquered land that was excused for having their mages murdering the Old Emperor and his wife and new born kid, when it actually was Xerath...Shurima maybe the ones that attacked Urtistan in Zileans lore way back when). And the most strange of all (we never did found out what happened to the immortal flame monster that Nasus and Renekton battled during Azirs Ascension ritual, Perhaps it went to the Freljord afterwards).

SpecterVonBarenMay 8, 20161 votes

Not likely since I'm fairly certain Urtistan is part of Ionia, and that what happened to Zilean's city was fairly recent seeing how Vel'Koz was able to find Zilean's tower completely intact where if it had happened when the Shuriman empire was still around then it would have fallen over by then.

Tesla EffectMay 8, 20162 votes

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Not likely since I'm fairly certain Urtistan is part of Ionia, and that what happened to Zilean's city was fairly recent seeing how Vel'Koz was able to find Zilean's tower completely intact where if it had happened when the Shuriman empire was still around then it would have fallen over by then.

Eh no, Urtistan is still part of the area near Shurima. And also there is a thing called a time bubble, which most likely saved the tower from any destruction while Zilean was chrono frozen in it.

SenateMay 7, 20162 votes

I think that (unfortunately) we won't ever get a full, intertwined lore involving every champion, at least until the game is over. I agree with this post 100% (I'm a huge fan of lore), but to paint a final, fully-coherent story would be indication that "Yeah, this is the end of the story".

However, I do hope that they continue to tie together champions' lores. I think that it really brings more into the game (and makes some team compositions/matchups a pretty hilarious).