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Let's Talk Lore

Lloyd Castagnier·3/6/2018, 5:13:13 PM·6 votes·2,057 views

Hello Everyone,

I started playing a while back and what drew me in was the lore. How There was a story behind every character and there was a reason for their abilities and dialogue to be what it is.

-Let's start with Soraka, she was the first aspect of the cosmos and Warwick ruined her life as a mad chemist and as a commoner. Now that Warwick is just some guy Singed turned into a chimera. Soraka needs an update.

-On that same note, Warwick was a beast from the beginning, he unleashed chaos during the war with Ionia and Singed was his student but tables turned and now Warwick is just Singed's creation.

-Caitlin, who is C? How did he survive the fall? Why isn't C a champion yet?

-The Rune Wars, World Runes, Rize now seeking them. What happened there? Why the war? Poor Skarner and his brethren.

-Now that we have knowledge on Icathia and how they led the void into Valoran. Did it only affect Icathia or did it spread? Vastaya are the result of humans escaping the Void War and Vastayashai'rei (So it obviously got as far as Ionia). The Watchers rule the void and seems like they had the most influence at the Freljord creating the Iceborn and all.

-I also would love some Clarifying on the timeline. I know most champions are alive and some have been alive since Aurelion created Runeterra. Like can we have some cool thing with how things have progress and stuff like that like:

Year X Creation of Runeterra - Year X Rune Wars (This and This Happened) - Year X Great Void War (This Happened, This Champion Showed Up)

-Also, are disputes still settled in the League of Legends, like Ionia and Noxus was? Why don't we have more events like this? Why don't we have missions to play with Champions in a specific role or factions? Honestly if we're not gonna get EA from matches might as well give us missions every day.

-Did anyone survive the Blessed Isles Massacre? People from Icathia survived, can we get champs hailing from these places? Also, all those places that haven't been touched In years like:

Ironspike Mountain, Urtistan, Fyrone Flats, Kumungu, Plague Jungles, Sablestone Mountains, Voodoo Lands, Tempest Flast, Mogron Pass, Mount Garganinan, Bubbling Bog, Serpentine River. (We need the map updated)

Are there other continents or is Valoran the Pangaea of Runeterra?

And can we have League Judgement back? That was pretty cool.

I have a lot of other stuff in mind but this is long enough.

14 Comments

RiotBioluminescence3/6/2018, 6:39:42 PM10 votes

Hello. You activated my trap card (or rather, you mentioned maps, and that's got a better than evens chance of summoning me). Unfortunately, not the answers you might want, but info at least?

[{quoted}](name=Lloyd Castagnier,realm=NA,application-id=6kFXY1kR,discussion-id=uMGqVEXE,comment-id=,timestamp=2018-03-06T17:13:13.431+0000)

...Year X Creation of Runeterra - Year X Rune Wars (This and This Happened) - Year X Great Void War (This Happened, This Champion Showed Up)

Timeline. Yes, quite a few players have mentioned being confused about when events have happened, and their relations. We have one, but we're hoping to release more information after...

...Ironspike Mountain, Urtistan, Fyrone Flats, Kumungu, Plague Jungles, Sablestone Mountains, Voodoo Lands, Tempest Flast, Mogron Pass, Mount Garganinan, Bubbling Bog, Serpentine River. (We need the map updated)

...Are there other continents or is Valoran the Pangaea of Runeterra?

...We release a new map of the three (count em) continents that have been featured in the lore so far. I keep saying we're going to release a new map (and we are!) but it's not being released today. This year (unless disaster occurs) but not immediately.

Sounds like you've been away from the lore for a little while now, so while I agree with GreenLore's suggestion to check out Universe (which is trying to become the one-stop-shop for story in League) I can link you specifically to one of the more recent partial maps: the Medarda Heirloom showing the area around Piltover and Zaun, as far north as Noxus, and a bit of the Shuriman continent too.

Welcome back? :)

RiotRiot Scathlocke3/6/2018, 9:40:05 PM4 votes

Soraka is high priority. That's all I can say for now. :-)

Thanks for coming back to check out the lore, though. I hope you enjoy where we're heading in 2018.

KestrelGirl3/6/2018, 5:21:27 PM3 votes

Yes, Soraka's high priority for new lore. C is PROBABLY Camille, just FYI. Rune Wars were basically a huge battle to control magic. Void rifts are showing up all over the place in Shurima, partially thanks to the work of Malzahar. I'm working on an age list for champs that should help clarify. Disputes are either not settled or they become actual in-lore war. Yorick survived. Maokai survived. Kalista, Hecarim, etc became spirits. Ironspike Mountains are along the border of Noxus. Serpentine River I think is now officially in the Serpent Isles. Rest are retconned I do believe, unless there are mentions in new lore. Check out "The Medarda Heirloom" for an incomplete map that should give you an idea. No. Institute of War is donezo.

GreenLore3/6/2018, 5:46:34 PM3 votes

[{quoted}](name=Lloyd Castagnier,realm=NA,application-id=6kFXY1kR,discussion-id=uMGqVEXE,comment-id=,timestamp=2018-03-06T17:13:13.431+0000)

-Caitlin, who is C? How did he survive the fall? Why isn't C a champion yet?

Uhm what fall are you talking about?As far as I am aware,Caitlyn never encountered C personally neither in the new nor in the old lore

-Also, are disputes still settled in the League of Legends, like Ionia and Noxus was? Why don't we have more events like this? Why don't we have missions to play with Champions in a specific role or factions? Honestly if we're not gonna get EA from matches might as well give us missions every day.

Nope,they retconned the existence of the league. The game is now noncanon and has nothing to do with the lore.

-Did anyone survive the Blessed Isles Massacre? People from Icathia survived, can we get champs hailing from these places? Also, all those places that haven't been touched In years like:

Ironspike Mountain, Urtistan, Fyrone Flats, Kumungu, Plague Jungles, Sablestone Mountains, Voodoo Lands, Tempest Flast, Mogron Pass, Mount Garganinan, Bubbling Bog, Serpentine River. (We need the map updated)

Yorick is more or less a survivor of the massacre,as the holy water kept him alive.

Urtistan was likely retconned,as Zileans new short bio says that he is from Icathia as well(in general it sounds like you should check out the universe site) https://universe.leagueoflegends.com/en_GB/champion/zilean/

Mount Gargantuan was renamed into Targon long ago,its the same mountain.

The voodoo lands were retconned with Annies new lore,her homeland doesn't have a name that we know of,but it is appearantly part of the noxian empire(just not Noxus itself).

Are there other continents or is Valoran the Pangaea of Runeterra?

Ionia and Shurima are actually seperate continents. Though Valoran and Shurima are connected by a small dot of land,so the 2 are similar to europe and asia.

And can we have League Judgement back? That was pretty cool.

With the league not existing anymore,the league judgements are gone too. We instead tend to get a "color story",which is an additional small story that shows the champion doing their stuff.

I have a lot of other stuff in mind but this is long enough.

If you've got any more questions feel free to ask :)

Camille Ferrøs3/6/2018, 6:38:59 PM2 votes

C is Camille