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Kled, Skaarl, the Ironspike Mountains and Summoner's Rift

Kitts··3 votes·2,958 views

So it's early to be throwing out assumptions about Kled and Skaarl, but I believe I have a reasonable theory. So based on the teaser and many twitter posts it is clear that 1. The soldiers are Noxian. 2. The "battle" takes place in (near) Noxus 3. Kled is defending a mountainous territory. Now here's where I begin to go into theory and speculation. I believe Kled is the/a defender of Summoner's Rift itself. It sounds like a stretch, but hear me out. He has a VERY prominent role as a defender he patrols and he is based around stopping trespassers. Since it is stated that the land he is defending is the Northern plains, near Noxus, and there are mountains beyond the border, i conclude that those mountains are the Ironspike mountains which exist just north of Noxus on the map of Valoran. This would be the southern Ironspike mountains, but in the northern Ironspike mountains exists Summoner's Rift, maybe he is a/the bulwark against those who want the magic that resides there.

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Sharjo3 votes

Summoner's Rift never existed in the Ironspike Mountains; it was alone the Serpentine River, which was on the west side of Valoran. That river is also now on the island Bilgewater's located on, so there's no indication as to where the Rift is in the actual lore.

Kitts1 votes

Summoner's Rift is located in a remote forest between Freljord, and the Ironspike Mountains. The Summoner’s Rift is one of a few locations in Valoran where magical energy is at its greatest concentration, making it a highly sought-after locale to pursue magical endeavors.

Kitts1 votes

That was on Lolwiki, it may not be super credible, but that's what I read.

Sharjo1 votes

Well get me a source and we'll talk. Also feel free to just add extra messages as an edit to the original post, marked with something like "EDIT: ", it makes it easier to see on the part of the person you're discussing with.

Kitts1 votes

Yeah, I apologize, I'm pretty new to boards in general. I an link you to the LolWiki Page, I'm not sure where they got that information, but I will try to find out, in the the mean time here is the page on LolWiki concerning Summoner's rift. [http://leagueoflegends.wikia.com/wiki/Summoner's_Rift]

Sharjo1 votes

I looked and couldn't find any source on that information, and as such I can't wholly believe it. AFAIK Riot never confirmed where the Rift was geographically in Runeterra in the new lore.

Ebonmaw Dragon3 votes

(Even if i would love to see a Yordle from Noxus... I will say something that contradicts the idea of Kled being from Noxus)

The old Map is outdated, so, talking about locations is kinda hard in the new lore... however, lets try:

As i mentioned before, Shurima is now in a different continent, and that includes Icathia... If we remove Icathia, Shurima and The IoW from the old Valoran Map, the Sabrestone Mountains would become the barrier between Noxus and Bandle.

So, what if Kled is a defender of Bandle that patrols the border of the Yordle territory instead of the SR as de OP says? Lets just remplace the Ironspike Mountains with the Sabrestone Mountains and the SR with Yordle Land.

Why do i think this? Because Riot has been hinting that the Yordles are a magical race that the Humans do not see usually... so, its understable that the land were they live is a secret place that the Humans do not know. Secret because Kled kills the ones that try to go there according to this theory.

What supports my theory? well, aside from the things that i mentioned before... The Dialogue of Kled in Spanish says something different from the English one, in the Spanish video he says: "Invades mi tierra" which means "You are invading my land".

"My Land" being a keyword for this theory, because whatever Kled protects, is considering by him as "His land"... what kind of place a yordle would consider "his land"?... well... Yordle Land of course.

Kitts1 votes

That's a really good point, which makes even more sense than mine. The reason behind this being that he is speaking from his perspective on territory. He said the Northern plains, when I saw this I thought of north as north of Noxus, but if he's speaking from his view on territory, it would make sense to be north of his territory rather than that of Noxus, were he truly defending Ironspike if those even exist anymore, he would say southern plains, not northern, I think we cracked the code. [slayer-pantheon-thumbs]

Sharjo4 votes

Erm...as a note I feel like we might be wrong about Shurima being on a different continent, considering that Taliyah went to Noxus from Shurima by passing Targon and not crossing any major bodies of water. She also went the long way around Valoran, through the Freljord and then south with a ship to end up in Bel'Zhun, which is a port town on the west side of Shurima, which seems odd considering if Shurima was on a different continent you could get there by going south, cutting through whatever body of water would otherwise separate Valoran and Shurima.

Course I may have messed up there but that's what I got from recent lore anyway, so I guess it's more likely this third continent is a northern one, further north than the Freljord? I mean we know the ice caps of Freljord go further north than the land itself so there could be a polar continent or something. I dunno.

Kitts1 votes

Well one way or another she went from Noxus, to Ionia, to Shurima. Maybe we ARE wrong... EDIT: "Shurima was once a powerful empire that spanned the farthest reaches of the vast southern continent." Quote fro mthe official, updated shurima lore page. I think we have to go back to the original idea that this has to take place somewhere other than Sablestone. The only other conclusion being that the land of the yordles has completely moved. I have found nothing to state that Shurima is a continent all it's own.

Ebonmaw Dragon1 votes

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Erm...as a note I feel like we might be wrong about Shurima being on a different continent, considering that Taliyah went to Noxus from Shurima by passing Targon and not crossing any major bodies of water. She also went the long way around Valoran, through the Freljord and then south with a ship to end up in Bel'Zhun, which is a port town on the west side of Shurima, which seems odd considering if Shurima was on a different continent you could get there by going south, cutting through whatever body of water would otherwise separate Valoran and Shurima.

Course I may have messed up there but that's what I got from recent lore anyway, so I guess it's more likely this third continent is a northern one, further north than the Freljord? I mean we know the ice caps of Freljord go further north than the land itself so there could be a polar continent or something. I dunno.

Yeah, considering that Noxus and Shurima are near each other according to the RekSai Lore and what you said i might be wrong... For things like this we need an actual canon map.

However, its not far fetched to think that Noxus, Bandle, Targon and Shurima are all in the same continent and Freljord is the third continent as you said. After all, Ammumu lore mentions the yordles and he is even considered from Bandle in the website... even if he is in Shurima.

Sharjo1 votes

Could be that Freljord's on another continent, though I'm not sure. I was more postulating that Valoran ends with the Freljord, like how Asia ends with Russia or Europe with the Scandinavian countries, and then there's another continent even further north. On earth such a continent doesn't exist but maybe on Runeterra it does? I dunno.

Kitts1 votes

I think as of now they all exist on the same continent. I don't expect that to change. i think the reason they refuse to release a map is due to the fact that they likely intend to expand on the current landscape in the near future.

Rito Staff1 votes

but isnt he noxian?

DwarvenGiant1 votes

Summoner's Rift in-game is only a representation of Runeterra's green beauty & exotic wildlife, merely inspired by the landscapes of the world, rather than actually existing in it. ######This has been confirmed a bunch of times by Narrative members (I think). :P

Kitts1 votes

I believe summoner's rift may hold a more key point than this, but we will likely have to wait a long while to see for sure.

Sonicblaster331 votes

But the League and the rift was reckoned out of the lore

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