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

Kitts·7/22/2016, 6:23:48 PM·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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Sharjo7/22/2016, 6:39:00 PM3 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.

Ebonmaw Dragon7/22/2016, 7:09:41 PM3 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The old Map is outdated, so, talking about locations is kinda hard in the new lore...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.

DwarvenGiant7/22/2016, 7:51:23 PM1 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

Sonicblaster337/23/2016, 3:20:31 PM1 votes

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