The Whole Piltover-Zaun Narrative is a mess.

ABlueQuaker·11/4/2016, 3:22:07 PM·3 votes·921 views

Don't get me wrong, my top 10 list of favourite champions is dominated by Piltoverians and Zaunites - but the place is a mess and not in a good way.

  1. There's way too many personal feuds. Caitlyn vs. C. Jinx vs. Vi. Jayce vs. Viktor. The list goes on.
  2. There's way to much implied stuff. Riot teased Jinx having a sister, then sort of said Vi was Jinx's sister after the fact - which makes little-to-no sense though I don't doubt that they were part of the same band of misfits at some point. Caitlyn was released in, what, 2011? They teased 'C' way back then and there's still nothing.
  3. There's a bunch of 'urban legend' champions that have no real influence over the narrative at all. Singed, Twitch, Mundo, etc. They're just shallow stories. Cool, they exist. Now what?
  4. There's this whole split narrative with the whole general animosity between Zaun and Piltover and the separate story of street-level crime in Piltover.
  5. There's room for some really cool things. Yordles travel all the way to Piltover to learn the sciences. How is it that out of the countless Yordles, none have been tempted by the corrupt ways of Zaun? Jinx goes around blowing stuff up every other minute. Where is she getting all the explosives? Can we get a Black Market dealer with a whole arsenal of weapons? Can we get more members from Jinx & Vi's old gang? Can we finally get 'C'? C could be a two birds one stone character that fulfils the role of Jinx's 'C'razy sister and Caitlyn's arch nemesis.

Food for thought. I've been waiting for a Piltover-Zaun event/overhaul since 2013 when they teased the Freljord event (City/Region event).

ALSO ZAC. He fled Zaun. Where did he end up? I always assumed Piltover. Demacia and Noxus would probably reject him, and he would seem way too out-of-place in Southern Runeterra or the Freljord.

There's so much room for the story to develop, but Riot is too consumed with pumping out half-baked champions like Taliyah and Ivern.

4 Comments

Ralanr11/4/2016, 4:18:04 PM2 votes

Zac lives in Zaun, just not really in the main city. Pretty sure his family is in the suburbs.

But your Zaun Yordle point intrigues me. Perhaps a female Yordle assassin could come from Zaun?

Dabrick0111/4/2016, 3:29:37 PM1 votes

I think that a Piltover-Zaun Lore overhaul would be cool, but it's kind of OK how it is.

Caitlin's, Vi's, and Jinx's interactions are a sort to separate story. So is Jayce and Viktor. Ekko is his own person, and Warwick, Mundo, Singed, and Twitch are the same way.

That is the only place that I disagree with you in. I like all of your other points, but i think we need a new Piltover or Zaun champ to come out.

They could even do the whole thing with the Warwick rework but it would seem really forced.

Ebonmaw Dragon11/4/2016, 4:12:45 PM1 votes

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Don't get me wrong, my top 10 list of favourite champions is dominated by Piltoverians and Zaunites - but the place is a mess and not in a good way.

  1. There's room for some really cool things. Yordles travel all the way to Piltover to learn the sciences. How is it that out of the countless Yordles, none have been tempted by the corrupt ways of Zaun?

Riot said that Ekko has never seen a Yordle in his live, however, it doesnt mean that there arent Yordles in Zaun.

The real reason of why Ekko has never seen a yordle, even if he has been in Piltover (and its confirmed that some yordles live there), its because humans see the yordles like other things, depending of the person who sees them. For Example, Kled was seen as an old man with a Pony by the Noxian of his Lore, and People in Demacia see Poppy as a legendary warrior.

So, its possible that there are Yordles in Zaun, but people do not notice them... Just like some people tought that there werent Yordles in Noxus, and we know that there are Kled .

GreenLore11/4/2016, 9:49:01 PM1 votes

1.It was never said that C is from Zaun,so caitlyns feud with C might not have anything to do with Zaun after all(in fact now with the new bilgewater lore I'd say it is more likely for Twisted fate to be C,since it is now established that TF leaves a card behind when he teleports) Also you say thats a lot of personal feuds?Just take a look at Garen,who is the rival of Katarina,the archenemy of Urgot,the counterpart to Darius,meaning he alone has just as many feuds with noxians as you listed.

2.It was never said that VI is Jinx sister,it was just known that Vi has a sister(we knew that already before Jinx was released,so everyone just assumed that Jinx is Vis sister,based on the 2 having sisters and Vi not having memories of her early childhood).Also C doesn't have to fit in that at all.Sure there is the roman-number motif,but that might be more of a coincidence.

3.I agree that their lores need to be expanded a bit.Yoricks VO hints at Singed searching for immortality and he likely created the zaunite war machines that were used in the ionia war(it was originally WW,but that was retconned)

5.Who says there are no yordles in Zaun?We had no noxian Yordles until Kled was released,so I think it is pretty likely that it is only a matter of time until they release a zaunite yordle.

-Bonus point:Zac never fled Zaun,he still lives there.It is Blitzcrank who went on a journey,but his lore is likely not canon anymore.

In general I agree that we could use a Zaun/piltover event,though I don't really agree with your points. However Warwick is getting the next big Rework,so there is a chance that we'll get an update to the Zaun-lore when that gets released(similar to how they updated the shadow isles lore with the release of Yoricks VGU)