Universe League: Orianna's Biography

Enchanté·3/5/2017, 8:51:51 AM·4 votes·2,192 views
Orianna - Universe of League of Legends

Yesterday, I just read Orianna's Universe League Biography and I think that Riot has done an absolutely amazing job updating her lore. Go and have a read on it if you haven't, it is a decently lengthy read but I can assure you it is worth it. I will also be discussing about that in this thread! (I believe I provided a link)

NOTE: I will be talking about her biography, not the story.

I really hope my observations could reach out to one of the Rioters! Please do give your opinions as well.

I know that Universe League is still under construction and Riot is constantly updating different champion lores, but here are some details in her biography that I think is a little bit off to Orianna. In the story,

  1. Orianna's father designed her to have a "winder" on her back, and only her father could wind for her. However, if you pay attention to one of Orianna's in game model idle animation, she could rewind that key herself by reaching it out with her own arms. (ctrl+f "Devastated at his daughter’s" on the biography page to find the paragraph about this) http://imgur.com/a/J2CT1
  2. On the last four paragraphs, Orianna succeeded to remove her winding key and replaced it with hextech cyrstal in order to transplant her own healthy heart for her father. Then, Orianna sets off and left for good. This means that Orianna shouldn't have her winding key on any of her models anymore, but in fact, she still does.

These two details that I noticed are contradicting to her current in game model and animations (obviously, as well as splash arts).

The ball (ctrl+f "With notoriety came more visitors" to find this paragraph) How Orianna's ball is created is explained in this paragraph. I think the details about her ball is poorly written and related to the story, as it is only mentioned at this paragraph and at the end of the biography. So it kind off goes like "Some raider stole Orianna and her father's money so she created a ball that CAN ACTUALLY HURT YOU." Then the ball cease to be mentioned throughout the story and no further details of what the ball can actually do is explained.

The Ending I think that the ending is a little bit disappointing. Orianna just took her ball with her and left her father without him knowing. That's it.

IMPROVEMENTS & THOUGHTS I think Riot can improve this biography by fixing the misused details between the story and the model of Orianna. Maybe mention about how Orianna improved her "winder" by replacing it with a hextech winder that she, herself, could wind it without her father instead of having her remove the whole winder. Then Riot could add more flow and details about her ball and include a little scenario where the ball is in action. Finally, polish the ending where maybe her father wakes up and Orianna confesses her feelings about wanting to see the world, and the father allows her to do so and requested her to take the ball with her as a protection. I think this way, her biography would make the best biography among all other champions; in my opinion.

Thanks for the read guys! Please let me know how you think.

7 Comments

MinaZer03/5/2017, 10:02:05 AM2 votes

I agree on certain points however, her removing her key, in the context used in the lore seemed to simply be a more efficient path to her chest cavity also, she may have continued to use the key, not for functionality purposes but for an homage to her father, the person whom embedded in her the wind-up key, the "golden dancer" seemed more to represent her outwardly, than her herself.

Src: https://gyazo.com/3ae7f7bda8af4c1644214ae29c7febfa

Windup3/9/2017, 11:36:54 PM2 votes

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