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Great new lore for the three Bilgwater Champions!!!

Meªt··12 votes·1,557 views

Gangplank "As unpredictable as he is brutal, the self-appointed reaver king known as Gangplank rules Bilgewater through a mix of fear, violence, and cunning. Where he goes, death and ruin follow, and such is his infamy and reputation that the merest sight of his black sails on the horizon causes panic among even the hardiest crew."

Graves "Malcolm Graves is a wanted man in every realm, city-state, and empire he has visited. Tough, strong-willed, and above all, relentless, through his life of crime he has amassed (then invariably lost) a small fortune."

Twisted Fate "Twisted Fate is an infamous card sharp and swindler who has gambled and charmed his way across much of the known world, earning the enmity and admiration of the rich and foolish alike. He rarely takes things seriously, greeting each day with a mocking smile and an insouciant swagger. In every possible way, Twisted Fate always has an ace up his sleeve."

ffs, i understand they are in-game lore entries, but remember when we used to have beautiful long in-game lores that were actually fun to read during queue or something?

Like look at Alastairs in-game lore. A little shorter than what I'd like, but still fuckin BEAUITUL compared to these 3 sentence cliche DESPITE ALL THESE CHALLENGES (x) HAS (x) TO PULL THROUGH/WHAT IS (x) DOING HERE? NOBODY KNOWS/WHEREVER (x) GOES, (x) HAPPENS

i bet i could write an in-game lore for every champion that follow suit with these motifs in like 5 minutes perchamp

14 Comments

420Templar13 votes

I'm going to write the new updated lore for Xin Zhao.

Xin Zhao was kidnapped by Noxians. In Shurima. Then he escaped to the Freljord. He has a dark and mysterious past.

Meªt11 votes

Gangplank looked beyond the starboard mast, furrowing his brow as concern rushed into his phyche. This was no oridinary storm. He knew this storm, he had been expecting it. He rushed beyond the capstan to the forward bow to address his crew.

"Raise t' anchor! Turn her around! We can't stay here!"

His voice bellowed across the recently calm ocean; waves began picking up and an ominous mist had settled upon the tense waters.

"Captain what be this? Let us go forth, we must return t' Bilgewater! Ye can't afford t' miss that wench's deadline-", First Mate Billy began, but was cut off by a sharp raise of the finger by Gangplank. Horror filled the captain's eyes as he watched a childhood myth unfold over the sea. Small flames illuminating the rising fog were quickly surrounding the vessel. This was not the first time Gangplank had heard of this happening however, as he quickly raced his mind to recall a legend that all seabearers heard as children.

_The Black Mist. A spectral rider's merciless rampage over the waters beyond the western coast. The calling of the Titan to bring down fleets of ships. _

As if on cue, a deathly omnipresent voice had cut through the heavens, piercing fear into every last member of Gangplank's crew.

"Your life is a burden. I shall bring you freedom"

A bloodcurdling scream is heard on the ship as large, torn, deathly masts are barely visible through the fog of war all around Gangplank's ship. Every member of the crew looked to their captain for morale, and saw a sight they did not expect.

"Ready th' cannons! Be off to ye posts! We have a deadline to meet!", he roared, as the look of terror was replaced by a grin, and a visage of a determined man.

idk just something that's anecdotal is much more appealing to read than the 3 line stories. If you're going to put something on the champion's page in the client, put something with emotion. Something that FITS the character, instead of a few boring lines.

I loved gnar's bio, with Rengar. That had emotion. That was the last good bio.

Tesla Effect9 votes

Short Bios =/= Actual lore

Meªt3 votes

[{quoted}](name=Tesla Effect,realm=NA,application-id=6kFXY1kR,discussion-id=xMVoN764,comment-id=0000,timestamp=2015-07-11T03:02:19.201+0000)

Short Bios =/= Actual lore

I never said otherwise. If you read carefully, I pointed out that the in-game lore is still important and it's important to have a fascinating and deep anecdote to sell a champion. Saying, "arr pirate hooray death follows me" doesn't do much.

Tesla Effect4 votes

{quoted}

I never said otherwise. If you read carefully, I pointed out that the in-game lore is still important and it's important to have a fascinating and deep anecdote to sell a champion. Saying, "arr pirate hooray death follows me" doesn't do much.

You said its lore, which its not. Read your own title and description.

Meªt3 votes

Ok, well done fact checking. I mistyped the title.

Now address the point of the post, which is that the in-client bios are lacking. If you disagree, that's fine.

Tsumikiri2 votes

I think the in-client short-form lore is great for what it is supposed to be (a summary). These new short form lores (GP, TF, Graves) are pretty well done imo compared to some of the Shurima ones. I'm very excited to be getting more stories later this summer, too! :D

Keon Kamori9 votes

[{quoted}](name=Tesla Effect,realm=NA,application-id=6kFXY1kR,discussion-id=xMVoN764,comment-id=0000,timestamp=2015-07-11T03:02:19.201+0000)

Short Bios =/= Actual lore

This is a cop out. Remember kids all squares are rectangle but not all rectangles are squares. All champion lores are bios, not all short bios are champion lore. The reason " Short Bios=/= Actual lore" means nothing since is there IS NO "Actual lore" and the short bio is all that champion has. Due to the retcon, most of the champions in the game don't have actual lores. Please stop posting this excuse for the lore team. Nobody cares for the short bios. Fans want the "Actual lore" and nothing short of that is going to elicit a positive response.

Tsumikiri1 votes

Nobody cares for the short bios.

I like them. :( And I think that new players will like them as well. I know that when I started playing I was interested in lore but didn't always want to read a huge story about a character in a game that I wasn't super invested in yet. Us older players definitely want the full lore, but I guess we'll just have to keep waiting.

Keon Kamori4 votes

I'm sorry if I offended you by that statement.

Ulquiorra9958 votes

True. Short bios actually exist.

Tesla Effect2 votes

{quoted}

True. Short bios actually exist.

Oooooh, shots fired. But in all honesty, yeah, the only thing we are getting as of now are these short bios, which is disappointing given the massive amount of champions that need lore re-wrights.

Tesla Effect5 votes

Short bios in the client are fine because they are not the actual lore, rather just short descriptions of champions in the same way you have descriptions of champion abilities. Its task is not to fully describe a character to you, its just there to give short answer for each character.

Short bios are lacking because they are designed in that way and thats their job. To make you want more.

MythicTwister1 votes

Ok kid, you got me. They're designed to make us want more, and thousands of us do. We want more. We expect more. We used to GET more when it came to lore. We keep hearing about this "extra lore" or "long form" versions being promised. So far, those promises seem empty. Short bios are lacking because Riot knows we want long ones, and is too chickenshit/lazy to provide.

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