Missing bios and color stories v2

https://twitter.com/ProgressBar201X/status/1146025939429724160

What? Half of 2019 is gone already? Time to review the progress of the lore updates for this year. Just like in the last post, please consider what defines a color story before you yell at us to include "Art is Life" or "The Dreaming Pool". While only Riot knows the true definition, what I think is the best approach we have is the simple question "Does it link to the champion biography?". If there is a button (not the champion portrait) linking back to the biography, we'll consider it as color story. For example, here is the end of Garen's color story The Soldier and the Hag:

https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/457316449594245150/595599774187520010/unknown.png

Compare that to the end of For Demacia featuring Garen and Lux:

https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/457316449594245150/595600527644164135/unknown.png

    #What's new? So, what happened since the last post in January? We have two new champions with Yuumi and Qiyana - luckily new champions now always come with a biography, and more importantly, a color story, so they don't add more things to the list of things that need updating. Also, Kayle & Morgana and Mordekaiser got reworked, including a new bio and in the case of Mordekaiser, a new color story as well. He previously had one, Kayle and Morgana didn't.

    #What's important?

There are 28 missing bios and 35 missing color stories. Champions that have no lore at all are: Sona, Talon, Ziggs, Singed, Corki, Rumble, Teemo, Kennen, Alistar, Bard, Shaco, Cho'Gath, Kha'Zix, Kog'Maw, Anivia, Gragas, Olaf, Trundle, Volibear (19)

** Bilgewater, Mt. Targon, Shurima, and the Shadow Isles are done!** With Morde moved from the Shadow Isles to Noxus, these are 29 champions across 4 regions that have a solid place in Runeterra.

Ixtal, Demacia, Noxus, Piltover and Zaun are almost done:

• Ixtal as a new region is made up from mostly updated champions, even Malphite got a color story and his short biography changed, however he is still missing a long-form biography. This is the only thing missing in Ixtal.
• In Demacia, only Sona, Lucian and Xin Zhao need attention. Xin Zhao recently got a story (not a color story though) and a bio update, Lucian needs a biography, while poor Sona needs both. Other than these 3, Demacia is done.
• Noxus has seen updates to Mordekaiser, Cassiopeia and LeBlanc. Draven, Riven, Vladimir and Talon need a color story; Talon also needs a biography on top of that. (Sorry Lewanor)
• Piltover is also complete for the most part, only missing a long bio for Heimerdinger.
• For Zaun, Ziggs and Singed have nothing, while Twitch has a color story but needs a bio update.

Bandle, Ionia and the unaffiliated champions of Runeterra need some work:

• The core squad of yordles that stay in Bandle has nothing: Corki, Rumble and Teemo need both a biography update and a color story. Additionally, Lulu has an updated bio and appeared in The Whispering Doodad, but needs a color story.
• Ionia has 13 fully updated champions, but there are a few missing color stories: Karma, Kennen, Syndra (Hi Fal), Yasuo and Zed. Kennen also needs a bio.
• Runeterra / No affiliation: Alistar, Bard and Shaco need full updates. Zilean just got a brand-new bio, but is missing a color story just like Brand, whereas Fiddlesticks and Jax need a long biography. Keep in mind that Fiddlesticks will be updated in 2020.

The Void and the Freljord need some serious attention:

• Kassadin, Kai'sa and Vel'Koz are the only Void-related champions that are up to date. Most of the monsters (Cho'Gath, Kha'Zix and Kog'Maw) have nothing, Rek'Sai has a color story but no bio, and the prophet Malzahar needs a color story.
• Same for the Freljord: Only 4 champions are fully updated, these are Ashe, Gnar, Nunu & Willump and Ornn. Missing color stories are Tryndamere, Lissandra, Sejuani and Udyr. Braum needs a long bio, Anivia, Gragas, Olaf, Trundle and Volibear need everything. Keep in mind that at least Volibear is getting updated in 2020, so we should get updates along with him.

#The list

Bandle: 3 / 7 fully updated, 3 missing bios, 4 missing color stories

Corki: none, Bio not updated Lulu: none, Bio updated Rumble: none, Bio not updated Teemo: none, Bio not updated Tristana: A quiet Night, Bio updated Veigar: The True and Ghastly Tale of the Beast of Boleham Tower, Bio updated Yuumi: The Biggest Catch, Bio updated

Bilgewater: 7/7 fully updated (!)

Gangplank: Blood in the Water, Bio updated Graves: One Last Shot, Bio updated Illaoi: The Burden, Bio updated Miss Fortune: Down among the Dead Men, Bio updated Nautilus: The Ophidian, Bio updated Pyke: Then, Teeth, Bio updated Twisted Fate: Double Down, Bio updated

Demacia: 12/15 fully updated, 2 missing bio, 2 missing color stories

Fiora: A Matter of Honor, Bio updated Galio: A Hero wakes, Bio updated Garen: The Soldier and the Hag, Bio updated Jarvan IV: Ivory, Ebony, Jasper, Bio updated Kayle: In the Fires of Justice, Bio updated Lucian: Hunter of Shadows, Bio not updated Lux: Last Light, Bio updated Morgana: Prayer to a crumbling Shrine, Bio updated Poppy: The Slayer, Bio updated Quinn: Rules of Survival, Bio updated Shyvana: The Winged Beast, Bio updated Sona: none, Bio not updated Sylas: The Recruit, Bio updated Vayne: Monsters, Bio updated Xin Zhao: none, Bio Updated

Freljord: 4/14 fully updated, 6 missing bios, 9 missing color stories

Anivia: none, Bio not updated Ashe: The Harder Path, Bio updated Braum: Tomb of the Troll Boy, Bio not updated Gnar: The Hunter Hunted, Bio updated Gragas: none, Bio not updated Lissandra: none, Bio updated Nunu & Willump: Stone Cold, Bio updated Olaf: none, Bio not updated Ornn: The voice from the Hearth, Bio updated Sejuani: none, Bio updated Trundle: none, Bio not updated Tryndamere: none, Bio updated Udyr: none, Bio updated Volibear: none, Bio not updated

Ionia 13/18 fully updated. 1 missing bio, 5 missing color stories

Ahri: A Fair Trade, Bio updated. Akali: Leaving Weh’le, Bio updated. Irelia: Stains on a Name, Bio updated. Ivern: Gift of Venom, Bio updated. Jhin: The Man with the Steel Cane, Bio updated. Karma: none, Bio updated. Kayn: The Blade of Millenia, Bio updated. Kennen: none, Bio not updated. Lee Sin: All that Glitters, Bio updated. Master Yi: Homecoming, Bio updated. Rakan: Nothing Rhymes with Tubebow, Bio updated. Shen: True Neutral, Bio updated. Syndra: none, Bio updated. Varus: Dark Kin, Bio updated. Wukong: Fast and Dumb, Bio updated. Xayah: Puboe Prison Break, Bio updated. Yasuo: none, Bio updated. Zed: none, Bio updated.

Ixtal 5/6 fully updated, 1 missing bio, no missing color stories

Malphite: Roots of a Poisoned Tree, Bio not updated. Neeko: The Monster of Kalduga Outpost, Bio updated. Nidalee: Human Blood, Bio updated. Qiyana: Fit to rule, Bio updated. Rengar: Prey, Bio updated. Zyra: With the Flowers, Bio updated.

Mt. Targon 6/6 fully updated (!)

Diana: Night’s Work, Bio updated. Leona: The Light Bringer, Bio updated. Pantheon: The Spear of Targon, Bio updated. Soraka: Halfway between the Stars and Earth, Bio updated. Taric: The Uninvited Guest, Bio updated. Zoe: Meet Zoe, Bio updated.

Noxus 8/12 fully updated, 2 missing bios, 4 missing color stories

Cassiopeia: The Shedding of Skin, Bio updated. Darius: The Winterspike Road, Bio updated. Draven: none, Bio not updated. Katarina: Message on a Blade’s Edge, Bio updated. Kled: Where the Drakalops roam, Bio updated. LeBlanc: Thorns of the Black Rose, Bio updated. Mordekaiser: The Final Reign, Bio updated Riven: none, Bio updated. Sion: In the Mind of Madness, Bio updated. Swain: The Black Powder Plot, Bio updated. Talon: none, Bio not updated. Vladimir: none, Bio updated.

Piltover 6/7 fully updated, 1 missing bio, no missing color stories

Caitlyn: The Thrill of the Chase, Bio updated. Camille: Tea with the Gray Lady, Bio updated. Ezreal: The Elixir of Uloa, Bio updated. Heimerdinger: From the Journal of Professor Cecil B. Heimerdinger, Bio not updated. Jayce: A quick Fix, Bio updated. Orianna: Fieram, Bio updated. Vi: Interrogation 101, Bio updated.

Shurima 9/9 fully updated (!)

Amumu: Greed and Tears, Bio updated. Azir: Arisen, Bio updated. Nasus: Ouroboros, Bio updated. Rammus: Caravan North, Bio updated. Renekton: Darkness Renews, Bio updated. Sivir: Water, Bio updated. Skarner: Dreamsong, Bio updated. Taliyah: Echoes in the Stone, Bio updated. Xerath: Unbound, Bio updated.

Shadows Isles 7/7 fully updated (!) Elise: Strand by silken Strand, Bio updated. Hecarim: No one lives, Bio updated. Kalista: Invocation, Bio updated. Karthus: Burial at Sea, Bio updated. Maokai: Nightbloom, Bio updated. Thresh: The Collection, Bio updated. Yorick: Last Rites, Bio updated.

Runeterra / No affiliation 10/17 fully updated, 5 missing bios, 5 missing color stories

Aatrox: The Cage, Bio updated. Alistar: none, Bio not updated. Annie: Trouble, Bio updated. Aurelion Sol: Twin Dawns, Bio updated. Bard: none, Bio not updated. Brand: none, Bio updated. Evelynn: The tallest Daisy, Bio updated. Fiddlesticks: To our End, Bio not updated. Fizz: The lucky Kraken, Bio updated. Jax: None shall pass, Bio not updated. Kindred: Forest for the Trees, Bio updated. Nami: First Steps, Bio updated. Nocturne: The Shadow Door, Bio updated. Ryze: An Old Friend, Bio updated. Shaco: none, Bio not updated. Tahm Kench: The Gambler’s Woe, Bio updated. Zilean: none, Bio updated. The Void 3/8 fully updated, 4 bios missing, 4 color stories missing Cho’gath: none, Bio not updated. Kassadin: Whom Does the Desert Know? Bio updated. Kha’Zix: none, Bio not updated. Kai’Sa: The Girl Who Came Back, Bio updated. Kog’Maw: none, Bio not updated. Malzahar: none, Bio updated. Rek’sai: Sai Kahleek, Bio not updated. Vel’Koz: A Different Hunger, Bio updated.

** Zaun 9/12 fully updated, 3 bios missing, 2 color stories missing**

Blitzcrank: Ensemble, Bio updated. Dr. Mundo: Do No Harm, Bio updated. Ekko: Lullaby, Bio updated. Janna: Deep Breath, Bio updated. Jinx: The Wedding Crasher, Bio updated. Singed: none, Bio not updated. Twitch: Do Not Engage, Bio not updated. Urgot: Son of Ur, Bio updated. Viktor: House on Emberflit Alley, Bio Updated. Warwick: If They Run, Bio updated. Zac: Protection, Bio updated. Ziggs: none, Bio not updated.