League of Designs

^This man writes good.

Here are a few of my favorite things from 2018 that haven't really come up in the thread so far (lore tournament bias > Noxus bias {{sticker:slayer-jinx-wink}} ):

The Kala comic! (cough Ryze comic...) Tall tales of Bilgewater!The Kai'Sa comic! (by KneecapPhilly and Hellstern, hidden heroes who make awesome stuff for almost every champ release...)

Even things as small as the Swain promo video, and dare I say it, Swain's soul collection lines... (Lore, inside the game? THAT'S IMPOSSIBLE!)

I think part of what will make 2019 an even better year than 2018 is, lore will continue to spread to these other mediums. We'll read stories as usual, but we'll also see the lore come to life in Marvel comics, in trailers, and who knows, there might even be some surprises along the way!

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Cecil Hoshino said () :

Thanks!

Man, kinda puts all the regional/factional rivalries and warring into perspective, doesn't it?

Maybe in the same way our own world does. I think human conflict is fractal - you can zoom in or out to any scale, and still find it.

Interesting!

I know you're still in the process of translating, but I can already see you've put a lot of work into this.
It's also lovely to see you again, My Fizz No Ult :D My map friend - and now timeline friend!

Maybe I'll be better able to comment once you've very kindly finished translating for us. I'm sorry I can't read Chinese :(

MagicFlyingLlama said () :

Chances are Riot is not sure either - they are probably leaving it intentionally unknown so there is room to expand later.

This is pretty standard for worldbuilding, only as much as is needed is revealed, even if there is a rough outline the writers use for consistency.

Oh, I know. I really know. But we're not saying yet - not when there are three enormous continents to deal with at the moment. It'll be a big deal when we scroll the map a bit more.

Dragons. So many dragons!

Or rather, less metaphorically, the Runeterra map shows a little over 1/6th of the surface of the planet - we've not talked about what's beyond there (dragons!) but there's definitely room to expand.

I've seen some players theorize that it's mostly water, but I have no clue where they've got that idea from.

Spideraxe said () :

Its a lore battle royale, where are we dropping, i think my favorite has to be written by CarnivalKnights, The Man With the Grinning Shadow was so good

AHHHHHH THANK YOU

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Eldeazar said () :

I was waiting for that Zyra lore update for so long and it nailed some of my expectations: it gave her a richer backstory, a place for her to be rooted in the universe and, most importantly, a purpose for her to blossom into in the future. Bud I believe her lore could branch into much more, because I ended the bio thinking it didn't add nothing to the character. Floral intents and purposes this was more of a lore "expansion" than a lore "update".

/ >_> Don't think I don't see what you're doing there. I see exactly what you're doing, and... I like it. Carry on.

Blood Magicks said () :

Stopping? Like there won't be more tournament?

Shame, I think a lot of people were enjoying it, and I had prepared my posts on "Where Icathia Once Stood" and "From the Ashes" and "Twilight of the Gods" in advance. They are my favorites, I think.

Nothing to stop you posting them anyway - I'd be interested to read what folks think.

Deep Terror Nami said () :

My favorite was definitely Veigar's new story!

Aw shucks, you're pretty good at this flattery business :P

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I assumed he was dabbing...