User blog comment:Emptylord/Custom Champion - Thane the Thunder Warrior/@comment-7709681-20140729195958/@comment-3974211-20140729202116

I can appreciate the non-necessity, but technically it was Thane that was forced into the story. Jolt was created as the common enemy for Diana and Leona to resolve their differences, what with him being a literal crime against nature. I think I'd more sooner create a new identity for Thane, but it seemed fitting to add him here.

Plus, while I agree the mesoamerican theme is considerably different to Leona and Diana: Leona and Diana hardly share a visual theme, that visual theme definitely isn't inspired by roman-greek mythology (excluding the ) and their only real ties to Spartan Culture is Pantheon, which Riot hopes to remove when Pantheon is visually upgraded in favor of a more unique "Mount Targon" identity (similar to what they've been trying to capture of Ionia with Karma and Master Yi's VU, Yasuo, and eventually Irelia).

Hmmm, I guess I need spend a little more time pondering over the lore.