User blog comment:ND999/Lore of LoL - Blast from the past: Doran/@comment-26815373-20151225002122

So... I actually really like the idea of a champion playing with the 'forge-god' idea. I'm not sure what his abilities would be, but that art really helps sell the idea. It is an archetype we don't have yet in league, the closest might just be  and that's stretching it. I also like how you're taking the 'larger than life' 'is actually a legend' approach to the lore, the same approach that Riot has been pushing with their more recent champs. Personally, I'd like to see more lore of this nature in the game. More ambiguity and speculation rather than set-in-stone bios. One thing I'm not sold on is making this hypothetical champion 'master artificer' the Doran of the starter items. Having some flavor text on the Doran's trio as background info would be nice, but if you make Doran a full-fledged champion and then have him have items in the game, I imagine people would start asking, "Where's ?" Relevant. Also relevant.