Thread:LivesByProxy/@comment-3391671-20170119042746/@comment-3391671-20170202051948

In between working on my own projects, playing other games, sending & receiving emails, translating, teaching as a professor, and working as a doctor, my focus is also quite divided. Not trying to measure up, but I understand where you come from. ( =w=)/

At this point, I believe that commenting for the lore alone is by all means acceptable. Double Slap did just that when Izo's lore was premature and in need of change. A comment or two about how the voice clips sound is worthwhile in my opinion. As for the words of my writing, thank you very much.

As for lore, I just feel that Freljord go its lore update right before RIOT started puling the strings in the larger scopes of things. Thus, while it works, it is far outshone by the newer ones, such as Bilgewater & Targon. On the way, they have referenced the icy land through the lore of other champions, such as and, but who was the last released champion to represent Freljord directly? . Thus, I feel that someone like Izo makes a dutiful impact on the lore without retconning anything; he fits in and so far has been well accepted.

As for making Izo Ionian... I'm not much against the idea. But as you have already guessed, that would require some rewrite, especially because of how interwoven his lore is into the War of the Three Queens (although making sure not to be too sunken to the point that he's -level of lore-inseparable). As for the name, while it is taken from Japanese roots, I've been surprised to find out that it's not strictly Japanese, as mentioned in the trivia section. "''The name has also been depicted as meaning 'ice' in couple languages [...] "

It does snow in Japan (actually saw some of it a few weeks ago when I was visiting my home in North Osaka prefecture), and places in the north, such as Hokkaido, does have some form of perpetual snow. I too would like to consider the thought that Ionia has its own snowy region... but I believe it should be reserved for a different champion entirely, such as one of my own future Ionian champions. Even then, I did give Izo an "Ionian" skin because of the thought that parts of his reference material is Japanese in origin (his sword, name, the character he is based off of, etc.).

Thank you for pitching the idea. Always glad to hear unique ideas coming on way.