Thread:Tesla Effect/@comment-26252250-20150328051037/@comment-26252250-20150328173357

Glad to hear that ^_^

I won't lie to you either, man. I do not play LoL, my interest lies in the lore. So I'll tell you a story...

While browsing PCGamer in September, I saw the news about the retcon. I thought nothing of it at first. And then along came DJ Sona, and something clicked: I constantly hear about LoL this, LoL that, I figured I might as well take a look. So I came here, and read about Sona. Needless to say, I had no idea what Ionia, Demacia, Judgement, etc. meant. In that venue, I finally made up my mind to read about all champions, starting in alphabetical order with Aatrox. Nowadays, I'm reading Taric's page. 30 champions and one JoJ to go! (I tell you, there's something big coming, and my suspicions lie in Ao Shin and the artifact Bard spirited away (ba dum tsh) so I figured I might as well get to it and get acquianted with all these 124 folks, their world and their previous canon)

And here's when Lady Luck blessed me: Aatrox introduced me to the earliest history of Runeterra: the Protectorate and the Magelords. I made a note-to-self to remember that in particular. And boy was I right...

- New Summoner's Rift: Paladin-themed statues and minions for blue team, plus a stag motif and crest; Mage-themed statues and minions for red team, plus an owl motif and crest. This scream Protectorate-Magelords to me.

- Look at the blue statues, now look at Taric. Look at the owl crest, now at LeBlanc's circlet: If I got it right, the Protectorate became Demacia, and the Magelords Noxus. Old Noxus was all about magic (Black Rose) but then the government militarized to be on par with Demacia. Emilia LeBlanc as a figure is ancient, despite who takes up the mantle (e.g. Evaine) maybe even older than Sion himself (living Sion that is). Me thinks that since Taric will likely no longer be an offworlder, he might be related to the Protectorate, their ways and their approach to magic as reflected in the blue turrets, inhibitor, and nexus.

- In a similar vein, the BLUE sentinel and the RED Brambleback were also too conviniently named to pass up. My guess? they were created by their corresponding factions, or at least in their likeness. I can totally see the Protectorate finding some semblance of order in animating stone whereas the Magelords went all-out and used nature itself, proof that there is no such thing as limits. Malphite may not be an offworlder anymore, so this line of thought seems plausible at least to me when applied to him.

- The Warden and Marauder skins: Their promo about "one leves entire cities in the name of law and order, the other for fun" may sound silly and over-simplified, but my lore-eye (kek) saw something else: the style. It reminded me of the stag (Wardens) and the owl (Marauders), the most obvious thing being the use of blue and red, respectively.

- And last but not least, Aatrox himself: let's assume each side saw a different Aatrox: the Protectorate saw Justicar Aatrox leading them to battle and imbueing them with fighting spirit, while the Magelords saw Classic Aatrox murdering them and feeding his blade with them.

Well, I went off a tangent here O_O but hopefully this proves my commitment to lore where others just simply a) "hurr LoL haz loar? XD" or b) "Rito you butchers you destroyed everything that made League great you fuckers" or c) "Season 1 was the best, LoL is dead and will never come back". I cannot emphasize my relief when I discovered at least one dude (you) would rather use reason and logic and see the glorious evolution (hue) that is coming more as a boon than a bane. No wonder the stories about LoL's "community" being toxic-er than Zaun's slums, what with all the "I feel X" I've seen on almost every thread I read, all the "Old X was better" as if it was a fact (it's not, I am sure of this).

To avoid building an even taller wall of text, I must ask: do you use the chat often? I wanted to talk about a few things, but in real time. Random thoughts that occured to me one day or another: Rammus as an Ascended Yordle, Amumu as an ancient Yordle emperor of Shurima, Kayle and Morgana and how they might as well be turned into Darkin given the similarities between Aatrox and Morgana's wing shape, and how Kayle might be the odd one in that race as opposed to Morg (role-reversal, that is).

If you got this far, thanks for reading, man. This noob appreciates it :)