User blog comment:Toymakers Creation/The Shattered Crown/@comment-1920550-20150713220102/@comment-24430045-20150713222016

Maokai's bio pretty much covers what happened with him. Karthus came to the Isles after they were ruined, and I had included Hecarim more (he is indeed the cavalry man mentioned) but it felt superfluous, so I focused on the three characters I wanted to write about most. I may release another story to flesh out the other events as they affected other characters.

I really wanted to include Eve and make her an important player in the past of the Shadow Isles, and having her death be inciting incident of the king's ruination was my way of doing so. Was there anything in particular I could have done to make her inclusion better? I do agree that Part 3 is probably the weakest section.

Mordekaiser would probably love that irony too lol, however, I have plans for a continuation of the King's story. A King answers to no one. :P