User blog comment:Reilock/Riots new Lore Direction: Rant/@comment-3542156-20140925080736

I personally dislike having the Institute of War, League of Legends and Summoner's removed from the lore, because of the reason also stated in this blog post: It was a really good set-up for the matches you played.

I used to pick some champions because of their lore, but now it just doesn't really feel worth it...

As for what we are in Runeterra: The player is still referred to as a Summoner, but we have no impact on the world anymore.