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Brackern[]
Surrounded around the Shuriman Continent are several clans of Brackern, including clans in the Shuriman desert.
Dormun[]
The Dormun are gigantic, slow-moving creatures protected with large chitinous plates covering their body. In the harsh conditions of Shurima they have evolved to survive the perpetual drought by utilizing an unknown sense to locate hidden reservoirs of water. Incidentally, certain nomadic tribes have built themselves a permanent home upon the backs of these beasts where they clean the creature and hunt any airborne pests who venture near.
Eka'Sul[]
Desert goats that travel in herds.
Mwatis[]
Mwatis are goatlike creatures with large plated casques on their heads. Mwati wool and plate are prised for felting and insulation.
Kmiros[]
Gigantic scarabs that roam in swarms, looking for unfortunate travelers to feed on. They seem to be common prey for 
Rammus.
Outerbeasts[]
- Main article: Voidborn
Beside the Xer'Sai, other creatures from the Void, referred to as 'outerbeasts', can be found in the desert.
- Xer'Sai: Creatures from the Void that plague the southern deserts. They are the size of big dogs on average, but can be smaller or much bigger.
Rek'Sai, as the queen, is by far the largest and most dangerous of her species. Xer'sai burst from their small burrows and ravage anything nearby, to the detriment of desert caravans. Once dead, the Xer'sai decompose at an abnormally rapid rate and become inedible.
Ralsiji[]
Large and aggressive minotaur-like creatures. They are humpbacked quadrupeds with long limbs and thick horns.
Shuriman Camel[]
A breed of camels native to the deserts of Shurima and are used by caravans as well as common folk as primary mode of transportation. Despite being well-suited for lengthy travels in the desert landscape, they are still prey to a many predator such as the Xer'Sai.
Sandswimmers[]
Sandswimmers
Sandswimmers are massive quadrupedal creatures that traverse the Shuriman desert in cyclical patterns. They got their name due to their preferred method of travel. Their narrow bodies and webbed feet are perfectly design for swimming under the sand. They feed on bugs and other small creatures most desert beasts ignore. Scavengers will often memorize the predictable paths these creatures take, and jump onto their backs to ride as far as they wish.
Skallashi[]
The Skallashi are large quadrupedal herbivores. These hardy beasts of burden are common across Shurima, ideally suited to the harsh desert environment. Their key body feature is their long legs. Notoriously bad-tempered, they are nevertheless treated with great reverence. Their brown hides are often painted with sacred symbols of protection, and their horns hung with totems and charms. While these creatures are mostly used for travel and carrying heavy loads, on some larger skallashi people are able to built miniature rooms for more comfortable travel. To own one is often considered a sign of considerable prosperity.
Mysterious even to other members of the 
Black Rose cabal, 
LeBlanc is but one of many names for a pale woman who has manipulated people and events since the earliest days of 
Noxus. Using her magic to mirror herself, the sorceress can appear to anyone, anywhere, and even be in many places at once. Always plotting just out of sight, LeBlanc's true motives are as inscrutable as her shifting identity.
 | "A rose cannot grow in darkness. It dies, and the darkness grows…" — LeBlanc |
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Background[]
Early Records[]
More than a thousand years ago, Leblanc was a member of the inner-circle cabal of mages of the infamous Iron Revenant. During the height of his reign, LeBlanc conspired with the barbarian Noxii tribes and 
their god to bring him down. With this alliance, LeBlanc would betray her master, severing his ties to the Immortal Bastion and allowing the united noxii tribes to invade it. She also helped seal Mordekaiser's personal hound demons, 
6 Tybaulk and another unnamed shadow demon.
This alliance between Leblanc and Vladimir would lay the foundations for the Black Rose cabal.
Plotting in the Shadows of Noxus[]
Over the centuries, others would join the Black Rose in its political schemes, like powerful nobles, exalted masters of magic, and beings darker still. This hidden cabal would guide the throne of Noxus for more than a thousand years, orchestrating many of the empire’s most ambitious campaigns.
One of those nobles was named 
Lady Elise. LeBlanc, seeing in her a certain cunning and ruthlessness, would approach the poisoned, bedridden woman with the offer of joining the Black Rose. In an attempt to prove her worth, Elise would set sail to the 
Shadow Isles in order to find an esteemed item for the cabal, only to be mutated into a half-spider creature under the control of Vilemaw, the spider king.
LeBlanc saw this as a opportunity to travel to the Isles in safety. And thus began the pact between the two women, she would give Elise acolytes for sacrifice and in turn she would bring powerful artifacts from the isles. This deal would endure centuries until the present days.
During the final days of the First Demacian-Noxian War, LeBlanc spearheaded the resurrection of the national noxian hero 
Sion, although he was deemed uncontrollable by the Grand General and was locked inside his own statue.
In time, Leblanc would manipulate and control the next candidate for the throne of Noxus: 
Boram Darkwill. The Black Rose aided in his bid for the throne, but when he took control, he refused the Black Rose's advisors, and Leblanc took drastic measures. She manipulated a 
young nobleman into revealing the cabal and having it appear that the most prominent conspirators, along with Leblanc herself, were executed.
Years later, Leblanc would once again contact an aging Boram Darkwill. Paranoid about his aging body, Darkwill caved into Leblanc's demands. Once again, Leblanc had control of the throne. She sent the nobleman that she had manipulated all those years ago to die in the war against 
Ionia, and it ended with Swain crippled and cast out. However, Swain came back. In the Immortal Bastion had lied a power that many had tried and failed to obtain: the power of Raum. Swain had found a way to use Raum to his own benefit, and with the knowledge, powers, and restored physical form that it gave him, he staged a coup and took over the throne in one night.
The Iron Maiden[]
- Main article: The Iron Maiden
In 987 AN, LeBlanc noticed the unusual talent and magic of a Noxian girl named 
Rell, so she approached the family of the girl with an offer. She would induct the girl to Roseguard Academy, a hidden school of magical young-lings. She had the intention to strengthen the girl's magic so one day she could face Noxus’ most hated, ancient 
foe. She would grant Rell's mother the headmistress position of the Academy and continued to oversee the procedure until 986 AN when Rell escaped the academy.
Recent Events[]
- Main article: Sisterhood of War
In 996 AN, 
LeBlanc demanded 2 Tifalenji to return 
Riven's runic blade back to her, threatening to take her life if she didn't bring it back.
- Main article: Daredevil Impulse
On the same year, LeBlanc took the form of a tattoo artist and kept an eye on Samira. Later, she revealed herself to 6 Indari, 
Samira's mentor, and declared the Black Rose has plans for her.
- Main article: Garen: First Shield
In 997 AN, one year after the Death of 7 Jarvan III, the relationship between Demacia and Nockmirch lacked communication thanks to the turmoil of the Mage Rebellion. LeBlanc took advantage of this and created a clone of 
Garen's great-uncle Hargold in order to pressure Lord Eldwyn to side with Noxus. Her efforts ended up falling and Nockmirch renewed its truce with Demacia.
Appearance[]
LeBlanc is a slender with dark purple shoulder length hair, golden eyes and pallor skinned woman, hence her moniker The Pale Woman. She wears notorious noble raiment with a distinct purple, black and gold palette. The most distinct ornament on her attire is her golden three point crown. She also owns a metallic staff with floating jewels on its tip.
Personality[]
Leblanc is a deceptive individual, often using her sorcery to trick, confuse, or convince people into serving her and the interests of the Black Rose. Leblanc is also clever, using all manner of methods to serve the interests of her and the Black Rose. Her ultimate goal is to have control of Noxus, whether publicly or by proxy.
Although she seeks the striving of herself and her coven, LeBlanc never takes the spotlight of her schemes. Instead, she manipulates others to do the dirty work for her, as she convinces them through their little struggles as she sees the big picture.
Abilities[]
- Master Sorceress: LeBlanc can harness powerful magic capable of creating blasts of energy, energy constructs, and item enchantments. She also has an extensive knowledge of the arcane and the nature of magic itself, which helped her in noticing that Rell had the right type of magic that could stop Mordekaiser when he returns.
- Illusion Magic: Illusions are LeBlanc's signature magic. She is capable of casting illusions, clones, changing appearances and being at multiple places at once. This magic gave her notoriety and the nickname The Deceiver.
- Teleportation: LeBlanc is capable of teleportation from one place to another.
- Clone Creation: LeBlanc is able of creating mirror images of herself that act independently but on her command. She is also capable of creating clones of other people as well.
- Glamour: LeBlanc can take on the appearance of others.
- Immortality: LeBlanc is millennia old, being around before the foundation of Noxus.
- Guile: LeBlanc is a master in political intrigue and has changed the course of civilizations. She deceived Mordekaiser and locked him away in the spirit realm, and planned Swain's death on the Ionian battlefields by manipulating Boram Darkwill.
- Sorcerer's staff: Like all magicians, Leblanc has a staff with which she better channels her magical powers. Her cane is black and gold, it has only one point, and it has the shape of a waning moon with magic crystals in the center.
Relations[]
Mordekaiser[]
LeBlanc was forced to work for Mordekaiser, whose downfall she would later plan. To secure the The Immortal Bastion, she has designed battle plans against the revenant's eventual return.
Veigar[]
LeBlanc knows 
Veigar, who was in Mordekaiser's inner circle.[1]
Black Rose[]
LeBlanc is the Matron of the Black Rose, whose members include Cassiopeia, 
Elise and 
Vladimir.
LeBlanc tasks Elise with bearing magical artifacts for her from Shadow Isles and in exchange, she gives Elise acolytes to offer as sacrifices to Vilemaw.
Sion was resurrected under the help of the Black Rose, likely at LeBlanc's command.
Boram Darkwill[]
LeBlanc assisted Boram Darkwill's rise to Grand Generalship, but when he refused to be Leblanc's puppet, she orchestrated a revealing of the Black Rose, manipulating 
Jericho Swain into revealing the Black Rose and its members. She then staged a fake execution of herself.[2] However, in the later years of Darkwill's life, Leblanc seduced him to her will once again with the promise of extending his mortal lifespan.
Jericho Swain[]
When Darkwill refused to follow Leblanc's orders after ascending to the throne, Leblanc manipulated Swain into revealing the Black Rose and its members, including his own parents. In the later years of Darkwill's life, Leblanc and Darkwill sent Swain into a battle in Ionia knowing he would lose, leaving Swain crippled. After Swain's takeover of the Noxian government and the establishment of the Trifarix, Leblanc has spent all of her time (multiplied by her many doppelgangers) plotting Swain's destruction.[3]
Samira[]
LeBlanc has a special interest in Samira.
Rell[]
LeBlanc secretly trained 
Rell as a weapon specifically against Mordekaiser.
Riven Konte[]
Riven's blade was enchanted by LeBlanc herself. LeBlanc later sent a small warband that included Riven's old team mates to bring her and the blade back to Noxus.
Demacia[]
LeBlanc may be plotting a war between 
Demacia and Noxus at the moment, with either one of her Black Rose spies or even a clone of herself having encountered 
Garen and Quinn in the process.[4]
It is implied that LeBlanc was involved in the capture of 
Jarvan IV by the Noxian army, based on the flavor text of 7 King Jarvan III.
Her interactions with 8 Incisive Tactician and 2 Black Rose Spy mentioning "golden crowns" suggest that LeBlanc might have been involved in the death of 7 King Jarvan III.
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Trivia[]
- Her "name" means (the) White in French, < PGmc *blankaz "bright, shining, gleaming" < PIE *bʰel- "shiny, white".[5]
- One of her aliases, The Pale Woman, was possibly inspired by it.
- LeBlanc is grammatically masculine (feminine **LaBlanche), alluding further into her deceptive nature.
- LeBlanc is only one among many of this secretive, ageless Pale Woman's aliases.
- Thorns of the Black Rose is the prequel of The Black Powder Plot.
- She has some relation to Noxus' Principle of Guile known as 'the Faceless', as her stone bust is used to represent 1 Guile within the Trifarix.[6]
- LeBlanc's headdress could totally be directly modeled on the symbol of Noxus as she’s been secretly influencing Noxus since the empire began.[7]
- LeBlanc is capable of creating multiple clones of herself, who assist her in doing her tasks.
- Her Legends of Runeterra interactions imply many of her clones have gone rogue over the years.
- Her
- She is also capable of mimicking other's appearance. Whether it has anything to do with Shoma like Neeko is unknown.
- Being present during Mordekaiser's reign, she is at least over 1100 years old. Her true age is intentionally left unknown.
- However, the current LeBlanc may possibly be just a reflection of the original pale sorceress.
- However, the current LeBlanc may possibly be just a
- Emilia LeBlanc is not an individual but a mantle, with the current one (Evaine) being in charge of the underground society 'The Black Rose', whose members include Elise, Swain, and Vladimir.
- Evaine set the stage for Swain's ascension to Grand General of Noxus.
- LeBlanc had spearheaded Sion's initial resurrection (assumedly by dispatching Elise to the Shadow Isles, where she first met Vilemaw) and the current one managed to restore his mind with Jarvan IV's blood (the hemomantic ritual was conducted by Vladimir)
- How she obtained the Exemplar's blood is unknown, but it is suspected his capture and imprisonment was led by Swain and then she herself impersonated the prince to avoid suspicion from Demacia.
References[]
- ↑ Scathlocke on LeBlanc and Veigar
- ↑ Interlocutioner on Swain and LeBlanc
- ↑ Scathlocke on LeBlanc's intention
- ↑ Garen: First Shield
- ↑ Kroonen, G. Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic, p. 67
- ↑ LeBlanc & the Faceless
- ↑ LeBlanc's headdress
- ↑ The Guile's symbol
