- Published on 7 Jan 2020 (During V10.1)
LeonaImbued with the fire of the sun, Leona is a warrior templar of the 
Solari who defends 
Mount Targon with her 
Zenith Blade and 
Shield of Daybreak. Her skin shimmers with starfire while her eyes burn with the power of the celestial Aspect within her. Armored in gold and bearing a terrible burden of ancient knowledge, Leona brings enlightenment to some, death to others.
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Radiant Dawn
Among the Rakkor tribes that dwell upon Mount Targon, the sun is sacred, and none venerate it more than the Solari. Children are raised from birth to honor it, and even to shed blood for it, until its Aspect returns, heralding a grave threat they all must face.
Leona was one such child. She took to the Solari faith as naturally as breathing, finding solace and warmth within its rigid structure. This manifested through her rapid achievement of excellence, her peers envious of her capability, willpower, and devotion. None doubted she would one day become one of the Ra’Horak, the holy warriors of the Solari.
Though Leona flourished, she could not help but see her masters struggle with their most exasperating student, an orphan named 
Diana. Her curiosity was welcomed at first, but soon the teachers began to perceive Diana’s questions as challenging the Solari ways. Leona watched Diana suffer punishment and isolation—but where others saw insolence, she saw a lost soul devoted to a search for meaning.
Leona found her purpose in the Solari teachings, and resolved to share it with Diana as even the most dutiful teachers forsook her. The two would debate late into the night, with Leona hoping to persuade Diana that everything she could ever want was there in the faith, waiting for her to accept it. Though she failed to win Diana over, Leona did find a friend.
One night, Diana confided a secret to Leona. She spoke of discovering a hidden alcove in the mountain, an ancient place where the walls were etched with depictions of strange symbols and forgotten societies. When Diana mentioned climbing the summit of Mount Targon to learn more, Leona urged her to stop. Seeking to protect her from the ire of the other Solari, Leona made Diana promise to abandon this search. Reluctantly, Diana agreed.
Time passed, and the two never spoke of Diana’s discovery again. Leona believed her friend had finally come to her senses.
Her belief was shattered late one night, when she glimpsed Diana slipping out of the temple. While her first instinct was to tell the elders, Leona thought instead of protecting her friend, wresting her back from the edge. Resolved, Leona set off after Diana…
To the summit of Mount Targon.
The ascent was a trial unlike any Leona had ever endured, straining every fiber of her being to its limit, and beyond. Her training, willpower, and concern for Diana was all that drove her on. The unblinking eyes of bodies frozen into the mountain's slopes watched her climb, their own journeys forever incomplete, but not even they could deter her.
After what seemed an eternity—and much to her own amazement—Leona reached the peak.
Exhausted, she beheld an uncanny landscape, and found Diana engulfed in a coruscating column of silver light. Leona saw her friend’s silhouette writhing in agony, the air rippling with her screams. Horrified, Leona rushed to her aid, when a golden radiance slashed down from the heavens to envelop her.
The sensation was indescribable, but rather than incinerating Leona, the illumination coursed into her, suffusing her with incredible power. She clung to her consciousness, fighting the current seeking to sear away her very being.
Ultimately, her indomitable will triumphed—and with that control came understanding.
With control came understanding. Leona was forever changed, imbued by the Aspect of the Sun. Destiny had selected her, and it was her duty to protect the Solari in the times to come.
It was then that Leona saw Diana, clad in gleaming silver war-plate, a strange reflection of the golden armor she discovered herself now wearing. Diana begged Leona to join her, to seek out answers the Solari could not offer. Leona demanded they return home, and present themselves for the priests’ judgment. Neither conceded, and they finally felt the weight of the weapons in their hands.
Their combat was swift, a blistering clash between sun and moon, ending with Diana’s crescent blade at Leona’s throat. But, rather than delivering the killing blow, Diana fled. Devastated, Leona descended Targon and hurried to her elders.
When she arrived, she found slaughter. Many Solari priests and their Ra’Horak guardians were dead, seemingly slain by Diana’s hand. The survivors were awed by the presence of two Aspects now in their midst, and Leona was committed to helping them navigate this new reality—the guiding light to her people, just as the sun had always been.
She has sworn to find Diana, to preserve the dominance of the Solari... but also to help her old friend control the Moon Aspect’s power before it destroys her.
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Biography
Starring Champion
Short Story • 4 Minute Read
The raiders attacked before dawn; fifty wolf-lean men in iron hauberks mantled with strange furs and bearing ash-dulled axes. Their steps were swift as they entered the settlement at the foot of the mountain. These were men who had fought as brothers for years, who lived in the heartbeat between life and death. A warrior in battered scale armor and bearing a heavy-bladed greatsword over his shoulder led them. Beneath his dragon-helm, his face was bearded and raw, burned by a lifetime of war-making under a harsher sun than this.
Starring: Leona
Video
In the shadow of an approaching eclipse, a young Lunari scout escapes captivity with her Solari lover, and the two of them decide to turn their backs on Targon forever.
Starring: Diana, Leona
Mentioned Champion
Short Story
Halfway Between the Stars and Earth
It was a perfectly good night for a cup of tea. Chilly, certainly, but clear—as crisp a night as frigid Mount Targon ever got, really. Soraka was expecting a visitor. The snow in the stone kettle had already begun to melt over the hearth at the center of her little yurt; as it grew warmer, the room was suffused with the smell of dried tea leaves and sparse mountain herbs.
Starring: 
Soraka
Short Story • 3 Minute Read
Mount Targon is the mightiest peak in Runeterra, a towering mountain of sun-baked rock amid a range of summits unmatched in scale anywhere else in the world. Located far from civilization, Mount Targon is utterly remote and all but impossible to reach save by the most determined seeker.
Starring: N/A
Mentioned: 
Aurelion Sol, Diana, Leona, 
Pantheon, 
Taric, 
Zoe
Alternate Universes
Reveal
By Unknown Author
The omens are clear: The coven has reassembled in the name of the old gods. Eclipse Leona is ready to meet them.
Starring: 
Ivern, Leona
Comic
By ARTeapot
Starring: 
Bard, 
Jayce, 
Karthus, 
Sejuani
Mentioned: 
Anivia, 
Ashe, 
Braum, 
Bristle, 
Caitlyn, 
Camille, 
Elise, 
Ezreal, 
Garen, 
Gragas, 
Graves, 
Heimerdinger, 
Illaoi, Ivern, 
Katarina, 
Kled, 
Lee Sin, Leona, 
Lissandra, 
Lucian, 
Nami, 
Olaf, 
Poppy, 
Ryze, 
Senna, 
Singed, 
Skaarl, 
Taliyah, Taric, 
Teemo, 
Tryndamere, 
Twisted Fate, 
Veigar, 
Vi, 
Zac
Comic
By Risu
Mentioned: 
Ahri, 
Alistar, 
Annie, Ashe, 
Blitzcrank, 
Brand, Braum, Caitlyn, 
Darius, Diana, 
Dr. Mundo, 
Ekko, 
Evelynn, Ezreal, 
Gangplank, Garen, 
Gnar, Gragas, Graves, Heimerdinger, 
Janna, 
Jinx, 
Karma, Katarina, Leona, Lucian, 
Malzahar, 
Miss Fortune, Nami, 
Nasus, 
Nunu, 
Quinn, 
Renekton, 
Rumble, Ryze, Sejuani, 
Sivir, 
Sona, Soraka, 
Tahm Kench, Taliyah, Taric, Teemo, 
Tibbers, 
Trundle, Tryndamere, Twisted Fate, 
Twitch, 
Valor, 
Varus, 
Vel'Koz, 
Vladimir, 
Volibear, 
Warwick, 
Willump, 
Wukong, Zac, 
Ziggs
Comic
By Risu
Mentioned: 
Aatrox, Ahri, Alistar, 
Amumu, Annie, Aurelion Sol, 
Azir, Bard, Blitzcrank, Caitlyn, 
Cho'Gath, Diana, 
Draven, Ekko, Ezreal, 
Fizz, 
Galio, Gnar, Graves, Heimerdinger, Jayce, 
Kha'Zix, 
Kog'Maw, Leona, Lucian, 
Lux, 
Malphite, 
Maokai, Miss Fortune, Nasus, 
Nautilus, 
Nidalee, Olaf, 
Orianna, Poppy, Quinn, 
Rakan, Renekton, 
Riven, Rumble, 
Shaco, Taric, Teemo, Tibbers, 
Tristana, Trundle, 
Udyr, Valor, Vel'Koz, 
Viktor, Volibear, Warwick, Wukong, 
Xayah, 
Xin Zhao, 
Yasuo, Ziggs
Music Video
By Numerous creators
Reaching the peak takes more than skill. Only those with the ambition to RISE above all others will know its height.
Starring: N/A
Mentioned: 
Akali, Ashe, Braum, Darius, Ekko, Ezreal, 
Fiora, Garen, Gnar, 
Jarvan IV, 
Jax, Jinx, 
Kalista, 
Kennen, Kha'Zix, Leona, Lux, 
Master Yi, Olaf, Poppy, Rakan, Riven, Ryze, Sejuani, 
Swain, Taliyah, 
Thresh, Tryndamere, 
Vayne, Xayah, Yasuo, 
Zed, Ziggs
Comic
By Numerous creators
Starring: N/A
Mentioned: Aatrox, Akali, Ashe, Aurelion Sol, Azir, Braum, Caitlyn, Cho'Gath, Darius, Diana, Draven, Ezreal, Gnar, Illaoi, Janna, Jarvan IV, Jayce, 
Kai'Sa, Karma, Karthus, Katarina, 
Kayle, 
Kayn, Kennen, Kha'Zix, Lee Sin, Leona, 
Lulu, Lux, Malzahar, Miss Fortune, Nunu, 
Ornn, Pantheon, 
Pyke, 
Rammus, 
Rek'Sai, 
Rhaast, Ryze, Sejuani, 
Shen, 
Sion, Sivir, Soraka, 
Sylas, 
Syndra, Taliyah, 
Talon, Taric, Thresh, Tristana, Trundle, Udyr, Vi, Volibear, Willump, Yasuo, Zed, Ziggs, Zoe
Outdated Lore
Entries
Formare veneficum est formare fatum.
Starring: Akali, Alistar, Amumu, Anivia, Annie, Ashe, Blitzcrank, Brand, 
Cassiopeia, Cho'Gath, 
Corki, Darius, Dr. Mundo, Evelynn, Ezreal, 
Fiddlesticks, Gangplank, Garen, Gragas, Heimerdinger, 
Irelia, Janna, Jarvan IV, Jax, Karma, Karthus, 
Kassadin, Katarina, Kayle, Kennen, Kog'Maw, Lee Sin, Leona, Lissandra, Lux, Malzahar, Maokai, Master Yi, 
Mordekaiser, 
Morgana, Nasus, Nidalee, 
Nocturne, Nunu, Olaf, Pantheon, Poppy, Rammus, Renekton, Riven, Rumble, Ryze, Sejuani, Shaco, Shen, Singed, Sion, Sivir, 
Skarner, Sona, Soraka, Swain, Talon, Taric, Teemo, Tibbers, Tristana, Trundle, Tryndamere, Twisted Fate, Twitch, Udyr, 
Urgot, Veigar, Vladimir, Warwick, Willump, Wukong, Xin Zhao, 
Yorick, 
Zilean
Entries
The truest opponent lies within.
Starring: Brand, Caitlyn, Cassiopeia, Galio, Graves, Irelia, Jarvan IV, Karma, 
LeBlanc, Lee Sin, Leona, Lux, Maokai, Miss Fortune, Nocturne, Orianna, Renekton, Riven, Rumble, Ryze, Skarner, Sona, Swain, Talon, Trundle, Urgot, Varus, Vayne, Vladimir, Wukong, 
Xerath, Xin Zhao, Yorick
See also
 Playable Characters |
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| Other Characters |
 Alune •  Book •  Bristle •  Bubbs •  Daisy • Finn •  Gregor • Hermit •  Longtooth •  Pix •  Skaarl •  Tibbers •  Valor •  Willump •  Wolf • This list is incomplete. |
| Characters from Other Media |  Cithria • Doran •  Isolde •  Kai •  Ledros • •  Nagakabouros • •  Tianna •  Tyari •  Valmar • •  Vrynna • This list is incomplete. |
