Lissandra/Trivia

General

• Lissandra's story might be referencing Ultimecia's from Final Fantasy VIII as well as Flemeth's from Dragon Age.
• If Ashe, Lissandra, and/or Sejuani are played on opposing teams, Battle for Freljord will trigger. This in-game quest consists in one killing the other to earn the title of 'Queen of Freljord' (complete with a floating ice crown floating above their heads) referencing the civil war taking place there, between the three tribes each lead.
• Lissandra is one of the few champions to have self-affecting crowd control (the others being  Caitlyn, Rumble, Sion, Varus, Vi, Xerath, and Ziggs)
• Lissandra is the only champion to possess a single-targeted ability ( Frozen Tomb) that can be used on herself but not on allies.
• Lissandra, Elise, and Lucian are the only champions to feature a monologue on their login screens.
• Lissandra manipulating Dark Ice might be referencing the Great Dark Spot from Neptune.
• Lissandra may be the feminine form of Greek name Λύσανδρος "liberator", from PIE roots *leh₁u- "to release, to loosen" & *h₂nḗr- "man".

Quotes

• "Is it cold in here, or is it just me?" resembles "Is it hot in here or is it just me?!"
• Lissandra and Gregor share the quote "I am Iceborn".
• "Plans within plans" references Dune.
• " You really picked the wrong side" might be implying it was Lissandra and the Frostguard who imprisoned the Burning Vengeance in the old lore.

Lore

• Lissandra is among the very last living original Iceborn.
• Lissandra is between 8996 and 9996 years old.
• Lissandra used to tell the story of the Howling Abyss if one waits 30 seconds after winning a game there. It was later removed due to having some details clashing with the current canon.
  • "Before magic shattered the broken peaks" might be referencing Aurelion Sol unleashing a newborn star into a mountain to seal a Void rift or the destruction made by the Rune Wars.
  • "Before the desert swallowed Shurima" implies she is as or even older than Azir.
    • Both of the previous statements are confirmed true based on the official timeline.
• Of the Three Sisters, Lissandra is possibly the most worshipped due to the Cult of the Three Sisters which she proliferated. The Ice Witch; however, is one of the most feared and hated figures in Freljord.
• Not all of the original followers of the Three Sisters were humans, which explains the existence of non-Iceborn humans in the Freljord
• Lissandra's eyes were mauled by Volibear himself before she became Iceborn. After she became one, she managed to overcome her blindness through ice manipulation.
  • Lissandra might use echolocation to guide herself (considering how she shouts after using any of her abilities).
  • Her original eyes were crystal-blue in color.
• Lissandra possesses telepathic abilities which allow her to mind-travel during her dreams to see things beyond her sight, enter others' dreams and communicate with the Watchers.
  • Lissandra uses this ability to feed the Watchers with those dreams.
  • Lissandra seeks those who are Iceborn since they could prove useful or dangerous in the future.
  • Lissandra uses dream manipulation to stop those seeking to destroy her and The Frostguard Citadel.
  • Each time Lissandra dies in someone else's dream or tries to put a Watcher back to its sleep, she loses part of her spirit.
• The 5 characters appearing in her story The Dream Thief will potentially play an important role during the 11 return of the Watchers.

Skins

Original Lissandra

• The Howling Abyss bridge can be seen in the background.
• She resembles Elesh Norn from Magic: The Gathering.
• She might be referencing Akasha from Unreal Tournament 3.
• She resembles a Type-S Nova from the manwha and anime series Freezing.

Bloodstone Lissandra

• This skin shares the Bloodstone theme with:
  • Blood Knight Hecarim
  • Blood Lord Vladimir
  • Bloodfury Renekton
  • Bloodstone Taric
  • Dark Crystal Ryze
  • Nightraven Fiora

• She references Marrow Shards from Magic: The Gathering.

Blade Queen Lissandra

• This skin shares the Omen of the Dark theme with:
  • Black Scourge Singed
  • Cursed Revenant Nocturne
  • Executioner Mundo
  • Grey Warwick
  • Iron Inquisitor Kayle
  • Spectral Fiddlesticks
  • Undertaker Yorick

• She might have been inspired by Hexadecimal from ReBoot.
• She resembles the Lady of Pain from Dungeons & Dragons.
• Frozen Tomb becomes an Iron maiden (she encases herself in it when recalling).
• Glacial Path's claw resembles the Ezrohir Artificer's from Torchlight II.
• Her name might be refencing Sarah Kerrigan from StarCraft ('Queen of Blades').
• She resembles the The Arisen from Allods Online.

Program Lissandra

• This skin shares the Program theme with:
  • iBlitzcrank
  • Program Camille
  • Program LeBlanc
  • Program Nami
  • Program Soraka

• Multiple iBlitzcrank units can be seen in the background.
• A hologram of Program Soraka can be seen in the foreground.
• She was released alongside Program Soraka.
• She might have been inspired by GLaDOS from Portal and the Cell from Transistor.
• In Brazilian localization, she (along with all Program skins) is called Lissandra Cibernética (Cyber Lissandra) due to Program's translated double meaning.

Coven Lissandra
Chromas: Aquamarine, Dark Ritual, Meteorite, Obsidian, Rose Quartz, Ruby, Sandstone, Tanzanite

• This skin shares the Coven theme with:
  • Coven Akali
  • Coven Camille
  • Coven Evelynn
  • Coven LeBlanc
  • Coven Zyra
  • ...and others
  • Old God Ivern
  • Old God Warwick
  • Prestige Coven Akali
  • Prestige Coven LeBlanc
  • Prestige Coven Zyra

• She was released alongside Coven Camille.
• Similar to the other Coven skin, she has an animal headpiece. Lissanda headpiece is similar to antler horns.
• She can disappear in magical ravens, as seen in her Recall, Glacial Path and death animation.

Relations

• Lissandra was the 'Seeker', the intermediary between the Iceborn and the Watchers. The Seeker's Armguard used to be hers, but it's now in Sejuani's possession (how the Fury of the North got it is uncertain).
  • Currently Lissandra is the leader of the Frostguard and not openly hostile towards Ashe's and her Avarosan's, and Sejuani and the Winter's Claw.
    • As suggested by Legends of Runeterra official artworks, in a near future, a great conflict between the Frostguard and the Avarosan (including Tryndamere and Anivia) will break out.
• Lissandra, Avarosa, and Serylda were three Iceborn sisters who served the Frozen Watchers until Avarosa decided to fight for independence.
  • Lissandra, during the final days of the rebellion betrayed the Watchers sealed them away under the Howling Abyss. At that battle she sacrificed both Avarosa and Serylda so she could seal the Watchers.
  • After the fall of the Watchers and the deaths of her two sisters, Lissandra tried to wipe out any historical records of them from the Freljord. She was unable to completely snuff out legends regarding Avarosa and Serylda which still lingered on to the modern day.
    • Seeing a threat in the tales about her past, Lissandra secretly plots the kill any potential Avarosa and Serylda figureheads.
      • Ashe and Sejuani are believed by Freljordians to be the reincarnations of Avarosa and Serylda, but are also possibly their direct descendants, making Lissandra their great-aunt-many-times-removed.
    • Lissandra and her Frostguard keep watch over the Howling Abyss in an attempt to prevent the release of the Watchers.
• Lissandra tried to kill Udyr and other spirit walkers when he was a boy.
• She lost her sight to Volibear during one of their confrontations in the early days of the Freljord and along with her Frostguard has been actively containing his worship as well as other old demigods' in order to weaken them, though he refuses to vanish and continues to actively expand his influence.
  • Legend says the Three Sisters asked for Ornn's help to build the Howling Abyss, though the tale may not be true.
    • The Frostguard are hostile toward Braum since he possesses a door made by Ornn.
• Lissandra has found an easy ally on Trundle and the Ice Trolls.
• Lissandra unleashed an icy cataclysm to seal the Watcher which also decimated the Yeti civilization and robbed the Yeti of their magic, resulting in most Yeti descending into savagery.
  • Lissandra met Nunu in the Foundling Village after his tribe was attacked by raiders. She told him about a beast that lived near by, which Nunu would later befriend and name Willump. Her intention was to gain a gem that swirled with the dreams of any mortal mind nearby that the Yeti Willump was keeping.
  • The Frostguard keep some of the living savage Yetis as military animals.
• In the old lore, Lissandra met with Quinn and Valor in the Frostguard citadel when they journeyed to the Freljord on a scouting mission at Jarvan IV's behest.
  • She later pursued them in her true form (the Ice Witch) after they sneaked out the citadel (neither knows both incarnations are the same person).