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Development
- Main article: Nocturne (Development)
- Nocturne is voiced by Jason Wishnov, whom also voices it in
Legends of Runeterra and as Eternum Nocturne. - During development he was simply called Nightmare.[1]
- Paranoia used to be the name for Fiddlesticks' first innate and one of Shaco's abilities.
Universe
Universe- Main article: Nocturne (Character)
- According to Nocturne's lore and the Realms of Runeterra timeline placement of the Rune Wars, it came to be around 1000 years ago.
- Based on its cards' flavour text in Legends of Runeterra, Nocturne came back to the material realm through the Shadow Isles and ended up in Fossbarrow, Demacia, where the events of For Demacia occured, by haunting the historian Jens Tommen who travelled there when trying to escape from it.
League of Legends
League of LegendsGameplay
- Main article: Nocturne (League of Legends)
- Nocturne comes from the French nocturne, which is derived from the Latin nocturnus "of the night".
- Umbra Blades is named after Latin umbra for shade or shadow.
- Nocturne was the first champion to be previewed at a major event prior to release (PAX East 2011).
- He was also previewed in IGN.
Quotes
- Main article: Nocturne (League of Legends Audio)
- Nocturne is the first champion to speak in a major cinematic, with two of his Paranoia lines being used in A Twist of Fate:
- ▶️ "Embrace the darkness", ▶️ "Cross over", ▶️ "Cut them from this world!", and ▶️ "Suffer eternally!" might be referencing The Shrike from Hyperion Cantos by Dan Simmons.
- ▶️ "Afraid of the dark?" resembles ▶️ "Afraid of the dark? Wise..."
- His joke ▶️ "Weather forecast for tonight: dark, with a chance of pain!" might be referencing The Hippy-Dippy Weatherman by George Carlin.
- Graves has a special interaction when Nocturne is hit by his Smoke Screen. This was the first ever time that unique dialogue was triggered for specific champion interactions.
- ▶️ "We transcend time" might be referencing The Shrike from Hyperion Cantos by Dan Simmons and/or Sovereign from Mass Effect ("We have no beginning. We have no end. We are infinite")
- ▶️ "We have learned of spin to win, None can stop-- it was a trick!" references the eponymous meme and maybe Gial Ackbar from Star Wars ("It's a trap!")
- ▶️ "Their existence is a mistake", ▶️ "The end of days draws near", and ▶️ "We are one" might be referencing Sovereign from Mass Effect ("Organic life is nothing but a genetic mutation, an accident", "The time of our return is coming", "We are legion")
- ▶️ "Fate cannot be averted" might be referencing Harbinger from Mass Effect ("You cannot escape your destiny")
Skins
- Main article: Nocturne (Collection)
- It might have been based on The Shrike from Hyperion Cantos by Dan Simmons.
- This skin shares the Glacial theme with:
- Duskbringer's and Unspeakable Horror's particle effects become light blue.
- This skin shares the Curse of the Void theme with:
- This skin shares the Trick-or-Treat theme with:
- It was released in celebration of Harrowing 2011 along with:
- It is wearing a 'traditional' Ghost costume, making the skin a play on a ghost (or ghost-like entity) dressing up as a ghost.
- Duskbringer's Dusk Trail emanates small ghosts (both it and Unspeakable Horror's particle effects became slime green by playerbase request).
- This skin shares the Silver Age theme with:
- This skin shares the Eternum theme with:
- Neurons can be seen in the background (implying it is haunting a person's mind to bring them nightmares)
- Duskbringer's, Unspeakable Horror's, and Paranoia's particle effects become dark red.
- Shroud of Darkness' particle effects resemble Spell Shield's.
- Its spell effects resemble Battlecast ones.
- This skin shares the Omen of the Dark theme with:
- This skin was released alongside:
- Iron Inquisitor Kayle
- Black Scourge Singed
- These skins came out around the time Dark Souls III was released, as their appearances are somewhat similar to the characters in the Dark Souls franchise.
- Old God Nocturne Chromas: Aquamarine, Catseye, Emerald, Obsidian, Pearl, Rose Quartz, Ruby, Sapphire
Chromas:
- This skin shares the Hextech theme with:
- Broken Covenant Nocturne Chromas: Citrine, Emerald, Obsidian, Pearl, Rose Quartz, Ruby, Sapphire, Tanzanite
- This skin shares the Broken Covenant theme with:
- Empyrean Nocturne Chromas: Catseye, Emerald, Neon Facade, Pearl, Rose Quartz, Ruby, Sapphire, Tanzanite, Turquoise
- This skin shares the Empyrean theme with:
