Rift Quest is a series of alternate future/universe skins in League of Legends. Set in a more typical fantasy table-top role-playing setting of Runeterra, all of the champions are fantasy characters usually seen in any table-top game.
Lore
| “ | "Ooh! Can I join your game? My character is Jarro Lightfeather. Handsome Rogue-Paladin Elf." |
—  Pulsefire Ezreal
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Danger lurks in the land of Runeterra! Powerful monsters, dastardly sorcerers, and mythical creatures roam unchecked! Gather your friends and create your own adventure for 3-5 players, vanquishing evil with each roll of the die. Do you have what it takes to save the world, and become a legend of RIFTQUEST?
- Playable Characters
- Bard -
Bard Bard
Though playing a famously unpopular Riftquest character class, Bard Bard has turned the ancient art of song into a reality-altering weapon of death. Unfortunately his turns take forever, since he has no concept of linear time and speaks in those weird “bwong” sounds. - Knight - Braum Lionheart
The strongest, bravest knight in all the land, people love Braum Lionheart and his daring tales of adventure! He's definitely not a stickler for 7th-edition Riftquest rules, and there are certainly not snax stains on his character sheet. That would be unbecoming of such a gallant warrior. - Warrior - Rugged Garen
Also known as “Handsome Garen,” this wandering warrior and extremely original NPC was created by Braum for his Riftquest game. Garen eventually adopted the character as his own, liking the fantasy of himself, but rugged. - Cleric - Gragas Caskbreaker
Gragas Caskbreaker is described in legend as both a pious, sun-worshipping cleric and a despicable drunk, depending on who tells the tale. He's not too familiar with Riftquest, but he does like fighting dragons and passing out in the middle of his combat actions. - Paladin - Jayce Brighthammer
A noble paladin who has inexplicably mastered science and engineering, Jayce Brighthammer is a stout ally no foul creature can best! Unless that foul creature is a loophole in the rulebook, since Jayce likes to get any advantage over the Rift Master he can. - Necromancer - Karthus Lightsbane
Dark sorcerer, master of forbidden magic, aspiring lich—all could describe Karthus Lightsbane, a high level spellcaster with shadowy motivations. The rest of the party is convinced he'll eventually betray them, since nothing in the Riftquest rules says he can't. - Dark Paladin - Lord Mordekaiser
Some of Mordekaiser's party complain that the Dark Paladin class is horribly overpowered and should be banned, despite its official inclusion in the latest Riftquest expansion. The rest of them are still waiting to discover the Dark Paladin's secret, redeeming, tragic backstory—but all they've been getting is a lot of murder instead. - Soldiers - Demolisher Nunu
Serving as soldiers of fortune in pitched battles across the land, Demolisher Nunu & Willump are metal as ferro-bonded steel, and ready to introduce a flute-mace to your face. - Beast Rider - Sejuani Dawnchaser
Riding her dire lion into the thick of combat, Sejuani Dawnchaser is an intimidating foe for all but the greatest Riftquest threats. Sadly not the most careful roleplayer, she's on her fourth dire lion this campaign. - Barbarian - Barbarian Sion
Avoiding every social cue his roleplaying group throws his way, Sion has repeatedly rolled barbarians only to die immediately after rejoining the table. At this point he's spent more time working on character sheets than actually playing Rift Quest, and it shows: his newest barbarian's backstory reads, “Is a barbarian.” - Wizard - Ryze Whitebeard
Ryze likes to take time out of his rune hunting to play games of Riftquest as a tome-wielding, scroll protecting wizard also named Ryze. The difference, he will often point out, is that his own beard is black—Ryze Whitebeard's beard is white, plus he has hat. - Archer - Varus Swiftbolt
Two archers cursed by an ancient, evil monster, Varus is roleplaying one archer cursed by an ancient, evil monster. It's not much of a departure for him, but Varus is way better at hunting Noxians than playing tabletop games. - Dark Wizard - Veigar Greybeard
A suspiciously helpful wizard the party meets early in their adventure, Veigar Greybeard holds a dastardly secret—he's the true villain of Riftquest! Of course, this is obvious to anyone who played the starter campaign, but you still shouldn't spoil it for newcomers. - Elf - Nottingham Ezreal
An adventuring elf from the outlying forest kingdoms, Ezreal likes to present himself as a “handsome rogue-paladin” named Jarro Lightfeather. Very few people believe his claims of knighthood, but they serve as a decent enough distraction between his disastrous misadventures.
History
Journey to Thy Golden Mustache!
BY POPSTAR URF[1]
Welcome to Braum’s Game Night, friends! Tonight, we play Castles and Cows: Journey to Thy Golden Mustache!
This sounds like something you literally just made up.
What? Of course not. I learned this tabletop role-playing game from...uh… my mother….Enough talk! Now we create our characters.
I want to be an archer who was cursed by an ancient evil monster thing!
That’s...but you can’t….Braum, help me out here.
Let the puny purple man have his bows. You can be a traveling cleric who raises his hands to the sky and treats the sun with respect.
Can I get drunk?
Uh….sure!
I will be a wizard with great power, carrying with me an enchanted tome and a magical scroll.
You just described yourself.
Wrong. My beard, it will be...WHITE!
And I will be the strongest, bravest knight in all the land. People will love me and I will have infinity friends and all the princesses will be like: “Ohhh Braum Lionheart, you’re so brave and handsome. Take me to the royal dance.” But I’ll be like: “Princesses please, I serve the weak and defenseless. I have no time for royal dances.”
...Uh,what just happened there?
Braum, I’m starting to think you made this game up too.
….*Rolls dice*....Oh look at that! A giant dragon is attacking a nearby village. We should stop talking about everything else and go deal with that. Like, now.
I’m… I’m coming for you…. you big stupid... dragon! *passes out*
Attack of the Demon Poros
BY POPSTAR URF[2]
In the back of a dimly lit tavern, a 20-sided die soars across a wooden table. As the die lands, four figures lean in to examine the results of the roll...
Ah, a bad roll! The path is blocked and a horde of demon poros attacks our party. Can we survive this onslaught of hellish beasts or will we succumb to their furious might?
Not a problem. I drop an Acceleration Gate and blast ‘em with a Hyper Charge. Our future will be bright!
Come on, man -- try to stay in character. We’ve talked about this already.
*Incomprehensible chime*
What did it just say?
It wishes to know if that last part should be included in the song it is composing about our adventures.
*Incomprehensible chime*
It also wishes to tell you that demon poros are too scary, and could we change to candy poros instead?
Uh okay, I guess... Bard Bard, raise your quill and bear witness! Let us commence battle with the savage *sigh* candy poros.
I know how to handle these creatures!
No. Please don’t--
I drop an Acceleration Gate and blast ‘em with a Hyper Charge. Face the future!
*Writes something down*
Do not put any of this in the song!
*Confused chime*
It says that--
I DON’T CARE WHAT IT SAYS! *Rolls die* Rocks fall; everyone dies. I’m going home.
*Sad chime*
Olaf vs Everything
Welcome to our latest community comics collab, Olaf vs. Everything, in which everyone's favorite Freljordian berserker recklessly hacks, and slashes his way across the known League Universe!
Tom Barton, artist extraordinaire, helps us answer questions you never knew you had, like who would win in a fight, Olaf or Trundle? And can Olaf take down a giant jungle monster? What about Seahunter Aatrox? And because we don't want to tease out all the dimension-hopping action, we're releasing the entire season in one Ragnarok-sized blast![3]
Crystal Quest
An ancient evil threatens to cover the Freljord in endless ice and Sejuani Dawnchaser must find a way to save her home before it is consumed by eternal winter. Dig hammers and sorcery? Well check out this page every Monday as ARTeapot spins up some fantasy adventuring goodness![4]
- Series 1
- Series 2
Trivia
- This skin set was inspired by tabletop role-playing games.
- This skin set shares themes with Albion, Arcanists, Dragon World, Eclipse, Fables, Glacial, Guardian of the Sands, Medieval, Omen of the Dark, and Storybook skin sets.
Viktor was concepted to be apart of this skin line as the Dungeon Master of the group, his staff would have had a 20 sided die.[5]- The Crystal Quest comic was made as officially endorced Riot community project, however characters and events made specifically in it (or taken from outside themes) was introduced with some creative liberty and as such is subject to future changes.
- This universe has some connections with Arcanists, Glacial, Guardian of the Sands, and Medieval universes due to the Crystal Quest comic series.
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