Tales of Runeterra

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Tales of Runeterra

Starring: N/A

Mentioned: Akali, Braum, Corki, Darius, Diana, Ekko, Fiora, Garen, Graves, Heimerdinger, Jinx, Leona, Lulu, Miss Fortune, Shen, Teemo, Thresh, Tristana, Twisted Fate

Tales of Runeterra
Broadcast Information
Produced	Riot Games Inc. Axis Studios
Studio	Riot Games Axis Studios
Release Date(s)	April 6, 2020 April 8, 2020 April 12, 2020 April 15, 2020 April 18, 2020 April 21, 2020 April 29, 2020 August 11, 2020 January 8, 2021
Platform(s)	Youtube
Audio Language	English
Subtitles	English
Genre	Short Videos

Tales of Runeterra are a group of animated short videos released in 2020 and 2021. Their primary purpose is to expand upon the lore of League of Legends, exploring different characters and locations, as well as promote the card game Legends of Runeterra and the mobile game League of Legends: Wild Rift.

Features

Champions

Champions who were featured in Tales of Runeterra:

• Akali
• Braum
• Corki
• Darius
• Diana
• Ekko
• Fiora
• Garen
• Graves
• Heimerdinger
• Jinx
• Leona
• Lulu
• Miss Fortune
• Shen
• Teemo
• Thresh
• Tristana
• Twisted Fate

History

Before Glory

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Before Glory

Two aspiring young warriors sneak into a Demacian training arena, hoping to walk in the footsteps of their heroes, Garen Crownguard and Fiora Laurent.

Starring: Fiora, Garen, Severos

The Raid

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The Raid

While defending her tribe from a brutal attack, a young warmother entrusts Braum with the safety of her infant child, before turning to face Lissandra's Frostguard alone.

Starring: Braum

None Escape

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None Escape

A Buhru priestess and her acolyte son brave the perils of the Black Mist, to renew the magical wards surrounding the Shadow Isles… but come face to face with a truly enduring foe.

Starring: Thresh

After Victory

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After Victory

Darius and his victorious warhosts demand that the king of Urtis surrender his throne, offering every citizen—from the highest noble to the lowliest servant—a place in the Noxian empire.

Starring: Darius, Farron

True Genius

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True Genius

When Heimerdinger's latest hextech creation is stolen by Jinx, the professor sends an unfortunate apprentice on a wild goose chase through the City of Progress… and beneath it.

Starring: Ekko, Heimerdinger, Jinx

The Lesson

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The Lesson

Akali learns an important lesson from her former Kinkou master, Shen, when they encounter a young woodcutter upsetting the balance of Ionia.

Starring: Akali, Shen

Double-Double Cross

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Double-Double Cross

Down on the slaughter docks, Miss Fortune springs a trap for wanted criminals Twisted Fate and Graves… but soon finds the tables turned against her.

Starring: Graves, Miss Fortune, Rafen, Twisted Fate

The Vaulted Road

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The Vaulted Road

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, Lyra

Don't Mess With Yordles

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Don't Mess With Yordles

Wanna go cause a ruckus? When Teemo goes missing, Tristana finds plenty of volunteers to help bring him home to Bandle City—in all the ways that only yordles can!

Starring: Corki, Graves, Lulu, Teemo, Tristana, Twisted Fate

Trivia

• Tales of Runeterra is Riot Games Inc. first official short video compilation for League of Legends intellectual property outside of Workshop videos.
• The project was revealed during the League of Legends 10th Anniversary streams.
  • A Teaser clip of the Ionian cinematic featuring Akali and Shen fighting a monster had appeared during the camera panning inside Riot HQ development area.
• Jayce was supposed to make an appearance in True Genius but was scrapped.

Media

• Videos
• Gallery

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Tales of Runeterra Demacia “Before Glory”

Tales of Runeterra Freljord “The Raid”

Tales of Runeterra Shadow Isles “None Escape”

Tales of Runeterra Noxus “After Victory”

Tales of Runeterra Piltover and Zaun “True Genius”

Tales of Runeterra Ionia “The Lesson”

Tales of Runeterra Bilgewater “Double-Double Cross”

Tales of Runeterra Targon “The Vaulted Road”

Tales of Runeterra- Noxus- After Victory Breakdown

Tales of Runeterra- Ionia- The Lesson Breakdown

Tales of Runeterra- Freljord- The Raid Breakdown

Tales of Runeterra- Piltover and Zaun- True Genius Breakdown

Tales of Runeterra- Demacia- Before Glory Breakdown

Tales of Runeterra- Bilgewater- Double Double Cross Breakdown

Corki "Don't Mess With Yordles" Concept (by Riot Artist Quy Hoy)

Bilgewater "Double-Double Cross" Concept 1 (by Riot Artist Maisie Yang)

Bilgewater "Double-Double Cross" Concept 2 (by Riot Artist Maisie Yang)

Bilgewater "Double-Double Cross" Concept 3 (by Riot Artist Maisie Yang)

Bilgewater "Double-Double Cross" Concept 4 (by Riot Artist Maisie Yang)

Bilgewater "Double-Double Cross" Concept 5 (by Riot Artist Maisie Yang)

Bilgewater "Double-Double Cross" Concept 6 (by Riot Artist Maisie Yang)

Bilgewater "Double-Double Cross" Concept 7 (by Riot Artist Maisie Yang)

Bilgewater "Double-Double Cross" Concept 8 (by Riot Artist Carlos Ruiz)

Bilgewater "Double-Double Cross" Concept 9 (by Riot Artist Carlos Ruiz)

Bilgewater "Double-Double Cross" Concept 10 (by Riot Artist Carlos Ruiz)

Bilgewater "Double-Double Cross" Concept 11 (by Riot Artist Carlos Ruiz)

Bilgewater "Double-Double Cross" Concept 12 (by Riot Artist Carlos Ruiz)

Bilgewater "Double-Double Cross" Concept 13 (by Riot Artist Carlos Ruiz)

Bilgewater "Double-Double Cross" Concept 14 (by Riot Artist Carlos Ruiz)

Bilgewater "Double-Double Cross" Concept 15 (by Riot Contracted Artist Ihor Pasternak)

Bilgewater "Double-Double Cross" Concept 16 (by Riot Contracted Artist Ihor Pasternak)

Bilgewater "Double-Double Cross" Concept 17 (by Riot Contracted Artist Ihor Pasternak)

Demacia "Before Glory" Illustration 1 (by Riot Contracted Artist Ihor Pasternak)

Demacia "Before Glory" Illustration 2 (by Riot Contracted Artist Pawel Hordyniak)

Demacia "Before Glory" Concept 1 (by Riot Contracted Artist Le Vuong)

Demacia "Before Glory" Concept 2 (by Riot Contracted Artist Le Vuong)

Demacia "Before Glory" Concept 3 (by Riot Contracted Artist Le Vuong)

Demacia "Before Glory" Concept 4 (by Riot Contracted Artist Le Vuong)

Demacia "Before Glory" Concept 5 (by Riot Contracted Artist Le Vuong)

Demacia "Before Glory" Concept 6 (by Riot Contracted Artist Le Vuong)

Demacia "Before Glory" Concept 7 (by Riot Contracted Artist Le Vuong)

Demacia "Before Glory" Concept 8 (by Riot Contracted Artist Pawel Hordyniak)

Demacia "Before Glory" Concept 9 (by Riot Contracted Artist Pawel Hordyniak)

Demacia "Before Glory" Concept 10 (by Riot Contracted Artist Pawel Hordyniak)

Demacia "Before Glory" Concept 11 (by Riot Contracted Artist Ihor Pasternak)

Freljord "After Victory" Concept 1 (by Riot Contracted Artist Julia Nguyen)

Freljord "After Victory" Concept 2 (by Riot Contracted Artist Julia Nguyen)

Freljord "After Victory" Concept 3 (by Riot Contracted Artist Ihor Pasternak)

Freljord "After Victory" Concept 4 (by Riot Contracted Artist Ihor Pasternak)

Freljord "After Victory" Concept 5 (by Riot Contracted Artist Ihor Pasternak)

Freljord "After Victory" Concept 6 (by Riot Contracted Artist Ihor Pasternak)

Freljord "After Victory" Concept 7 (by Riot Contracted Artist Ihor Pasternak)

Freljord "After Victory" Concept 8 (by Riot Contracted Artist Ihor Pasternak)

Freljord "The Raid" Illustration (by Riot Contracted Artist Ihor Pasternak)

Freljord "The Raid" Concept 1 (by Riot Contracted Artist Julia Nguyen)

Freljord "The Raid" Concept 2 (by Riot Contracted Artist Julia Nguyen)

Freljord "The Raid" Concept 3 (by Riot Contracted Artist Julia Nguyen)

Freljord "The Raid" Concept 4 (by Riot Contracted Artist Pawel Hordyniak)

Freljord "The Raid" Concept 5 (by Riot Contracted Artist Pawel Hordyniak)

Freljord "The Raid" Concept 6 (by Riot Contracted Artist Pawel Hordyniak)

Freljord "The Raid" Concept 7 (by Riot Contracted Artist Pawel Hordyniak)

Freljord "The Raid" Concept 8 (by Riot Artist Seung 'kse' Eun Kim)

Freljord "The Raid" Concept 9 (by Riot Artist Seung 'kse' Eun Kim)

Freljord "The Raid" Concept 10 (by Riot Contracted Artist Ihor Pasternak)

Freljord "The Raid" Concept 11 (by Riot Contracted Artist Ihor Pasternak)

Freljord "The Raid" Concept 12 (by Riot Contracted Artist Ihor Pasternak)

Freljord "The Raid" Concept 13 (by Riot Contracted Artist Ihor Pasternak)

Freljord "The Raid" Concept 14 (by Riot Contracted Artist Ihor Pasternak)

Freljord "The Raid" Concept 15 (by Riot Contracted Artist Ihor Pasternak)

Freljord "The Raid" Concept 16 (by Riot Contracted Artist Ihor Pasternak)

Freljord "The Raid" Concept 17 (by Riot Contracted Artist Ihor Pasternak)

Ionia "The Lesson" Illustration (by Riot Contracted Artist Ihor Pasternak)

Ionia "The Lesson" Concept 1 (by Riot Contracted Artist Pawel Hordyniak)

Ionia "The Lesson" Concept 2 (by Riot Contracted Artist Pawel Hordyniak)

Ionia "The Lesson" Concept 3 (by Riot Contracted Artist Pawel Hordyniak)

Ionia "The Lesson" Concept 4 (by Riot Contracted Artist Sean Yang)

Ionia "The Lesson" Concept 5 (by Riot Contracted Artist Ihor Pasternak)

Ionia "The Lesson" Concept 6 (by Riot Contracted Artist Ihor Pasternak)

Ionia "The Lesson" Concept 7 (by Riot Contracted Artist Ihor Pasternak)

Ionia "The Lesson" Concept 8 (by Riot Contracted Artist Ihor Pasternak)

Ionia "The Lesson" Concept 9 (by Riot Contracted Artist Ihor Pasternak)

Noxus "After Victory" Illustration (by Riot Contracted Artist Ihor Pasternak)

Noxus "After Victory" Concept 1 (by Riot Contracted Artist Pawel Hordyniak)

Noxus "After Victory" Concept 2 (by Riot Contracted Artist Pawel Hordyniak)

Noxus "After Victory" Concept 3 (by Riot Contracted Artist Pawel Hordyniak)

Noxus "After Victory" Concept 4 (by Riot Contracted Artist Pawel Hordyniak)

Noxus "After Victory" Concept 5 (by Riot Contracted Artist Julia Nguyen)

Noxus "After Victory" Concept 6 (by Riot Contracted Artist Ihor Pasternak)

Noxus "After Victory" Concept 7 (by Riot Contracted Artist Ihor Pasternak)

Noxus "After Victory" Concept 8 (by Riot Contracted Artist Ihor Pasternak)

Noxus "After Victory" Concept 9 (by Riot Contracted Artist Ihor Pasternak)

Piltover "True Genius" Illustration (by Riot Contracted Artist Ihor Pasternak)

Piltover "True Genius" Concept 1 (by Riot Contracted Artist Roman Chaliy)

Piltover "True Genius" Concept 2 (by Riot Contracted Artist Roman Chaliy)

Piltover "True Genius" Concept 3 (by Riot Contracted Artist Roman Chaliy)

Piltover "True Genius" Concept 4 (by Riot Contracted Artist Sean Yang)

Piltover "True Genius" Concept 5 (by Riot Contracted Artist Ihor Pasternak)

Piltover "True Genius" Concept 6 (by Riot Contracted Artist Ihor Pasternak)

Piltover "True Genius" Concept 7 (by Riot Contracted Artist Ihor Pasternak)

Shadow Isles "None Escape" Illustration

Shadow Isles "None Escape" Concept 1 (by Riot Contracted Artist Le Vuong)

Shadow Isles "None Escape" Concept 2 (by Riot Contracted Artist Le Vuong)

Shadow Isles "None Escape" Concept 3 (by Riot Contracted Artist Le Vuong)

Shadow Isles "None Escape" Concept 4 (by Riot Contracted Artist Le Vuong)

Shadow Isles "None Escape" Concept 5 (by Riot Contracted Artist Le Vuong)

Shadow Isles "None Escape" Concept 6 (by Riot Contracted Artist Le Vuong)

Shadow Isles "None Escape" Concept 7 (by Riot Contracted Artist Julia Nguyen)

Shadow Isles "None Escape" Concept 8 (by Riot Contracted Artist Roman Chaliy)

Shadow Isles "None Escape" Concept 9 (by Riot Contracted Artist Roman Chaliy)

Shadow Isles "None Escape" Concept 10 (by Riot Contracted Artist Roman Chaliy)

Zaun "True Genius" Illustration 1 (by Riot Contracted Artist Sean Yang)

Zaun "True Genius" Concept (by Riot Contracted Artist Sean Yang)

Akali "The Lesson" Concept (by Riot Contracted Artist Ihor Pasternak)

Corki "Don't Mess With Yordles" Concept (by Riot Artist Quy Hoy)

Darius "After Victory" Concept 1 (by Riot Contracted Artist Ihor Pasternak)

Darius "After Victory" Concept 2 (by Riot Contracted Artist Ihor Pasternak)

Ekko "True Genius" Concept (by Riot Contracted Artist Sean Yang)

Fiora "Before Glory" Concept 1 (by Riot Contracted Artist Ihor Pasternak)

Fiora "Before Glory" Concept 2 (by Riot Contracted Artist Ihor Pasternak)

Garen "Before Glory" Concept 1 (by Riot Contracted Artist Ihor Pasternak)

Garen "Before Glory" Concept 2 (by Riot Contracted Artist Ihor Pasternak)

Graves "Double-Double Cross" Concept 1 (by Riot Contracted Artist Ihor Pasternak)

Graves "Double-Double Cross" Concept 2 (by Riot Contracted Artist Ihor Pasternak)

Jayce "True Genius" Concept 1 (by Riot Contracted Artist Julia Nguyen)

Jayce "True Genius" Concept 2 (by Riot Contracted Artist Julia Nguyen)

Jinx "True Genius" Concept 1 (by Riot Contracted Artist Julia Nguyen)

Jinx "True Genius" Concept 2 (by Riot Contracted Artist Sean Yang)

Shen "The Lesson" Concept (by Riot Contracted Artist Ihor Pasternak)

Twisted Fate "Double-Double Cross" Concept (by Riot Contracted Artist Ihor Pasternak)

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