Vilemaw (Character)

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Vilemaw

Vilemaw
Vilemaw attacking a carriage.
Titles
Nickname(s)	Spider God
Characteristics
Species	Spider
Pronoun(s)	He/Him
Timeline	There is no lifetime info for Vilemaw.
Personal status
Status	Alive
Place of origin	Blessed Isles (Twisted Treeline)
Current residence	Shadow Isles (Twisted Treeline)
Professional status
Region(s)	Shadow Isles
Faction(s)	Shadow Isles
Related character(s)

“	"Who is your god? What can your god do? Will he let you wither and die defending him? Or will he give you life and vitality like no mortal has ever known? Why serve a god who won't serve you?"
	— Elise

Vilemaw is a giant, magical arachnoid being that resides in the Shadow Isles' Twisted Treeline.

Background

This unearthly horror is a monstrous creature that looms in the darkest pits beneath the Shadow Isles. The true origin of Vilemaw is completely unknown, save for the assumption that the voracious spider god is an otherworldly life-form not originally from the Shadow Isles.

Appearance

Resembling a spider whose grotesque mass is furred and scabbed with wet, mutant growths. Adorned with venomous fangs and colossal legs used to heave its corrupt body.

Personality

(TBA)

Abilities

• Immense Physical and Magical Strength: It has great physical and magical, being able to transfigure willing humans into its servants. It uses its servants to gather fresh food.

Relations

Elise

Elise worships and aids Vilemaw.

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Starring Champion

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Short Story • 5 Minute Read

Strand By Silken Strand

By Graham McNeill

The weeks spent on the ocean had made Markus feel dizzy and weak, so he was glad to be back on dry land. The path leading from the basalt shore had a slick, oily quality, making it treacherous underfoot. The crooked trees to either side were wretched, blackened husks that wept yellowed sap from where it looked like some panicked animal had clawed them ragged. Soft light shimmered between the trees, dancing like the corpse candles that flickered over marshland and drew unwary souls to their doom. The branches were hung with what looked like canopies of ragged muslin, and it took Markus a moment to realize they were swathes of cobwebs.

Starring: Elise, Vilemaw

Mentioned Champion

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Biography

The Spider Queen

By Graham McNeill

Starring: Elise

Mentioned: LeBlanc, Mordekaiser, Vilemaw

Trivia

• The mythical spider god mentioned in Elise's lore is Vilemaw.
  • She however also said that as well as Baron Nashor, Vilemaw is supremely more powerful in the actual lore than in the game, far more powerful than any champion - or a lot of champions - alone, much like an actual god.
  • Vilemaw is based on mythological spider gods, like the Akan's Anansi, Lakota's Iktomi, Nordic Loptr "lofty one = flea > spider" Loki's epithet, etc.
  • Despite being perceived as male, Vilemaw's body plan is peculiarly feminine, with robust abdomen & his two foremost front-limbs lacking the masculine palpal bulb to inseminate females.

Media

• Gallery
• Summoner Icons
• Emotes

Vilemaw Concept 1 (by Riot Artist Avery Coleman)

Vilemaw Concept 2 (by Riot Artist Avery Coleman)

Vilemaw Concept 3 (by Riot Artist Avery Coleman)

Vilemaw Concept 4 (by Riot Artist Avery Coleman)

Vilemaw "Legends of Runeterra" Illustration (by Riot Contracted Artists Sixmorevodka Studio)

Fresh Offerings "Legends of Runeterra" Illustration (by Riot Contracted Artists Kudos Productions)

Main article: Summoner icon

Vilemaw

Main article: Emotes

That's Twisted

See also

Universe Wiki | Characters with lore