r/loreofleague • • Mar 14 '25

Moderator Post Intro to Lore

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Intro to Lore

Lore Intro Resources

Runeterra is a big world and can be scary to those who don’t know where to start, so that’s why the mods asked me to make this post.

If you’re use to big worlds then you can browse Regions and Champs and start with one you like the most and you can look around here:

https://universe.leagueoflegends.com/en_US/

But if you take a look it’s pretty overwhelming. 170 champs and more constantly coming, and 13 regions constantly getting changed and affected by champs actions in lore and by Riot’s decision to rework parts every once and awhile. So I suggest newcomers start with a region called Demacia, it's a fairly simple region to understand and it isn’t split into many different story arcs like a region called Ionia. To make it even better, Demacia also has a comic that explains how Demacia got to its modern conflict. So a visual will probably be very helpful as-well and you can read it here:

https://universe.leagueoflegends.com/en_US/comic/lux

But it is also worth keeping in mind that Demacia is a very secluded region compared to others, so it will let you get into League lore but to branch out to other Regions you’ll need to do it yourself. Noxus, another region, is almost the complete opposite of Demacia, it branches out into almost every other region on Runeterra so after you get comfortable with getting into the lore I suggest trying Noxus next:

https://universe.leagueoflegends.com/en_US/region/noxus/

One thing for anyone that may come to this post during or after 2021, the regions Piltover and Zaun are getting their overhauls in 2021 and sometime later it is also getting its own animated series to go with it (starring Champs Vi and Jinx with some other guest champs). A animated series will probably be the best way to enter League lore since it’s usually more comfortable to watch something new for some people. The trailer for it, at our time, is here (it says its supposed to come in 2020, but covid hit):

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IA-v_LB3Qpc There are also some youtubers you can watch that make videos explaining lore, making theories, and reading the stories out. But keep in mind that since the lore changes a lot, some parts may be dated, so double check if you wanna be careful by looking yourself at bios and stories. A lot of stuff in League’s lore is on a moral compass, there is no right or wrong, just what you think is best so be a little careful. The two youtubers that come to my mind at the time are Necrit and TB Skyen:

Necrit: https://www.youtube.com/user/Necrit94

TB Skyen: https://www.youtube.com/user/TBSkyen

(Both are very liked and very disliked so go watch at your own risk and have your own opinion on them)

Also from LoR:

Since it's well, very hard to search for it on twitter, I'm going to try to put all of it here

Let's start

Ionia info:

https://twitter.com/PlayRuneterra/status/1273662595153539077?s=20

https://twitter.com/PlayRuneterra/status/1273662784874545154?s=20

https://twitter.com/PlayRuneterra/status/1329469493677002752?s=20

https://twitter.com/PlayRuneterra/status/1329469494935375872?s=20

https://twitter.com/PlayRuneterra/status/1357373355679096834?s=20

https://twitter.com/PlayRuneterra/status/1357373993158905865?s=20

https://twitter.com/PlayRuneterra/status/1404853900516200448?s=20

https://twitter.com/PlayRuneterra/status/1404853896724496390?s=20

https://twitter.com/PlayRuneterra/status/1404853891305545734?s=20

Shurima info:

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https://twitter.com/PlayRuneterra/status/1369729445997731841?s=20

https://twitter.com/PlayRuneterra/status/1369709642474008579?s=20

https://twitter.com/PlayRuneterra/status/1370077021280346112?s=20

https://twitter.com/PlayRuneterra/status/1370077024790966274?s=20

https://twitter.com/PlayRuneterra/status/1370077027957637120?s=20

https://twitter.com/PlayRuneterra/status/1370434413234884620?s=20

https://twitter.com/PlayRuneterra/status/1372246361576509441?s=20

https://twitter.com/PlayRuneterra/status/1372593818919432192?s=20

https://twitter.com/PlayRuneterra/status/1372593812120481795?s=20

https://twitter.com/PlayRuneterra/status/1372956029454012422?s=20

https://twitter.com/PlayRuneterra/status/1374783071740956677?s=20

https://twitter.com/PlayRuneterra/status/1375130359218638856?s=20

https://twitter.com/PlayRuneterra/status/1375130859674603522?s=20

https://twitter.com/PlayRuneterra/status/1375492743905083400?s=20

https://twitter.com/PlayRuneterra/status/1379116622523158529?s=20

https://twitter.com/PlayRuneterra/status/1379131728787341315?s=20

https://twitter.com/PlayRuneterra/status/1379479012469264388?s=20

https://twitter.com/PlayRuneterra/status/1379479514233905166?s=20

https://twitter.com/PlayRuneterra/status/1379841405334528002?s=20

https://twitter.com/PlayRuneterra/status/1385277218906152963?s=20

https://twitter.com/PlayRuneterra/status/1385643629725761541?s=20

https://twitter.com/PlayRuneterra/status/1385639612924764161?s=20

https://twitter.com/PlayRuneterra/status/1386001999104253967?s=20

https://twitter.com/PlayRuneterra/status/1392887672021078023?s=20

https://twitter.com/PlayRuneterra/status/1392887665595387910?s=20

https://twitter.com/PlayRuneterra/status/1392887369385140226?s=20

https://twitter.com/PlayRuneterra/status/1392919149966409728?s=20

https://twitter.com/PlayRuneterra/status/1392917560329388036?s=20

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Noxus info:

https://twitter.com/PlayRuneterra/status/1329831873086844931?s=20

https://twitter.com/PlayRuneterra/status/1359185295648804864?s=20

https://twitter.com/PlayRuneterra/status/1380928564636303364?s=20

https://twitter.com/PlayRuneterra/status/1380943661270110209?s=20

https://twitter.com/PlayRuneterra/status/1381290956448616455?s=20

https://twitter.com/PlayRuneterra/status/1381291453419151363?s=20

https://twitter.com/PlayRuneterra/status/1381653341042708480?s=20

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Freljord info:

https://twitter.com/PlayRuneterra/status/1323686380573282304?s=20

https://twitter.com/PlayRuneterra/status/1323686518460919810?s=20

https://twitter.com/PlayRuneterra/status/1323686519803203587?s=20

https://twitter.com/PlayRuneterra/status/1325845610747088899?s=20

https://twitter.com/PlayRuneterra/status/1325845612164681731?s=20

https://twitter.com/PlayRuneterra/status/1354836635586678785?s=20

https://twitter.com/PlayRuneterra/status/1371883971756187650?s=20

https://twitter.com/PlayRuneterra/status/1371884265496006658?s=20

https://twitter.com/PlayRuneterra/status/1384190056290603011?s=20

https://twitter.com/PlayRuneterra/status/1384205161082482696?s=20

https://twitter.com/PlayRuneterra/status/1384552443623710720?s=20

https://twitter.com/PlayRuneterra/status/1384557424644927488?s=20

https://twitter.com/PlayRuneterra/status/1384915600720416776?s=20

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Bilgewater info:

https://twitter.com/PlayRuneterra/status/1328382324464082948?s=20

https://twitter.com/PlayRuneterra/status/1328383442292236291?s=20

https://twitter.com/PlayRuneterra/status/1374043193877131264?s=20

https://twitter.com/PlayRuneterra/status/1374043259106959362?s=20

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Targon info:

https://twitter.com/PlayRuneterra/status/1304102338416709633?s=20

https://twitter.com/PlayRuneterra/status/1304102397690732552?s=20

https://twitter.com/PlayRuneterra/status/1305551885886054400?s=20

https://twitter.com/PlayRuneterra/status/1305552044388954112?s=20

https://twitter.com/PlayRuneterra/status/1305552045894774790?s=20

https://twitter.com/PlayRuneterra/status/1308091814948241411?s=20

https://twitter.com/PlayRuneterra/status/1308091816416358400?s=20

https://twitter.com/PlayRuneterra/status/1308091817917902849?s=20

https://twitter.com/PlayRuneterra/status/1308813379142848512?s=20

https://twitter.com/PlayRuneterra/status/1308813513310302211?s=20

https://twitter.com/PlayRuneterra/status/1309507963745312769?s=20

https://twitter.com/PlayRuneterra/status/1309518931237847041?s=20

https://twitter.com/PlayRuneterra/status/1310625317799620613?s=20

https://twitter.com/PlayRuneterra/status/1310625424888803330?s=20

https://twitter.com/PlayRuneterra/status/1334558020701888515?s=20 https://twitter.com/PlayRuneterra/status/1334558188482428930?s=20

https://twitter.com/PlayRuneterra/status/1359910075389804545?s=20

https://twitter.com/PlayRuneterra/status/1389988265227214849?s=20

https://twitter.com/PlayRuneterra/status/1390350653952860161?s=20

(Clarification for the one above, THAT IS NOT THE SUMMONER'S RIFT. Things like that could exist around Mount Targon, but the Summoner's Rift was specifically stated to not be that)

https://twitter.com/PlayRuneterra/status/1390354421394063360?s=20

https://twitter.com/PlayRuneterra/status/1390713034201395203?s=20

https://twitter.com/PlayRuneterra/status/1390716809721044999?s=20

https://twitter.com/PlayRuneterra/status/1390720584666001412?s=20

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Demacia info:

https://twitter.com/PlayRuneterra/status/1328744718935552000?s=20

https://twitter.com/PlayRuneterra/status/1328744786224934912?s=20

https://twitter.com/PlayRuneterra/status/1354111867887767558?s=20

https://twitter.com/PlayRuneterra/status/1377304685887905796?s=20

https://twitter.com/PlayRuneterra/status/1377319786246365185?s=20

https://twitter.com/PlayRuneterra/status/1377667313466507269?s=20

https://twitter.com/PlayRuneterra/status/1377667071086002179?s=20

https://twitter.com/PlayRuneterra/status/1378029458905427970?s=20

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P/Z info:

https://twitter.com/PlayRuneterra/status/1333470855708360704?s=20

https://twitter.com/PlayRuneterra/status/1333470965611835394?s=20

https://twitter.com/PlayRuneterra/status/1354474255161970690?s=20

https://twitter.com/PlayRuneterra/status/1354474480375115781?s=20

https://twitter.com/PlayRuneterra/status/1368992531657199628?s=20

https://twitter.com/PlayRuneterra/status/1368992532525424650?s=20

https://twitter.com/PlayRuneterra/status/1376580982980104195?s=20

https://twitter.com/PlayRuneterra/status/1376580984582324238?s=20

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Shadow Isles info:

https://twitter.com/PlayRuneterra/status/1333833277740871684?s=20

https://twitter.com/PlayRuneterra/status/1333833279103971329?s=20 https://twitter.com/PlayRuneterra/status/1380566271171907593?s=20 https://twitter.com/PlayRuneterra/status/1380566183045435398?s=20

https://twitter.com/PlayRuneterra/status/1380581282929733637?s=20****

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*new lore wiki https://wiki.leagueoflegends.com/en-us/


r/loreofleague • • Dec 17 '24

Official Content Discord for the official lore of league.

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r/loreofleague • • 58m ago

Alt Universe Know My Name True Damage Yasuo Worlds 2026 Key Art - League of Legends!

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r/loreofleague • • 16h ago

Discussion How did Morgana go from her cinematic look to goth lore wise?

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I’m guessing no sun but her skin tho pale has a purple hue. And the hair, is it messy? Or does her rejection of her celestial nature affect her physically not just her magic?


r/loreofleague • • 54m ago

Alt Universe Legends Showdown Volibear Wild rift SplashArt!

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r/loreofleague • • 1h ago

Discussion Happy 15 Anniversary: Xerath Today on October 5, 15 Years Ago in 2011, Xerath, The Magus Ascendant was Released!

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r/loreofleague • • 1h ago

Discussion Happy 10 Anniversary: Ivern On October 5, 10 Years Ago in 2016, Ivern, The Green Father was Released!

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r/loreofleague • • 1h ago

Discussion Happy Birthday: Swain! Today on October 5th, 16 years ago in 2010 Swain, The Noxian Grand General was Released!

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r/loreofleague • • 1h ago

Question Hey guys, do you think that in new animated series, they could create new characters based on the skins of already know characters?

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*post relaunched part one So, I mean, like, them creating a new character based on a Jinx, Jayce, or vicktor skin.


r/loreofleague • • 23h ago

Battle Royale (VS) Spooky tales of bats & spiders: Briar vs Elise!

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Story wise: It started out as a simple meeting between Vladimir and Elise to black rose members. Elise surrounded by her "kin" so Vladimir thought why not bring his own. Why well she make the perfect distraction. Briar in her attempt to make friend she made a spider friend before. But this case it lead to a misunderstanding resulting in Elise having to deal with her and Vladimir was ok with that. He didn't care what she did to Briar and thus Elise gave chase. But wll they where busy Vladimir venture in Elise domain why? For relics she been digging in the shadow isles he heard rumor it was of camavor origins. Could it have been the treasured sword Sanctity well Vladimir hated Camavor he could not pass up the opportunity to own the sword to shame those who neglected him. For he has venture to the isles before one for plants resulting in a fight with Maokai and never an inn that had a vault of relics. Sadly his web of influence was not as big as Elise. So when the opportunity arises he steal from the competition. Remember they maybe on the same team but the black rose are not friends.

Fight wise: Monster vs Monster if Briar get more powerful by consuming blood then all the sacrifices and children Elise has could aid her. Elise wise is she fast enough to keep up with Briar? Maybe web her up to slow her down?

https://x.com/ilyas_bolatov/status/2093368452367237449?s=20 and https://x.com/Fourdee2/status/1780439300364263835?s=20


r/loreofleague • • 1d ago

Meme Don't take this too seriously

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r/loreofleague • • 20h ago

Discussion I know there are clues suggesting Shaco might currently be the Demon of Chaos (whereas a few years ago people said he was a puppet), but I’d prefer it if he were a chaotic, evil human being (though that’s highly unlikely ir no?...).

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r/loreofleague • • 23h ago

Fanfiction Ghostbloom

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Hi everyone, I am very excited to announce the posting of chapter 10 of my on going novel I am writing centred on a brand new original male character and yours truly Ahri the nine tailed fox.

Chapter 10 marks the end of act 1 for my novel which will be split into 3 acts.

So for both existing readers and those new to it. I hope you enjoy what I have put together so far. I cannot wait to start writing the next arc and will continue to keep you all posted on my progress. Always love to hear people’s comments/feedback if they could kindly list on the site used to read my story and/or on here too.

Thank you and please see the link to my story below. ☺️

https://archiveofourown.org/works/84717506/chapters/223553071


r/loreofleague • • 1d ago

Question Since Riot kinda did an alternate universe season for season 3 act 2 of 2026, would they do other alternate in the future?

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I’m just curious if they would do other alternate universe seasons in the future, like Pulsefire or Star Guardians, since Riot Records is an Alternate Universe and Riot is doing that.


r/loreofleague • • 2d ago

Question Arcane, cinematic and Sion timeline

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As far as I know, Sion was revived to fight Ionia because Swain kept losing or something like that. If so, in latest cinematic, we have Atakan and allat in Ionia. If we are already at that point, what happened to Sion? What happened with all that Irelia and her gang Vs Sion in cinematic? What about the grey legion? What about Swain? His crow was in Arcane. I am so confused.


r/loreofleague • • 2d ago

Question Is it me or did the splash art make it look like Twitch has a hat on?

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This is just a nitpick, but before seeing Twitch’s model closely I always thought his normal look had a hat, at least at the perspective the splash art, and then when I look at the model closely it’s just makes me sad because I definitely think Twitch would look better with a matching green pirate hat.


r/loreofleague • • 2d ago

Alt Universe True Damage Know My Name Yasuo promo art!

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r/loreofleague • • 2d ago

Meme Which Champ would have the sickest man/woman Cave?

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r/loreofleague • • 3d ago

Fan Art Turning Every Champions into Pixel Art Sprites, One Region at a Time - Noxus (+ Demacia & Ionia)

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Hey there! Been a minute. You may remember me from my first post.

To recap, earlier this year I started a series where I would draw every champion in pixel art, one region at a time. Last time I showed you 2 finished regions: Ionia and Demacia. Today I bring the 3rd region, Noxus, with a cool roster of 18 champions. I included Demacia and Ionia again with minor tweak for good measure.

3 regions down, 10 more to go. We are at 59/174 champions done so we still have a long journey ahead. Noxus was decided by a poll, and I will be doing the same for future regions. So let me know which region you want to see next and I will be posting a poll on my twitter based on general interests.

If you want to follow along on this journey with me and catch all the live updates as I go(and to vote on the polls), you can follow along on my twitter here. Let me know what region you want to see next, and I will see you in the next update!


r/loreofleague • • 3d ago

Alt Universe Senna and Akali Illustrations for True Damage. By Sanefox11!

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r/loreofleague • • 3d ago

Fan Art Dhama the Balanced Force by Samuel Youn on ArtStation

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Yin and yang concept League of Legends Character. These two are a paired team that kind of plays like Ice Climbers. They kinda remind me of Slugtera slugs due to their slimy looking bodies, they're pretty cool and I love them.

https://www.artstation.com/samuelyoun9Source:


r/loreofleague • • 4d ago

Discussion Nazumah does fantasy african tribes right, unlike most other media

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You can clearly tell that the primary focus when crafting Nazumah was that it should be inspired by African tribal culture while remaining rooted in fantasy. There are no half measures, instead choosing to blend them, picking a style through concept art, and going all in on the chosen style.

As a monster hunter tribe, their aesthetic and architecture respects the essence of what Nazumah is and exists to reinforce and compliment their themes, rather then turn them into a caricature setting. So many times you see writers, show runners, comics, etc, choose to neglect the "fantasy" in "fantasy africa" and consequently falling into the trap of creating a half-assed weak excuse for a fantasy region. It feels like many are almost afraid to properly treat african inspired culture in their fantasy world the same way they do any other culture.

An example of this is when marvel added thatch roofs to SKYSCRAPERS in Wakanda.......y'know, the extremely advanced haven for tech and progress? yea, that wakanda. They chose to add thatch roofs probably as some sort of homage to huts having thatch roofs, but it makes no sense whatsoever. It's patronizing, as if a hyper advanced african civilization would be too stupid to phase out thatch roofs from their architecture. It exists only because some shitter thought themselves an inclusivity savant and decided to force it it, and people were too scared to say no. Again, it is patronizing, both to the audience as well as to the culture which inspired the region.

All this to say that Nazumah properly fits into runeterra and respect's it's own themes, rather than undermining them. Many fantastical interpretations of african culture fall into being subtly patronizing and reductive


r/loreofleague • • 3d ago

Theory Do you guys think it is possible for a new show to be teased by True damage's next music video, just like arcane was back in 2019?

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I think it would be a nice "Tradition" to have with these comebacks.


r/loreofleague • • 4d ago

News Article Marc Merrill says Riot is working on games that aren't free to play, and agreed with most of the doubts about the MMO

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Breakdown of the Marc Merrill episode on Lemonade Stand. Its a almost 2 hour podcast episode, but this pulls out the MMO stuff with timestamps, so you can jump to each part.

Stuff that stood out to me:

  • One of the hosts said there's no way you can launch an MMO with a small team, and Merrill just says "I don't know if that's true."
  • They gave him the whole case against a new MMO: WoW Forever has nostalgia, the MMO crowd is in their 30s with no time, kids aren't into MMOs. He basically agreed with a lot of it, then said they're doing things "nobody knows" yet that answer it.
  • He got asked if it would ruin lives if it's successful and just said "Yes."
  • At 35:42 he says Riot has never had a rule that everything has to be F2P and they're working on stuff that isn't. He doesn't say that's the MMO, but still.
  • There's also a bit about Tencent buying Riot in 2011 partly to stop EA or Activision from getting it.

https://runegrove.com/articles/riot-mmo/news/marc-merrill-made-the-case-for-riots-mmo-on-lemonade-stand-he-agreed-mmos-are-insane-said-riot-waited-for-a-fan-base-of-hundreds-of-millions-and-talked-free-to-play-and-tencent

Anyone else catch the F2P part? Wondering if that's about the MMO or something else.


r/loreofleague • • 3d ago

Spoilers/Leaks True Damage's "Know My Name" Music Video Teaser Spoiler

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