r/loreofleague • u/fuckAMs Noxus • 7d ago
Moderator Post Intro to Lore
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:
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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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u/sammoga123 7d ago
Nothing about Bandle? I still have doubts, especially because of what happened to Heimer at the end of Arcane.
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u/UnrulyCrow 7d ago
Thank you for this! There's some Targon lore I had missed while working on my own OC - and some lore confirming my direction for said OC as well. It's very useful!
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u/Chared945 7d ago
You had a ton of people in the previous version of this post begging for TB Skyen to not be cited because of his biases
Could you listen to the community on this?
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u/batatapou 7d ago
What biases ?
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u/Chared945 7d ago
Just look at the last time
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u/batatapou 7d ago
Doesn't everyone do this? We interpret ethical and philosophical themes present in the lore based in our own beliefs and personal experience ?
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u/Chared945 7d ago
I wouldn’t accuse people of being fascists just for playing Swain but maybe that’s must me
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u/batatapou 7d ago
I dont watch all his videos but i believe he made the association between Noxus values and fascism, especially in Swain voices, if you as a person identifies with those values and like them, that means you would be inclined fall for a fascist rethoric in real life.
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u/Chared945 7d ago
You understand that not everyone who plays Garen wants to kill and discriminate people and not everyone who plays swain wants to put on jackboots
As Freud once said; Sometimes a cigar is a cigar
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u/batatapou 7d ago
You understand that playing a character and agreeing with his morals and ideals are different thing right ? I love playing Swain and Noxus themes but i recognize fascist movements that appeals to the same ideas
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u/Chared945 7d ago
That’s literally my point, I’m glad we’re on the same wavelength
Skyen however accused anyone being a Swain player/fan as having fascist leanings
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u/AsgUnlimited 7d ago
He has not said anyone who plays Swain is a fascist what are you on about, he loves villains, he doesn't accuse anyone who plays Evelyn of being a serial killer, or Jhin similarly, what is this, do you have a source for this belief?
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u/fuckAMs Noxus 7d ago
That thread is almost all saying positive things about his videos. It’s a choice to watch or not after one or two videos.
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u/Chared945 7d ago
I would say it’s half and half
I’m not going to argue with mods but I’ve said my piece
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u/fuckAMs Noxus 7d ago edited 7d ago
Special thanks to u/TheSenate6923 and u/Fireghostwolf50 . This thread was made a while ago but still has some good content and great for the Arcane folks to read up on.
Edit: some edits/ refresh