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We've learned that when Riot has a solid idea about a champion, they can really nail it. It helps to have one writer on as well. These Eternal Hunters have several short stories to go through, and we discussed with our first Patron guest, Hart!   ------------   https://league-of-loreheads.simplecast.com/   Twitter! twitter.com/loreheads   Discord! https://t.co/o21E0W4C8z?amp=1   Twitch! twitch.tv/...

Kha'Zix is one of the few champions we actually don't feel like needs more lore. He's a simple Voidreaver who just wants to eat the big kitty cat, Rengar. Love that for him. What a bug!   ---------------   Twitter! https://twitter.com/loreheads   Patreon! https://www.patreon.com/leagueofloreheads   Join our Discord! https://t.co/o21E0W4C8z   Song Title: Kha'Zix, the Voidreaver Artist: League of Le...

As another old champ, Kennen classically hasn't had his lore touched in quite a while. The Heart of the Tempest really loves his balance and is wildly inconsistent, and we kind of wanted old, hyper Kennen back. You know, when he had parents. And that brings us to the heart of this episode: Do yordles have parents? Why not, Riot?   --------------   Twitter! https://twitter.com/loreheads   Patreon!...

The Shadow Reaper was cool and all, but we want more Kayn and Rhaast sass! Joining us this episode is NA Erik from the Trinity Force Podcast, teaching us why we're bad at Kayn, serving up some great gameplay tips, and weighing in on how well his lore translates to his gameplay.    ----------------   Twitter! https://twitter.com/loreheads   Patreon! https://www.patreon.com/leagueofloreheads   Join...

Kayle may be known as The Righteous, but we found her to be more like "baby's first lawful good". Calm down, Kayle. We love the ideas here but need more behind this twin dynamic because come on, Riot, explore the paaaain .  We need more pain!   -------   Twitter! https://twitter.com/loreheads   Patreon! https://www.patreon.com/leagueofloreheads   Join our Discord! https://t.co/o21E0W4C8z   Song Ti...

Another old champion this week, and this one made me realize how hard we were on Garen, and I never thought I'd say that one. The Sinister Blade truly is just that and not much else, but Riot Games scrapped a lot of old lore from Katarina, including her romance. GIVE IT BACK! THEY BOTH REALLY NEED IT, MAN.   ----------   Twitter! https://twitter.com/loreheads   Patreon! https://www.patreon.com/lea...

Kassadin had about as much as Cho'Gath, truly showing us once again how little attention the Void has gotten from the Riot lore team. This Void Walker certainly looks the part, but his  story paints a different picture, one of a pretty average dude who got a little in over his head. Or became Batman, in Mark's eyes. PLEASE GIVE US MORE VOID LORE!   ----------------   Twitter! https://twitter.com/l...

Because Karthus was released like 13 years ago, he has very little lore. Naturally! But the Deathsinger has some interesting stuff going for him and, most importantly, some Journal of Justice content. And y'all know that's always gonna be gold. Also Riot Games please make Vex Karthus's #1 fan because it makes more sense than Viego.   -------------   Twitter! https://twitter.com/loreheads   Patreon...

We haven't had an old champion in a while and forgot how little lore these poor champs were left with. The Enlightened One is basically the Avatar but not really, except that's all we really know about her. But don't worry, she has a bunch of AU's with, well, basically a lot of the same boring stories. Fun!   --------------   Twitter! https://twitter.com/loreheads   Patreon! https://www.patreon.co...

We did our best to not complain about the Rise of the Sentinels event even more than we have already, but unfortunately The Spear of Vengeance helps set off the Ruination and then promptly disappeared. And by disappeared we mean Riot decided to just kind of forget she exists. And so few AU's! Come on!   -----------   We have a Twitter now! https://twitter.com/loreheads   Join our Discord!   https:...

Perhaps the most potential we've ever seen in a champion, the Daughter of the Void is a rad concept with a visual design that doesn't come close to matching, along with some stories that left us feeling a little uninspired. We quite like Kai'Sa though and brainstormed on what could be done to make her lore click better.   ------------   We have a Twitter now! https://twitter.com/loreheads   Join o...

While we learned a lot about this Loose Canon in Netflix's Arcane series, it was fun see how her League of Legends lore could tie into all this new content. Unfortunately Riot fell into some old habits with a mysterious figure and boy howdy, what is her connection to Enforcer Vi, I wonder? But overall, some fun tidbits and a load of AU's.   ------------   We have a Twitter now! https://twitter.com...

While Runeterra sure has it's fair share of murders, The Virtuoso has a flair that puts him above the rest. Although his stories revolve a bit more about Shen and Zed (two names that are very hard to say together), Jhin's voice shines through as he counts to four many times and "fixes" faces.    ----------    We have a Twitter now!  https://twitter.com/loreheads    Join our Discord! https://t.co/o...

There's gonna be a season 2!!! Everything is fine!!!!! I FEEL GREAT.   Act 3 surely didn't disappoint, with Silco really stealing the show for us this time. But, of course, Vi and Jinx broke our hearts like they did in every other act of this show. I'm just glad Ekko showed up. Can you believe he was the owl mask?! Shocking!!   --------------   We have a Twitter now! https://twitter.com/loreheads...

Act 2 of Arcane didn't disappoint, and we really can't get over how incredible Jinx is. Between the Vi/Caitlyn, Heimerdinger's sad eyes, and the lore's first sex scene, we had quite a bit to discuss. Hoping for Act 3 to unmask the owl and finally get Viktor in the sick threads we all know and love.   -------- Join our Discord! https://t.co/o21E0W4C8z?amp=1   We have a Twitter now! https://twitter....

Like just about everyone else, we obsessively loved the first three episodes of Arcane. We have a few theories here (ONE WE WILL NEVER SPEAK OF AGAIN, JOHN) and some predictions, but for the most part, this is just us talking about all the things we loved. There's a lot Riot got right in this Netflix series, and we can't wait to see what happens next!   -------------   Join our Discord! If this li...

We wanted to get some background info on The Defender of Tomorrow before Arcane drops, and we found ourselves entangled in a load of Viktor drama. Who is telling the truth here? Hopefully Arcane has some answers! Also Rebecca was very sick please give her a break.   --------------------   We have a Twitter now! https://twitter.com/loreheads   Song Title | Dragon Trainor Tristana Artist | League of...

This Grandmaster at Arms sure had a backstory, but all I remember is that it involved eggs. Jax is super into eggs, y'all, and so are we now. Pretty sure we said the word "Egg" more times than the word "Jax". So go ahead and hard boil some of those tasty chicken treats and get ready to learn all about Jax. Spoiler: He likes eggs a lot.   -----------------   We have a Twitter now! https://twitter.c...

I never thought we'd hit anyone duller than Garen but oof. Here we are! The Exemplar of Demacia seems to have trouble deciding between serving his country or being a reckless dolt, and that didn't sit well with us. Most of his potential lies in the people around him, mostly because Jarvan's lore isn't really about Jarvan. But it did make us excited to learn more about Shyvana one day!   ---------...

Never mind the fact we spend the first 10 minutes wheezing over Janna's old voice over (which also involved a lot of wheezing). The Storm's Fury ended up having little to do with storms, or fury, but she does throw some wind around sometimes, and she gave us even more devastating stories about Zaunite children. So that's cool?   --------------   We have a Twitter now! https://twitter.com/loreheads...

We all love the gentle Green Daddy. Sorry daddy. Sorry daddy. Sorry daddy. Sorry...erm. Ivern! While he's a jovial plant man now , he apparently started as a blood-thirsty war machine. Neat! According to Mark. Rebecca was less impressed. But we can agree that Ivern is a joy, and we need more of him.   ----------------   We have a Twitter now! https://twitter.com/loreheads   Song Title | Dragon Tra...

Riot's favorite blade dancer and nerf target could be the star of Ionia's delicate ballet. Instead, she's left tapping her feet on the sidelines. We tango with tongue-twisting tales, jitterbug with the Journal of Justice, and applaud John as he heads a chorus line of AUs. We can only hope Irelia puts on her tap shoes in the future. ------------- We have a Twitter now! https://twitter.com/loreheads...

This wonderfully underplayed Kraken Priestess is a total badass, or at least that's what we've gathered from the small amount we're given. Although the Bilgewater event was many years ago, we don't really have an update on what Illaoi is doing now.  Teaching PE? Hunting down Senna's new perfume? Who knows!   -----------   We have a Twitter now! https://twitter.com/loreheads   Song Title | Illaoi,...

While it's frustrating that Riot Games threw this Rogue Sentinel Akshan at the end of an event they'd been planning for years, he's still a fun character we were excited to learn more about. Unfortunately, they didn't give him much of a story outside of their, uh, lackluster event. Which means it's mostly all resolved! Cool?? What now?   ------------   We have a Twitter now! https://twitter.com/lo...

The Revered Inventor Heimerdinger is the perfect specimen of science, but Riot Games has left yet another yordle out to dry with this one. He has so little lore, we had our slightly-less-familiar-with-the-lore bestie guess where Heimerdinger came from and maybe what his goals are. She was...disappointed.    ---------------   We have a Twitter now! https://twitter.com/loreheads   Song Title | Drago...