Riot Just Changed League's Entire Lore

After a year, Riot dropped the biggest piece of news for League's Lore.

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[stormdragon]

the fact that arcane is fully canon now means that we WILL see Viktor in his robot state at the end of season 2 either fully robot or part since Riot confirmed the Piltover-Zaun story ends with S2. also Vander being Warwick now is canon. i just hope in the future projects they stop changing champs traits and personalities if it's out of character ( like Cammile in convergence)

Edit: Viktor will probably get a VGU with arcane season 2 so his robot design might change to fit with season 2

[PinkWardlol]

It's awesome to see a creator grow and be able to achieve new creative spaces. Your contents been great, I know I've really been enjoying it. Keep up the great work!

[phantomcyan]

Imagine Dragons is now FULLY canon in the League universe and time traveling Cithria has broken through the wall

[FinnOAventureiro]

One thing that scares me about this change is; I really don't want to see less popular characters like Nautilus, Skarner, Zac, Singed, Malphite, Urgot, being delegated to minor or secundary roles because their identities and lore don't fit the worldbuilding they're doing for the more popular ones. Every character should feel like the protagonist of their own history.

[vaalisthen]

Just wanted to thank you for all your videos. I really love the dedication and the honesty we can feel when we're watching your content. I've been watching you with my friends since you made us dreamt about the MMO not so long back then. It may not be that long, nor that much of a comment. But we hope that you'll keep doing well in the future.
<3 love, from a little group of french friends watching from the back <3

[Mugthief]

Necrit talking about League Lore for 30 minutes is the warm hug I needed today.

[themate]

Hey Necrit,
I don't know if you will see this, but I wanted to say how much my friends and I enjoy watching your lore content. We truly love it and get really excited when you update us on a new lore video. I don't understand why you might think that only people who've already read the short stories would watch your reactions, because at least in my case, that's not true.
You are not just a bot who reads pages you breathe life into your craft. You bring characters to life and often catch callbacks from other stories. Especially for someone like me who prefers hearing stories over reading, your content is invaluable. For instance, I listened to the entire audiobook of the Ruination novel, but if I had to read it, it might not have happened.
I understand that your channel can't solely focus on League of Legends short stories, which might not receive updates, but I believe you're underselling yourself by saying that nobody cares about YOU reading them.

[Eonopolis]

I got to know this channel thanks to League, and I'm still here cause of you. I watch every video you upload doesn't really matter the universe your exploring. The way you explain, the intricacies pointed out, and the minor little almost insignificant fact that I love hearing about new amazing worlds and their worldbuilding. And also, I don't read leagues storys, I kinda forget they exist until I see you upload a video about them, so if you could like, not, abandone that, It'd help with staying up to date :'3

[Slinaro]

My biggest worry with that announcement is that Arcane was able to blossom because of its relative creative freedom. Because it did not had to fit 100% of the existing lore and was allowed to make small and big changes, they were able to create a story tailored made for the medium of an animated TV show that was able to reach a larger public and be good on its own merit. If the coherence to the lore is enforced from now on, such bubble of creative freedom might not be able to exist anymore because this or that would not be logical with the rest of the universe, even tho said this and that might be better creative decision for their respective project. But this is still a Work In Progress, if Riot put the time and ressources to build a strong yet fluid enough foundation, they can maybe keep these creative opportunities flowing.

EDIT: I'm not worried about Arcane, arguably one of the most acclaimed stuff Riot ever produced, as I'm sure that the animation studio will be able to do what they want. My worries are targeted toward future projects, games, novels, series, and such that could be hindered by this decision. But nobody can see the future, so maybe they will avoid this hypothetical pitfall altogether!

[heychrisfox]

The one thing I miss about no more short stories is that written narrations are just better in a lot of ways. They can give more detail in ways that other forms of storytelling can't, because it's hard to draw or animate Riven's backstory, but very easy to write it.

I still don't understand why they don't just put all that lore and short stories in the client. Just a small little button that says "lore, " and takes you to the big list of stories. I would be people don't even realize it exists, half the time, and would be willing to read if they knew where to find it.

[lolneenx]

As someone who didn't read the league lore I just wanted to take a second to say how grateful I am for everything Necrit has done for the past decade. I've watched so many lore videos just to understand what was happening in the universe and always enjoyed it!!

[phoenixflamegames]

I’m excited yet very worried at the same

[felipecouto]

I feel people didn't interacted with the short stories... because Riot didnt give ANY marketing to it. Its almost like they WANTED them to fail. I am massive League Lore nerd, and I only knew when a story released because Necrit made a video out of it - then I went and read it. Necrit's channel is PROOF people liked it, and its specially sad since the cinematics they are replacing short stories with... just tell the same story as the champ bio. So its less lore and more makeup around the diminished lore we already have.

Dont get me wrong, I trust the writting team... i don't trust Riot's upper management. I don't trust them to care enough about lore to tell stories about important champions of certain regions because they are not popular and can't sell skins. I don't trust them to maintain a steady flow of lore on LoR because the game ALREADY doesn't give a big profit, so no reason for them to continue boosting it with more content. If I wake up one day and find out that they cancelled LoR because it wasn't meeting their expectations, leaving League's lore barebones from that point on, i won't be surprised. Lore is seen as dispensable, changing everything to be canon won't change that.

[anaru]

I just want you to know Necrit, as a big lore nerd who has read all of the stories myself ive still watched all of your videos regardless. Your content always makes the journey lesz lonely, you always bring up exciting things to think about or that keep me awake at night. Regardless of how your content changes, there will always be people like me who just enjoy watching your growth. Your skills in humorous delivery and creative problem solving are highly underated. Every single one of your videos have made my day better when my mood crumbles. Go fourth with courage and determination, you will make it and we will all be here to support you!

[kolliwanne]

Twisted Fate being the only person who ever smash and dashed Evelynn without getting killed will always remain canon in my heart.

[misxfitx]

ngl, when i found you, i was essentially looking for someone to read the stories to me. but then as i learned more about the universe, read some stories myself and such, i started coming here to see what you thought about it, or mostly because you could tie together things i couldn't. you remember details of old stories in a way that i can't and i come here to listen to your perspective. im glad you're in a better place mentally now! let's hope riot gives us some good lore soon ♡

[necrogon]

Just been sitting here, WAITING for necrit to drop his reaction!

[cameronechols]

I feel like arcane did a good job at establishing the premise behind both singed and Victor before they change a lot. It seems to me that their characters in arcane will develop into something closer to what we see in league.

[honestdave]

Hey Necrit, just wanted to make sure you know that it’s more than just you reading league short stories that brings me back. Your personality, humor, and cheerful demeanor always makes me happy to see your content in my feed. Regardless of what you do being league related or not, myself and many others will return because it’s not the subject that keeps us coming back, it’s you. Create what makes you happy and you’ll always have people returning. Enjoy your weekend and God bless brother.

[shiahplum]

I'm so sorry to hear about the struggles you went through with your content. I just want you to know, and I'm sure a lot of your audience will agree with me, I watch your videos for YOU. I love how much thought you put into whatever you talk about in your videos, it shows the care and respect you have for that chosen topic. I also really appreciate the way you break everything down for your viewers into manageable chunks. You're a very wholesome creator (and I especially loved how you covered the skin drama and narrated the redit posts with your wholesome demeanor, it was hilarious!) I'm really glad you've gotten to a place where YOU'RE happy with your content, because that's what matters most at the end of the day. Much love <3