Yordles in ONE minute! Runeterra’s small race! Beginner Arcane/League of Legends/Riot MMO lore!

We talked about Bandle City - but let's get a little more detail on the YORDLES themselves!

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[Whysoshort]

I don't know if this is still cannon but I always loved the lore bit that Yordles are like magical sponges. They absorb the ethos and general vibe of the areas they live in and it fundamentally changes them mentally and physically and that's why Yordles so perfectly embody the "spirit" of their homes.


It's my pet theory that just like how they are influenced by their surroundings, they also influence the objects they interact with, making a loose bond that helps them bend the laws of common sense. That's why Tristana can lift a cannon twice her size that never reloads and Corky can fly a Jalopy held together with duck tape and spit like it's an Ace fighter plane. But that's just my personal head cannon

[guest_zzroman]

An unspoken fact about yordles is that they're always related to important events or people in history, from the champions we have 2 founding fathers, 2 military veterans, a ninja grandmaster, 2 links to ancient extinct races, the deadliest assassin in the world, 2 followers of undead tyrants, etc.

[ZhoomTheCool]

cant wait for the mmo to make myself into a yordle

[rekulahidronigdon]

"Runeterra's resident small race" i like that quote

[saegemh]

"They don't even die" inting teemo support begs to differ

[yeetmaster]

Enemy team: exists
Kled: ANGRY SCREAMING
Your team: exists
Kled: MORE ANGRY SCREAMING

[nandapratamaputratomasila]

I could punt them like a toddler which is a plus for me.

[CalebIsTheBest]

I love this sort of fantasy stuff. Keep it up dude!

[multiream]

Then there's poppy who basically built demacia from the ground up

[zardthedragon]

I’m pretty sure glamour was retconned because heim and ziggs had a comic where they used it because humans feared and looked down on yordles. But you’ll see that yordles are everywhere and everyone seems to be fine with them so I don’t think they do it at least not anymore

[Nyghtking]

The thing that always kind of bothered me about them was just how different male and female yordles look, the females look like small humans for the most part with different skin colors and pointy ears, while the males tend to look more like anthropomorphized animals.
Like if you put a male and female yordle side by side and told someone with no prior knowledge what species each one was there's a good chance they'll think they were two separate races.
Lets be real, I have a pretty good idea why it's that way, it's just always bothered me.

[macaronicrusader]

Regular mortal experiences are heightened so does that mean that doing the dirty there feels a billion times better?

[charliepea]

I don't really think the glamour part is canon anymore. Glamour is mentioned in Kled and Ziggs's lore where they said people don't see their true form but in Arcane, Heimer and Babette are obvious yordles among the crowds. Kled has a very vague lore and Ziggs seem to conflict with Arcane and I'm also unsure if Arcane is even canon. I do like the glamour part because the discrimination part can make yordles even more interesting.

[thebaker]

Also, how, for some reason, they sell for a lot on the black market, even though they are said to bring only trouble around them. I mean, with Yordles like Lulu, Fizz, Teemo or Ziggs, its pretty understandable.
And, to mention, if this is still canon, how they go crazy if they dont sociolize, like Veigar or Kled. Vex is a special case cuz she got Shadow and actually likes to be alone.

[HagathaHexMe]

If they don’t die what happens to them? Do they just reincarnate in the spirit realm?

[Mooseshovel]

Gimp yordle is still my sleep paralysis demon

[suzuxiiiahdv]

Nice short! Though one note, I'm pretty sure Glamour isn't canon anymore.

[nicoach]

Im pretty sure they are their own species.

[trilamhuu]

So they definitely have mixed blood with other races, right?

[andrewpenny]

And yordle can have kids though so how did Vex age?