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One page per champion, built on Riot's own biography and nothing else. What the text commits to, where it deliberately refuses to settle, and what that leaves for a game to use.

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Champions4 min read

Katarina: the Sinister Blade, explained

A Noxian general's daughter whose first assassination went so wrong her father sent a killer after her; in the Riot MMO, the contract-giver of a Noxian questline.

Champions4 min read

Jarvan IV: the Exemplar of Demacia, explained

Demacia's heir, thrown from a mountain by Noxian artillery and carried home by a half-dragon; in the Riot MMO, the prince who sends a player to the frontier.

Champions4 min read

Garen: The Might of Demacia, explained

Demacia's best soldier, sworn against magic since a mage killed his uncle, and afraid his sister is one; in the Riot MMO, the officer who hands out first orders.

Champions4 min read

Fiora: the Grand Duelist, explained

The Laurent daughter who killed her father in a duel to save the family name and now runs Demacia's house of bladecraft; in the Riot MMO, the duelling master.

Champions3 min read

Fiddlesticks: the Ancient Fear, explained

A formless ancient terror that builds itself from what its victims fear, now emptying Demacia's countryside; in the Riot MMO, a boss that wears each player's fear.

Champions3 min read

Draven: the Glorious Executioner, explained

Basilich orphan, bored soldier, and the executioner who turned Noxus's arena into theatre with two thrown axes; in the Riot MMO, the face of structured PvP.

Champions3 min read

Briar: the Restrained Hunger, explained

A living weapon the Black Rose built from blood, escaped and choosing when her own restraint comes off; in the Riot MMO, a two-phase boss with a story reason.

Champions3 min read

Alistar: the Minotaur, explained

A minotaur diplomat betrayed under truce and made a gladiator for twenty-one days, now stirring resistance against Noxus; in the Riot MMO, a wandering quest-giver.

Champions3 min read

Shen: the Eye of Twilight, explained

The Kinkou master who rebuilt his order after Zed killed his father and took the temple; in the Riot MMO he is Ionia's spirit-realm quest-giver, and no boss.

Champions4 min read

Hwei: the Visionary, explained

Heir to an Ionian temple of the arts whose paint magic can drown a room, and sole survivor of Jhin's visit; in the Riot MMO, a questline that starts in the ruins.

Champions3 min read

Shaco: the Demon Jester, explained

Valoran's homicidal comic, whose official biography admits nobody knows what he is; in the Riot MMO he is a random-encounter boss and never a quest-giver.