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Unpopular Opinion:

I do not like how Master Soma died. And how Yasuo was framed.

For someone who had the rare aptitude to master the wind technique to its full potential as well as being a master martial artist, his death, caused by the unexpected blowback of wind-based magic on a metal sword, felt very odd.

And then, when Yasuo is blamed for it, it is revealed that they had the contents of the very Noxian-looking sword all along, but no wielder. You have a broken, non-Ionian-looking sword, and a piece of it stuck in Somas' neck, and your first thought is to blame Yasuo?

Just feels kind of scummy that all the elders knew it wasn't Yasuo but still said it was him, and only cleared his name after they found the owner.

If there was any reason for him leaving his village, it should have been his disgrace for leaving Soma without help. And that is the reason for his punishment. Replacing his 'murderer' title with a samurai without honor (way back in actual samurai history, people would be forced to off themselves for things like that lol).

And the rest of his story could stay the same. With his new motivation being hunting down the owner of the broken blade to make peace with his mistakes, and still fighting with the other students and his brother, who were tasked with bringing him back.  

That would have had a much greater impact on him, sparing Riven when he finally confronts her. It would have also left him with lasting consequences, as his sin wasn't false murder; it was hubris. He might have gained some semblance of respect from his people, but he now needs to confront the life he has led and the person he has become after dedicating so much time to revenge, with a home that still rejects him.

It is not a major change, but to me, it is enough that it makes him a bit more compelling.

The fact that we don't have a Demacian Katarina / Noxian Garen skin is CRIMINAL.

They're star crossed lovers, Riot. The idea is right there!!

Anyway, this is just what if the Du Couteaus were a Demacian family. I imagine them to be a noble house of Mageseekers with Marcus as the head of the house. All three siblings were trained to be primary Mageseekers or at the very least support them. Like canon, Cassiopeia went more into the political side of things along with a dose of espoinage.

Talon tracks and hunts mages down.

Katarina was suppose to do the same but in her youth, due to her reckless behavior, she failed a mission allowing multiple mages to escape. Katarina gains her scar either during that fail or as a form of punishment from her father afterwards.

Later, Katarina left the Mageseekers to pursue becoming a ranger as that suits her skillsway more. Although Marcus doesn't like his daughter being anything other than a Mageseeker, he very much prefers to keep Katarina out of Demacian politics because of her temper.

She doesn't have her own animal companion because she doesn't feel like she needs one to do her job. If she works with rangers who do have an animal, she's happy to use their strengths. If she were to have a companion, it would most likely be a type of feline.

On missions, Katarina is just like in canon: Flashy, agile and very risky which puts her at odds with just about everyone since rangers pride themselves in their stealth.

She meets Garen while out on a scouting mission, getting captured and forced to work with him like they do in the movie storyboards

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Janna, Vladimir, Zaahen, The Warrior, Myisha, and Ta'anari fought, betrayed or stopped some Darkins as we know it. (Also there are Nasus and maybe a few more darkins too)

During the Great Darkin War, the Darkins were all over Runeterra so I wonder if they faced some powers that made them retreat? For example, Janna defended Osha Va'Zaun during this war. We know that.

Perhaps in the Freljord, the Darkin faced off against the Demigods of the Freljord. Especially some powerhouses like Volibear or Anivia.

In Bilgewater, we have Nagakabouros. This strong spirit-god could have an important role during this war in defending Bilgewater.

In Ixtal the forest itself is hard to pass for mortals but I wouldn't be surprised if the Darkin could pass through it.

And maybe this is where Skarner might have intervened? I think Skarner is also strong enough to fight back against the Darkin.

And for the Blessed Islands, the magical mist might have stopped the Darkin from coming here.

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I know Vayne has her own personality and her own view of herself, the world, and the demons. She’s a bit of a sadist, sure—she used to operate as a lone wolf, and a bit of fed up with everything that meant "demon". But I think that would change with the retcon and the “relationship” she might have with the new champion

I don’t care if it’s siblinghood, friendship, or something else. If you have any ideas about what she thinks of Locke, or what might happen in the next part, feel free to comment here ^^

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Since there are so many characters in league, I know not everyone can have their own novel. It's such a shame cause sometimes in stories, there are these little tidbits that hint at a much deeper character and then it's never addressed again

Like here; This was taken from one of Elise's shortstories called A Shuttered Manse. It's at the end where Leblanc is telling Elise that she'll get her reward (aka people to eat or offer to Vilemaw iirc) and we get the hint that Elise is not 100% thrilled by the idea. Before brushing it off because "I could use a blush of youth again"

And that is so interesting. Is it super deep and suddenly make Elise a multi-dimensional character who deserves the spotlight? Not really but it does make her a little more than just "I want to be young again and I'll do anything to get it". Not that it's a bad motivation, just a bit too much black and white.

Now it's "I want to be young again and I'll do anything to get it but I don't really like it"

There is also Cassiopeia's short story The Shedding Of Skin where she works as a vigilante almost (TLDR: she kills a murderer who sells kids for drake meat). It's more than just "sexy snake lady". Not much more, but more.

(Not to mention that you'd still only know Katarina and Cassiopeia are sisters by reading the wiki but I digress cause that will never not bother me-)

Elise and Cassio are my biggest examples because these are the only ones I know of off the top of my head-

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