History Franchise / LeagueOfLegends

* TheyCalledMeMad: {{Subverted|Trope}} in the story [[https://universe.leagueoflegends.com/en_US/story/to-herd-a-cat/ 'To Herd a Cat']], about the hapless Professor von Yipp.
-->“They all said I was mad. Mad!”\\
He paused. ''Well... come to think of it, I don’t believe the word “mad” was ever used. “Annoying” is more prevalent. “A dud.” “Disappointing.” “Never going to get tenure.”''\\
Ah, yes, ''that'' was it.\\
“They said I would never get tenure! ''Tenure!”'' he shouted into the gloom.

* TouchedByVorlons: In the short story [[http://na.leagueoflegends.com/en/page/good-death 'A Good Death']], written to accompany Kindred's release, a young amateur actress (who specializes in playing the part of a beautiful maiden who falls prey to Wolf and Lamb) actually meets them herself when she wanders away from her troupe one night; although they tease her, they're only there to collect the lives of her troupe-mates who are ambushed and butchered by bandits while she's away. With the only thing she can salvage from the wreckage of the wagon being the two-faced Kindred mask worn by her co-star, she goes on to become a world-famous actress, legendary for her spellbinding portrayal of Kindred. In her old age, at the end of her final bravura performance (in front of royalty that is presumably the king and queen of Demacia themselves), she suffers a fatal heart attack and looks out to see the entire audience wearing Kindred masks as Lamb finally comes for her...

The [[Characters/LeagueOfLegends Characters pages]] list every commercially-released champion, detailing tropes related to their backstory, appearance, and gameplay mechanics, and a few other characters to boot. The numerous [[MemeticMutation memes]] spawned by the community can be found [[Memes/LeagueOfLegends here]]. The numerous {{Shout Out}}s to other medias can be found [[ShoutOut/LeagueOfLegends here]]. For details on the professional teams and its members, see UsefulNotes/ProfessionalGaming under the MOBA folder. For the truly daring, the DrinkingGame page can be viewed [[DrinkingGame/LeagueOfLegends here]].

** At the same time Xayah and Rakan were released, Season 7 introduced the vastaya as a distinct taxonomy, essentially chimeric [[HalfHumanHybrid half-human/half animals.]] Several already-existing champions that fit the bill were retroactively made vastaya, including [[NineTailedFox Ahri,]] [[MonkeyKingLite Wukong]] and [[OurMermaidsAreDifferent Nami,]] and other champions such as [[NatureHero Udyr]] are implied to have vastayan blood.

* ''Literature/Ruination:ALeagueofLegendsNovel'' (2022)

* ''League Of Legends: Wild Rift (2020)''

* ''Music/{{Pentakill}}''
* ''Music/{{KDA}}''
* ''Music/TrueDamage''

The orinal game's popularity spawned a board game titled ''Mechs Vs. Minions'' and a HeavyMetal band called Music/{{Pentakill}}! And on the occasion of the game's 10th anniversary in 2019, Riot announced a massive slew of new projects based on ''League of Legends'' including a streamlined mobile port of the game called ''Wild Rift,'' a mobile port of ''Teamfight Tactics,'' the digital CCG ''Legends of Runeterra'', a 2D fighting game currently known as "Project L", a top-down multiplayer adventure game currently known as "Project F", and even a management sim called ''[=LoL=] Esports Manager.'' Other announcements included the animated series ''Arcane,'' a new, unrelated-to-''League'' HeroShooter set in a completely new setting originally only known as "Project A" but later given the name ''{{VideoGame/Valorant}}''[[note]]Despite the similarity of the name to Valoran, the northern continent of Runeterra, they reaffirmed that the game was totally unconnected to ''League'' and takes place on Earth[[/note]] with a release date projected for Summer 2020, as well as their new publishing division, Riot Forge, dedicated to third-party/indie development of ''League''-related side games. The first two games from Riot Forge, turn-based RPG [[https://ruinedking.com/ RUINED KING]] and action-platformer [[https://convrgencegame.com/ CONV/RGENCE]], both subtitled "A League of Legends Story", were revealed at The Game Awards 2019. 2021 would reveal another game in the "A League of Legends Story" series: ''[[https://hextechmayhem.com Hextech Mayhem.]]'' Meanwhile, ''VideoGame/LegendsOfRuneterra'' entered open beta in early 2020 and now has its own page; please add any tropes exclusive to it there.

* WhamLine: In Vi's colour story [[https://universe.leagueoflegends.com/en_US/story/child-of-zaun/ 'Child of Zaun']] she's investigating a spider-themed cult forming in the Zaunite Sump that has even the chem barons afraid. After listening to the demagogue known as The Voice preaching about the coming of their savior, she asks her friend Roe who exactly it is that is coming. Roe answers "It's [[spoiler:the Dreadnought]]."* WhamShot: The final issue of the ''Zed'' comic ends up revealing [[TheManBehindTheMan the man who released and weaponized Jhin on Ionia]]: [[spoiler:[[NotQuiteDead Master]] [[FallenHero Kusho]]]].

* ''Music/Pentakill''
* ''Music/KDA''

--->'''Zed''': The Navori, the Kinkou, [[spoiler:the rest of the Shadow Council]] -- ''Now we are against everyone.''
'''Kayn''': [[AndTheAdventureContinues Meh. Sounds like fun.]]

''League of Legends'' describes the franchise beginning with Creator/RiotGames' SpiritualSuccessor to the widely popular ''VideoGame/WarcraftIII'' custom map, ''VideoGame/DefenseOfTheAncients''. ''VideoGame/LeagueOfLegends'' has since exploded into a massive multimedia world of shared settings, characters, and stories centered in the fantastical world of Runeterra.

%%* BattleCry: Lux, Jarvan IV, and Garen all shout '''''DEMACIA'''''! [[AscendedMeme This proceeded to be parodied, many times, by other champions.]]

%%* SeriesMascot:
%%** Most promotional art and advertising features the "classic" champions but Ryze and Katarina tend to take front-and-center focus.
%%** Almost all the rotating game modes' promotional art are primarily represented by Ziggs, sometimes with Garen [[ButtMonkey as his victim.]]
%%** Over the course of the game's 10+ years of life, it's actually Lux who's become the game's most-prominent poster girl.

%%** After seeing the fan-preferred pair of Rengar-Nidalee, they then designated the two as rivals.

** The ship between [[FoeYay Garen and Katarina,]] with several champions such as Tahm Kench and Jhin making reference to them in their taunts.

%%* {{Symbolism}}: Because Riot make games, not trophies, when they crafted the Summoner's Cup as the prize for the Season 2 World Championship, they forgot to take into account the fact that the winners would actually have to hoist the huge, ornate goblet. As a result, the Cup weighs ''70lbs'' (about 32kg), the heaviest trophy in esports, and generally cannot be lifted by a single player, requiring the efforts of the entire team to lift it- which, it has been noted, is a nice metaphor for [[TeamSpirit the game itself]].

%% ** This is also the main difference between Piltover and Zaun -- in Piltover they are all about science, ethics, environmentalism and progressive politics, whereas Zaun practically has ForScience as the city motto. %%not sure how accurate this is at present, though *mostly* because Piltover's characterization has darkened over time and I'd hesitate to describe their politics as progressive

%%** Issue 4 of the ''Lux'' comic introduces another drastic change in the world, this time with Demacia: After Sylas' escape and formation of a rebellion, [[spoiler:it ends up nearly succeeding! Jarvan IV is defeated in battle and set to be publicly executed, and Jarvan III -- the king of Demacia -- ''is dead'' under mysterious circumstances not even Sylas is aware of.]]
%%** The final issue of ''Zed'' gives us a significant end with [[spoiler:Zed, Shen, and Akali successfully defeating Jhin]], but also throws a major twist in revealing who originally unleashed him onto Ionia in the first place: [[spoiler:''Master Kusho'', [[NotQuiteDead who was not]] [[FakingTheDead only alive]], but [[EvilAllAlong the ruthless true leader]] [[FallenHero of the Order of Shadows and Navori Brotherhood]]. [[BackForTheDead While Zed finally kills him for good]], the loyalties of the Order are splintered and the number of those under Zed's rule greatly reduced, seemingly leaving only [[StudentAndMasterTeam Kayn]] and a few others on his side]].
%%--->'''Zed''': The Navori, the Kinkou, [[spoiler:the rest of the Shadow Council]] -- ''Now we are against everyone.''
%%'''Kayn''': [[AndTheAdventureContinues Meh. Sounds like fun.]]
* WhamLine: In Vi's colour story [[https://universe.leagueoflegends.com/en_US/story/child-of-zaun/ 'Child of Zaun']] she's investigating a spider-themed cult forming in the Zaunite Sump that has even the chem barons afraid. After listening to the demagogue known as The Voice preaching about the coming of their savior, she asks her friend Roe who exactly it is that is coming. Roe answers "It's [[spoiler:the Dreadnought]]."
%% * WhamShot: The final issue of the ''Zed'' comic ends up revealing [[TheManBehindTheMan the man who released and weaponized Jhin on Ionia]]: [[spoiler:[[NotQuiteDead Master]] [[FallenHero Kusho]]]].
%%For the comic page

* * CainAndAbel: Siblings of Runeterra seem to be incapable of getting along with almost all depictions of family being on opposing sides of the various conflicts throughout the world. Even Lux and Garen who get along quite well for the most part only do so by ignoring the giant elephant in the room that is the fact that Lux is a mage and Garen is suppose to kill or arrest any mage he finds.

'''Kayn''': [[AndTheAdventureContinues Meh. Sounds like fun.]]

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