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We've gone over Xin Zhao's lore quite a bit already, but it was amazing to get it all from his POV. Xin Zhao might be our favorite Demacian (it might help that he's not actually from there...) --------- WE HAVE MERCH! bit.ly/loreheadmerch Twitter! twitter.com/loreheads Discord! https://t.co/o21E0W4C8z?amp=1 Twitch! twitch.tv/loreheads Patreon! https://www.patreon.com/leagueofloreheads Song Title | Dragon Trainer Tristana Artist | League of Legends Courtesy of Riot Games https://na.leagueoflegends.com/en-us/news/community/riot-music-creator-safe-guidelines/ Image by Yuri_B from Pixabay - book with sparkles

Apparently we didn't complain about Azir and Xerath enough in the Azir episode. In our defense, that was like two years ago. We're not entirely sure what Riot wants to do with these two, but we're sure hoping Azir doesn't come out of it with a redemption arc. Because ew yucky yucky. ---------- WE HAVE MERCH! bit.ly/loreheadmerch Twitter! twitter.com/loreheads Discord! https://t.co/o21E0W4C8z?amp=1 Twitch! twitch.tv/loreheads Patreon! https://www.patreon.com/leagueofloreheads Song Title | Dragon Trainer Tristana Artist | League of Legends Courtesy of Riot Games https://na.leagueoflegends.com/en-us/news/community/riot-music-creator-safe-guidelines/ Image by Yuri_B from Pixabay - book with sparkles

So. Skarner isn't from Shurima anymore. Neat! Unfortunately, while we are interested in some of what they've decided to do with Skarner, he's mostly just sitting around and waiting. And that's where a lot of champions end up sometimes. Give us our depressed scorpion monster trying to go out and explore the world, Riot! It's what we all can relate to right now. ------- WE HAVE MERCH! bit.ly/loreheadmerch Twitter! twitter.com/loreheads Discord! https://t.co/o21E0W4C8z?amp=1 Twitch! twitch.tv/loreheads Patreon! https://www.patreon.com/leagueofloreheads Song Title | Skarner, the Primordial Sovereign Artist | League of Legends Courtesy of Riot Games https://na.leagueoflegends.com/en-us/news/community/riot-music-creator-safe-guidelines/ Image by Yuri_B from Pixabay - book with sparkles

We already knew quite a bit about The Monkey King since we've read Master Yi, but it was still fun to revisit good ol' Wukong. And who would have guessed that his most interesting lore would come from his Judgement. Yes, you did read that correctly. Now, let it sink in real good. ------- WE HAVE MERCH! bit.ly/loreheadmerch Twitter! twitter.com/loreheads Discord! https://t.co/o21E0W4C8z?amp=1 Twitch! twitch.tv/loreheads Patreon! https://www.patreon.com/leagueofloreheads Song Title | Dragon Trainer Tristana Artist | League of Legends Courtesy of Riot Games https://na.leagueoflegends.com/en-us/news/community/riot-music-creator-safe-guidelines/ Image by Yuri_B from Pixabay - book with sparkles

Warwick was cool even before his ties to Arcane, but now? MORE PLEEEEEASE! The Uncaged Wrath of Zaun has a great story and is featured in the greatest piece of entertainment Riot has created to date. And he'll be in season 2! Also Singed is great. ------- WE HAVE MERCH! bit.ly/loreheadmerch Twitter! twitter.com/loreheads Discord! https://t.co/o21E0W4C8z?amp=1 Twitch! twitch.tv/loreheads Patreon! https://www.patreon.com/leagueofloreheads Song Title | Warwick, the Uncaged Wrath of Zaun Artist | League of Legends Courtesy of Riot Games https://na.leagueoflegends.com/en-us/news/community/riot-music-creator-safe-guidelines/ Image by Yuri_B from Pixabay - book with sparkles

We've gone over a lot of Volibear's stories already, but we seriously don't mind because this thunder bear is cool as heck. Ok so his motives are a little strange—Rebecca feels a little bad for making fun of him so much—but they're clear. He wants murder and really hates carrots! ----------- WE HAVE MERCH! bit.ly/loreheadmerch Twitter! twitter.com/loreheads Discord! https://t.co/o21E0W4C8z?amp=1 Twitch! twitch.tv/loreheads Patreon! https://www.patreon.com/leagueofloreheads Song Title | Volibear, the Relentless Storm Artist | League of Legends Courtesy of Riot Games https://na.leagueoflegends.com/en-us/news/community/riot-music-creator-safe-guidelines/ Image by Yuri_B from Pixabay - book with sparkles

Vlad had way more lore than we were expecting, and some of it might actually be canon still! He's a champion with some connections but mostly wants to be on his own, in a way that actually works for us. What doesn't work? Why is he Viego's nephew? We're very confused by this. -------- WE HAVE MERCH! bit.ly/loreheadmerch Twitter! twitter.com/loreheads Discord! https://t.co/o21E0W4C8z?amp=1 Twitch! twitch.tv/loreheads Patreon! https://www.patreon.com/leagueofloreheads Song Title | Dragon Trainer Tristana Artist | League of Legends Courtesy of Riot Games https://na.leagueoflegends.com/en-us/news/community/riot-music-creator-safe-guidelines/ Image by Yuri_B from Pixabay - book with sparkles

Yet another champ that has basically no canon lore on the universe page since Arcane became canon. Riot bounced a lot of ideas around with this guy. Misunderstood madman? A complete and total villain? Jayce's boyfriend? All of the above?! ---------- WE HAVE MERCH! bit.ly/loreheadmerch Twitter! twitter.com/loreheads Discord! https://t.co/o21E0W4C8z?amp=1 Twitch! twitch.tv/loreheads Patreon! https://www.patreon.com/leagueofloreheads Song Title | Dragon Trainer Tristana Artist | League of Legends Courtesy of Riot Games https://na.leagueoflegends.com/en-us/news/community/riot-music-creator-safe-guidelines/ Image by Yuri_B from Pixabay - book with sparkles

Although Riot promised there would be other forms of lore for new champions, we haven't seen much evidence of that yet. We still wanted to read about Smolder and see what the heck is going on with dragons. Unfortunately, we still don't know. But we are holding out hope that the MMO is in the works, and Riot will deliver on some other lore methods in the future. ----------- WE HAVE MERCH! bit.ly/loreheadmerch Twitter! twitter.com/loreheads Discord! https://t.co/o21E0W4C8z?amp=1 Twitch! twitch.tv/loreheads Patreon! https://www.patreon.com/leagueofloreheads Song Title | Dragon Trainer Tristana Artist | League of Legends Courtesy of Riot Games https://na.leagueoflegends.com/en-us/news/community/riot-music-creator-safe-guidelines/ Image by Yuri_B from Pixabay - book with sparkles

We hit 1 million downloads this week! Yay! We couldn't have done it without y'all, obviously, and wanted to celebrate by answering some questions from our lovely listeners. It was nice to reflect back and get excited about the Runeterra MMO. WHICH IS DEFINITELY STILL HAPPENING YES? YESS?? ------ WE HAVE MERCH! bit.ly/loreheadmerch Twitter! twitter.com/loreheads Discord! https://t.co/o21E0W4C8z?amp=1 Twitch! twitch.tv/loreheads Patreon! https://www.patreon.com/leagueofloreheads Song Title | Dragon Trainer Tristana Artist | League of Legends Courtesy of Riot Games https://na.leagueoflegends.com/en-us/news/community/riot-music-creator-safe-guidelines/ Image by Yuri_B from Pixabay - book with sparkles

We've gone over this so many times, we needed to bring in a guest to help us out. Since the lovely Sarah knows absolutely nothing about Viego (BECAUSE SHE DOESN'T LISTEN TO OUR PODCAST I GUESS), we thought she could provide some insight as an outsider. Or at least be someone we could tell the story to because we've all been over this a million times. ----------- WE HAVE MERCH! bit.ly/loreheadmerch Twitter! twitter.com/loreheads Discord! https://t.co/o21E0W4C8z?amp=1 Twitch! twitch.tv/loreheads Patreon! https://www.patreon.com/leagueofloreheads Song Title | Viego, the Ruined King Artist | League of Legends Courtesy of Riot Games https://na.leagueoflegends.com/en-us/news/community/riot-music-creator-safe-guidelines/ Image by Yuri_B from Pixabay - book with sparkles

With Arcane officially being canon, Vi's lore is basically all irrelevant at this point. It was still fun to go through what Riot had in mind for her. Although we definitely prefer Arcane Vi. She's just so cool!!! ------- WE HAVE MERCH! bit.ly/loreheadmerch Twitter! twitter.com/loreheads Discord! https://t.co/o21E0W4C8z?amp=1 Twitch! twitch.tv/loreheads Patreon! https://www.patreon.com/leagueofloreheads Song Title | Vi, the Piltover Enforcer Artist | League of Legends Courtesy of Riot Games https://na.leagueoflegends.com/en-us/news/community/riot-music-creator-safe-guidelines/ Image by Yuri_B from Pixabay - book with sparkles

Like most yordles, Vex doesn't have much lore, but at least she's in Rise of the Sentinels. Yay... The Gloomist is a cute little emo yordle though. Almost cute enough to forgive the use of the word "normie". Almost. --------- WE HAVE MERCH! bit.ly/loreheadmerch Twitter! twitter.com/loreheads Discord! https://t.co/o21E0W4C8z?amp=1 Twitch! twitch.tv/loreheads Patreon! https://www.patreon.com/leagueofloreheads Song Title | Dragon Trainer Tristana Artist | League of Legends Courtesy of Riot Games https://na.leagueoflegends.com/en-us/news/community/riot-music-creator-safe-guidelines/ Image by Yuri_B from Pixabay - book with sparkles

We have mixed feelings about the lore moving forward. Getting stories via games like this feels so cool, but Riot Games has gotten rid of Riot Forge, so what does that mean for future games and lore? Hopefully we learn more soon. Meanwhile, this was a great way to feel more connected to Runeterra and the handful of champions we got to see. We need more!! And the MMO. It's Me and You Song: https://youtu.be/mKISuOpQniQ?si=2ZZFQqeEIKExOVLA --- WE HAVE MERCH! bit.ly/loreheadmerch Twitter! twitter.com/loreheads Discord! https://t.co/o21E0W4C8z?amp=1 Twitch! twitch.tv/loreheads Patreon! https://www.patreon.com/leagueofloreheads Song Title | It's Me and You Artist | League of Legends, TJ Brown Courtesy of Riot Games https://na.leagueoflegends.com/en-us/news/community/riot-music-creator-safe-guidelines/ Image by Yuri_B from Pixabay - book with sparkles

Like most void champs, Vel'Koz is rocking with very little lore and nowhere to go. Still, he's a simple but effective tool for the Watchers in the void. Now, if only we knew what the watchers were. ---------- WE HAVE MERCH! bit.ly/loreheadmerch Twitter! twitter.com/loreheads Discord! https://t.co/o21E0W4C8z?amp=1 Twitch! twitch.tv/loreheads Patreon! https://www.patreon.com/leagueofloreheads Song Title | Dragon Trainer Tristana Artist | League of Legends Courtesy of Riot Games https://na.leagueoflegends.com/en-us/news/community/riot-music-creator-safe-guidelines/ Image by Yuri_B from Pixabay - book with sparkles

Veigar is a simple idea Riot Games figured out pretty early. There have been shockingly few changes to one of League's oldest champions, and we wouldn't have it any other way. Veigar is fun, hilarious, and has so much potential with a ton of other champions. VEIGAR EVENT 2024!!! ----------- WE HAVE MERCH! bit.ly/loreheadmerch Twitter! twitter.com/loreheads Discord! https://t.co/o21E0W4C8z?amp=1 Twitch! twitch.tv/loreheads Patreon! https://www.patreon.com/leagueofloreheads Song Title | Dragon Trainer Tristana Artist | League of Legends Courtesy of Riot Games https://na.leagueoflegends.com/en-us/news/community/riot-music-creator-safe-guidelines/ Image by Yuri_B from Pixabay - book with sparkles

Although Vayne's in game play hasn't changed much, Riot has tweaked her lore a few times here and there. She's always loved killing monsters, but these days she does it while acting a little less like Batman. They're also shying away from her being a weirdo villain. Mistake!! ---------- WE HAVE MERCH! bit.ly/loreheadmerch Twitter! twitter.com/loreheads Discord! https://t.co/o21E0W4C8z?amp=1 Twitch! twitch.tv/loreheads Patreon! https://www.patreon.com/leagueofloreheads Song Title | Dragon Trainer Tristana Artist | League of Legends Courtesy of Riot Games https://na.leagueoflegends.com/en-us/news/community/riot-music-creator-safe-guidelines/ Image by Yuri_B from Pixabay - book with sparkles

Varus has quite a bit of lore, but as a Darkin, we feel like he comes up a little bit short. He sure is hot though! And there's three whole dudes in there. That's cool, right? ------------- WE HAVE MERCH! bit.ly/loreheadmerch Twitter! twitter.com/loreheads Discord! https://t.co/o21E0W4C8z?amp=1 Twitch! twitch.tv/loreheads Patreon! https://www.patreon.com/leagueofloreheads Song Title | Dragon Trainer Tristana Artist | League of Legends Courtesy of Riot Games https://na.leagueoflegends.com/en-us/news/community/riot-music-creator-safe-guidelines/ Image by Yuri_B from Pixabay - book with sparkles

Although we weren't expecting any color stories for a while (or at all), League's new champion came with one! The Loreheads have some mixed feelings about Hwei, but we do love that Riot is paying attention to lore everyone loves (did you know Jhin is one of our most downloaded episodes?) He's a sad painter boy who loves poetry and maybe murder. And paint magic or something. ---------- WE HAVE MERCH! bit.ly/loreheadmerch Twitter! twitter.com/loreheads Discord! https://t.co/o21E0W4C8z?amp=1 Twitch! twitch.tv/loreheads Patreon! https://www.patreon.com/leagueofloreheads Song Title | Hwei, the Visionary Artist | League of Legends Courtesy of Riot Games https://na.leagueoflegends.com/en-us/news/community/riot-music-creator-safe-guidelines/ Image by Yuri_B from Pixabay - book with sparkles

The big bundle of bald badness from below left a strong impression on us; mainly that he's really cool looking and generally scawy. Which is quite lucky for him, because the dread is most certainly nought in the details, from a lot of yada-yada-yada in the bio to a near literal REEL MISSING moment from his stories. Enjoy our repeated mentions that big Urgot should make an appearance in S2 of Arcane, and grapple with whether you'd also be down to join Urgot's spider cult thingy. ---------- WE HAVE MERCH! bit.ly/loreheadmerch Twitter! twitter.com/loreheads Discord! https://t.co/o21E0W4C8z?amp=1 Twitch! twitch.tv/loreheads Patreon! https://www.patreon.com/leagueofloreheads Song Title | Urgot, the Dreadnought Artist | League of Legends Courtesy of Riot Games https://na.leagueoflegends.com/en-us/news/community/riot-music-creator-safe-guidelines/ Image by Yuri_B from Pixabay - book with sparkles