League of Legends Story Blog

An Introduction to League of Legends and Piltover Lore.

    League of Legends (LOL for short, though often mistaken for "laugh out loud") is the most played game of all time as of 2009-present. This game basically replaced (and was based from) the infamous and long running Defense of the Ancients or more known as DOTA after its release on October 27, 2009. The mechanics of LOL is almost the same as DOTA. You chose one among 117 special champions you have purchased on the in-game store or a free champion randomly being offered in the game every week. The objective of the game is to help defend your team's base from constant enemy assault and push through enemy lines to destroy the hostile base. Stealth, discretion, teamwork and game knowledge are the main recipes of a winning team.

    In my blog, I’ll be posting in-game LOL champion reviews, lore, personal opinions. In addition I will check whether a champion’s personality is closely related to you in real life, player or non-player of LOL. For now though, I will share one of the most significant location found in the LOL lore, “Piltover”.

    Piltover can’t be accessed in the game, but it’s the location where some champions take place. Some of of those are Jinx “The Loose Canon”, Caitlyn “The Sheriff of Piltover “, Jayce”The Defender of Tomorrow” and many more. Piltover is advanced when it comes to ecology and technology in the continent of Valoran, thus earning the title “The City of Progress”. Academies located behind the cities walls earned great reputations for its contribution to development and science. And because of that, many travelers resort in staying in Piltover to greatly expand their knowledge, believing that knowledge can help maintain Runeterra (their version of Earth) as good place to stay.

    Except from Piltover’s research academies, it’s also the safest city to live in. Well, it used to be until a rogue girl, Jinx (as called by the townspeople) and other organized crime organizations started plundering the city. Piltover is rich, developed, it’s why brigands took the opportunity to try and rob the city. Now the city lies as a small battle ground for the good and a playground for the evil. Residents even see Piltover destroyed, if it weren’t for Caitlyn “The Sheriff of Piltover”. And that’s another story for another post.

    A place used to be a place of vast advancement of science and technology, now lies as a battleground. Do you know a place similar to Piltover?