League of Legends: The Last War

by Kronesian

When the League of Legends is mysteriously and forcefully disbanded during the annual League Championship Series, the continent of Valoran is thrown into chaos and war. The land is already fragile from the previous rune wars; can it survive another conflict on the scale shown?

1. Prologue: History of the League

The Institute of War was all abuzz. Magicians and summoners of all walks bustled about the large chamber halls.

The Institute of War is a monumental building housing Valoran's many politicians and champions. It towers towards the sky in great, ovoid shapes of whites and golds, with all the patterns of the League and the city-states of Valoran. These great floating towers - which people transport between using teleportation nodes - are held aloft by the massive and magically enriched Nexus Stones, powerful rune stones that keep the Institute running. The building also extends into several underground chasms, where the League's officials work in secret. Also contained within the underground of the Institute are the Testing Chambers. Within these chambers Champions are inducted into the League of Legends as competitors.

The Institute stands ground between two of the mightiest and most warlike city-states of Valoran - Demacia and Noxus - as a very forceful buffer. The history between these rivals is something fierce, and only the instalment of the League of Legends may have prevented them from causing a final, fatal Runewar.

The League of Legends is Valoran's premier governing body, formed of the continent's most powerful and famous magi bound by a writ of union to protect Runeterra - the great plane of existence in which the continent of Valoran sits. It consists of the High Council, the three highest members of the League, who oversee its progression and handling of political affairs, as well as the lesser Councillors, Adjudicators, League Emissaries, and Summoners.

The League's role is to keep the peace of Valoran such that another Runewar may never arise - wars in which the powerful magi of conflicting nations demonstrated such raw magical might the land itself began to warp and sunder beneath the pressure of the magic.

Though some of the aforementioned magicians were just returning to the Institute of War, most of the traffic was outgoing - bound for the famous Summoner's Rift.

This is the beginning of a tale surrounding the darkest period in the League's history.. where all was thrown into uncertainty, and only the greatest and most heroic of the champions could mend the broken chains which bound the League together.