Rain drops.
"Huh…"
The sound of the birds.
"I… I…"
Blackness. Pitch black.
"What… What is going on…?"
Shades of purple. The yelling of soldiers.
"I… I think I can see it…"
The clashing of swords. The cheer of the people.
"Yeah… I know where I am heading to."
Ionia. Land of monks and lovers of balance and equilibrium. Land of ninjas and swordsmen. Land of peace… And conflict.
The war against Noxus left a lot of people homeless. So many lost friends and family, and so many others lost everything they could.
Still, there was hope.
Warriors from all over the land fought against the Noxian invaders, and drove them away from Ionia.
Udyr. A man that is one with the animals' spirit and that received help from the Ionian monks to control his fury.
Shen, Akali and Kennen, A trio of ninjas from the Kinkou Order, an organization with no allegiances dedicated to the preservation of the balance.
Karma. A powerful mage with a serene grace, one of the greatest leaders of the Ionian resistance.
Soraka. A celestial healer that calls Ionia home.
Yi. The master of the Wuju style, a renowned fighting technique.
Lee Sin. A monk that set himself in fire to protest against the war.
Irelia. Daughter of Master Lito and the Captain of the Guard. One of the most famous and respected leaders and warriors of Ionia.
But what about the forgotten ones? The ones left to die in their own blood and shame?
Yasuo. A samurai in harmony with the wind. Fled from Ionia after being accused unjustly of killing an elder.
Riven. An ex-noxian commander that exiled herself after seeing the horrors of the war.
Zed. A renegade ninja that killed his master. Lives in the shadows with his followers.
Varus. An Ionian Guardian that lost himself to the Pit of Pallas to accomplish his wishes of vengeance.
Syndra. A reckless dark mage that felt betrayal at a very young age.
Heroes, villains or outcasts. They all had their part at the story of this continent.
Still, none of them knows about this tale at the fullest.
Yes, Ionia is a mystic place where legends and myths often are mistaken with reality.
Just like the tale that we are about to tell. About a man who did not know his place in the world.
A man who felt happiness and sadness, love and hate, but more importantly, darkness and light.
But in the end, it is ok.
Cause Ionia valorizes balance.
And for balance to exist, for every slight piece of light, there has to exist the same of darkness.
This is true balance.
End of Chapter 1