Prologue

"I won't kill you. If you survive this, you deserve to live."

Riven remembered those words all too well. Why? She wasn't sure herself. Perhaps it was because those words encouraged her, gave her life more meaning.

It happened during the horrible incident with Singed in the Noxus-Ionian war. After everyone else had been reduced to nothing but melted, deformed corpses, she was determined to get as far away from the scene as possible.

She didn't know what to do, they trusted her and she failed them. Let them not only die, but die at the hands of their own allies! They used chemical weapons on their own troops!

There was no honor or glory in what had taken place- all it was was a massacre. Riven would have liked it to be a nightmare, but she knew the whole thing was real. Riven ran as fast as she could, she couldn't see them anymore but she could smell their rotting corpses, mixed in with the chemical used to kill them. Riven considered that to be the worst part.

She doesn't remember how he stopped her, or who had done so. An unknown Ionian soldier? No, highly unlikely. Far too strong and fast to be just another soldier. Unfortunately Riven was not able to get a good look at him, she was grievously wounded mentally and physically from her last "battle". The only thing she remembered was his voice, It was stern, sure and unkind, but also lonely. When she thought about it he sounded just like her.

Broken.

Or maybe she was just over thinking it all?

When Riven had regained consciousness, she shattered her blade with a new determination. She would become an exile, and swore that one day she would return to Noxus in order to change it. Riven the Exile was her new name.

It's been years since that incident. After careful thought she decided the best course of action was to go to the Institute of War and become a champion.

Riven felt confident she was strong enough. Years of training, hard work, and determination had made her sure of that. No matter what kind of test they put her through-Riven would pass. When she did she hoped to find redemption, and find what she was looking for. Riven believed that while in the League, she could find the answers to all her questions, and also get her revenge on that sick horrible bastard Singed.

After reminiscing the past and thinking of the future, Riven stepped through the doors to the Institute of War ready to live her new life.