To help him in his goals, the tyrant created the Black Rose, his inner circle of mages which were some of the few who came to know the secrets he had gathered. He raised the Immortal Bastion at the center of his empire, in the Noxii territories in which his first campaigns had taken place, secretly that place was the source of his power and held countless arcane secrets gathered for centuries as Mordekaiser hungered for all the forbidden knowledge of spirits and death, and a true understanding of the realms beyond. Entire generations perished under his relentless campaigns. To his foes, it seemed he cared only for massacre and destruction. Mordekaiser and his armies swept across the lands, crushing and enslaving any who would oppose his rule. With an ethereal rumble, he spoke his spirit-name in Ochnun: Mordekaiser.įrom the fearful, dissipating souls of the sorcerers, Mordekaiser forged his brutal mace, Nightfall and seized control of the army they had raised.
In desperation, they screamed out his name to bind him-but to no avail, for Sahn-Uzal was no more. Instead, the reborn spirit slew them where they stood, their weapons and magic useless against him.
These power-hungry sorcerers had hoped to use him as a weapon in their wars. He spurred them to make him stronger than any mortal, binding his spirit-form in dark metal plates wrought in the likeness of his old armor. Xin Zhao is a native Ionian that was captured by Noxian forces and forced to participate in the fleshing festival.Īfter the Great Darkin War left the world in ruin many centuries ago, a coven of sorcerers was formed, united by the whispers of a long dead soul that promised giving his strength to any who brought him back.Veigar is a Yordle that went mad from imprisonment in the Immortal Bastion.Urgot was tricked by Swain into traveling to Zaun.Taliyah is a former Noxian employed stone mage.Sivir was formerly employed by Cassiopeia.Singed was hired by Noxus for his chemical warfare expertise during the Noxian invasion of Ionia.Ryze was born in the village of Khom of the Noxii (Noxian ancestors).Quinn and Valor, Demacia's Wings captured a Noxian assassin.Master Yi and some of the Wuju warriors fought against noxians during the Ionia-Noxus conflict, but after the war ended and the Wuju village was destroyed by chemical fire, Master Yi went to exile.Lee Sin fought off Noxian invaders during their invasion of Ionia.Kayn is Noxian by birth, and a former soldier during the Noxian invasion of Ionia.Karthus was a corpse collector in the slums of Noxus, but later defected and moved to the Shadow Isles.Karma single-handedly defeated the Noxian army invading her village.Jarvan IV is Grand General Swain's nemesis.
The Winter Update will also add a Style Station and a Fort basement for extra space, as well as the option to move decorations vertically.
Also included in this update is a re-work for the Forged class with skill changes and a "bit of a makeover to make it a more interesting and viable class." We don't even have a specific release date for this Winter Update yet, so the devs aren't sharing everything about it we'll find out more about the Forged re-work when the patch notes go live. Snow & Steam also brings new legendary items including a mace, sword, shield, focus, and armour set, which can only be found by players between level 47 and 60. Pets will also be enhanced: for instance, they will be able to fetch potions for you. Any of the Halloween-themed "spooky" pets won't be available during this Winter update, but might come back afterwards. These new pets include a snowy owl, an "Ugly Sweater" cat variant, and a weaselly-ferrety creature with a festive Santa hat and beard. Over on the Torchlight III site, the devs run through Snow & Steam in more detail.