[2020] [AMA] Realms of Runeterra and Riot Games’ Books Team

Originally posted by Kaevr

What are some characters/lore bits that you really felt that needed some thought on them?

Originally posted by Oshipee

Surface area. I just assumed there were more PoIs.

Originally posted by deathspate

I think his question is more to the point of "Are all landmasses shown on the map all that are on Runeterra or are there possibly others not shown yet?". So not really like hidden regions or factions like how Ixtal was there the whole time on the map but we didn't have any place marking it, but more like if there are more unknown continents out there.

Originally posted by Lewanor

Hello lads, firstly congratulations on getting the first holy book out! First of many, right?! Oh it is. But to questions now, my questions :p

• Calender ends with Swain's rise to power and doesn't note further but we also know from a source that it was 7-8 years ago. Is calender outdated in the sense of present we use or nothing noteworthy on that scale happened that drew the attention of Noxtali? Like a bird-man raising sand castles down south?

• Which rock is General Du Couteau under at? Looking under every one of them but missed a few it seems. Patient I am Scath, and looking forward to what you pointed at, but a missed opportunity is a lost one...

• I forgot about this one, what does a General command in Noxus, a warhost or a warband?

Fabian's questions:

• About my girl Cithria: In The Weight of Expectations, she says she has friends in the 9th Battalion. In Turmoil, she's in the 7th. Furthermore, the wording implies that she changed groups in the 9th and maybe the 7th too before starting the Trials for the Vanguard. Is that a common thing to do, move aroung in the army? Is the 9th in any way better than the 7th?

• Now that we saw some elements of Tellstones / the King's Gambit version, can we get official rules? The story explained some moves (challenge, flip, place) but the gameplay flow / turns and scoring system (it seems to be point-based?) is still unclear.

That's it for now, I'll be watching. Always. AND THANKS! AGAIN!

Originally posted by Kaevr

Ooh sounds pretty interesting! Tbh Im glad you guys are flexing out the whole worldbuilding, specially the cities that now are full nations. Pretty far from back when Runeterra was just a circle

Originally posted by Beejsbj

how does the astronomy and cosmology of runeterra work? you know, since stars are made by dragons, and there are celestials and the watchers. does it have its own system(that you guys internally have put pieces of together) or is it closer to our universe, or is it just in the "don't think about it"/"wizard did it" category?

also is Runeterra flat?

Originally posted by Oshipee

Is that Ryze's crater east of Noxus?

Originally posted by nach3

How much of this story is known by the people in game? Ionia might have a longer record, Shurima’s truths might have eroded with time, Noxus oughta have some sort of track keeping.

Originally posted by Helvets

I know personally I have a bugbear about wonky or wrong rivers in fantasy maps. I try really hard to ensure I don't make mistakes there, but I'm sure I'll slip up one day

You can always say that... "it's because of magic", haha

Originally posted by Don_Armand

Any interesting facts about Piltover?

Originally posted by nach3

Is it in the book? I have the hardest time trying to figure out Piltover and Zaun. My brain can not compute that sea level has different... sea levels.

Originally posted by nach3

Who needs a map? I do. I want to be able to know which regions have older architecture because of the tectonic plate movement, I wanna know where volcanoes are, Hell, I wanna know how f**king breezy Nashramae is.

Originally posted by atgot

While definetly loved the book and everything about it, I was actually dissapointed that we only got one map :(
Hope we see more of them in the future.