The Bird and the Branch
A young stone mage from Shurima encounters an unlikely mentor in the mountains of Ionia . "That power of yours was meant to destroy. You don't want to use it? Fine. Let it sink you like a stone." Those were the last words Taliyah heard from the Noxian captain before she slipped beneath the salty water, words that haunted her still. Four days had passed since that landing on the beach where she had made her escape. At first she ran, and then, when she could no longer hear the breaking bones of the Ionian farmers and Noxian soldiers, she walked.
Excerpt from the official short_story by Riot Games — Universe of League of Legends. Story and characters © Riot Games.
View the original short_story at Riot Games — Universe of League of Legends
Where this sits in Runeterra
Taliyah in the codex
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Bel'zhun
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Saikhal
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