Runeterraa Primer

ICEFELL
Comprised of the north, with its capital, Rakelstake, the Icefell is a harsh and unforgiving land. Proud and fiercely independent, its people are born warriors, with a strong raiding culture. While there are many individual tribes within the Icefell, the battle lines are being drawn in a three-way civil war that will determine the future of them all. One tribe unflinchingly honors the traditions that have ensured its survival; another follows the dream of a united future, as foretold by a young idealist; while the third worships the power of an enigmatic sorceress. Icefell is also the only place where True Ice can be found.

ENSVALE
A strong, lawful kingdom with a prestigious military history, Ensvale's people have always valued the ideals of justice, honor, and duty most highly, and are fiercely proud of their cultural heritage. But in spite of these lofty principles, this largely self-sufficient nation has grown more insular and isolationist in recent centuries. Ensvale puts an importance on martial strength and has an anti-magic stance as they have the resource of Petricite, the mineral that absorbs magic.

RAVERION

Raverion is often dubbed "the Gem of the North", for it resembled and emulated the lost elven city of Myth Drannor in many respects. It was one of the few civilized places in the middle of the rough and untamed wilderness that was the North of Runeterra. It has a rich cultural life and was renowned as a meeting place for all races that were morally inclined towards good. Raverion is also famous for its pervading tradition of magic, and was home to many notable wizards, sorcerers and other mages. Raverion was built and ruled by high elves and have become much more hospitable in the recent decades. Explorers are sent out to seek out knowledge about the world to come back to expand the libraries of Raverion as the nation gives importance to knowledge as they believe that with sufficient knowledge, they will outlast the world.

XAGOS
Xagos is a powerful empire with a fearsome reputation. To those beyond its borders, it is brutal, expansionist, and threatening, yet those who look beyond its warlike exterior see an unusually inclusive society, where the strengths and talents of its people are respected and cultivated. Its people were once a fierce reaver culture until they stormed the ancient city that now lies at the heart of their empire. Under threat from all sides, they aggressively took the fight to their enemies, pushing their borders outward with every passing year. This struggle for survival has made Xagossians a deeply proud people who value strength above all, though that strength can manifest by many different means. Anyone can rise to a position of power and respect within if they display the necessary aptitude, regardless of social standing, background, homeland, or wealth.

DAGHLADUHR

Undermountain, dwarven regions of mining. Chroniclers say that the tunnels and mining networks are extensive that reaches from Xagos to Ensvale (this should be look into) and deep that minerals of every kind can be found down the mines of Daghladuhr. They claim to be a nation independent from Xagos (but Xagos says otherwise). This is where Xagos gets its metal and some criminals hide under the infinite tunnels beneath.

CIDERON

Need more data.

OSERON
Also known as the City of Progress, a thriving, progressive city whose power and influence is on the rise. It is Runeterra's cultural center, where art, craftsmanship, trade and especially, innovation walk hand in hand. Its power comes not through military might, but the engines of commerce and forward thinking. Situated on the cliffs above the district of Crashpoint and overlooking the ocean, fleets of ships pass through its titanic sea-gates, bringing goods from all over the world. The wealth this generates has given rise to an unprecedented boom in the city's growth. Oseron has - and still is - reinventing itself as a city where fortunes can be made and dreams can be lived. Burgeoning merchant clans fund development in the most incredible endeavors: grand artistic follies, esoteric hextech research, and architectural monuments to their power. With ever more inventors delving into the emergent lore of hextech, Oseron has become a lodestone for the most skilled craftsmen the world over.

CRASHPOINT
Crashpoint, also known as the City of Iron and Glass, is a large, undercity district, lying in the deep canyons and valleys threading Oseron. What light reaches below is filtered through fumes leaking from the tangles of corroded pipework and reflected from the stained glass of its industrial architecture. Crashpoint and Oseron were once united, but are now separate, yet symbiotic societies. Though it exists in perpetual smogged twilight, Crashpoint thrives, its people vibrant and its culture rich. Oseron's wealth has allowed Crashpoint to develop in tandem; a dark mirror of the city above. Many of the goods coming to Oseron find their way into Crashpoint's black markets, and hextech inventors who find the restrictions placed upon them in the city above too restrictive often find their dangerous researches welcomed in Crashpoint. Unfettered development of volatile technologies and reckless industry has rendered whole swathes of Crashpoint polluted and dangerous. Streams of toxic runoff stagnate in the city's lower reaches, but even here people find a way to exist and prosper.

SILKVILLE
This settlement has since evolved from a small town to a city-state. With its features of a central spire that is impossibly tall and narrow, centered on the city that is believed to be where adventure can be had, its history rich with drow culture (both good and bad ones), and it being built on top of many dungeons and a forgotten dwarven city named Dwarvenhearth. It is said that the subrace of drow came from here from the myth that is known as the Underdark. Lots of mercenaries and explorers say that beneath the city through the spire is there they can find the blocked entrance to the Underdark. Chaositech and strong quality silk (spun by species of arachnids found only in Silkville) can be found here.

IXALA
Renowned for its mastery of elemental magic, Ixalan culture is much older—part of the great westward diaspora that gave rise to older civilizations and it is likely they played a significant role in the creation of the first mortal-born God. Now, secluded deep in the jungle for thousands of years, the sophisticated arcology-cities of Ixaocan remains mostly free of outside influence. Having witnessed from afar the ruination of its neighbor, Eji'sal, the Ixalans view all the other places of Runeterra as upstarts and pretenders, and use their powerful, raw, elemental magic to keep any intruders at bay.

KONGO

A weird region in the middle of Runeterra. It is comprised of tribes from all over its neighboring regions that found solace on the swamps and humid forests far from the deserts and the magics. A new-ish region which cities that are relatively, newly made with the intent of being a safehaven from the world. Most of the cities are close to the coastlines and some are deep in the swamps are wherever there is water. (The archivist also says that not much is known of this place as it popped up one day; need more data)

EJI'SAL

The empire of Eji'sal was once a thriving civilization that spanned a vast desert. After an era of growth and prosperity, the fall of its gleaming capital left the empire in ruins. Over millennia, tales of Eji'sal's glorious city became myth and religion among the descendants of the scattered survivors. Most of the nomadic inhabitants of Shurima search for basic sustenance in an unforgiving land. Some defend small outposts built around a few oases. Others hunt buried riches among the ruins of the fallen empire, or obtain mercenary work, taking coin for their deeds before disappearing back into the sands. Now, the tribes are stirred by whispers from the heart of the desert: the city of Shurima has risen again.

IFRIQYA [Region]

Started long ago as a nation of merchants from Zamora in which wealth is power. Now, the merchants rule and split the region into provinces in which all have their own specialty to what they sell like cloths, magical items & trinkets and even services such as mercenary-work or gambling services. The Silk Road, a popular route in which merchants travel onto was made here. It should be known that there is a location that Khalabaster-21 was sent to; the hidden city of Suginia. (It is of significance that we get information on this hidden city whether it is true or not)

GODREACH

Like any place of myth, Godreach is a beacon to dreamers, madmen and questors of adventure. A mountainous, sparsely inhabited region, as it boasts the tallest peak in Runeterra. Located far from civilization, the Godreach is all but impossible to reach, save by the most determined pilgrims, chasing some soul-deep yearning to reach its summit. Those hardy few who survive the arduous journey to the foot of the titanic mountain find a sky shimmering with celestial bodies; the sun and moons, but also constellations, planets, fiery comets that streak the darkness, and auspicious arrangements of stars. Some return haunted and empty, some changed beyond all recognition, and some don't return at all. The people living at the mountain's base believe these to be aspects of long-vanished stellar beings, creatures powerful and ancient on a scale beyond human comprehension. Its people unsure of what happens when you reach the peak. Do you meet the Gods or do you become one?

ATLANTIS
A rival of Oseron, Atlantis does not have the resource of hextech but it does have the resource of it being the gateway to the undersea civilizations. The city-state has two-parts, one being on land and the other continues to being underwater. Its culture is bound to magic being synonymous with technology makes the city-state a close second to development and innovation of magic turned into technological advancement.

APREAH [Region]
Once a settlement of only a handful of monasteries, shrines and churches for a variety of deities, now, a city of churches built on top and beside of each other. A city of worship. The Holy City-state of Apreah, welcomes all religions and deities. Its culture, centered on the celebration of Gods be it good, neutral, or the necessary evil.