#lhotlan

Lhotlan Graves??👀

Wyverians (coming from the Monster Hunter Universe) :

Wyverians are recognizable for their pointy ears and four-fingered hands. Most of them possess digitigrade feet. 

All of them have scales on their bodies, but they can have some on various parts of their body, as well as being any color.

They are the only race to have Alphas (20%) and Betas (80%).

All of them have at least one enhanced sense.

Some of them can have fangs, claws, or even a sharp tongue, though the last one is very rare. But the rarest thing to have for Wyverians is a tail.

They all have a Birth Mark that looks like a tatoo on their body. Most of the time, this mark pretty much became an emblem for them, mostly because it represents them since they are the only one to have it.

The lifespan in this race is very diverse : for example, some can be at their prime at 350 years old while some others are already very old.

Speaking of getting older, they get really tiny when they get very old ; they’re like the size of a small child.

Wyverians are considered to be one of the most beautiful races, and one that’s closest to Monsties.

It’s the males that become pregnant, so their g*nitals are reversed compared to others (though males also have it but it came out only during their heat).

Vastayans “Lhotlan Tribe” (coming from the League of Legends Universe) :

All Vastayan are chimeras between humans and animals. The Lhotlan tribe are human-bird chimeras.

Like a lot of birds, the males have very bright and colourful feathers and hair, while the females’s colours are dull and more tern, or darker.

All of them have fluffy feather ears ; they are pretty pointy and some of them goes up on their head.

All of them are born with at least one wing. It’s actually considered pretty rare to be born with a full set of wings.

Just like Wyverians, they are digitigrade, though all of them are and they have bird claws.

They all also have claws on their hands, and it can be a similar color to their feathers.

All of them have sharp eyes ; thanks to this, they have an enhanced sight. They also have the particularity to have arrow-like eyebrows.

All of them share the same sensibilty ; their ears.

Some of them have a feather tail, while some don’t have any.

They all have marks on skin, mostly on the face. They also have feathers growing on their skin too.

All of them can live for centuries.

Cloudsdalians :

The Cloudsdalians superficially ressembles Lhotlans since they are also bird chimeras.

They have wing-shaped ears as well as wings instead of arms, similar to harpies. Because of that, they have only a thumb.

Unlike Lhotlans, they all have a feather tail.

Only female Cloudsdalians are born. If you ever see a male Cloudsdalian, it was either created on a lab, or it was a female that has fully transitionned to male.

They also have bird claws like Lhotlans.

Changelings :

Changelings are one of the “evil” races that lives in this World.

Changelings are recognizable by their small and “broken” insect wings, ears that match the colours of their eyes, that could be either blue or green, a big deformed horn, sharp teeth and black dots all over their body.

Most of them have short and messy hair, some even shave them in a Mohawk or entirely.

Changelings can drain people’s vital energy to get stronger.

This race is mostly composed of males, there are almost no females among Changelings.

Changelings are said to be a race created by Oltura, so they are completely following Oltura’s will (when it’s alive of course).

Switcheroos :

Switcheroos are Changelings that doesn’t want to follow a dark path anymore, therefore they redeemed themselves.

This population is growing stronger whereas the Changelings are slowly disappearing since most of them wants to be peaceful.

They all have tatoos all over their bodies and they are the same colour as their eyes.

They are recognizable with their pale or beautiful colours, their “butterfly” horns and moth wings.

Unlike Changelings, the portion of female is equal to those of males. Most Changelings who turns into Switcheroos wants to turn into females, and that’s how they change gender while becoming a Swictheroo.

Another peculiar way to recognize them is their three diamonds on their neck?

Just like their evil counterparts, they have shapeshifting abilities.

Since they are redeemed Changelings, they still descend from Oltura. However, Oltura has less control over them since they are fighting against evil, and against their past-selves.

Crystallings :

Crystallings are said to be “immortal” beings. The reason behind this is because they have a longer childhood, and they mostly stay young adults. They grow older mostly when they are sad, and it’s really hard to make them sad.

They are a shiny race : shiny skin, shiny and bright hair. Plus they have hexagonal shaped eyes. They’re even said to be possibly the most beautiful race.

Speaking of their hair, all of them have wavy or curly hair.

They have the purest, and maybe even the strongest magic.

Their archenemies are the Umbrums. They are the total opposite since they always live inside the darkness, and they want to obliterate all the Crystallings, though they are peaceful but have no choice to fight them to survive.

I've been dragged into League of Legends recently, and after finally delving into the character design and stories on offer, I began to love it proper.

I wanted to make a Vastayan OC, because of the colourful nature and interesting possibilities. And Riot doesn't have enough of them, anyway. So, this is Venri the brother of Rakan (according to him) who only recently was found wandering close to the towns of Ionia, observing the people and asking questions to those who are patient and kind. As for his full story ... you may have to check out @turquoise-vastayan if you want to meet him yourself.

Please click on the image to see it in full detail. I actually put a lot of work into these.

So, dance being among the most important parts of Lhotlan culture, I wanted to share some ideas / headcanons.

Being such a major part of their culture while them being a tribal people, I imagine circle-dances to be very common. (Something in which all members of the tribe can participate, as well as something that requires minimal knowledge of dance moves and thus can be very easily improvised or learned on the spot.) I imagine that quite very often there are 3 or more impressively good couples in the middle, who keep changing dance partners between each other and perform a dance way higher in quality and “show-off-ness” than what the circle of people around them does. (Avica and her love were among these couples often, though Avica was the better dancer.)

Keeping Lhotlan anatomy in mind, I would say grand leaps are a fairly common “show off move”, where in human dances you would stomp, in Lhotlan dances you would claw at the ground with your talons, and or course, wing movement is incredibly important! They often sway it around with great care, continuing and accentuating their bodies’ movements with it, other times the wing itself is the main focus of their body movement. Hitting someone with your wing on accident is the same as stepping on their feet, while stepping on their wing is far worse. In personal couple dance, it is an intimate move to wrap your wing around your partner for a moment (and of course, it is supposed to be a mutual move, and it often ends with a kiss).

Keeping Lhotlan temperament in mind, I would say their dances are generally fast, full of opportunities to show off your skill, and of course, very passionate in couples. Also there is much more emphasis on having an absolutely great time and being in tune with each other, with nature and with the wild magic around them, than there is on pulling off “the right steps for the right parts”. What I mean by this is their dances tend to be very close to improvising, rather than to having certain moves memorized and tied to certain parts of the music. The best dancers won’t necessarily know what their next moves are until their bodies start making them.

And now my favorite part: Lhotlan Magic in dance! We see that both Xayah and Rakan can throw feathers and return them, thus it is safe to say that all Lhotlans have this ability. So obviously this flashy trick must be shown in their dance! Now, certainly not everyone is gonna do it, it isn’t a perfectly safe thing after all, but those more skilled will likely try it with a few feathers. And those truly skilled may do it with a whole lot! Remember the circle dance thing with the amazing couples in the middle? Yes, well, those are the truly skilled Lhotlans, and they will send a flurry of colorful feathers into the sky, make them swirl in a wonderful sight and finally recall them, each their own. They will also jump high up, suspend themselves in the air and send their feathers outward to above the circle of people, making them fly in one of many wonderful trajectories and recall them before landing again. Again, this is quite a dangerous thing if tried by someone inexperienced, but these few are the best of the tribe, and they know exactly how to do it and what their own limits are. In couple dance, it also happens that the two dancers jump high and descend slowly in a swirling motion, or even suspend in the air for a moment. Also, then the partners circle each other with jump-like moves, it often happens that they shoot a few feathers into the ground around themselves as the beat of the song dictates, and latter recall them as an additional part of a move.

I am not sure who make the music for this, as what Lhotlan could keep himself from dancing while all the others are doing just that, but I am currently convinced the musicians also dance, just more moderately in order to actually be able to play music / sing. (Of course, they do “hear” the magic and can just dance to that, but I do believe they make some really great music that accompanies that. Of course, their music has to be in tune with the “song of magic”, and seeing how ever changing that is, I imagine most (if not all) Lhotlan songs are actually incredibly flexible and would sound like they are being winged on the spot to human ears. (That said, they do also just wing it on the spot a lot.))

Many people are under the impression that Xayah’s ears are a latent fox or feline trait.  While she may have some of these distant attributes in her bloodline, they are actually more reminiscent of the ear tufts or ‘horns’ displayed by many species of owls.  

This is why her ears are so much higher on her head than Rakan’s.  It’s much more apparent if you were to look at her mom, who was a lot more owl-like than she is.  In addition, she also shares the same judgmental stare of an owl.

Quicl ref pic of my LoL oc, I was inspired by gynandromorphism bird.

They are from a vastaya tribe from the south of Ionia and is currently lost in Runeterra. They can summon a sword made out of their own quills.