Voting will shortly begin to select an ally for Bilgewater (against Icathia and Bandle City) in the upcoming eighth arc. We’ll be using a secure private voting system for this vote. This system is based around unique emailed keys. To…

1 Abril, 2016—Es nuestro gran placer el dar a conocer la noticia que revolucionará a Facciones. A partir del día de hoy, Facciones cambiará su idioma al Español. ¿Por qué, se preguntarán? En norteamérica, hay un gran porcentaje de la…

The Summoner drew back her hood, and her eyes shone in the torchlight. Her stony green irises cracked at the edges into rivulets of ethereal purple that rippled with seemingly infinite depth. There is a trite cliche about being lost…

Voting has begun to select the first faction for Arc VIII. Links Vote here! Provisional Champion rosters Factions forum thread Reddit thread Boards thread Enter email here to receive updates We send a maximum of four emails per month. It’s…

It’s just about time to post the poll to decide which factions will participate in Arc VIII. This raises the question of how we’re going to structure that vote. We know that Noxian Summoners from Lines in the Sand will,…

Every Factions arc begins with the community selecting the factions that will face off in a dispute before the League of Legends. In preparation for that, the roster review team (led by Summoner Theoretica) has devoted considerable time to hammering…

Planning for the eighth Factions arc is now underway in earnest. Expect more detail soon. In the meantime, you’re encouraged to come join in the construction efforts. The forums are a good place to start. Factions is a community endeavor,…

I decided that the front page needed to be just a little spookier. I also wanted to give some extra spotlighting to the Harrowing discussion thread on the forum. To begin with, here are some past Harrowing updates and related…

The final Champion recruitment vote for this arc will be conducted through the forum. Links are below. Noxus Piltover It seemed only fair to give the hardcore forumers a little bit more say on this final recruitment decision. Results It…

I’ve been out for the past couple days (and will be for a couple after this) for RL reasons. (Positive ones, though! Friend’s getting married.) Unfortunately, in all the commotion, I forgot about the final round of Champion recruitment. Also…

Thanks to 501st Big Mike, we now have recordings available for this past weekend’s matches, which concluded the second tournament of the Lines in the Sand arc. Enjoy! Semi-Finals Match I (recording unavailable due to technical difficulties) Semi-Finals Match II…

Summoner Exiledfrombadmen has opened up Factions on the Turkish server. You can sign up here. Hoş karşılama, Sihirdar! —CupcakeTrap

The opening lore for Lines in the Sand, unfortunately delayed due to technical problems because of life being life, has been posted up. Prologue Opener—Lines in the Sand Tie-in scene: Rank and File Tie-in scene: For the Taking Tie-in scene: Shurima Returns…

Matches streamed at twitch.tv/LeagueFactions. For more information, see the main tournament post. The fight for Bel’zhun continues today with a best-of-five set between Piltover and Shurima. —CupcakeTrap

See the main tournament post for more information. The semi-final round of the second tournament will be held today, Saturday, August 22, beginning at 12:30 p.m. Pacific time. Matches are streamed at twitch.tv/LeagueFactions. —CupcakeTrap

Factions Friday matches begin at 5:00 Pacific time. To get in on a match, join the Factions chat in-client, and also join your faction’s chat. If you’re new to Factions, you may find the Beginners’ Guide helpful. When you’re ready,…

Here are the August 14 recruitment results. 14 August, 25 CLE—Riven, the Exile enters the dispute on behalf of Noxus. Riven has been a divisive figure in Noxian society ever since her desertion during the Noxian invasion of Ionia in 13…

Factions Friday matches begin at 5:00 Pacific time. To get in on a match, join the Factions chat in-client, and also join your faction’s chat. If you’re new to Factions, you may find the Beginners’ Guide helpful. When you’re ready,…

I have sent out the ballots for the August 14 Champion recruitment. This vote will conclude on August 14 at 7:00 p.m. Pacific time. This is the second-to-last pickup for this arc. Since the final pickup on August 28 will be unrestricted,…

The Factions tie-in event for Burning Tides has concluded. The summary results are copied below. I’ve also set up a proper event page, for record-keeping. Matches Two sets of matches were held: the first on Butcher’s Bridge, focused on the…

Here are the August 7 recruitment results. 7 August, 25 CLE—Hecarim, the Shadow of War, enters the dispute on behalf of Noxus. He rides at the fore of the Noxian Nightmare Cavalry, cutting down all in his path. “Their blood…

Factions Friday matches begin at 5:00 Pacific time. To get in on a match, join the Factions chat in-client, and also join your faction’s chat. If you’re new to Factions, you may find the Beginners’ Guide helpful. When you’re ready,…

Factions is running a Burning Tides tie-in event on 8–9 August, 25 CLE. This event continues the storyline between Miss Fortune and Gangplank, tying together their pre-retcon lore, the aftermath of the battle for Nyroth, and the latest Bilgewater lore from…

I have sent out the polls for the August 7 Champion recruitment. This vote will conclude on August 7 at 7:00 p.m. Pacific time. Champions who don’t play well together Everyone on the Piltover list is pretty chill. However, Noxus…

Factions Friday matches begin at 5:00 Pacific time. To get in on a match, join the Factions chat in-client, and also join your faction’s chat. If you’re new to Factions, you may find the Beginners’ Guide helpful. When you’re ready,…

Seeing as Factions takes the scandalous and heretical view that you actually exist, we encourage people to come up with a Summoner persona. We’ll often incorporate these into story updates and the like. Developing more coherent rules and guidelines for…

Factions hosts streamed and shoutcasted Featured Matches every Saturday and Sunday, starting at 12:30 p.m. Pacific. We are looking for people interested in streaming or casting these matches, with streamers being in particularly high demand. If you have a reasonably…

Here are the July 24 recruitment results, just in time for Factions Friday. 24 July, 25 CLE—Thresh, the Chain Warden, enters the dispute on behalf of Noxus, enticed by the prospect of harvesting souls from the battlefield. He is also…

Factions Friday matches begin at 5:00 Pacific time. To get in on a match, join the Factions chat in-client, and also join your faction’s chat. If you’re new to Factions, you may find the Beginners’ Guide helpful. When you’re ready,…

I have sent out the ballots for the July 24 Champion recruitment poll. Piltover recruited Lux, a Tertiary Champion, last round. Tertiary Champions cost two pickups, and so Piltover does not receive a new Champion this week. Meanwhile, this is the second…

These matches will be streamed at twitch.tv/LeagueFactions. The first match begins at 12:30 Pacific, the second at 1:30, and the third at 2:30. Shurima will face off against Piltover in three shoutcasted Featured Matches today. From Shurima’s perspective, Piltover is…

These matches will be streamed at twitch.tv/LeagueFactions. The first match begins at 12:30 Pacific, the second at 1:30, and the third at 2:30. Shurima, which seemed on the verge of conquest when this dispute began, is now taking the fight…

501st Big Mike and Shiisaa have developed some revised rules for handling Unranked Summoners with regard to making balanced matches. (The previous rule had been to treat them as Golds.) I’ve copied Mike’s initial post below. More details are forthcoming.…

If you’re new to Factions, you may find the Beginners’ Guide helpful. When you’re ready, you can sign up for a faction here. To see which Champions are available for which factions, view the Faction Rosters. Today is our second…

I needed to be somewhere else five minutes ago, but I have completed a draft. Link: Interactive Lore Event II —CupcakeTrap

This is the second interactive lore event of Arc VII: Lines in the Sand. Ballots have been sent out to all three factions. If you can’t find a ballot in your email, check your spam folder. If you still can’t…

The majority of Factions matches are pick-up matches that anyone can start or join. On the weekends, we complement these matches with shoutcasted Featured Matches using more carefully balanced teams, and with higher than usual stakes. The matches are held…

Edgar Jantleigh broke the seal on his ration tin and rolled the flimsy but sharp-edged lid back to reveal the orangey contents. They were, certainly, well-described as “contents”. Or perhaps “product”. By no means “food”. The day he started calling…

The majority of Factions matches are pick-up matches that anyone can start or join. On the weekends, we complement these matches with shoutcasted Featured Matches using more carefully balanced teams, and with higher than usual stakes. The matches are held…

Here are the July 10 recruitment results, just in time for Factions Friday. 10 July, 25 CLE—Vladimir, the Crimson Reaper, enters the dispute on behalf of Noxus. Practitioners of ancient Shuriman magic disparage modern spellcraft as small-minded and petty, operating…

Friday, July 10 is our first Factions Friday of this arc. We’re encouraging everyone to come by for some pick-up matches, and to recruit some friends to join in. This is, essentially, an effort to make match organization easier by…

I have sent out the ballots for the July 10 Champion recruitment polls for Noxus and Piltover. If you didn’t get a ballot, check your spam folder. If you still can’t find a ballot, you can submit your name and…

ADVANCE DRAFT FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Shurima Joins The League Champion Azir recognized as Emperor of Shurima, given control of Shuriman capital, city of Dar’Khos by Trammon Velspar, Reporter for the Summoner’s Herald 6 July, 25 CLE—High Councilor Vessaria Kolminye personally welcomed…

Factions used to have an early victory rule, which provided a means for an arc to end ahead of schedule if one faction completely dominated. It was never actually used: Ionia came close to triggering it in Shon-Xan, but Noxus…

Well, it’s about damn time. Here it is. —CupcakeTrap

The first tournament of Arc VII: Lines in the Sand continues this weekend. With the Council expected to soon grant Azir’s petition to admit Shurima as a member-state of the League, some modern Shurimans have risen up to protest the…

Here are the pickups going into the final weekend of this arc’s first tournament. Noxus recruited Annie on June 26. As a Tertiary selection, she also consumes their pickup this week. 3 July, 25 CLE—Tristana, the Yordle Gunner, enters the…

I have sent around the ballots for this next round of Champion recruitment. The most obvious impact of Champion recruitment is the addition of a new Champion to the roster, though these recruitments also influence the faction’s personality and actions…