The first tournament of the Divinity dispute was held over Weeks 10 and 11 of that arc. The Rune of Freedom During the Age of Divinity, gods and spirits ruled over Runeterra and its mortal inhabitants. The only magic was…

WS FM Aren’t abbreviations great? Alright, we are on an odd week, so we go with world system event featured matches. Randomly selected rival factions will compete in matches tied to one of these stats. For each match won, the faction…

As we complete the World Systems rules that will give structure to the remainder of the arc, and translate match outcomes into story outcomes, I feel it’s an appropriate time to pause and review the themes that have emerged in…

“A general levy of all the clans? During peacetime?” Karma resisted the urge to smile. She did not particularly enjoy antagonizing Irelia, whom she counted a valuable asset. “During peacetime, yes. Or as I like to put it, before the…

I am pleased to announce that Summoner 1Girl3Balls, presumably an avid Syndra main, has taken on the role of regional administrator for Factions EUW for the Divinity arc. An initial Reddit recruitment thread has been posted. EUW Summoners are, of…

Champion Recruitment Featured Matches This is an even week, meaning we will have the champion recruitments and their associated featured matches. With each faction only having 1 champion left in their respective recruitable pools, it is obvious who is going…

Last week, we provided lore snippets for each of the newly recruited Champions, summarizing their backstories and explaining their involvement in the present arc. Each Champion introduction ended with a pivotal event through which the Champions attempted to move forward…

The Week 7 Featured Matches are Bandle City v. the Freljord on July 9, and Bilgewater v. Icathia on July 10. These matches are connected to the World Systems rules, which translate match outcomes into decisions for each factions’ Summoners…

I’ve updated the Champion recruitment lore for week 6the Champion recruitment lore for week 6. I’m sorry that it wasn’t posted earlier; I ended up becoming rather ill. I’m looking forward to seeing how these stories play out, which will…

  The following Champions were recruited in Week 6. The outcomes of their joining-stories will be written based on the Featured Matches this weekend. If the faction goes 3-0, the Champion will get an extremely positive story development that will…

Champion Recruitment Featured Matches The current WS rules have Champion Recruitment weeks with a special Featured Match setup. All factions will play every other faction once during the 2 days. We introduce the Champions recruited this week on Thursday or Friday…

Thanks to ShadowKnight1224 and AbiwonKenabi for drafting these lore events. They provide an interactive story for each faction, with a vote that will help decide how the stories play out. The options were determined in part by the outcomes of…

Featured Matches this Arc The next round of the featured matches starts this week. It seems like a good milestone to take a moment and give everyone a rundown of the “score” or history for each faction in the featured…

The following Champions were recruited to the four factions this past Thursday. Thanks to AbiwonKenabi, Jondor Horoku, and ShadowKnight1224 for help with these lore tidbits. Aatrox, the Darkin Blade, has declared for Icathia. Aatrox is an avatar of otherworldly power,…

Factions Friday at Five Factions Friday at five (pacific time) is a tradition of factions during an arc. We meet up in factions chat and try to start up as many pickup games as people are up for playing. During…

Our indefatigable lore team has completed the resolution for Lore Event I. Many thanks to Summoners Abiwon Kenabi, Jondor Horoku, and ShadowKnight1224 for writing these up. And also thanks to everyone who participated in the matches and votes that directed…

This Sunday is Father’s Day in Freedomland, and so we will not be holding Featured Matches this weekend. Expect instead quite a lot of lore and lore event activity, the posting of the Balance of Power, and last but not…

by ChroniclerC   Hello Runeterra!  From minion to master, from tavern to Targon, welcome to This Week in the Institute!  Once again, I’m your host, Lien Keysmith, snoop extraordinaire!  Exciting things are afoot and afin in the Guardian’s Sea, so…

Every two weeks, factions are allowed to recruit a new Champion for their rosters. The fourth week votes have been posted to the forum threads linked below: Icathia Vote Bandle City Vote Bilgewater Vote Freljord Vote —CupcakeTrap

The current arc, Divinity, may have the most non-sockpuppet opening lore of any arc to date. I am pleased to publish Abiwon Kenabi’s truly delightful opener, along with an introduction I wrote to give some non-narrative background to the arc.…

This week is featuring the inter-alliance matchups. So, each faction will face off against their allied faction in the arc. Since the allies are playing against each other, for this week players will not be able to play for their…

The Council has unsealed the following account of the Battle of Stormhaven, which took place during the Nyroth dispute. Link: Dying Storm Many thanks to XalkXolc for writing this. Mr. Chompers 4evah. —CupcakeTrap

We’ve just finished the first round of special lore events for this arc, centering on the May 28–29 Featured Matches. Each faction’s performance in the matches has been taken into account, and we’ve come up with four lore events that…

The first round of Champion recruitment is complete! The rosters have been updated as of 3 June, 26 CLE. The following introductory snippets were written by AbiwonKenabi, CupcakeTrap, and ShadowKnight1224. Trundle, the Troll King, has declared for the Freljord. Before…

by ChroniclerC Hello Runeterra!  From Summoner to sideline, from Noxus to Nyroth, welcome to This Week in the Institute!  I’m your host, Lien Keysmith, snoop extraordinaire, and the Institute of War has asked me to bring you this weekly report.…

This weekend’s Featured Matches center around two interactive story developments. Abiwon Kenabi provides a tale about a perpetual motion machine, while ShadowKnight1224 presents a murder mystery of international significance. Remember that allied factions are allowed to sign up for each…

Runeterra’s a dangerous place. Too dangerous to go alone! It seems that the new client may not have a chat function at all. This got me thinking about what we’d do with a client with no chat in it. Making…

During even-numbered weeks, factions each recruit a new Champion for their rosters. This being the second week, the first round of votes is now underway. Summoner PONCHOGRANDE is overseeing the voting process. We’ve placed each vote link within a thread…

“I’ve always wondered why the cartographer put the Fyrone Flats in larger script than Demacia.” “Good question, Councilor. I couldn’t find the original illustration hexes, so—” “It’s fine. For now. It only needed a small update. Thank you, Summoner.” High…

For those who missed the announcement, Arc VIII has started. With it underway we can start up the Featured Matches for the arc. The story begins this weekend, and you will decide the outcome while playing. Please note that with…

What’s that? Terrible placeholder banner art? Why, it’s almost as if… No, but surely it couldn’t be… Another Factions arc? Yes, indeed! I am pleased to announce the launch of Arc VIII: Divinity. We said we’d launch on May 23,…

As Mike noted in his post, we’re starting the new arc next week. And the more help we can get, the better off we’ll be. I’m posting here to suggest one particular form of volunteer assistance that I think would…

Arc VIII – Divinity It has been known in the forums for a few weeks now, but it’s time to officially announce it here on the main site. Arc VIII, Divinity, will start on May 23. With World Systems reworked,…

Match-Ups This week we’re going to be continuing with the Arc VIII factions for featured matches. Once again, these will be intermission games and so anyone is able to play for any faction they want. Remember to sign up to…

We are currently experiencing some difficulties with our evil containment spells and are having a massive influx of evil as a result. We apologize for the inconvenience and strongly encourage all those with weak stomachs to stop viewing the evil immediately.…

Arc VIII Factions Selected The factions for Arc VIII have been chosen. The Void and Bandle City are allying against the Freljord and Bilgewater. Of course there will still be inter alliance tension that will allow the factions in an…

The vote to select Bilgewater’s ally in Arc VIII is closing today. If you haven’t voted yet, now is the time! How to Vote to Select Bilgewater’s Ally for Arc VIII We’re testing out a highly secure new voting format…

As we approach the start of the eighth Factions arc, and vote to select that arc’s fourth faction, I’m pleased to share with you a story that’s both a bit of a Nyroth post-epilogue and a “sampler” presentation of each…

Saturday, April 9th – Zaun vs Noxus “Zaun, Zaun, Zaun!” The crowd was chanting as Twitch circled through the jungle around Bandle City’s base. As he disappeared from sight he mischievously snickered, “I’ll be right under their noses.” A man…

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…

Saturday, April 2 – Zaun vs Bandle City With Shurima defeated by Zaun, the remaining forces of Valoran are left cowering in fear of being humiliated on the Fields of Justice. Every representative with the authority to accept a challenge…

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…

Saturday, March 26 – Zaun vs Shurima Zaun has been steamrolling through their competition, and it may soon be undeniable that it is the coolest faction. Everyone’s former enthusiasm has cooled nearly overnight. The mountain of challenges for the title…

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…