Wintery Skin Collage

More Festivities from the League of Legends Wallpaper Blog!!!! Here I have put all the winter skins together in one massive image. Including last years set of champions!

Santa Gragas was lonely...

After taking a good look through the newly released Snowdown Showdown skins and trying to come up with a couple wallpaper ideas I realized something. Santa Gragas needed some *ahem* female companionship in his splash screen. Just look at that grin! You know what must be up!

I admit, Candy Cane MF was a last minute addin and I probably could have done better meshing her into the original but I think all in all it came out well.

New Winter Skins for 2010

Riot has announced the new Winter Skins for the 2010 holidays!!! Gragas, Sona, Kog'Maw, Amumu, Miss Fortune, Poppy and Shaco are the lucky receivers this year. I will be posting each image to their respective champions page shortly but for now here they all are together.

League of Legends Christmas Wallpaper

In my never ending quest to bring some holiday cheer to Runeterra here are some more wintery themed wallpapers ♥

While not a Christmas themed piece here is an image of Runeterra's ninja's attacking Barron Nashor :)

More Christmas Wallpapers

Getting a little bit better at using GIMP. Coming from a strickly Photoshop background the interface is the biggest hurdle. Thankfully though the "actions" are the same between the two, I just have to figure out how GIMP wants me to do something... I also know why it is called "GIMP" but that is for another post ♥

Trundle - The Cursed Troll

Trolls have never been well-regarded beings on Valoran. Generally speaking, they are barbaric, cannibalistic, and sneaky. They are creatures relegated to the murky recesses of the world, hidden away from most intelligent beings. Despite their maleficent natures, however, the Ruhgosk never deserved the grisly fate that was visited upon them. Generations ago, a twisted necromancer known as Hakolin the Bonecrafter attempted to enslave the Ruhgosk tribe. These trolls are considerably more genteel than their ill-mannered brethren, although still uncouth by human standards. The Ruhgosk fought tooth and claw against the necromancer, ultimately driving him from their land. As a parting gift, Hakolin afflicted the trolls with a leprous disease, forever cursing the members of the tribe. The leprosy would have rotted their flesh away to nothing were it not for the trolls' natural ability to regenerate. Caught forever in a hideous rotting state, the Ruhgosk endured their curse while desperately in search of a cure. They never found one.

A wise Ruhgosk shaman learned that he could magically bind the disease to a single troll, provided that the troll could bear the weight of the entire tribe's curse upon himself. However, there was no such troll...until the birth of Trundle. His ability to regenerate is so profound that it appeared as if he did not carry the disease. As Trundle grew, he came to understand his gift and what it could do for his people. When he came of age, he took the curse from his tribe in a baptism of searing agony. Through the shaman's ritual, Trundle became a horrifying creature whose flesh constantly sloughs off his body, only to be re-grown in an unremitting cycle. He has joined the League of Legends in hopes of eventually finding someone who could dispel the heinous curse completely.

Irelia - The Will of the Blades

The Ionians have developed some of the most breathtaking and deadly martial arts on all of Runeterra – just one manifestation of their pursuit of enlightenment. The most remarkable blade style to emerge, however, was the unusual byproduct of foreign intervention. Master Lito was a swordsman whose teachings were sought by ruling classes from nearly every city-state. His art was a highly-guarded secret, but it was said that swords would breathe in his grasp. He withered unexpectedly from a mysterious disease which baffled the brightest of Runeterran physicians. When he died, he left behind Zelos and Irelia, his son and daughter, and a truly unique weapon. Zelos became a Sergeant in the Ionian military and left to seek assistance from Demacia immediately prior to Noxus' invasion of Ionia. Irelia, charged with the protection of their home until Zelos returned, was alone when Noxian forces struck.

The Ionians fought admirably, but soon Ionian blood stained the land beneath the prints of foreign boots. At the Great Stand of the Placidium, Ionians prepared for surrender, but were inspired to maintain their resistance when the young Irelia hoisted her father’s enormous blade and pledged to hold until her brother returned. In the chaos of the ensuing fight, Irelia was cursed with dark Noxian necromancy. As her life ebbed, Soraka, the Starchild, made a final attempt to anchor Irelia’s fading soul. Unwilling to relinquish her home, Irelia rose at the brink of death, and her father’s sword lifted in the air alongside her. Irelia rushed back to the fore, unfazed by the blade's sudden animation. The weapon danced around her effortlessly, cutting down Noxians as they gaped in horror. The decimated invaders were forced to retreat from the Placidium. Irelia was appointed Ionia's Captain of the Guard, and when the defense of her homeland moved to the Fields of Justice, so did she.