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// Prologue: The Summoning 
// Story: Champions of the Elements 
// by The Philosopher King 
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Equestria. A land of peace of and prosperity, a land that has not seen a major conflict in over two thousand years. And now, it was on the verge of war. The Gryphons had lost their patience, as they had been waiting for Equestria to fall for many generations, as that was the reason behind their “grumpiness” ponies refer to, finally decided to attack right when Yakyakistan became enraged. There seemed to be no way out, and Equestria hadn’t had a standing military in over a thousand years. The country was posed for utter destruction, had it not been for, of all things, the rediscovery of a book written by Starswirl the Bearded. The book was on a form of magic ponies never used, called by Starswirl “Summoning Magic.” It could be done by any pony, as it involved use of internal magic being amplified through the use of runes inscribed on a medium, even basic parchment worked. He filled the book with the names of the beings he figured out could be summoned, along with the runes in the one book. He made no copies, and ordered it to be kept in case of terrible disaster. It was forgotten for many centuries, until it was rediscovered by Celestia’s student in the Canterlot Archives. The book was aged, with all illustrations lost and barely any information left. She immediately went to her home to try this possible solution. This is the story of the saving of a country, through the Champions of a new world.




“Spike, it’s time.” said Twilight. The mare had been desperate for the past few weeks, but was pleased that this book revealed a solution. She cleared the room around the crystal castle, just to be safe and even built a small barricade for protection.

“I dunno Twilight,” said Spike. “It looks dangerous…”

“Don’t be silly Spike,” said Twilight. “Starswirl’s book says this guy I’m summoning… ‘Ryze’ can’t hurt the summoner. We’ll be fine.” Twilight inscribes the last rune of the spell onto the paper, and focuses her energy into it, causing it to glow and the runes to appear on the ground in a circle. A beam of energy courses from her chest to the paper, and the paper begins to glow harder, until a flash of light is unleashed. A small, contained explosion effectively sends Twilight and Spike to the back of the room, hurting them a bit.

“Let’s go, Let’s-” croaked a new, strange creature in the center of the room, before stopping to look around. It was nearly the same purple as Twilight’s coat, but it stood on two legs, wore leather boots and trousers, and had markings all over its body. It also had an enormous scroll on its back, along with lesser scrolls attached to a belt on his torso. “Well, this isn’t Summoner’s Rift…”

Twilight was completely shocked the spell worked, much less that this creature was sentient and spoke Equestrian.

“Oh well, at least it’s a library, could’ve been another battlefield.”

“Umm… Hi?” said Twilight, a bit confused at the new being.

“AH!!!” said the being, scared a shooting a small magic jolt from its hands at her, but it bounces off harmlessly. “Oh, so you’re my summoner. Interesting…”

“I’m sorry if we disturbed you, but my country is in a terrible state of affairs right now. Please, I recommend we sit someplace to discuss this.” The three, including Spike, sit in a small room near the library.

“Alright then. I presume you know my name is Ryze, the Rogue Mage. And who has summoned me?” he said, rather aggravated. Generally he was given a notice when about to be summoned, so he was a bit miffed about the random summon.

“Well allow me to start there.” said the Mare. “Ryze, I am Twilight Sparkle, and this is my Assistant, Spike the Dragon.” She points to the small dragon next to her.

“Hi there,” he said, obviously shocking Ryze.

“You must be a relative of Rammus, dragons where I come from don’t talk, only bite” He chuckled a bit at this. 

“We must have summoned you from a whole other world then. So we’re about to go to war with two countries, and we need your help.”

“Let me guess, this place is outside the Institute of War’s jurisdiction and your realm is heading on a crash course with destruction.”

“Never heard of the institute of war before, but that’s pretty much it.” said Spike, but Twilight nudges him.

“Alright, since I am in what I can only assume is Ponyland-”

“Equestria.” said Twilight.

“Wasn’t far off as I thought I would be. So since I am in ‘Equestria,’ have no way of getting back to Runeterra anytime soon, and need company, yes. But you need to get between four to five more Summoners before we start fighting. I have enough skills of my own, but I need help. I already know who I work best with, gather your best, umm… I can’t say people, but I guess equines?” he questioned. 

“Of course, I shall gather my friends in time, but first, perhaps you can tell us about where you came from?” She asked him.

“I guess I shall have to tell you a brief history of my land.” He pulled out a scroll, and proceeded to speak. “Runeterra is the land where I am from. It is divided into political city-states, with two major ones being Demacia and Noxus. The two are on opposite sides of the central supercontinent, Valoran.” He pulled out another scroll, and handed it to Twilight, a map of Valoran. He paused and handed her the scroll purposely, as she was writing down each word he said. “Demacia and Noxus were at a stalemate war with one another. But unlike previous wars, this one’s combined magic, physical, and energy based chaos almost destroyed the continent. It was only prevented by the new founded Institute of War, who created the League of Legends to combat this. One team fought for Demacia, the other Noxus, and each summoned their best champions. Some Champions worked for themselves only, while others affiliated themselves to a faction, sometimes a separate city state from Noxus or Demacia altogether. I am an independent Champion, working only for my summoner.”

“Wow, I never knew there was a whole other land out there, completely unseen by us…”

“I was thinking the same thing when I saw this place...” he said. “Can we go to your allies now? I wish to start as soon as I can.”