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Life beneath the summit
Rakkor communities build lives on the mountain's slopes. Solari institutions and the Lunari legacy shape mortal choices before any climber encounters an Aspect.
A mountain reaching toward the heavens
Targon
Runeterra's immense mountain draws pilgrims toward an almost impossible summit. The Rakkor, Solari and Lunari live beneath celestial powers whose influence can transform a mortal life.
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Riot Games · World artwork02The ascent changes a life
Reaching the summit can bring transformation rather than a simple reward. Leona, Diana and Taric carry very different responsibilities away from their encounters with celestial power.
Riot Games · World artwork03Mortals contest celestial purpose
Atreus survives the death of the Aspect that possessed him. His continuing struggle centres mortal resolve, while other biographies explore devotion, resistance and the cost of cosmic obligations.
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A past that shapes the present
History of the region
Generations of Rakkor communities have lived beneath a summit that can transform those who reach it. Solari authority and the suppressed Lunari tradition shape the lives of mortals before celestial powers enter their stories. Ascension here can bring both extraordinary purpose and profound personal loss.
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What is at stake?
The mountain is both a physical home and a meeting point with celestial powers. Rakkor communities live on its slopes, while Solari and Lunari traditions shape different understandings of the heavens. The stories of Leona, Diana and Pantheon show the personal cost of those beliefs.
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Mountain
Mount Targon
Reaching the summit is a spiritual ordeal as well as a dangerous climb. Some survivors return changed by an Aspect; the lower slopes remain home to migrating Rakkor communities.
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Temple of the Solstice
A gold-veined marble entrance on Targon's eastern slopes marks a place of Solari worship. It offers a grounded introduction to the region's religious traditions.
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Champions connected to this region
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ApheliosTheir place in the wider story
Aphelios and his sister Alune serve the Lunari, a persecuted moon faith around Mount Targon. Their devotion places them within a religious struggle much older than a single champion's journey.
Aurelion SolTheir place in the wider story
Aurelion Sol existed as a creator of stars long before Runeterra's mortal kingdoms. His scale is cosmic, so the world that contains most champion stories is only a small part of his perspective.
DianaTheir place in the wider story
Raised among the Solari around Mount Targon, Diana questioned teachings that left no room for the moon. Her search for answers brought her toward the suppressed Lunari tradition.
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Mount TargonThe mountain holds the Lunari legacy that challenges the Solari account in which Diana was raised.
LeonaTheir place in the wider story
Leona's Solari upbringing taught her to place duty to the sun faith at the centre of her life. Training and conviction prepared her for a role whose meaning extended beyond ordinary military service.
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Mount TargonThe Solari faith and her ascent to become an Aspect connect Leona's personal duty to the mountain.
PantheonTheir place in the wider story
Atreus climbed Targon seeking strength and became the unwilling bearer of the Aspect of War. Celestial possession threatened to erase the ordinary man whose determination had brought him there.
SorakaTheir place in the wider story
Soraka came from a celestial existence beyond ordinary mortal life. Choosing a vulnerable body let her approach the people of Runeterra through compassion rather than remote observation.
TaricTheir place in the wider story
Taric's Demacian military life ended in disgrace after a failure of duty. Exile toward Mount Targon made the search for redemption a physical ordeal as well as a judgement on his past.
ZoeTheir place in the wider story
Zoe's playful personality carries a celestial responsibility as Targon's messenger. The scale of the events she announces is far beyond the everyday concerns that often hold her attention.
NamiTheir place in the wider story
Nami's Marai people live in the sea west of Mount Targon, relying on an ancient exchange to keep a threat from the depths at bay. The arrangement makes a distant celestial power essential to their safety.
KayleTheir place in the wider story
Kayle inherited celestial power through her mother and shared an early role protecting Demacia with her twin Morgana. Their common beginning did not lead them toward the same understanding of justice.
MorganaTheir place in the wider story
Morgana shares celestial ancestry with Kayle, but chooses to remain close to mortal suffering. Binding her wings makes that rejection of distant perfection visible in her own body.
AatroxTheir place in the wider story
Before becoming a darkin, Aatrox was a Shuriman Ascended who fought the Void at Icathia. The warrior remembered as a monster once stood among the empire's celebrated defenders.
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IcathiaThe war against the Void is part of his history as an Ascended warrior before his fall as a Darkin.Look closer
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