Myisha, host of the Aspect of Twilight, leads panther Ascended Ta'anari to Nasus, who reveals the location of the Chalicar of Setaka, with which Ta'anari hopes to stop the civil war between Ascended. Some time after the empire was destroyed, the nation collapsed, and Targon once more withdrew. The Targonian Aspects may have joined the empire in the war against the Void after the fall of Icathia. At one point, Targon became a nation-state of the greater empire.
The knowledge of how to create the first Ascended, the blueprints on how to create the Sun Disc, and the means to revert ascension, was given by Targonians. Since its inception, Shurima has had deep political and social ties with both Mount Targon and celestial Targon itself. With this, they channeled his celestial power to raise up immortal god-warriors, for some future conflict. The Aspects of Targon set the mortals to construct a great Sun Disc. Worse still, he was hurled back into the heavens, and prevented from getting any closer to that world. The crown clamped in place too tightly to remove, and his knowledge of the sun began to drain through it, to be examined by mortals. The mortals climbed to the peak of their tallest mountain, and presented him with a splendorous crown, crafted with careful and cunning magic, and etched with the inscrutable patterns of the celestial realm.īut it was no gift at all. The Targonians named him for the sun he had gifted them, and the Aspects commanded them to offer something in return. Flattered, Aurelion Sol descended in the form of a dragon from the stars. There was life here, and magic, and fledgling civilizations that cried out for guidance. The Aspects, who seemed unusually invested in it, implored him to come closer. Much later, around one of the first stars he had created, he discovered a world not made by him orbiting it. The being known as Aurelion Sol was born in the first breath of creation, roaming the celestial realm, seeking to fill this canvas of incalculable breadth with marvels which would delight all who witnessed them. Some return with a haunted, empty look in their eyes, others changed beyond all recognition, imbued by an aspect of unearthly, inhuman power with a destiny few mortals can comprehend.Ĭhampions of Targon The following are champions from either Mount Targon's slopes or from Targon Prime, the gold-and-silver city beyond the peak's veil: The ascent is all but impossible, and those hardy few who somehow survive to reach the top almost never speak of what they have seen. Some of these brave souls attempt to scale the impossible mountain, perhaps seeking wisdom or enlightenment, perhaps chasing glory or some soul-deep yearning to witness its summit. Many legends cling to Mount Targon, and, like any place of myth, it is a beacon to dreamers, madmen and questors of adventure. Located far from civilization, Mount Targon is utterly remote and all but impossible to reach save by the most determined seeker. Mount Targon is the mightiest peak in Runeterra, a towering peak of sun-baked rock amid a range of summits unmatched in scale anywhere else in the world. However, Mount Targon is simply a way into the celestial realm, and it would be wrong to attribute much in the way of mortal sensibilities, morals or concerns to what lies beyond the mountain. The people living at the mountain's base believe these to be aspects of long-vanished stellar beings, creatures powerful and ancient on a scale beyond human comprehension. They return haunted and empty, or changed beyond all recognition. Those hardy few who survive the arduous journey to the foot of the titanic mountain find a sky shimmering with celestial bodies the sun and moons, but also constellations, planets, fiery comets that streak the darkness, and auspicious arrangements of stars. Located far from civilization, Mount Targon is all but impossible to reach, save by the most determined pilgrims, chasing some soul-deep yearning to reach its summit.
A mountainous and sparsely inhabited region to the west of Shurima, Targon boasts the tallest peak in Runeterra. Like any place of myth, Mount Targon is a beacon to dreamers, madmen and questors of adventure.