Who they are
Alistar is a minotaur from the Great Barrier mountains whose clan was destroyed by the Noxian empire. He was enslaved and forced to fight as a gladiator in Noxian arenas.
A servant girl's kindness helped him break free. Now he seeks vengeance on Noxus, protects the oppressed and tries to atone for the brutal acts he committed in captivity.
Their story belongs to Wanderers and also touches Noxus. Demons, spirits and ancient survivors that belong to no single place.
Their story, step by step
- Step 1
A minotaur of the Great Barrier
Alistar was born into the minotaur clans of the Great Barrier mountains, who guarded the trade routes to Zaun. He was respected as a noble warrior and wanted closer ties between minotaurs and other peoples, an idea most clans rejected.
- Step 2
Refusing Noxus
When Noxus asked the clans to help it conquer Basilich, it sent an emissary named Lady Tewain. Alistar distrusted Noxus and led fifty warriors to refuse, but other clans had already agreed. They were attacked, and Alistar killed Noxian soldiers and betraying minotaurs and strangled Tewain before being captured.
- Step 3
The arena
He was taken to the Noxian capital and forced to fight as a gladiator. In the twenty-one-day Fleshing he emerged as his tribe's sole survivor, and the violence slowly wore down his sense of self.
- Step 4
A kindness
A servant girl named Ayelia visited his cell each day with kindness, the first he had known in years. She had lost people to Noxian conquest too, and they planned an escape. His memories of home began to return.
- Step 5
Escape and loss
During their escape on a cargo barge, Noxian agents attacked. Alistar fell into a rage while defending Ayelia, and when he came to, the barge was gone and she had vanished, either captured or escaped. After Swain's coup shifted Noxian attention, he now moves through Noxian territory stirring rebellion and searching for her.
Turning points
- Leading fifty warriors to reject the Noxian alliance
- Surviving the Fleshing
- Meeting Ayelia and planning the escape
- Losing control during the barge escape
Where their story stands now
Alistar is alive, inciting rebellion among the oppressed in Noxian lands and still searching for Ayelia. Her fate and his hope of atoning for what he did as a captive remain open.
Who they are tied to
Where this fits in the story
- Wanderers · step 1
Demons of fear and misery
Evelynn and Nocturne are demons that came to life during the Rune Wars, Fiddlesticks is a very old demon of fear, and Tahm Kench travels the waterways feeding on bad bargains. None of them is tied to one kingdom.
- Wanderers · step 2
Spirits and celestials
Kindred are twin spirits of death, Lamb and Wolf, who shepherd souls onward. Bard is a celestial being who travels between worlds protecting powerful artifacts.
- Wanderers · step 3
Survivors of older ages
Aatrox and Zaahen were Ascended warriors of Shurima who became Darkin. Jax and Zilean come from Icathia, which fell when the Void was unleashed. Ryze hunts World Runes, fragments of primordial magic, to keep them from being misused.
- Wanderers · step 4
Travellers with a cause
Alistar escaped Noxian gladiator slavery, Nami left her underwater tribe to save it, Shaco is a marionette turned jester, and Senna turns the Black Mist against itself to free trapped souls.