“ | "Master Doran, this is from Wukong. He couldn't make the journey with me, but he wanted me to bring you his favorite fruit. He loves his staff, almost as much as he loves making fun of the helmet you gave me." |
— Homecoming | ,|
Master Doran was a legendary blacksmith of the Wuju Order from Wuju, the same village was a part of. He was respected throughout Wuju for his skill with hammer and anvil. Doran desires nothing more than to craft the best blades in the world, but does not forge them for battle.
Background[]
Taught by []
Although the birthplace of Doran remains unknown, he received instruction from the God of the Forge, Wuju. This may suggest a potential connection to the Freljord.
, prior to journeying toLife in Wuju[]
At some point, Doran would travel and settle in Wuju, because only they saw his weapons the same way as he did, a tool not to be used for bloodshed. Though he was once an outsider to the village, Wuju’s smiths and masters had embraced him, so legendary was his skill with hammer and anvil. Every four seasons, he would make a pilgrimage south of the village, to Mistfall, a sacred site of a long forgotten, ancient battlefield. He would be accompanied three times by Master Hurong, Yi's master, and later by a young .
Doran would come to Mistfall to leave his blades there as a token of his vow to never again to participate in the violence and bloodshed of war. Since Doran never had the intention for his weapons to be used in war, the spirits of Mistfall granted his blades blessings that would last.
At some point, Doran, created a [1]
and the and gave them to a now .Noxian Invasion of Ionia and Death[]
During the Noxian Invasion, followed by the other masters fought of the Noxian troops and tried to help liberate Navori. With the village of Wuju unprotected, it was destroyed by Noxus and its chemical weapons it gained from Zaun, corrupting the land on which it once stood. No villager survived, including Master Doran and Yi's parents, leaving Yi the only original surviving member of Wuju Order.
Appearance[]
Doran was a old man with a long white beard and his hair tied up into a bun. He wore a loose yellow robe with red hems, tied togheter with a similarly colored red belt. He wears loose light blue pants and long fingerless gloves in the same color, connected between the middle and ring finger.
Personality[]
Doran showed to be an unkempt, absentminded, and eccentric old man. Even though he carried himself with a certain nonchalance, his more deeper wisdom would sometimes still surface during important moments.
Abilities[]
- Craftmanship: Doran is responsible for the creation of several items, such as , , , , , , , and .
Relations[]
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Doran trained Master Yi by taking him to Mistfall, where he learned how to imbue his weapon with spirit energy.
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Doran created Wukong's Staff.
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Everything Doran knew about crafting weapons and items, he was allegedly taught by Ornn.
“ | "I taught Doran everything he knows." |
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Trivia[]
- In the old lore, Effrem E. Doran was an unknown non-playable character from Ionia and the individual after whom several starter items are named after.
- Featured in the Journal of Justice (Issue 18: The Mailbag of Justice).
- His surname Doran comes possibly from Gaelic Ó'Deóradháin "descendants of exiles" < deóradh < Brittonic di-brogis < Proto-Celtic *di-mrogis lit. "away from the border"[2][3]