Development
- Main article: LeBlanc (Development)
Universe
- Main article: LeBlanc (Character)
- Her "name" means (the) White in French, < PGmc *blankaz "bright, shining, gleaming" < PIE *bʰel- "shiny, white".[1]
- One of her aliases, The Pale Woman, was possibly inspired by it.
- LeBlanc is grammatically masculine (feminine **LaBlanche).
- LeBlanc is only one among many of this secretive, ageless Pale Woman's aliases.
- Thorns of the Black Rose is the prequel of The Black Powder Plot.
- She has some relation to Noxus' Principle of Guile, known as the Faceless, although she has been confirmed to not be the Faceless.[2]
- LeBlanc's headdress could totally be directly modeled on the symbol of Noxus as she’s been secretly influencing Noxus since the empire began.[3]
- LeBlanc is capable of creating multiple
- Her Legends of Runeterra interactions imply many of her clones have gone rogue over the years.
of herself, who assist her in doing her tasks.
- She is also capable of mimicking other's appearance. Whether it has anything to do with like is unknown.
- Being present during
- However, the current LeBlanc may possibly be just a of the original pale sorceress.
reign, she is at least over 1100 years old. Her true age is intentionally left unknown.
- Emilia LeBlanc is not an individual but a mantle, with the current one (Evaine) being in charge of the underground society 'The Black Rose', whose members include , , and .
- Evaine set the stage for ascension to Grand General of Noxus.
- LeBlanc had spearheaded
- How she obtained the Exemplar's blood is unknown, but it is suspected his capture and imprisonment was led by Swain and then she herself impersonated the prince to avoid suspicion from Demacia.
initial resurrection (assumedly by dispatching to the Shadow Isles, where she first met ) and the current one managed to restore his mind with blood (the hemomantic ritual was conducted by )
League of Legends
Gameplay
- Main article: LeBlanc (League of Legends)
- LeBlanc is voiced by Carrie Keranen in League of Legends and Legends of Runeterra.[5]
- , and are also voiced by the same voice actress. ,
- LeBlanc is the first champion to have a Loading screen and Portrait icon not focus the actual champion, in her case, focus on her
- The second one is , focus on the mirror image.
- The same case applies for some of her skins: , , and .
.
- 0 mana when fully-ranked. used to be the only ability (currently , and ) that ended up costing
- LeBlanc is one of a few champions to have multiple textures in one skin. When she uses buffs and item effects active at the moment the clone is spawned (Prior to patch V5.22, clones did not duplicate external buff/active item effect particles).
- Four other champions with this feature are (via ), (via ), (via ) and (via and ).
, her clone will be of a different colour palette which can only be seen by LeBlanc and her allies. To the opposing team, the two LeBlancs look exactly the same, including copies of any external - The Black Rose might have been inspired by and/or might be referencing the Black Hand.
- Her staff appears to be inspired, partially or in full, by that of Tsukasa from .hack//SIGN.
- The name 'LeBlanc' may be a reference to Maurice Leblanc, creator of the character Arsène Lupin. Like Lupin, part of LeBlanc's character is that of a master of disguise.
Quotes
- Main article: LeBlanc (League of Legends Audio)
- ▶️ "For my next trick, I'll make their life bar disappear" resembles ▶️ "For my next trick , I'll make you disappear" and references stage magic, Kefka from Final Fantasy VI, and/or leaked pre-release version (self and allied health bars are invisible to enemies).
- ▶️ "Classic misdirection" and ▶️ "Lying is, like, ninety-five percent of what I do" might be referencing Archer.
- A side-by-side comparison can be seen here.
- ▶️ "Surprised to see me?" might be referencing Agent Smith from The Matrix Reloaded.
- ▶️ "Would I lie?" might be referencing Spaceballs.
- ▶️ ”Looks can be deceiving“ is a reference to a theme in William Shakespeare's The Tragedy of Macbeth.
Skins
- Main article: LeBlanc (Collection)
- The scene depicted has her making an escape while her takes her place.
- She might have been inspired by her counterpart from Final Fantasy X-2.
- This skin shares the Day Job theme with:
- ...and others
- Her classic magic trick of making a with bunny ears come out of her hat. just performed the
- She references stage magicians.
- She resembles Zatanna from DC Comics.
- Her Catseye chroma has the same color palette as Joker from DC Comics.
- Her Tanzanite chroma features a tattoo of the Black Rose around her left leg, from knee to calf.
- This skin shares the Legacy theme with:
- ...and others
- She references Cruella de Vil from The Hundred and One Dalmatians by Dodie Smith.
- This skin shares the Snowdown Showdown theme with:
- ...and others
- She was released in celebration of Snowdown Showdown 2011 along with:
- This skin shares the Trick-or-Treat theme with:
- ...and others
- She was released in celebration of Harrowing 2014 along with:
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- , while fitting the Harrowing theme and was released in 2014, was released after Harrowing 2014.
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- The raven statue on her staff comes to life while she .
- She was inspired by The Raven by Edgar Allan Poe.
- She resembles Maleficent from Sleeping Beauty.
- This skin shares the Elderwood theme with:
- ...and others
- She references and resembles a Fairy.
- She resembles Poison Ivy from DC Comics.
- killed and stole her magic and identity.
- This skin shares the Program theme with:
- She was released alongside .
- In her Recall, her head hologram switches between various earlier skins.
- This skin shares the World Champions: 2018 theme with:
- She was released in celebration of Invictus Gaming winning the Season 2018 World Championship along with:
- She represents Rookie.
- The idea for the thought up by Rookie himself and displays his signature. animation was
- This skin shares the Coven theme with:
- ...and others
- and can be seen in the background.
- killed and stole her magic and identity.
- It was revealed was later revived by the power of her gods.
- This skin shares the World Championship theme with:
- ...and others
- She was designed to reflect the creative direction of the 2020 World Championship, TAKE OVER.
- This skin shares the Coven theme with:
- ...and others
- and can be seen in the background.
- This skin shares the Debonair theme with:
- ...and others
- This skin shares the Bewitching theme with:
- ...and others
- , , , and can be seen in the background.
References
- ↑ Kroonen, G. Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic, p. 67
- ↑ LeBlanc & the Faceless
- ↑ LeBlanc's headdress
- ↑ The Guile's symbol
- ↑ LeBlanc's voice actress