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The last survivor of a long-forgotten religious order, Yorick Yorick is both blessed and cursed with power over the dead. Trapped on the Shadow Isles Crest icon Shadow Isles, his only companions are the rotting corpses and shrieking spirits that he gathers to him. Yorick's monstrous actions belie his noble purpose: to free his home from the curse of the Ruination.


YorickSquare"These isles... how they scream."  Yorick
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Background[]

Early Life[]

Yorick grew up in a small fishing village on the edge of the Blessed Isles. He could never find acceptance among his peers, and he eventually learned that he could see the spirits of the dead. While at first he was scared of these spirits, he eventually realized that they were just lost and did not want to hurt him. They wanted to find their way to what lay beyond death, and Yorick helped guide them there. While Yorick was happy to guide them, it was a bittersweet task, as he liked talking to these spirits and helping one reach the beyond meant losing a friend.

Ruination[]

Tales of Yorick's visions spread and caught the attention of a small religious order of monks called the Brethren of the Dusk. They inducted Yorick into their ranks and gave him a vial of the Waters of Life to wear around his neck, which was common for members of the order. These Waters of Life were magical in nature and could heal someone of almost any injury or ailment. Despite being part of the order, Yorick found himself alone again, shunned by the other monks because he could easily see what they had spent their entire lives trying to understand.

One day, as he was tending to his daily duties in the cemetery, Yorick saw a dark cloud moving across the surface of the Isles and devouring everything in its path. This was the Black Mist, created when a young king young king tried to revive his dead wife dead wife in the Waters of Life. As the Mist spread, it caused the monks to pull the vials from their necks before consuming their souls and turning their bodies into corpses. Yorick used all of his willpower to not pull the vial from his neck before being consumed by the Mist.

When he awoke, Yorick had been physically changed, and the Isles had been cleansed of all life. The Black Mist reached for him, but recoiled when it tried to reach for the vial around his neck. He realized that the only thing keeping him alive was the last of the Waters of Life around his neck. Despite searching for days, Yorick found no survivors. In his grief, he talked to the spirits surrounding him. They gravitated to his word, and Yorick realized that he could control them. Determined to free the dead spirits on the Isles, Yorick decided to use these powers to end the curse upon the Isles.

Sentinels of Light[]

While on their quest to defeat Viego Viego, theSentinels of Light Crest icon Sentinels of Light visited Yorick to ask for help. Seeing that their goals aligned with his, Yorick gave them some of the drops from his vial along with the Maiden of the Mist Maiden of the Mist, which was revealed to be a fetter, containing a piece of Isolde's Isolde's's soul.

Appearance[]

Yorick is a muscular man with light blue skin and glowing eyes because of his time spent in the Shadow Isles. He wears a dark blue outfit common for those in his position in the Brethren of the Dusk, with no sleeves, fingerless gloves, black shoes, and elongated shoulder pads. Yorick carries with him a large shovel used for digging graves and as a weapon if need be. Around his neck is a glowing light blue vial, containing some of the last drops of the Waters of Life.

Personality[]

Yorick is a quiet and solemn individual. Resigned to his fate long ago, Yorick dutifully digs graves for those who die and have died on the Shadow Isles. While he often talks to the tormented souls around him because of his loneliness and grief and despite caring for the souls, he is aware that they are being controlled by the Mist. His ultimate goal is to find the Ruined King Ruined King and find a way to let everything in the Shadow Isles die, and in his mind, finally be at peace, including himself.

Abilities[]

  • Immortality: Much to his dismay, Yorick is immortal. There is no known way to permanently kill him.
  • Magical Control: Yorick can control elements of the Black Mist and the dead to his will.
    • Mist walkers Mist walkers: Yorick can summon dead souls to do his bidding.
    • Maiden of the Mist Maiden of the Mist: A personification of the Black Mist that tries to manipulate him, Yorick can summon and control the Maiden of the Mist to do his bidding.

Relations[]

Illaoi Illaoi[]

"And this is our difference, you would banish spirits before their time."
— Yorick, The Will of the Dead
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Illaoi's faith would compel her to kill a man like Yorick, but her recent experiences had given her enough of an open mind to cooperate with the monk. In their philisophical debate, Yorick argues that helping the dead find peace is more important than banishing them back into the cycle of life. Furthermore, his power to compel the dead would align with the Buhru law of motion, either by commanding the Black Mist or rescuing tormented spirits.

Viego Viego[]

"A tyrant who will pay for his crimes."
— Yorick, League of Legends icon League of Legends
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Yorick dreamt of destroying the Ruined King that decimated Helia. This pursuit would drive him to sacrifice his lifelines, such as leaving his seat of power with Illaoi in the first attempt, or giving away the Maiden and his Water of Life to the Sentinels that would succeed in the second attempt. Although, he was disappointed to learn that Viego's banishment has no effect on the Black Mist, and therefore his own predicament.

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"I am… a simple gravedigger."
— Yorick, Rise of the Sentinels
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When the Sentinels met Yorick, he became confident that their strength could stop Viego once and for all. He sacrificed his powers—the Maiden and the Water of Life—knowing that they will be critical for victory.

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Camavor is a brutal land with a bloody legacy. Where the empire’s knights go, slaughter follows. Kalista seeks to change that. When her young and narcissistic uncle, Viego, becomes king she vows to temper his destructive instincts as his loyal confidant, advisor, and military general. But her plans are thwarted when an assassin’s poisoned blade strikes Viego’s wife, Isolde, afflicting her with a malady for which there is no cure. As Isolde’s condition worsens, Viego descends into madness and grief, threatening to drag Camavor down with him. Kalisa makes a desperate gambit to save the kingdom: She searches for the long-lost Blessed Isles, rumored to hold the queen’s salvation if only Kalista can find them. But corruption grows in the Blessed Isle’s capital, where a vengeful warden seeks to ensnare Kalista in his cruel machinations. She will be forced to choose between her loyalty to Viego and doing what she knows is right–for even in the face of utter darkness, one noble act can shine a light that saves the world.

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Long before she became a Truth Bearer of her people, Illaoi had been an acolyte priestess at a Buhru temple on the coast.

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Trivia[]

  • His full name is Yorick Mori, much like his pre-VGU self.
  • Yorick's cape is made of thousands of undead souls. It is made from the Mist and is always trying to possess him.
    • The Maiden, Yorick's companion, is the culmination of those souls, held together by a fragment of Isolde's soul.[1]
    • Yorick's relationship with it was described by a Riot employee as "60% symbiotic/40% parasitic."[2]
  • Yorick believes the only way to free the souls in the Shadow Isles is to see them through to the "true" death.
  • While Yorick does use the undead souls to do his bidding, he does not see himself as having enslaved them, as he believes that he gives them some agency in what they do.
  • Yorick can always see both Lamb and Wolf both Lamb and Wolf, even though he is not truly dead.

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