Prologue

There is a space between dimensions, a purgatory, where endless creatures and titans consume one another in a fight for supremacy, it is known most commonly as The Void. Its skies are blacked out from the death of its stars by either the decay of time or the plane itself absorbing their energy to feed its inhabitants. The land is scarred and broken, nothing remaining of the environment that flourished thousands of years before; a wasteland. Dust and smoke tumble through the air as a reminder of the nothingness that remains. The land rumbles and quakes with the clash of monsters, echoed by the screams of nameless horrors.

On rare occasion’s the Void permits entrance of individuals who have certain traits. A lust for power, a curiosity of the unknown, or a drive to prove themselves are three of the Voids most sought after personalities. Anything it can use to assimilate more people to ensure its survival.

Aurora, a young woman from Piltover, is the Voids newest target. She laid in the dust, slowly regaining consciousness from falling through a portal. Rubbing her forehead as she sat up and attempted to remember what happened. Her parents yelling at her again was the first picture that materialized. They were angry that she wouldn’t apply herself in the ways that society saw fit and frustrated that their daughter was another young person who couldn’t land a job. As the details came flooding back, Aurora let out a long sigh, the reprieve from the fight was nice even if she had no idea where she was.

Aurora observed her new surroundings; a land filled with darkness. Light emitted only from scattered fires and obelisks perched across the landscape. The air was stifling and the land smelled like the old storage boxes in the attic of her home. She descended a small hill, pulling out her phone only to be disappointed at its lack of service; rolling her eyes, she slid the device back into her pocket continuing towards the obelisk.

As Aurora reached her destination, she noticed engraved hieroglyphs of a language that was only jibberish. She scrunched her nose as she followed them up until they stopped at the top, met by the glowing light. This was the most interesting object that she had ever seen, she thought while circling the obelisk. After making a full circle, a low humming started coming from it, as if calling out to her.

Standing frozen in place, the hum gradually grew louder, beckoning her closer. Before she knew it her hand was inches away from the hieroglyphs, which started glowing. Looking between her hand and the hieroglyphs, it was clear that she was meant to touch them.

“Eh, what could happen?”, she said out loud and pushed her hand flat on the hieroglyphs.

Immediately swirls of different shades of green shot out past her, whipping her auburn hair into the air. The moment was fleeting and she had just let out a gasp when the obelisk returned to its previous state.

Conjure it, she heard a voice say.

Her hands tensed up as she made an about face to look at the source of the voice, finding nothing but a wasteland.

“Conjure…what..?”, she said through squinted eyes.

After not hearing anything again, Aurora noticed another obelisk in the distance. It’s pretty far and I am not staying near this crazy one, she thought.

Aurora conjured a portal, a spell she was very familiar with, and felt a new sensation coursing through the depths of her body. The portal materialized like normal but she could see through to its destination, a feature that was not part of her previous portal spells. Regardless, she stepped through thinking that she was just becoming more adept at the magic. The new obelisk revealed another in the distance, this one also far off. Aurora shrugged to herself and conjured another portal to the new obelisk.

The same sensation flowed through her veins and the portal appeared the same as it did with the visual destination. She smiled at the sensation, a feeling of euphoria starting to build up inside her. I could get used to this, she thought.

Stepping into the portal to the newest obelisk revealed a line of obelisks, a challenge to abuse her new power. Aurora conjured as deep as her mental fortitude would allow, creating a line of portals of varying sizes. The smile covered her face cheek to cheek as she sprinted through them, one after another. Jumping into the air, falling through a portal, shifting sideways, throwing a stone into one and shooting it from another. The high of magic overwhelmed her, it had been exactly what she was searching for; a source for her magic that wasn’t reliant on hextech devices. It felt natural and much more powerful than any device she had ever built.

Aurora’s high was interrupted by the screaming of creatures, stepping out of the last portal. She had never heard such a horrifying sound. It lingered for just a moment, while she analyzed the source, and was met by more screams. She threw a portal to position herself on top of a clifftop nearby to have a better vantage point. If something was being eaten, she didn’t want to be dessert. Fear crept its way up her spine until it found a comfortable spot in the top of her neck. Cold sweat dripped down her face as her eyes darted in multiple directions.

Her eyes fell on the horizon with flashes of violet lighting the black skies. After a few well-placed portals and a couple agile jumps, Aurora was perched over a large circular crater that was filled with creatures of all sorts.

Observe, the voice said. It had come back stronger than before as if whatever was talking were standing right next to her.

“Jeeze! Do you have to sound so creepy?” Aurora burst out just after she heard the wispy voice.

A large horde of Voidborn creatures circled around a smaller horde that held together at the epicenter of the crater. These Voidborn were aliens to her, she had never seen anything like them. Some jumped out of the dirt and burrowed down like sharks in the sea. Insect-like fliers made quick jabbing movements to pick off their weaker foes. Others were so large that she didn’t know how they fit in with the rest of the horde, their talons stretching out impaling the enemies that stood in front.

“Seems one-sided,” Aurora mocked, starting to lose interest.

A circular Voidborn jumped up from the outer ring of the crater with its three tentacles unleashing a purple beam straight at the epicenter. The spell erupted as it made contact with the Voidborns intended target area, blowing what was left of the dwindling horde into the air.

The horde stopped its movement, ready to pounce on any prey still lingering. The flames started to dwindle and the smoke was pushed away by the wind to reveal a single form standing in the debris. Aurora thought it odd that this was the only one she’d seen so far that resembled a human. It ascended upwards to the circular Voidborn who floated above.

The fear from earlier had returned and alongside it was a feeling of terror. She had never felt a presence as evil as whatever this was. Her mouth hung open as she watched the slow ascension from her perch atop the cliffside.

Our enemy, He is the most powerful Necromancer of this era, the voice whispered to her.

She could hardly acknowledge the hissing voice in her head with this overwhelming terror controlling her. All she wanted to do was run home and forget everything that had happened in this horrible place. Her legs wouldn’t budge, it was as if they were stuck to the spot that she stood along with the rest of her body, doomed to watch the events play out.

In a flash of magic, the circular Voidborn erupted in a scream of flames in front of the Necromancer. He lifted his arms and she could tell he was conjuring a powerful spell. A burst of pain surged through her body as if his power was linked to hers.

She looked on as the cries of the Void horde below triggered them to charge towards the center. The charge caused the land to rumble and quake. The horde was met by the emergence of a new enemy, the result of the Necromancer’s spell.

The creature’s roar was the most powerful roar of all. The sound waves shattered rocks all throughout the crater forcing Aurora to take a couple steps back. The titan lowered its large head as it dove into the horde of Voidborn, devouring everything in its path.

Before she realized what was happening, the Necromance had cast another spell that caused an explosion filled with all different shades of purple. The eruption expanded out from him, evaporating any living being in the crater.

“Oh no! No no no!” Aurora cried as she sprinted away, failing to conjure a portal.

She glanced back in horror as the explosion rushed towards her. Tears starting to stream down her eyes, she never thought it would end like this. Flashes of her parents came to her mind, why did they have to end with a fight. She reached the end of the cliffside with nothing left but a sheer drop. She made a leap of faith in the hopes that she could avoid the explosion.

“I will not die here,” she said falling quickly towards the ground. She conjured her powers as much as possible, held out her hands and opened a portal to wherever she could. The strain on her mind became too much as she created the portal in front of her. It appeared just before her face hit the ground. She succeeded in porting away from the explosion, falling from her portal onto an unsuspecting person, causing both to collapse to the ground.