The new League of Legends comic Katarina is packed with lore revelations

It’s surprisingly easy to miss the newest League of Legends funny, especially since it has an answer to one of the oldest mysteries in the entire game. The comic will be published on Webtoon rather than the official Riot Universe site and delves into one of the game’s original champions.

Katarina Du Couteau is an assassin from Noxus, a ruthless expansionist empire with an internal system of ruthless meritocracy. She helped the current Grand General of Noxus stage a coup, and now she works as a highly sought-after assassin. Katarina investigates what the champion is up to during Demacia’s mage rebellion, and finally introduces her father.

General Du Couteau and his mysterious absence is a mystery that predates Competition‘s lore retcon and reboot of 2014, and still managed to survive that big lore purge. Cassiopeia and Katarina, two Competition champions, are his biological daughters. Talon, the third champion in House Du Couteau, was adopted from the streets. Du Couteau was a demanding, abusive father who expected the best from his children, and voice lines in the game suggested that Katarina killed him and hid the crime.

Katarina is one of the most in-depth stories we’ve gotten about Talon and Katarina to date, and it makes both characters surprisingly likeable. The champions talk about dear old father, his legacy and the current political situation in Noxus. Things get complicated and Katarina is sent to Demacia, a metaphorical powder keg about to explode with a mage revolt.

Katarina is a sequel to the upcoming Riot Forge game Magic seeker: A League of Legends story which follows the struggle of rebel leader Sylas. The series isn’t over yet, so there are likely more surprises in store for the end of Katarina and letting go of Magic seeker on April 18.