A newly datamined video gives League of Legends players a first look at the believed new champion set to hop onto the Rift soon. Aurora, a Vastayan rabbit, was teased before the 2024 League season began, but she could be making her grand entry into the client very soon.
The video, posted on SkinSpotlight YouTube page, is an animated comic detailing the origins of Ornn and Aurora’s friendship. The story opens with Aurora seeking out the Forge deity to assist a friend in need, with Ornn narrating the events and describing the Vastaya as quiet, unobtrusive, and curious. With Aurora entering Hearth Home, Ornn creates for her a new strong relic that may be linked to her in-game abilities: a wand.
With her new wand in hand, Aurora casts a spell that opens a portal atop Ornn’s mountain, causing flecks of snow and a couple of little poros to fall onto the mighty figure of the Master of the Forge. As charming as it sounds, the sequence offers League fans a glimpse of Aurora’s future skills.
When Aurora was first revealed, League designers hinted that she has “a natural capacity to see what others assume is not there,” which could refer to a control ward-like power. Although no official announcement has been made by Riot, League players may have already begun discussing what new abilities the mid-range mage may bring to the table, including the possibility of Aurora bringing her new friend, a Haestryr, into battle to assist her—similar to Ornn’s ultimate ability Call of the Forge God.
Aurora’s debut as the latest League champion promises to be a hopping good time, full of wonderful moments that will bring some of Freljord’s cold weather to the scorching summer months. While there is no official word on when she will be launched in League, Riot often associates the debut of a new champion with the Summer Event, which is scheduled to hit the client following Faker’s Hall of Legends event.