#But Shurima feels like it has way more BS to deal with than most other regions on the map

[infinite-xerath]

You know, the timeline of the Shuriman empire is so wild when you think about it.

-So some cosmic gods on top of a mountain taught some random humans how to make a big golden disc that can turn them into demigods.

-The humans then moved to the middle of the desert to build an even bigger disc.

-They founded an empire by conquering everything with their army of demigods.

-At some point a yordle maybe became their emperor somehow.

-One very spiteful kingdom tried to rebel against the empire by unleashing an army of Eldritch horrors. This went horribly for everyone.

-The army of demigods somehow stopped the Eldritch horrors but not really? Like the entire south-eastern part of the continent is still visibly warped beyond recognition but I guess they decided that keeping the monsters from going any further north was good enough.

-The demigods get PTSD from fighting the Eldritch horrors and scatter around the continent.

-The story of Xerath and Azir, which is a whole can of worms unto itself, happens and ends with a slave becoming a stronger-than-average demigod, blowing up the capital and killing the emperor. He gets to enjoy this for like a couple hours before getting locked in a box for a thousand years with an angry crocodile.

-The demigods start fighting over the power vacuum, partly because of greed, partly because of PTSD and partly because one of them used blood magic to make them fight one-another.

-Eventually one of the cosmic deities that started this whole mess comes down, tricks like half the demigods into getting killed, then traps the rest of them in cursed weapons that DEFINITELY won’t be a problem later.

And that’s all effectively just the prologue.))