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League of Legends: Season Start 2018 "CLIMB" concepts by Jason Chan

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Visions of Zaun

W I L D L I F E

The Land and coastal areas house an large assortment of astounding creatures, such as: Cliff-shrikes, Crag-ducks, Flesh-eating mites, Gutter rats, Plague rats, Shadowhares, and Viridian beetles.

There are also more mundane creatures inhabiting the coastlines and docks such as seagulls.

Cavernberry

Type of native edible plant species. Used to make a juice.

Gutter rat

Gutter rats are a type of native mammal species. Their name is also used as an urban insult.

Plague rat

Plague rats are a type of native mammal species. Twitch was once a plague rat, before he mutated due to Zaunite chemicals in its sewers.

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Zaun: Masquerade Parties

//Although masquerade parties are more commonly practiced in the more traditional city-states of Demacia and Noxus, Zaun - and Piltover as well - are known to have adopted this type of costume party into their own celebrations over the years.

In Zaun, the attraction of masquerade parties is that the identity of one’s self is concealed by a mask as simple or intricate as one likes. This means that enemies and allies alike, various figures of authority, and even hired escorts can interact freely without the constraints of class and status. One is easily more likely to kiss and make off with a person whom outside the party they may hold various grudges against.

And even if some people are recognizable despite the disguise, it is a respected custom to never treat the suspected individual any different than any other party guest, nor bring attention to their identity for reasons of conflict.

In terms of the type of wear that such party-goers seek when the dress code is that of a masquerade ball, many artisans in both the lower and upper cities find themselves with a rise in business for everyone in attendance wants to have a uniquely crafted mask commissioned from the best of the best. 

Note: The men tend to lean towards more Venetian-styled masks that cover anywhere from just the eyes to the whole face, whereas women prefer feathered or laced masks that cover primarily the top half of the face or just around the eyes. However, no specific style is meant for either sex alone; it is all up to individual preference as well as what was talked about between the attendee and the artist.

Additional styles include half-masks (covering half the face vertically), animal masks (covering half to the whole face), and opera-masks.

Aside from the required masks, the type of clothing one wears is also crucial to the event. Unlike regular galas held in Zaun, the style of clothing is meant to emulate or even parody the ‘old-fashion’ styles of the aristocrats in Demacia and Noxus alike, from which masquerades originated from to begin with. So, rather than the normal steampunk-Victorian-esque fashions, there is a significant increase in ball gowns, coat tails, petticoats, and high-waisted dress pants. Some may appear elegant, while others may uphold the style but be personalized with decor of a more Zaunite nature or colour-palette.

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Does the queen have any trans customers?

//Indeed! Zaun is a place of freedom, as chaotic as that can be sometimes, and that does not exempt those who wish to live as their true selves. It is one of Zaun’s many attractive characteristics, where people are not there to judge but to only succeed in their personal goals. 

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Zaunite Fashion

[ Taken from my short thread with RiotWhren during the Zaun AMA: ]

Q: A question to help better visualize the city: what sort of fashion do Zaunites wear? What are the differences between each societal class in their dress (i.e. what do the rich vs. poor wear?) And lastly, is there any sort of 'people of Zaun' type concepts anywhere? As I recall, there was at least one concept image for Piltover's people! Thanks!

A: We do have people concepts, but I'm not sure when we're getting them on Universe. In terms of fashion, there're definitely differences between the classes -- among the lower and middle classes, lots of rolled-up sleeves, layers, and various mechanisms to keep the toxins out and your feet dry. Among the upper classes, brighter, vibrant colors (because $$$), and there's less need to have protective elements in your clothes, so more refined patterns and cuts. In fact, I'd say the rich chem barons would pride themselves on looking nicely presented when riding one of the lush elevators up and down the city.

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Visions of Zaun

L O C A T I O N  S     A - Z

Zaun is a city within Piltover located between northern and southern parts of Valoran. The current well known locations (not counting Piltover) encompassing Zaun are:

Augmentation Parlors

Facilities where Zaunites can be installed with various augmentations for any use.

Breather Station

Facilities where people can stop in to get a reprieve from the Gray for a breath of less dingy air. Breather Pipes move cleaner air to polluted areas.

Black Lanes

Located close to the Sumps, it is a market of colorful bazaars, at the heart of Zaun where merchants and thieves do business. Anything is for sale, and everything is stolen goods. An area known for the especially gritty quality of air.

Boundary Markets

A gathering of people for the purchase and sale of goods. They thrive where Piltover and Zaun meet above the Entresol level.

Bonscutt Pump Station

A facility including pumps and equipment for removing sewage from the Entresol level down lower into Zaun. Located near a stop for the Rising Howl right beneath the Entresol level.

Bridgewaltz

Located on one of the Entresol’s lower levels, Zaunites and Piltovans alike flock to the Bridgewaltz market for a taste of everything that makes the undercity great. The best in music, food, and artisanal chemtech creations can be found here every night.

Chemtech seam

Crevasses in the cliffs that are the source of compounds used in chemtech.

College of Techmaturgy

The great tower of the College of Techmaturgy rises arrogantly from the wide canyon separating North and South Piltover, anchored to the upper cliffs by swaying suspension bridges and thick iron cables that thrum like musical strings when the winds blow in hard from the ocean.

Its the cities best known institution of learning and prime location for techmaturgical research for the new and unexperienced. It also has cultural ties with Noxian's Bleak Academy.

Commercia Fantastica

A market specializing primarily in gearwork toys. Possibly located in the Black Lanes.

Cultivair

Isolated crystal or glasshouses that contain trees and plants. The wealthiest in Zaun maintain them as a symbol of their power and a source of clean air. Bioluminescent algae, and nocturnal blooming flowers are cultivated in these facilities.

Delicatessens

Delicatessens is a store selling cold cuts, cheeses, and a variety of salads, as well as a selection of unusual or foreign prepared foods.

Drop Street

Street to a wheezing hexdraulic descender station on the Entresol level. The descender connects the Entresol level Drop street to a Piltover level street by the same name. The descender has an iron-framed cabin with a lozenge-patterned grille, and is still running in Piltover later at night than other descenders. A quiet a secluded route for those on the run.

Dredge

A prison mine for chemtech compounds deep beneath Zaun with hellish conditions. The prison once held Urgot.

Emberflit Alley

A fog-bound narrow corridor. Area for Viktor's house.

Entresol

A level of Zaun situated just below the Promenade: the notional border between Piltover and Zaun. A flourishing hub of cosmopolitan commercial arcades, supper-clubs, recital halls, joy houses, and “everything goes” type clubs, making it one of the most populated districts of the cities. It was also widely regarded by the people that lived and toiled there as the place where the real work of Zaun got done, where most of the city's trade and business occurs. Birthplace of Viktor.

Factorywood

A place where many factories are situated close together. Sump pools are Chem-tech holding vessels located in the Factorywood. Located somewhere beneath the Entresol level and above the Sump.

Hope House

Located somewhere in the Slums between the Factorywood and the Sump, it is a crumbling foundling home cut into Zaun’s cave-riddled cliffs dedicated to the welfare of the many orphans created in the wake of the disaster that tore Zaun apart.

Old Hungry

A large old iconic dulled metal mechanized clock-tower in the heart of Old Zaun with exposed grinding gears with its base located at the heart of the Sump. It towers high above the levels of Piltover and hasn't told the correct time in years. It is a popular haunt for the Zaun kids, and is the "heart of Old Zaun."

Promenade

Entertainment and commercial zone located above the Entresol level where Pilties go for good, cheap times.

Priggs Industries

Priggs Industries are is large industrial complex of Dr. Priggs. It houses a large amount of warehouses and factories. It was later revealed that the complex house underground holding facilities and slave labor camps which has since ruined the reputation of the Industry. Graves was one of the prisoners that escaped from one of the Industries tightly controlled prisons known as The Locker.

Pump station

Facilities located in Piltover including pumps and equipment for moving clean air from Piltover into Zaun via ducts and vents.

Rising Howl

A large multi-tiered rack and pinion Hexdraulic Coveyor supported by three vertical structural beams which span the height of the city from the Sump to the Boundary Markets. Its ovoid shape, and curved topside are constructed of thick glass and an elaborate ironwork baroque latticework frame with ratcheting endless gears. At the top there’s wrought iron howling wolf, and a pipe that blasts steam whistles. It’s the primary Hexdraulic Coveyor for transporting crowds between the levels of Zaun and Piltover. Conductor’s voices are magnified by a flexible speaking tube connected to a bell-shaped sonophone. The passengers of the Rising Howl are used to people hitching a lift upward.

Skylight Commercia

Market where people browse galleries, meet friends, dine or going to see one of the companies of players that tour the undercity with satirical works. The atmosphere warm and friendly, it’s the perfect place to bask in all that Zaun has to offer. Located within the Promenade levels.

Sump Works

Zaun's lowest deepest levels, past the reaches of the Gray-filtered light, where the environment turns grim, increasing disorderly and poorly lit, densely cramped with piping and discarded items. Most of the working class live there or just above it. Lower than the residential neighborhood areas the Sump becomes more squalid where increasingly thicker chem-fumes thread the alleys between crowded mostly abandoned industrial buildings. It has been built and rebuilt on top of itself, and almost everything there now serves the chem-tech industry (or its workers) in some way.

Sump Works, and Sector 90TZ located in it, are one of many locations in Zaun. It is here where Twitch was spotted after his mutational transformation.

The Cliff

The most important location of all of Zaun, it was once the epicenter of a massive man made geological disaster that sunk most of the city. Currently, it is the location of massive spires jutting upwards towards Piltover as the arrogant testimony of Zaun's resolve to survive. One such building is the College of Techmaturgy.

The Slums

The Slums of Zaun are one of the most densely populated and polluted locations in Valoran. Large pipes flowing with industrial waste are placed around its buildings. Many of its residence are main source of labor for Zauns factories. The Memorial Wall is a place where residence of The Slums give homage to those they had lost.

Viktor's Laboratory

The main research location of Viktor, the city's infamous robotics and cybernetics inventor. It has recently been raided by Piltover's Jayce after Viktor stole a Brackern crystal from him and used it for his experiments.

Zaun Sewers

Zaun's sewers are where all the city's toxic waste ends up and is tossed into the sea. Many creatures, such as rats, live in this underground area, some of which had mutated from the toxic waste, such as Twitch.

Zaun's Asylum for the Irreparably Troubled

The Asylum of Zaun Doctor Edmundo was left to when he was very young. It cease to operates anymore due to Doctor Edmundo "curing" everyone in there in his own way, in which they were murdered.

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What type of old-time automobile would fit Zaun/Piltover and more importantly which would fit Val? How would she use it as status symbol? This can include trolleys (since it seems the city uses those and elevators a lot)

//Before going into what vehicle Valentina would use, in terms of vehicles, I personally headcanon that they are more prevalent in Piltover than Zaun given the structures of the cities, however it is not as if they don’t exist in Zaun at all. 

The roads primarily exist on the mid/lower levels of Zaun where the mid-levels are used mostly by the rich and the low levels used by the lower-class citizens (who own vehicles of some kind, or who have created their own from junk as it is totally possible). Looking at how they are not so widely manufactured or used given the lack of open space, having a vehicle at all is a status symbol. It is what it looks like/its make that determines how much status one gains from it, however.

Valentina personally does not drive nor does she have a driver. Not that she can’t afford it, she simply uses to choose her money elsewhere, and she enjoys walking as it gives her the opportunity to scout potential Rose employees. But, if she were to have any automobile, she would perhaps have something akin to a 1947 Cadillac.

In terms of what automobiles would fit Zaun or Piltover as a whole, anything from around the 1940′s seems to suit my personal image of the cities. Sportscars with their tops down would be more popular in Piltover; police cars would probably resemble this look based on the notion that the boisterous PPD  tend to hang out of their vehicles like mad-people.

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