PHANTOM CAFE

Role: Writer

Contributions: VO Script (video), Updated Biography, Pop Star Ahri VO

Collaborators: Elan Stimmel (editor), Isa Mari de Leon (writer), Thomas Randby (concept art), Einar Langfjord (animator)

Release Date: January 2023

Bio: Innately connected to the magic of the spirit realm, Ahri is a fox-like vastaya who can manipulate her prey's emotions and consume their essence—receiving flashes of their memory and insight from each soul she consumes. Once a powerful yet wayward predator, Ahri is now traveling the world in search of remnants of her ancestors while also trying to replace her stolen memories with ones of her own making.

Additional Links: Riot Insights Article

Role: Writer

Contributions: VO Script (video)

Collaborators: Taylor Dinwiddie (co-writer), Elan Stimmel (editor), Max Pearlman (designer), Oussama Agazzoum (concept art)

Release Date: November 2024

Bio: All who know the name Medarda respect and fear the family’s leader, Ambessa. As a Noxian general, she embodies a deadly combination of ruthless strength and fearless resolve in battle. Her role as matriarch is no different, requiring great cunning to empower the Medardas while leaving no room for failure or compassion. Embracing the merciless ways of the Wolf, Ambessa will do whatever it takes to protect her family's legacy, even at the cost of her own children's love.

Role: Writer

Contributions: VO Script (video), Biography

Collaborators: Elan Stimmel (editor), Blake Smith (designer), Sunny Pandita (concept art)

Release Date: July 2024

Bio: From the moment she was born, Aurora navigated life with a unique ability to move between the spirit and material realms. Determined to learn more about the spirit realm's inhabitants, she left her home to further her research and happened upon a wayward demigod who’d become twisted and lost to time. Witnessing his desperation, Aurora resolved to find a way to help her feral friend regain his forgotten identity—a journey that would take her to the farthest reaches of the Freljord.

Additional Links: Insights Article

Role: Writer

Contributions: VO Script (video), Updated Biography

Collaborators: Elan Stimmel (editor), Thomas Randby (concept art), Einar Langfjord (animator)

Release Date: November 2021

Bio: Renowned as its finest peacekeeper, Caitlyn Kiramman is also Piltover’s best shot at ridding the city of its elusive criminal elements. She is often paired with Vi, acting as a cool counterpoint to her partner’s more impetuous nature. Even though she carries a one-of-a-kind hextech rifle, Caitlyn’s most powerful weapon is her superior intellect, allowing her to lay elaborate traps for any lawbreakers foolish enough to operate in the City of Progress.

Role: Writer

Contributions: VO Script (video), Biography, Short Story

Collaborators: Elan Stimmel (editor), Myles Salholm (designer), Nancy Kim (concept artist)

Release Date: March 2023

Bio: Milio is a warmhearted boy from Ixtal who has, despite his young age, mastered the fire axiom and discovered something new: soothing fire. With this newfound power, Milio plans to help his family escape their exile by joining the Yun Tal—just like his grandmother once did. Having traveled through the Ixtal jungles to the capital of Ixaocan, Milio now prepares to face the Vidalion and join the Yun Tal, unaware of the trials—and dangers—that await him.

Additional Links: Insights Article

Role: Writer

Contributions: VO Script (video), Biography

Collaborators: Elan Stimmel (editor), Larry Ray (concept art), Jacob Crouch (designer)

Release Date: April 2024

Bio: The ancient, colossal brackern Skarner is revered in Ixtal as one of the founding members of its ruling caste, the Yun Tal. Devoted to keeping his nation safe from the rest of the world, Skarner dwells in a chamber beneath Ixaocan where he can hear the vibrations of the earth and detect potential threats. As more members of the Yun Tal begin questioning Ixtal's self-isolation, Skarner grows increasingly paranoid and will do anything to keep Ixtal and its people safe—no matter the cost.

Additional Links: Insights Article

Role: Co-Writer

Contributions: VO Script (video), Updated Biography

Collaborators: Isa Mari de Leon (co-writer), Dana Shaw (co-writer), Elan Stimmel (editor)

Release Date: February 2023

Bio: Raised in the deepest wilderness, Nidalee is a master tracker who can shapeshift into a ferocious pakaa jungle cat at will. Neither wholly woman nor beast, she viciously defends her territory from any and all trespassers, with carefully placed traps and deft spear throws. She cripples her quarry before pouncing on them in feline form—the lucky few who survive tell tales of a wild woman with razor-sharp instincts, and even sharper claws…

Role: Writer

Contributions: VO Script (video)

Collaborators: John Chambers (editor), Justin Albers (concept art)

Release Date: August 2022

Bio: Udyr's time in Ionia, training at Hirana Monastery, taught him control and calmed the storm in his heart. Though the Freljord called him home, Udyr chose to stay and help Ionia regain spiritual harmony, as it had done for him. As he gets closer to this goal, he knows that his work to do the same for the whole of Runeterra has only just begun.

Additional Links: Insights Article

Role: Writer

Contributions: VO Script (video)

Collaborators: Anastasia Basil (editor)

Release Date: November 2024

Bio: As night falls in Zaun, the roar of the crowd can be heard from the bloodsoaked fighting pits. Bets are placed and money changes hands as desperate brawlers fight their way to their next meal. Lately, a new fighter has been making a name for herself, an undefeated champion with bruised knuckles and an ax to grind...

Role: Co-Writer

Contributions: Event Script

Collaborators: Ty Sheedlo (co-writer), Mayura Jain (editor)

Release Date: May 2024

Bio: I remember it like it was yesterday. Perhaps it was. To me, time is meaningless. You marched into my home. You didn’t even bother to knock. Though if you had, I wouldn't have answered. But even then, I knew something was different about you. You came to my forge not out of some selfish need for one of my weapons, nor out of foolish curiosity… You had come to help a friend. "Friend." Isn’t that a funny word…