With the second and final season of Arcane in the world, one writer has already started thinking about the next League of Legends story and has one region in particular he would like to take a closer look at.
In an interview with GamesRadar+, Arcane writer Amanda Overton talks about possible future plans for the series and her particular interest in the Ionia region. “I'm really excited to see Ionia,” she begins, “because I think they have a much more Eastern-centric narrative and visuals, that's something completely different from what Arcane did in season 1.”
Part of her desire to shift focus to a new region is to keep things fresh, something that has kept her from taking a closer look at Noxus. “With Noxus, we brought a lot of Noxus to Arcane. So for me, it would be like 'let's do something totally new.'”
Ionia is not a certainty, however, as Overton is clearly enamored of champions from all corners of the world. “There are so many great champions to delve into. There are so many rich areas there. I hope you can see what a matriarchy looks like, because I don't think we've seen that before on TV, in the Freljord, having a matriarchy, I thought, 'Damn Yeah, I've never seen that.”
In fact, it's the sheer number of potential characters that has really piqued Overton's interest. “There are so many great little characters, and for me, I'm always looking for ways to tell stories where you can have characters that can find similarities in their differences,” he explains. “With so many different types of intelligent life on Runeterra and so many fun characters, they are all so different that you could find so many great stories with such great conflicts, looking for similarities in the champions' differences.”
If you're interested in what we did with the program, check out our Arcane season 2 review.