Brand

Long before he became Brand, he was Kegan Rodhe, a member of the Freljord tribes who had companions and a respected place among them. His downfall was a hunger for a World Rune, one of the legendary relics believed to grant power no single person should wield.

Kegan won the Rune he wanted and lost everything else in the process. He betrayed the travelers who had journeyed with him so he could claim it alone, and the moment he succeeded, the man who made that choice was gone. In his place stood Brand: a living column of flame with no soul inside, fueled by a grudge so vast that no single mortal lifetime could account for it.

He now wanders Valoran in search of more Runes, and his combat carries the same rising heat. Blaze, his passive, sets enemies alight for damage over time that stacks up to three times, restoring his mana on a kill and detonating once fully stacked. Sear hurls a fireball that stuns any target already burning. Pillar of Flame calls down a delayed blast that hits burning foes harder. Conflagration spreads its damage to nearby enemies, and the spread doubles if the original target is on fire. Pyroclasm, his ultimate, leaps repeatedly between Brand and surrounding enemies, carrying the same punishment through an entire group. Every ability follows one principle: whoever stays close to Brand suffers more the longer they do, just as Kegan’s single bad choice snowballed into his end. He is occasionally spotted alongside Freljordian figures such as Braum and Aurora, though vengeance leaves little room for company.

Today he fights as a mid-lane or support mage, still channeling Mana as any Freljordian caster does, though almost nothing else about him recalls the tribe he left behind. Gnar, from the same frozen region, keeps far more of his original self than Brand ever will again.