Humans: The Dominant Sapient Species of Runeterra
Humans are the dominant sapient species in Runeterra, with diverse appearances, strengths, and magical abilities. While their exact origin remains unknown, most humans descended from the eastern lands beyond Ionia, Ionia itself, or the Freljord.
Physical Characteristics:
- Hair colors: Black, blonde, brown, gray/white, red/orange
- Eye colors: Amber, blue, brown, gray, green, hazel, purple, red, yellow
- Enhanced physical capabilities compared to Earth humans
- Stronger body structure and higher resistance to damage
Special Abilities and Adaptations:
- Can be empowered by various magical sources
- Able to become Ascended, Undead, or Vastayashai'rei
- Can reproduce with Ascended, Vastayashai'rei, and Vastaya
- Offspring may inherit magical/physical abilities from non-human parents
- Some can become Cyborgs through technological augmentation
Habitats:
- Primarily Runeterra
- Rare instances in Spirit Realm
- Rare instances in Celestial Realm
- Present in almost all known Multiverses
Notable Variations:
- Magical Humans
- Born with or trained in magical abilities
- Some require conduits to channel power
- Special subset includes ice magic wielders
- Enhanced Humans
- Biomechanical augmentations
- Chemical alterations
- Void energy modifications
- Transformed Humans
- Aspect Hosts (Mount Targon ascended)
- Shuriman Ascended
- Darkin (corrupted ascended)
- Full technological conversion
- Undead/Wraith forms
Vastayan Relations:
- All Vastaya have some human ancestry
- Offspring of human-vastayan pairs may inherit special abilities
- Higher human ancestry results in more human-like traits
Humans serve as the foundation for many of Runeterra's most powerful beings and champion classifications, making them integral to the world's power structure and magical ecosystem.