Factions of Runeterra

Piltover's premier institution of hextech research and scientific innovation.

Celestial beings who embody cosmic concepts and merge with mortal hosts on Targon.

The largest Freljordian tribe, led by Ashe, seeking unity through peace and diplomacy.

The rival pirate captains and their crews who collectively rule the lawless port of Bilgewater.

LeBlanc's ancient secret society manipulating Noxian politics from the shadows for centuries.

Shimmer's survivors, rescued by Viktor and now trading flesh for machinery in his name.

An adventuring party with no common background, formed to stop Gangplank from raising Viego.

Vladimir's exclusive cult of hemomancers, devoted to the man as much as to blood magic.

The royal Lightshield dynasty and government of the kingdom of Demacia.

Demacia's feared order dedicated to hunting and imprisoning magic users.

Quinn's borderland scouts, sworn to guard the wilds and any who shelter in them.

Dragon hunters in red and gold, colors adopted for the dead of the battle of Wrenwall.

A powerful Piltovan merchant clan controlling hextech resources, enforced by Camille.

Led by Ekko against Silco's criminal empire and threats out of Piltover and Zaun.

Lissandra's secretive Freljordian tribe guarding the sealed Watchers beneath the ice.

A Zaun chemtech corporation making hextech-derived technology accessible to the undercity.

Master craftspeople of Ornn's mountain, killed when his battle with Volibear blew off its peak.

Keepers of Ionia's wellbeing rather than any single ruler's ambition, Udyr among them.

Guardians of the Demacian throne for generations, led by Tianna and home to Garen.

A secret Demacian group sheltering mages from persecution by the Mageseekers.

The ruling mage-caste of hidden Ixtal, masters of elemental magic for millennia.

Gangplank's dock gang, still sworn to the reaver king even after his fall to Miss Fortune.

Bilgewater's legendary guild of deep-sea monster hunters who brave the Serpent Isles.

Ancient Ionian order maintaining the balance between the spirit and physical realms.

A prestigious Piltovan house known for law enforcement, home to Sheriff Caitlyn.

A persecuted moon-worshipping order on Mount Targon, nearly destroyed by the Solari.

A politically influential clan bridging Piltover and Noxus through diplomacy and trade.

Merchant dynasties under the Council of Piltover, each marking its trade with its own sigil.

Ionia's militant resistance movement fighting Noxian occupation with guerrilla warfare.

Aristocratic families ruling through the Demacian Council, targeted by Sylas's revolt.

Peaceful nomadic singers whose elkyr caravans ride the frost spilling from Anivia's wings.

The covert enforcers and assassins who carry out the Black Rose's secret agenda.

The military apparatus that directs the Noxian Empire's legions and governs its territories.

The three-seat ruling council of the Noxian Empire, founded on Vision, Might, and Guile.

Zed's militant shadow assassin order, formed by breaking from the pacifist Kinkou.

The governing body of Piltover, controlled by powerful merchant clans and industrialists.

Caitlyn's wardens, equipped with bespoke hextech donated by the city's merchant clans.

A martial, devout mountain tribe from which both the Solari and Lunari faiths descend.

Insurgents living in the ruins of a lost city, led by Sylas against the Mageseekers.

Arena gladiators whose bouts punished criminals and settled disputes between noble houses.

Ancient order wielding relic-stone weapons to combat the Shadow Isles' undead.

An order empowered by the Dragon's spirit, led by Lee Sin to keep Ionia in balance.

Ancient Shuriman mortals transformed into god-warriors by the Sun Disc's power.

Mount Targon's dominant sun-worshipping religious order, champions of solar faith.

The broader congregation of Targonian sun worshippers supporting the Solari order.

Sylas's revolutionary uprising of persecuted Demacian mages against the crown.

A young pirate crew captained by Miss Fortune, raised to power by the Burning Tides.

Corrupted Ascended warriors sealed within their weapons, seeking to possess mortal hosts.

The elite Noxian legion led by Darius, the most feared fighting force on Valoran.

The alien Voidborn creatures that emerge from beyond reality to consume Runeterra.

Ryze's solitary mission to locate and safeguard the world-destroying World Runes.

A fierce Freljordian warband led by Sejuani, built on strength and conquest.

Master Yi's disciples at the temple of Mistfall, all but wiped out in the Noxian invasion.

The masters who hid Ixtal from the world on Skarner's counsel and rule it still from Ixaocan.

Ruthless crime lords who each rule a slice of the undercity, its closest thing to a government.