Wardens of Ryze

The Wardens of Ryze are not a formal organization but a single mission carried by one man. Ryze, the Rune Mage, has spent centuries crossing Runeterra to find the World Runes and hide them away, artifacts of near-infinite power that once devastated the world during the Rune Wars. To Ryze, these fragments of creation are too dangerous to be held by anyone, and his task is to ensure they are never gathered and turned into weapons again. He works almost entirely alone. Trusting no nation and no organization with the knowledge of where the runes lie, Ryze keeps their locations to himself and holds to no fixed base, roaming wherever the search leads him. Where others might build an order to share the burden, he carries it as a solitary guardian, an immortal keeper whose vigilance never ends. The mission took shape in the aftermath of the Rune Wars, and it continues still. Ryze counts as his enemies anyone who seeks the World Runes, whatever their intent, since these runes in the wrong hands could devastate the world a second time. That burden is eternal, and so long as the runes exist, the warden's watch over them remains active.