THE LINE partners with Riot Games on League of Legends Music Video
/ Myths of Ionia
This animated short was created to coincide with the return of Spirit Blossom, an in-game festival that blends myth, memory, and the mystical beauty of Ionia. The video explores themes of legacy, family, and transformation, taking viewers on a journey through a world where the living and the spiritual collide.
Set in the mystical land of Ionia, the music video takes viewers on a poetic journey. We open on a single Spirit Blossom drifting downstream through a dense, ancient forest that’s bursting with life and embedded with forgotten idols, offering a quiet yet powerful invitation into this enchanted world. From there, we travel through empty corners of Ionia, slowly building toward the ultimate expression of connection and belonging: The Spirit Blossom Festival.
To visually distinguish the spirit realm from the physical world of Ionia, we made bold stylistic choices. The spiritual dimension was rendered with heightened, otherworldly textures and a saturated, dreamlike color palette. This contrast creates a sense of wonder and disorientation, where the familiar gives way to the mythic. The textures pulse with energy and movement, emphasising the motif that the spirit realm is alive, restless, and constantly shifting. In contrast, Ionia’s landscapes were grounded in rich, earthy tones and tangible detail - lush forests, ancient idols, and glowing lanterns that evoke warmth and tradition.
In sequences featuring characters like Ashe and Lux, THE LINE leaned further into this duality. Ashe’s scenes through mythic Ionia were designed to feel like stepping into a living storybook - fluid, vibrant, and filled with motion. Lux’s sequence, centered around the motif of light, used heavily textured animation, visually representing her connection to the spirit world and the tension within it.
This piece is more than just a celebration of new in-game content. It’s a cinematic journey into a richly imagined universe.