Character Birthplace/Home
The characters home region is stated within the first sentence of the biography.
Line 1 – “A prodigy from the rough streets of Zaun…”
Additionally, by stating “rough streets” the readers have a better idea of where about this character grew up.

Character Personality/Traits/Characteristics
In the first line, we are told that this character is a prodigy, but on line 2 we are further explained what sort of prodigy he is.
Line 2-3 – “Using his own invention, the Zero Drive, he explores the branching possibilities of reality to craft the perfect moment.”
From this, we know that this character is a prodigy as an inventor. This is also the key feature as to what links the character to what he does (his abilities) within the actual game itself, as with this invention Ekko manipulates time, and one of the characters main abilities in the game is travelling back a few seconds in time.

Ekko’s personality/traits are also hinted at early on in the biography.
Lines 3-4 – “Though he revels in the freedom, when there’s a threat to his friends he’ll do anything to defend them.”
This tells us that Ekko enjoys having freedom, but the biography also suggests some traits of the character, when it states “when there’s a threat to his friends he’ll do anything to defend them.”
This could suggest a number of positive and negative traits, such as courageous and brave. However, this could also suggest that the character is impulsive or even foolhardy.

Key characteristics of the character are further iterated when paragraph 2 line 1-2 states, “Born with genius-level intellect, Ekko constructed simple machines before he could crawl.”
This further drives the idea of the unique characteristic of this character is that he’s a genius, and managed tasks that most people could not carry out at such a young age.

Characters Family (Family Structure/Members/Jobs)
During this paragraph, we also learn of Ekko’s family and upbringing.
On paragraph 2 line 2 we learn that the names of Ekko’s parents and their plans for their son.
“…his parents, Inna and Wyeth, vowed to provide a good future for their son. In their mind, Zaun, with all its pollution and crime, was no place for a child of his genius.”
This not only tells us that Ekko had caring and supportive parents, but it also shows us that Ekko lived is a two-parent family, most likely as an only child.

A little later on in the biography, we are also what the parents are aiming for, and how they plan to fund the plans for their child.
Paragraph 5 lines 6-7 – "No, his parents’ vision of Ekko living a good life in the privilege-filled City of Progress was one he didn’t share.​"
From this, we can tell that they're trying to raise enough money to send Ekko to Piltover (another city of the world close to Zaun) where they believed he'd have more opportunities.

Ekko’s aspirations/Character Trait
Another major trait of the character is stated when the biography states that Ekko tested his inventions on himself, even though there could have been unforeseen dangers.
Paragraph 5 lines 10-12 – "That Zaun spirit enchanted Ekko and drove him to build his machines exclusively out of junk no one else valued, and spurred him on to test them on himself.​"

People of Zaun described
Another element that forms the biography is a description of Zaun and its people. However, since there are a number of other characters from this location, the location and the people of it don't to be entirely covered (additionally, the location has it's own story on the website).

Paragraph 5 lines 3-5 – "It was a hotbed of pure innovation, a melting pot of faraway cultures, immigrants united by a single desire to pioneer the future."

Paragraph 5 lines 9-10 – "They were resourceful, resilient, and industrious. They built a thriving culture out of catastrophe and flourished where others would have perished."

Time Skip/Character Traits
As Ekko grows up and continues his inventions, we are told that he begins to steal from scrapyards to obtain needed part. From this we are able to see some more traits of the character (Bold, daring, reckless)
Paragraph 8 lines 1-3 – "As he grew up, Ekko’s inventions became more fantastic and complex, requiring exotic components that needed to be “liberated” from the scrapyards. Good thing he subscribed to a conveniently flexible view of trespassing."

Additionally we are told that Ekko and his gang of friends only steal from those who have more than themselves, which would also suggest that the character is somewhat righteous.

Insight On How Ekko's Abilities Work (The Z-Drive)
One of the key components of Ekko's Z-Drive is explained. This being a broken Hextech Gemstone, which links to the game itself (although the use in-game is to craft character skins, but it's still a nice little link).
This gives the reader some insight as to why Ekko can travel back in time (his ultimate ability in-game) and the story behind how it works,

Paragraph 9 lines 1-3 – "One night, while Ekko scoured the rubble of a recently demolished laboratory, he made an astonishing find: a shard of a blue-green gem that glittered with magical energy."

Paragraph 15 lines 1-3 – "Eventually, Ekko harnessed the shattered crystal’s temporal powers into a device that would allow him to manipulate small increments of time — well, at least in theory."

Links To Other Important Characters
By mentioning the names of other characters that are in the game, and are located in the same regions as Ekko (Zaun/Piltover), the biography/story being told feels more believable, and the games world actually feels like a single, connected world (since other characters have a noticeable impact on other characters lives).

Paragraph 19 lines 2-5 – "Viktor, a much respected (and feared) Zaunite scientist, has a keen interest in an audience with this defiant genius, and outfitted several of his low-level enforcers with powerful enhancements to encourage the boy to join his services."

Paragraph 19 lines 6-8 – "Piltover-renowned innovator Jayce, meanwhile, was eager to size up the Boy Who Shattered Time and reverse-engineer his technology."

Biography Ending
The last section of the biography states clearly what Ekko's dream is. This was somewhat told earlier in the biography, but that was more his aspirations then his dream.
Paragraph 20 lines 1-4 – "In his wildest dreams, Ekko imagines his hometown rising up to dwarf the City of Progress. Piltover's golden veneer would be overshadowed by the sheer ingenuity and relentless spunk of a Zaun born not from generations of privilege but from utter daring."

 The very last line of the biography ends with a rhetorical question.
"After all, if he can change the past, how hard could it be to change the future?"
This is a pretty suitable ending since it leaves the readers aware of what the character dreams to do, and doesn't just end with his dreams being carried out, and the character having no future goal. Additionally, since, from the biography and visuals of the character, we know Ekko is a teenager, and therefore it makes sense that most of his dreams and aspirations should be events that yet to have happened in his life.

Other Elements Included
Other regions / cities mentioned, such as Piltover.

Ekko's daily activities as a kid are mentioned, along with the friends he made. These friends act as minor characters and are unnamed in the bio.

Main event in the biography is the creation and testing of the Z-Drive (From getting the gemstone, to making the Z-Drive, to testing it/using it to save his friends).

the part of the character name that's like a slogan is also referred to in the bio, most likely showing the origins and meaning behind it.
"The world shattered around him and he was wrenched backward through swirling particles of time."

Main Elements Included In The Biography
Character name
Unique characteristics/traits of the 'protagonist'
Characters location of birth/current residence
Location (people who inhabit it, what the place is actually like)
Family (parent names/jobs)
Character(s) dreams (Ekko himself/his parents)
Creation of MCs weapon/Links to what he does in-game
Characters everyday activities (kid/teen)


After Looking back through this research
Looking back through this research (this character biography and the other four that I looked into, that are shown on my previous blog), I have been reminded of the different features/elements that some of the biographies from the game 'League of Legends' include.

Many of the character biographies vary in length, with many being short and others being on the longer end of the scale, and consisting of around twenty paragraphs (well, separate bodies of text).
I could use this to my advantage when creating my own full character biographies by allocating/spending more of my time on writing/developing the biographies for my major characters, and then spending less time on the biographies for the characters who have more of a minor role within the story.

During the research I carried out last project (just to reiterate, the section shown above in blue) I listed out some of the main elements that the 'League of Legends' character biographies include.
When writing my own character biographies, I plan to come back to this, as look at the other biography analysis on my previous blog, to help with possible ideas that I could include in my own characters bios.

League of Legends Character Biography Research Part 2
When writing the character biography for my antagonist, I was somewhat unsure of how to approach it as although this character is my antagonist, it is unlike my other characters as it is more of a monster than the other characters (so whereas my other character, for the most part, are all human, this character is a mechanical shark). Because of this I decided to look into some more of the existing character biographies for League of Legends. However this time I took a different approach than the last time I looked into these biographies and decided to only look into monstrous characters as this would be more benefiting for me.

Upon decided I would do this I had already thought of a number of characters I could look into. In the worlds universe/lore for League of Legends (Riot Games, 2009) there are a number of different character and locations/regions. However there are a number of characters whose stories link to an area of the universe called ‘the void’. From my experience and current understanding of the game and its lore most of the character associated with the void are characters who are more comparable to monsters or are humans but have been taken over or influenced and changed by the powers of the void. Because of this, I decided it could be a good idea to look into the biographies for these monstrous characters to see what their backstory includes.