My life has been a burden, everything is sad around m e, only suffering and despair, chaos, and darkness, this is the way I am, and this is the way I was meant to be. Waking up every morning on the rift is terrifying for me, the desire to kill my enemies and play with my prey overtakes my brain and is something that I wish would be different; lurking around, killing jungle beasts, and sharpening my blades before each ambush is my daily burden.
All the champions from Runaterra have interesting stories that give you an insight into their life and goals, and then there is me. A clown! An evil dark clown! Warriors who fought great battles, commanders of the army of Noxus, the mighty protectors of Demacia, and the void creatures who attacked the world so long ago, all of them have stories, but me? I am just a sad and lonely clown.
This letter is for my creators. Wherever they are, I ask them, what is my purpose in this life? Where do I come from? Where should I go? Do I have a family? All these questions torment me every day and every night. My body is controlled by dark magic, my blades, my jukeboxes, and all my abilities are something that I cannot control, when I see a champion on the rift walking alone, this feeling of annihilating that poor soul controls me. Please, if someone is out there reading this, take me out of my misery, and set me free from this punishment. My dream is to be a comedian, make people happy, and travel to all the places in Runaterra as a famous comedian. Please help me!
Have you felt in a way that you are doing something that you are not made for? Have you felt in the wrong place? Do you think that your life is miserable? If your answer to any of these questions is affirmative you might know how I feel, but I bet you have never killed anyone or that you possess dark magic that can torment your enemies. What would you do in my position? Would you suffer? Would you enjoy killing enemies? Or would you abandon yourself to the dark magic?
I hope my creator reads this, I want to be saved, make people laugh, and make others enjoy, and I am willing to sacrifice myself for the world. The promise of a better world is out there waiting for me, please make me part of the history of Runaterra, and let me be a member of any faction. Countless games, over and over, farming, jungling, killing, ambushing, that’s what summoners tell me to do, I can’t control my body, can’t understand what is going on. Nobody cares about my needs, nobody understands my suffering, I only want this to end, or maybe, I want to comprehend where all of this is coming from, why my purpose in this life is to use dark magic to be a lethal assassin, because slowly I’m starting to love to play with my prey and succumbing to the terrors in my head.
I want to remember my past, to know my story, to have a meaningful life, but I want to play in the darkness and embrace the despair.
Do you want to play with me, to control me, or are you the prey?
With Love,
Shaco
Game: League of Legends
Images: taken from www.leagueoflegends.com, by Vidroid from Deviantart.com and the featured art Shaco by Šilence from League of Legends Facebook.
Colombian-born competitive gamer; passionate about eSports, strategy games, and graphic design. A games studies student who enjoys analyzing the aesthetics of video games.
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