Senna had no placeholder name in development due to already being established in lore.Eoin Colgan's original Senna concepts were used as reference by Justin 'Earp' Albers when Riot had begun exploration on her.It was one of the product goals from the beginning to introduce Senna for the 10 year anniversary of League.Senna started out as a background character to Lucian's story, being the main drive for his path of vengeance against Thresh and the Shadow Isles.Cynthia Kaye McWilliams represents an older Senna who has escaped Thresh's lantern, while Kimberly Brooks represents a younger Senna before she was imprisoned. 3 Senna, Sentinel of Light was originally voiced by Kimberly Brooks in Legends of Runeterra before Senna became a champion card.High Noon Senna is voiced by the same actress.Senna is voiced by Cynthia Kaye McWilliams in both League of Legends and Legends of Runeterra as well as multiple cinematics.And while Interlocutioner knew exactly what he wanted, it was sometimes difficult to explain Senna's dry, gallows humor-where no one's quite sure if she's joking. She can still find humor in little things, even if others might find her sense of humor. But Senna wasn't willing to allow her past to ruin her life. That sort of pain and suffering can be difficult to convey without making a character that just comes across as angry or edgy while lacking depth. And when she emerges, she knows full well that the only way to end the Mist is with the dark power it harnesses. While those on the outside, including her own husband, might view them as the damned, she understands their pain and knows they want no part in the Mist's plan. She also gained a sort of kinship with the other souls trapped by the Mist. One of the team's more difficult challenges was getting Senna's personality just right.Īfter being trapped in Thresh's lantern, Senna realized that the Mist had hunted her for so long because of the extra spark of life within her-and that the Mist actually acts with a purpose, seeking out that spark. And we thought the idea was really cool, so after working on it a little we ended up with a gun made of the lightstones from the other Sentinels captured by Thresh.” “An idea pitched by one of the artists was a gun made up of various Sentinels' weapons, melted down and combined together in some way. “We had to think of what the fantasy railgun is,” says Earp. While August was working on the gameplay, the art team held a “Senna-dome” led by concept artist Justin 'Earp' Albers, where all the artists interested in Senna could draw what she and her weapon could look like. “And it was sweet as hell, so I completely killed the pistol kit and went back to the BFG.” “As I was doing this, the art team decided to draw the big gun stuff anyway,” August explains. But that made her feel more like a mage than a marksman, so August started working on a kit where she wielded dual pistols like her husband. In one of her earliest gameplay iterations, every time Senna used a spell she'd use the blowback from the gun to dash to a new location. Senna's massive relic cannon was one of the guiding elements of her design, shaping everything from her concept art to her gameplay. But there was still one gun fantasy missing: A BFG. League has one gatling gun, one minigun, one shotgun (with a cigar), one machine gun Kog'Maw, two handguns, two rifles, two rocket launchers, three pistols, and six shotgun knees. There were no support marksmen in the game, so this was an open space for us to explore.” “We wanted Senna to be a support so she could lane with Lucian, yet we also knew she should have a gun because she had one before getting trapped. “One of the reasons we loved Xayah and Rakan was because you could be an actual couple in the bot lane,” shares senior designer August 'August' Browning. And a really cool weapon to do it all with. A chance to liberate all of the souls suffering within Thresh's lantern. Freedom from the curse that keeps the Mist hunting her. That's not good enough for League's first support marksman. what? A suburban Demacian ranch with a white picket fence, a Pug'Maw to fetch the newspaper, and 2.5 kids? Killed by a spoopy green ghost and trapped in his lantern for six years. Trained by the father of the man she would later fall in love with.
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