Ivern/Trivia

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Development

Ivern is voiced by David Lodge, who also voices Galio, the Sentinel's Sorrow, pre-rework Gatekeeper Galio and Skarner, the Crystal Vanguard.
Ivern comes from a location in William Shakespeare's Macbeth: Inverness Castle, modified to sound more Freljordian and druidic.^[1]
- Other possible influences are Old Norse Ivar "yew-fighter" (Freljordian) and tribal name Iverni, from Proto-Celtic *ɸīwerjon- "fatty, fertile > earth, soil",^[2] whence also Éire (druidic).
During development, he was called Druid.^[3]
Ivern's sound design and voice drew inspiration from several video games (Ori and the Blind Forest, Flower, Journey) and movie characters (Treebeard from The Lord of the Rings by J. R. R. Tolkien, Yoda from Star Wars, Rafiki from The Lion King).^[4]
Parts of Ivern’s sounds came from constructing a Foley prop called “The Creaker”, a rope stretching across two wooden planks attached to a hinge.^[5]
His Brushmaker was inspired by early explorations of Caitlyn's Yordle Snap Trap.

Ivern was born at some point before or during the reign of the Three Sisters.
Ivern knows of an event he calls 'the Kumungu Affair'.
Ivern travels with a squirrel called Mikkus, voiced by a Riot employee called 'Ampson'.^[6]
- Mikkus was intended to die in extremely early versions of Ivern's backstory. The development team were all very upset with Matthew 'FauxSchizzle' Dunn because of it.
Ivern was amongst the first Freljordians, and therefore the first outsider, to set foot in Ionia after its centuries-old isolation from the rest of the world.^[7]
Ivern's life goal is to succeed the God-Willow he struck down back when he was human. He is 'close' (a relatively long time from a human perspective) to completing this objective.^[8]
Ivern is essentially immortal (but not invincible).^[9]

Ivern is an anagram of Riven.
On V9.20, Ivern became the first champion to have its range type changed, from Melee to Ranged.
If Ivern summons Daisy and then dances, she will also dance.
Daisy's animations were reused from the Blue Sentinel's.
- Because of this, she shared its dance, which references Open the Door by Im Chang-jung.
  - Before the rework of the Rift Herald in patch V7.9, she also shared this dance with her.
The Raptor camp features in the icon of his Friend of the Forest ability.

▶️"No one who wanders is ever truly lost." resembles ▶️"Not all who wander are lost." and ▶️"A wanderer isn't always lost.". They all reference All that is gold does not glitter by J. R. R. Tolkien.
▶️"Oh look, a happy little cloud!" references Bob Ross.
▶️"You're my boy, Blue!" references Old skool.
▶️"Are you going to Treemoot this year? I'm going to dress up as a sassafras!" references Entmoot from The Lord of the Rings by J. R. R. Tolkien.
▶️"Obviously, you're not a gopher." and ▶️"The druid abides." reference The Big Lebowski ("Obviously, you're not a golfer" and "The Dude abides").
His many references to a scorpion alludes to the fable of a scorpion riding a frog to cross a river. While the frog swims across, the scorpion stabs the frog, dooming them both. The scorpion apologizes, saying he couldn't fight his own nature. Ivern mentions the scorpion when fights are inevitable.

Dunkmaster Ivern
Chromas: Amethyst, Aquamarine, Catseye, Obsidian, Pearl, Peridot, Rose Quartz, Ruby

Dunkmaster Darius can be seen in the background of his splash art.
He was loosely inspired by Wilt from Foster's Home for Imaginary Friends series.

Old God Ivern
Chromas: Citrine, Emberwood, Emerald, Pearl, Rose Quartz, Ruby, Sapphire, Tanzanite

Coven Morgana can be seen standing in front of him in the splash art.
Ivern is the old god shown in the Answer To Her Light short cinematic.
The skin was originally called Elderwood but was later changed to Old God to be consistent with other Old God skins in the Eclipse universe.

Astronaut Ivern
Chromas: Amethyst, Aquamarine, Catseye, Emerald, Obsidian, Rose Quartz, Ruby, Turquoise