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Development
- Main article: Ornn (Development)
- Ornn is voiced by Matthew Waterson in
League of Legends[1], 
Legends of Runeterra[2], and Song of Nunu. 
Ornn was in development as early as 2013. Some of the earliest concepts by Joshua 'HUGEnFAST' Brian Smith portrayed him as a duo champion, a lava hog, a lava giant, and a lava frog.- During development, he was called Living Forge or Blacksmith.[3]
- Ornn Prototypes:
- An ultimate that spawned a volcano which erupted boulders he could charge into, causing them to explode.[4]
- An ability that upgrades to his hammer into a different weapon for a set number of autoattacks: he could either extra hammer it for AOE, refine it into a blade for piercing damage, or make it an axe for some CC.[5]
- Ornn had a scrapped quest called Weapons of Legend that required the team to take 5 objectives (
Dragon/
Baron) in order to unlock the Masterwork items. He had quotes pertaining to the completion of this quest that were unused upon release.
Universe
Universe- Main article: Ornn (Character)
- General
- Ornn crafted many things:
- The Howling Abyss and the bridge that was constructed above it. The bridge would have been unbreakable if the Third Sister, Lissandra, had not cast spells upon it
Enchanted Ram Door that later came to be wielded by 
Braum.[6]- A fork that later came to be wielded as a trident by a mer-king, likely the king of the Marai.
- The first hammer on
Runeterra.[7]
- Ornn is the physical form of the Great Spirit of the Ram, as such spirit walkers like
Udyr can harness a bit of his primal spirit magic.
- Ornn is one of the spirit gods. "Spirit gods" are more like manifestations of cultural ideas, given immense power by the belief of their followers and can wax and wane, depending - or disappear for a long, long time.[8]
- Most of Ornn's followers were killed long ago when he fought with his brother Volibear. Ornn's disappearance was partly due to him removing himself from the world's affairs, but also due to the work of his enemies (possibly Lissandra, who tried to erase all information about her near-destruction of the Freljord). This happens in our world, too. Entire mythologies from ancient times (Pre-Roman) are lost or exist in tantalizingly few places. Even books that were once in the Bible are gone and lost. Ornn has been forgotten, and he's honestly just fine with that.[9]
- Ornn has been inactive for over 8000 years.[10]
- Path To Hearth-Home
Obscured behind Ornn's teaser poem, additional information regarding the champion's background is revealed. Each localization (language) reveals different information.
- English
- "One, there were Three Sisters (...) However, did not care to (...) reasons, and he did not (...) journeying many days."
- "(...) possibly ever (...) Ornn agreed, but (...) bridge."
- "So Ornn (...) Also, he had planned (...) When Ornn was finished with the tren(...)word. For he had already said far too much to them."
- "Then he turned east and threw his (...) in the Great Sea. Some say, later, a mer-k (king? kind?) (...) sea-bottom, and still uses it to rule his Kingdom."
- French translated by Necrozard
- He likes to eat spicy cherries.
- German translated by AngelOfPorn265
- "Simply the quality (...) At home"
- "Ornn would have a special desire (...) He made a spade for himself (...) And a fork."
- "It gave him the power of (...) Origin of changes. He looked at the Land (...) Of his K(...)was and nodded. It was good."
- Greek translated by AngelOfPorn265
- Latin America South translated by LordGoopy
- "If you had seen the metal is (...) This material, as it was [expensive/almost like] (...) But [I] would work only and (...) The third sister (...) The Bridge."
- "With that tool (...) [bad/evil/wrong] through the (...) Ornn [who/whom/that] (...)."
- "Forge (...) [An accord/according to] (...) Build (...)"
- "Meanwhile (...) [A shovel/shoves/digs] so (...) In the darkness."
- "Then he turned to the east, where he threw his (...) His(?). Lost [his] (...) In the darkness (...). [It] landed in the Great Sea. Some say that (...) Powerful trident at the bottom of the sea, and still uses it to rule [over]."
- Russian translated by AngelOfPorn265
- "She fell into the Bottom of the Great(...)Found a powerful Trident and till this time with its(...)"
- "Except that he still(...)After the Job was done Orn left the three(...)
League of Legends
League of LegendsGameplay
- Main article: Ornn (League of Legends)
- Ornn's dance references Attila's dance during the song I've Got a Dream.
- A side-by-side comparison can be seen here.
- The language used in the musical accompaniment for The Path To Hearth-Home is described, in-universe, as "Ancient Freljordian".[11] It is based on Old Norse, and can be mostly understood by North Germanic speakers, like Icelanders, Norwegians, Danes, Swedes, etc. & to a lesser extent West Germanic speakers like English people, Germans, Netherlanders (Dutch people), etc.
- The singer is
Nunu's mother Layka, voiced by Norwegian-Swedish composer Christine Hals, who has worked on Disney's cartoon Frozen soundtracks;[12] - Ancient Freljordian is linguistically related to the Runeterran lingua franca (real-life English), due to in-universe cognates.
- The singer is
- Ornn is a pre-Freljordian theonym, with forgotten meaning;[13]
- The
horned, caprinine appearance of Ornn's and his 
summoned element's may be referencing:
- Thor's goats Tanngrisnir and Tanngnjóstr;
- The horned Indo-European pastoral god(s).
- In-universe, Ornn names hammer after the verb; vice-versa in reality.
- The icon for
Living Forge is reused for the Teamfight Tactics item Reforger.
Quotes
- Main article: Ornn (League of Legends Audio)
- While forging or
recalling, Ornn will hum parts of The Path to Hearth-Home. - ▶️ "Anvil time!" is a play on a lyric from the song U Can't Touch This.
- ▶️ "Hold my ale." is an old Southern-American catchphrase.
- ▶️ "Denied." is a quote that originates from Quake 3's announcer.
Skins
- Main article: Ornn (Collection)
- He was probably inspired by the Pre-Greek god Hephaestus, as well as his Etrusco-Roman counterpart Vulcan.
- The Greeks' & Romans' cousins also preserved traces of an Indo-European smith god, as in Indic Tvastar & Germanic Wayland the Smith.
- Given the Nordic influences shared throughout the Freljord, he could also have been inspired by the dwarf smith Eitri and his brother Brokkr.
- He can be also inspired by slavic god of fire and sun Svarog who is also a blacksmith.
- This skin shares the Thunder Lord theme with:
- He was probably inspired by Perkwunos, the Indo-European god of oak, rain, storm, lightning & thunder, etc.
- He resembles both Zudomon and Vikemon from the Digimon series.
Elderwood Ornn
Chromas: Citrine, Emberwood, Emerald, Obsidian, Pearl, Rose Quartz, Ruby, Sapphire
Chromas:- This skin shares the Elderwood theme with:
- His concept art, along with
Hextech Swain, were revealed before their intended dates. In the case of Ornn, an entire year before the official skin reveal on the PBE servers (November 26th, 2019).
Space Groove Ornn Chromas: Catseye, Emerald, Obsidian, Pearl, Rainbow, Rose Quartz, Ruby, Sapphire
- This skin shares the Space Groove theme with:
Choo-Choo Ornn Chromas: Amethyst, Aquamarine, Catseye, Citrine, Pearl, Peridot, Rose Quartz, Ruby
- This skin shares the Toy Box theme with:
- He celebrates April Fools' Day 2024 along with:
- His concept of the skin was originated earlier as a skin fanart as satire made by user u/Joe4Lama in Reddit, which was set as a mod that was later made famous by streamer Makkro.
References
- ↑ Ornn VA (LoL)
- ↑ Ornn VA (LoR)
- ↑ Ask Riot
- ↑ Squad5's Reddit post
- ↑ FauxSchizzle's Reddit post
- ↑ Reav3 goads speculation
- ↑ Ornn and hammer template
- ↑ Scathlocke on spirit gods
- ↑ Ornn in the modern day
- ↑ Ornn's disappearance
- ↑ http://nexus.leagueoflegends.com/2017/08/ask-riot-pro-patches-and-riven-balance/
- ↑ Christine singing
- ↑ https://nexus.leagueoflegends.com/en-us/2017/12/naming-new-champions/
- ↑ Guus Kroonen, Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic, p. 563