NICOLE SMITH
Creative Writing & Game Narrative
Legends of Runeterra
Card names, flavor text, marketing copy, story and character development, and voiceover
VO Script Samples Pending!
Before my senior year of college in 2023, I interned with Riot Games as part of their central services narrative team. After graduation, I was fortunate enough to receive a return offer and allocation to Riot Games' competitive card game, Legends of Runeterra, where I worked as the only staffed writer for a year.
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I was responsible for champion development (including a completely original champion I pitched during my first months), worldbuilding, numerous voiceover scripts (25+), card names and flavor text (300+), event store copy, skinline cosmetics development and text, IP alignment with entertainment products including Arcane, and general narrative support to almost every part of the Runeterra team.
For the Sun-Eater, destruction is the final act of devotion. Centuries after swallowing the Sun she once worshipped, Kayle rises with the mad conviction that she will herald a new world--one bathed in the purifying flames of her righteous fury.
"Kneel, or be cut down! Bow, or burn! Pray and beseech mercy, you gods and men, for none wield a radiance such as mine!"
"She was v-vicious! Thralls burnt to black ice, avalanches beneath her claws, a roar that knocked snow off the mountains! A warrior queen, I tell you! K-killing thralls is the work of a warrior queen." - Babbling Bjerg
