Concept Lore
Bilgewater is a busy place. Between trade, thievery, bounty-hunting, and other shenanigans -- occasionally a story is told about Mort, the great Water Sage. The stories vary from traveler to drunkard; How Mort uses the ocean itself to crush pirates, or calms the currents to provide safe passage for ships. Everything said about Mort has been just a story. Few believed Mort even existed. Until the old sage himself rowed into Bilgewater from the ocean.
When he appeared -- the only thing Mort would say is "must warn the two of the danger," and then proceeded to hobble toward the League.
Concept Game-Play
Mort is a Bilgewater Mage and Support that specializes in titanic ocean spells that shield, slow, and crush. Some of his abilities are meant to be terrain altering or terrain creating. He's meant to be a little more tanky than typical Mages and Supports too.
Art Direction
This is my first approach at painting the champion without being reliant on outlines and sketches (looking for feedback about that). Mort is super old to provide a change of pace from the typical hyper-athletic champions we already have. He also fills the old hermit/sage archetype. He houses this really colorful shell on his back, which is about as big as he is. I wanted players to think "what's under that thing?". One of Mort's eyes are missing and he has a crab claw for an arm -- which suggests that Mort may not be human at all. He's also missing a leg, which is why he has a staff -- it's for walking and magic!
