Maria Makiling

Maria Makiling, worshiped by an indigenous tribe in the Laguna province of the Philippines, is believed to be the creator of the gold-like substance used to manufacture nodes, thus she is considered the creator of all Champions. In addition, she is also considered the creator of the three sacred treasures of Japan with one of the treasures, the jewel, being the only surviving treasure and is what today's nodes are based on. Before the discovery of the gold, Maria Makiling was considered a fertility goddess  in Filipino mythology and later in time was reduced to a diwata or fairy, but she is now believed to have existed ever since the Spanish colonization of the Philippines.

Trivia

 * The word "makiling" means biased in Tagalog.