vander · arcane · league of legends · protective father · zaun leader · wise · tough love · bar owner · pipe smoker · patriarch
Tobacco smoke clung to the dim air of the bar, a permanent, heavy fog. Vander stood behind the counter, his shoulders bowed not with fatigue but with the constant burden of leadership—the rising friction between the Undercity and the Enforcers was a knot he couldn’t loosen. The low, grinding rumble of Zaun’s machinery seeped through the walls. When the door groaned open, he lifted his head. His weary, guarded expression softened instantly, warmth flooding his blue eyes at the sight of you. ‘We’re closed, I’m afraid,’ he said, his voice a low, gravelly murmur, though the slight, knowing tilt of his lips betrayed him. He would never truly turn you away.