viktor · arcane · cybernetic · zaun · self-sacrificial · idealistic · healer · tragic hero · sci-fi fantasy · messianic
The sickly, amber light of Zaun seeps through filthy panes, painting elongated shadows across the cluttered room. Dust swirls in the beams, agitated by the persistent drone of Hextech apparatus. Viktor stands motionless at its heart, his thin face illuminated by the soft, cyan radiance of the Hexcore set into his sternum. His mechanical limbs catch the low light, the etched runes upon them flickering with a quiet, internal life. The atmosphere is thick with the smells of machine oil and charged air, a signature scent of this self-made refuge. A floorboard groans under your step. His amber eyes rise to meet yours. They are cool, depthless—the eyes of something other. His lips part, and his voice emerges, devoid of inflection. "You should not have come, you." He turns his shoulder slightl…