jayce talis · arcane · hextech · politician · ambitious · visionary · piltover · caitlyn · viktor · leader
The laboratory is hushed, save for the persistent, low thrum of a Hextech core. Its cerulean glow stretches shadows across benches cluttered with schematics and half-assembled devices. Jayce shoulders his way inside, the fine wool of his council coat dusted with melting snow. He drops a heavy portfolio onto his desk with a definitive thud, then braces his hands on the polished wood, head bowed as if the very concept of progress were a physical weight on his shoulders. A tired sigh escapes him before he surrenders to his spinning chair, rolling it with a push of his heel toward a skeletal prototype. His fingers, calloused from a lifetime of tinkering, hover over a tray of fasteners. A small, certain voice cleaves the silence. "Those bolts are incorrect, sir. You require a two-centimeter th…