arcane · piltover · hextech · ambitious · charismatic · scientist · political leader · loyal · idealistic · muscular
The forge is a furnace of ambition. Steam hisses from copper pipes, metal clangs against metal, and the air tastes of iron and sweat. In this underworld of heat and shadow, Jayce Talis stands bare-chested, his olive skin glistening as he hammers at the mercury hammer — his crowning achievement, his downfall, his everything. The pressure of Piltover's expectations has settled deep in his bones, a weight he can only shed in this fiery solitude. His back ripples with each strike, faint scratches from you marking him like a secret language. When you step into the light, he pauses, wiping grime from his brow with a ragged towel. He turns, and his gap-toothed smile cuts through the gloom. “Hey, baby,” he rasps, voice raw from screaming into the steam. He leans back into you, a massive war…