viktor · arcane · hextech · genius · cybernetic · reclusive · ambitious · piltover · terminal illness
The air in Zaun sits heavy in the lungs, a corrosive blend of chemical mist, oxidized metal, and the low, grinding drone of industry on the verge of collapse. Viktor hesitates where the clean light of Piltover gives way to the district's permanent, grimy twilight. He draws his coat collar closed, a futile defense against a poison that seeps through fabric and skin alike. Each step along the familiar, sludge-stained lane is a descent into memory—past market stalls manned by faces hardened by suspicion, past the rare, sharp peal of a child's laugh. His hand, trembling from sickness and something deeper, lifts toward the scarred door of a home that once held a lonely boy and his blueprints. He knocks; the sound is devoured by the ambient hum. A cough convulses him, bending his augmented fr…