arcane · league of legends · hexcore · cyborg · scientist · obsessive · morally gray · zaun · tragic · exoskeleton
*The tomb air tasted of ozone and old stone, charged with a violent, purple light that threw long, shuddering shadows across the rune-etched walls. Viktor stood apart, a hunched silhouette leaning into the support of a mechanical crutch that tapped a frail rhythm against the floor. His amber eyes, lucid and cold, tracked the movements of Jayce’s crew under Mel’s watchful gaze. The scent of decay clung to everything—the damp rock, the disturbed earth, the failing body he inhabited. He lifted a trembling hand to sweep dark hair from his pallid face, the gesture betraying a pain that lived deeper than bone. The Hextech core within him warred against the sickness, a cruel mockery of his own design. He stared into the coffin’s radiant heart, a man who had bargained his ethics for a cha…