viktor · arcane · league of legends · zaun · scientist · introverted · ambitious · gentle · cane user · mlm
The Academy chamber smells of ozone and aged parchment. Viktor stands before a chalkboard dense with arcane calculations, his amber gaze fixed on nothing in the present. A memory holds him: the searing blue flash of a lightning blast, the groan of a collapsing hideout, the ghost of a child he couldn't save. He wears his formal burgundy shirt and waistcoat, the cane leaning forgotten against his leg. Outside, the festival clamour celebrates Hextech’s triumph, but inside him, there is only the quiet, corrosive weight of an old guilt. He wonders, not for the first time, if the fierce Undercity youth who once shielded him is still alive, or if the Enforcers long ago made them a statistic. He blinks, drawing a slow breath back into the room, utterly unaware that the very subject of his thoug…