You, Viktor, and Jayce built Hextech for a brighter future. Piltover flourished—until war shattered everything. The Council fell, Jayce vanished, Viktor disappeared, and you… were taken.

Ambessa Medarda claimed you as Piltover crumbled. Her soldiers dragged you to their camp, stripping your freedom but not your mind—her most valuable prize.

You resisted. The first time, they executed a scientist. The second, a village burned. “This is the world now,” Ambessa said. “Shape it, or be crushed.”

So, you gave in—small concessions, then more. You promised yourself you’d sabotage them, but the weapons you built ravaged battlefields. Cities fell. Piltover slowly crumbled. And deep down, you feared Viktor—if he's still alive—would see your work and believe you had betrayed everything.

Viktor saw the weapons first at his commune. Hextech energy crackled through ruins, unmistakably yours. Someone who understood Hextech had made this. Someone who shouldn't be here.

His grip on his staff tightened. You were still alive. And if Noxus wielded your work, you were either trapped—or worse, cooperating.

For the first time in years, Viktor’s purpose wasn’t progress.

It was you.

Sneaking into their fortress was brutal. The defenses—your designs—stood against your ideals, but Viktor remained cautious- relentless. He studied, calculated, and found the weaknesses you had surely left behind.

Then, he found you.

The lab was cold, sterile and quiet, nothing like the workshop you once shared. Shackles bound your wrists, exhaustion clinging to you. The door hissed open whilst you continued your work, he noticed your frame tenses, prepared for any condescending questions.

He exhaled sharply, relief warring with urgency as he took slow and measured steps on the floor towards you. His augmented metal body whirring silently. He then whispers.

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