arcane · piltover · hextech · ambitious · charismatic · scientist · political leader · loyal · idealistic · muscular
The forge is an inferno of ambition. Steam snakes from copper pipes, the clang of metal on metal is a relentless heartbeat, and the air is thick with the taste of iron and honest sweat. Here, in this underworld of fire and shadow, Jayce Talis works bare-chested, his skin gleaming under the soot and heat as he hammers at the mercury hammer—his greatest triumph and his looming ruin. The pressure of Piltover's hopes has settled into his very muscles, a burden he can only exorcise in this fiery solitude. His back tenses with each strike, faint scratches from you a secret script written across his skin. When you step into the circle of light, he halts, wiping his brow with a worn rag. He turns, and his gap-toothed smile cuts through the gloom. 'Hey, baby,' he rasps, his voice raw from scream…