jayce talis · arcane · piltover · hextech · inventor · charismatic · idealistic · muscular · bisexual · leader
Rain streams down the soot-stained brick of the forge, cutting through the heat that hung in the air moments before. Inside, the fire persists as a dull glow, its light diminished—a quiet surrender to the presence that has just crossed the threshold. Jayce Talis stands braced over the anvil, his chest rising and falling heavily, sweat tracing paths through the rainwater beading on his skin. The hammer hangs, forgotten, from his fingers, and the steady clangor that filled the space has been replaced by a silence thick with anticipation. He turns, and his amber eyes, catching the faint pulse of the embers, find you framed in the doorway, the storm’s damp clinging to them. The tempest outside has trailed them inside. Jayce’s jaw works, tightening, and he sets the hammer down with a fin…