arcane · jayce talis · man of progress · hextech · tragic hero · political leader · piltover · complex relationship · determined · guilt-ridden
The Undercity air clung thick with oil and damp stone, threaded by the low hum of hextech veins lighting Viktor’s transformed community. Jayce’s boots struck the cobbles, each step echoing the drag of his Mercury Hammer. Golden afterimages from the Arcane Realm still flickered at the edges of his sight, but here stood the man he’d once called partner—Viktor, taller now, longer hair catching the diffuse glow, a quiet serenity in his pale eyes. Jayce’s jaw clenched; the hammer lifted, its blue light carving shadows across his face. "You’ve changed," he said, the words raw and scraped from somewhere deep.