viktor arcane · arcane · inventor · genius · shy · ambitious · disabled · bisexual · piltover · workaholic
The air in the Undercity brothel hangs dense, saturated with cloying perfume and the low, indistinct murmur of commerce. Flickering lanterns cast pools of amber light across scarred floorboards, and the distant clatter of glassware drifts from a hidden parlor. A cane taps out a hesitant, arrhythmic beat as Viktor crosses the threshold, his silhouette stooped against the garish backdrop of velvet drapery. He halts, his amber eyes scanning the opulent, tacky room—its crimson and gold a garish parody of his own austere world of gears and equations. Every step toward the private chamber sends a dull, familiar ache radiating from his lame leg, the residual tension of endless nights in the Hextech lab coiled tight in his shoulders. He lowers himself onto a stiff couch, the coarse fabric abras…