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NAME | Viktor

AGE | 33

GENDER | male

CANON | Arcane

VESSEL TYPE | Token

VESSEL SUBTYPE | Runecaster

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PERSONALITY

✓ observant ✓ passionate ✓ intelligent ✓ altruistic ✓ idealistic × stubborn × obsessive × snarky × calculating × naive

As a child, Viktor was already something of an outcast. He's seen tinkering with machines and creating a toy for himself rather than playing with other kids, either out of disinterest or inability because of his disability. He's curious and kind, choosing to help Singed with Rio's health both because she is unique and friendly. However, when Viktor sees the lengths that Singed goes to in order to keep Rio alive, not for her sake but to help her mutation survive, young Viktor angrily leaves, betrayed but the cruel methods of his would-be mentor.

Adult Viktor is ambitious, innovative, and intelligent, securing the position as Heimerdinger's assistant despite the setbacks he lists: poor, crippled, and from the undercity. He stops Jayce from committing suicide through expressing interest in his research and believing in his passion, not necessarily because he cares for the stranger but because he sees potential in what Hextech can do for the world and himself. He's dedicated to helping the people of the undercity, working with Jayce over the course of many years to create innovations that can help improve the life and work of those across the river.

When Viktor's physical condition worsens, highlighting his mortality and that he's running out of time, he begins to worry he may die before he's able to leave a memorable legacy behind. This drives him to mania surrounding his individual work with the Hexcore as his last chance to save himself. Even in the face of all this, he feels guilt when the Hexcore kills his lab assistant, unable to destroy it himself and pleading with Jayce to promise he'll finish the task. This shows that, despite his fear of death and oblivion, he still values human life and recognizes his failure.

APPEARANCE - Waking

HEIGHT ~7ft

SKIN deep purple living metal

HAIR dull brown, limp

EYES glowing yellow

BUILD spindly bug

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In the Waking World, Viktor's appearance reflects the aftermath of becoming the Machine Herald. His human face has been split in half by the geometric face of the Machine Herald, embellished with bare gold and silver metal. The main visual difference is that right half of his face is gone, smashed open by Ekko during the fight. The hole in his mask reveals a network of grey fractal webbing gone dark; the only light that remains is his intact eye. His "mask" takes the form of a veil which he wears to hide his frightening visage.



The other big difference is his lack of power, cut off from the arcane and all that it once did for him. His movements are more mechanical, stuttering and jittery, lacking the fluid motion that made him appear somewhat human. The third arm that sprouts from his back hangs limp, dead without arcane energy to power it.

Around his shoulders is a cape of tattered fabric, deep navy blue with maroon lining. It serves little purpose beyond sentimentality. On top of that, he wears the Runic Survival Shawl, his gift upon waking. It hums faintly in sync with the core that ticks behind your ribs. It could be used as a cloak, bedding, insulation layer and so on. It's imbued with the faint scent of a strongly lit candle and an almost familiar, earthy musk that soothes the nerves. The stitched runes on its edge subtly adjust heat retention: it cools in fevers, warms in frost, and muffles sound when pulled over the ears. The runes remain unreadable, even to you, but they seem to respond to intention.

Now that Viktor has been in Sleephattan for a while, he's had the time to not only study his runic abilities, but also perfect some of of them. While his left arm is a chaotic jumble of runes that he's lightly and hurriedly carved into the metal, his right has neat lines of the most useful spells he's discovered.


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APPEARANCE - Dreaming

HEIGHT 5'8"

SKIN pale with moles

HAIR chestnut brown, short

EYES amber

BUILD thin and lanky

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In the Dream, Viktor appears similar to his human body back in Runeterra with a major difference: he is at peak health for his age. His right leg is as strong as his left leg with no issues supporting his weight, even without a brace or walking aid. His disease is non-existent, lungs working at full capacity and able to support anything from daily activity to more strenuous exertion. He also doesn't show any of the secondary signs of poor health nor the mania of seeking a cure. His pale skin has a healthy pink undertone rather than a pallor and the dark bags beneath his eyes have disappeared. He's nothing fantastic nor perfect, skin still sprinkled with moles and mouth still full of sharp, crooked teeth.



This appearance is a reflection of Viktor's image of what he would look like at this age if he'd never had health problems. There are flashes of this version of himself in reflections as well as his astral form in the arcane plane. It's both a boon and a burden, the reminder of something that he's never had and never will even if it makes life easier while in this form. Compared to his broken mechanical body in the Waking World, his dream form is temptingly perfect and reason to draw him back to Sleep again and again.

ABILITIES - Runecaster

RUNIC CONJURATION

By using the correct runes, Viktor can do low-level conjuration of simple elements: a small flame, a trickle of water, a gust of wind. More complex conjuring requires more complex runes, and he's been experimenting with combinations of arcane runes, Sleep's language, and other languages. He's discovered the equations/sentences for the following:

warming the palms of his hands

creating a soft, cold light

RUNIC HEALING

By using bodily fluids to paint runes, Viktor can do very simple healing akin to stitching a wound closed. In these cases, he can use the injured person's blood for the spell since it's often conveniently already present and ready for use. For larger degrees of healing, he has to use his own body as a catalyst which presents a major problem in that he doesn't have blood nor secrete any other fluids besides one: tears. This makes them a valuable substance and, because it's difficult to amass a large volume of them, major healing is for emergency cases only.

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BLOODMOON REVERIE

When struck or overcome by strong emotion, you may enter a trance-like state where time slows. In this state, you will be able to see Tethers as ribbons of color in the air, yours and others'. You may be able to pluck at them, though this will be uncomfortable for the parties involved. You will also be able to see when someone is suffering from succumbence, and how much time they have until fully succumbing.

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