NOTHING EVER ENDS.
Viktor Novak should have died in that council chamber.
He wanted to.By the end, he had already understood what the Hexcore was becoming — what he was becoming alongside it. He begged for it to be destroyed before it could claim anything more of him, more of anyone. For once, Viktor was certain. Certain that some things could not be undone. Certain that this had to end.But his lab partner was just as stubborn as he was.And when faced with the choice between letting Viktor die or placing his body back into the hands of the Hexcore, he chose wrong.Or perhaps he chose love.
AN ORIGINAL PORTRAYAL OF VIKTOR, FROM ARCANE. ANY PRONOUNS. GENDERQUEER. HOMOSEXUAL.
than to live as a monster.
No man chooses evil because it is evil; he only mistakes it for happiness, the good he seeks.
Set after the events of season two, this alternative-universe portrayal of Viktor follows the being who once tried to fix the world — only to watch his life’s work collapse before his eyes. Cast out of the Arcane plane and returned to the material world of Piltover, he is left to reckon with the devastation he caused in pursuit of salvation.Now living under constant scrutiny and kept on an exceptionally short leash, Viktor devotes himself to making amends for the crimes committed in his name. Guilt shadows his every step, and the weight of failure clings to him relentlessly. The man who once dreamed of evolution and transcendence is forced instead to confront the ruin left behind.Things will never be as they once were — and perhaps they were never meant to be.