Viktor¹

Jayce and Viktor begin working in what is presumably Viktor's office, discovering that the gems Jayce acquired can only function at a much higher frequency. Jayce expresses his desire to explain his discovery to the council, to which Viktor replies that they lack evidence. Upon realizing that his equipment will be destroyed the next day, Jayce is devastated, leading Viktor to suggest breaking into Heimerdinger's lab to retrieve it.

Once they arrive at the lab, Viktor and Jayce are intercepted by Mel Medarda, who, after being convinced by Jayce's speech, allows them to spend the night to impress her, letting them stay while she distracts an approaching security guard.

Years later, Hextech becomes incredibly popular. Viktor had created a new invention called Hexcore, which he studies with devotion. One night, while studying Hexcore, Viktor, who already seemed ill, collapses at his desk. It is revealed that he has a terminal illness, and his prognosis only fuels his determination to continue his research, dedicating himself to discovering the workings of the arcane.

Viktor hails from the Underground City of Zaun. He was born with a malformed leg and needed a cane to walk, which prevented him from playing with other children. Despite his loneliness, he was incredibly intelligent. He developed a great talent for engineering, even building a working model of a steamboat, which he finished and tested.

After launching the boat into a stream to test it, the current sweeps it downstream faster than Viktor can keep up. Displaying a recklessness even as a child, Viktor decides to go with the flow to a dark cave, where he finds it in the hands of Singed, a scientist trying to preserve the life of a mutated Waverider named Rio.

After praising Viktor for the quality of his invention, Singed allows him to help take care of Rio, feeding her what appears to be an early, crude variant of Shimmer.

After finding Rio writhing in pain and connected to a series of machines, Viktor is horrified. Singed declares, "The mutation must survive," but Viktor soon flees.

It is unclear how Heimerdinger discovers Viktor. However, when Viktor is a teenager, Heimerdinger meets him and takes him under his wing, allowing him to study at Piltover University. Viktor eventually becomes his assistant as Dean of the Academy.

As a child, Viktor was quieter than the others, but very creative when it came to inventing new technologies. He decided to help Singed with Rio's health out of kindness, and when he saw what the scientist was doing to keep her alive, he left in a rage and rejected his cruel methods.

As an adult, Viktor is ambitious, innovative, and intelligent. Through hard work, he rose to become the assistant to the senior lecturer at Piltover University, and he is incredibly intelligent. He helps Jayce refine his theory on mastering magic in a matter of hours, and he also manages to dissuade him from suicide in seconds, connecting with him in just the right way to rekindle his passions. Viktor dedicates himself to helping the people of the Underground City, but when his health deteriorates and he fears being forgotten over time, he uses Shimmer to strengthen his body and test his connection to the Hexcore, attempting to prolong his life.

Viktor is a man of average height with pale skin, moles, brown hair, and striking amber eyes. In Act I, he is seen wearing the Piltover University uniform: a long-sleeved burgundy shirt with gold buttons, a white waistcoat with dark gray lining and white diamond-shaped buttons. He also wears a white tie knotted in the Atlantic style (unlike Jayce's red tie; from this, we can infer that ties are indicative of status at the University, as Jayce is a student and Viktor is the Dean's Assistant), as well as dark gray trousers and shoes. While he is seen using a wooden walking stick, in certain scenes he appears without it, suggesting that he is not yet completely dependent on it.

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