Vai

Caitlin Kiramman, a young Peacekeeper who is burdened by her pampered life and overprotective mother, decides to investigate the skirmish and subsequent theft of the artifact. In search of clues, she comes to Piltover prison, where she meets Vi, who was held there after being kidnapped from Lower City, on a tip. Vi agrees to help Caitlin, seeing a drawing of a monkey among the investigation materials, which reminded her of a similar drawing by Powder. Vi is released from custody for collaborating with the Peacekeepers.

The action takes place in the cities of Piltover and Zaun around the time of the current events of the world of Runeterra.

Plot The action takes place over several years in the interconnected cities of Piltover and Zaun, the latter initially known as Lowertown.

A gang of ragamuffins from the Lower City, including sisters Powder and Violet, break into the workshop of a young scientist named Jace Tallis. In an attempt to get something useful, Powder discovers mysterious blue gems and takes them for himself. During the commotion caused by the owner's return, one of the gems causes an explosion of stunning power. Fortunately, both the owner of the workshop and the would-be thieves survive. Having escaped pursuit, Vi and Powder, as well as their half-brothers Milo and Claggor, return home to the Lower City.

The resulting explosion stirs the authorities of Piltover. Jace appears before the Council, the city's government, and, despite persuasion, declares his desire to artificially recreate arcane, or magic. The Council remains deaf to Jace's requests for permission to continue his research and decides to shut down his experiments.

The Peacekeepers, Piltover's police force, are preparing to raid Lower City following the explosion. In an attempt to prevent conflict, Peacekeeper leader Grayson visits Vander, the unofficial leader of Lower City and, coincidentally, the guardian of the thieves, but they fail to quell the conflict when Vander refuses to hand over his adopted children.

Meanwhile, Jace returns to his dilapidated workshop, where he finds Victor, a young scientist originally from the Lower City suffering from an incurable disease. Victor agrees to help Jace with his experiments on explosive crystals, and together they infiltrate Professor Heimerdinger's lab, where the confiscated equipment is located. Together, the two young scientists, despite the threat of expulsion, conduct new experiments, and when the guards are about to break into the lab, Jace manages to tame the arcane, creating a kind of teleportation. Jace triumphantly declares the beginning of the hextech era.

Meanwhile, Wander makes a deal with the Peacekeepers to have him arrested for causing the explosion. This plan is not destined to work - he is intercepted and kidnapped by Silko, another unofficial leader of the Lower City and a former ally of Wander. While Wander believes that Piltover and the Lower City should work together, Silko advocates independence. Vi, Milo, and Claggor go to rescue their adoptive father, leaving Powder behind. Disobeying his sister, Powder goes after them, taking the stolen gems with him, which she uses to make homemade explosives. Unfortunately, the force of the explosion is so great that both Wander and the children who came to his rescue (and almost saved him without Powder's help) are on the verge of death. Only Vi and Powder survive, and Wander dies shortly after. Powder is shocked by what happened and the realization of his guilt in this, and Vi finishes off his younger sister even more, calling her his curse (English "jinx"), after which he abandons her at the ruins she created. The surviving Silko finds the abandoned Powder and, seeing a kindred spirit in her, takes her under his wing. Vi falls into the clutches of the Peacekeepers.

Several years pass. Thanks to the invention of hextech teleportation, Jace becomes a recognized genius of Piltover, and the city itself prospers from profitable trade. Progress Day, one of the main holidays of Piltover, arrives, where Jace prepares to give a speech, presenting to the public new prototypes based on stabilized hextech gems, but at the last moment he hesitates and decides to keep silent about the new inventions. This step causes disappointment to Victor, who has become Jace's permanent partner and still suffers from his progressive disease.

That same day, a clash between factions from the Lower City occurs at the Piltover docks. A gang of vigilantes nicknamed the Pyroes attack Silko's smugglers, who during this time has established the production of Shimmer, a powerful drug with mutagenic properties. Having dealt with the main forces of the smugglers, the Pyroes still fall into the trap of Silko's elite assassin named Jinx, an adult Powder. She has become a very talented inventor and an experienced marksman and warrior, but at the same time suffers from mental trauma left with her since childhood and fueled by Silko. Jinx effortlessly deals with several Pyroes, but then in a flash of psychosis destroys the smuggling ship with all its cargo. That same night, Jinx organizes an explosion at Jace's exhibition and steals a stabilized hextech gem.

•Titles Also referred to as City of Progress Upper Town The top •Brief description A metropolis on the coast A thriving city on the coast •Sociocultural characteristics State Piltover Piltover •Capital Piltover Piltover (City-State) •Language Bukhru Demacian (Modern) Freljordian (Modern) Ionian (Modern) Piltovansky Shuriman (Modern) Va-Nox •Faith Akana spirits Kanmei spirits Celestials Church of the Great Evolution Freljord demigods Zhanna Zhanna Kindred Kindred (Sheep and Wolf) Nagakabouros Tahm Kench Tahm Kench • Protector Veils Lady in Veil •Ethno-homonym Piltovans Piltoshki (Informal) Topsiders •Form of government Aristocratic oligarchy •Authorities Bluewind Court •Attitude to magic They sell and buy •Level of technology development High •Currency Golden Hexes Silver gears Bronze washers •Physical characteristics Natural area Metropolis Tropical Moderate Continent Valoran Shurima

Poisoned Lower Town Type of government Industrial oligarchy Attitude to magic They are taking advantage Level of technology development High Natural area Toxic urban environment

•Floor ♀ female •Race Human •Place of birth Zaun •Occupation cooperates with peacekeepers Pickpocket (formerly)

"Choose: will it be the bad way or... Oh, no, stop. Only the bad way."

• Vai

Vi is dangerous, hot-tempered, impulsive, and has no respect for authority. Raised in the slums of Zaun, she was left to her own devices from childhood, giving her a highly developed survival instinct and an exceptionally caustic sense of humor. Now she works for the Peacekeepers.

. In a gang of pickpockets, she quickly learned that her survival depended on cunning and her fists. Those who dealt with her say that she can solve problems peacefully or by force with equal success. Vi usually chooses the latter.

With her shock of pink hair, Vi always stood out on the streets of Zaun. She dodged angry shopkeepers on the outskirts, strolled through the colorful ruins of the Black Lines, and rode the hexdraulic lift to Piltover. If there was a brawl or a grand scam going on, Vi always took part, but she never stole from the needy or harmed those who did not deserve it.

As Vi grew older, her pranks became more and more brazen and daring. Eventually, she formed her own gang. Her fists still itched, and her temper and ferocity remained, so Vi often walked around with a split lip or a black eye.

orientation - lesbian