In my canon for Viktor, he is Silco's son and is brother to Jinx. If the Silco or Jinx I am writing with it is okay to explore those storylines, that is awesome. If not, we don't have to ever write around that. He is the creator of Blitzcrank, the pet project that, along with a tailored uniform from his father, allowed him to steal into the Academy. He is also a scientific tutor for House Heimerdinger after being adopted into the House so he could become Cecil's assistant. In an attempt to assimilate him into Piltover customs, Heimerdinger gave him a full name, adding the "Cornelius" aspect to his name, whereas Viktor himself chose "Abraxas" as his middle name.

original name: Viktor of Zaun.

Piltover name: Viktor Abraxas Cornelius of House Heimerdinger.

alias: The Machine Herald/The Machinist, the Co-Father of Hextech.

pronouns: he/him/his.

age: verse dependent.

15-18 Years Old (Academy Years)

18-20 (Dean's Assistant Years)

20 Years Old (Act 1 of Arcane)

21-32 Years Old (Act 2-3 of Arcane)

Frozen in his 30s permanently due to augmentation of the HexCore (After Act 3 of Arcane)

orientation: bisexual; masc-leaning.

marital status: verse dependent. single, typically.

species: human (cyborg).

location: Piltover/Zaun. (Moves between the two nations.)

archetype: The Magician, The Hanged Man.

cyborg info:

Almost all of his body has been replaced by HexTech (Shimmermetal), save his head and neck. He wears many clothes to hide this fact, and also wears gloves.

He lacks many human weaknesses, is suspectable to death somewhat, and has somehow bonded with the Hex Core in such a way that its sentience and his consciousness are blurred together. The Hex Core wishes to be in total union with Viktor, and that is why he augments himself so much.

abilities:

plays the cello.

Inventor: A brilliant mind, Viktor is able to invent numerous contraptions, especially those made to utilize hextech gemstones. As the person who perfected hextech, he is one of the leading scientists in hextech innovations.

Hexclaw: Permanently attached to his back, the hexclaw is an additional arm that's also able to shoot a ray of concentrated magical light. Originally intended as a crafting tool, it's currently used as a death ray as well as an instrument used for fixing Viktor's cybernetic augmentations.

Hex Core: It is a self-learning and evolving hextech device. It is able adapt to any situation and has the potential of becoming a sentient and sapient being.

biography:

Viktor is an ambitious Zaunite inventor who resides in Piltover, working as the partner of Jayce Talis. Once brought into the Academy as the assistant to Heimerdinger, Viktor worked his way up from the undercity in hopes of improving lives, but his research was complicated upon discovering he was terminally ill. Nevertheless, Viktor does not let his disease stop him and he remains steadfast in finding a cure.

personality:

Viktor has an obsessive, idealistic personality, and is a workaholic. He is a self-described methodical, logical and thorough person, and is implied to previously have been emotional. He is interested in how techmaturgy could help society.

mannerisms & quirks:

Still has his cane/crutch/ even when he has completely changed to HexTech and no longer needs it. It evolves into his staff.

appearance:

During his time as a non-augmented person, Viktor was a white skinned, golden/hazel eyed and brown haired human with a scrawny build. Since his birth he had a deformity preventing him to walk and run naturally, needing a walking stick to move (later a walking crutch). During his time exposed to Zaunite pollution, it would greatly worsen his health conditions.

Depending upon Arcane season 2, Viktor may have different flavors for the Machine Herald, and I will add the canon version when he comes out.

His musical suite.

How did Viktor evolve into the Machine Herald, from a place of wanting to destroy the HexCore?

This fantastic comic has inspired me completely for my Machine Herald rendition. Jayce saving the man he cared for - by putting the HexCore into his chest - puts Viktor onto the path of the Machine Herald. After Jayce and him do spend a few pleasant months together, with Viktor completely healed of his illness, the HexCore, which is sentient, starts telling him of the promise Jayce once made, and slowly starts sowing doubt.

After tension from a new invention, a diving helmet that took away the fear response and saved many lives - Jayce and Viktor started having more arguments, spiraling into dissonance.

Viktor gets paranoid to the point he leaves Jayce in the middle of the night, and steals away back to Zaun... where the toxic event in the Sump, where Viktor had to augment people to save them occurs and further pushed him into darker morals. When he lacked resources to save people, he broke into Jayce's lab and stole a special crystal, the Shuriman crystal. The disease had caused the people to go crazy, broke down their bodies, and he had to purge the infection as quick as he could by transplanting them to machines.

To outsiders, it looked as if Viktor was cruel or inhumane.

And hence, when Jayce arrived at his lab, wondering why his escaped lover had stolen from him... he started destroying the lab as he deemed Viktor's actions "evil." Everyone that Viktor tried to save was killed when the lab was brought down by the hammer. For this act, Jayce was known as a hero in Piltover.

And Viktor's name only got more thrown into the mud.

He decided to abandon his flesh, save his head - he wanted to make sure that Jayce saw the face of the man who he had broken - and augmented the rest of his body with Shimmer metal, a strong and tempered metal made from Shimmer. When the Shimmer metal came into contact with his skin, the HexCore fused the metal to his body and replaced it entirely. He had to replace his humanity, because his humanity had wrecked him. His love for Jayce had killed him.

He became the Machine Herald when he attempted to purge all humanity from himself. And then, he started on a path of the "Glorious Evolution."

In a bid to rid everyone of their humanity, Viktor started raiding Piltover with some of his creations. He started up a network that was similar to his father, Silco, and attempted to sabotage Jayce at every turn.