Hi everyone, I've been brainstorming a Arcane season 2 AU. I loved season 2 but these past three years I was impatient to know what would have happened so I looked a bit into the game lore and came up with some theories.
In my mind, I assumed that they would have gone over the machine herald story line. They did do it in the end, but i imagined there would have been more time for Viktor to be the machine herald of Zaun before his come to Jesus moment.
So here is my concept.
1. The hexcore and the council attack
The Au diverges after the explosion at the end of season one: Viktor is heavily injured but it’s not fetal. His body reacted with Mel magic so that in the explosion is losses his left arm and leg (his right arm and leg were transformed by the hexcore so they are intact) .
The hexcore has expanded his presence on Viktor (transforming his flesh purple up to his neck) and while healing Viktor, the hexcore attracted various metal pieces in the laboratory and fused to him (like the hex claw ) and fuses his back brace to his torso.
2. The memorial
Viktor is still recovering and decide to not partecipate at the memorial. The attack happens and he decides to intervene after Vi run to the lab in search for the gauntlets.
When Jayce is being fatally attacked by Renni with her chainsaws , Viktor uses the hexclaw to laser her. It works but the beam is too strong and laser thought the memorial statue in the back and damage the ceiling.
The ceiling starts crumbling done but Vi come to the rescue and use the gauntlets force fields to protect her and Jayce.
Here a short rough animatics of how I imagined the scene to turn out.
3. Salo’s accusations.
In the aftermath of the attack , salo is talking with Ambessa how that attack could have happened.
Salo: “ how did those animals even got in , I thought we checked every person who got in”
Ambessa: “ we did have guards at every entrance , they must have had someone inside letting them in “
Salo: “ a mole …?
Ambessa nods.
Salo: “ was there anyone unaccounted for after the attack “
Ambessa: “ of the people present after the attack , Viktor didn’t appear on any entrance’s registry”
Just like at the end of ep 1 the council reunite to discuss what to do with under city.
In the original Mel , the councilor with the gold gears on her neck, salo and Ambessa are present. In this one Jayce and Viktor are present too because hextech and weapons are to be discussed .
Salo accuses Viktor of being the mole . The other councilors aren’t 100% with salo but take in the possibility .
Jayce takes Viktor defense ( saying something along the lines “ he was injusted too in the attack “)
In the end they all agree to take away the gem Viktor is using to power up his leg prosthetic .
Jayce : “ it’s until we prove you have nothing to do with that attack”
Viktor :” I don’t have anything to prove “
After the exchange they go back to discusse what to do with the underciy and Caitlyn comes in with her idea of using a specialized squad with hextech weapons to find jinx.
Viktor tries to oppose the idea .
Salo : "What? Seems like you wants us unprepared “
Viktor leaves outraged . Jayce goes after him and they have a fight .
[On a narrative level]:
I like the idea of having this interaction between Salo and Viktor because I like how this would contrast how viktor and salo treat each other in the commune.
In my mind this au is inbetween season 1 and the time skip of season 2.
So it would be even more weird to see how different Salo treat Viktor, from seeing his as an enemy to view him as a saviour.
And Jayce would be even more weirded out by Salo when the meet at the rune accelerator.
Viktor is done with Piltover.
All his problems were in one way or another caused by this city:
- his illness/disability was cause by the pollution of the undercity (caused by piltover)
- his technology has been weaponised (by the piltovian council)
- not even his death was granted to him as he intended ( jayce, a piltovian, took his body autonomy from him)
So he leaves for the undercity.
4. Zaun and Shimmer.
First thing he does once arrived in Zaun, he visit him old home. Inhabited and run down, he goes back to his house in Emberflit alley.
Just like the rest of the undercity the building is a shell of what it used to be. Most widows are broken, part of the walls have crumble the the bricks inside are open to the air. The roof let in more air, sunlight, and rain than it keeps out.
PART 2 WILL BE POSTED SOON.
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