Palix, the Reclaimed. (Or possibly Warwick re-lore?)
TL:DR I'm going to make a list of points instead of a typical TL:DR (These are all just ideas for background/interactions. Not neccessarily important.) -Palix is Ekko's friend who is believed to be dead/ murdered -Viktor (or Singed possibly) stumbles upon Palix while he is near death (Maybe poisoned, which is where Singed, the master chemist come into play) -Viktor brings Palix into his lab (or Singed brings him to Viktor) and Viktor makes Palix into a half-human, half machine hybrid (#justviktorthings) -Viktor (and/or Singed) saves Palix's life in order to use him to steal the Arcane Crystal from Piltover (It's lore between Viktor and Jayce.) -When Jayce manages to shatter the Arcane Crystal, Palix is unaffected (Viktor put a separate piece of the Arcane Crystal inside Palix.) and Palix now has control over himself. -Palix begins his search for his friend (Ekko obviously) and his quest to become an instrument of justice (or some other heroic goal) Additional Ideas -Viktor implants a portion of the Arcane Crystal into his hexcore staff, although the shard does not provide enough power to control Palix. -Viktor possibly brainwashes Palix to remove his memories of his past life/ Ekko (through the Arcane Crystal or some other method.) -Maybe swap Palix for Warwick and make him into a half-robot hunting machine (Full-Machine Warwick? Kappa.) -Warwick was renowned as a human experimenter so maybe he forcibly made Viktor into his partially mechanical self, (I know this interferes with Viktor's lore a little but new lore is good lore am I right?) and so, Viktor seeing his chance for revenge, made Warwick into a hybrid blood hunter
**The following paragraph is for the idea of Palix, not Warwick **(My idea for Warwick was the last 2 lines of the **"Additional Ideas"** section in-case you skipped it.)
Alright so I'm gonna start this post off by saying this idea is just that, an IDEA. It's bound to be a mess seeing as I'm typing this as I think it. (This scenario INCLUDES SINGED.) So I was thinking about Ekko's friend who died in Ekko's lore and the shrine Ekko was protecting in the Ekko: Seconds cinematic, what if he actually wasn't dead. Since the method in which Ekko's friend was murdered wasn't clearly explained I though; "What if he was stabbed with some type of poisoned blade of some sort?" which got me thinking that maybe
, being the genius chemist he is, saves Palix, and brings him to the Machine Herald,
. Viktor takes a risk and performs an experiment on Palix, making him half mechanized which ends up saving Palix's life. Currently indebted to Viktor for saving him, Palix agrees to steal the Arcane Crystal from Piltover for Viktor and his debt will be cleared. Palix, previously a highly respected thief (Not any random kid can steal a crystal from Piltover), succeeds in stealing the Arcane Crystal for Viktor. Viktor becomes obsessed with Palix's skill and decides to implant a portion of the Arcane Crystal into Palix to control him.(The Arcane Crystal now becomes his life source, I guess he had a couple of AA batteries powering him before or something).
learns that the Arcane Crystal has been stolen by
(Adding on to previous lore here,) and being the hammer/cannon wielding do-gooder he is, decides to go retrieve the crystal from Viktor's dirty third hand. Jayce, unable to retrieve the crystal from Viktor, destroys it instead, freeing Palix from Viktor's control. (End of pre-existing lore) Palix, being free to do what he wants, decides to go search for his long lost pal Ekko and begins his path to becoming a hero. (or a villain
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As of this moment I have no ideas for the abilities/design of Palix, but I'll most likely add something in the future