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PLAYER INFO
Name: Fran
Pronouns: She/her
Contact: mycroftier & moriarteas (discord)
Permissions: Here

CHARACTER INFO
Name: Viktor
Canon: Arcane
Canon Point: Season 2, Episode 6, “The Message Hidden Within the Pattern”
Age: 32
Species: Biomechanical cyborg, formerly human

History: Here!

Personality:
✽ What is your character’s main motivation? What drives them and keeps them going?

After growing up on the fringes of society, Viktor has always been driven by a strong sense of self. He is his own north star, never losing sight of the desire to rise above his circumstances and make people’s lives better. Where some might be deterred by seemingly insurmountable obstacles — both personal and professional — Viktor never lets anything slow his progression, always searching for a new way of fighting against the systems that have long kept his people oppressed. In his lowest moments, Viktor remembers how far he’s come, and how many people depend on his efforts. There is no alternative. He must succeed.

✽ What is their biggest regret? Why?

Sky’s death. It is absolutely, unequivocally Viktor’s greatest regret, and he only blames himself for what happened. Despite the fact that he never meant for her to get hurt, she was still caught in the crossfire of his tampering with the Hexcore, and he believes he had a responsibility to ensure not just her safety, but everyone else who could have entered the lab that night.

✽ What is their worst fear? Their greatest comfort?

It’s his greatest fear to be completely forgotten, erased by time and important to no one. Viktor has always felt lonely and passed over by the vast majority of people, and he’s had to fight for any scrap of attention he receives. It’s why it was so easy for him to infiltrate Piltover Academy without anyone suspecting he didn’t belong. He simply stole a uniform and blended into the background, and while that has served him in some ways, Viktor desperately yearns to be seen and acknowledged.

His greatest comfort is, of course, Jayce. Even in the aftermath of his transformation, Viktor kept the blanket his former partner gifted him, turning into a sort of armor that he wears proudly for all to see. He keeps this piece of Jayce close, always, drawing strength from it even without his presence nearby.

✽ Top three strengths?

Viktor is self-motivated in the extreme. Having grown up disabled in the poorest district of his city without access to medical facilities, Viktor not only rose to become the dean’s assistant at a prestigious academy, he taught classes, invented new technology, and healed people who were thought to be lost causes. He is also profoundly altruistic with a strong moral code. Viktor believes in always using his power to protect the most vulnerable, and never to harm, making him a staunch pacifist. After absorbing the Hexcore, he has done nothing but try to heal and shelter society’s most vulnerable with his newfound abilities, underscoring his protective nature.

✽ Top three weaknesses?

Quite often, Viktor considers the consequences of his actions after he’s already taken a risk, and that kind of reckless disregard for his own safety often means other people are the ones who are hurt. He is easily seduced by the promise of a discovery — having clawed his way out of Zaun to chase his ambitions in Piltover — and he has since taken great pains to curb this natural instinct, which is really just an addictive personality. Above all, though, Viktor is relentlessly stubborn. He never lets anyone or anything stop him from pursuing a goal if he’s set his mind to achieving it.

✽ What was their last lie?

Until recently, Viktor never used to lie. He’s always spoken his mind even when it ruffles feathers, and he didn’t apologize for his opinions either, perfectly comfortable standing by them despite so often being part of the minority. But that’s since changed. Not only did he hide the fact that he was experimenting on himself from Jayce, he’s had to learn how to maintain little white lies with those living in his commune. Viktor deflects their concerns for his health, pretending he doesn’t experience pain and fatigue from overworking himself the longer he uses his healing abilities. This is because he believes he’s protecting them by doing this, preserving their hope for a better future as a leader who can endure anything.

Surely this won’t backfire someday! (It will. He knows this.)

Inventory: Just his blanket clothes and a tall staff he uses as a walking stick.

Abilities: Viktor is a biomechanical cyborg, meaning most of his anatomy has been replaced by mechanical augmentations. He is faster, more durable, and much stronger in this form, and he lacks the need for most mortal basic necessities. However, he does need to recharge, by quite literally plugging into a power source. Without this, he will exhaust himself, and be unable to access his magic.

Despite the fact that Viktor wasn’t born with the ability to harness magic, he was gifted this power when fused with the Hexcore, a sentient, biotechnological rune matrix (say that five times fast). Viktor’s greatest talent, though, is his healing, which is absolutely unparalleled. There is almost no ailment he can't soothe, though it necessitates he create a telepathic link between him and his patient. He needs to connect with them in a sort of astral plane so that he can locate and neutralize the threat. Once bound, Viktor and those healed share a bond where they can sense each other’s emotions and even share thoughts.

In the same vein, he is also a mostly unwilling touch telepath. Any physical connection with Viktor can sometimes establish a connection where he receives flashes of memories from the other person. He hasn't figured out a way to block this yet, so he generally avoids touching most people.

Sample: Here is my sample from the TDM!

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