Hello everyone! I'm back with some news! Whether they are good or bad (or neutral) will depend on your take on it lol
Recently I had a hecking long vivid dream about my Arcane AU and it was... very interesting to say the least. The dream showed me a new take on the AU's story but gave it a rather different setting from the cannon show. It still kept all the important lore I created but was being used in a more... "twisted" alternate universe instead of an "what if" AU and I really liked what I saw it.
I think you can tell where this is going.
The dream jumped from pov to pov of different characters, but most of it was from Jinx's (not so surprising to be honest lol) and I could pick up very much the world setting; the whole thing is much darker and grounded in its essence than it currently is (like season one of the show).
Piltover and Zaun's situation was the same as the og LoL lore, where the cities are already separated and independent of each other. Piltover is a massive city of gold and technology and Zaun is the Underdark neighbor; very much like the concept art from the official lore website:
(Such grandiose that wasn't used in the show for lore reasons (and budget) I believe, since these would kinda be post the show in theory)
Hextech already exists (like in the og lore) and Jayce and Viktor were the inventors of the Hexgates, not of the tech itself.
People with Arcane talents and other magic beings are banned from Piltover, but are enslaved in Zaun by the most powerful Chembarons.
Jinx was born with Arcane talents and was never separated from Vi and Ekko.
Viktor raised both Jinx and Vi in Zaun, he doesn't live in Piltover but still works at the Academy.
Viktor and Jinx are part of the Firelights from day one.
(now comes the parts that my conscience probably filled in the gaps after I woke up with the tad bits the subconscious gave to me)
Jinx is still a toymaker and ArcTech is still a thing.
Aurelion Sol is dead and the gemstones are actually pieces of his body that fell on Runeterra.
Silco is the major leader of Zaun... a king of some sort. His "HQ" isn't at the Last Drop, but at a building of it's own.
The Firelights are labeled as "terrorists" by both Piltover and Zaun, when in fact, they aren't. They are just a group against how the cities treat their lower classes and do something about it (very much like canon, but more aggressive).
Caitlyn is a headhunter (but not an enforcer) and her main "bounty" is Vi's head.
Jinx was born with Arcane talents because her mother ate a raw gemstone when she was expecting her (don't ask me why).
Jinx's clumsiness when she was a kid was ten times more dangerous because of her magic; she accidentally killed her parents because of it. That led to Viktor finding them (they were about the age of when Vander adopted them in cannon).
Mylo, Claggor, and Benzo are alive and are part of the Firelights.
Mylo and Claggor were raised by Benzo instead, which makes them Ekko's brothers.
Viktor was raised by Vander (making Vander a grandpa for Jinx and Vi instead), and he's the leader of the Firelights.
Vander didn't die, BUT was kidnapped and it still becomes Warwick (with the werewolf design).
Benzo owns the Last Drop after Vander was kidnapped and it's the main source of income for the Firelights.
Piltover and Zaun are close to starting a war between each other (but the dream didn't show me why).
WITH ALL THAT SAID! This AU will undergo a reboot! Not a simple rework, but a whole reboot. I liked very much the darker tone the dream showed me, it's much closer to the atmosphere of the show's season 1.
Like I said before, the greatest part of the story/lore will not going to be touched, it's just the world setting that will be changed. All the added characters from LoL and OCs will be the same.
Thoughts?
what the hell do you take before sleep? lol (I liked)
what the hell do you take before sleep, bro? (I didn't like)
whatever you take, I want it too
I'm neutral about it (show results)
Voting ended onJul 17, 2025
