Born with genius-level intellect, #Ekko constructed machines before he could crawl. Throughout his youth he watched his parents age beyond their years. They earned meager wages while greedy factory owners, and sneering #Piltovan buyers, profited immensely from their labor. It would all be worth it, they reasoned, if it meant their son could one day rise to the city above. Ekko made an astonishing find: a shard of blue-green crystal that glittered with magical energy. He experimented madly with the crystal. During one less-than-scientific attempt, the gem exploded into a vortex of shimmering dust, triggering eddies of temporal distortion. Ekko opened his eyes to see several splintered realities—and several echo versions of himself—staring back in sheer panic amid the fractured continua. He really did it this time. After some tense coordination between Ekko & his paradoxes, they managed to contain & repair the hole he had torn in the fabric of reality. Eventually, he harnessed the shattered crystal’s temporal powers into a device that would allow him to manipulate small increments of time… in theory. The time-warping device—which Ekko dubbed the #ZeroDrive—grew more and more stable. The only limit was how many do-overs his body could take before exhaustion set in. His time-bending antics have made him a person of interest to some of #Zaun & #Piltover ’s most inventive, most powerful, & most dangerous individuals. But his only interest is in his friends, his family, and his city. He dreams of the day when his hometown rises up to dwarf the so-called City of Progress, when Piltover’s golden veneer will be overshadowed by the towering ingenuity and relentless spunk of a Zaun born not from generations of privilege, but from sheer daring. He may not have a plan yet, but he’s got all the time in the world. After all, if his Z-Drive can change the past, how hard can it be to change the future? Featuring: @playboikyo 🔥 📸: @anmweanime #anime #anmweanime #anmweanimepdcast #animefrontier #playboikyo #cosplay #fortworth #arcane #leagueoflegends #ekkocosplay #animecon #doctorswithoutborders #wckitchen #worldwildlifefund #woundedwarriorproject #dbsalliance #artfeeds (at Anime Frontier) https://www.instagram.com/p/CoBGyQQLepN/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=