The Arcane Pirates

A project combining the show Arcane with the podcast Just Roll With it Riptide!

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Welcome to The Arcane Pirates blog!

This is for my Arcane AU of JRWI Riptide!

I’ll be using this to keep the art in one place, and to respond to any questions about the AU!

Feel free to send asks, send fanart, and give input on the au since it’s not fully fleshed out yet.

There will be spoilers for the entirety of Riptide and Arcane! So be aware!

Current Roles (May change):

Lizzie - Vi

Chip - Jinx

Jay - Caitlyn

Gillion - Ekko

Edyn - Lest

Ava - Mel

Arlin - Vander

Finn - Benzo

Kira - Maddie

Aurora - Victor

Ensa - Jayce

Reuben - Silco

Faye - Ambessa

Niklaus - Singed

May ferin - Cassandra

Ollie - Isha

The Empress - Margot

Caspian - Seb

Tags I’ll use:

#Character ref

#Animation

#Scene redraw

#polls

#art

#text

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Not sure if this AU is still being updated but if so for Sevika the like assassin Crow guy that worked under price in riptide would work well I think

That was actually one of the possibilities I was considering!

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Chip and Reuben!

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Now, the guy everyone wants to see!

Lore under cut:

Reuben is a bit older in this au, being around 27-30 instead of twenty. He takes on a bit of a parental role for Chip, but isn’t his father figure. More like just an older person who provides guidance.

The incident with Silco and Vander still happens. But instead of being like brothers, Reuben viewed Arlin like a father figure. He got his scars during the warehouse scene after chip blows up the place.

Reuben still has the magic eye that he did in riptide, but now it’s powered by Shimmer instead of just being a magic artifact.

(Had to take away his dragon tattoo sadly because it cluttered his design lol)

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Niklaus with shimmer! I wonder what he’ll do!

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Here’s our little problem causer! Niklaus Hendrix!

Lore under cut:

Shimmer in this universe is a product of The Black Sea (Which is corruption in the water and acts similar to the Fog in arcane) and The Egg. Instead of making a vessel to revive his daughter like Singed does, Niklaus is trying to make a vessel for The Nameless Prince.

Shimmer acts pretty much the same as in arcane, granting the user more power and can be used as a drug. However it’s much more dangerous, and overdosing or misuse will turn the user into a hollowed very quickly.

In arcane, Jinx gets saved by shimmer. This is Chips return from the dead through the magic of the Black Sea. I haven’t decided if he gets to live or ends up fighting as an undead, but that’s for later I suppose.

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Yes Chip is certainly going to be put through the wringer lol! Especially when Ollie shoots Arlin during that fight scene in S2…

Ava was a difficult choice for me, since I really wanted to include her in this au. Initially, I was going to have her as Caitlyn and in a relationship with Lizzie, but ultimately thought Jay fit the role better (especially with the addition of eps 118).

In this Au, the Kiramanns and the Medardas are the same family, but the Medardas are the more battle focused half with Ava who was already indoctrinated by Faye into the role. Ava has also been banished similar to Mel instead of her being killed for sympathizing with the enemy. In Riptide’s canon, she is said to be one of the closest to Aster, and extremely powerful. This matches up with Mel’a connection to the arcane, so Ava will have a similar moment of connecting with the divine.

Sorry for the spiel lol!

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Of course, Ekko and Lest aren’t related in Arcane. So the two of them get their own special made up scene.

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Gillion and Edyn’s turn!

Extra lore under cut:

In this au, the Elders are a powerful group in piltover instead of the leaders of the Undersea. The prophecy was a ploy for power in the council but when Gillion threatened a Ferin, he was banished. His grandfather, Finn, took him to the Undercity without other people’s knowledge where he grew up.

Edyn continued living in Piltover, and as she grew up, she became a spy in order to learn more about where her brother could be.

After his grandfather was killed and his friends disappeared, he ended up discovering a magical tree. This tree being the one mentioned in eps 119, so he dedicated himself to take care of it like the prophecy said.

Of course, the mascot is pretzel, and those with the group bear a kraken symbol on them.

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Who should I draw next?

The Scientists! (Ensa + Aurora as Jayce + Victor)

The Siblings! ( Gillion + Edyn as Ekko + Lest)

The Old Men! ( Arlin + Finn + Drey as Vander + Benzo + Louis)

Zaun Group (Reuben + lackey as Silco + Sevika)

The Siblings, Rich edition! (Ava + Jay as Mel + Caitlyn)

Voting ended onDec 26, 2025

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A redrawn scene with the two of them!

My goal is for almost every ref sheet I make, to have a rendered scene counterpart!

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Chip and Lizzie!

Chip and Lizzie are first off!

Reasonings for casting under the cut:

Lizzie: Her relationship with Arlin and Chip parallels Vander and Jinx pretty well, alongside getting separated from the others when she was younger. She also shares a lot of personality traits with Vi, being loyal, brave, a good fighter, and struggling with emotions. They also have similar colour palpates, so that’s nice too!

Chip: I feel he fits Jinx a lot, his fatherly relationship with Arlin is like Powder and Vander’s, and his relationship with Price is similar to Silco and Jinx. As well as Jinx and Isha paralleling Chip and Ollie! Jinx also gets revived by Shimmer, which could parallel Chip’s revival.