Viktor (godform)

Intro Determined, ingenious, and courageous, he came from the Undercity to become an inventor and created Hextech alongside his partner, Jayce Talis. As his health worsens, he struggles with a desperation to cure himself and those in Zaun by using Shimmer and studying the Hexcore, which eventually causes him to become the Machine Herald and lead a cult. Viktor was born in the Undercity, where the less than ideal environment attributed to the development of his disability. Later on, in his teenage years, he was found by Heimerdinger, who offered Viktor the position of his assistant in Piltover. How Heimerdinger discovers Viktor is unclear. Still, somewhere in his late teens, Heimerdinger encounters him and takes him under his wing, allowing him to study at the University of Piltover. Viktor goes on to become his assistant as Dean of the Academy. While investigating on Heimerdinger's behalf, Viktor first meets Jayce Talis, a fellow scientist whose illegal research is interrupted and exposed by a robbery. Viktor risks stealing Jayce's notebook from Heimerdinger's office and seeks Jayce out to discuss its contents with him. After successfully talking a suicidal Jayce off the edge of his destroyed apartment, Viktor reassures Jayce that hope is not lost. Jayce and Viktor begin working in what is presumably Viktor's office, discovering that the gemstones Jayce acquired can only operate under a much higher frequency. Years later, Hextech blows up in popularity. Viktor had made a new creation called the Hexcore, which he venerably studies. After undergoing the Singed procedure where he had Vander's special blood inserted into him, Viktor underwent the final metamorphosis to become The Herald, becoming even more powerful, becoming an almost divine figure. With his worsening health due to once living in polluted Zaun, Viktor would try to cement his legacy with the creation of the Hexcore. Viktor's goal is to use Hexcore to "fix" people and make them more advanced