Arcane

Arcane (2021–2024) is an animated television series set in the League of Legends universe.

Season 1

Some Mysteries Are Better Left Unsolved [1.2]

Jayce: Professor Heimerdinger, I... I believe I have discovered something truly incredible: a way to harness magic through science.

Heimerdinger: Magic?

Jayce: Yes!

Heimerdinger: No.

Jayce: No?

Heimerdinger: The Arcane is dangerous, Jayce. A force of nature. Science cannot control it.

---

Jayce: Surely, we, the pioneers of science, can use it for good. We are the champions of discovery. Why fear it when we can master it?

Heimerdinger: Jayce, enough.

Jayce: This is the city of progress. Think of the wonders we could create! Let me prove—

Heimerdinger: Enough! You don't understand what's at stake. But how can you? That's a burden that only I here carry: time. I have seen this power in the wrong hands. It corrupts, consumes, lays waste to civilizations. That cannot happen here, my boy. It must not.

Oil and Water [1.8]

Caitlyn Kiramman: [enters her room, surprised] We'll... present our case to the council, tonight.

Vi: [examining Caitlyn's detective notes] You did all this yourself? Without even going down there? And I thought Powder could get obsessed. [lays back as Caitlyn approaches the bed and sits next to her]

Caitlyn Kiramman: What happened to her... it's not your fault. [lays down]

Vi: When my parents were... still alive, me and Powder used to share a bed like this. Except, maybe half this size. We played a game where we'd pretend to be bigger and bigger monsters. So she would say, "I'm a slug monster with venom for ooze!" and I would say "Well, I'm a slug-eating crab with razor spikes!" [She and Caitlyn gradually turn to face one another] Sometimes, I... I'd get carried away, and she'd get scared. I didn't want her to start crying and wake my parents up, so... I pretended to chase my own monsters away. I'd say, "No monster's gonna get you when I'm here"... Then a real monster showed up. [closes her eyes, curls into a fetal position] And I just ran away. I left her.

The Monster You Created [1.9]

[Jace meets with Silco on the seawall]

Silco: Perfect place for an ambush... and you without your hammer.

Jace Tallis:... I was reminded recently, of what brought us together in the first place. The threats beyond our walls.

Silco: This city has a short memory.

Jace Tallis: Progress.

Silco: [shrugs] Far be it for me, to stand in the way. [withdraws a list and plants it on Jace's chest, smirking]

Jace: [reads, incredulous] Free trade routes... Blanket amnesty?! Unrestricted access to the Hexgates, sovereignty?! You really think you're in a position to demand all this?!

Silco: I give you credit for your stunt, boy. Didn't think you had the stomach. But the big display, followed by a request for parley... You're tipping your hand. You're afraid.

Jace Tallis: [looks away] I am afraid. Today, I got a glimpse of what war between us might look like. Your people wouldn't stand a chance. Council couldn't care less. I'm trying to save you, from anihilation.

Silco: [smiles, shakes his head] ...Well, well. Not the fresh-faced Academy pledge, are you? [sharply] You want peace, this is the price.

Jace Tallis: You'll discontinue the production of Shimmer?

Silco: Half-there already.

Jace Tallis: Return the Gemstone? [Silco nods]... And I need Jinx. [Silco's face darkens] She has to pay for what she's done.

Silco: They weren't her crimes. She was working for me.

Jace Tallis: Believe me, if I had it my way, it'd be you rotting in Stillwater. But we can't make a deal with a snake, and cut off it's head. We both have our shitty parts to play. [slaps the list against Silco's chest] Get me Jinx, and I'll give you your Nation of Zaun.

---

[Silco addresses Vander's statue, unaware Jinx is listening behind it]

Silco: [in a broken voice] A thousand times, I've imagined this moment... Never like this. All we ever wanted. The boy didn't even haggle! And what do I lose, but problems?! Oh, it all makes sense now, Brother. [He pours a toast from his hip flask into the fountain, then drinks] Is there anything so undoing... as a daughter?

---

[Vi awakens to find herself bound in the cannery where Vander, Mylo and Claggor died, lit only by a sparkler]

Powder/Jix: Really thought I buried this place. But, I shoulda known better. [approaches in the dark]

Vi: Powder?

Powder/Jinx: Nothing ever stays dead.

Vi: Are we alone?

Powder/Jinx: For now. Maybe forever. [stalks around as Vi looks for her] Wanna know a secret? Silco, thinks he made Jinx, with all his rants and his hard-won lessons. "Excise your doubts, Jinx. Be what they fear, Jinx!" Like everything was the same, as when Vander left him! But he, didn't make Jinx. You did.

Vi: I'm sorry, Powder. I never meant to leave you.

Powder/Jinx: You never left. I always heard you [softly] Shadows in the streets. Prickles on the back of my neck... Your voice, pushing me. Picking me up, when all the colors were black. You're the reason, I'm still alive.

Vi: ...I spent so many nights, in that shitty prison, on that freezing floor! Hungry, bloody, counting the hours! The only thing... [her voice breaks] the only thing, that kept me going, was the thought of getting back to you.

[the sparkler goes out]

Powder/Jinx: [also broken] ...Are we... still, sisters?

Vi: Nothing, is ever going to change that.

[Jinx ignites a lighter in front of Vi, startling her.]

Powder/Jinx: I always knew you'd come back. [turns Vi toward a table]

Vi: What's going on?!

[Jinx lights candles along the table, revealing Silco, bound, gagged and barely conscious]

Powder/Jinx: He took everything from us. Right here, he stabbed Vander in the back. Just like he planned to with me. All the time, saying you abandoned me, when he knew the truth. [Silco mumbles behind the gag] Liar. Hmm. We're missing someone.

[As she walks way, Vi notices her effigies of Claggor amd Mylo, as well as Vander's pipe and gauntlets, set at chairs. Jinx brings a covered dinner tray and puts it in front of Vi.]

Powder/Jinx: I paid your girlfriend a visit this morning.

Vi: [horrified]...What'd you do?

Powder/Jinx: [shrugs] I made her a snack!

[She pulls the lid off, and Vi recoils]

Vi: No! [she looks at the tray, only to see a cupcake with the Hextech Gemstone on top]

Powder/Jinx: Sheesh! I'm not that crazy.

[She walks away again, returning with a wheelchair containing Caitlyn, also bound and gagged.]

Vi: Powder! Leave her out of this.

[Jinx glares at Silco, then Caitlyn, then walks over to stand next to Vi]

Powder/Jinx: Now... where should I sit? [indicates two empty chairs- one labled "Powder", the other "Jinx."] That's your choice, really. [She puts her pistol in Vi's bound hands] Make her go away. Please. Send her on her way, and-[Caitlyn gives a muffled yell] And you can have Powder back.

Vi: I- I can't. [Jinx scoffs, grabs the pistol and aims at Caitlyn] NO! Powder, listen. We- we can, just go. We'll leave, and never come back.

Powder/Jinx: ...Wh-where would we go? [aims at the effigies] No, no, no! She's not saying that!

Vi: It's true! We'll put this behind us. You'll never have to see him again, Powder.

[Silco mumbles behind his gag; Jinx glares at him]

Powder/Jinx: What do you have to say about that? [she removes his gag]

Silco: [to Vi] Her name, is Jinx! [To Jinx] She's lying. You'll be with her a day, before she realizes you aren't that girl anymore.

Powder/Jinx: [To Vi, uncertain] You aren't... lying? You wouldn't lie to me? Not again.

Vi: I'm not lying. I'm on your side, I promise!

[Jinx hallucinates Mylo laughing at her and shoots his effigy through the head, breaking a glass]

Powder/Jinx: Shut up! We're talking!

Silco: The Topsiders... offered me everything! Independence, a seat at the table... all in return for you. [Unnoticed, Caitlyn reaches for the broken glass] They can all burn. Everyone betrays us, Jinx. Vander, her. They will never understand... it's only us. You're my daughter. I'll never foresake you.

---

[Caitlyn breaks free, grabs Pow-Pow and aims at Jinx]

Caitlyn Kiramman: Drop the gun!

[Jinx glances from her to Vi]

Vi: No... Please.

[Jinx scoffs, then raises the pistol. Caitlyn fires a burst next to her]

Vi: No! Stop!

Caitlyn Kiramman: Drop the gun.

Vi: Wait! She's my sister.

Caitlyn Kiramman: Vi, she's too far gone!

[Jinx gives an unhinged giggle, then sets the gun in front of Silco, raising her hands in surrender. All three stare at her as Caitlyn primes the gatling gun]

Vi: No, no, no-

[A vicious smirk suddenly crosses Jinx's face. She shoots forward before Caitlyn can react]

Vi: Look out!

[Jinx snatches the gatling gun away, smashes Caitlyn in the face and knocks her unconscious, aiming at her]

Silco: You see... now, finish it.

[Jinx suddenly looks uncertain, as she begins to hallucinate]

Vi Dammit, Powder! Wake up! Remember who you are, I know you remember!

[Jinx shuts her eyes as painful flashbacks flood her mind]

Vi: Picture Mylo!

[Jinx does so, but with monstrous, dead features, terrifying her]

Vi: Claggor! [Jinx hallucinates Claggor the same way]

Powder/Jinx: Stop-

Vi: Vander! [Jinx hallucinates Vander the same way]

Silco: [enraged] DAUGHTER! DON'T LISTEN TO HER! [begins fighting free of his bonds]

Vi: Dad! Mom! Me!

[Overwhelmed, Jinx drops to the ground, clutching her head and curling into a ball. Silco breaks his hands free and grabs Jinx's pistol, aiming at Vi. The click of its hammer catches Jinx's attention. Screaming, she spins around and fires a burst from Pow-Pow. After a moment, she drops it and rushes to Silco, who is slumped over and bleeding out]

Powder/Jinx: No... No, nonono no! I'm sorry, I'm sorry, I'm sorry! I'm sorry, I'm sorry-

Silco: ...I never would have given you to them. Not for anything. [Jinx holds his face, tearfully] Don't cry. You're perfect.

[He dies. After a moment, Jinx takes her pistol and stands up, a broken look on her face]

Vi: Powder? It's okay. We'll be okay-

[Jinx taps the chair labeled "Jinx" and sits in it]

Jinx: [softly] I thought... maybe, you could love me like you used to. Even though I'm...different. But you've changed, too. [coldly] So... here's to the new us.

[She walks past Vi, grabbing the Gemstone. As Caitlyn awakens and Vi struggles to free herself, Jinx inserts the Gemstone into a missile launcher she designed. As Jinx raises the weapon, she remembers Silco's first words to her]

Silco: We'll show them. We will show them all.

[With a tearful scream, Jinx fires the missile at the Council's office building, to Vi and Caitlyn's horror.]

Season 2

Heavy Is the Crown [2.1]

Vi: Who are you? How do you know my name?

Maddie Nolen: Junior Officer Nolen. Maddie. And, uh, it's written on your face.

Watch It All Burn [2.2]

Jinx: Jeez, lady, you crazy? Talking to dead people.

Sevika: You here to finish me off?

Jinx: Haven't I done you enough favors?

Finally Got the Name Right [2.3]

Vi: JINX!

Jinx: [unseen] ...Finally got the name right. Guess there really isn't a crack in the earth, where you won't find me.

Vi: [priming her gauntlets] What is this place?

Jinx: Don't you remember the old Janna bedtime stories, Vander used to tell us? "Miners, trapped underground, air running thin!" But then, some whispy wind woman, wafts to their rescue! [cackles] Wild, the kinda crap people get up to, when you... choke 'em out?

Vi: We used the Grey to clear the streets. To keep people safe.

Jinx: "We." Never thought my sister would turn bluebelly.

Vi: Never thought mine would orphan kids.

Jinx: Hah! Why not? Done it to myself enough. But plastering my face all over, so someone else would do your dirty work? Poisoning our air? [whistles] You've turned a leaf, sister.

Vi: I'm done, blaming myself for your mistakes! Done pretending you're my sister; you're not! You killed her. I'm not gonna let you stain her memory anymore! [Raises her gauntlets]

Jinx: Then, stop me. [Vi spots her in the smoke ahead; Caitlyn aimes her rifle] 'Cause no matter what I do, I just can't seem to die.

Vi: [looks down, bowing her head] I'm sorry.

Jinx: [shrugs] I'm sorry too.

[Caitlyn fires. Her bullet shoots past Vi's bowed head... and pierces a reflective metal plate, revealing Jinx wasn't there after all. As Jinx's laughter echoes around them, Vi frantically scans the chamber while Caitlyn finds a new sniping position. Above, Sevika spots Caitlyn and moves to intercept her]

Jinx: I know you're sweet on her. Hope you got a chance to... y'know... before... [cackles]

Vi: [coldy] I'm ready.

Paint the Town Blue [2.4]

Jinx: Ha! It's me, your vile villainess, the author of your nightmares, the, uh, dread of your—

Enforcer: Who are you?

Jinx: Mmm... [indicates her braids] Jinx?

Enforcer: [scoffs] Yeah, never heard that before.

Jinx: You're not gonna haul me in? Claim the prize? Be the big hero?

Enforcer: You expect me to believe Jinx, the master criminal, wears pants like that?

Jinx: What's wrong with my pants?

Enforcer: You look like a half-eaten circus tent.

[Sevika strikes her from behind, knocking her out]

Jinx: [scoffs, kicks the prone Enforcer] I am Jinx!

Blisters and Bedrock [2.5]

[Jinx, Vi and Isha search the mine tunnels, clapping their hands periodically to trigger luminous fungi]

Jinx: [indicating huge claw marks near the entrance] This... is where I lost him [to Isha, picking a fungi] Cool, huh? And not even toxic. [She pops it in her mouth, then frowns] Mmm...pretty sure.

Vi: ...Why the Hell would Vander be all the way down here?

Jinx: Beats me. Ask him yourself.

Vi: [sighs] When are you gonna admit, that this is just another one of your fantasies? Or do you not want the kid to know how delusional you are?

Jinx: [to Isha] She wasn't always like this. She actually used to be pretty cool- before I kicked her butt.

Vi: See what I mean? Delusional. [Jinx turns and glares at her]

Jinx: Wish I was seeing things, when you decided to throw in with the Pilty-goons who murdered Mom and Dad!

Vi: Well, at least they never had to see the psycho their daughter turned into!

Jinx: Which one? [rolls her eyes] Wake up, sis; I'm a hero! I busted half of Zaun out of Stillwater, while you were passed out in the bottom of a mug. Now can it and keep walking, before I kick your ass again.

Vi: You wouldn't last one second without all your ugly gadgets and chickenshit tricks.

Jinx: Hah! [indicates Vi's gauntlets] What about those over-designed bitch-mittens you didn't even build yourself?

[Vi angrily drops the gauntlets, causing Isha to stop and look back at them]

Vi: You think I need these to- [she is cut off as Jinx slaps her hard across the face; both of them look taken aback]

Jinx: [regains her composure, sarcastically] There. One second.

[She turns away, but Vi grabs her braid and yanks her back; the two fall to the floor, tussling]

Vi: Last chance to surrender!

Jinx: Go right ahead, Fat-Hands!

[Isha joins the struggle, trying to help Jinx. When she bites Vi's forearm, Vi lashes out, knocking her backward with a bloody nose. The sisters freeze for a moment, before Jinx pushes Vi away and rushes to Isha, pulling her up]

Jinx: Hey, kid. Still got all your insides? [Isha wipes off her nose and shrugs. Jinx smiles, playfully puts Isha's helmet back on her head, and gestures for her to keep going as Vi watches them in surprise] But don't ditch us!

Vi: ...Why'd you come get me? You don't actually need my help. You haven't for a long time.

Jinx:... Last time Vander needed us, we tried it alone, and... nothing was, ever the same. So... [sighs]... maybe this is like a do-over. [glances back at Vi] Besides... he's your father, too.

---

[In a flashback, Felicia plays "Our Love" on the jukebox at the Last Drop]

Vander: [running the bar] What's the occasion?

Felicia: Hmmm. Can't a lady just be in the mood for a familiar song?

Vander: [chuckles] Not this lady... and not this song.

[As Felicia dances to the bar, Vander pours drinks for her, himself and Silco, who is sitting next to him, writing]

Felicia: Tonight: a hairbrained scheme these two bozos cooked up, to turn a dank crack in the earth into a thriving, healthy community... became a reality.

Vander: Tonight, eh? [clinks her cup, to Silco] You hear that, Bozo Two? We made it; we're done.

Silco: Oh, you're sadly mistaken. [smiles] I'm Bozo One.

Vander: A night of revelations! [He and Silco drink, while Felicia sets her cup down.]

Felicia:... I'm knocked up. [Vander and Silco stare at her in surprise, before Vander replaces her drink with a non-alcoholic one] A girl.

Vander: How do you know?

Felicia: [shrugs] Wasn't really part of my plan... but, I guess that's everything when you're living week-to-week. [Silco puts his writing away]

Vander: What did Connel say?

Felicia: [looks down] I haven't told him. Working up the nerve. [pause] I don't know anything about kids. I get sweaty, being alone with one-

Vander: Hey. You're gonna be a great mother.

Felicia: Shut up; I'm not ready for that. I started trying to come up with a name, and it hits me that this one... word, is a decision she's gonna live with, her whole life. I can't protect her from all the shit down here, and work out how to be a parent at the same time. [pause, smiles] Then, I realized... I don't have to.

Vander: Hmm? Why's that?

Felicia: [humorously] Because the second I told you, I put you on the hook. [indicates him and Silco] You two, are gonna figure this Zaun thing out. I don't care if you have to carve it out of the bedrock, covered in blisters. You're not allowed to fail anymore. For her. For me.

Vander: [shrugs, smiles] What's the point, if we can't raise an ankle-biter or two?

Silco: [chuckles, raises his cup] To Zaun, then. Blisters and Bedrock.

Vander: [chuckles] Blisters and Bedrock! [the three toast]... I've always liked the name Violet.

---

[After Warwick/Vander's battle with Vi, Jinx tries to illuminate the tunnels with her lighter, looking beside herself with worry. After several tries, she finally sees the beast's silhouette and approaches... to find Warwick/Vander, embracing Vi]

Vi: [turns to Jinx, softly]... What are you waiting for? He's your Dad, too.

[Jinx gasps and bursts into tears, running forward to join them. Isha hugs both sisters' waists, and Warwick/Vander wraps his arms around all three of them]

---

[As Salo- visibly transformed by his exposure to the Arcane- retrieves a canister from the Hexcore, the Wild Rune suddenly activates, dropping a bearded, haggard-looking Jayce into the chamber, his childhood crystal fused to his wrist. Salo stares at him, then pulls back his hood]

Jayce Tallis: ...Salo? What are you doing here?

Salo: Jace. One could ask the same question.

[Jayce experiences a split-second, traumatic flashback, then recovers]

Jayce Tallis: [indicates Salo's metallic, glowing legs] How are you walking?

Salo: [smiles] Who do you think could mend, such a broken creature? Would you want, to speak with him?

[His eyes roll back, close, then re-open, filled with pearly light]

Viktor: [through Salo] Jacye. I feared I wouldn't have the chance to speak with you again.

Jayce Tallis: Viktor? [approaches, dragging his deformed war-hammer]

Viktor: [through Salo] I would prefer to converse in person. [Jayce experiences another flashback] But there's so much work, to be done.

Jayce Tallis: How are you doing this?

Viktor: [through Salo, gazing at the Wild Rune] I suppose this is somewhat beyond where we left off.

Jayce Tallis: Is Salo still in there?

Salo: [smiles] Where else would I be? You have my solemn vow, that anything you discuss, will be kept in the strictest confidence. I owe Viktor... everything.

Viktor: [through Salo] Very kind, Salo. I have so many breakthroughs to share with you, Jayce.

Jayce Tallis: [angrily] I thought you were done with Hextech! [experiences another flash] And me.

Viktor: [through Salo] I was clouded by emotions. Come. Visit me. See, what I've accomplished. I've helped so many.

[Viktor touches the Wild Rune through Salo, causing it to react, then vanish. Jayce experiences one more flash, then finds himself in the Hexcore]

Jayce Tallis': ...You've given Hextech to the people?!

Viktor: [through Salo] As we always promised we would.

Salo: Viktor has truly worked wonders.

Jayce Tallis: Hextech isn't a miracle. It's a curse. We have to end it, Viktor. We have to.

Viktor: [through Salo] ...You seem different. Something happened. [Salo approaches Jayce] Now I see it. You, too, have touched the Arcane. [Jayce looks away] Your mind suffered.

Salo If you'll excuse me, I must return to him. [picks up two canisters of Hextech crystals, walks past Jayce]

Jayce Tallis: ...I can't let you leave.

Salo: I'm... sorry, you feel that way.

Jayce Tallis: I'm sorry, too.

[He turns and swings his war hammer, crushing Salo's head with a single blow, a manic look in his eyes]

The Message Hidden Within the Pattern [2.6]

Viktor: "Humanity, our very essence, is inescapable. Our emotions, rage, compassion, hate. Two sides of the same coin, intractably bound. That which inspires us to our greatest good is also the cause of our greatest evil.”

Voice Cast

• Hailee Steinfeld - Vi
• Ella Purnell - Jinx
• Kevin Alejandro - Jayce Talis
• Katie Leung - Caitlyn Kiramman
• Jason Spisak - Silco
• Toks Olagundoye - Mel Medarda
• Harry Lloyd - Viktor
• JB Blanc - Vander
• Reed Shannon - Ekko
• Mick Wingert - Cecil B. Heimerdinger
• Amirah Vann - Sevika
• Ellen Thomas - Ambessa Medarda
• Brett Tucker - Dr. Corin Reveck / Singed

External links

• Arcane quotes at the Internet Movie Database