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| “ | I thought I could bring an end to the world's suffering. But when every equation was solved, all that remained were fields of dreamless solitude. There is no prize to perfection. Only an end to pursuit. In all timelines, in all possibilities... only you... can show me this. | „ |
| ~ The repentant Viktor expresses his motivations to Jayce |
| “ | Knowledge is a paradox. The more one understands, the more one realizes the vastness of his ignorance. | „ |
| ~ The Mage |
The Mage, later revealed to be an alternate future Viktor, is a minor character in Riot Games/Netflix's 2021 animated series Arcane, set in the same universe as League of Legends.
He is an alternate Viktor who succeeded in his plan to bring forth the Glorious Evolution and caused the destruction of all life in Runeterra, left alone amid the wastelands to reflect and realizing the error of his ways, he would go back in time to kickstart the series by giving Jayce the gemstone as a child, trying every possible combination until a good ending was achieved.
He was voiced by Harry Lloyd.
His Good Ranking[]
What Makes Him Admirable?[]
- Being an alternate Viktor, he presumably shares all his admirable deeds from Season One and early Season Two before his eventual fall to villainy.
- In the years since his victory, Viktor would realize his wrongdoings and choose to amend by aiding an alternate Jayce in stopping him and preventing this dark future from ever coming to be.
- Arriving at a point in time where a young Jayce and his mother were freezing to death in a blizzard, he used his magic to transport them into a clear plain, saving both their lives and granting the young Jayce a rune before departing. This incident would become Jayce's main inspiration and drive him into his research of magic and the Arcane, all of which led to the creation of HexTech.
- Years later, when Jayce, Ekko, and Heimendinger were inspecting the anomaly, the Mage would once more intervene by bringing Jayce to the far future into his world to show him the massacre that Viktor and Ambessa would cause and get him to realize that he needed to destroy HexTech.
- All the while he would silently watch him from afar, with the intention of getting Jayce to reach the top of what was once Piltover and find his own corpse to meet him there.
- After meeting with Jayce, he revealed his true identity and intentions, and with Jayce now motivated and determined, he sent him back to the main universe armed with the knowledge to defeat his past self and prevent the Glorious Evolution. The Mage's actions are what gave Jayce the memories of the future that Viktor accesed and made him realize what his actions would lead to, causing his redemption and subsequent sacrifice.
- He is the sole reason why the entire world of Runeterra was saved from suffering the same fate as his world, in being devoid of all life as a barren wasteland with destruction and mindless Evolved, since he was the one who brought Jayce to the future to see the consequences and provided him with the Rune that motivated him and made the entire series possible as well as sending him back and allowing him to go against Viktor and unite Piltover and Zaun in a war against Ambessa and Viktor's Evolved.
What Makes Him Inconsistent?[]
- Much like the original Viktor, The Mage did fall to villainy and became obsessed with achieving the Glorious Evolution, only that this time he actually succeded and caused the death and forceful evolution of every known being in his timeline, effectively committing omnicide by stripping the humanity away from everyone in his world and forcing them into a FWTD by leaving them as mindless evolved to wander the remains of their world. Also, we are shown in extent how horrible this outcome is, with Jayce experiencing it firsthand seeing the remains of all that he's known and almost going insane due to what he's seen. Even if he grew remorseful, changed for the better, and returned to good, his actions are still too heinous for him to qualify as NPG.
Trivia[]
- He and his past self both qualify as IA, making them the only character to originate from the same series as the same person yet have two different pages.
External Links[]
- Viktor on the Heroes Wiki
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