But remember:
You're a Kiramman.
I will lead a strike team into Zaun with three objectives:
Locate Jinx, dismantle Shimmer,
and neutralize any agents still loyal to Silco.
The rise of industry in the fissures
has led to the air becoming increasingly toxic.
They call it the Grey.
I've instructed our architects to devise a ventilation system.
The people of the underground deserve to breathe.
♪ Can I do the right thing For the wrong reason? ♪
♪ Is it bad that I'm making friends With my demons? ♪
♪ Keep in mind a couple tendencies ♪
♪ Just to make sure I finish What you began ♪
♪ And I ain't afraid to lose a life or ten If it means that I get to win in the end ♪
♪ Whoo! So I'm gonna do this on my own Step into the danger zone ♪
♪ Pull the pin and watch it blow I would rather die alone ♪
♪ Huh? I would rather die alone ♪
♪ Oh, I would rather die ♪
♪ Come out and play ♪
♪ Let it rain down hellfire ♪
♪ Can't hide away ♪
♪ It's judgment day And no one can stop the rain ♪
They call it the Grey.
♪ I wake up to the sounds Of the silence that allows ♪
♪ For my mind to run around With my ear up to the ground ♪
♪ I'm searching to behold The stories that are told ♪
♪ When my back is to the world That was smiling when I turned ♪
♪ Tell you you're the greatest ♪
♪ But once you turn, they hate us ♪
♪ Oh, the misery ♪
♪ Everybody wants to be my enemy ♪
♪ Oh, spare the sympathy ♪
♪ Everybody wants to be my enemy ♪
♪ Pray it away, I swear I'll never be a saint, no way ♪
♪ My enemy ♪
♪ Pray it away, I swear I'll never be a saint ♪
♪ Look out for yourself ♪
Thanks. I thought I was a goner.
You're Smeech's man.
Was.
Not anymore. Name's Heenot.
I...
Oh, I decided it was time for me to retire.
Looks more like someone decided to retire you.
Yeah, well, timing was never my strong...
Sorry.
Sorry, it's... It's the Grey. It gives me the...
Tell us how you wound up here.
Hey, wait, wait.
Jinx is off the rails, even for her.
She's got a real fire lit under her ass.
She's planning something big,
right here in the pipeworks.
It's a pretty big place down here.
She was headed towards the old tunnels. Something about rerouting the vents.
- This is it, then. Cuff him. - Hey, I told you everything I know.
You're a confessed criminal. You'll spend your retirement in a cell.
Check your gear.
This is what we've trained for.
Can I get a minute?
Your first request for an audience was uninteresting.
The second, inappropriate for someone of your station.
The third...
plain annoying.
People have lost their heads for less.
So tell me, Amara,
what does a member of Piltover's merchant guild want from me?
I'm not here representing the guild.
I've come here to settle a debt.
My bookkeeper is down the hall.
What you've stolen...
...is more precious than any gold.
Did you truly believe Piltover was beyond our reach?
My son is dead.
Is that not enough to sate your bloodlust?
I haven't insulted your intelligence, Ambessa.
Do not insult mine.
We know what you're chasing in Piltover.
We will not allow it.
Allow?
Thank you.
Your visit only confirms my suspicions.
Try to stop me, insolent witch.
My death means nothing.
You should have given up the feud.
You have no inkling what family is to me.
Triple the guard.
This will have consequences.
We need control now.
Salo isn't ready.
Perhaps it's time we involved Mel.
No. We must distance ourselves.
She's safer as our enemy.
I'll handle Salo.
Mm.
Her disappearance won't go unnoticed for long.
It's worse than that.
We should cut the others loose.
Listen, if that Heenot idiot is telling the truth,
Jinx is gonna have surprises in store for us.
All the more reason to bring backup.
She'll smell their nerves a mile away and find a way to use them against us.
Tell me I'm wrong.
I can't let her get away again. Are you sure you're ready to...?
My sister is gone.
There's only Jinx now.
It has to end.
I'm so sorry about your mother.
I'm sorry I can't bring her back, but please just...
Everyone in my life has changed. Promise me you won't change.
I won't.
Out.
Do you realize how easy it was for me to track you down here?
Hmm. Well, I do own the place.
It's enough work propping you up
without you dulling what few wits are left rattling around in there.
If you propped as well as you prod,
maybe I'd have better uses for my time
than sitting around waiting for an update
on Princess Kiramman's underground escapades.
She's gotten no closer to Jinx.
But that doesn't seem to steal the stars from anyone's eyes.
Perhaps if you hadn't let a child overpower you in your own chamber.
It's not the girl.
It's the name.
It bewitches people.
You should know.
Do you really think Mel could have succeeded--?
Never speak ill of my family.
Why are you here?
To sober you up.
Mission accomplished.
It's time.
Rally every house and family with even a modicum of influence.
Can you manage that?
Wait. For certain?
Yes, of course.
Whatever you need.
There is another matter, concerning your guild merchant Amara.
And, yes.
Lift.
Fantastic stuff.
Good to see you again, Lest.
I'm out.
Keeping an eye on a councilor with peculiar tastes doesn't rattle me.
But that woman...
You met my mother? What did she want?
I don't know. They kicked me out before I could hear any of it.
We both know you heard every word.
I'm sorry, but I really can't.
Lest, this is vitally important.
I need to know.
This was never about Salo.
You're using me to get to her.
And then what?
You take what you need, hang me out to dry? Hmm?
I'm expendable?
No, no one is expendable.
That's what this is all about.
Everything with my mother is a calculated risk.
I'd love to promise your safety,
but I can't make any assurances other than this:
If my mother gets what she wants, the whole city will suffer.
And right now you're the only one who can stand in her way.
They're setting up some big announcement.
All the who's who.
Aiming to take over and put Salo in the hot seat, but...
we know who's really pulling the strings.
I caught a name. Amara.
I don't know what you make of that.
Here, brand-new cocktail. All the rage.
It's made with Shimmer.
Leaves traces on the body.
That should be all you need to shut Salo down.
Thank you.
For what it's worth...
dangerous as she is, your mother was spooked.
I could smell it.
Like a cat backed into a corner.
Viktor hypothesized that there may be something he called "wild runes."
Patterns that occur naturally
where the border between our world and the Arcane is thin.
Runes like the ones you use in Hextech.
What's the difference between those and wild runes?
Pass me a tome.
I used words you understood in order to elicit your action.
This is what Hextech runes are.
Pass me a tome.
There, you sighed. Still a kind of language.
A sound, but not words.
Something raw. Natural.
That's wild runes.
Most places, the Arcane is dormant, but here and there, it's more active.
- Wild runes are... - Sort of like its fingerprints.
Exactly.
So you're telling me that pattern is on my tree
because you pissed the Arcane off with all your demands?
That's-- That's not what I...
Oh, the lad may be onto something. Every action sparks a reaction.
Oh, ball sockets.
Do you think this could actually be a result of overuse of Hextech?
I've seen miracles spring from the hands of mages many times,
but so often,
they turned to horrors.
I'd always presumed it was due to mankind's...
turbulent relationship with power.
But perhaps it is a property of the Arcane itself.
We tested our Hextech under every conceivable condition for years.
If there's some reaction taking place,
how come we've never seen any sign of it until now?
And why would it appear on a tree, deep underground?
Hmm.
Your source panned out.
I've confirmed Salo met privately with members of several houses today.
I should have been first to bring this to you.
I promise I wouldn't have missed it.
It's just such a bold move.
And at this moment, it's...
Foolish.
Of course, your mother is anything but a fool.
There must be an angle I'm missing.
Hmm.
Did you look into the other matter?
There's a rat's nest of misinformation surrounding your brother's passing.
Whomever he crossed knows how to cover their tracks.
Moreover, they've managed to strip your mother of most of her holdings.
She's desperate.
Which makes her all the more dangerous.
What are we going to do?
Summon the apothecary. I'll want his opinion of this.
And check in on Amara.
This is still part of the Hexgates?
We must be at least 200 feet below the surface.
The entire structure is a channel,
focusing the Hextech energy into a precise beam.
Cait.
If you see an opening...
take the shot.
Vi.
How do you know so much about its design?
Read what I could, deduced what I couldn't.
Plus, I didn't think the Topside would trust anything that important
below the surface.
I thought the gemstone mesh was installed aboveground.
The mesh is aboveground,
but we weren't sure what would happen if the gate overloaded,
so we installed a failsafe at the base.
So instead of it exploding in your neighborhood,
it would blow up in ours.
We're miles from the main fissures.
These are the same utility ducts that carry our water
and facilitate our ventilation.
That would explain it affecting the tree.
Inconceivable.
You know, you say we should feel like we're all one people.
But whenever it rains, we're the ones that get wet...
What the...?
Jinx!
Jinx! Jinx! Jinx!
Finally got the name right.
Guess there really isn't a crack in the earth
where you won't find me.
What is this place?
Don't you remember the old Janna bedtime stories
Vander used to tell us?
Miners trapped underground.
Air running thin!
But then some wispy wind woman wafts to their rescue.
Wild the kind of crap people get up to when you choke them out.
We used the Grey to clear the streets. To keep people safe.
"We."
Never thought my sister would turn bluebelly.
Never thought mine would orphan kids.
Ha! Why not? Done it to myself enough.
But plastering my face all over
so someone else would do your dirty work?
Poisoning our air?
You've turned a leaf, sister.
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.
Then stop me.
'Cause no matter what I do,
I just can't seem to die.
I'm sorry.
I'm sorry too.
I know you're sweet on her.
Hope you got a chance to, you know...
Before...
I'm ready.
Is that a wild rune?
I have no idea what that is.
♪ You walk along the edge of danger ♪
♪ And it will change you ♪
♪ Why would you let This voice set in your head? ♪
♪ It is meant to destroy you ♪
♪ You summon storms and play with nature ♪
♪ Now watch it hurt you ♪
♪ Why would you want To shake the world in your hands? ♪
♪ You will never make it ♪
♪ When you try to gain power ♪
♪ You shift to gain moves ♪
♪ How does it feel to reach the mind Of no one as it goes across? ♪
♪ Does it make you uncomfortable? ♪
♪ Every sin will be forgiven ♪
♪ As you lay down your weapons To the ground ♪
♪ Gaseous fire burning out your soul ♪
♪ Just when you've done it all ♪
♪ You will turn it all ♪
♪ To ashes and blood ♪
What have we done?
♪ To ashes and blood ♪
♪ Gaseous fire burning out your soul ♪
♪ Just when you've done it all ♪
♪ You will turn it all ♪
♪ To ashes and blood ♪
Go on. I'm ready.
I'm glad it's you.
Had to be you.
No!
What are you...?
Get off me.
Get away from her.
- Cait. - Move.
Scram, kid.
Cait, she's a child.
Move. She's not getting away again.
Cait.
- Move. - Cait!
No, no, this isn't how it's supposed to...
We have to go now!
Cait.
You stopped me.
I shouldn't have had to.
I had the shot.
That was a kid. What if you missed?
I wasn't going to miss.
What's wrong with you?
I keep telling myself that you're different.
But you're not.
It's her blood in your veins.
Then why are you the one acting like her?
Elora?
What's wrong?
Black Rose.
Thank you all for answering my summons.
I've come to trust the expertise of Ambessa Medarda.
You no doubt recognize the name.
She's just shared with me some very upsetting,
but sadly unsurprising, news.
Good evening.
Yesterday I met with your guild merchant Amara.
We spoke of rebuilding,
restoring this great city to its former glory,
when two Zaunite assassins fell upon us.
I tried to save her.
But the blade pierced her heart.
Our families should not need fear an assassin's dagger in the night.
It's time to end this.
You've given Zaun opportunity after opportunity
to repair their wrongs,
and how have they answered?
Half your council is dead.
Your memorial is made a massacre.
Well, no more.
Wrath must be met with wrath.
You must declare martial law.
Appoint a general to lead until this threat is vanquished.
Someone who will not pale when faced with Zaun's degeneracy.
Whose conviction never wavers.
A pillar of your community
whose house has always stood for progress.
Who may consider my experience
and my entire detachment of Noxian soldiers
at their disposal.
Until all our families are safe.
Of course, I could only be referring to...
Caitlyn Kiramman.
Vengeance for your son.
It's you.
Come, child.
Your mother will have justice.
I swear it.
♪ You walk along the edge of danger ♪
♪ And it will change you ♪
♪ Why would you let This voice set in your head? ♪
♪ It is meant to destroy you ♪
♪ You summon storms and play with nature ♪
♪ Now watch it hurt you ♪
♪ Why would you want To shake the world in your hands? ♪
♪ You will never make it ♪
♪ Gaseous fire burning out your soul ♪
♪ Just when you've done it all ♪
♪ You will turn it all ♪
♪ To ashes and blood ♪