THE League of Legends video game serves as inspiration for Netflix series Arcaneand because of this, several champions from the game appear in the series. Although League of Legends has made countless impressive animated sequences before, from music videos to character films, Arcane is the first complete story the game has produced. ArcaneThe success of is even more surprising considering that historically video game adaptations tend to fail, but the series manages to find its own voice without gimmicks or heavy references. Arcane focuses primarily on the industrious city of Piltover and its underbelly known as Zaun.
League of Legends has become a global phenomenon since its launch in 2009, attracting millions of spectators around the world every year to its championship events. The tradition in League of Legends It’s expansive, with a character description and backstory for each of your champions, which intertwine in various ways. Arcane is arguably the best video game adaptation of all time, with a distinct art style and compelling narrative. The show borrows characters and elements from League of Legends‘ and applies them to an original story. Of the 150+ playable champions in League of Legends, Arcane uses a fraction of those in the story.
Jinx
Voiced by Ella Purnell
Arcane gives context to the torment of Jinx’s mind, detailing her transformation from the naive and innocent Powder to the reckless criminal mind that is Jinx. The series gives a good overview of her traumatic childhood and how it alienates her from her sister. She is one of the most dynamic and interesting characters in the series, and has long been one of the League of Legends‘most popular champions.
Called The Loose Cannon in League of Legendsshe has often been compared to Harley Quinn since her introduction to the game as a champion in 2013. Jinx has been heavily used in promoting the series and was even added as a playable character in Fortnite before the show’s release. To Arcaneshe is voiced by Ella Purnell, who fans will know from shows like Yellow Jackets and Precipitationanother successful video game adaptation.
Saw
Voiced by Hailee Steinfeld
While Jinx is seen by some as the main character of the series, Vi is played by streaming star Hailee Steinfeld and is the true protagonist of the series.. Many fans of the game have long speculated that Jinx and Vi were sisters, although it’s unclear if that’s the case outside of the show. How much of Arcane The game’s canon has not been confirmed.
In League of Legends In lore, Vi remembers little or nothing of her childhood, including her own name, and is only called “Vi” due to the Roman numerals tattooed on her cheek. Vi is a melee character in the game and that means she is a true street fighter in the show. Her hand-to-hand combat skills are impressive even from a young age, allowing her to take on people twice her size in incredibly elaborate choreography for Arcane.
Ambessa
Voiced by Ellen Thomas
Ambessa, Mel’s mother, appears recurrently in the first season before becoming a regular in the second. In Arcaneshe is someone who thrives on bloodshed and war, understanding how to turn groups of people against each other. She is also a woman searching for whoever is responsible for her son’s death, as she believes he will cause more conflict for her own people.
Ambessa may be a character who has appeared on the series since the first season, but she is a recent addition to the series. League of Legends. She was only added to the game as a champion the same week as Season 2’s release. She is called the “matriarch of war” for the game. She is a hand-to-hand fighter in League of Legendswielding blades and chains more prominently. This is also reflected in the use of a blade in the animated series.
Teemo
Appears as an Easter egg in Season 1
Majority League of Legends The champions that appear in the series are complete characters with their own stories. That’s not the case with Teemo, who is an Easter egg for game fans.
One of Silco’s henchmen is reading a children’s book featuring the character while they are busy breaking into a police officer’s house. Teemo’s Poison Puffcaps are also seen alongside caged Kurgs in the first episode of the series. Furthermore, the character has yet to make any kind of spoken appearance.
In League of LegendsTeemo is a Yordle assassin known as The Swift Scout. He is known for ranged attacks and his explosives. It’s possible that the character will have a more physical appearance before the series ends, but it’s equally likely that he’s simply being used as a fun Easter egg for fans because he’s so recognizable.
Warwick
Rumor has it that he will be voiced by JB Blanc
Arcane co-creators Christian Link and Alex Yee participated in a Reddit AMA in 2021 about the show, while writer Amanda Overton later joined the chat. It was there that fans learned that Warwick would appear in season 2. Overton confirmed that the League of Legends champion would have some backstory on Arcanewith fans seeing more about how he was created.
When the first season of Arcane came to an end, many fans speculated that Warwick was actually a new form for Vander. Vander was presumably killed during the conflict with law enforcement and Silco when Powder attempted to use stolen crystals to save him, Vi, and their allies. The plan backfired and several people were killed, but Vander was attacked by one of Singed’s experiments. In the season finale, an animal form was seen hanging in Singed’s lab, and many speculated that he was able to transform Vander into Warwick.
While there has been no official confirmation of this specific storyline, promotional images and trailers for season two have strongly suggested this is the case.
Orianna
Set to appear in Season 2
In the same Reddit AMA, the character Orianna was mentioned as a champion who would appear in season 2. Nothing was mentioned about her character by Arcane since then and there has been no official announcement, as of November 2024, for her casting, so it is unclear whether she will appear as a character in part of the storyline or as an Easter egg in the season.
Just like Warwick, fans speculated about his possible appearance before the reveal. This is because the doctor who becomes known as Singed in the first season talks about a daughter he lost and carries with him a locket with a photo of a girl. This story aligns with Orianna, a young girl who helps her father make prosthetics and automatons in the League of Legends tradition.
When Oriana becomes ill, parts of her body are gradually replaced with mechanical parts until no human parts remain. She is known as the Mechanic Lady because of the clock-like mechanical parts that are used to keep her running. Of course, these mechanical parts are also powered by Hextech, so she’s an amalgam of magic and machine.
Janna
Set to appear in Season 2
Also mentioned in the Reddit AMA is Janna. Overton only offered that Janna would be mentioned in the new season, not that she would appear in the seriesbut that could have changed since the discussion two years ago.
In League of Legends According to tradition, Janna is a wind spirit who protects the people of Zaun. She is called the Goddess of Wind or Storm’s Fury. In her corporeal form, she wields a staff, but in much of the lore, she simply appears as a wind or even a gentle breeze to help someone.
With the debut of Arcane season 2’s first three episodes on November 9, it’s possible that Janna has already received her approval. Jinx talks about a “wind woman” who saves miners’ lives. It’s most likely her, as her figure can be seen in the Season 2 trailer, in what appears to be a graffitied shrine to her.
Members
Kindred appears as an Easter egg in season 1
It’s easy to miss the only appearance (so far) of Kindred in Arcane. Occurs in season 1, when Vi and Caitlyn enter a Zaun brothel in episode 5. Sitting inside is a representation of Kindred in human form wearing their mask. It’s rare for Kindred to take human form and exist in the mortal world, so it’s an interesting Easter egg for fans of League of Legends.
Known as The Eternal Hunters, the Kindred are divided into two forms – the Lamb and the Wolf. They are a representation of death in League of Legends, with the Lamb offering a quick death to those who accept their imminent death and the Wolf hunting those who resist. In the game’s lore, they are spirits who take on the appearance of carved masks to humans who spot them, which makes sense for the mask’s use in Arcanebut it is not clear who they are for.
Jayce
Voiced by Kevin Alejandro
Jayce Talis is perhaps the most prolific intellectual in Piltover’s history. Arcane takes some liberties with his story, making him a little more naive than the arrogant and vain character he is. League of Legends tradition. Jayce is the symbol of Piltover, nicknamed “Man of Progress“and the”Defender of Tomorrow”, and strives to make life easier for the working class with his inventions that combine magic and science.
He made his debut as a champion in the game in 2012, but Jayce’s presence and the character’s more extensive development in Arcane actually made him more popular in League of Legends. He became the franchise’s answer to Tony Stark. Jayce is the inventor of Hextech, and without him, much of the technology that followed the show’s time jump simply wouldn’t exist.
Caitlyn
Voiced by Katie Leung
Of all the Netflix video game characters Arcane, Caitlyn’s character is one of the closest to the source material. Caitlyn Kiramman is an exception in Piltover’s high society. Her mother is a high-ranking political figure, but she often preached about the dangers that come with power and status, shaping Caitlyn’s sense of right and wrong from a young age. Caitlyn and Vi are effectively each other’s antithesis, although they both possess an overriding moral compass, which makes them ideal crime-fighting partners.
Caitlyn is often referred to as the series’ moral core because many of the characters operate in gray areas. That could change as she progresses into season two. In League of Legendsshe is called the Sheriff of Piltover because of its police plot and your character is better with ranged attacks because of its associated weaponry.
Ekko
Voiced by Reed Shannon
Ekko is one of the youngest League of Legends champions will be included Arcane, released in October 2015. In the game’s story, Ekko is one of the only characters with memories of Vi as a child. He is a prodigious inventor from the streets of Zaun, apparently capable of creating simple machines before he can crawl. His technology gives him control over time, which the series alludes to several times.
Ekko is referenced as “Little Man” early in the series, but in the game, His name is The Boy Who Destroyed Time because of your discovery of how to use time to your advantage. How he works with Jayce the most on the series Arcane may explore this further, but its more inventive nature hasn’t been included in both the series and the game’s lore.
Victor
Voiced by Harry Lloyd
Not only is Viktor’s animation in Arcane different from the game (at least in the first season), but his backstory was also significantly changed. The series portrays him as a sympathetic character, reluctantly driven to violate his morals for the sake of his own survival. In League of Legends’ In the lore, Viktor is a hyperlogical sage who sees human nature as an impediment to progress, inventing technologies that are abhorred by Jayce and the Council.
Viktor and Jayce developing a sibling bond while working together at Hextech has been one of the most interesting aspects of the showand a game fans probably wouldn’t have imagined. Viktor is initially the more reserved of the two, but his partnership with Jayce really allows him to stand out. Because of his inventions and the changes he goes through, Viktor is known as The Machine Herald in the game.
Scorched
Voiced by Brett Tucker
You don’t see much of Singed in Arcane as well as establishing his questionable intentions. Nicknamed “The Mad Chemist,” Singed is a brilliant scientist known for pushing the boundaries of knowledge with his unethical experiments. Singed spent most of his life in Piltover before being expelled due to his unpopular methods, eventually starting a new life and continuing his studies in Zaun.
When the show first introduces him, they make him a nameless doctor. Only after his experiments and some time in the universe is he named. Of course, his identity would have been spoiled for anyone using closed captions at the beginning of the first season. Singed is obsessed with Shimmer or Chemtech, and it’s his experiments that actually create some of the other champions. While Arcane has gone a long way in making audiences understand Singed, his experiments still make him a pretty reprehensible character.
Heimerdinger
Voiced by Mick Wingert
Heimerdinger is a Yordle, one of the only non-human characters in the seriesbut Arcane never explains any Yordle lore in its first nine episodes, and it doesn’t seem like the series will have time to do so in its second season, either. Yordles are a race of ethereal beings from Bandópolis, a realm among realms populated by spirits.
Heimerdinger is 307 years old, and although he may appear elderly, Yordles have been known to live for centuries, with some living over 10,000 years. Although Yordles rarely leave their home in the spirit realm, there have been reports of some of them scattered across Runeterra throughout history. Heimerdinger is one of the founders of Piltover, as well as being one of the best inventors the city has ever seen.
He is referred to as The Revered Inventor in League of Legendif it is a wizard character. In Arcanehowever, he is more the voice of reason than a fighter, trying to warn everyone about the use of arcane magic.
Ryze
Ryze makes a single appearance
Ryze is one of League of Legends‘ 17 original champions, making it the oldest character to appear in Arcane. He is only seen briefly at the beginning of the series when he saves Jayce and his mother, but little information is given about his identity. In fact, when he first appeared, there was some debate about his identity, as he looks a little different from his in-game counterpart, but Netflix has confirmed this.
Although he is just a small part of the first season, his character’s mysterious intrigue and the profound impact he has had on Jayce’s life make it seem quite likely that Ryze could appear again in Arcane second season. An ancient wanderer, Ryze is considered one of the most powerful sorcerers in all of Runeterra. He travels the kingdom in search of powerful artifacts to prevent them from falling into the wrong hands.
Set in the League of Legends universe, Arcane focuses on sisters Violet and Powder (later Jinx), who end up on opposite sides of a growing conflict between the wealthy utopia of Piltover and its dark underground city, whose citizens wish to break away from their oppressors. . Hailee Steinfeld, Ella Purnell and Kevin Alejandro star in this animated adventure.
- Release date
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November 6, 2021
- Presenter
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Christian Linke, Alex Yee