Arcane is an animated series on Netflix that has taken the champions from League of Legends and developed a complex story from it. In episode 5 of season 2, there is also a champion that fans can recognize right away by their hairstyle.
Attention Spoiler: The following article contains light spoilers for Arcane season 2.
What is Arcane? Arcane is an animated series from Netflix based on the video game League of Legends. It tells the story of Vi and Jinx in the context of the conflict between two cities. The series deals not only with personal stories but also with societal issues such as resource scarcity and class struggle.
The series is also doing quite well with season 2. This is also due to hidden hints and details that show a love for the source material. In the latest episodes, a secret champion can be seen who confirms a fan theory from season 1.
Arcane looks fantastic, and that comes at a cost:
The champion can be recognized by their hairstyle
Which champion is it? In episode 5 of season 2, Singed collaborates with Ambessa. It is revealed why he conducts so much unethical research. He wants to save his daughter, who apparently is dying. At 22:20, a picture of his daughter in a music box can be seen. She looks just like the champion Orianna. You can see the comparison here:
This also confirms a theory from season 1. Many speculated in season 1 that Orianna is Singed’s daughter. This is also evident in an old reddit thread by user Particular-Estate-39.
In episode 5 of season 2, we learn the real name of Singed. Dr. Reveck. Corin Reveck is also the name of Orianna’s father, who is mentioned in her official lore from Riot (via the universe of League of Legends).
However, the lore is slightly changed. In the previous story, Reveck was a workshop master who built artificial limbs. However, Singed is an alchemist who primarily experiments with living beings and chemistry.
To what extent it then comes to Orianna becoming a robot with hextech is still unclear.
The former lore of League of Legends is expanded by Arcane. Some elements of the game’s lore have already been changed. More is being done with Viktor and Jayce than previously mentioned in the official lore. Not only is Singed a great scientist. Heimerdinger is one of the greatest researchers in the world of Runeterra: LoL: One of the smartest champions from Arcane is Heimerdinger – Who is the genius scientist?
