Piltover, also known as the City of Progress, is a thriving, progressive city whose power and influence is on the rise. It is Valoran's cultural center, where art, craftsmanship, trade and innovation walk hand in hand. Its power comes not through military might, but the engines of commerce and forward thinking.
Zaun, also known as the City of Iron and Glass, is a large undercity district lying in the deep canyons and valleys threading Piltover Crest icon Piltover. Piltover's wealth has allowed Zaun to develop in tandem; a dark mirror of the city above. Many of the goods coming to Piltover find their way into Zaun's black markets, and hextech inventors who find the restrictions placed upon them in the city above too restrictive often find their dangerous researches welcomed in Zaun. Unfettered development of volatile technologies and reckless industry has rendered whole swathes of Zaun polluted and dangerous. Streams of toxic runoff stagnate in the city's lower reaches, but even here people find a way to exist and prosper.
Jinx grew up in Zaun Crest icon Zaun as a sweet and innocent girl who loved tinkering with machinery but never quite fit in. However, a horrible tragedy changed her into a completely different person who delighted in acts of destruction. Jinx eventually became a widely known criminal, first gaining notoriety through her anonymous “pranks” on the citizens of Piltover Crest icon Piltover
Violet (commonly known as Vi) is a lead character appearing in Arcane. When her parents were killed by Piltover enforcers, she and her sister Powder were taken in by Vander.
Violet (commonly known as Vi) is a lead character appearing in Arcane. When her parents were killed by Piltover enforcers, she and her sister Powder were taken in by Vander.
The Hexcore was developed in Piltover during Viktor and Jayce’s collaboration to push hextech’s boundaries. By combining hextech crystals with organic materials, the Hexcore became a sentient and adaptive entity, capable of :
Shimmer was originally created by Singed from a species of glowing purple flowers that he found in the caves of Zaun as one of his many attempts to find a way to cure his comatose and terminally ill daughter Orianna. Shimmer was originally designed to serve as a healing drug. Under Silco, however, it was used to create an army of superhuman soldiers
The color blue is often associated with Piltover, the advanced city above ground, as it is a city of progress and innovation, and blue is often seen as a color of stability and trust. In contrast, the color purple is often associated with Zaun, the undercity, as it is a city of chaos and danger, and purple is often seen as a color of mystery and danger. The color red is also used in Arcane to represent danger and power, like for shimmer which is represented in the warm tones. On the contrary, the color green is used in Arcane to represent hope and healing.