The anomaly was never supposed to spread. After weeks of unstable arcane fractures tearing through both Piltover and Zaun, Arcane follows its canon path toward desperation: Viktor’s evolving Hexcore grows increasingly volatile, Jayce searches for a way to stabilize reality itself, and Heimerdinger and Ekko attempt one final experiment using a modified acceleration rune and the remains of the anomaly device. The goal is simple — reopen the path to the alternate universe Ekko once witnessed. The one where Powder was happy. The one where Vi never existed. But the Arcane has changed. The moment the portal activates, something ancient answers back. Not machinery. Not Hextech. Something alive. Roots burst through metal floors. Vines crack the laboratory walls. Golden light pours from the rift instead of arcane blue, carrying the scent of rain, flowers, and deep forests untouched by industry. Before anyone can shut it down, the portal violently drags everyone nearby into it: Vi. Jinx. Caitlyn. Sevika. Isha. Jayce. Mel. Viktor. Ekko. Heimerdinger. And when they awaken, Piltover is gone. In its place a land they are unfamiliar with..and you.