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I remember the first time I saw you at the Academy. You reminded me of myself. A scientist ready to forge a new vector of experimentation. But sometimes we venture too far. No great science should ever put lives in danger.

Cecil B. Heimerdinger (commonly referred to as Heimerdinger) is a a supporting figure in Arcane. A renowned and respected figure in Piltover, a scientist, professor, dean, and once the head of the Council, Heimerdinger has helped mold the minds of young scholars at the Academy. He lived for over three centuries, hoping to guide and caution students from the potential risks of magic.

Biography[]

History[]

Heimerdinger was one of the founders of Piltover.[1] According to Councilor Bolbok, the city was established to escape the warmongering of mages,[2] with Heimerdinger himself having lived through at least one of those wars. Ultimately, he came out of the conflict mentally and emotionally scarred with a strong paranoia and distrust for anything or anyone involved with magic.[2][1]

At one point, he worked with a scientist known as Singed, whose more radical experiments Heimerdinger presumably objected to, which lead to the latter's departure.[3]

Season 1[]

When Academy scholar Jayce Talis's workshop was caught in an explosion due to a break-in by Zaunite children, Heimerdinger sent his assistant Viktor to ensure that anything dangerous in the workshop was safely dealt with. He then visited Jayce personally in his cell and asked him about his unsanctioned research. When he found out that the boy was working on harnessing magic through science, Heimerdinger warned him of the dangers and advised him to let go of his dream and not to mention it during his Council hearing—advice that Jayce ultimately ignored. After Jayce's mother spoke to plead her son's case, instead of banishment as Councilor Bolbok first suggested, Heimerdinger instead moved to expel him from the Academy, which the whole Council agreed to.[2]

Despite the warnings, Jayce continued working on his Hextech project, this time with Viktor's help and encouragement from Councilor Medarda. In a short amount of time, Jayce, with new knowledge supplied by Viktor, got the Hextech to function without destructive results.[4] No longer able to deny its potential benefits, Jayce's research was encouraged and eventually led to the creation of the Hexgates that soon made Piltover a central trading port, advancing the city's progress decades ahead.

When Jayce and Viktor tried to pitch their next Hextech plans to Heimerdinger, he was pleased with their new research but told them that it would only be ready for use years down the line after further studying to ensure its safety.[5] When the duo showed Heimerdinger the Hexcore, he recognized its similarity to the kind of power he'd encountered from the past and feared and told them to destroy it, disappointing the pair — both of whom were desperate to use it somehow to cure Viktor and Jayce who wanted to fight back against the recent attacks on Piltover by Zaunites.

His continued objection led to Jayce moving during their next Council meeting to force him to retire, with the other Councilors backing him due to Heimerdinger's speech about holding each other accountable in addition to deals Jayce had made with them with Mel's guidance,[1] after which Jayce became his replacement as the de facto head.[3]

After his eviction from the Council, Heimerdinger went to Zaun, hoping to assist them. On his way back, he saw and was impressed with a hoverboard and met its owner, Ekko. With the boy's leg injured,[6] Heimerdinger accompanies him, and Ekko brings him back with him to the Firelights' base, where the two began discussing their thoughts on his inventions, particularly his hoverboard.[7]

Season 2[]

While in the Firelights' base, Ekko brings Heimerdinger the discovery of the corruption of a fallen leaf from the Firelight Tree, Heimerdinger realizes the similarities of corruption to the Hexcore and attempts to sneak into Jayce's Lab in the Academy with Ekko. Jayce caught them in the act, having spent the night in his lab. [8]

After a discussion with Jayce, the three of them decide to head to the Hex Vault deep underneath the Hexgate where they discover an anomaly which consumes them. [9]

Heimerdinger finds himself in a parallel universe where Hextech was never invented. While waiting for Ekko to appear in this universe, Heimerdinger busies himself with acquainting with the citizens of alternate Zaun as well as inventing items for them. Finally after one thousand, one hundred, twenty eight days, 6 hours and 20 minutes, Heimerdinger meets Ekko whom has just arrived in this alternative universe. Heimerdinger initially attempts to convince Ekko to spend the rest of their life in this alternative universe, but after Ekko's pleads, he agrees to help him to develop an alternative Hexcore so that they can use the anomaly to travel back. They enlist the help of alternate Powder (Jinx) and the three of them managed to develop a very small and unstable Hexcore, as well as discovering an alternative property of it, the ability to reverse time. Heimerdinger continues his own research of it, and after a while, manages to develop a version that is able to send them back. Heimerdinger realizes that the device is only able to send one of them back and after tricking Ekko to enter it, he tells Ekko that only after meeting him has he "truly lived" and sacrifices himself by leaving the device to continue to operate it. As Heimerdinger connects the final power cable that triggers the device's activation, the device causes him to vanish, leaving him with an unknown fate. [10]

Characteristics[]

Personality[]

Heimerdinger is an empathetic mentor with a love for science and education. While he cares a lot about the safety of his people, his near immortality and PTSD caused by the Rune Wars cause him to act rashly in response to anything related to magic, even when it can save lives. His trust in most people and his ironic naivety caused him to be somewhat complacent, as he was mostly unaware of the corruption in the Council or the brutality of the enforcers in Zaun. He was both a typical wise elder who was ignored by corrupt politicians and a traumatized child who needed therapy. He was too focused on potential dangers to see the present issues.

Due his immortality and already advanced age, Heimerdinger tends to take things far too slow for human standarts, always insisting the development of technology to be dealt slowly, suggesting decades of careful experimentation and overly safe measures, leading more than once to the frustration of fellow scientists who don't have such ludicrous lifespan to dedicate so much time to their goals.

Appearance[]

Heimerdinger is a Yordle covered in yellow and white fur. He has a pink animalistic nose, white mustache, bright blue eyes, and pink skin. His ears are long and tipped with white fur. As a councilman, he wears a navy blue suit with gold embellishings.

Abilities[]

  • Immortality

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Trivia[]

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See also[]

References[]


ve Characters
Main Characters
Ambessa MedardaCaitlyn KirammanCecil B. HeimerdingerEkkoJayce TalisJinxMel MedardaSevikaSilcoSingedVanderViViktor
Other characters
AmaraBabetteBenzoCassandra KirammanChrossClaggorDeckardEloraFinnForeign PrincessGertGraysonGustove JowlerHuckIrius BolbokIshaJannaJulesKino MedardaLeBlancLestLorisMadam MargotMaddie NolenMarcusMyloOrianna ReveckRenRenniRenni's SonRictusRioSaloScarShoolaSky YoungSmeechStebThieramTobias KirammanTorman HoskelVernXimena Talis
Alternate Universe characters
BenzoClaggorEkkoGertMyloPowderSilcoVanderViViktor
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