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Overview

"Finally Got the Name Right" is the third episode of the second season of Arcane, and the 12th overall.

Synopsis[]

Caitlyn doubles down on her hunt for Jinx. Ambessa accepts a fateful meeting. Changes in Zaun lead to a shocking discovery.

Plot[]

Caitlyn uses the Kiramman Key, learning to create the Undercity's ventilation system that stores the suffocating smog of the Gray, which House Kiramman developed. Caitlyn decides to weaponize it in the strike team's pursuit to find Jinx. With the Gray's use, they overwhelm the remaining Silco loyalists and have either arrested or killed the last Chem-Barons. They later stumble upon Heenot in one of the Gray's vents, tied upside-down on a propeller. When they try to rescue him, terrifying dolls of the Strike Team's likeness drop down as a warning from Jinx.

When Heenot is freed, he tips them about Jinx heading for the old tunnels and has plans for the ventilation system. Caitlyn dismisses Heenot to be incarcerated despite Heenot cooperating. Vi, worried for Cait, asks to speak with her privately. With Jinx knowing of their presence, Vi pleads to have Maddie, Steb, and an injured Loris return to Piltover for their safety from Jinx's trap. Vi reaffirms her commitment to taking down Jinx but pleads with Caitlynn not to change, seeing her increasingly vengeful after Cassandra's death. Caitlyn promises before the two share a kiss.

In a Noxian flagship, Ambessa reluctantly entertains a private audience with Amara, assuming it's a request from Piltover's Merchant Guild. However, dark magic suddenly entangles Rictus and Ambessa. Amara reveals herself as a member of the Black Rose, intent on assassinating Ambessa to thwart her plans for Piltover. Rictus uses his spear, infused with protection runes, to have him and Ambessa break free. Ambessa swiftly kills Amara but knows her death won't stop the Black Rose. Ambessa must ramp up their plans now but keep Mel uninvolved.

Salo is seeking treatment via Shimmer for his crippled legs by a Vastaya named Lest. Lest hears someone approaching and quickly ends the session with Salo. Ambessa enters and orders Lest to leave. Ambessa expresses her distaste for Salo's downward spiral, which is evident in how he lets Caitlyn overrule him during the last Council meeting. But Salo explains that the Kiramman title outranks him and even a Medarda. Ambessa tells an eager Salo to rally the influential families of Piltover for a grand meeting at the Council Room.

Meanwhile, Mel sneaks backstage at Piltover's Opera House during a performance. Awaiting her is Lest for an arranged meeting. Lest has been acting as Mel's spy over Salo and Ambessa but now wishes to retire in fear of being discovered and Mel using her as a scapegoat. Mel tries to reassure Lest, as her role is important in keeping Mel's mother from putting Piltover in harm's way. Lest relays what she heard in her eavesdropping; Ambessa and Salo gather Piltover's great houses for an announcement, assuming it to prop up Salo as a leader with Ambessa pulling the strings. Lest hands Mel a specialized Shimmer dart that she could use to kill Salo before she disappears. Later, Elora confirms Lest's tip that Salo privately gathers Piltover's nobles. Elora also delved into the mystery of how Mel's brother died, which subsequently led to Ambessa being stripped of her possessions. Mel deduces her mother is getting desperate and plans to finalize using the Shimmer dart.

Jayce, Ekko, and Heimerdinger discuss the implications of the Hextech's overuse with Viktor's theory of "Wild Runes", where Arcane anomalies may have caused the corruption pattern to appear in the tree's leaves of Ekko's base. Jayce realizes that the tree caught the corruption because it was underground and leads Ekko and Heimerdinger to check the Hex Vault deep beneath. Jayce opens the doors, revealing the Vault. Ekko angrily realizes that the core of the Hex Gates uses the same utility ducts that carry clean water and power the vents throughout the Undercity, deducing how the corruption has spread. Their argument goes unnoticed by Heimerdinger as he discovers that the corruption pattern is also present within the Vault. When Heimerdinger tries to observe closer, it reacts by having the core enveloping them all in a white void. All three discover a huge mutating orb in the center, leaving Jayce dumbfounded about what it is.

Caitlyn and Vi travel deeper into the Undercity's deep chasm of vents, where they find a trail of canisters with Jinx's graffiti. They make it to a large ruined temple of Janna, where its pillars are covered in graffiti, suspecting this is where Jinx is. Before Vi steps, she asks Caitlyn not to hesitate when she has a clear shot. Vi then calls her sister "Jinx" for the first time. Jinx's answers echo throughout as Vi and Caitlyn watch for any sign of her. Jinx calls out Vi's joining the Enforcers and their cruel use of the Gray. Vi declares she's no longer the sister she knew and vows to stop Jinx. Jinx finally reveals herself to Vi. Caitlyn lines up her shot of Jinx and fires. But it turns out to only be a mirrored reflection of Jinx to lure out Caitlyn. Watching from afar, Isha points to Sevika's location before confronting her. Vi is left to confront Jinx on her own. The two sisters descend into battle.

Jayce reaches out to touch the orb, which violently begins reacting as it glitches out Jayce's hammer. Heimerdinger and Ekko are also affected as they are ripped apart and disappear, leaving Jayce as his finger touches the orb, and he is affected by the orb's chaos. His last words are, "What have we done?" before fiercely smashing the orb with his hammer, causing him and the orb to vanish. The Hex Vault returns to normal, but not before a wave of chaotic energy erupts and spreads throughout the underground.

Vi, Jinx, Caitlyn, and Sevika's fight is being affected by the events at the Hex Vault, where their Hextech weapons malfunction chaotically but carry on. Caitlyn manages to overpower Sevika and limps her way to the clashing sisters. Caitlyn takes a shot at Jinx, and her bullet rips away Jinx's right hand's middle finger. Vi manages to subdue Jinx finally and prepares to kill herself. Jinx submits and tells Vi she's glad it would be her sister who will do the deed. Vi hesitates enough for Isha to charge in, grab Jinx's pistol, and put herself between them, aiming it at Vi. The three are left in a standoff as Isha keeps a protective stance for Jinx.

However, Caitlyn manages to unarm Isha with a clean shot, but as a desperate act to save her, Isha uses herself to shield Jinx and refuses even when Jinx is trying to get her away. Caitlyn orders Vi to stay clear as she readies another shot. Horrified, Vi asks her to stand down as she would kill Isha, but Caitlyn refuses and fires at Vi, barely shielding them with the gauntlets. Vi charges and disrupts the shot when she reloads to the fire by grabbing the rifle's muzzle downwards. All three are in shock, but Jinx notices that Sevika is working to activate the bombs, and Jinx calls her to stop too late. The explosion destroys a large vault holding the Gray, erupting with powerful gusts that blow away Vi and Caitlyn to the entrance. The Gray rapidly climbs upward, activating the canisters Jinx planted, which converts the smog into different colors.

Huge plumes of the now colorful Gray burst from Piltover's underground vents and sweep across Piltovian residents. People from the Undercity are unaffected, and they watch Gray affect Piltover for the first time. Caitlyn and Vi soon recover, and Caitlyn angrily uses her rifle in a futile effort to break open the now rubble-covered entrance to get to Jinx. Vi tries to snap her out, to which Caitlyn calls out Vi, stopping her from finishing off Jinx. But Vi points out a child was blocking her shot and is appalled that she would disregard that. Caitlyn starts to leave, believing that Vi is no different from Jinx. When Vi grabs her arm, Caitlyn painfully hits her with her rifle and leaves Vi behind on the ground, heartbroken and in tears.

In the aftermath, Piltover is left reeling from the sudden attack, with much of the city still covered in JInx's paint brought by the Gray. Elora and Mel give a knowing look at what they must do as Mel brings with her the Shimmer Dart for the upcoming meeting. However, Elora suddenly becomes paralyzed, and Mel notices. Elora and Mel are suddenly swarmed by dark magic as the Black Rose abducts them both.

Salo thanks all the attending great families at the Council Room before he gives the floor to Ambessa. Ambessa opens up by fabricating Amara's cause of death at the hands of Zaunite assassins and pleads with Piltover to retaliate against the Undercity after a series of atrocities that befell them by declaring a state of Martial Law. To do this, they must all unanimously agree to a General overseeing operations and that Ambessa will serve as an advisor with her Noxian army in service. Salo presumes Ambessa will choose him for the role, but Ambessa sidelines him for Caitlyn Kiramman to take command. Caitlyn is in shock, but the ruling Houses have begun to agree.

Ambessa leads them on with a pounding salute that her soldiers and soon most of the Enforcers follow. It is revealed that Ambessa had Rictus approach the Chem-Baroness Rennie to push her in vengefully attacking Piltover during the Memorial so that Ambessa be hailed a savior when she publicly executes Renni herself, therefore influential in having Piltover agree to her plan of military rule. The plan comes to completion when Caitlyn accepts Ambessa's invitation to take on the mantle. Ambessa promises Caitlyn that her mother will have justice before Caitlyn returns the salute as well, cementing her as General.

Singed begins feeding his blood into his new experiment of a huge hanging wolf-man hybrid.

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