Singed

Singed is a brilliant alchemist of dubious morality, whose experiments would turn the stomach of even the most cutthroat criminal. Selling his skills to the highest bidder, he cares little for how his noxious concoctions are used, with the ensuing chaos an experiment in itself. His most infamous work is “shimmer”, which enabled the chembarons to turn Zaun into their personal playground—but fueled by madness, Singed is always working on something new, with each endeavor more depraved than the last...

Real name: Corin Reveck Alias(es): The Mad Chemist Species: Human (Chemically Altered) Age: 81-121 years old Place of origin: Piltover Current residence: Zaun

Singed, now known across Runeterra as a twisted and unfathomable madman, began life as an ordinary man in Piltover. Gifted with a brilliant mind and unrelenting curiosity, he became fascinated by the principles of the natural world. This passion earned him a scholarship to the prestigious University of Piltover, where his groundbreaking research into natural sciences quickly gained recognition.

However, as hextech rose to prominence, Singed grew disillusioned. He saw the fusion of magic and technology as a distraction—an indulgent shortcut for those unwilling to truly understand the world. He became an outspoken critic of the university’s embrace of hextech, and instead threw himself into alchemy, exploring its chemical potential. Despite the promise his work held, his peers dismissed him. His funding evaporated. Eventually, he was expelled from both the university and the city.

Exiled to Zaun, Singed found a new home in its ruthless underbelly. In a place where life was cheap and innovation prized, his skills were in high demand. He began working for various clients within the rising chemtech industry, taking on increasingly immoral and dangerous experiments: human and animal augmentation, biological fusions, and other transgressions against nature. Pushing alchemical science forward at an unmatched pace, he paid a steep personal price. To sustain his endless labor, he created powerful stimulants that kept him awake for weeks—until collapse forced him into brief, trembling sleep.

As his notoriety grew, Singed attracted the interest of powerful patrons, including Noxian warmasons. Rumors spread of Noxus, desperate to escape Piltover’s high tariffs, looking toward new conquests. Singed, indifferent to politics, accepted their gold without question.

Eventually, a Noxian commander named Emystan hired him to end the bloody stalemate in Ionia. She wanted a weapon that would change the course of war. Singed obliged, pouring everything into his most destructive creation yet: an alchemical fire. When deployed, it incinerated stone, poisoned soil, and corrupted the land so completely that even Noxus recoiled. Yet no charges were brought. Emystan and Singed remained untouched.

Now older and scarred—his face bound in filthy bandages after a failed experiment—Singed continues without pause. His latest work takes a new direction: the transformation and preservation of life. A recent project combining man, animal, and machine escaped into Zaun, leaving devastation behind. Still, Singed is undeterred.

He has already mastered the destruction of flesh. Now, he seeks to conquer death itself.

Appearance: Singed is a bald, gaunt man with pale, sickly skin. His face is partially covered by a cloth mask, leaving only his sharp, sunken eyes and furrowed brow exposed. He wears a tattered red tunic reinforced with gold-trimmed armor plating around his shoulders and chest. His arms and torso are wrapped in dirty bandages, and his gloves are black leather. On his back is a large, green chemical canister connected to tubes that feed into his armor, glowing with a toxic green fluid.

Personality: Singed is a ruthless and unfeeling scientist who views morality as an obstacle to progress. He subjects his test subjects to horrific physical and mental torment, believing that such suffering is necessary for transformation into something superior. To him, people are merely tools—lesser creatures meant to be broken and rebuilt in the name of science. He has no empathy for their pain, nor regret for their deaths. As a perfectionist, Singed holds impossibly high standards and is intolerant of failure. When his experiments die before reaching their intended potential, he feels only cold disappointment.

Abilities Through years of experimentation on himself, Singed has chemically altered his body far beyond normal human limits. His physical capabilities are enhanced across every measurable category. He can withstand immense punishment, surviving even a massive explosion of Shimmer that left his body scarred but fully operational. His tolerance to toxins is exceptional; he is completely immune to the poisons he uses in combat and experimentation, allowing him to weaponize chemical agents freely.

Singed's strength and speed are also drastically amplified. He is capable of sprinting at speeds no ordinary human could match, even while carrying massive equipment. His armor, oversized glass canister, and shield are worn and wielded effortlessly, allowing him to fight with swift, brutal precision despite his age. His stamina is bolstered by stimulants of his own design, which keep him functional through extreme conditions.

As an alchemist and inventor, Singed is unmatched. His most infamous creation is the drug Shimmer, which drastically enhances strength and endurance, used by Silco to build Zaun’s militant forces. He has successfully rewritten human biology, as seen with Vander, transforming him into a monstrous being with regenerative blood. His intellect and foresight are formidable—he was able to single-handedly slay a two-headed wolf using chemical traps, anticipated Vander’s rampage through Stillwater Prison, and even predicted that Ambessa Medarda would attempt to recruit him, preparing his response before she arrived.

Singed is a man for whom boundaries—ethical, physical, or scientific—no longer exist. He does not fear consequence, only stagnation.

Passive: Noxious Slipstream - Singed drafts off nearby champions, gaining a burst of Move Speed when passing them.

Abilities: Poison Trail - Leaves a trail of poison behind Singed, dealing damage to enemies caught in the path. Mega Adhesive - Throws a vial of mega adhesive on the ground, slowing and grounding enemies who walk on it. Fling - Damages target enemy unit and flings them into the air behind Singed.

Ultimate Ability: Insanity Potion - Singed drinks a potent brew of chemicals, granting him increased combat stats.

Runeterra (“magic earth”) is a plane of existence composed of the physical realm—an oblate spheroid planet—and the Spirit Realm. Its known continents are Valoran, Shurima, and the Camavoran Continent, with vast waters including eighteen named seas (such as the Conqueror’s and Guardian’s Seas) and two oceans dotted with archipelagos like Ionia, the Serpent Isles, and the Shadow Isles. The planet orbits a G-type star with a natural moon, both mirrored in the Spirit Realm. Together, the material and spirit realms form a barrier between creation’s celestial powers and the abyssal forces seeking to unmake them, creating a magical world inhabited by diverse and extraordinary peoples.

Centuries ago, the rediscovery of the World Runes—immensely powerful artifacts possibly tied to Runeterra’s creation—sparked both curiosity and fear. Early experiments with them devastated entire nations, leading to the Rune Wars as rulers sought to wield their “Makers’ Might” against rivals. Amid the chaos, Ryze and his master, Tyrus, attempted to secure the Runes to prevent further catastrophe. After Tyrus’s fall, Ryze continued the mission alone, seeking to lock away every Rune beyond mortal reach.

Runeterra is home to numerous sapient species, from tool-using beings to entities capable of god-like feats such as forging stars. Some are monstrous and hostile, others peaceful or tame, and a few are plant-based rather than animal. While many non-sentient species are plants, much of Runeterra’s biodiversity remains undocumented. From the jungles of Shurima to the magical wilds of the Ionian archipelago, countless creatures are known only by name or sight, their true nature still a mystery.

Piltover 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. Situated on the cliffs above the district of Zaun and overlooking the ocean, fleets of ships pass through its titanic sea-gates, bringing goods from all over the world. The wealth this generates has given rise to an unprecedented boom in the city’s growth. Piltover has - and still is - reinventing itself as a city where fortunes can be made and dreams can be lived. Burgeoning merchant clans fund development in the most incredible endeavors: grand artistic follies, esoteric hextech research, and architectural monuments to their power. With ever more inventors delving into the emergent lore of hextech, Piltover has become a lodestone for the most skilled craftsmen the world over.

Zaun is a large, undercity district, lying in the deep canyons and valleys threading Piltover. What light reaches below is filtered through fumes leaking from the tangles of corroded pipework and reflected from the stained glass of its industrial architecture. Zaun and Piltover were once united, but are now separate, yet symbiotic societies. Though it exists in perpetual smogged twilight, Zaun thrives, its people vibrant and its culture rich. 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.