Who they are
Seraphine is an 18-year-old performer born to a Piltovan father and a Zaunite mother. Her magical hearing lets her sense others' emotions and souls, which once overwhelmed her.
She now channels it into music, performing on a custom Hextech platform to remind people of their shared strength.
Their story belongs to Piltover and also touches Zaun. The city of progress, built on top of the city it ignores.
Their story, step by step
- Step 1
A child who could hear souls
Seraphine was born to a Piltovan father, an acoustician, and a Zaunite mother. She could hear the emotions and souls of others, which caused her real distress when she was little. Her father built special hearing aids to steady her.
- Step 2
Secret concerts
As a teenager she secretly traveled to Zaun to perform. Her father found out and chose to support her, keeping her equipment in order. She wore a disguise on stage and got a chipmunk companion named Acorn.
- Step 3
A growing following
She built a reputation across Zaun as a soulful performer with big crowds. She had a friendly rivalry with another underground performer, Scratch. Her goal was to bring Piltover and Zaun together through music.
- Step 4
Performing openly
At 18 she performs openly in both cities as the Starry-Eyed Songstress. She gave up her hearing dampener and embraced her gift. Her parents built her a custom hextech stage that amplifies it.
Turning points
- Learning to live with her gift through her father's hearing aids
- Starting secret performances in Zaun
- Dropping the dampener and performing openly
Where their story stands now
Seraphine is performing in Piltover and Zaun and working to unite them through music. The extent of her powers and her training remain open.
Who they are tied to
Where this fits in the story
- Piltover · step 1
A port destroyed and rebuilt
Around 772 AN a canal project went catastrophically wrong and destroyed an old port city. Piltover was rebuilt above, and Zaun below.
- Piltover · step 2
The Sun Gates
The opening of the Sun Gates around 789 AN made merchant clans rich and set the pattern of wealth in the north of the city.
- Piltover · step 3
Hextech
Jayce Talis and Viktor turned research into hextech, and Piltover became a global center for innovation.
- Piltover · step 4
From the Day of Ash to open war
The Day of Ash was a massacre that followed undercity revolutionaries' push for independence. Years later Jinx attacked the Council, Piltover occupied the undercity and a brutal war followed. It ended in an uneasy new arrangement that gives Zaun representation.