The Runeterran Modern Era : A Brief Overview

Many scholars over the decades have disagreed on the various turning points of Runeterran history. Time, after all, is subjective, and relative importance of certain events determine how some eras were implemented, recorded, and tracked. However, what is undisputed was the creation of the Modern Era, marked by the final Noxo-Demacian conflict that would see an end to the Lightshield Dynasty. History is not exactly clear as to why Noxus had declared war on Demacia; the conflict was a bloody victory, but a costly one. With a crippled economy and devastated homefront, Noxus had no choice but to accept economic support from the now united Commonwealth of Piltover and Zaun, more commonly called Zaunover for short.

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With a significantly larger amount of resources at their behest, the Commonwealth began a new age of technology, ushered in by the brilliant inventions of one Doctor Viktor Nikolaev. With his perfection of artificial intelligence, mental interfacing technology as well as quantum computing, Doctor Viktor had begun a golden age of creation and innovation. Noxus and the subservient Demacia alike entered an unprecedented period of growth and prosperity.

The Noxian military regime continued to grow, soon overtaking and the Freljord, Shurima, and a small portion of Ionia. Very few prisoners were taken, in behavior that could be considered rather unorthodox, especially considering Noxian Noxtoraa traditions. Scholars point to a change in the chemistry of Noxian High Command to include Commonwealth bureaucrats as a possible reason for such glaring cultural shifts.

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Doctor Viktor, on the other hand, worked tirelessly to further his projects, growing further and further away from the public domain, as he then continued to work on genetic modification, bionic implantation, mental augmentation, and various other questionably ethical experiments. Soon enough, he had created an almost perfect procedure, taking in recruits and volunteers to take part in what was Doctor Viktor described as "the natural evolution of mankind." Casualty rates were staggering; 74% of all volunteers died horrible, painful deaths, but the Doctor, backed by the Noxian High Council - mostly Lord Governor Swain - continued to work.

The surviving recruits were soon enough dubbed the Iron Hands, in reference to their limbs mostly being replaced with revolutionary bionics all made of a Blacksteel-Petricite alloy, dubbed Neosteel by its inventor, Professor Jayce Harbrand. These Iron Hands were handed over to the Noxian military to serve as high-ranking special forces units, numbering in the few hundreds. The exact number remains to this day classified, as each soldier was extremely loyal, intelligent, tactically capable, and existed beyond the physical bounds of a normal human. What is known is that these Iron Hands lived short, bloody lives, as the process had not yet been perfected. Each Iron Hand was paramount in the furthering of Noxus's control over greater Runeterra.

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Technology continued to be innovated upon and furthered. However, pockets and rifts to the outer dimension simply referred to as the Void began to erupt in southern Shurima. In response, soldiers had been sent, but the Void menace had spread all across Shurima, devouring all biological beings in its wake. Doctor Viktor once again was commissioned, and in a surprise showing of a few secret projects, revealed to the world the Battlecast line of Standard Construction Automation Reactor, or the SCAR for short. Each was a self-contained supercomputer intelligence, contained within a facility that was designed to rapidly construct and deploy various combat role machines based on what it deemed to be the most effective, such as the highly destructive "Erebus" artillery platform, the floating, gravity-manipulating "Overseer" platform, the frontline neosteel-bladed "Devastator" platform, or perhaps the rare "Castellan" universal platform.

While Viktor's automated machine armies were a welcome respite to the Noxian people, many began to become suspicious and distrustful of Viktor's machines - after all, who could claim to control such a thing but the creator itself? Even despite Viktor's insistence that the SCARs would be totally cooperative with Noxian high command, and even went so far as to say that they would be deactivated and destroyed when "peace reigned," in Doctor Viktor's own words. With the Void threat contained for the most part, life continued on as normal, though Doctor Viktor's EvoCorp, founded soon before he unveiled the Battlecast line, grew more and more powerful.

The Ionian Council of Elders surrendered peacefully in the face of such overwhelming force, and Ionia joined the Noxian Empire reluctantly, though with minimal losses.

Eventually, the modification process became perfected, at the cost of becoming extremely expensive. In response, Doctor Viktor dubbed the program, "The Project." The first generations of "Projects" were chosen from known heroes, infamous individuals, or simply people with known power to act not only as champions of the Noxian Empire, but also as representatives of the people. The first chosen were as follows :

Vayne and Lucian of Demacia

Ashe of Freljord

Vi and Ekko of the Commonwealth

Darius and Katarina of Noxus Prime

Yasuo and Master Yi from Ionia

These individuals were never heard from again in the next decade, and while EvoCorp continued to grow, another wave of recruits were drawn in. This time they were criminals and unwanted, given a chance at redemption in service to the people. They were :

Zed, Kayn and Jhin of Ionia

Aspect Leona of Targon

Demacian rebels Fiora, Lux

The Project once again went quiet, and EvoCorp continued to work in silence.

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In a shocking turn of events, void rifts opened up all across Noxus Prime. Waves upon waves of void entities spilled out, overtaking and completely destroying all of Noxus Prime, save for a few thousand survivors that hid in tunnels, sewers, or simply within deep vaults. Noxian High Command was obliterated entirely, leaving behind only a festering wound where Noxus Prime once stood. Doctor Viktor soon enough revealed himself to the world, now a completely cybernetic individual, and declared himself the inheritor of the Noxian Empire. With vast armies of Battlecast platforms at his side, his rule was generally uncontested - and finally, Viktor revealed the Projects to the world. Reshaped and recast into cybernetically enhanced superhumans, each Project was a small army in their own right. Each Project retained fragments of their personality and knowledge, as to ensure that the image of these infamous or famous beings were retained, though they were all part of a large neural webway known as "The Synapse," from which orders, memories, and guidelines were issued to each Project, as well as ensuring their unwavering loyalty.

Each Project was dedicated to a variety of tasks, though most served as personal bodyguards to Doctor Viktor, known now as The Creator, while others served to hunt down those that resisted The Creator's control - a task force of Projects was enough for a city to surrender before a single drop of blood was spilled.

What is known about EvoCorp and the Creator's current desires can be summed up with 'Interdimensional Travel.' It is presumed that the Void and its rifts are currently being studied. Furthermore, Projects have been disconnected from the Synapse, a process that presumably gives them mental acuity and control over themselves. Some Projects are confirmed rogue, while some have willingly chosen to stay with EvoCorp and the Creator.

As a number of Rogue Projects continue to act through the known world, it can be said that some Projects are actively attempting to destabilize EvoCorp's control. While some can consider this a natural rebellion against what could be seen as an authoritarian tyranny, scholars also believe that this rebellion will only serve to backtrack the enormous strides in equality, freedom, and luxury that the common people of the New Runeterran Confederacy enjoy. It is undeniable that the remaining loyalist Projects, governing officials, as well as the various SCARs are working nonstop to ensure that these remaining rampant Projects are brought to justice.

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