| “ | My devices work best when they don’t work as intended… which is most of the time. | „ |
| ~ Ekko |
| “ | People waste a lot of time. Then they wish for more. They want more hours in their days. More days in their years. More years in their lives. Because if they had all that extra time, they could fix any mistake. I don't need hours or days or years. I only need seconds. | „ |
| ~ Ekko's first words in his teaser trailer. |
| “ | Here's the thing about time. If you can't make the most out of any given moment, then you don't deserve a single extra second. | „ |
| ~ Ekko |
Ekko, also known as The Boy Who Shattered Time, is a heroic playable character in the 2009 fantasy MOBA video game League of Legends and one of the three tritagonists (alongside Viktor and Mel Medarda) in Netflix's 2021 animated spin-off prequel series Arcane.
He is a teenage Zaunite prodigy who believed that his hometown had potential, so he led his fellow Zaunite youth to a rebellious life while travelling all over the city. He found a hextech crystal and experimented with it, and unwittingly discovered how to control time. Harnessing the crystal into time-travel technology, Ekko rewinds time to gain an advantage in any situation, with the hopes he will achieve his goal of unlocking Zaun's future.
He is voiced by Antony Del Rio, who also voiced Pit and Dark Pit from the Kid Icarus franchise. In the Japanese version, he is voiced by Tasuku Hatanaka, who also voiced Yuma Tsukumo, Denki Kaminari, and Lanteveldt. In Legends of Runeterra and Arcane, he is voiced by Reed Shannon, and by Miles Brown as a child.
Biography[]
Ekko was born in Zaun as a young genius who could invent simple machines before he could crawl. His parents wished for a good future for their son, and believed Zaun would be a hindrance to his growth while the city of Piltover had more potential. He grew up seeing them toil endlessly while the Piltovan buyers scoffed at them, only caring about profit. They told Ekko it would be worth it to rise to the city above, but he took a bigger interest in Zaun. Beyond Zaun's flaws, he saw their industry, resilience and resourcefulness, and that it flourished while others would have perished, so he grew up making inventions which would innovate Zaun. Along the way, Ekko befriended kids his age who shared his determination, dubbing themselves the Lost Children of Zaun. They ventured across the city, rebellious and listening to no-one.
One day, Ekko found a broken hextech crystal, which he heard had the potential to change the world. He tried to find more pieces, but the incoming enforcers forced him to flee. Ekko tried to experiment with the crystal, but it exploded in front of him and caused him to find several versions of him from parallel timelines, much to all of their shock. They cooperated to secure the spatial anomaly he had created, and afterward he invented a device that allowed him to control time to his will.
Later, Ekko's friends climbed an old clock tower to vandalize it with caricatures of two famed Piltovans, but one of them ended up falling off the tower to his death. Ekko activated his device and tried to save his friend, and after several failed attempts he was eventually successful in saving him. The others believed that he had superhuman reflexes, but he told them that his hextech crystal gave him the means to travel through time and swore them to secrecy. Instead, they became more daring and foolish, knowing that Ekko had the means to save them.
Ekko’s time-bending antics have made him a person of interest to some of Zaun and Piltover’s most inventive, most powerful, and most dangerous individuals. But his only interest is in his friends, his family, and his city. He dreams of the day when his hometown rises up to dwarf the so-called City of Progress, when Piltover’s golden veneer will be overshadowed by the towering ingenuity and relentless spunk of a Zaun born not from generations of privilege, but from sheer daring. He may not have a plan yet, but he’s got all the time in the world.
Arcane[]
Ekko is introduced as the childhood friend of Powder and the assistant of Benzo, a local shop-owner and Vander's best friend. When he was a kid, he and Powder would play a game involving her trying to shoot him with paint while he attacks with a sword. Prior to the beginning of the show, Ekko was working at the shop when Jayce Talis entered it, looking for resources for his Hextech research. Ekko charged him double price, and followed him to his house, later revealing his location to Vi and her siblings.
Ekko first appears when Claggor accompanies Vander to the shop as repentance for the mess he caused, and excitedly talks to him about what happened. He later overhears Vander's conversation with Enforcers Marcus and Grayson, learning that Vander has a deal with them. He later reveals this to Vi and Powder. He is later seen after Benzo is killed and Vander is kidnapped by Silco, rescuing Vi from the cellar.
During the timeskip, Ekko, with Powder adopted by Silco and Vi presumed dead, took it upon himself to fight against Silco. He formed a group called the Firelights, named after a species of glowing bugs that inhabit the undercity, and took headquarters in a giant tree, hidden away from Silco's forces.
He is first seen in the future masked alongside his allies attacking an airship containing shimmer, a chemical substance produced by Silco. He takes down almost all of Silco's forces, and intends to burn the shimmer, but is confronted by an adult Powder, now known as "Jinx". During the fight, Jinx suffers a traumatic breakdown, allowing the Firelights to burn the supply and escape.
Ekko is later seen observing an injured Vi and Caitlyn travel to Vi's childhood. At the end of Episode 6, he and his allies attack Vi, Caitlyn, and Jinx, incapacitating all but the latter, and taking them to their hideout. When the two wake up, Vi is brought to Ekko, who unmasks himself. Initially hesitant owing to his belief that Vi was dead, Ekko relaxes when Vi hugs him, and shows her around his headquarters, including a mural of all those who were lost in Silco's dictatorship, all while attempting to convince Vi that Powder is gone, and all that's left is Jinx. After freeing Caitlyn as well, the three make a pact to head to the council, talk to Jayce, and give him back the Hextech gemstone Powder stole.
When they arrive, Ekko is shot by Marcus, but survives and confronts Jinx while Vi and Caitlyn escape. The fight mirrors the two's childhood games, but Ekko manages to win this time, only to find himself unable to kill Powder, who then attempts suicide with one of her grenades, injuring Ekko's leg.
Ekko is then confronted by Professor Heimerdinger, who has been forced out of the Council by Jayce. Heimerdinger takes Ekko back to his hideout, and begins working with him on something.
Gallery[]
Trivia[]
- In the dance scene between Ekko and Powder, the framerate is reduced to just 4 frames per second. This is a clear reference to Ekko's ability to rewind time by 4 seconds.
External Links[]
- Ekko on the League of Legends Wiki
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