

Mel was crucial in Jayce's meteoric rise to fame: she even swayed the council to elevate Jayce and grant him a seat on the council. While Mel's relationship with Jayce started out as a means to an end, it ultimately became sincere love. Over time, Mel became less reserved around Jayce and began sharing personal details about herself as well. She would be concerned over his issues and would give him sound advice, all while still putting her own goals into consideration. While initially using Jayce to gain more wealth and prestige, Mel would eventually have some deeper feelings towards the inventor-even defending him from the self-serving influence of her ambitious mother. She would undermine his authority by aiding Jayce and Viktor legalize the use of Hextech in Piltover, and later voting him out from the Council. However, she saw his conservative and stifling ways to be a hindrance in her rise to power. Mel respected Heimerdinger as the founder of Piltover. She would eventually confront her about it, which would lead to Mel symbolically cutting ties with her Noxian roots.

A strained relationship, Mel fears her mother while also resenting her for her past actions. However, eventually she would see that Mel's forgiving nature was a liability to her, so she banished her to Piltover. Currently all the paintings in her home were done by her.Ī brutal Noxian warlord, she taught her daughter about the art of war from a very young age while still being Solari.

With her influence, the council votes towards the open implementation of Hextech, even funding the construction of the Hexgates.Īs a Councilor, Mel was present during the 200th Piltovan Progress Day, where Jayce was to reveal his new Hextech inventions. Although Heimerdinger doesn't think Piltover should enable Hextech, Mel intercedes and proclaims that is an issue for the council to decide. After Heimerdinger arrives to thwart the two in conducting their experiment, he arrives too late and the two manages to prove they can harness magic via Hextech. She then aids in concealing their activities by distracting a guard patrolling the Academy. Later on, she would even help Jayce and Viktor with their attempt to sneak into Heimerdinger's lab, stipulating to them that they have one night to prove themselves and that their invention is workable. This would intrigue her enough that she would vote for Jayce's expulsion from the Academy (as oppose to his banishment from Piltover), even convincing another councilor to vote in her favor.
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During the trial of one Jayce Talis she would learn about the potential of magic being utilized with technology.
