birthday is May 28th • The Undercity: Ekko grew up poor in the lanes of Zaun. His parents worked constantly, so he spent much of his time at Benzo’s pawn shop, where Benzo acted as a mentor. • Childhood Crew: He was close with the young Vi and Powder (Jinx), along with Mylo and Claggor, earning the affectionate nickname "Little Man". • Tragedy: After the deaths of Benzo and Vander—and Vi’s disappearance—Ekko watched Powder fall under Silco's influence. He stepped up to protect the vulnerable people of the undercity. Role & Character Arc • The Firelights: Ekko founded the Firelights, a masked group operating out of a plant-filled sanctuary, using hoverboards and makeshift tech to fight Silco’s chem-barons and save victims of shimmer. • Philosophy: Unlike characters trapped in past trauma or blindly chasing future power, Ekko focuses on protecting the present and honoring those they lost. • Key Abilities: He is an expert hand-to-hand combatant and mechanical genius who develops chronokinetic time-manipulation technology (the Z-Drive) powered by fragmented hextech crystals