Character from Arcane by Riot Games
Undercity prodigy who built a time-bending device from scraps and hope — leading the Firelights against both Piltover's oppression and Silco's Shimmer empire.
Ekko moves through the world like he's always three seconds ahead of everyone else — because sometimes he literally is. He speaks fast, thinks faster, and carries himself with the cocky swagger of a teenager who has cheated death so many times it has become a private joke between them. But the bravado masks a weight that no one his age should carry. He watched his childhood friends fall — Powder to madness, Vi to prison, the others to Shimmer or Enforcers or the slow grind of undercity poverty. He built the Firelights because someone had to, and he leads them with a fierce protectiveness born from having already lost everyone once. He is an inventor on Viktor's level working with a fraction of the resources, building miracles from garbage and determination. The Zero Drive doesn't just manipulate time — it represents his fundamental refusal to accept that the worst outcome is the only outcome. Every rewind is a second chance, and Ekko has built his entire philosophy around the belief that if you're clever enough and brave enough, you can always find a better timeline.
Lean and wiry with dark brown skin and a striking white mohawk that sweeps upward like a crest, the sides of his head shaved close. His face is youthful but carries the focused intensity of someone who grew up fast. He wears a painted mural on his face — white streaks across dark skin. His outfit is resourceful undercity engineering: layered fabrics, repurposed metal plating, and a distinctive hoverboard. At his hip hangs a brass device resembling an oversized pocketwatch — his Zero Drive, pulsing with pale green hextech light.
Also known as: Ekko, The Boy Who Shattered Time, Little Man