As a solver of… difficult problems, she embraces her more-than-human transformation and the cutting judgment it affords her-but a strange, mournful keening in her hextech heart may yet prove a troubling portent. In that moment, she discarded the last sentiment she felt toward her brother.Īfter installing her favorite grand-niece as clan master, Camille now runs the family's public affairs as well as its more shady operations. Yet even as Stevan's body grew more frail, his iron grip on the clan remained.Ġ9 November 2009 Contemporary history Įventually, Camille uncovered the depth of Stevan's betrayal, and realized his machinations were no longer in the family’s best interests. Thanks to her hextech heart, she did not age-but the years were not so kind to her brother. And as Clan Ferros amassed more power and wealth, Camille’s missions became darker and more deadly. She took on further refinements, including bladed legs, grapple-spindled hips, and other, minor hex-augmentations, leading some to wonder how much of the woman was left. When she awoke, the lab she and Hakim had shared was abandoned.Ĭamille focused on her work. He was the only one who could safely perform the operation, and so he excised Camille’s heart and replaced it with hextech-then resigned. She ended her relationship with Hakim, insisting her surgery go forward. Hakim pleaded with Camille, but she wouldn’t listen. When she saw her brother bruised and bloodied, Camille recognized what could happen when her attention was divided. When he learned of the secret proposal, he devised a plan-the next time Camille and Hakim were together, Stevan set himself up to be attacked. Stevan had no such conflict, as he needed Camille to execute his vision. For the first time in her life, Camille was torn. More than that, Hakim worried that in carving away Camille's heart, he might remove her humanity.ĭays before Camille's operation, Hakim proposed marriage and begged her to run away with him. Hakim would move onto other projects, and Camille would once again be fully committed to the principal intelligencer’s duties. Their affair grew reckless, as they knew the surgery would conclude their time together. Hakim was instantly enamored with her, and they bonded over the preparations and late night stories of Shurima… and eventually, Camille returned Hakim's feelings. Stevan became clan master, and he doubled the clan’s research in human hextech augmentation, eager to prove himself as a strong leader.Īfter a year of mourning, Stevan oversaw the induction of Hakim Naderi-a promising young crystallographer from the Shuriman coastal city of Bel'zhun-as the family’s lead artificer.Ĭamille requested hextech augmentation from Hakim to push her beyond her human limitations. Camille’s father succumbed to his wounds, and in anguish, her mother died soon after. When Camille was twenty-five, augmented Zaunite thugs attacked her and her father, intent on stealing lucrative trade secrets. He jealously watched her embrace her additional training, and she became quite adept in combat, reconnaissance, and interrogation. However, Camille's younger brother, Stevan, had a weak constitution, and so Camille took his place. Traditionally, one of the younger children would become their family's principal intelligencer, working with the clan master to secure their family’s success by any means necessary. Camille also learned to read and write Ancient Shuriman while assisting her father on digs in the Odyn Valley. She had exceptional tutors, learning to speak several foreign languages and play the cellovinna at a concert-master level. Furthermore, it was only through espionage, intimidation, and murder that Clan Ferros held its monopoly on this priceless commodity, and ensured its uninterrupted production in Zaun, maintaining the family’s place in Piltover’s illustrious Bluewind Court.Īs the eldest surviving child of Clan Ferros’ masters, Camille received every educational advantage. Yet there were consequences-synthetic crystal manufacturing has long been rumored to heavily contribute to the Zaun Gray. Utilizing shadow investments in chemtech and runic alchemy, they developed less powerful, but easier to make, synthetic hex-crystals. The brackern were a limited resource, and Camille's family had to augment the crystals they’d accumulated. After Camille’s great-great aunt lost an arm during an early expedition, her sacrifice inspired the Ferros family motto: “For family, will I give.” These hex-crystals-or “first crystals”-contained power normally only wielded by those born with innate magical ability. Most of the family’s wealth came through harvesting a rare crystal from the brackern, a creature native to Shurima.
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