Arcane followers have a magical idea about who the hit Netflix present’s actual villain is after new season 2 trailer, and I feel they’re proper

Full spoilers observe for Arcane‘s first season. Potential spoilers observe for Arcane season 2, too.

Arcane season 2 is barely two months away from gracing our screens and, after a near-three-year watch for its return, we’ll lastly get solutions to the largest questions we have had because the season 1 finale.

But, whereas I’m as determined as you possible are to search out out if any of Piltover’s Council members survived Jinx’s terrorist assault on their chambers within the sequence’ second and closing installment, I’m additionally wanting to see if a brand new fan idea has any reality to it. You see, Arcane‘s loyal fanbase – I embrace myself amongst their quantity – have waited a looooong time for the hit Netflix present to return. it is comprehensible, then, that lots of my fellow devotees have give you all kinds of bizarre, wacky, and great theories since season 1 led to November 2021.

The arrival of Arcane season 2’s official trailer, nonetheless, has solely heightened the intrigue round one specific speculation surrounding the animated League of Legends (LoL) present’s precise essential villain. Indeed, given her assault on Piltover’s dignitaries in season 1 episode 9, the footage that was a part of Arcane season 2’s first teaser, and a bundle of first-look clips over the previous 10 months, it could be protected to imagine that Jinx is the central antagonist.

But what, I ask, if she is not? What if there’s not solely another person pulling the strings behind the scenes, however what in the event that they’re additionally a personality we have not seen earlier than? I believe you are equal elements intrigued over who this particular person could possibly be, and pissed off over me delaying the reveal of their identification. So, I will not waste any extra of your time: followers assume that the mastermind of occasions earlier than and through Arcane‘s two seasons is somebody named LeBlanc.

Who is LeBlanc? And what function might they play in Arcane season 2?

I can see your puzzled look by way of the display, pricey reader. Let me elaborate: in LoL lore, LeBlanc, who additionally goes by such jovial aliases like The Deceiver, Mordekasier, and Matron of the Black Rose, is a mysterious however highly effective sorceress who’s manipulated individuals and occasions because the expansionist nation of Noxus was based. Thanks to her darkish magic skills, she’s in a position to shapeshift, can seem in a number of locations directly, and might management individuals from the shadows.

Okay, so why do Arcane followers assume that LeBlanc is the massive dangerous of the most effective Netflix reveals? On the floor, it looks as if a little bit of a stretch, particularly when there are different apparent candidates. There’s compelling proof, although, to counsel LeBlanc is ultimately going to be unmasked because the award-winning sequence’ villain-in-chief.

Let’s begin along with her ties to Noxus. Arcane and LoL diehards will not want me to inform them that LeBlanc’s affiliation with Noxus means she could possibly be Ambessa’s puppet grasp. Remember, Ambessa isn’t solely a Noxian warlord, but in addition Piltover council member Mel’s mom. If Mel died throughout Jinx’s assault, a grief-stricken Ambessa will likely be way more susceptible to the machinations of a robust sorceress who desires to additional sow division between the progressive, idealistic metropolis of Piltover and its poorer, undercity cousin generally known as Zaun, which is the place Jinx is initially from.

Next, there’s Hextech, the potent, magic-infused expertise created by Viktor and Jayce within the critically-acclaimed present’s debut season. Why would not a formidable darkish magic wielder have an interest on this newfound expertise, particularly given its dynamic qualities and potential to supercharge whoever instructions it? 

We’ve already seen its results on creating highly effective new weapons, fast-paced strategies of transport, and augmenting individuals’s our bodies in season 1. In the fingers of a really malicious particular person, then, it could possibly be utilized by stated particular person for nefarious means. And, contemplating Arcane co-creator Christian Linke has already teased the chance that “any overseas nation”, Noxus included, “would discover [Hextech] very attention-grabbing” (see the X/Twitter publish beneath), I believe Ambessa and LeBlanc will need to get their fingers on it.

Then there’s the chance that LeBlanc could be seen in season 2’s newest trailer. Seen amid the fast photographs that flash up across the 1:54 mark, an inky, jet-black character who appears like lots like Silco (Jinx’s deceased surrogate dad), could be briefly glimpsed. The identification of this character is not confirmed, however I and plenty of others (as you may see on this Arcane Reddit thread) consider it could possibly be LeBlanc disguising herself as an much more terrifying imaginative and prescient of Silco.

Why do we expect that? For one, this particular person’s all-black look ties into the ‘Black Rose’ side of one in every of LeBlanc’s alter-egos. Look extra carefully, nonetheless, and the yellow, tear-like marks that sit beneath this character’s glowing eyes are equivalent to the black markings that seem beneath LeBlanc’s eyes (see the picture additional up this web page for proof of that). Oh, and let’s not overlook that, on LeBlanc’s official LoL character profile web page, the present’s title is even referenced in a line that features the phrase “arcane” in it. Oh, and the identical web page additionally mentions LeBlanc’s involvement in LoL‘s notorious Rune Wars, which Linke additionally refers to within the tweet above.

Admittedly, these closing two items of proof are tentative hyperlinks at greatest, however there’s sufficient right here to point that LeBlanc might play a job in Arcane earlier than season 2 brings the curtain down on Netflix’s most profitable animated TV challenge. Here’s hoping many people weren’t utterly off-track when Arcane returns someday in November.

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