Singed has been a major characters since Arcane Season 1, but we knew nothing about the character except that he is a mad chemist who gives people the ability to fight using Shimmer. To be precise, he is the creator of Shimmer in the undercity of Zaun. However, Arcane Season 2 Act 2 revealed that Singed is actually a renowned artificer, Dr Corin Reveck, who once lived in Piltover with his beloved daughter Orianna. Well, we finally get a glimpse of his daughter lying inside a glass coffin. So, who is Orianna in Arcane, and what makes her a significant character in the League of Legends lore?
Spoiler Warning: This post includes heavy spoilers for Arcane Season 2, now out on Netflix.
Who Is Orianna in League of Legends?
Orianna aka The Lady of Clockwork was the daughter of Dr Reveck (Singed), who lived in Piltover and spent her days assisting her father with his artifacts in their shop. She was someone who would do anything to save others. She would not even think of herself before risking her life for the sake of people around her.
She was ambitious and adventurous, but Reveck never allowed her to travel beyond Piltover’s walls. That’s because he knew how dangerous the outside world could be.
However, Orianna once managed to flee from home after learning that the Zaunites were getting killed by a poisonous gas. She tried to save numerous lives, but she couldn’t protect herself from falling prey to the poison. The poison on the streets of Zaun damaged her lungs, but fortunately, Dr Reveck gifted her a pair of artificial lungs to keep her alive. However, soon, the poison spread to her entire body except for her heart. Since her entire body was a work of clockwork, she slowly started losing her humanity.
Years later, when her father suffered a heart disease, Orianna gave away her human heart to Singed without his knowledge. However, Orianna left her father and started a new life as the Lady of Clockwork.
Arcane Finally Confirms a Massive Fan Theory Around Singed
Ever since Singed was introduced in the Arcane animated TV series, fans have wondered who this character from the League of Legends lore is. Of course, dedicated LoL fans crafted a strong theory that Singed is Dr. Reveck.
This was due to the fact that both Singed from Arcane and Reveck from League of Legends had a lot of similarities. Like Reveck, Singed was known for his illegal and immoral experiments, including human trials.
It’s likely that Singed revived Jinx just to see if he could bring a person who’s on the verge of death back to life. For a very long time, Singed experimented to bring perfection to Shimmer. Along with that, Singed’s pocket watch was also hinting at his true identity. The watch’s case flaunts a fancy R, which, we now know, means Reveck.
Also, in the first season, we all noticed that the watch had a picture of a little girl who, honestly, looked a lot like Orianna to the fandom. The picture only made the fan theory a lot stronger.
Finally, League of Legends fans knew that Reveck used to make artificial limbs for people in the game’s lore. Similarly, the show implied that Singed created the shimmer-infused arm for Sevika at Silco’s request in Season 1. In short, there were a lot of factors supporting the theory that Singed is, in fact, Reveck. Well, the latest Act of Arcane confirmed the theory by introducing us to Orianna.
Orianna Comes Back to Life in Arcane Season 2
At the end of Arcane Season 2 Act 3, when things got better for everyone, including the Zaunites, we got a glimpse of Orianna. The mechanical girl was sitting in front of a clockwork doll, and Singed was watching her from behind.
Although we could only see her half-face in the mirror, we discovered that she had been adapted the same way she appears in League of Legends.
