“My devices work best when they don't work as intended… which is most of the time.”

League of Legends Universe - Ekko

英雄联盟宇宙故事 - 时间刺客 艾克

Born with genius-level intellect, Ekko constructed simple machines before he could crawl. His parents, Inna and Wyeth, vowed to provide a good future for their son—Zaun, with all its pollution and crime, would only stifle Ekko, whom they felt deserved the wealth and opportunities of Piltover. Throughout his youth he watched his parents age beyond their years, toiling for too many hours under dangerous conditions in suffocating factories. They earned meager wages while greedy factory owners, and sneering Piltovan buyers, profited immensely from their labor.

艾克是个高智商的天才，他甚至在还没会爬之前就先学会了制作简单的机械。他的父母茵娜和维斯发誓要为他提供一个光明的未来。他们认为充斥着污染和犯罪的祖安只会耽误艾克的成长，只有皮尔特沃夫的财富和机遇才适合他。所以在艾克的童年时期，他就目睹了父母在血汗工厂的危险环境中加班加点，未老先衰。他们挣着微薄的薪水，而贪婪的工厂主和高高在上的皮佬买家却从他们的劳动中获得暴利。

Zaun

It would all be worth it, they reasoned, if it meant their son could one day rise to the city above.

他们一心想着，如果他们的儿子有朝一日能升入头顶上的那座城，那么一切都是值得的。

Ekko saw things differently. Beyond Zaun's flaws, he saw a dynamic place overflowing with energy and potential. Zaunites' industry, resourcefulness, and resilience stirred a hotbed of pure innovation. They had built a thriving culture from catastrophe, and flourished where others would have perished. That spirit captivated Ekko, and spurred him to a youth of wild invention and innovation.

艾克的看法却不一样。纵然祖安有种种缺点，但他却能看到一个洋溢着能量和潜能的活力之都。祖安人的勤奋、多才和顽强是创新的温床。他们从灾难中建起了繁荣的文明，在其他人必死无疑的绝境中兴旺发达。这种精神感召着艾克，激励着他成为了一个肆意挥洒发明与创新的少年。

He wasn't alone. He befriended scrappy orphans, inquisitive runaways, and eager upstarts. Zaunites tended to eschew formal education in favor of apprenticeships, but these "Lost Children of Zaun" looked to the labyrinthine streets to be their mentor. They wasted time in glorious, youthful fashion—foot races through the border markets, or daring climbs from the Sump to the Promenade. They ran wild and free, answering to no one.

艾克并不孤单。他结交了许多好斗的孤儿、好奇的流浪儿和自命不凡的孩子王。祖安佬不愿接受正统教育，而是喜欢以师徒传承的方式学习一门技艺，而这群“祖安迷童” 都拜同一个师父，那就是祖安迷宫一般的街道。他们用年轻人的方式豪情万丈地挥霍青春——在边境市场里赛跑、挑战徒手从地沟区攀爬上舞步走廊。他们自由不羁，不服从任何人。

One night, on a solo trek into the rubble of a recently demolished laboratory, Ekko made an astonishing find: a shard of blue-green crystal that glittered with magical energy. Every child of Zaun heard tales of hextech, said to power weapons and heroes alike. Such a thing had the potential to change the world, and now he held a broken one. He scrambled to find more pieces, but the crunching footfalls of teched-up enforcers told him he wasn't the only one looking. Ekko barely escaped, and returned to his home.

一天夜里，艾克独自前往一座刚刚被炸毁的实验室废墟探险，惊讶地发现了一件宝贝：一块蓝绿色的放着魔法亮光的水晶碎片。每个祖安的孩子都听说过海克斯水晶的故事，据说这种水晶是神兵和英雄们的力量之源，有着改变世界的潜力。而现在他手里就握着一块破碎的海克斯水晶。他四处寻觅，想要找到更多碎片，但科技武装的执法者队伍踩在瓦砾上的脚步声告诉他，搜寻碎片的不止他一个。于是艾克在千钧一发之际逃回了家。

Hextech Crystal

He experimented madly with the crystal. During one less-than-scientific attempt, the gem exploded into a vortex of shimmering dust, triggering eddies of temporal distortion. Ekko opened his eyes to see several splintered realities—and several "echo" versions of himself—staring back in sheer panic amid the fractured continua.

他开始对这块水晶进行狂热的实验。在一次不那么科学的尝试中，水晶爆炸成了一团晶体尘埃形成的漩涡，触发了扭曲时间的气旋。艾克睁开眼，看到了许多个现实的分支，也看到了许多个自己在这一刻的镜像，镜像也在万分惊恐地看着自己，在碎裂的时空中不知所措。

He'd really done it this time.

这一次他真的做到了。

After some tense coordination between Ekko and his paradoxes, they managed to contain and repair the hole he had torn in the fabric of reality. Eventually, he harnessed the shattered crystal's temporal powers into a device that would allow him to manipulate small increments of time… at least in theory.

艾克和自己的平行现实镜像进行了一番紧张的调谐，最后控制并修复了他在现实时空中撕开的裂口。最终，艾克通过一种装置驾驭了这枚破碎水晶的时空之力，可以让他操控一段短暂的时间……至少理论上是这样。

On his name day, his friends badgered him into climbing the ancient clocktower known as Old Hungry, so Ekko brought the untested device along with him.

在他的命名日那天，伙伴们叫嚷着拉他去攀登那座古老的钟塔，“老饿鬼”。于是艾克带上那个尚未经过测试的装置出发了。