Discovered by Heimerdinger Heimerdinger, Viktor was taken to the Piltover Academy to cultivate his genius and serve as Heimerdinger's assistant. After Jayce Jayce' workshop was burglarized and exploded, Jayce's unauthorized experiments were revealed to the public. Heimerdinger sent Viktor to remove anything dangerous from the workshop, including Jayce. Jayce was arrested and trialed for illegal experimentation and endangering Piltover. While most Piltovans feared the arcane and thought Jayce's endeavor reckless, Viktor was intrigued by Jayce's ambition to master magic through science. Viktor saved Jayce's research notes from disposal behind Heimerdinger's back and went to visit Jayce.

Viktor finds Jayce at his ruined worskhop and inadvertently interrupts him from committing suicide. Viktor pledged his support to Jayce's dream to grace hextech to the masses and offers to help him with the enterprise. The two inventors bonded over their idealistic dream to improve the lives of others through technology and shared a vision to realize that dream through Hextech. Jayce made Viktor his partner and together they figured out how to stabilize the hex crystals enough to create magic. However, Jayce's materials and the rest of his research were scheduled to be destroyed, so time was of the essence to prove their theory correct with a hextech experiment. With the help of Councilor Mel Medarda Mel Medarda, Jayce and Viktor snuck into Heimerdinger's lab and managed to prove the possibility of harnessing magic through Hextech.

After showing that hextech was proven to be a viable and revolutionary practice, the Piltover Council approved the development of hextech technology. Viktor and Jayce worked for the Council to create the Hexgates that revolutionized trade and transportation, and putting Piltover on the map as the global shipping lane