Arcane: Easter Eggs, References and Foreshadowings in the Series

The third episode has less information because it is more focused on the first series arc's climax, but still we have a couple of things. The episode starts quite violent, with a couple of deaths and the capture of Vander. When they are alone, Silco talks with him about ) and must be the reason he wears the bandages.

Another scene from the explosion shows why it was more devastating to Vi and her friends: When the Get Excited!'s monkey sets off the bomb, one of the crystals bounces to the door, causing extra damage to the room where they were. At this moment, Clangor is hit by debris and dies, and we have a scene focusing on his glasses, which afterwards will be used by Vi in her uniform.

When Vander dies and Powder shows up to celebrate that her bomb worked, Vi shouts at her, and in the most traumatic moment of Powder's life, calls her Jinx, as Mylo had done before, probably solidifying her name. It is at this time that we see her call Vi Violet and confirm that this is her name, which indicates that Powder must also be a nickname.

At the end, when Silco hugs Powder, we have a scene which highlights the character's eyes. At this moment, with fire around her, her eye is pink, not grey, as it was before. This is an indicator of the character's change, since Jinx as she is now has pink eyes, probably because of shimmer use or other substances.

Now that we had the first act, we will have the second one on November 13th. We already have plenty of clues to what we will see on this time jump.

Vander

Vander has shown to be one of the most charismatic characters in the series, a man of high value that wants to protect his people. Unfortunately, he died at the hands of Silco. But did he? It is quite likely that he will return, but in another form. Knowing that Singed is around and that Silco has Vander's body with him, what we should see is the character becoming Warwick, The Uncaged Wrath of Zaun.

We already saw that Vander had a certain rage inside himself, that he was only able to leave behind when he saw that his actions were responsible for killing many of his friends in a battle against the High Lane. And Warwick, with his new lore, is a bounty hunter, that is, he hunts people who are dangerous to the zaunites. Maybe this only happens in the third series' act, but it is quite likely that Singed has done these experiments without Jinx knowing, at Silco's orders. And it is also quite possible that the girls find out Vander's new identity if they find out that Warwick has, for instance, a scar in his arm.

The Battle on the Bridge

Probably we are yet to see the best of Vander's story and passed between the two cities. But another important thing that might be revealed is that maybe Silco is responsible for the battle's turning point. Silco must have taken some extreme measure and provoked one of the groups, causing the fight, and that is why Vander tried to kill him.

Jayce and Viktor

The new partners probably will be now working together, already developing plenty of Hextech research. But, unfortunately, their friendship isn't forever. In the near future, both will fight and Jayce will have Viktor expelled from the Academy. That is their actual lore, but we might see a couple of changes that justify this expulsion better. This will lead the two of them to a fight. Probably already in the second arc we will see Viktor be expelled and starting his Glorious Evolution, and in the third we will see the climax of their story.

Vi and Caitlyn

Caitlyn had a short appearance this season, which makes sense, since her story isn't focused on her childhood. But from the trailers we know that in the second act she is already acting as a police officer tracking down Jinx's crimes, and she will go after Vi, who is in jail.

We will also be able to see how their relationship will flourish. Another possibility also is that we can see Caitlyn telling Vi why she became an officer, as it looks like we will not see her whole story animated.

Ekko

Our little chronomancer is now completely alone: his friends are dead, arrested or missing and Benzo, his mentor, is dead. It is now that we will see Ekko becoming the inventor that he is, forming his own gang and making new friendships. Unfortunately, he will also suffer more losses, for example, his dearest Sumpsnipe Scavenger

The Signalizer

When Vi is leaving to rescue Vander, she leaves with Powder a signalizer so that they can meet always. This is a foreshadowing to how we will see their meeting and possibly the last one in the series and the most emotional. Get your tissues ready.

And with that, we finish the curiosities regarding the first three episodes from the series. There are a lot of interesting things happening and contextualizing the Runeterra World and in the next episodes we will have plenty more still, so I'll be writing more articles like this one.

So? What did you think? Did you see another curiosity yourself?