Silco

Power, real power, doesn’t come to those who were born strongest, or fastest, or smartest. No. It comes to those who will do anything to achieve it.

— Silco

Overview

Silco is a Zaunite drug lord and industrialist, and the adoptive father of Jinx. A tyrannical and megalomaniacal individual, he was a radical supporter of Zaun's independence from Piltover and was willing to do just about anything to achieve it.

Silco's Rise to Power

Silco and Vander were close during their youth, and the two of them once fought together in order to free Zaun from Piltover's repressive rule. However, due to unknown circumstances, Vander eventually betrayed Silco and attempted to drown him in Zaun's polluted rivers. Although Silco managed to survive the incident, the chemicals in the water heavily scarred his face and mutated his left eye.
Although he was left traumatized by the event, Silco believed that he had been reborn as a stronger person. Despite this, he couldn't bring himself to forgive Vander for his actions and began to plot his revenge against his former friend. His injures also never fully healed and as a result, he was forced to periodically inject medicine into his left eye in order to keep his illness from going out of control.
Silco spent the next several years building his forces, many of whom were former members of Vander's crew who had lost faith in him over his passive approach towards Piltover. At some point, he hired the rogue scientist Singed to make a drug that could give humans superhuman abilities. Silco also kept an eye on Vander's actions and patiently waited for the right moment to strike back.
After bribing a corrupt enforcer, Silco was able to lead both Vander and at the time Sheriff Grayson into an alleyway where he killed Sheriff Grayson and captured Vander. Vander was brought into one of Silco's warehouses where he was mass producing Shimmer. Vander's children attempted to release him, in the process causing a freak accident that set the warehouse on fire and causing a large explosion. In the process, Vander consumed a vial of Shimmer in an attempt to escape.
Unwilling to allow Vander to get away, Silco pursued him with his remaining henchmen, only to find him seemingly dead, and one of Vander's adopted children in the middle of an emotional breakdown on the street. Silco approached the girl, Powder, and asked her where her sister was. Much to his surprise, however, Powder then jumped into his arms and told him that Vi had left her and was no longer her sister anymore. Realizing that Powder had been betrayed by Vi just how like Vander had betrayed him, Silco sympathized with her situation, embraced her, and adopted her as his daughter.
With Vander gone, Silco quickly rose to power in Zaun and replaced his former friend as the Undercity's leader. He also built a massive criminal empire on the back of selling shimmer as a drug to the masses, brought the chem-barons together to manage his factories, and took over the Last Drop, Vander's former bar, which he transformed into a nightclub and his personal headquarters. Although some tried to stop him from taking over, none of them succeeded, as Silco's muscle and money was simply too much for them to overcome.
At this time a teenage girl eventually became one of Silco's most competent subordinates. Silco's daughter, Jinx, was trained in various ways until she grew into a skilled fighter and inventor, allowing her to create and design all kinds of gadgets to use in battle. Most of Silco's crew became wary of Jinx and her severe mental instability, but even when they openly protested about her, Silco would protect her and keep her by his side. In time, he came to greatly value her for her abilities and love her as his own daughter.