8 huge questions I need Arcane season 2 to answer before the highly-rated Netflix show ends

Arcane's second and final season has plenty of loose plot threads to wrap up before its final credits roll

Features By Tom Power published 26 October 2024

Full spoilers follow for Arcane season 1 and League of Legends' extensive lore.

It's been an excruciatingly long wait for Arcane season 2. Now, almost three years after its forebear was released, the critically acclaimed animated series' second and final chapter will make its official Netflix debut on November 9.

As a massive Arcane fan, I'm equally delighted and relieved about its imminent return, but also melancholy that the end of one of my all-time favorite Netflix shows is in sight. It's going to be a bittersweet moment when that final end credits sequence rolls.

Before that happens, Netflix and Fortiche Production's take on Riot Games' incredibly popular League of Legends (LoL) videogame franchise has plenty of questions to answer. To that end, I've handpicked eight of the biggest Arcane needs to tackle before the final curtain falls on the world's best streaming service. I've included my own theories on how these may be answered, too, so be advised: while I have no insider knowledge about Arcane's next chapter, potential season 2 spoilers follow.

1. Who was killed in Jinx's attack on Piltover's council chamber?

One of the most agonizing things about the wait for Arcane season 2 has been its predecessor's cliffhanger. In the final minutes of season 1's finale, Jinx fires a missile from a Fishbones rocket launcher, powered by a Hextech gemstone (remember, she stole one in season 1 episode 4), at Piltover's council chamber.

At the time, the City of Progress' councilors were meeting to vote on whether to officially recognize Piltover's undercity, aka Zaun, as an independent state. Council members Mel, Cassandra, Bolbok, Hoskel, Salo, Shoola, and Jayce – plus Jayce's scientific partner Viktor – were present when the rocket approached. Just as the missile crashed through one of the chamber's windows, the screen cut to black, so we don't know who did and didn't survive.

In my view, Jayce and Viktor definitely survived. The pair are conspicuous by their absence in Arcane season 2's official trailer and other teasers, but they're too integral to Arcane's overall story to be killed off.

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