On the continent of Valoran, Evolution Day was Piltover's special holiday.
Its purpose was to commemorate the opening of the local sea gate, the Gate of the Sun, a symbol of progress, innovation, and wealth.
Inventors and apprentices displayed their research achievements on this day, while merchants selected promising projects to fund. It was also accompanied by many celebrations.
Of course, tracing the origin of this day was a complicated historical matter.
In New Piltover, there was no institution known as the Gate of the Sun, at least not yet.
Here, Evolution Day happened to be National Day. The passage of time had never stopped.
Including the time spent traveling back and forth to Punk Hazard, it was now 1495, exactly three years since Oran had established his own country here.
After all that time of continuous development, the nation had completely gotten on track, allowing for an official celebration at last.
The next day, Tricia opened her eyes in the temporary settlement of District Four.
She had originally been a slave auctioned off among the population of the Sabaody Archipelago.
Born in the North Blue, she had no abilities and did not want to return to her hometown, as it too was a lawless land of chaos. So she had followed Lyliana, Oran, and the others to Piltover, where she had been resettled.
Firefly Island provided incoming immigrants with interest-free loans sufficient to support them for a month, allowing them to settle down here.
Sunlight streamed through the window onto her bed, and the glaring rays drove away her drowsiness. Life as a slave had been difficult. She did not know how long it had been since she had seen sunlight in the morning.
The people at the auction house did not treat slaves like people. Aside from improving