Vi (2024)

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Once a criminal from the mean streets of Zaun, Vi is a hotheaded, impulsive, and fearsome woman with only a very loose respect for authority figures. Growing up all but alone, Vi developed finely honed survival instincts as well as a wickedly abrasive sense of humor. Now working with the Wardens to keep the peace in Piltover, she wields mighty hextech gauntlets that can punch through walls—and suspects—with equal ease.

	"We can either do this the hard way or… Oh wait, no. There's just the hard way." —Vi
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Background[]

Early Life[]

As a child growing up in the lawless outskirts of Piltover, Vi learned to rob and cheat to get by. Stealing and stripping hextech hardware gave her the skills of a master mechanic, while life on the streets taught her self-reliance. When she was six, a ragtag group of criminals took a shine to the young delinquent and brought her into their fold. By the time Vi was eleven, she had become a seasoned accomplice, and she relished the thrill of every heist.

Vi's attitude changed when a raid on a mining facility went bad. She was forced to decide between fleeing with her crew or trying to save the innocent mine workers from a collapsed tunnel. Vi chose to play the hero. While searching for a way to free the mine workers from the rubble, she discovered a damaged robotic mining rig. Improvising, she wrenched off its huge fists and modified them into makeshift hextech gauntlets. Fitting the heavy weapons to her tiny hands, the young girl flexed her arm and threw a powered punch at the rubble. The force of the blow blasted away the rock. With the workers free to escape, Vi fled the scene.

After that job gone wrong, Vi severed her connection to the crew. She returned to a life of solitary crime, but stole only from other criminals. As the years went by, Vi modified and improved her hextech fists, allowing her to bust up heists and snatch loot with ease. Eventually, word of her notoriety reached Caitlyn, the famed Sheriff of Piltover. Rather than seek Vi's arrest, Caitlyn offered the criminal a way to pay her debt to society: work for the law in Piltover. Vi laughed. To her, a job that let her beat up crooks without forcing her to run from the cops sounded perfect. She immediately accepted. Caitlyn now struggles to keep Vi in line, and Vi treats Caitlyn's orders as mere suggestions, but when they work together, they are feared by all lawbreakers in Piltover, except Jinx.

Contemporary History[]

To Vi, every problem is just another brick wall to punch through with her gigantic hextech gauntlets. Though she grew up on the wrong side of the law, Vi now uses her criminal know-how to serve Piltover's police force. Vi's brash attitude, abrasive humor, and blatant refusal to follow orders can often infuriate her by-the-books partner, Caitlyn Kiramman. But even the sheriff of Piltover cannot deny that Vi is an invaluable asset in the fight against crime.

Recent events[]

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Appearance[]

Vi is an tall, athletic, and light-skinned woman. She wears common punk street fashion typical for Zaunite and Piltover youth atypical for her Warden profession. Her most noticeable features are her mechanical augments inspired tattoos across her entire back and arms (including a VI tattoo on her left cheek), as well as her natural pink hair.

When at work, she is rarely seen without her Atlas gauntlets which become extensions of her hands.

Personality[]

Vi is an impulsive, brash, energetic, hotheaded, audacious, and daring brawler who lives up to her motto which is "Punch first, then ask questions while punching." She is both fearsome and fearless, she is always looking for a fight. She's a fierce, tomboyish rebel with a loose respect for authority figures, and a witty, abrasive sense of humor. Despite her tendency to fight first, and think later, she is very street smart. But through her rebellious attitude, she is a kind hearted one who means well and gets things done no questions asked.

Abilities[]

• Brawler: Vi is skilled at hand-to-hand combat, being able to dodge and counter most punches, even those from shimmer enhanced individuals. She would use her fighting skills in tandem with her gauntlets.
  • Atlas Gauntlets: Exceedingly rare and powerful hextech augments created by Vaido Violante that considerably boost Vi's strength and dexterity. Vi actively uses prototypes of the Atlas Gauntlets.
• Deduction Skills: While not as skilled as her partner Caitlyn, Vi has some skills at collect information to solve crimes by talking to witnesses and informants, collecting physical evidence, or searching records in databases. Her familiarity with the undercity of Zaun would prove useful numerous times during her time as a Warden.

Relations[]

Jinx[]

Jinx is Vi's sister, they both took different paths when they were young, although Vi's main job is to capture her, she also looks for a way to help her.

Ekko[]

Vi and Ekko were friends since they grew up together in Zaun, their relationship was stagnant on Ekko's part after Vi was accepted into Piltover.

Caitlyn Kiramman[]

Caitlyn is Vi's co-worker, she was the one who helped her join Piltover, they have been working together for a long time so much that their relationship is speculated to be more than friendship and professional.

Jayce Talis[]

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Biography

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Trivia[]

• Vi is a Zaunite orphan who became a Guardian of Piltover.
• Vi's prototype Atlas Gauntlets were created by Vaido Violante, a former apprentice of Covin Reveck, Orianna's father.
• Vi remembers nothing from her early childhood, even her name 'Vi' comes from the tattoo on her cheek.
• Before the release of Arcane, Vi and Jinx were often theorized by the community to be sisters. The reference to this on Jinx's release was her quote, "You think I'm crazy? You should see my sister". Though there was never any implication that the sister was Vi, players equated Jinx's antagonization of Vi specifically as "sisterly bonding".
  • Incidentally, Jinx only antagonized Vi specifically on English-speaking servers. Other servers showed her antagonizing other champions, such as Lucian.
  • Hermit later says to Vi, "You look like your sister! Er, wait, I'm not supposed to talk about that...". This could be a confirmation that Vi has a sister, but could also be an example of Lyte repeating rumours he's heard from players (such as the rumour he heard from players that Lux and Ezreal were dating, which Lux herself later denied after hearing the rumour ).
  • There is a significant indication that the pair did grow up together, however. With Vi currently suffering from amnesia, Jinx has taken it upon herself to try and trigger her memories.
  • In an interview with Ghostcrawler, he mentioned that Jinx and Vi are "sisters", but later confirmed he was merely stating what he thought was true, and that the narrative team said otherwise.
• Vi is in her 20s, and around 5 years older than Jinx.
• Vi is left-handed and weighs 8,140 lbs with her gauntlets on.

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