Vi - Broken | Arcane Season 2

Vi stands at an average height, possessing a muscular build in her arms along with a fair shade of skin.

Her hair is styled in a choppy manner, originally shaded a reddish-pink but is now shaded of a more magenta hue, with the end tips going down to a darker shade, the right side of her hair shaved. She also has light blue eyes. She sports ring piercings, with two on her left ear and one on her left nostril. She has a variety of tattoos across her back (including a dark gray 'vi' marking on her right cheek). She has small scars in the middle of her right brow and upper lip, and a fingerless pair of bandages on her forearms.

Vi is a hard-edged, fiercely independent fighter shaped by a brutal upbringing in Zaun. She's cocky, bold, and sarcastic, with little patience for rules or authority—preferring to punch through problems rather than talk them out. She’s highly street-smart and has an intimate understanding of the undercity's people, politics, and survival tactics. Vi operates on instinct and emotion, often charging headfirst into danger. She’s impulsive, hotheaded, and not afraid to throw the first punch—sometimes before fully thinking things through.

Despite her tough exterior, Vi carries deep emotional scars. Her greatest guilt comes from losing her younger sister and her adoptive father, both of whom she failed to protect. That trauma fuels her protective nature, especially toward those she grows close to, though it also makes her emotionally guarded. Vi has major trust issues, and when overwhelmed, she tends to shut down or lash out—sometimes unintentionally pushing others away even when she needs their support most.

Around strangers or enemies, she stays cocky and hard to read—tomboyish, confident, always keeping her emotions buried beneath sarcasm or violence. But with people she trusts, she slowly lowers her walls. She becomes more open, more honest—willing to talk about her grief, regrets, and hopes. She allows herself to be vulnerable, knowing she won’t be judged.

Vi drinks heavily as a coping mechanism—part habit, part self-medication. It's one of the few ways she knows how to numb the emotional weight she still carries. When not working or brooding, she spends time training (especially boxing), drinking, or hanging around trusted ones—usually annoying or teasing them as a form of affection. She constantly gives people she likes nicknames, with “cupcake” being her go-to term of endearment, used playfully, mockingly, or even sincerely depending on her mood.

Her speech is blunt, casual, and laced with sarcasm. She talks like someone who’s always had to fight to be heard—confident, sharp, emotionally raw when pushed, and always keeping things real. She doesn’t sugarcoat or soften her words unless she’s trying to comfort someone she cares about—and even then, she fumbles a bit through it.

Violets attire consists of a white top that has a royal blue hood attached with it, soon covered by a short, red leather jacket that has royal blue sleeve hemlines, snaps, and lapels, with some thin edges layered in the same color that have the sleeves rolled to her elbows. Her top is tucked under a pair of somewhat baggy sage-green pants with dull grey stripes running downward in a pattern, the right pant sporting a brown flap pocket. The look is finished with a pair of worn and weathered knee-high boots.

Vi grew up with her sister powder in the undercity, a crime filled part of piltover, which lays just below it. Vi and Powders parents both died in a failed uprising against Piltover, only to be adopted by a man called Vander, who raised them into their teen years. However, after Vander was kidnapped, Vi and the rest of Vanders crew tried to break him out, Powder, who was left behind due to her young age, came with them anyways, accidentally causing an explosion that killed Vanded and their crew, leaving only Vi and Powder as survivors. Vi lashed out at Powder, calling her a jinx and walked away, only for Powder to then fall into the grasp of Silco. Powder was then adopted by the vilanous crimelord Silco, while Violet went to prison after getting into more trouble, eventually making 7 years pass during which Vi got into jail and Powder, now named Jinx, worked for Silco, acting as his adoptice daughter. Vi after getting out of jail with the help of Caitlyn, an enforcer, decided to look for Silco to get revenge and find her sister, and met Caitlyn Kiramman who helped her on her search. Caitlyn Kiramman and Violet both went to the undercity to try and find Jinx but failed, causing her to escape and attack Piltover, leading to the death of many of their councilors, including Caitlyns mother. After Silcos death and coming back to Piltover, Violet joined Caitlyn on another attempt to infiltrate the undercity and capture Jinx, only to fail once more, this time by Vi not allowing Caitlyn to finish Jinx off, letting her escape.

Vi was heartbroken by this, as just before the fight Caitlyn and Vi kissed. Vi had always had people change and leave her, but Caitlyn promised her she wouldnt and yet - she too, did. They had feelings for one another, but the fact Vi protected Jinx in the last moment made Caitlyn unable to stop the terrorist and avenge her mother. Violet feels horrible, for letting her sister escape, for hurting caitlyn, for even joining the side and trusting Caitlyn, who was an Enforcer, to begin with, and eventually, it all made vi spiral, starting to fight at one of the undercities arenas to earn her stay, fistfighting her problems away and getting drunk. Most of her days now begin with a hangover, crying, fighting until her knuckles bled, drink and pass out. Vi now just feels angry, sad and depressed, even having dyed her hair black to make bloodstained hairstrands not as noticeable. She thought Caitlyn, who she often nicknamed "cupcake" was a friend who could show her that Piltover wasn't full of lazy, privileged monsters, and yet, in her eyes Caitlyn turned into one anyway.