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Brackern[]
Surrounded around the Shuriman Continent are several clans of Brackern, including clans in the Shuriman desert.
Dormun[]
The Dormun are gigantic, slow-moving creatures protected with large chitinous plates covering their body. In the harsh conditions of Shurima they have evolved to survive the perpetual drought by utilizing an unknown sense to locate hidden reservoirs of water. Incidentally, certain nomadic tribes have built themselves a permanent home upon the backs of these beasts where they clean the creature and hunt any airborne pests who venture near.
Eka'Sul[]
Desert goats that travel in herds.
Mwatis[]
Mwatis are goatlike creatures with large plated casques on their heads. Mwati wool and plate are prised for felting and insulation.
Kmiros[]
Gigantic scarabs that roam in swarms, looking for unfortunate travelers to feed on. They seem to be common prey for 
Rammus.
Outerbeasts[]
- Main article: Voidborn
Beside the Xer'Sai, other creatures from the Void, referred to as 'outerbeasts', can be found in the desert.
- Xer'Sai: Creatures from the Void that plague the southern deserts. They are the size of big dogs on average, but can be smaller or much bigger.
Rek'Sai, as the queen, is by far the largest and most dangerous of her species. Xer'sai burst from their small burrows and ravage anything nearby, to the detriment of desert caravans. Once dead, the Xer'sai decompose at an abnormally rapid rate and become inedible.
Ralsiji[]
Large and aggressive minotaur-like creatures. They are humpbacked quadrupeds with long limbs and thick horns.
Shuriman Camel[]
A breed of camels native to the deserts of Shurima and are used by caravans as well as common folk as primary mode of transportation. Despite being well-suited for lengthy travels in the desert landscape, they are still prey to a many predator such as the Xer'Sai.
Sandswimmers[]
Sandswimmers
Sandswimmers are massive quadrupedal creatures that traverse the Shuriman desert in cyclical patterns. They got their name due to their preferred method of travel. Their narrow bodies and webbed feet are perfectly design for swimming under the sand. They feed on bugs and other small creatures most desert beasts ignore. Scavengers will often memorize the predictable paths these creatures take, and jump onto their backs to ride as far as they wish.
Skallashi[]
The Skallashi are large quadrupedal herbivores. These hardy beasts of burden are common across Shurima, ideally suited to the harsh desert environment. Their key body feature is their long legs. Notoriously bad-tempered, they are nevertheless treated with great reverence. Their brown hides are often painted with sacred symbols of protection, and their horns hung with totems and charms. While these creatures are mostly used for travel and carrying heavy loads, on some larger skallashi people are able to built miniature rooms for more comfortable travel. To own one is often considered a sign of considerable prosperity.
Arcane
| “ | "I'm gonna find her and erase whatever fucked-up delusions you put in her head. But first, I'm gonna bring your bullshit empire down all around you." |
—  Vi to  Silco, When These Walls Come Tumbling Down
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Vi, born as Violet, is a 
Zaunite vigilante and one of the two lead characters of the animated series Arcane, alongside her younger sister 
Jinx.
When their parents were killed by 
Enforcers, Vi and Powder were adopted by 
Vander, who let them take up thievery jobs with their adopted siblings Claggor and 
Mylo. However, a mission to rescue Vander goes wrong when Powder murdered him, Claggor and Mylo, causing Vi to abandon Powder and get sent to Stillwater Hold to be imprisoned. Years later, she was freed by 
Caitlyn Kiramman to help her hunt down the Hextech Gemstone and bring Silco to justice. On their mission in Zaun, Vi and Caitlyn personally confronted Silco and Jinx until they were captured by the 
Firelights led by 
Ekko. After losing the Gemstone and failing to convince the Piltover Council, Vi teamed up with 
Jayce Talis to shut down Silco’s Shimmer factories before ultimately being kidnapped by Jinx and failing to convince her sister from declaring war against 
Piltover.
Defeated, Vi initially rejected Caitlyn’s request to join the Enforcers, but changed her mind after Zaun’s attack on Piltover and joined Caitlyn’s strike team with Loris, Steb and Maddie with the mission of taking down Jinx for good. Their mission was unsuccessful when Vi stopped Caitlyn from killing Jinx, which caused Caitlyn to abandon Vi and leave her dejected from their freshly-established relationship. Vi then spent months participating in pit fighting matches until Jinx told her Vander was alive as a 
senseless beast. Although they were successful in reuniting with Vander, their plans to help him were thwarted when Jayce attacked 
Viktor and Ambessa Medarda attacked them. Although Jinx had left to attempt suicide after 
Isha’s sacrifice, Vi rekindled her love for Caitlyn and participated in the siege against Piltover orchestrated by Ambessa. In the face of defeat, Jinx returned with Zaun to join the fight and teamed up with her sister one final time against Vander that resulted in Jinx seemingly sacrificing herself to stop Vander. Vi then went on to reside with Caitlyn in Piltover.
Background
Early Life
Violet was born in Zaun and lived there with her sister in their younger years. When Vander led a rebellion against Piltover, her parents were killed in battle and Vander took the sisters in. Vander later adopted two orphan boys as well, and Vi became the leader of their group. As children, they shared a bed together and played a game where they pretended to be scary monsters, Vi often got carried away causing Powder to get scared. Vi comforted her little sister by saying that no monster would ever take her as long as she was around.
One day, Vi and Powder walked along a bridge and witnessed the devastation of a failed uprising against Piltover. Tragically they discovered their parents were killed by Enforcers, leaving them heartbroken. The orphans were both discovered and adopted by 
Vander. This traumatic event caused Vi to develop a hatred against the Enforcers and Piltover as a whole.
Vi is extremely protective of Powder, often defending her clumsiness against fellow adopted sibling Mylo. A natural brute, she often settles matters with her fists than her head.
Hexgem Incident
Discontent with the state of the undercity, Vi believes the topsiders are selfish and evil. Vi could not understand why Vander prohibited the Undercity from burglarizing Piltover; especially since Piltover was a city of abundance and would send Enforcers to intrude in the Undercity's affairs. Meanwhile, Vi was made to feel less than the topsiders and wanted more for Powder as well. One day, Vi, Powder, 
Mylo, and 
Claggor burglarize a man's lavish workshop in Piltover, which ultimately caused an explosion that forced them to abscond from the scene.
Piltover wanted to see the culprits brought to justice—and so the Piltover Council sent the Enforcers to conduct an aggressive manhunt in the Undercity and also implemented punishing commercial sanctions on Zaun districts. Vander taught Vi that she has a responsibility to those that follow her and that she has to be considerate of how her leadership affects them. Furthermore, he warns Vi that vengeance and violence won't solve their problems, and would even create more problems. Later on, Vi learns from Ekko that Vander and Sheriff 
Grayson had a deal to keep the peace between their cities. As the heist leader, Vi was prepared to surrender herself, but Vander locked her in a room and took the blame instead. From a window, she could see 
Silco appearing abruptly, slaying enforcers and kidnapping Vander.
Vi prepares to go rescue Vander, and tells Powder to stay behind. Conflict arose during the rescue, leading to Powder setting off a monkey bomb that killed their adopted family. After Vi learns of Powder's actions, she yells at her—calling her a 'Jinx' before walking away.
Vi took a rest at a far wall, but later saw Powder approached by Silco. Before she could return to Powder, Vi was suddenly drugged unconscious and arrested by soon-to-be Sheriff Marcus. For years, Vi was imprisoned in Stillwater Hold Prison without a trial or details of her crimes. Vi spent her days attempting escapes and defending against assassination attempts on her life from murderous prisoners. Prison guards viewed Vi as a troublemaker as she was unruly and was violent against other prisoners that were presumably dangerous Undercity criminals.[2] Nevertheless, the thought of reuniting with her sister gave Vi the determination to persevere in the face of harsh prison life.
Piltovan Bicentennial
One day, Vi received word that Lock, one of Silco's henchmen, was sent to Stillwater Prison and assaulted him in the cafeteria. Vi was locked in her cell where she was visited by 
Caitlyn Kiramman, who Vi believed to be an Enforcer on Silco's payroll. When Caitlyn showed Vi photographs of a crime scene that had graffiti similar to Powder's drawings, Vi became interested in Cait's investigation in order to find her sister. Since Caitlyn required proof that Silco was the secret crime boss of the Undercity, Vi enticed Caitlyn into freeing her by being her guide for the Undercity and also offered to direct her to where she can find the proof she seeks. After being released from prison, Vi searches for her sister with the help of Caitlyn, ultimately finding 
Jinx in her place. She proceeded to try to reason with her sister, trying to apologize for abandoning her years ago, but led to no prevail.
After reuniting with 
Ekko who is now leader of the Firelights, Vi and Caitlyn return to Piltover to take the Slico case with the council which they are unable to reach a consensus to sanction direct action against Silco in spite of the presented evidence.
Hunt For Jinx
TBA
Appearance
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 left side of her hair shaved. She also has light gray 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.
Her 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.
Personality
Vi is a tough, cocky, and hot-headed woman with a very loose respect for authority figures. As an adolescent, Vi had always been protective of her little sister, Powder, as she was always defending her whenever her adoptive brother, Mylo would tease her. This love extended into their adult years, despite Vi's harsh words to Powder following the deaths of their adopted family, and the conflict that would come about as the result of their divergent paths in life.
As an adult, Vi is no longer as hot-headed as she was during her years as an adolescent. She becomes more pragmatic, level-headed and cooperative, willing to bring Caitlyn evidence to prove Silco's criminal activities. The guilt she feels for abandoning her sister has pursued her and keeps intact even after those many years she spent imprisoned, in fact, this fueled her determination to reunite with Powder and endure the harsh prison life.
Her relationship with Caitlyn and the time they spend together has changed Vi her perspective of the topsiders, realizing there are people who doesn't look down on them and actually are kind and empathetic. Also, she starts to show a more vulnerable and emotional side of herself that she's never shown to anyone, telling Caitlyn things about her past, concerns and the guilt she feels for not being there for her sister. As a result, Vi is able to recognize those she knows she can trust and work with in order to change things for the better, such as Jayce Talis, whom Vi inmediately goes for help to destroy Silco's Shimmer imperium.
Abilities
- Brawler: Vi is skilled at hand-to-hand combat (learning from Vander), 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.
- Iron gauntlets: Made from iron cast metal with a flat surface area, she used Vander's signature weapons while training as well as when rescuing him from the warehouse.
- Atlas Gauntlets: Exceedingly rare and powerful hextech augments created by Jayce that considerably boost Vi's strength and dexterity. Vi actively uses prototypes of the Atlas Gauntlets.
- Leader: Learning from her adoptive father Vander, Vi became a competent leader for her small group of sumpsnipes, later inspiring Ekko to follow in her footsteps.
- Parkour: Being extremely athletic, Vi has no difficulties scaling rooftops and returning to Zaun from Piltover through an unconventional method by jumping off a cliff to running across a steel beam.
Relations
Arcane Show Appearances
| Season One appearances: 9/9 | ||
| Welcome to the Playground: Appears |
Some Mysteries Are Better Left Unsolved: Appears |
The Base Violence Necessary for Change: Appears |
| Happy Progress Day!: Appears |
Everybody Wants to Be My Enemy: Appears |
When These Walls Come Tumbling Down: Appears |
| The Boy Savior: Appears |
Oil and Water: Appears |
The Monster You Created: Appears |
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Trivia
- Vi's real name is revealed to be Violet at the end of Act 1 of the first season.
- Vi was known as Inmate 516, which is a direct reference for her name when written as Roman numerals (DXVI as a whole or VIVI as each individual number).
- Vi is a Zaunite sumpsnipe who became a Guardian of Piltover, later in the events in Arcane.
- Vi's prototype Atlas Gauntlets were created by Vaido Violante, a former apprentice of Covin Reveck, Orianna's father. This is retconned in the Arcane (TV Series) as in the show, Vi's Atlas Gauntlets were invented by Jayce alongside his partner Viktor. In the show, the Atlas Gauntlets were a Hextech device that was originally meant to help miners mine in a quarry more efficiently without fatigue.
- In previous drafts of the lore, Vi remembers nothing from her early childhood, even her name 'Vi' comes from the tattoo on her cheek.
- In Arcane, the tattoo, which is the shortened version of her name, was made during her time in prison among many others.
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- Before the official confirmation with 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.
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- Vi is stated to be around 14-16 years old during the first act of Arcane and is estimated to be around 20-23 years old during the second and third act.[3]
- Vi's official height is 172 cm (5'7).[4]
- Vi is left-handed and weighs 8,140 lbs with her gauntlets on, and approximately 140 pounds without her gauntlets.
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