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Ivy has a few motivations for being in the ritual. She wants to keep [[wikipedia:Spanish Harlem|Spanish Harlem]] safe,<ref>{{PageRef|name=Ivy}}'s in-game [[Ivy/Quotes#Select|voice line]] (Select): ''"I'll do anything to keep the people of Spanish Harlem safe."''</ref> make life better for the [[The Arroyos|Arroyos]],<ref>{{PageRef|name=Hidden King}}'s in-game [[Ivy/Quotes#Patrons|voice line]] (Ivy Start): ''"You wish to make life better for the Arroyos? Complete the ritual, Ivy."''</ref><ref>{{PageRef|name=Archmother}}'s in-game [[Ivy/Quotes#Patrons|voice line]] (Ivy Start): ''"I know how much you care for the Arroyos, and their future can be secured. All you need to do is complete the ritual."''</ref> find her new purpose in life now that the [[The Mendoza Syndicate|Mendoza Syndicate]] has been dismantled,<ref>{{PageRef|name=Ivy}}'s in-game [[Ivy/Quotes#Select|voice line]] (Select): ''"I'll find my purpose again."''</ref><ref>{{PageRef|name=Archmother}}'s in-game [[Ivy/Quotes#Patrons|voice line]] (Ivy Start): ''"You're lost, Ivy. Directionless. But I see beyond what your heart wants. I see what you need. Summon the Archmother so that she may provide it."''</ref> help [[The Arroyos#Carlos Arroyo|Carlos Arroyo]] secure his place as New York's mayor,<ref>{{ConvoCite|hero1=Ivy|hero2=Billy|number=1|hero_quote1=Billy|quote1=Oh look, if it isn't Carlos Arroyo's talking billboard for his mayoral campaign.|hero_quote2=Ivy|quote2=I believe in Carlos.}}</ref><ref name=":3">[[Ivy's visual novel|Ivy's Visual Novel]] - [[Ivy's visual novel/Transcription#3e - I Believe In Carlos Arroyo|Chapter 3E]]</ref> and (if she finds out about [[The Arroyos#Sophia Arroyo|Sophia]]'s job as {{HeroIcon|Wraith}}'s bookmaker)<ref name=":5">{{ConvoCite|hero1=Ivy|hero2=Vyper|number=3|hero_quote1=Vyper|quote1=Yeah, I just wanted to know how you feel about your sister working for Wraith.|hero_quote2=Ivy|quote2=What are you talking about?}}</ref><ref name=":4">[[Ivy's visual novel|Ivy's Visual Novel]] - [[Ivy's visual novel/Transcription#3c - Career Day|Chapter 3C]]</ref> keep Sophia out of trouble.<ref name=":0">{{PageRef|name=Hidden King}}'s in-game [[Ivy/Quotes#Patrons|voice line]] (Ivy Start): ''"Sophie is in more danger than she could ever know, but this is your chance to keep her safe."''</ref>

It took Ivy 18 years to dismantle the Mendoza Syndicate.<ref name=":9">{{HeroIcon|Ivy}}'s backstory</ref> Ivy managed to take down the syndicate "without murdering everybody",<ref name=":8" /> and let Mendoza himself live after he promised to leave New York.<ref>{{ConvoCite|hero1=Ivy|hero2=Mo & Krill|number=1|hero_quote1=Mo & Krill|quote1=You're the gargoyle that rode Mendoza out on a rail, yes?|hero_quote2=Ivy|quote2=Pretty much.}}</ref><ref>[[Ivy's visual novel]] - [[Ivy's visual novel/Transcription#4e - Helping Hand|Chapter 4e]] - {{HeroIcon|Ivy}}: ''"Did he say Mendoza? (...) He said he was going to leave New York!"''</ref> Ivy used to buy powerful items from the {{PageRef|name=Shopkeeper}} during her offence against the Mendoza Syndicate.<ref>{{VoiceLineCite|name=Shopkeeper|quotes=Ivy/Quotes#Shopkeeper|context=(Ivy buys T4 item)|transcription=I haven’t seen you buy one of these bad boys since you took out the Mendoza Syndicate.}}</ref> After successfully dismantling the Mendoza Syndicate, Ivy was famously known as "the saviour of Spanish Harlem",<ref>{{VoiceLineCite|name=Shopkeeper|file=Shopkeeper_hotdog_t4_ivy_01.mp3|transcription=It’s a pleasure to serve the savior of Spanish Harlem.}}</ref><ref>{{VoiceLineCite|name=Newscaster|file=Newscaster_seasonal_tengu_unlock_01.mp3|transcription=The savior of Spanish Harlem continues to melt New York's heart, as she dispenses vigilante justice dressed for the holidays!}}</ref> with news of her efforts reaching places far from New York like Illinois due to public interest.<ref>{{ConvoCite|hero1=Ivy|hero2=Holliday|number=2|hero_quote1=Holliday|quote1=Heard about you on the news.|hero_quote2=Ivy|quote2=Thought you were from Illinois?|hero_quote3=Holliday|quote3=I am. Turns out lots of people are interested in crimefighting gargoyles.}}</ref>

Ivy dislikes the nickname "Saviour of Spanish Harlem" as she just wanted to make her neighborhood safe.<ref>{{ConvoCite|hero1=Ivy|hero2=Abrams|number=1|hero_quote1=Abrams|quote1=So, you're the savior of Spanish Harlem, huh?|hero_quote2=Ivy|quote2=I really hate that nickname. (...) I just wanted to make my neighborhood safe.}}</ref> She also dislikes organized crime due to her history with Mendoza,<ref name=":6">{{VoiceLineCite|name=Ivy|file=tengu_kill_wraith_01.mp3|context=(killed Wraith)|transcription=First Mendoza, now you!}}</ref><ref name=":7">{{ConvoCite|hero1=Ivy|hero2=Wraith|number=2}}</ref> and doesn't understand why characters {{HeroIcon|Bebop}} and {{HeroIcon|Mo & Krill}} do bad things for money.<ref>{{ConvoCite|hero1=Ivy|hero2=Bebop|number=2}}</ref><ref>{{ConvoCite|hero1=Ivy|hero2=Mo & Krill|number=2|hero_quote1=Ivy|quote1=Why do you help horrible people?|hero_quote2=Mo & Krill|quote2=Horrible people tend to have the most money.|hero_quote3=Ivy|quote3=Is money all that matters to you?}}</ref> Ivy prefers to fight crime without resorting to murder.<ref name=":8" />  

Ivy's hobbies (that don't include violence) include people-watching, plants, and flying around New York.<ref name=":10" /><ref>{{VoiceLineCite|name=Ivy|quotes=Ivy/Quotes#Entangling Thorns|context=(upgrade Entangling Thorns)|transcription=I like plants.}}</ref><ref>{{VoiceLineCite|name=Ivy|quotes=Ivy/Quotes#abilities 2|context=(upgrade Air Drop)|transcription=¡Dios, me encanta volar! (God, I love flying!)}}</ref><ref>{{ConvoCite|hero1=Ivy|hero2=Bebop|number=1|hero_quote1=Ivy|quote1=You want me to carry you around the city? It's kind of fun!|hero_quote2=Bebop|quote2=Might be a little too heavy for you, miss.|hero_quote3=Ivy|quote3=I'm stronger than I look, mister golem!}}</ref> Ivy loves New York and considers it the greatest city in the world.<ref name=":16">[[Ivy's visual novel]] - [[Ivy's visual novel/Transcription#3e - I Believe In Carlos Arroyo|Chapter 3e]] - {{HeroIcon|Ivy}}: ''"What's there to wish for? I have an amazing family, my neighborhood is safe, and I'm living in the greatest city in the world."''</ref> As she has only recently started leaving Spanish Harlem, Ivy is looking forward to sightseeing.<ref name=":11" /> She wants to watch [[wikipedia:South_Pacific_(musical)|South Pacific]].<ref>{{PageRef|name=Ivy}}'s in-game [[Ivy/Quotes#Unselect|voice line]] (Unselect): ''"Talvez debería comprar tickets for South Pacific."''</ref>

Ivy doesn't care about who made her or how she came to life, as, in her eyes, her life started when she met the Arroyos, and anything before that doesn't matter to her.<ref>{{ConvoCite|hero1=Ivy|hero2=Victor|number=1|hero_quote1=Victor|quote1=Do you know who made you?|hero_quote2=Ivy|quote2=Who cares? I was a hunk of rock. My life started when I met the Arroyos. Anything before that... Doesn't really matter to me.}}</ref> Ivy doesn't enjoy using {{AbilityIcon|Stone Form}} as she dislikes being a statue.<ref>{{VoiceLineCite|name=Ivy|quotes=Ivy/Quotes#Stone Form|context=(upgrade Stone Form)|transcription=Being a statue isn't riveting, but it beats being killed!}}</ref><ref>{{VoiceLineCite|name=Ivy|quotes=Ivy/Quotes#Stone Form|context=(upgrade Stone Form)|transcription=I hope I don't need to use this.}}</ref>

Ivy's gun is inspired by the German [[wikipedia:MP_18|MP 18]] submachine gun modified to resemble a crossbow.

Carlos Arroyo, Ivy's adoptive father, is running an election campaign for mayor of New York,<ref>[[The New York Oracle#Headlines|Newscaster's Headline 59]]: ''"Carlos Arroyo, a community organizer in Spanish Harlem, is rumored to be announcing his candidacy for mayor in the coming weeks."''</ref> and Ivy is supporting him as "she believes in Carlos".<ref name=":17" /><ref name=":3" /> Ivy idolises Carlos and often asks herself what he would do in her situation.<ref>{{PageRef|name=Ivy}}'s in-game [[Ivy/Quotes#Emotional|voice line]] (Concerned): ''"What would Carlos do?"''</ref><ref>{{PageRef|name=Ivy}}'s in-game [[Ivy/Quotes#Emotional|voice line]] (Sad): ''"¡Ojalá Carlos estuviera aquí! (I wish Carlos was here!)"''</ref> Carlos tells Ivy that "it takes more muscles to frown than to smile" and "you can make opportunities, but you can't make people take them".<ref>{{ConvoCite|hero1=Ivy|hero2=Vindicta|number=2|hero_quote1=Ivy|quote1=Carlos always says it takes more muscles to frown than to smile.}}</ref><ref>{{PageRef|name=Ivy}}'s in-game [[Ivy/Quotes#Abilities|voice line]] (Upgrade Watcher's Covenant): ''"Like Carlos says: you can make opportunities, but you can't make people take them."''</ref> Carlos' wife is named [[The Arroyos#Maria Arroyo|Maria]].<ref>{{VoiceLineCite|name=Ivy|file=Tengu kill doorman 04.mp3|context=(killed Doorman)|transcription=I might want to tell Carlos and Maria to cancel their date night at the Baroness.}}</ref>

Sophia Arroyo (or Sophie) is Ivy's sister who recently left to study at Columbia College under {{HeroIcon|Dynamo}}.<ref name=":15" /><ref>{{VoiceLineCite|name=Ivy|file=tengu_kill_dynamo_04.mp3|context=(killed Dynamo)|transcription=Please don't take that out on Sophie, professor!}}</ref><ref name=":18">{{ConvoCite|hero1=Ivy|hero2=Dynamo|number=2}}</ref> Unbeknownst to Ivy, Sophia works for {{HeroIcon|Wraith}} as her bookmaker to pay for her tuition.<ref name=":5" /><ref name=":4" /> One of Ivy's potential motives in participating in the ritual is to keep Sophia safe.<ref name=":0" /> Sophia was the Arroyo who named Ivy.<ref name=":13" /> In one of the storylines in [[Ivy's visual novel|Ivy's Visual Novel]], Ivy finds out that Sophia is working for Wraith.<ref name=":4" />