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== Overview ==
Vindicta's motivation in the [[ritual]] is to wipe out [[John Hathorne]]'s bloodline and the [[Friends of Humanity]].<ref>{{PageRef|name=Hidden King}}'s in-game [[Vindicta/Quotes#Patrons|voice line]] (Vindicta start): ''"Complete the ritual, Vindicta, and Hathorne's bloodline will be eradicated from this planet."''</ref><ref>{{PageRef|name=Archmother}}'s in-game [[Vindicta/Quotes#Patrons|voice line]] (Vindicta start): ''"Hathorne's bloodline will pay for his sins. All you need to do is summon the Archmother."''</ref><ref>{{PageRef|name=Archmother}}'s in-game [[Vindicta/Quotes#Patrons|voice line]] (Vindicta start): ''"Complete the ritual, and the Friends of Humanity will fall before you."''</ref><ref name=":12">{{PageRef|name=Vindicta}}'s in-game [[Vindicta/Quotes#Select|voice line]] (select): ''"The Friends of Humanity will be eradicated from this Earth."''</ref> Her main goal seems to be getting revenge on Hathorne's bloodline, with the destruction of the Friends of Humanity being a side benefit.<ref>{{ConvoCite|hero1=Vindicta|hero2=Billy|number=1|hero_quote1=Vindicta|quote1=I'm systematically murdering the bloodline of a judge that used his power to sentence innocent women to death. And in the process, I'm dismantling an extremist neopolitical movement.}}</ref>

=== Biography ===
Vindicta says she uses her given name.<ref>{{ConvoCite|hero1=Vindicta|hero2=Vyper|number=1}}</ref> Puritans in the 17th Century were known to give [[wikipedia:Virtue_name|unusual names]] to their children, as a way of honoring their religion.

Vindicta says she was a child who was "unjustly condemned" during the [[wikipedia:Salem_witch_trials|Salem Witch Trials.]]<ref name=":0">{{VoiceLineCite|Vindicta|file=vindicta_select_06.mp3|context=(Select)|transcription=I was a child when they unjustly condemned me. Powerless in every sense of the word. But now, in death, I've become all that they feared and more.}}</ref> [[John Hathorne]] was known in the real Salem Witch Trials for questioning accusers and the accused in trial, often leaving the accused guilty.<ref>[[wikipedia:John_Hathorne|John Hathorne]] on [[wikipedia:Main_Page|Wikipedia]]</ref>

Vindicta has been dead for roughly 200 years<ref>{{ConvoCite|hero1=Kelvin|hero2=Vindicta|number=3|hero_quote1=Kelvin|quote1=It's strange returning after being gone for a year.|hero_quote2=Vindicta|quote2=Try '200'.}}</ref> before returning to life during the first [[Maelstrom]], 50 years before the ritual.<ref>{{PageRef|name=Warden}}'s background: ''"Most people think the supernatural came into the world 50 years ago."''</ref> She calls herself a "ghost", though she believes that's a simplification of her condition.<ref>{{ConvoCite|hero1=Vindicta|hero2=Kelvin|number=1|hero_quote1=Vindicta|quote1=I just stick with 'ghost' for simplicity's sake.}}</ref> After the initial shock of finding herself in early 20th century [[New York]], she was lost for a while before finding a new purpose in hunting down the Friends of Humanity.<ref>{{ConvoCite|hero1=Vindicta|hero2=Abrams|number=3|hero_quote1=Abrams|quote1=How long you've been in New York?|hero_quote2=Vindicta|quote2=Since the first Maelstrom. (...) It was wonderful and horrifying in equal measure.}}</ref><ref name=":9" />

Vindicta's main target is the current leader of the Friends of Humanity, also named [[Minor characters#John Hathorne (Jr.)|John Hathorne]], who is a descendant of the original Hathorne who killed her.<ref>{{VoiceLineCite|name=Newscaster|file=newscaster_headline_36.mp3|transcription=Political firebrand? Or founder of a new inquisition? Read our exclusive interview with John Hathorne and decide for yourself!}}</ref><ref>{{VoiceLineCite|name=Newscaster|file=newscaster_headline_54.mp3|transcription=An attempt on John Hathorne's life has raised security concerns for the controversial speaker's upcoming New York appearance.}}</ref> Vindicta has killed John Hathorne's brother while he was on a speedboat,<ref>{{ConvoCite|hero1=Vindicta|hero2=Holliday|number=1|hero_quote1=Holliday|quote1=How good are you at hitting moving targets?|hero_quote2=Vindicta|quote2=I shot Hathorne's brother while he was day-drinking on a speedboat.}}</ref> and assassinated someone else during the Boston Marathon.<ref>{{ConvoCite|hero1=Vindicta|hero2=Billy|number=3|hero_quote1=Vindicta|quote1=Tell you what, Billy, when you can cleanly shoot someone running centre pack at the Boston Marathon from five blocks away, we can trade roles.}}</ref>

At some point in recent years, Vindicta started working with {{HeroIcon|Grey Talon}}, as he was also hunting the Friends of Humanity to avenge his murdered family.<ref name=":10" /><ref name=":11" />

Vindicta's exploits have become known in [[Ixia]]. According to {{HeroIcon|Apollo}}, Vindicta is called ''"Hasha Vogali",'' which is Ixian for "Death's Whisper".<ref>{{ConvoCite|hero1=Vindicta|hero2=Apollo|number=3}}</ref>

=== Personality ===
Vindicta is jaded and pragmatic with a single-minded drive for revenge.<ref>{{VoiceLineCite|name=Vindicta|file=Vindicta select 07.mp3|context=(Select)|transcription=I'm not a witch. Witches are people. They have wants, and dreams. All I have is revenge. And the undying will to see it through.}}</ref> She doesn't believe in the law or the government,<ref>{{ConvoCite|hero1=Vindicta|hero2=Holliday|number=3|hero_quote1=Vindicta|quote1=Forgive me for not having much faith in servants of the law.}}</ref><ref>{{ConvoCite|hero1=Vindicta|hero2=Haze|number=1|hero_quote1=Haze|quote1=Are you interested in joining the OSIC?|hero_quote2=Vindicta|quote2=I think I've had my fill of state-sanctioned murder.}}</ref> or that there will be any justice for the crimes of the Friends of Humanity unless people like her and {{HeroIcon|Grey Talon}} take action against them.<ref>{{VoiceLineCite|name=Vindicta|quotes=Vindicta/Quotes#Select|context=(select)|transcription=Justice is a fantasy for those who lack the conviction of revenge.}}</ref> Even if Vindicta kills Hathorne, she intends to keep killing until the Friends of Humanity are exterminated as she has "all the time in the world".<ref name=":4">{{ConvoCite|hero1=Vindicta|hero2=Haze|number=3}}</ref><ref name=":12" /> Vindicta also thinks there are more people worth killing besides the Friends of Humanity,<ref>{{ConvoCite|hero1=Vindicta|hero2=Drifter|number=1|hero_quote1=Drifter|quote1=Why limit yourself to the Friends of Humanity when there's plenty of people that deserve to die?|hero_quote2=Vindicta|quote2=You have to start somewhere.}}</ref> although she hasn't considered becoming a professional assassin.<ref name=":13">{{ConvoCite|hero1=Vindicta|hero2=Wraith|number=1}}</ref>

After returning from the dead, Vindicta says she was "lost" for a while before finding her purpose of revenge.<ref name=":9">{{ConvoCite|hero1=Vindicta|hero2=Kelvin|number=3|hero_quote1=Kelvin|quote1=How long did it take you to make sense of the modern world?|hero_quote2=Vindicta|quote2=A while. People always ask me about adapting to technology but, really, the language was the hardest. For a while, I felt lost. But I was able to find my way, and my purpose.}}</ref> She ultimately sees her actions as her "saving life".<ref>{{ConvoCite|hero1=Vindicta|hero2=Kelvin|number=2|hero_quote1=Kelvin|quote1=Vindicta... my priority will always be saving life, not facilitating you ending it.|hero_quote2=Vindicta|quote2=That's your problem, Kelvin. I am saving life.}}</ref><ref>{{PageRef|name=Vindicta}}'s in-game [[Vindicta/Quotes#Select|voice line]] (select): ''"I don't have the luxury of morality. There are lives at stake."''</ref> She thinks naiveté is dangerous because it can get people hurt.<ref name=":5" />

Some heroes find Vindicta's methods too extremist, even if they sympathize with her cause.<ref name=":6" /><ref name=":7">{{VoiceLineCite|name=Pocket|quotes=Pocket/Quotes#Enemies|context=(killed Vindicta)|transcription=You don't want to change the world. You just want to watch it burn!}}</ref><ref name=":8" />

=== Appearance ===
Vindicta appears as a spectral light blue-skinned young woman with glowing blue eyes, long braided blueish-white hair with a red ribbon, dark purple lips, and black mascara running down her face. She wears a red jacket with a black necktie over a dark blue skirt with ragged edges. She carries stakes, bullets and a bell on a large belt. She's barefoot, which other characters comment on.<ref name=":1">{{ConvoCite|hero1=Abrams|hero2=Vindicta|number=1|hero_quote1=Abrams|quote1=You wanna walk in Times Square barefoot, be my guest!}}</ref><ref name=":2">{{ConvoCite|hero1=Billy|hero2=Vindicta|number=1|hero_quote1=Billy|quote1=What the hell do you do other than walk around Central Park barefoot?!}}</ref><ref name=":3">{{PageRef|name=Holliday}}'s in-game [[Holliday/Quotes#Enemies|voice line]] (Killed Vindicta): ''"Put on some shoes, for god's sake!"''</ref> Her weapon is a sniper rifle.

== Character Relationships ==

=== {{HeroIcon|Grey Talon}} ===
Vindicta and Grey Talon have hunted the Friends of Humanity together and regard each other as friends.<ref>{{VoiceLineCite|Grey Talon|file=orion_kill_hornet_02.mp3|context=(killed Vindicta)|transcription=I thought we wanted the same thing, Vindicta!}}</ref><ref name=":11">{{VoiceLineCite|Grey Talon|file=orion_kill_hornet_04.mp3|context=(killed Vindicta)|transcription=I thought she was my friend.}}</ref><ref>{{PageRef|name=Vindicta}}'s in-game [[Vindicta/Quotes#Enemies|voice line]] (killed Grey Talon): ''"I prayed it wouldn't come to this..."''</ref> 

Vindicta calls Grey Talon by his first name and believes that, if her father was like Grey Talon, she would never have died during the Salem Witch Trials.<ref name=":10">{{ConvoCite|hero1=Grey Talon|hero2=Vindicta|number=3|hero_quote1=Vindicta|quote1=Wesley, I just... I just wanted you to know that if I had a father like you, I don't think I would have died.|hero_quote2=Grey Talon|quote2=You deserved better. I'm sorry.|hero_quote3=Vindicta|quote3=It's okay... I got to meet you.}}</ref>

Vindicta doesn't know what Grey Talon saw in {{HeroIcon|Shiv}}.<ref>{{VoiceLineCite|name=Vindicta|quotes=Vindicta/Quotes#Enemies|context=(killed Shiv)|transcription=I wonder what Wesley saw in him?}}</ref>

When killing {{HeroIcon|Drifter}}, Vindicta dedicates it to Grey Talon.<ref>{{VoiceLineCite|name=Vindicta|quotes=Vindicta/Quotes#Enemies|context=(killed Drifter)|transcription=That was for you, Wesley.}}</ref><ref>{{VoiceLineCite|name=Vindicta|quotes=Vindicta/Quotes#Enemies|context=(killed Drifter)|transcription=Wesley would be proud.}}</ref>
== Character Interactions ==

* Vindicta is referred to as [[wikipedia:Elizabeth_Proctor|Goody Proctor]] by {{HeroIcon|Mo & Krill|Krill}}.<ref>{{VoiceLineCite|Mo & Krill|file=krill_ping_see_hornet_02.mp3|context=(Ping See Vindicta)|transcription=I see Goody Proctor!}}</ref>
* Vindicta hates {{HeroIcon|Mina}},<ref>{{VoiceLineCite|name=Vindicta|quotes=Vindicta/Quotes#Enemies|context=(killed Mina)|transcription=I can't stand people like her.}}</ref> believing her to be "outrageously stupid".<ref>{{VoiceLineCite|name=Vindicta|quotes=Vindicta/Quotes#Enemies|context=(killed Mina)|transcription=Children can be outrageously stupid.}}</ref>
* Vindicta believes her life was harder than {{HeroIcon|Pocket}}'s,<ref>{{VoiceLineCite|name=Vindicta|quotes=Vindicta/Quotes#Enemies|context=(killed Pocket)|transcription=Yes, yes, you had it so hard.}}</ref><ref>{{VoiceLineCite|name=Vindicta|quotes=Vindicta/Quotes#Enemies|context=(killed Pocket)|transcription=Grow up, Pocket!}}</ref> while Pocket believes Vindicta's rage is misguided and she just wants to watch the world burn.<ref name=":7" /><ref>{{VoiceLineCite|name=Pocket|quotes=Pocket/Quotes#Enemies|context=(killed Vindicta)|transcription=You mistake rage for having a vision.}}</ref>
* Vindicta believes {{HeroIcon|Ivy}} is naive and warns her that, if she doesn't smarten up soon, someone she cares about will be hurt.<ref name=":5">{{ConvoCite|hero1=Ivy|hero2=Vindicta|number=3|hero_quote1=Ivy|quote1=The Mendoza Syndicate is gone.|hero_quote2=Vindicta|quote2=That you can see, for now. Ivy, some might mistake your naiveté for charm, but believe me when I say: it's dangerous. And if you don't smarten up soon, someone you care about is going to be hurt.}}</ref>
* {{HeroIcon|Haze}} warns Vindicta to "quit while she's ahead" because murdering John Hathorne will "galvanize" the Friends of Humanity.<ref name=":4" /> She calls Vindicta a "domestic terrorist".<ref name=":6">{{PageRef|name=Haze}}'s in-game [[Haze/Quotes#Enemies|voice line]] (Killed Vindicta): ''"She wasn't an avenger, she was a domestic terrorist!"''</ref>
* {{HeroIcon|Apollo}} commends Vindicta for her war against the Friends of Humanity, although he dislikes her dishonorable tactics.<ref>{{ConvoCite|hero1=Apollo|hero2=Vindicta|number=2|hero_quote1=Apollo|quote1=Your war on the Friends of Humanity is commendable, even if your tactics are less than honorable...}}</ref><ref>{{PageRef|name=Apollo}}'s in-game [[Apollo/Quotes#Enemies|voice line]] (killed Vindicta): ''"Only a coward kills a man at a distance."''</ref>
* {{HeroIcon|Graves}} wishes she could help Vindicta with her problems.<ref>{{PageRef|name=Graves}}' in-game [[Graves/Quotes#Enemies|voice line]] (killed Vindicta): ''"I wish you'd let me help you, Vindicta."''</ref><ref>{{PageRef|name=Graves}}' in-game [[Graves/Quotes#Enemies|voice line]] (killed Vindicta): ''"You didn't give me a choice, Vindicta!"''</ref>
* {{HeroIcon|Venator}} believes that Vindicta lost her way and says that her rage has become indiscriminate. <ref name=":8">{{PageRef|name=Venator}}' in-game  [[Venator/Quotes#Enemies|voice line]] (killed Vindicta): ''"Her hatred used to be focused, but it's become indiscriminate. "''</ref><ref>{{PageRef|name=Venator}}' in-game [[Venator/Quotes#Enemies|voice line]] (killed Vindicta): ''"You lost your way a long time ago, Vindicta."''</ref>
* {{HeroIcon|Abrams}},<ref>{{PageRef|name=Abrams}}' in-game [[Abrams/Quotes#Enemy|voice line]] (Killed Vindicta): ''"Your anger is justified. But your methods are not."''</ref> {{HeroIcon|Kelvin}},<ref>{{PageRef|name=Kelvin}}'s in-game [[Kelvin/Quotes#Enemies|voice line]] (Killed Vindicta): ''"Your cause is just, Vindicta, but your methods..."''</ref> {{HeroIcon|Paige}}<ref>{{PageRef|name=Paige}}'s in-game [[Paige/Quotes#Enemies|voice line]] (Killed Vindicta): ''"I don't blame her for what she's doing, but she needed to be stopped."''</ref> and {{HeroIcon|Warden}}<ref>{{VoiceLineCite|name=Warden|file=Warden kill hornet 02.mp3|context=(killed Vindicta)|transcription=Your vengeance is justified, Vindicta, but your time has long since past.}}</ref> are sympathetic to Vindicta's cause.
* {{HeroIcon|Abrams}},<ref name=":1" /> {{HeroIcon|Billy}},<ref name=":2" /> {{HeroIcon|Holliday}},<ref name=":3" /> {{HeroIcon|Mina}},<ref>{{PageRef|name=Mina}}'s in-game [[Mina/Quotes#Enemies|voice line]] (Killed Vindicta): ''"That girl needs some shoes."''</ref> {{HeroIcon|Wraith}}<ref>{{PageRef|name=Wraith}}'s in-game [[Wraith/Quotes#Enemies|voice line]] (Killed Vindicta): ''"Put on some damn shoes, lady."''</ref> and {{HeroIcon|Yamato}}<ref>{{PageRef|name=Yamato}}'s in-game [[Yamato/Quotes#Enemies|voice line]] (Killed Vindicta): ''"[Why don't you wear shoes?]"''</ref> point out that Vindicta doesn't wear shoes.
** {{HeroIcon|Rem}} likes that Vindicta also doesn't wear shoes.<ref>{{PageRef|name=Rem}}'s in-game [[Rem/Quotes#Enemy|voice line]] (killed Vindicta): ''"I agree, Vindicta. Shoes are stupid."''</ref>
* {{HeroIcon|Drifter}} thinks Vindicta is fun,<ref>{{VoiceLineCite|name=Drifter|quotes=Drifter/Quotes#enemies|context=(killed Vindicta)|transcription=She was fun.}}</ref> although her lack of preference for murder does prevent him from liking her.<ref>{{ConvoCite|hero1=Vindicta|hero2=Drifter|number=2|hero_quote1=Drifter|quote1=What's with the rifle? Don't like working up close?|hero_quote2=Vindicta|quote2=I'm not psychotic enough to have a preference.|hero_quote3=Drifter|quote3=I thought I was gonna like you.}}</ref>
* {{HeroIcon|Wraith}} shows interest in getting Vindicta to assassinate people for her.<ref name=":13" />

== Removed Lore ==
[[File:Hornet Neon Prime.png|thumb|183x183px|Hornet (Neon Prime)]]

=== Neon Prime - Hornet ===
Vindicta was named '''Hornet''' in ''[[Neon Prime]]''. 

Hornet was the leader of [[Neon Prime lore#Strike Team Endeavor|Strike Team Endeavor]], a once decorated black ops group trained by [[Neon Prime lore#The Alliance|The Alliance Special Forces]] turned enemy of the state.<ref>{{HeroIcon|Paradox|l1=Chrono}}'s removed [[Paradox/Quotes#Chrono (Neon Prime) - Enemy|voice line]] (killed by Hornet): ''"Fighting the leader of Strike Team Endeavor was never gonna be easy."''</ref><ref>{{HeroIcon|Paradox|l1=Chrono}}'s removed [[Paradox/Quotes#Chrono (Neon Prime) - Enemy|voice line]] (killed by Hornet): ''"The Alliance trained her well."''</ref>

Hornet was voiced by Jeannie Tirado, who currently voices {{HeroIcon|Ivy}}.

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