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A victim of John Hathorne during the Salem Witch Trials, Vindicta got a second chance of life when her spirit was brought back to the mortal plane during the first Maelstrom (the event that introduced the supernatural to the public at large).
Waging a one ghost war against "The Friends of Humanity", a neo inquisition formed by Hathorne's descendants; Vindicta looks to keep the supernatural safe from Hathorne's ilk, and she isn't afraid to stack as many bodies as needed to do it.
Overview
[edit | edit source]Vindicta's motivation in the ritual is to wipe out John Hathorne's bloodline and the Friends of Humanity.[1][2][3][4] Her main goal seems to be getting revenge on Hathorne's bloodline, with the destruction of the Friends of Humanity being a side benefit.[5]
Biography
[edit | edit source]Vindicta says she uses her given name.[6] Puritans in the 17th Century were known to give unusual names to their children, as a way of honoring their religion.
Vindicta says she was a child who was "unjustly condemned" during the Salem Witch Trials.[7] John Hathorne was known in the real Salem Witch Trials for questioning accusers and the accused in trial, often leaving the accused guilty.[8]
Vindicta has been dead for roughly 200 years[9] before returning to life during the first Maelstrom, 50 years before the ritual.[10] She calls herself a "ghost", though she believes that's a simplification of her condition.[11] 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.[12][13]
Vindicta's main target is the current leader of the Friends of Humanity, also named John Hathorne, who is a descendant of the original Hathorne who killed her.[14][15] Vindicta has killed John Hathorne's brother while he was on a speedboat,[16] and assassinated someone else during the Boston Marathon.[17]
At some point in recent years, Vindicta started working with 
Grey Talon, as he was also hunting the Friends of Humanity to avenge his murdered family.[18][19]
Vindicta's exploits have become known in Ixia. According to 
Apollo, Vindicta is called "Hasha Vogali", which is Ixian for "Death's Whisper".[20]
Personality
[edit | edit source]Vindicta is jaded and pragmatic with a single-minded drive for revenge.[21] She doesn't believe in the law or the government,[22][23] or that there will be any justice for the crimes of the Friends of Humanity unless people like her and Grey Talon take action against them.[24] 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".[25][4] Vindicta also thinks there are more people worth killing besides the Friends of Humanity,[26] although she hasn't considered becoming a professional assassin.[27]
After returning from the dead, Vindicta says she was "lost" for a while before finding her purpose of revenge.[13] She ultimately sees her actions as her "saving life".[28][29] She thinks naiveté is dangerous because it can get people hurt.[30]
Some heroes find Vindicta's methods too extremist, even if they sympathize with her cause.[31][32][33]
Appearance
[edit | edit source]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.[34][35][36] Her weapon is a sniper rifle.
Information
[edit | edit source]Vindicta will occasionally hum the song Simple Gifts after using a shot of her ultimate.[37] This is a song that originated from the Shaker religion in the early 1800s.
Character Relationships
[edit | edit source]Vindicta and Grey Talon have hunted the Friends of Humanity together and regard each other as friends.[38][19][39]
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.[18]
Vindicta doesn't know what Grey Talon saw in 
Shiv.[40]
When killing 
Drifter, Vindicta dedicates it to Grey Talon.[41][42]
Character Interactions
[edit | edit source]- Vindicta is referred to as Goody Proctor by
Mo & Krill.[43] - Vindicta hates
Mina,[44] believing her to be "outrageously stupid".[45] - Vindicta believes her life was harder than
Pocket's,[46][47] while Pocket believes Vindicta's rage is misguided and she just wants to watch the world burn.[32][48] - Vindicta believes
Ivy is naive and warns her that, if she doesn't smarten up soon, someone she cares about will be hurt.[30] 
Haze warns Vindicta to "quit while she's ahead" because murdering John Hathorne will "galvanize" the Friends of Humanity.[25] She calls Vindicta a "domestic terrorist".[31]- Apollo commends Vindicta for her war against the Friends of Humanity, although he dislikes her dishonorable tactics.[49][50]
Graves wishes she could help Vindicta with her problems.[51][52]
Venator believes that Vindicta lost her way and says that her rage has become indiscriminate. [33][53]
Abrams,[54] 
Kelvin,[55] 
Paige[56] and 
Warden[57] are sympathetic to Vindicta's cause.- Abrams,[34]
Billy,[35] 
Holliday,[36] Mina,[58] 
Wraith[59] and 
Yamato[60] point out that Vindicta doesn't wear shoes.
- Drifter thinks Vindicta is fun,[62] although her lack of preference for murder does prevent him from liking her.[63]
- Wraith shows interest in getting Vindicta to assassinate people for her.[27]
Removed Lore
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Neon Prime - Hornet
[edit | edit source]Vindicta was named Hornet in Neon Prime.
Hornet was the leader of Strike Team Endeavor, a once decorated black ops group trained by The Alliance Special Forces turned enemy of the state.[64][65]
Hornet was voiced by Jeannie Tirado, who currently voices Ivy.
References
[edit | edit source]- ↑
Hidden King's in-game voice line (Vindicta start): "Complete the ritual, Vindicta, and Hathorne's bloodline will be eradicated from this planet."
- ↑
Archmother's in-game voice line (Vindicta start): "Hathorne's bloodline will pay for his sins. All you need to do is summon the Archmother."
- ↑ Archmother's in-game voice line (Vindicta start): "Complete the ritual, and the Friends of Humanity will fall before you."
- ↑ 4.0 4.1
Vindicta's in-game voice line (select): "The Friends of Humanity will be eradicated from this Earth."
- ↑ Vindicta And Billy Conversation 1 - "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."
- ↑ Vindicta And Vyper Conversation 1
- ↑ Vindicta's in-game voice line (Select) - "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."
- ↑ John Hathorne on Wikipedia
- ↑ Kelvin And Vindicta Conversation 3 - "It's strange returning after being gone for a year." - "Try '200'."
- ↑ Warden's background: "Most people think the supernatural came into the world 50 years ago."
- ↑ Vindicta And Kelvin Conversation 1 - "I just stick with 'ghost' for simplicity's sake."
- ↑ Vindicta And Abrams Conversation 3 - "How long you've been in New York?" - "Since the first Maelstrom. (...) It was wonderful and horrifying in equal measure."
- ↑ 13.0 13.1 Vindicta And Kelvin Conversation 3 - "How long did it take you to make sense of the modern world?" - "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."
- ↑ Newscaster's in-game voice line - "Political firebrand? Or founder of a new inquisition? Read our exclusive interview with John Hathorne and decide for yourself!"
- ↑ Newscaster's in-game voice line - "An attempt on John Hathorne's life has raised security concerns for the controversial speaker's upcoming New York appearance."
- ↑ Vindicta And Holliday Conversation 1 - "How good are you at hitting moving targets?" - "I shot Hathorne's brother while he was day-drinking on a speedboat."
- ↑ Vindicta And Billy Conversation 3 - "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."
- ↑ 18.0 18.1 Grey Talon And Vindicta Conversation 3 - "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." - "You deserved better. I'm sorry." - "It's okay... I got to meet you."
- ↑ 19.0 19.1 Grey Talon's in-game voice line (killed Vindicta) - "I thought she was my friend."
- ↑ Vindicta And Apollo Conversation 3
- ↑ Vindicta's in-game voice line (Select) - "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."
- ↑ Vindicta And Holliday Conversation 3 - "Forgive me for not having much faith in servants of the law."
- ↑ Vindicta And Haze Conversation 1 - "Are you interested in joining the OSIC?" - "I think I've had my fill of state-sanctioned murder."
- ↑ Vindicta's in-game voice line (select) - "Justice is a fantasy for those who lack the conviction of revenge."
- ↑ 25.0 25.1 Vindicta And Haze Conversation 3
- ↑ Vindicta And Drifter Conversation 1 - "Why limit yourself to the Friends of Humanity when there's plenty of people that deserve to die?" - "You have to start somewhere."
- ↑ 27.0 27.1 Vindicta And Wraith Conversation 1
- ↑ Vindicta And Kelvin Conversation 2 - "Vindicta... my priority will always be saving life, not facilitating you ending it." - "That's your problem, Kelvin. I am saving life."
- ↑ Vindicta's in-game voice line (select): "I don't have the luxury of morality. There are lives at stake."
- ↑ 30.0 30.1 Ivy And Vindicta Conversation 3 - "The Mendoza Syndicate is gone." - "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."
- ↑ 31.0 31.1 Haze's in-game voice line (Killed Vindicta): "She wasn't an avenger, she was a domestic terrorist!"
- ↑ 32.0 32.1 Pocket's in-game voice line (killed Vindicta) - "You don't want to change the world. You just want to watch it burn!"
- ↑ 33.0 33.1 Venator' in-game voice line (killed Vindicta): "Her hatred used to be focused, but it's become indiscriminate. "
- ↑ 34.0 34.1 Abrams And Vindicta Conversation 1 - "You wanna walk in Times Square barefoot, be my guest!"
- ↑ 35.0 35.1 Billy And Vindicta Conversation 1 - "What the hell do you do other than walk around Central Park barefoot?!"
- ↑ 36.0 36.1 Holliday's in-game voice line (Killed Vindicta): "Put on some shoes, for god's sake!"
- ↑ Vindicta's in-game voice line - "humming 'Simple Gifts'"
- ↑ Grey Talon's in-game voice line (killed Vindicta) - "I thought we wanted the same thing, Vindicta!"
- ↑ Vindicta's in-game voice line (killed Grey Talon): "I prayed it wouldn't come to this..."
- ↑ Vindicta's in-game voice line (killed Shiv) - "I wonder what Wesley saw in him?"
- ↑ Vindicta's in-game voice line (killed Drifter) - "That was for you, Wesley."
- ↑ Vindicta's in-game voice line (killed Drifter) - "Wesley would be proud."
- ↑ Mo & Krill's in-game voice line (Ping See Vindicta) - "I see Goody Proctor!"
- ↑ Vindicta's in-game voice line (killed Mina) - "I can't stand people like her."
- ↑ Vindicta's in-game voice line (killed Mina) - "Children can be outrageously stupid."
- ↑ Vindicta's in-game voice line (killed Pocket) - "Yes, yes, you had it so hard."
- ↑ Vindicta's in-game voice line (killed Pocket) - "Grow up, Pocket!"
- ↑ Pocket's in-game voice line (killed Vindicta) - "You mistake rage for having a vision."
- ↑ Apollo And Vindicta Conversation 2 - "Your war on the Friends of Humanity is commendable, even if your tactics are less than honorable..."
- ↑ Apollo's in-game voice line (killed Vindicta): "Only a coward kills a man at a distance."
- ↑ Graves' in-game voice line (killed Vindicta): "I wish you'd let me help you, Vindicta."
- ↑ Graves' in-game voice line (killed Vindicta): "You didn't give me a choice, Vindicta!"
- ↑ Venator' in-game voice line (killed Vindicta): "You lost your way a long time ago, Vindicta."
- ↑ Abrams' in-game voice line (Killed Vindicta): "Your anger is justified. But your methods are not."
- ↑ Kelvin's in-game voice line (Killed Vindicta): "Your cause is just, Vindicta, but your methods..."
- ↑ Paige's in-game voice line (Killed Vindicta): "I don't blame her for what she's doing, but she needed to be stopped."
- ↑ Warden's in-game voice line (killed Vindicta) - "Your vengeance is justified, Vindicta, but your time has long since past."
- ↑ Mina's in-game voice line (Killed Vindicta): "That girl needs some shoes."
- ↑ Wraith's in-game voice line (Killed Vindicta): "Put on some damn shoes, lady."
- ↑ Yamato's in-game voice line (Killed Vindicta): "[Why don't you wear shoes?]"
- ↑
Rem's in-game voice line (killed Vindicta): "I agree, Vindicta. Shoes are stupid."
- ↑ Drifter's in-game voice line (killed Vindicta) - "She was fun."
- ↑ Vindicta And Drifter Conversation 2 - "What's with the rifle? Don't like working up close?" - "I'm not psychotic enough to have a preference." - "I thought I was gonna like you."
- ↑
Chrono's removed voice line (killed by Hornet): "Fighting the leader of Strike Team Endeavor was never gonna be easy."
- ↑ Chrono's removed voice line (killed by Hornet): "The Alliance trained her well."
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