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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 found 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 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>

Vindicta is jaded and pragmatic. She has 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> She plans to keep killing them after Hathorne, since she has "all the time in the world".<ref name=":4">{{ConvoCite|hero1=Vindicta|hero2=Haze|number=3}}</ref> She 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>

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" /><ref name=":8" />

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>

 

 

 

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>