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{{Infobox hero
| key = hero_hornet
| voice_actor = Eden Riegel
| release_date = April 24, 2024
| codenames = Hornet
}}
'''Vindicta''' is a [[Hero]] in ''[[Deadlock]]''. She is a mobile and powerful marksman, engaging and picking off her targets from a distance. Using her Crow Familiar to initiate fights by bleeding her targets, Vindicta may launch into Flight to keep her distance from enemies and tether them with a Stake in the ground while targeting them with her powerful rifle. Enemies that are near-death should fear her ability to Assassinate at long-range with a devastating sniper shot.

A girl who was accused of witchcraft and killed by [[John Hathorne]] during the [[wikipedia:Salem_witch_trials|Salem Witch Trials]] of the 1600s, Vindicta returned to this world during the first [[Maelstrom]]. Seeking to protect her fellow supernatural entities, Vindicta is waging a war against the Neo-inquisitorial "[[Friends of Humanity]]".

== Weapon ==
{{WeaponCard|key=hero_hornet}}

== Abilities ==

{{AbilitySection
| hero_name   = Vindicta
| ability_num = 1
| notes       =
* Tethered enemies have their movement-based abilities and items silenced. See {{ItemIcon|Slowing Hex}} for a list of abilities and items affected.
}}

{{AbilitySection
| hero_name   = Vindicta
| ability_num = 2
| notes       =
* Bonus spirit damage is affected by weapon damage fall-off.
* The T1 upgrade does ''NOT'' increase Vindicta's base Ammo capacity by 50%, it only increases her Ammo capacity by 50% of her base Ammo. This means that it will increase her ammo capacity by the same amount every time and will not affect other sources of Ammo increase such as {{ItemIcon|Titanic Magazine}}.
* When killing a target with Flight active and the T3 upgrade, flight is recast, giving Vindicta a burst of speed in the air, but no additional height.
* Vindicta can melee and parry without interrupting flight, allowing her to use {{ItemIcon|Counterspell}}.
}}

{{AbilitySection
| hero_name   = Vindicta
| ability_num = 3
}}

{{AbilitySection
| hero_name   = Vindicta
| ability_num = 4
| notes       =
* Assassinate is a hitscan ability. It will hit a player instantly regardless of distance.
* Vindicta will remain scoped after firing an Assassinate shot as long as there is at least one ability charge remaining.
* The damage scales up from 50% to 100% after one second of being scoped.
* If a target dies within 4 seconds after being hit with Assassinate, Vindicta will still get the bonus weapon damage stack.
* The stun from {{ItemIcon|Lightning Scroll}} is applied as separate debuffs. Hitting a target multiple times will apply multiple delayed stuns.
}}

== Background ==
{{Fates_Tale|hornet}}

=== Lore ===
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]], who's mentioned in Vindicta's background, was known in the actual 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'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>{{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>

Vindicta says she's not a witch because, in her eyes, she doesn't have wants or dreams: only a lust 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> Her 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>

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 events of the game).<ref>{{PageRef|name=Warden}}'s background: ''"Most people think the supernatural came into the world 50 years ago."''</ref> Vindicta says she was "lost" for a while before finding her purpose of revenge.<ref>{{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> While consumed by revenge, Vindicta 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>

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 unusual names to their children, as a way of honoring their religion.<ref>[[wikipedia:Virtue_name|Virtue name]] on Wikipedia</ref><ref>[https://newenglandhistoricalsociety.com/from-the-biblical-to-the-bizarre-puritan-names/ From the Biblical to the Bizarre: Puritan Names] on New England Historical Society</ref>

Vindicta's exploits have been told about in [[Ixia]]. According to {{PageRef|name=Apollo}}, Vindicta is called ''"Hasha Vogali",'' which is Ixian for "Death's Whisper".<ref>{{ConvoCite|hero1=Vindicta|hero2=Apollo|number=3}}</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 and {{PageRef|name=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>{{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>{{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 believes {{PageRef|name=Ivy}} is naive and warns her that, if she doesn't smarten up soon, someone she cares about will be hurt.<ref>{{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>[[Vindicta/Quotes#Conversations|Vindicta conversations]]</ref> She calls Vindicta a "domestic terrorist".<ref>{{PageRef|name=Haze}}'s in-game [[Haze/Quotes#Enemies|voice line]] (Killed Vindicta): ''"She wasn't an avenger, she was a domestic terrorist!"''</ref>
*{{PageRef|name=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>
*{{PageRef|name=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>
*{{PageRef|name=Abrams}},<ref>{{PageRef|name=Abrams}}' in-game [[Abrams/Quotes#Enemy|voice line]] (Killed Vindicta): ''"Your anger is justified. But your methods are not."''</ref> {{PageRef|name=Kelvin}},<ref>{{PageRef|name=Kelvin}}'s in-game [[Kelvin/Quotes#Enemies|voice line]] (Killed Vindicta): ''"Your cause is just, Vindicta, but your methods..."''</ref> {{PageRef|name=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.
*{{PageRef|name=Abrams}},<ref>{{ConvoCite|hero1=Abrams|hero2=Vindicta|number=1|hero_quote1=Abrams|quote1=You wanna walk in Times Square barefoot, be my guest!}}</ref> {{PageRef|name=Billy}},<ref>{{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> {{PageRef|name=Holliday}},<ref>{{PageRef|name=Holliday}}'s in-game [[Holliday/Quotes#Enemies|voice line]] (Killed Vindicta): ''"Put on some shoes, for god's sake!"''</ref> {{PageRef|name=Mina}},<ref>{{PageRef|name=Mina}}'s in-game [[Mina/Quotes#Enemies|voice line]] (Killed Vindicta): ''"That girl needs some shoes."''</ref> {{PageRef|name=Wraith}}<ref>{{PageRef|name=Wraith}}'s in-game [[Wraith/Quotes#Enemies|voice line]] (Killed Vindicta): ''"Put on some damn shoes, lady."''</ref> and {{PageRef|name=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.
**{{PageRef|name=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>

== Update history ==
{{Update history}}

== Gallery ==
<gallery>
File:Vindicta card.png|Vindicta portrait
File:Vindicta MM.png|Vindicta icon
File:Vindicta Render.png|Vindicta in-game render
File:Vindicta select background.png|Vindicta select background
File:Vindicta Reference Sheet.png|Vindicta reference sheet
File:Vindicta name.png|Vindicta name typography
File:Vindicta Weapon.png|Vindicta weapon - Wallflower's Revenge
File:Vindicta card old.png|Previous Vindicta portrait
File:Vindicta Render old.png|Previous Vindicta model
File:Vindicta winter.jpg|Vindicta 2024 [[Seasonal events#Winter|Winter skin]]
File:Vindicta temp mm.png|Temporary Vindicta icon [[Update:September 12, 2024|(2024-09-12 update)]]
File:Hornet Neon Prime.png|Hornet ([[Neon Prime]])
File:Vindicta Gloat.png|Gloat portrait for Vindicta.
File:Vindicta Critical.png|Critical health portrait for Vindicta.
</gallery>

== Trivia ==
* Vindicta was named '''Hornet''' in ''[[Neon Prime]]''.
** Hornet was voiced by Jeannie Tirado, who also voices [[Ivy]].
* Vindicta's current model was designed by artist [[Evgeniy Evstrastiy]].<ref>{{YouTubeCite|video=vl3F5IMLP_o&t=4051|title=Evgeniy Evstrastiy Interview (1:07:30)}} (in Russian)</ref>
* Vindicta will occasionally hum the song ''[[wikipedia:Simple_Gifts|Simple Gifts]]'' after using a shot of her ultimate.<ref>{{VoiceLineCite|Vindicta|file=vindicta_use_power4_04.mp3|transcription=humming 'Simple Gifts'}}</ref> This is a song that originated from the Shaker religion in the early 1800s.
* "Brooding in the Hideout" is displayed as one's status in the in-game Friends List when playing as Vindicta in the [[Hideout]].

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