Violet (Video Game)

"A bird is free. It could go anywhere it wanted to. Up and up and up, and never come back. Go south, east, west, doesn't matter. You could fly straight into a sunset. And see were it ends. Maybe we'll learn to fly together, someday."

- Violet to Clementine about being free. (Determinant)

Violet, also referred to as Vi, is the tritagonists (Determinant) in Telltale Games' The Walking Dead: Season Four. She is a fisherwoman for Ericson's Boarding School and the girlfriend of Minerva. Violet is described as pragmatic, sarcastic and a loner type character. She is a possible love interest for Clementine.

Ericson's Boarding School
Nothing is known about Violet's life prior to or as the outbreak began, except that she was a student at Ericson's Boarding School for Troubeled Youth. She also had close friendships with Brody, Tennessee, Minerva and Sophie before the outbreak began, and it is implied that she became romantically involved with Minerva, either before or after the outbreak. She also stated that she misses chicken nuggets and would always have them on Sunday, due to being busy with church and bible study.

Post-Apocalypse
During the early days of the outbreak, the teachers at the school left Violet along with rest of the children to fend for themselves.

After Minerva's apparent death, Violet became withdrawn and antagonistic, causing a deep rift to open up in her friendship with Brody.

"Done Running"
After Clementine awakens from being knocked out by a car crash, Violet watches her walk through the courtyard from atop a wall. When walkers encroach into the school's safe zone and endanger a hunting party, she snidely accuses Clementine of being responsible. However, she is impressed when Clementine helps fight off the walkers, and joins Marlon and Louis in a game of War to find out more about the newcomer - expressing irritation at Louis' attempts to flirt with Clem. Later in the evening, Violet goes to retrieve art supplies for Tenn from Minnie and Sophie's old room and discovers Clementine and AJ have been set up there. She apologizes for her earlier belligerence and tells Clem about what had happened to Minerva and Sophie, appreciating it when/if Clem consoles her.

Go Fishing: The next day, Violet, Brody, and Clem go to the old cabin to catch fish, Violet expressing irritation at Brody's flights of fancy. Once alone with Clem, she apologizes for the previous night's awkward conversation and reveals that she and Brody were close friends prior to Minerva and Sophie's deaths; and that the reason Brody had been with them was because Violet had wanted to work in the greenhouse and asked to change places with her. Clem can choose to help them reconcile and begin to repair their friendship. While passing through the hunting area looking for Louis and Aasim, they discover several of their rabbit snares have been raided and sabotaged.

Go Hunting: After Clem, Louis, and Aasim show up at the fishing cabin to find it ransacked, with the spears stolen, Violet and Brody arrive - having not had much success fishing due to the traps having been raided.

When Clem discovers a hand-rolled cigarette made from a bible page, Brody panics and rushes off to inform Marlon. Aasim takes the meager catch back to the school; and Clem, Vi, and Louis decide to procure additional food from the old train station. Vi keeps watch at the door while Louis distracts the herd of walkers and Clem and AJ load food into duffel-bags. Violet bursts into the room, either interrupting the standoff between Clem, AJ, and Abel; or just missing Clem shoving Abel out the window and into the horde of walkers. They return to the school, but Brody's outburst after learning of Abel's presence spoils the triumphant mood and Violet soon leaves to clean up - depressed due to the nearing anniversary of Minnie and Sophie's deaths.

Later that evening, Violet is awakened by a commotion in the school courtyard and exits to see Marlon being held at gunpoint by AJ and accusing Clem of having murdered Brody. Violet is shocked when Clem counter-accuses Marlon of giving Sophie and Minnie to raiders, and having murdered Brody to cover it up.

Appeal to Violet: Clementine turns to Violet for support after Marlon takes AJ's revolver and threatens to kill her, but Violet initially refuses - saying she doesn't really know her. However, if Clem states that Marlon would have let her be taken too had she been with Minnie and Sophie that day, Violet will regain her determination and stand between Marlon and Clem. Pulling out her meat cleaver, she tells Marlon to drop the gun and let the matter be resolved properly, rallying the other students to her side.

Appeal to Louis: After Louis steps up and stands between Clem and Marlon, Violet joins their side in attempting to persuade Marlon to drop the gun and surrender peacefully.

After AJ retrieves his gun and kills Marlon, Violet is among the students staring at him in shock and horror.

"Suffer The Children"
If Clementine appealed to Violet for help against Marlon, (Determinant) she will stand between the rest of the group and Alvin Jr., telling them to stand down and for Clem to take Alvin Jr. to the dorms before the situation can escalate further. Violet and the others spend the night digging graves for Marlon and Brody, and the following day she sends Tenn to invite Clem and Alvin Jr. to their funeral, but cannot bring herself to say a eulogy for the former on account of what he did to Minerva, Sophie, and Brody. When Mitch angrily confronts Clementine and Alvin Jr., demanding they be ostracised, Violet stands up for them again and tells them to return to their dorms while the group holds a vote. Violet votes to let them stay, but is outnumbered 5-3 by the others and goes with Louis to inform Clem and Alvin Jr. of the decision. If Clem accepts the decision to banish them, (Determinant) Violet becomes angry because of her complacency and urges her to fight back.

Violet and Louis escort Clem and Alvin Jr. outside the safe zone, Violet wishing they could have stayed. When Clem and Alvin Jr. are captured by Lilly and Abel, Violet and Louis double back to save them. Violet shoots Lilly in the shoulder with Marlon's bow. (Determinant) After Louis is shot in the arm, (Determinant) he and Violet return to the school presuming the raiders killed Clementine and Alvin Jr. When Clementine returned the following day with a wounded Alvin Jr., Violet has Ruby and Louis treat hi injuries and calls Clementine into the head office to talk. If Clementine called out to her and Louis for help against Lilly and Abel, (Determinant) Violet tells Clementine that she lost control when she saw her in danger, stating she is relieved to see her. If Clementine told Violet and James to run, (Determinant) she says she thought that Clementine was brave to protect them despite being in danger herself.

Violet tells Clementine that Mitch and the others are not happy she has returned and asks Clementine who Lilly is, saying the others are suspicious that Clementine seems familiar with the raiders and expresses concern that she allowed a stranger to see the school. Violet laments the situation, wondering how she's going to convince the others to let Clementine and Alvin Jr. stay in the face of the oncoming chaos. When informed what Lilly and Abel's group does with the youths they capture, Violet agrees to Clementine's proposal to fortify the school and prepare for the raiders' inevitable attack. When Mitch barges into the head office and yells at her for going back on the group's decision to exile Clementine and Alvin Jr., Violet furiously rebukes him and sends him to help Clem retrieve barbed wire and other supplies from the greenhouse. Mitch questions her authority, but Violet shuts down his challenge and assumes leadership of the Ericson's group as no one else has stood up to replace Marlon.

As tensions rise during the two-week wait for the raiders' attack, Violet argues with Louis about not pulling his weight and asks Clementine to oversee the preparations and make sure everyone is doing their jobs. After a fight breaks out between Aasim and Willy, Violet joins Louis, Clementine, Alvin Jr, Tenn, and Aasim for a game of Truth-or-Dare to ease tensions, noting they have not played a card game since the game of War. When her turn comes up, she asks Clementine if she would rather marry, "flip", or kill Aasim, Ruby, or James. When Louis asks Clementine if she's developed feelings for anyone since arriving, Violet snarks at his way of phrasing the question. If Clem says that she has, Violet is surprised; and if Clementine says she hasn't, Violet pokes fun at Louis. (Determinant) After the game concludes, Violet invites Clementine to join her atop the bell tower to survey the back wall's defences.

Go with Violet: As Violet and Clementine climb the tower's ruined interior, Violet tells Clementine about her life before the Walker apocalypse: having been brought up in a Christian family, spending a lot of time with her grandmother, and getting chicken nuggets after Sunday School. Satisfied with the defences, Violet asks Clementine if she has time to sit and chat with her before her lookout shift. Sitting on the wall, Violet notes that Clementine could have left at any time after Alvin Jr.'s wounds were treated, asking why she stayed to help them fight the raiders. If Clementine responds that she stayed because Ericson's is her home, Violet agrees. If Clem says she stayed because that's where Violet was, she is touched and says that she's glad. (Determinant) In response to Clem asking if she knows any constellations, Violet makes a game out of making up new ones and asking Clem which of the group she thinks fits the traits she ascribes to them.

If Clementine assigns the fish constellation to her, Violet remarks that is not the case since she specified "good with people" but takes it as a complement. If Clementine is silent, Violet melancholically states that she thinks it would have been suitable for Minerva. If Clem picks the fish for herself, Violet remarks that she doesn't meet the "full of energy" requirement - having missed lookout shifts due to sleeping in. If Clementine assigns the knife constellation to her, Violet agrees that she's a good fit; and if Clementine assigns it to herself Violet states that she wishes the others could see Clem the way she does. If Clementine is silent, Violet says Ruby is a good pick for the knife. If Clementine assigns the bird constellation to her, Violet admits that sometimes she feels overwhelmed by the stress of leading the group through this crisis and wishes she could just fly away. If Clementine assigns the bird constellation to herself, Vi remarks that maybe someday they'll be able to fly away together. If Clementine remains silent, Vi sadly states that she guesses they don't know anyone like that. If Clementine assigns both the fish and the knife to her, Violet is flattered but tells her to pick someone else. If Clementine assigns both the fish and the knife to herself, Violet is annoyed and calls her out on hogging them. (Determinant)

Deciding to try to confess her feelings, Violet tells Clementine that she has watched countless friends and loved ones leave and never return, but that Clementine came back and now she can not imagine what life without her would be like. Violet grows embarrassed, muttering that it sounds stupid out loud and hoping that she got her meaning across.

Just Friends: If Clem responds by telling Violet that she likes her as a friend, Violet is comforted and remarks that it's nice to have someone she can trust. She jokingly asks Clementine they need to make friendship bracelets, grumbling that she hates arts and crafts when Clementine teasingly states it's not official until they do.

More Than Friends: If Clementine responds by telling Violet that she's developed romantic feelings for her and says she wants to be Violet's girlfriend, Violet is surprised but happily agrees and says she'd like that. If Clementine says she wants to take things slow and deal with extenuating circumstances first, Violet is understanding and says she's not going anywhere, adding that she's glad her feelings for Clementine are mutual. If Clementine says she's not sure what her feelings are, just that she likes Violet and wants this, Violet says she does too. If Clementine kisses her, Violet is initially shocked but becomes overjoyed that her feelings are reciprocated. If Clementine confesses she has feelings for her, Violet hesitantly places her hand on Clementine's to affirm their new relationship. Ruby interrupts the moment by calling out for them, and Clementine leaves to start her lookout shift.

When Clementine spots the raiders approaching, Violet tells Clementine to stay safe. When the raiders break down the gates, Violet arms herself with a bow and arrows, and is shocked to hear from Lilly that Minnie is still alive and a willing member of the raiders' group.

If Clementine chose to spend time with her, (Determinant) Violet gets into a fight with one of the female raiders while Louis tackles Lilly and is grabbed. If Clementine chose to spend time with Louis, Violet is the one who tackles Lilly off Clementine while Louis gets into a fight with one of the raiders. (Determinant)

Save Violet (Alive): If Clementine chooses to save Violet, she shoots the enemy raider with Marlon's bow, enabling Violet to get away; though Louis, Aasim, and Omar are captured. Once the Walkers that enter through the breached gates are dealt with, Violet despairs at the loss of her friends, saying if she knew where to look she'd smash down their walls herself. Clementine reassures her, and Violet watches with a cold glare as she turns to interrogate Abel.

Save Louis (Unknown): If Clementine chooses to save Louis, Violet is subdued and captured by the raiders.

Killed Victims
This list shows the victims Violet has killed:
 * Numerous counts of zombies.

Clementine
"I've watched people leave before. Family, friend. They never come back. But you did. And, now I can't imagine what it would be like if you weren't here."

- Violet confessing her feelings for Clementine. (Determinant)

Violet initially treats Clementine as an annoyance, but soon begins to like her. Vi reveals a shy, insecure side when they are alone together; and Brody is surprised at how quickly she opened up to Clem. Violet also expresses irritation when Louis flirts with Clem during the game of War. If turned to for support in the final confrontation with Marlon, (Determinant) Violet will initially refuse, but ultimately sides with Clem.

In Suffer The Children, Violet stands up for Clem when Mitch, Louis, and several of the others push for her and AJ to be exiled; and is relieved and overjoyed when Clem returns. Taking over the position of Ericson's leader, Violet comes to rely on Clem as her second-in-command and strategist. (Determinant) If Clem accompanies her to inspect the fortifications, Violet will awkwardly attempt to confess her feelings for Clem, stating that she can no longer imagine life without her. If Clem does choose to reciprocate Violet's feelings back, she tells Violet that she's developed romantic feelings for her, and that she hopes that they're more than just friends. If Clem tells Violet that she wants to be her girlfriend, to take things slow, or that she's unsure of what she wants, Violet is understanding and happy that Clem feels the same way. If Clem kisses her, they are both initially shocked by the kiss, but Clem affirms their romance, with Violet in awe, placing her hand on Clem's to reaffirm their new relationship.

Marlon
"She means it looks like a dead cat. Probably smells like one, too."

- Violet making fun of Marlon's haircut alongside Clementine.

Violet and Marlon have few on-screen interactions, but the two seem to be on friendly enough terms, playing a game of cards together often. Violet is comfortable enough around Marlon to tease him about his hairstyle and be met with nothing more than a shrug.

However, their relationship is destroyed when Clementine reveals what Marlon did to Brody, as well as how he traded Minerva and Sophie to raiders for safety. If Clementine seeks Violet's aid, (Determinant) Violet threatens Marlon with her cleaver. Although, she remains traumatized when Alvin Jr. kills Marlon. At Marlon's funeral, she refuses to say a eulogy for him and angrily blames him for the mess the school's in.

Louis
"Fuck off."

- Violet to Louis when he is teasing her with her fighting skills.

Violet and Louis appear to be friends, despite their drastically contrasting personalities. Louis often teases Violet about her quiet and reserved personality and somewhat rudeness, while Violet is annoyed by his upbeat and carefree persona, but doesn't seem to dislike him.

Violet enjoys teasing him, evidenced when Louis awkwardly tried to flirt with Clementine during their card game, she quipped it was no wonder he never had a girlfriend.

Tennessee
Violet seems to care a great deal for Tenn, given her close relationship with his twin sisters. She cares after him after his sisters' disappearance, often seen eating dinner or visiting their graves with the boy.

Brody
"Sometimes she just gets on my last nerve, you know?"

- Violet to Clementine about Brody.

Brody and Violet were close friends prior to Minerva and Sophie's disappearance, but afterwards Violet's antagonistic attitude and Brody's guilt opened a rift in their friendship. While Clementine can prompt them to reconcile, (Determinant) Brody is killed by Marlon before they can do so.

Minerva
"We were close. Me and her."

- Violet to Clementine about her relationship with Minerva.

It is strongly implied through Violet's statement that she and Minerva were "close" and a grafitti heart reading "V + M" in the fishing shack implies that she was Violet's girlfriend before her disappearance. Violet still mourns the loss of her girlfriend, referring to it as a "bad memory".

However, in Suffer The Children, during the raiders' attack, Violet is shocked to hear from Lilly that Minerva is alive and is a member of her raiders' group, Delta.

Season 4

 * "Done Running"
 * "Suffer The Children"
 * "Broken Toys"

Trivia

 * Violet hates baseball.
 * Violet claims to have eaten a horse's eyeball at one point.
 * Violet is one of ten LGBT characters to appear in the game, the others being her former girlfriend Minerva, Clementine, Walter, Matthew, Zachary, Jonas, Paige, Javier and Paul Monroe.
 * Violet and Minerva are the third same-sex couple in the video game, the first being Walter and Matthew, and the second being Zachary and Jonas.
 * Out of those, they are the first lesbian couple.