Violet

Violet
Name	Violet
Aliases	Vi
Status	Alive
Classif.	Human Slayer
Affiliation	Watchers Council Scooby Gang (ally) Slayer Organization
Appearances
Debut	"Showtime"
Last seen	Last Gleaming, Part Four
Portrayed by	Felicia Day Natalie Lander

Violet or "Vi" was a Slayer and leader of the Slayer Organization New York squad. As a Potential Slayer, she fought beside the Scooby Gang against the First Evil, being activated during the battle at the Hellmouth.

Biography

Potential

“My Watcher once showed me a photograph of one [vampire]. A blurry photograph.”

―Vi

A Potential Slayer identified by the Watchers Council, Vi had been guided by a designated Watcher. Her time with them, though, was very sheltered, and she had yet to even see a vampire before her arrival in Sunnydale.

When the First Evil began its attack against the Slayer line, she was one of the first Potentials sent to Buffy Summers for protection. She was a very shy and nervous girl, but she grew into a stronger and more confident young woman. Her training with Buffy and the other Potentials began rather poorly, but as the war built, she became a proficient fighter and was chosen for Faith Lehane's tactical assault on the Shadow Valley Vineyards.

Activation

“These guys are dust.”

―Vi

Vi fights Turok-Han in the Hellmouth.

When the Seal of Danzalthar was opened, Vi and entered the Hellmouth with an army of fellow Potentials. At first, she was overwhelmed by the numbers of the First's Turok-Hans. As the Slayer activation spell released the power of the Slayer within her, she gained the confidence necessary to hold her own against the enemy, and displayed notable skill in battle.

As the Hellmouth was closed, she helped some of the injured newly-chosen Slayers, such as Rona, to escape Sunnydale High School. She tended Robin Wood's injuries while the group ran from Sunnydale's collapse.

The Slayer Organization

Violet and her Wicca squad in New York.

Having survived the battle at the Hellmouth, Vi joined the Slayer Organization set up by the Scooby Gang to lead the new Slayer army. In the group's efforts to locate Slayers worldwide, she appeared alongside Andrew Wells on a recruitment commercial on television.

Vi became the leader of the New York cell of the organization. Willow, Buffy, and Kennedy eventually went to her squad to investigate a time anomaly in the city, and she witnessed to Buffy time travel abduction into the future of Haddyn.

During the battle of the Slayer Organization against Twilight in Sunnydale, Vi stayed in New York and monitored the situation with a squad of witches.

Powers and abilities

Vi had all the common powers of a Slayer, such as superhuman strength, speed, stamina, reflexes, agility, and accelerated healing factor. During the battle against the Turok-Han army, she also displayed extraordinary proficiency with knives.

Gallery

Behind the scenes

• She was portrayed by Felicia Day in Buffy the Vampire Slayer, and Natalie Lander in Season Eight Motion Comic.
• According to Day, the character "was supposed to be an Asian girl." She had auditioned the year before for the role of Winifred Burkle.
• The non-canon novel In Every Generation established Vi's surname as Larsson and that she had a younger half-sister named Hailey, who Vi took care of after their father died in a car accident.

Appearances

Buffy the Vampire Slayer: Season 7
"Lessons" Absent	"Beneath You" Absent	"Same Time, Same Place" Absent	"Help" Absent	"Selfless" Absent	"Him" Absent	"Conversations with Dead People" Absent	"Sleeper" Absent	"Never Leave Me" Absent	"Bring on the Night" Absent	"Showtime" Appears
"Potential" Appears	"The Killer in Me" Mention	"First Date" Absent	"Get It Done" Appears	"Storyteller" Absent	"Lies My Parents Told Me" Absent	"Dirty Girls" Appears	"Empty Places" Appears	"Touched" Appears	"End of Days" Appears	"Chosen" Appears

Buffy the Vampire Slayer: Season 8
The Long Way Home, Part 1 Absent	The Long Way Home, Part 2 Absent	The Long Way Home, Part 3 Absent	The Long Way Home, Part 4 Absent	The Chain Vision	No Future for You, Part 1 Absent	No Future for You, Part 2 Absent	No Future for You, Part 3 Absent	No Future for You, Part 4 Absent	Anywhere but Here Absent
A Beautiful Sunset Flashback	Wolves at the Gate, Part 1 Absent	Wolves at the Gate, Part 2 Absent	Wolves at the Gate, Part 3 Absent	Wolves at the Gate, Part 4 Absent	Time of Your Life, Part 1 Appears	Time of Your Life, Part 2 Appears	Time of Your Life, Part 3 Absent	Time of Your Life, Part 4 Absent	After These Messages... We'll Be Right Back! Absent
Harmonic Divergence Vision	Swell Absent	Predators and Prey Absent	Safe Absent	Living Doll Absent	Retreat, Part 1 Absent	Retreat, Part 2 Absent	Retreat, Part 3 Absent	Retreat, Part 4 Absent	Retreat, Part 5 Absent
Turbulence Absent	Twilight, Part 1 Absent	Twilight, Part 2 Absent	Twilight, Part 3 Absent	Twilight, Part 4 Absent	Last Gleaming, Part 1 Absent	Last Gleaming, Part 2 Absent	Last Gleaming, Part 3 Absent	Last Gleaming, Part 4 Appears	Last Gleaming, Part 5 Absent
"HARM" Absent	"Harmony Bites" Absent	"Vampy Cat Play Friend" Absent	"Always Darkest" Absent	"Harmony Comes to the Nation" Absent		Willow: Goddesses and Monsters Absent		Riley: Commitment Through Distance, Virtue Through Sin Absent

Buffy the Vampire Slayer: Season 9
"Magical Mystery Tour, Featuring the Beetles" Absent	Freefall, Part 1 Absent	Freefall, Part 2 Absent	Freefall, Part 3 Absent	Freefall, Part 4 Absent	Slayer, Interrupted Absent	On Your Own, Part 1 Absent	On Your Own, Part 2 Absent	Apart (of Me), Part 1 Absent	Apart (of Me), Part 2 Absent	Apart (of Me), Part 3 Absent
"In Space No One Can Hear You Slay" Absent	Guarded, Part 1 Absent	Guarded, Part 2 Absent	Guarded, Part 3 Absent	Billy the Vampire Slayer, Part 1 Absent	Billy the Vampire Slayer, Part 2 Absent	Wonderland, Part 1 Absent	Wonderland, Part 2 Absent	Wonderland, Part 3 Absent	Wonderland, Part 4 Vision	Wonderland, Part 5 Absent
Welcome to the Team, Part 1 Absent	Welcome to the Team, Part 2 Absent	Welcome to the Team, Part 3 Absent	Welcome to the Team, Part 4 Absent	The Watcher Absent	The Core, Part 1 Absent	The Core, Part 2 Absent	The Core, Part 3 Absent	The Core, Part 4 Absent	The Core, Part 5 Absent	Love vs. Life Absent

Buffy the Vampire Slayer novels

• Chosen: The One
• Queen of the Slayers
• In Every Generation