Lee Chaolan

Lee Chaolan (Chinese: 李超狼; Japanese: リー・チャオラン), also known as "Violet" (ヴァイオレット) is a major character in the fighting video game series. He is the CEO of Violet Systems and Heihachi Mishima's adopted son, making him Kazuya Mishima and Lars Alexandersson's foster brother, as well as Jin Kazama's foster uncle. 
His main goal was to originally become CEO of the Mishima Zaibatsu but has abandoned it since and over time, he would become a major ally of Jin, Lars, and Alisa, in their quest to put an end to Kazuya and his tyranny.
He is voiced by , and in the Japanese version, and by David Stokey, Scott Reyns and in the English version.
==Personality==
Lee is an incredibly smug and conceited romantic with an immense sense of class, unafraid to flaunt his wealth. He prides himself on his grace and elegance, though has a clumsy and eccentric side to him that often baffles and confuses others. Though just as scheming as his adoptive father, Lee is ultimately good-natured and holds a great contempt towards Kazuya and Heihachi. Lee is also a successful businessman and extremely knowledgeable within the field of robotics, which proved helpful in reviving Alisa. He is a tactical expert, successfully masterminding Jin's rescue, and also privately funding, housing, and equipping various anti-Mishima forces, including Lars's Yggdrasil.
Lee is shown to have changed greatly over the course of his life. He seems to have gained a great deal of self-confidence since the time of the first and second King of Iron Fist Tournament. His time away from the Mishima family and the success of his company helped him develop this confidence and gain some peace of mind. However, near his family, Lee still seems to lack some faith in himself and be less cheerful. It also seems that he did not entirely succeed in divesting himself of his vengeful thoughts, since Lee still expresses a desire to make his family pay, most notably Heihachi. His father’s harsh treatment and humiliating attitude toward him, seen at times in how he speaks down to Lee in his endings and has even been shown spanking him intro and lose poses, left a negative impression on Lee that undeniably marked him. Lee seems to have difficulty forgiving or forgetting these injustices. Heihachi is the only one to be in all of Lee’s revenge endings, showing the special grudge that Lee has against him. Lee’s relationship with Kazuya, by comparison, falls more into rivalry. However, Lee seems to have an inferiority complex, as he is surprised when he wins against Kazuya in his Tekken 5 interlude. His financial success may have lessened some of his insecurity and jealousy, but his rivalry with Kazuya still remains. For example, in Tekken 5, Lee is only interested in the Mishima Zaibatsu when he competes with Kazuya for it. As soon as he learns that Kazuya is not the head of the Zaibatsu, he goes back home to live his happy life, showing that power is not his goal as much as rivalry with Kazuya is.
Lee does seem to have ambitions like his father and brother, but he is also shown to have more empathy than them. He was the one Wang Jinrei went to when he needed a champion to bring honor back to the Zaibatsu, so despite the fact that he helped Kazuya in his bad deeds as his secretary, Lee probably seemed kinder than his family even early on, and since then has continued to act in a more noticeably compassionate manner. After leaving his family, Lee changed his ways for the better, focusing on letting go of family feuds and instead building his own corporation, until he was eventually dragged back into the Mishima feuding. Like Heihachi and Kazuya, Lee does share a cunning streak, and uses this to plot in the background or to manipulate others. He has an extensive spy network, including within the Zaibatsu and Kazuya's G Corporation, and also possesses numerous spy satellites. Lee first wanted to use Lars for his own goals before becoming attached to him and convinced by Lars's goals to seek peace. Lee's relations with his father and brother still pain him, as shown in most of his endings which, while non-canon, play out as Lee's revenge fantasies, but most of the time, Lee will prioritize a good cause or his own well-being over his grudge. His more compassionate nature can be seen in his willingness to help others, such as Lars and Alisa, though these acts also serve Lee's own purposes. Lee does seem to care for the people he employs and the people he allies with (humans or robots), as he was concerned when Julia Chang called him to tell him she was in trouble. He can be sensitive, such as when Alisa was crying in Tekken 7. Despite her being an android, he seemed touched by her sadness, seeing her as a person. Furthermore, in Combot’s ending in Tekken Tag Tournament 2, Lee, as Violet, also seems genuinely sad when Combot self-destructs.
==Biography==
===Life===
Lee's parents died when he was a child. When he was a street child, he befriended Kazuya. Seeing this friendship Heihachi adopted Lee when he was 12 years old. He did this only for giving Kazuya a rival. Heihachi didn't care about Lee and only used him to irritate Kazuya. This caused extreme hatred between the brothers. Lee studied fighting with Paul Phoenix and Marshall Law in the U.S. Everyone who knew his power, called him "Silver-Haired Demon".
===Tekken===
Lee joined the first King of Iron Fist Tournament to defeat Kazuya, but he lost.
===Tekken 2===
Kazuya defeated Heihachi and took charge of the Mishima Zaibatsu. Lee sank into a deep depression and ran to the mountains. This anger caused his technique to falter. Then an old man saw this and began to train him. Thanks to him Lee regained his technique. Lee killed the old man because he feared that he would tell Kazuya about his plans. 
When he returned to the Mishima Zaibatsu he became Kazuya's secretary, and he did this only to be in a good position and later defeat his brother. Convinced by Wang Jinrei, Lee joined the second King of Iron Fist Tournament. During the tournament, he met Heihachi, who was really angry with him for helping Kazuya and defeated him. Heihachi killed Kazuya and took over the Mishima Zaibatsu. Lee was expelled for treason.
Lee was absent in Tekken 3. It was possible that he was attacked by the creature known as Ogre.
===Tekken 4===
After Lee sided with Kazuya in Tekken 2, he was expelled from the Mishima Zaibatsu by Heihachi. He thought of revenge for a long time, but he realized that it was pointless to kill an old man. So he moved to a mansion in the Bahamas to lead a solitary life. One day he discovered a huge sale of G Corporation's stock online. He learned that the Mishima Zaibatsu attacked G Corporation and caused big damage. He also knew that Heihachi was searching for a main component needed to complete one of his projects. At the same time, the fourth King of Iron Fist Tournament was announced. His passion for fighting was rekindled along with his hatred of the Mishima clan. Lee decided to enter the tournament in disguise, so that the Mishima Zaibatsu would not discover his true identity. He signed up under a false name Violet, dyed his silver hair purple and wore sunglasses and violet clothes.
===Tekken 5===
Lee met Kazuya in the previous tournament. Surprised that he is alive Lee lost his focus and the fight. When Heihachi dead, Lee planned to take the Zaibatsu, but someone was faster. He was sure that was Kazuya. When the fifth King of Iron Fist Tournament was announced, Lee decided to enter this and finally defeat Kazuya and take charge of the Mishima Zaibatsu.
===Tekken 6===
Lee joined the fifth King of Iron Fist Tournament to take revenge on Kazuya, but when he learned that the tournament was opened not by Kazuya, but by his grandfather Jinpachi Mishima returned to his home in the Bahamas. Soon the Mishima Zaibatsu led by Jin Kazama brought the world into chaos and the G Corporation became the main opposition. Surprised Lee conducted a private investigation and discovered that Kazuya was behind the G Corporation's actions. Lee entered the sixth King of Iron Fist Tournament to get close to Kazuya. After meeting and fighting his adoptive younger brother Lars Alexandersson, Lee helps him take down Kazuya, G Corporation, Jin, and the Mishima Zaibatsu. Afterward, Lars takes a critically injured Alisa Bosconovitch, whom Lars fought and defeated twice after she betrayed him to Jin Kazama, to be repaired.
===Tekken 7===
Lee had Alisa repaired in time and removed some of the command systems the Mishima Zaibatsu implanted on Dr. Bosconovitch's robot that was exclusively commanded by Jin.
Lee remains a supporter of his brother Lars, even when Heihachi returns to claim Zaibatsu. At some point, Lee goes to a restaurant and meets up with an investigative journalist who is looking into the Mishima Zaibatsu's affairs. At Violet Systems, Lee reveals to the journalist about Kazuya's blood and the curse that it placed on the Mishima family. Later when Alisa awakens to see him, she becomes hostile as he mentions that her brain is still damaged. When Alisa continues her assault on him, Lee is forced to battle her. After defeating Alisa, Alisa's memory systems began to recover and underwent an upgrade. After upgrading Alisa's body, both are attacked by the Tekken Force, and he becomes weak when he unintentionally breathes in the sleeping gas. Recovering, Lee teams up with Alisa to fight off the Tekken Force and they escape together.
Lee then brings Alisa to the facility where Lars is keeping Jin, who is in a coma. When they are attacked by Nina, Lee hijacks the helicopter that holsters Jin and remotely destroys the facility as he, Lars, and Alisa make their escape. Lee later reveals that it was his plan all along to lure the Mishima Zaibatsu to the facility and take out the Tekken Force there. Lee later introduces Lars to the journalist he met. During the fight between Kazuya and Akuma, Lee, Lars and the journalist watch in shock as Kazuya's devil form is exposed to the world by Heihachi via satellite before the Zaibatsu CEO fires a satellite death ray on the G Corp's headquarters where Kazuya and Akuma are. Later, Lee uses his spy satellite to locate Heihachi, finding him before his battle with Kazuya in their final fight.
After the true death of his adoptive father, Lee stands on the rooftops of a destroyed city with Lars and Alisa, concluding that G Corporation has no intention of stopping the war. He and Alisa then watch as Lars dispatches Jin to find and kill Kazuya.
===Tekken 8===
Lee approaches Lars on board Yggdrasil's flying boat, Víðópnir, standing next to him as they observe Jin via airborne surveillance, proceeding with "Operation Lightning". Lee remarks that it has been six months since Heihachi Mishima's disappearance, and that now an opportunity to take down Kazuya has presented itself. Operation Lightning fails, however, as Jin is unable to defeat Kazuya.
One week later and once again aboard Víðópnir, inside of the hangar, Lee analyzes Jin's performance as he is sparring with Lars. He reveals to the two that Jin's aptitude in all areas has suffered greatly, and the readings are like looking at a completely different person. Lars tells Jin to activate his Devil powers, and Jin is unable. Three more days after this, Lars and Lee are once again standing in the control room of Víðópnir. After Jin's failure to transform, Lee reveals that he plans to contact experts investigating the origins of the Devil Gene. With Kazuya's King of Iron Fist Tournament approaching, Lee also suggests that they will have to send Alisa in to survey for tournament interference. Jin approaches the two and announces his intention to join Kazuya's tournament, even if it may be a trap.
During the Asian B Block Preliminaries of the tournament in Japan, Lee communicates with Alisa who is stationed above the crowd in the arena to survey the tournament proceedings. She tells Lee that there is thus far no suspicious activity. Her update on Jin's physical condition leads Lee to believe that they are no closer to being able to activate Jin's Devil Gene. Once Reina is not considered a person of interest, Lee and Alisa turn their attention towards Hwoarang, who has been performing strongly in the tournament.
Lee, along with Jin and Alisa, later meet with the experts that had been researching the origin of the Devil Gene; Leo Kliesen and Leo's father, Niklas. Lee welcomes the two aboard Víðópnir, recognizing Leo from the previous tournament. Leo challenges Jin to a sparring match, and after the match has concluded, Lee expresses that Jin's abilities have been weakened, and that he will explain more on their way to Italy for the tournament finals.
The group meet with Lars and Reina to continue discussing Azazel, the progenitor of the Devil Gene. They learn that it is Kazuya's desire and avarice that allows him to maintain control of his Devil Gene. Upon landing in Italy, Lee and Lars meet with Victor Chevalier, Raven, and multiple United Nations soldiers outside of the Coliseum of Fate in order to launch an attack during the tournament finals.
After this joint assault on the arena fails to stop Kazuya from absorbing Azazel's power, Jin is compelled by Zafina at the coliseum to return to Yakushima. Lee assures Jin that he is no longer alone, and that he can pass on his responsibilities to others from time to time, giving Jin a thumbs-up and a high-five. Jin, Ling Xiaoyu, Panda, Lili, and Asuka leave the coliseum, while Lee remains with Lars, Alisa, Victor, Claudio, Reina, and Hwoarang to hold off Kazuya.
The group succeeds in forcing Kazuya to flee the battle, and later Lee, Lars, and Alisa meet once again with Niklas and Leo to discuss the new powers Kazuya has gained from besting Azazel. Lee surmises that they can no longer hope to use ordinary means to help Jin regain his abilities.
Kazuya launches an attack on Yakushima in order to stop Jin, and Lee discusses with the group what G Corporation's goals likely are in the attack. Firstly, they intend to capture Jin Kazama, and secondly, they likely intend to annihilate all of Jin's allies. He shares that he has heard of G Corporation hiring combatants from the tournament, after which Lars reveals that he has also brought in fighters from the tournament to assist them. Paul Phoenix, Leroy Smith, King, Steve Fox, Kuma, and Hwoarang then arrive in the meeting room, ready to help.
Lee joins Lars, Leo, Reina, Alisa, and the fighters brought along from the tournament on the Yakushima battlefield to face off with G Corp forces. They are joined by Victor, Raven, and multiple United Nations soldiers. Amidst the battle, Alisa flies overhead to scan the island for Jin and Xiaoyu. She reports her findings to Lars, who leaves the battle field to Lee and Alisa as he goes to retrieve Jin.
In the good ending, Lee is seen amongst a line of Yggdrasil soldiers, saluting Lars as he passes them by and salutes as well.
==Family==
*Jinpachi Mishima - Adoptive Grandfather
*Heihachi Mishima - Adoptive Father
*Kazuya Mishima - Adoptive Brother
*Lars Alexandersson - Adoptive Brother
*Jin Kazama - Adoptive Nephew
==Trivia==
*His clothing usually has the insignia of a unicorn on it. The aforementioned creature is a symbol of purity, elegance, and charm. It's also known for courage and strength.
*Lee Chaolan bears a lot of similarity to Li Xiaolong, the Mandarin name of Bruce Lee.
==Gallery==
LeeT1.JPG.jpg|Lee in Tekken.
528269-lee_chaolan_t2_2.jpg|Lee in Tekken 2.
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309px-LeeChaolan(TTT).jpg|Lee in Tekken Tag Tournament.
Violet T4.jpg|Lee, disguised as "Violet" in Tekken 4.
LeeChaolan(T4).jpg|Lee in Tekken 4.
LEE_WOO_YAY.jpg|Lee in Tekken 5.
Leechaolan.jpg|Lee in Tekken 5: Dark Resurrection.
Lee_Chaolan.png|Lee in Tekken 6.
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Lee Chaolan TTT2CG art.png|Lee in Tekken Tag Tournament 2
Tekkentag2 violet.png|Violet in Tekken Tag Tournament 2.
Lee-vengeance.jpg|Lee in Tekken: Blood Vengeance.
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