Violet Amaryllis

Violet in her Hero armor.

Violet is the protagonist of Calia Nova. She is the daughter of Verbena Amaryllis and Aster Jones, and the sister of Iris Amaryllis.

## Personality

Violet is cheerful and determined, though somewhat anxious- she tends to be logical and hesitant instead of spontaneous. In fact, she tends to overthink everything, often to her detriment. She is very righteous and invested in social issues, particularly the plight of Outer Worlds, planets neglected by the more privileged Inner Worlds. She loves robots and takes after her father in her interest in robotics. She can be quick to tears and is especially sensitive about her heritage, as she looks almost completely human and struggles with magic. She is also shown to be somewhat of a know-it-all- shown especially in the trivia section of the Hero Tournament- and is very studious, always getting high marks (except in her combat class). Violet is also very naive. She loves anime and magical girls and Finn modeled her armor off of the protagonist of fictional anime Alien Crush, their shared interest.

## Ability/Gift

Violet's exact Ability/Gift is unclear, but she uses Witch Magic. She especially favors plant magic, particularly a vine spell, which is revealed in Chapter 5 to be the easiest form of magic. She struggles with casting and often her spells go wrong and are much bigger- or much different- than she intends them to be. Sometimes these spells are very powerful, such as the vines in the obstacle course, or the crystals at the end of Chapter 4. She has also been shown creating energy blasts, paralyzing spores, and turning her wand into a "broomstick" she rides.

## Background

Violet is the daughter of Aster Jones, a human roboticist, and Verbena Amaryllis, a Witch and former Hero. Her bi-species heritage is the source of a lot of stress for her, both externally and internally- other Monsters especially seem to judge or outright bully her. Her sister, Iris, is the exact opposite, and it was revealed in Chapter 5 that Iris was a prodigy. Everyone saw her as Verbena's "little twin" and showed heavy favoritism toward her, possibly the start of Violet's insecurities in her own skills/heritage. While Iris went to prestigious arcane academy Readarth and had a "super special" training program with a family elder, Violet attended human public school and struggled with her magic- until she was twelve she couldn't cast at all. This may be why Violet is so studious and booksmart. She appears to be closest to her father, who she has many shared interests with.

## Story

### Chapter 1

The story opens with Violet entering the Hero Tournament on Earth, hoping to win and get noticed by the Hero teams attending. Her mother, a retired hero, cautions her, but Violet responds saying this is the best way to "change the system from the inside". After entering she discovers her childhood bully Marshall Laurent is also competing. He shoves her and as she struggles not to cry a small robot approaches her. She recognizes it as one of her father's creations and when it trains the camera on her she tells her dad she'll make him proud.

The hero tournament has a series of trials that Violet mostly struggles with. On the first, the obstacle course, she fills the track with vines and almost passes out due to the strain. There are several more after this, including Hero Jeopardy, which Violet is very good at. The host then turns all attention on her asking why the daughter of Verbena Amaryllis has returned to the world of Heroes when Verbena so famously denounced them years before. Violet, with increasing passion, describes how the Outer Worlds of the Galaxy are largely neglected by the Inner Worlds and that she wants to change that as a Hero.

The final event is a 1v1 fight. Violet is set against Marshall. She uses a spell to create a cloud of paralyzing spores. Before he's completely paralyzed, Marshall just barely manages to snap his fingers, triggering his fire magic and causing the arena to explode. Violet is thrown out of the wing- Marshall wins. Disgraced, Violet runs out of the tournament, but she's stopped by a woman who introduces herself as Robin Li and invites Violet to attend her hero academy Calia Nova.

### Chapter 2

Verbena rushes over to Violet, hugging and fussing over her. Violet tells her about the offer and Verbena notices Robin beside her for the first time. She's completely shocked. Robin was her partner decades ago when she was a hero. They have a small reunion, then Violet leaves to pack. In a flashback we see Violet struggling to use magic as she grows up while Iris uses it effortlessly since childhood until she manages to just make a small seedling sprout. Violet says her goodbyes to her family and leaves with Robin to go to moon Altair and attend Calia Nova. They arrive and Violet is soon encountered by Valerie, a vampire girl, who introduces the rest of her friend group. Valerie immediately starts making digs at Violet until her friend, Nadine, tells her to stop. Violet becomes acquainted with her classes (a magic class, a politics class, a history class, and a combat class). In the combat class she loses to her opponent. When she's leaving, her wand falls out of her bag, and a flustered Finn hands it back to her. Violet recognizes the keychain on her sword as a Special Edition 9IX9 Fire Form Season Three Killer Kaia figurine and they immediately bond over their shared interest for fictional anime Alien Crush. Finn invites her to watch it that night and the two of them explore Altair together.

### Chapter 3

Violet is invited to Robin's study to discuss her progress at the school. When she reveals it's slow going, Robin offers to personally tutor her, with Ionia teaching her magic. They begin immediately. Violet inquires about her past and Robin shares that her, Verbena, and Verbena's friend Maximus were once a part of the greatest hero team, but it got to Maximus' head. He took bigger and bigger risks for fame until he was killed in a fight. This forever drove Robin and Verbena apart. After the dissolution of her team, Robin created Calia Nova. After they spar, Robin forbids her from using her vine spell until she wins in her combat class to prove to her she's able to use different magic.

After class, Finn takes Violet to Korkora's lodging in the Calia Nova tower. She visits him every Wednesday. He makes them tea and cookies and tells them about his life before, as a prince of the country Tiruta, and how Robin Li's arrival changed everything for him and his people, giving them artificial wings so they could stand their ground among their winged neighbors. When they're leaving, Violet is spirited away by Ionia for magic training. Violet reveals she wasn't able to use magic until she was twelve. Ionia takes her hand and is surprised, saying her energy pathways are unique, before they begin their lesson.

Violet unsuccessfully spars Robin again. As she leaves with Finn, Robin wonders aloud if she's wasting her time. Back at Finn's house, Violet discusses how poorly her training has been going, and Finn offers to make her Hero armor.

### Chapter 4

After another failed magic lesson, Violet encounters Nadine in the lower levels of Calia Nova. Nadine takes her back to her dorm and shows her around. The conversation turns to Valerie and asks Violet not to take her seriously. It turns out Valerie is a Sinclair, one of the most distinguished vampire clans, and she was unable to get into any school other than Calia Nova (with Nadine's help). Violet leaves after Julian's arrival and backtracks to Ionia's classroom to pick up something she'd forgotten. She finds a group of students there gossiping and overhears Valerie say the only reason she got accepted into Calia Nova is because of who her mom is. Violet runs out of the school, trying not to react.

Finn finds her. Finn gives Violet her jacket. Violet confides in her, saying how she's always been more like her dad and that she doesn't know why she's at Calia Nova. Finn hesitates and then puts her hand on Violet's shoulder, telling her she's glad Violet is here. She asks Violet why she wanted to be a hero and Violet gives a non-answer; Finn gives Violet some words of wisdom she got from Jax. She then tells Violet she knows what will cheer her up and leads her to her house. Violet emerges changed into Finn's hero armor, which Finn is quite overwhelmed by. Jax enters and her and Finn soon start geeking out over Alien Crush and hypothesizing about cosplay photoshoots with Violet as Emiko. Violet realizes she'll have to wear the hero costume in public, which Finn and Jax tell her will look "super cool".

The next day in combat class, after a demonstration from Jax, Violet has a rematch with her opponent from Chapter 2, Ella. It goes badly and Violet panics, creating a massive prison of crystal. She faints from the strain and Ionia has to perform an "energy transfusion", saying she could have died if it wasn't for her. Robin enters and shows concern for Violet before telling Ionia she will continue with her upcoming exam as usual. Ionia urges her to reconsider but Robin intimidates her into silence. Robin and Violet leave together, Violet effusively thanking Robin for letting her continue as a participant in the exam. The next day Finn and Violet discover they're in a team together and are assigned Leo as the Hero overseeing their team. They're both star struck, but Leo completely brushes them off, getting a call from his agent and leaving without a word. Finn tells an incensed Violet that Leo is a huge celebrity on Altair. Violet pulls up the database on their villain and discover they're meant to apprehend Limax, who's wanted for petty thievery. They're both disappointed by how wimpy she seems.

### Chapter 5

At Finn's house, Violet finishes her last preparations for the exam. While walking home she gets a call from her father and talks with her family, who wish her luck for her exam. She hesitates before her dorms and instead enters the school again, ending up at the Sky Arena. She's shocked to find Robin there. She begs Robin to spar with her one final time for the extra practice and Robin eventually agrees. Violet restrains Robin with her vine attack and Robin says the vines are against the rules, but Violet responds she won last class, so she can use it again. For the first time Robin seems like she's at the disadvantage. She attempts to execute a more advanced maneuver but is struck with a spasm of pain and collapses to the ground, clutching her side. Robin reveals that years ago she hesitated at a crucial moment in a fight and was dealt a grievous wound that permanently almost separated her connection with her Core, the source of all magic and Gifts. At Robin's request, Violet leaves her be.

Violet makes a sleep potion and has several dream flashbacks about her and her sister, revealing the tension that exists between them as half-human daughters of a great Witch, with Iris being the favored prodigy and Violet being the diminished younger sister. Iris first attended prestigious academy Readarth and then was placed in a "super special" training program with their grandma while Violet went to human public school. In an argument with her mom about this, Iris snaps her wand in half and says she's done with magic. Violet wakes up gasping and finds she's late to the exam. She rushes there to find Valerie bullying Finn by using her full name, Fiona. Leo breaks up the argument and they set off toward their destination.

Finn reveals to Violet that she hates her full name since her parents were the last ones to call her Fiona. She shows her a picture of them all together before her parents' passing. Violet asks Finn why she became a hero and Finn reveals when she was little she attended a summer camp. At the bonfire the counselor told scary stories until the girl beside her got so freaked out she hugged Finn and squealed for her to save her. From then on, Finn swore she'd become a hero to protect cute girls. Violet laughs and Finn is very embarrassed until Violet reveals she's laughing because it's cute.

When they land on the moon where Limax is, Finn rushes ahead, eager to fight her first real battle, despite the warning signs around them. Leo stops Violet and points out that another ship-Moxca's- arrived here before them, and is disturbed by the symbol emblazoned on the side. When Violet asks if he recognizes it he responds that he used to build those ships. They give chase to Finn and find her behind a chunk of upturned concrete with her finger to her lips. Behind them is Limax, who is being confronted by Moxca and asked to hand over the shard she has. Violet recognizes Moxca from her mom's Hero database and her and Leo have a hushed conversation about the danger they're in. Finn overhears. Emboldened, she leaps out from behind the concrete and declares her name is Finn Galazor-Lionheart and that she is a hero from Calia Nova here to bring JUSTICE! Limax and Moxca both stare, shocked. Violet and Leo prepare for the worst. Before Moxca is able to truly respond, Limax attacks and plunges them all into darkness.

## Relationships

### Finn

Finn was Violet's first friend at Calia Nova and has stuck by her side ever since. They bonded over their shared interest for fictional anime Alien Crush when Violet recognized Finn's charm of the show's deuteragonist Kaia. While Finn and Violet are opposites in many ways, they can always connect over discussing the lore and discourse surrounding their favorite show. Violet is completely oblivious to Finn's massive crush on her and seems to only see her as a friend, though a friend she is very affectionate with.

### Verbena

Verbena is Violet's mother. Verbena is shown to dote on Violet, albeit to the point of being a bit suffocating, and always makes sure Violet has an energy potion and a bit of advice on magic. She taught Violet everything she knows about magic, including the language Witch, with limited success. Violet seems to have a somewhat complicated relationship with her mom and her mother's family, particularly because of her relatives' treatment of Iris.

### Aster

Aster is Violet's father. The two have a very close relationship and many common interests, and both keep close tabs on each other, shown when Violet sends a letter to her father while en-route to Altair and when her father calls her in Chapter 5. Aster is a roboticist for Cybertechnic HQ and Violet is very interested in his work, able to recognize the robots he's created when she encounters them. She has an interest in creating them and they've discussed collaborating on one before. They also watch anime together, and before Violet met Finn her and Aster used to watch Alien Crush together.

### Iris

Iris is Violet's sister. They have a typical sibling dynamic, though in the past they had a lot of tension caused by their family's expectations for the both of them. Iris is notorious for playing pranks on Violet, some that ended pretty terribly. Iris still loves to tease Violet. Violet occasionally reciprocates.

### Robin Li

Robin Li is the headmaster of Calia Nova and Violet's personal mentor. Violet idolizes Robin, especially because she used to watch old footage of her in her heyday fighting alongside her mother, Verbena, and Robin seems to be a bit uncomfortable with her idolization. Though they start off somewhat awkwardly, they gradually build a good rapport.

## Trivia

* Violet likes sweet things.
* Violet likely wears contacts as her younger self wears glasses.
* Violet's design mirrors the protagonist of Alien Crush, Emiko's, especially with the Hero Armor. Emiko and Violet also have two floating buns.
* The creator has stated Violet can speak conversational Japanese.