Violet Salmon (Character)

Violet Salmon is the main protagonist of the comic book series The Adventures of Violet Salmon and the subsequent 2017 film adaptation of the same name.

Character Summary
Violet Salmon makes her comic book debut in the first issue of The Adventures of Violet Salmon as an established vigilante, as the comic books progress and she is introduced to her deceased father's former colleague, she develops into a bonafide superhero, making enemies along the way.

Personality
Violet's first appearance shows her angrily confronting the judge on a case which she ultimately wins. She is known to show passion in both her job as a lawyer and her role as a vigilante for the city of Jamesburg. She shows no care for her co-workers, a key example of this is when she witnesses the brutal murder of her boss, Josephine Franklin, and does nothing to prevent it.

Violet is also presented as extremely intelligent, having graduated from college at 17, she has a photographic memory and knows a great deal about various subjects, specifically physics, due to her father being a doctor of physics at Jamesburg Laboratories and Marine Biology, as her mother worked in the field.

She has two simultaneous love interests who she displays a rare high regard for, the first is Winona Hunt is a journalist for The Jamesburg Channel who frequently writes admiring opinion pieces on The Mysterious S, unaware of her true identity. The second is the young medical student, Brent Newton. Newton is a friend of Violet's adoptive sister and best friend Bonnie Banks (who ultimately becomes her sidekick, The Mermaid) and he shows a reciprocative interest in Violet, but their romance is strained when he voices his dislike for what The Mysterious S does in Jamesburg.

Violet's coldness towards strangers is likely due to her not knowing the identity of her parents' killer, which occurred just hours before her graduation from law school. She is very protective of her adoptive family, Clyde Banks and his daughter, Bonnie. She is very close to Clyde as she considers him the last remaining person who knew her parents, although she grows more distant of Clyde and threatens to kill him when she meets her father's colleague Doctor Hollis Vincent, who reveals Clyde to be her parents' killer.

When Violet gains her powers, she gains some previously non-existent personality traits, such as taking up vegetarianism and practicing meditation. This is likely due to the alterations the implants have caused her brain.

Red Salmon
Not much is known about Violet's relationship with her father, apart from that she had a great admiration for his work, implying she loved her father.

Maureen Salmon
While their relationship is never directly witnessed, it is implied that Violet cared a great deal for her mother, likely more so than her father. When Hollis reveals Clyde killed Maureen and Red, Violet responds by saying, "That bastard killed my mom!" only referencing Maureen.

Clyde Banks
Clyde is Violet's godfather and adoptive guardian and their relationship is one of mutual respect and admiration for most of Violet's life, until Violet learns that Clyde killed her parents. Clyde soon morphs into a cold-hearted and reclusive person, something Violet encourages.

Bonnie Banks
Violet and Bonnie are lifelong friends and have a close relationship, they attend college together, while Bonnie becomes a teacher and Violet becomes a lawyer. Bonnie is slightly older than Violet and takes on the role of big sister when her parents die. Violet maintains a relationship with Bonnie beyond the revelation that Clyde killed Violet's parents and she shuts Clyde out her life, eventually becoming The Mermaid, Violet's sidekick.

Hawthorn Hawkins
Hawthorn Hawkins is the Mayor of Jamesburg and one of the few citizens to know Violet's identity as the city's vigilante. He serves as a mentor to Violet after he reveals that decades ago, he too was a hero in Jamesburg known as The Highflying Hawk. He approves and fast tracks Hollis Vincent's application to scientifically experiment on Violet in order for her to become the city's new hero.

Winona Hunt
Winona Hunt is a curious journalist and she holds a romantic longing for The Mysterious S and they share a kiss after Violet saves Winona from death. They enter a romantic relationship when Violet decides to reveal her true identity to Winona, but when rumours that Violet is The Mysterious S start fluttering around, Violet grows suspicious of Winona and tones down their relationship.

Katie Mitchell
Katie is Violet's only work friend, a fun loving but hard hitting lawyer, she's one of the most notorious defence attorneys in the city and is greatly admired by Violet, she serves as a confidante to Violet, especially when it comes to her secret and her love life.

Brent Newton
Brent Newton is a medical student who shows a romantic interest in Violet at Bonnie's birthday party. Violet reciprocates the interest and they pursue a casual relationship which continues until Brent voices his distaste for The Mysterious S, Violet proceeds to gently break off the relationship but does not reveal to Brent why. He soon enters a relationship with Bonnie instead, something that relieves Violet, but when Brent finds out that Violet is seeing Winona, he suspects she caused them to break up. He is a very jealous and close minded character, something that puts Violet off him.

Lewsyna Lucas
Lewsyna is a local business tycoon and ruthless billionaire through hair products, she transforms into Licey Lewsie and becomes the series' first antagonist. Her relationship with Violet is one of mutual hate and Violet plots to bring Licey down. It is Violet who exposes Lewsyna as the cause of the lice outbreak.

Xavier Marks
Xavier was a one-time date of Violet turned psychotic super-villain. The son of a billionaire, he buys out Lewsyna's company and completely overhauls it to focus on skin-stretching technology. He eventually becomes known as Spek Ulem, a villianous super human who specialises in stretching his victims to death, he and Violet go from slight admiration to total hatred for one another.

Vivienne Vixen
Vivienne is Violet's maternal aunt, she attempts to reconnect with Violet, but due to Violet's busy schedule, she becomes bitter. Eventually, she begins conducting vile experiments on feral animals and homeless people and creates an army of mutants. She eventually becomes the villainous antagonist The Fox and plans to wreak havoc over the city to get her niece's attention.

The Saviour Squad
Violet becomes a founding member of the superhero team The Saviour Squad.

The Deep Sea Alliance
Violet encounters a mysterious underwater military base when swimming one afternoon and learns of the existence of The Deep Sea Alliance, which her superhero alias soon becomes affiliated with.

Film
In the movie adaptations of The Adventures of Violet Salmon, Violet is portrayed by Alexandra Daddario. The first film features Clyde Banks as the primary antagonist, something not incorporated into the comics. Alexandra Daddario reprises the role in the spin-off movie The Saviour Squad.

Television
Renee Elise Goldberry voices an African American version of Violet on the animated series Jamesburg Heroes.

Video Games
A video game tie-in with the movie was released and featured the likeness and voice of Alexandra Daddario, it was released on PlayStation and X Box and was critically acclaimed.

A separate video game based in Jamesburg Asylum was released and featured an older, retired Violet using the likeness and voice of Sigourney Weaver. The game was released on VR platforms such as Oculus Rift and PlayStation.