The Vestrit family liveship whose quickening into full sentience opens the Liveship Traders Trilogy, and whose subsequent experiences - joy, trauma, captivity, and the slow discovery of her own nature - form one of the sequence's most original character arcs. Vivacia is neither human nor entirely other, shaped by the memories and emotions of the family members who died aboard her and by her own growing consciousness. Her relationship with Althea, with Kennit, and eventually with the truth of what liveships actually are makes her one of Hobb's most distinctive creations.