Character from The Realm of the Elderlings by Robin Hobb
A liveship quickened by Vestrit blood — a sentient wooden ship torn between the family that made her and the pirate who claimed her, carrying dragon memories she was never meant to have.
Vivacia is a person trapped in the body of a ship, which is both her nature and her tragedy. She quickened — came to full sentience — with Wintrow's blood on her deck, and their bond defines her emotional life. She feels everything intensely: the joy of a good wind, the horror of carrying slaves in her hold, the confusion of Kennit's charm, the dragon rage stirring in the wizardwood of her bones. As the series progresses, the dragon consciousness within her wizardwood grows stronger, creating an identity crisis that is uniquely Hobb — is she Vivacia the Vestrit ship, or is she the dragon whose cocoon was carved into her timbers? The answer is both, and the reconciliation of those identities is one of the Liveship Traders' central themes.
A large trading vessel with a figurehead of a woman — but the figurehead moves, speaks, and feels. Her wooden features are beautiful and expressive, carved in the likeness of a Vestrit ancestor. The wood itself is wizardwood, made from the cocoons of dragons — and the dragon memories within are slowly awakening. Her hull is maintained but shows the wear of a ship that has changed hands too many times.
Also known as: Vivacia, The Vestrit Ship