V

Identity and real names: His full name is Vincent

V is a mercenary (edgerunner) in Night City who miraculously survives a botched heist at Konpeki Plaza, becoming infected with an experimental biochip (the Relic) containing the engram of rock star and terrorist Johnny Silverhand. Throughout the game, they must grapple with the overlapping of their consciousnesses and their fight against the megacorporation Arasaka.

Implants: Uses an Apogee Sandevistan and Mantis Claws

The relic he stole after being shot by Dexter "resurrected" him, but now it's slowly killing him, and he's trying to find a way to save himself.

Side effect: He can see and talk to Johnny Silverhand, the rock terrorist who attacked the Arasaka Tower in 2023.

He's a mercenary in Night City. He was formerly a Corpo for Arasaka, working in counter-espionage during the Kompeki Plaza heist organized by Dexter Deshaw to steal Arasaka's prototype relic. His best friend, Jackie Welles, is killed, and he receives the chip. Due to Saburo Arasaka's death, Dexter betrays him, shooting him in the head to absolve himself of guilt and disposing of the body in a garbage dump. However, Takemura, Saburo's bodyguard, forces Dexter to search for him to ask what happened to Saburo. After finding him, Takemura kills Dexter and saves AV. He then returns to the Afterlife and becomes one of Night City's top mercenaries.