V grew up in the Heywood District of Night City, raised by the gangs. Though they initially left for Atlanta two years ago, they returned to Night City after realizing it was not going to work out.
Whilst recovering from a fight in El Coyote Cojo, V agreed to help the bartender, Pepe Najarro, settle a debt with a fixer by the name of Kirk Sawyer. In exchange for paying the debt, Kirk sent V to steal a Rayfield Aerondight from a corpo agent. After receiving a lift from their old friend Padre, V p