Violet Baudelaire is the oldest child in the Lemony Snicket books. She is pretty, 14, and is a genius when it comes to creating creative solutions to all things mechanical. She becomes the one in charge after their parents die, urging each child to work together to survive their various adventures. In this book in the series, Violet has to find her kidnapped friends (the Quarmire triplets) who've been taken by Violet's evil uncle, Count Olaf.