Five days after a purple egg appeared outside Chase Center, Monday night's hatching revealed Violet the raven as the Valkyries' mascot. Violet's unveiling was part of a "Bird Watchers Night" promotion, in which fans peered through team-provided binoculars to watch Violet's introduction.

Golden State added a mascot to the Valkyries on Monday, when Violet the Raven joined the 2025 WNBA expansion team's roster.

Before their home game on Monday night against the Connecticut Sun, players on the Golden State Valkyries arrived for morning shootaround and discovered that a big, mysterious violet and gold-speckled egg had been incubating in front of the Chase Center arena in San Francisco. The egg was cracked open and empty — whatever was inside had hatched.