#· ⊱ they made you into a weapon and told you to find peace ─ widowmaker;

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Backstory for all overwatch heroes

Here is a quick backstory for all of the heroes in overwatch, if you are just starting out the game and want to just get a simple run through of the hero’s backstories or if you just want to learn more about the heroes in the game.

THIS IS ABOUT HERO BACKSTORIES, NOT HERO ABILITIES

Background info:

Overwatch was a group founded by the UN that recreated people from all over the world to fight Omnics.

Omnics are sentient robots which can function by themselves.

The Omnic Crisis happened when omnics were being mass produced to kill. They devastated the world.

Blackwatch is an offshoot of Overwatch, which was not revealed to the public and carried out Overwatch’s dirty work.

Talon is a terrorist organization and an enemy of Overwatch, and has no clear goal.

The Vishkar Corporation is an Indian Corporation which manufacturing hard light, a substance that can become anything.

Doomfist

Doomfist’s name is Akande Ogundimu, he is Nigerian. He lost his arm during the Omnic crisis. He killed the former owner of the doomfist, who was involved with the organization Talon, and took the doomfist and gained control of Talon. His goal is to make the world stronger with conflict.

Genji

Genji is one of the Shimada brothers, his brother is Hanzo, and they are Japanese. The brothers are from a family of criminals, and Hanzo was ordered to kill Genji. However, before he was killed he was rescued by Overwatch and healed by Mercy. To keep him alive, he got a cybernetic body. Genji joined an Overwatch offshoot called Blackwatch, but ended up leaving to make peace with his cybernetic body.

Mccree

Jesse Mccree is the stereotypical cowboy/vigilante and has a cybernetic arm. He was formly part of the Deadlock Gang, before being caught by Overwatch. He was given a choice: join Overwatch, or go to prison. He choose Overwatch, and therefore became part of Blackwatch.

Pharah

Pharah’s name is Fareeha Amari, she is the daughter of Ana Amari. They are both Egyptian. Pharah grew up around the heroes of Overwatch, and wanted to join them one day. However, Overwatch was shut down before she could join, so she joined Helix Security National, a private force that protected an articulate intelligence facility, from them she got her flight suit.

Reaper

Gabriel Reyes was a soldier, but was chosen for a program to create the perfect soldier, along with Jack Morrison (Soldier 76), in light of the Omnic crisis. Reaper was chosen to lead a new organization called Overwatch that included the best people around the world to fight the omnics. However, Soldier 76 was later named the leader of Overwatch, which put a rift between the two. Reaper was later put in charge of Blackwatch. His jealously got the better of him, and he fought against Soldier, destroying both organizations. Reaper and Soldier were believed dead but both survived, and Reaper joined Talon.

Soldier 76

John (Jack) Morrison was a soldier who was recruited to be in Overwatch. He was ‘enhanced’ and later became the leader of Overwatch. After his fight with Reaper, the world believed him to be dead. With Overwatch destroyed, he became a vigilante determined to discover the cause of the fail of Overwatch.

Sombra

Sombra, real name Olivia Colomar, is a Mexican hacker. She was orphaned at a young age. After developing her skill for hacking, she joined the Los Muertos gang to fight against the corrupt Mexican government. However, she was discovered by an organization that forced her into hiding. Later, she got cybernetic enhancements to help her hack and joined Talon to uncover the organization.

Tracer

Lena Oxton was a British pilot. After an accident with a fighter jet called the Slipstream, which could jump in time, she was presumed dead, but turned up later lacking the ability to stay in the present. Winston, a gorilla scientist, made her a chronal accelerator which gave her control of her time jumps. Tracer later joined Overwatch, and tried to stop Talon from getting the doomfist, as well as trying to stop Widowmaker from assassinating the omnic monk Tekhartha Mondatta. Tracer also has a British girlfriend (Emily).

Bastion

Bastion is a omnic that was created during the Omnic crisis to fight, but was damage and deactivated in a forest for years. He later reawoke, and was found by Torbjorn. He is accompanied by Ganymede, a bird.

Hanzo

Hanzo Shimada is a Japanese archer. Being the oldest brother, he was in line to lead the Shimada clan. When his father died, he was told to by the elders to ring Genji into line. When he couldn’t, Hanzo fought Genji, and believed he killed him. Grieving, he left the Shimada clan and traveled the world to try and restore his honor.

Junkrat

Jamison Fawkes is an Australian scavenger in the Australian outbacks, called a Junker. Evicted from Junkertown, Junkrat found a valuable treasure, making him a target. He teamed up Roadhog, and they split their profits 50-50. Junkrat is a criminal pyromaniac.

Mei

Mei-Ling Zhou is a Chinese climatologist employed by Overwatch to find the cause of climate change. While deployed in Antarctica, the facility she was at was damaged by a polar storm. Mei and the other scientists their entered cyrostatis. However, the pods malfunctioned, and Mei woke up a decade later, the only one at her station alive. With the help of Snowball, she decided to continue her work there.

Torbjörn

Torbjorn Lindholm is a Swedish engineer. He creates machines that are non sentient, as he has a fear of sentient machines, which was justified during the Omnic crisis. Torbjorn was also a member of Overwatch, his engineering and weapon building skills being invaluable to Overwatch’s success.

Widowmaker

Widowmaker, or Amélie Lacroix, is a French sniper. She was the wife of an Overwatch agent that was working against Talon. Talon kidnapped and brainwashed her. She was later returned home by Overwatch, but she killed her husband after two weeks and returned to Talon. Her physiology was altered and her heart rate slowed, turning her skin blue and removing her emotions.

D.Va

D.Va (Hana Song) was a South Korean pro gamer. She was a world champion in Starcraft II. When the Omnic crisis broke out, the government recruited pro gamers to pilot mechs.

Orisa

Orisa is an omnic built by the 11 year old Efi Oladele. She was made from the wreckage of an OR-15 in Numbani, while the city was recovering by an attack for Doomfist. Orisa was built to protect the city, and she performs her function.

Reinhardt

Reinhardt Wilhelm is a German crusader. He was recruited by Overwatch, and follows a strict code of ethics. He was respected by the members of Overwatch, but later was forced into mandatory retirement and watched Overwatch collapse.

Roadhog

Mako Rutledge is the bodyguard and partner of Junkrat. Roadhog lived the Australian Outback after the omnic crisis, but the Australian government gave the Outback to the omnics. Roadhog and other angry humans rebelled, and created the Australian Liberation Front. In an attack against the omnium, they overloaded the fusion core in an explosion that scarred Roadhog’s face and made the Outback into a radioactive wasteland.

Winston

Winston is an enhanced gorilla born on the Horizon Lunar Colony on the moon. When the gorillas revolted and killed the humans on the colony, Winston escaped to Earth. He joined Overwatch, to help share his scientific knowledge. When Overwatch disbanded, he went to Gibraltar, an old Overwatch base.

Zarya

Aleksandra Zaryanova, or Zarya, is a Russian bodybuilder and weightlifter. She broke world records, but later stopped to help defend Russia against an omnium.

Ana

Ana Amari is the mother of Pharah. She joined Overwatch and became second in command. During a fight with Widowmaker, she hesitated to kill her because she recognized her as her old friend. Widowmaker shot her through her sniper lens, leaving her blind in her right eye. Everyone believed she was dead, and she left combat for awhile, later reamerging to help protect her country.

Lúcio

Lúcio Correia is a Brazilian DJ from Rio. When the Vishkar Corporation took over the city and exploited the people, Lúcio stole a Vishkar weapon and rose up against them, inspiring his people to revolt. When Vishkar out of Rio, Lúcio became a national celebrity and now DJs around the world.

Mercy

Angela Ziegler is a Swiss field medic. Her nanobiology she used to heal caught the attention of Overwatch, and she joined the organization. She became the head medic there, and designed her Valkyrie suit to get to people faster, to treat them.

Moira

Moira O’Deorain is a scientist originally in Blackwatch. Later, she became part of Talon and helped Reaper obtain his wraith form and shadow step.

Symmetra

Satya Vaswanin is an autistic Indian architect. She was recruited by the Vishkar Corporation at a young age, trained in hard light, a substance that could be bender into anything. Symmetra combined hard light into her traditional dances. She was a top member in the Vishkar Corporation and traveled around the world overseeing it.

Zenyatta

Tekhartha Zenyatta is an omnic monk. He is studied in Nepal with the Shambali, who believe that omnics have a soul, and wants to make omnic-human connections better. After disagreeing with their leader, Tekhartha Mondatta, he left the monastery to travel the world and help people. Along the way, he met Genji and helped find peace with his omnic body.

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My heart skips a beat ch. 3

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It only took 8 missions for Junkrat to hate Talon. Suits, suits everywhere, giving confusing orders and making no sense to him. Stoically treating him like he was useless shit. He could only stand his co-workers, Widowmaker, Sombra and Reaper. The sniper made him almost feel sorry for her, since she was the most destroyed and manipulated by Talon. No feelings, no regret, she would simply kill for them. Sombra, compared to her was fun. That girl had expected her hacking skills to control the Junkers. Well she didn’t expect his hate for omnics. Of course he didn’t use that new fancy shit for his prosthesis, it was all self made and safe. But out of all of them, he liked Reaper the most. The rough man was nice and protective, giving him the feeling that these missions made at least a little sense. He reminded him of Mako - he still preferred his roadie though! No one could replace him. But now he couldn’t take working for the suits anymore. He had told them rather rudely - he needed to get rid of this anger. Mako had agreed with him and the suits had to do so too after a while. Only one condition was set - a last mission. Jaime had cursed a lot at them for this but had to do it anyway. They were in Rio, and Talon had planned out a raid for them. Vishkar Corporation had developed a new technology, something that the suits got all fussy about. Junkrat didn’t quite get it anyway, something about tiny bots that would make your body jump like someone else wanted. Sounded scary to Jaime but if Talon wanted it, they would get it for them. Sombra didn’t seem to be too stoked and she even tried to explain why this was such a terrible thing to happen. The day of the event was calm and hot (as always in Rio). While Widowmaker volunteered to set up everything, the rest could spend their time on their own. Sombra ran of to make some deals, Reaper prefered a small break. Only Roadhog was convinced that it was time to take him on shopping tour - he wanted to get them some new things if they could for once. Jaime had spent the whole morning finding a fitting disguise which wouldn’t make them suffer in the burning heat. Clothes, food, weapon - Roadie had a lot on his list. Jaime was only partly convinced by this necessity but he enjoyed seeing the city. Some parts of it seemed free and peaceful if you ignore the omnics. Jaime tried to suck all these impressions in, tried to remember it perfectly. He mostly ignored Mako, only helping him when he was reminded to do so. They were walking down a shady street as the Junker spotted something interested. A big poster of a man Junkrat didn’t expect - Lucio. For a split second, his heart stopped. He would love to see him. He searched for the dates on it, only to be confused what day it even was. “Mako!” he shouted out, waving to his partner. “Get yer ass over here!” He showed him what he had found, only earning himself a grunt. “What do you want now?” His partner asked stern. A short moment of silence was broken by Junkrat again as he said: “Probably seeing him?” Before Mako could complain, Junkrat elaborated: “I know it’s dumb, that we might get seen, and that it’s childi-” ”Okay, we’ll go there.” Mako said and pointed at the last date of the poster. “Then.” “Wha-Why?” Jaime asked confused. It was in a month - a lot of time to him. Mako’s hand ruffled through his hair. “We’ll have enough time to go under cover from tonight’s action. Makes it unlikely we’ll be searched by everyone…” Junkrat wanted to answer but Roadie had already grabbed him by the hand and started to scurry as they could hear the well known sound of police sirens. Being caught now would destroy the whole plan. They quickly hid behind another wall, quietly listening to the sirens disappear. “We should get back, it isn’t save,” Mako stated and took Jaime’s hand, leaving him no time to disagree.

While they rushed through the streets, Junkrat’s mind started to fade out. His legs and Mako’s hand would take him wherever he needed to be while his mind started to mix the colors before his eyes into another daydream. His mind switch to his hometown, like it used to be, long ago, without the tragedy. The houses standing in a perfect line, looking all alike, besides their perfectly kept picket fences and gardens. He used to play in them so carelessly, it felt like a perfect world. It seemed so long ago, he sometimes feared that he might forget it. He forgot so much already, too much. But that feeling, he needed it to feel like himselfs sometimes. The violence which provided him his daily bread took him further and further away from that innocent. He sometimes thought about quitting all of it. But there was nothing to return to. The worries faded away again, replaced by a warm feeling in his heart. His mind switch between the good things in the present. roadhog, the way the two cared for each other, was one of the few constants in his life that were undebatably good. And soon, the two if them would be free again, away from this shitshow of suits and orders. They would have enough loot to take a few weeks off, keep calm and enjoy a little bit normal life, even if they were overly cautious. It would be fun… and he would see Lucio.

A smile crept over Jaime’s face. Mako had noticed his absent look a while ago and observed how he changed. Sometimes he wondered what went on behind those teary eyes. Right now, he certainly thought about something good. Mako couldn’t bring himself to snatch him out of these phases when they weren’t in a fight. The younger man looked so much calmer than any other time. And like that they walked into the old abandoned house that Amelie had chosen for their stay. He left Junkrat with that stupid grin until they were a few steps from the room the others stayed in. There he softly poked the younger man, who twitched and couldn’t hide his shocked expression for a few seconds. He quickly let go of his hand and turned to Mako. “We’re already here? Seems like I’ve been lost in my mind again… Sorry.” “It’s alright,” mumbled the older one and ruffled the blond’s hair. Junkrat put on his crazy grin before they entered the room, but it seemed fake. “Hey there guys! Do you feel ready for our last big rumble? “ he asked mildly convincing. No enthusiastic answers, not even from Sombra. They seemed weirdly on edge. Reaper signaled them to come over. “Here,” he pushed a bunch of pictures into their hands. “It’s like they know we’re here.” It was a bunch of overwatch idiots. Jaime shuffled through the pictures, hoping and dreading to see Lucio. And there he was, next to that annoying pink girly, smiling, handsome as all hell. He had to stop himself to sigh in front of the others. “So what, they worry you?” he asked. “They’ve been patrolling around Vishkar’s main building, so they are a new danger we have to think about.” “We could provide  a distraction,” Roadhog interrupted Reaper. “Other end of the city, there’s a big bank. It should buy you enough time.”  Reaper nodded. “Then you should get ready. We’ll start in 3 hours. Plan accordingly.” Mako turned around and went but Junkrat stopped for a second. “So, eh, bye? Look out for those bastards, Reaper.” The older man nodded. “Take care, Jaime.” Junkrat jogged to catch up with Roadhog outside of the house. The walked quietly for a while until the younger one asked: “So you really have a plan?” A bit of silence, then a quick “No.” “But what will we do?” asked Jaime confused. No plan, that was dangerous. Mako smirked under his mask. “Let’s do it like in the old times.”

Two hours later, all was set up. No real strategy, just simple guidelines. Get in there, make a mess, wait until those bastards (and Lucio) got there, fight a little, leave quickly. Now they were sitting outside a bar, in their disguises. He glanced over to Roadhog who looked into the sky, trying to kill time while sipping on a sweet boba tea. “Mako, why did you want us to get away from there?” he asked blandly, throwing the older man out of his train of thoughts. He stared at him for a moment and turned around. There were some weird emotions on his face that he couldn't recognized. The man was taking another sip. He still wore his mask, slipping the straw under it. Of course Jaime had seen him maskless, the giant gashes that had destroyed his skin a long time ago. He wanted Mako to feel comfortable with his wounds but on the streets, he couldn’t expect others to do the same. Finally, the older started to talk. “It’ll be safer.” “What?” the younger one exclaimed confused, only to whisper: “But aren’t we supposed to fight those bastards?” Mako nodded but grabbed his hand and pulled him closer. “Calm down. We’ll fight for short but we’ll leave when the big group arrives. Let’s take a little money and get lost. I already have a place in mind where we can hide for a month or so. It’s better this way. I… I just want you to be safe.” Silence. Jaime looked into his boba tea and then smirked. It was a safe plan and a plan where he didn’t have to fight Lucio. Probably. “Then let’s do it.” He exclaimed with a smile.

The bank robbery was short and sweet. The employees didn’t put up much trouble, and after 15 minutes, they could already hear the bastards arrive. It was soldiers shouting that alarmed them. Roadhog gave the sign and they ran outside, ready to attack. The pink thingy arrived first, taking a ton of his explosives, who was followed quickly by the old man and the ninja. Junkrat didn’t bother remembering the names. The only person worth remembering wasn’t around. Good. He jumped to avoid another round of the mechs projectiles, only to blow up the mine in front of her. Oh the battle felt good. But as quickly as it started, Roadhog gave him the sign to retreat. Shortly before the battle started, they had agreed on a place to meet because now, they were taking different routes in hope to confuse the enemy. Junkrat jumped into a small road, hoping to avoid the pink lady that way. He wasn’t the quickest but multiple jumps through gardens, windows and shortcuts he found through sheer luck shook of the soldier. It looked like pink thing and the ninja went after Roadhog… Junkrat allowed himself a short break to breath in a dark sideroad. He hoped his friend was alright. After all, there were two following him. In that moment his head jumped to Reaper. How would he be doing? Hopefully they bought them at least a little time. It was quite, so Jaime hoped that it was also save. He went back on his path, only to run right in front of someone. As if the gods were playing a joke, it was Lucio.

His mind went blank for a moment, unable to speak just stare. He wondered, what did people usually say to people they fancied? Would it even be appropriate to flirt right now? But before he could turn this into an awkward silence, Lucio spoke. “Hey there. Let’s just say I didn’t see you here if Morrison comes back, okay?” It took Jaime a while to process the meaning of this beautiful voice but then he smiled and nodded. He walked towards Lucio, his initial way but stopped shortly. “Well thanks darling. I guess I see you in a month.” He winked and started to run. 200 meters away, he was pretty sure that it was no use to run since Lucio was way faster with his rollerblades. 400 meters away, he realized that it might have been a mistake to mention his concert and the exact day he wanted to go there. 600 meters, he was already slowing a little down, he remembered that he called Lucio ‘Darling’. How terrifyingly stupid. And cheesy. And embarrassing. 800 meters, he decided to tell Roadhog nothing about that whole encounter. As he walked and walked, his mind started to fill with more and more regrets.

In the time he arrived at the venue, Jamieson Fawkes felt like a total idiot.

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