Note: As of... 11:44 PM EST 7/12, excluding heroes and villains, all images are now clickable.
Welcome! This thread is to primarily discuss the lore of the Overwatch universe! Balance and updates and the such should be talked about in the OT. However you could talk about character skills in the context of their lore.
Decided to make this since I know I've seen in many Overwatch threads: "Where does all of this backstory come from?" Well here I'll attempt to aggregate this information to the best of my abilites.
(Borrowed from Wikipedia)
Overwatch is set sixty years into the future of fictionalized Earth, thirty years after the resolution of the "Omnic Crisis". Prior the Omnic Crisis, humanity had been in a golden age of prosperity and technology
development. Humanity developed robots with artificial intelligence called "omnics" which were produced world-wide in automated "omnium" facilities and put to use to achieve economic equality. The
Omnic Crisis began when the omniums started producing a series of lethal, hostile robots, which turned against humanity. The United Nations (UN) quickly formed Overwatch, an international task force to
combat the Omnic threat and restore order.
Two veteran soldiers were put in charge of Overwatch; Gabriel Reyes and Jack Morrison. Though Overwatch successfully quelled the robotic uprising and brought a number of talented individuals to the
forefront, a rift developed between Reyes and Morrison, and Morrison became the de facto leader of Overwatch while Reyes took charge of Blackwatch, Overwatch's covert operations. Overwatch maintained peace
across the world for several decades in what was called the "Overwatch Generation", but the rift between Morrison and Reyes intensified. Several allegations of wrongdoing and failures were leveled at
Overwatch, leading to public outcry against the organization and in-fighting between its members, prompting the UN to investigate the situation. During this, an explosion destroyed Overwatch's headquarters, purportedly
killing Morrison and Reyes among others. The UN passed the Petras Act, which dismantled Overwatch and forbade any Overwatch-type activity.
Overwatch is set some years after the Petras Act; without Overwatch, corporations have started to take over, fighting and terrorism have broken out in parts of the globe, and there are signs of a second Omnic Crisis occurring
in Russia. Former members of Overwatch decide to reform Overwatch despite the Petras Act, recruiting old friends and gaining new allies in their fight.
Overwatch Timeline can be read here!
If you're wondering why I put Symmetra and Hanzo in the Villains section, it is because Hanzo is still an "assassin" and Symmetra does sort of work for an evil corporation.
Character Interactions
Original Characters.
Ana's Interactions.
Note: As of... 11:44 PM EST 7/12, excluding heroes and villains, all images are now clickable.
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Hope you guys like it! Took me a bit and maybe need to shrink some stuff but here is 1.0 I guess?
People can pick up what we know in the character bios easily enough.