OverWatch: The Animated Series (2020)

OverWatch: The animated Series (2020) is an American animated web television series produced by TeamTO and Activision Blizzard Studios based on Overwatch game. The series premiered on Cartoon Network in the United States on November 8, 2020 and on Canal J and Gulli on November 19, 2020 and on Boomerang in the United Kingdom on 1 June 2021.

Plot
The series features the adventures of Overwatch as they fight various Rogue omnics, terrorism, warmongering dictators, And Talon, a ruthless terrorist organization determined to rule the world. They are led by the ruthless Count.

Overwatch
Overwatch is an international task force formed during the Omnic Crisis over thirty years ago. It championed the ideals of heroism, sacrifice, and nobility.

Known Members
Jack Morrison: Founder member, Strike Commander of Overwatch, field agent. Formerly a member of the USA's Soldier Enhancement Program. Promoted to Strike Commander after Omnic Crisis, and continued to be Overwatch's field agent. voiced by Steven Blum

Ana Amari: Founder member, Captain, Second-in-command, field agent. Formerly Egypt's expert sniper and decorated soldier, call sign "Horus". Promoted to Second-in-command after the Omnic Crisis and continued to be field agent. voiced by Grey DeLisle.

Torbjörn Lindholm: Founder member, Chief Engineer, field agent. An expert weapons designer from Sweden, formerly a member of Ironclad Guild. After the Omnic Crisis, continued to develop new technology and new weapons for Overwatch as its Chief Engineer. He continued to be field agent. voiced by Keith Silverstein.

Reinhardt Wilhelm: Founder member, Lieutenant, field agent. Formerly a decorated German soldier and a Crusader. After the Omnic Crisis, continued to be field soldier. voiced by Darin De Paul.

Liao: Founder member, field agent. Counter intelligence specialist who wears a special body suit that not only enhance his abilities, but  can scan and duplicate the clothing of anyone. voiced by Michael Sinterniklaas

Angela Ziegler: Head of Medical Research, field medic. An innovative field medic from Switzerland invited for her nanobiology expertise. Became the Head of Medical Research and a field medic. She saved the life of Genji Shimada after the fight with his brother. Her call sign in Overwatch is "Mercy". voiced by Lucie Pohl.

Winston: Scientist, field agent. A survivor of the Horizon Lunar Colony uprising. Joined Overwatch and became their leading scientist, also a competent combatant. He saved the life of agent Lena Oxton by designing a chronal accelerator to stabilize her chronal disassociation. He was also known for his subjugation of Doomfist. A super-intelligent, genetically engineered gorilla, Winston is a brilliant scientist and a champion for humanity's potential. voiced by Crispin Freeman.

Lena Oxton: Field agent. Formerly an Overwatch pilot with fearless skills. Oxton suffered from chronal disassociation in an accident until she was saved by Winston. After that she became one of Overwatch's most effective combat agents. Her call sign in Overwatch is "Tracer". voiced by Cara Theobold.

Mei-Ling Zhou: Scientist (climatologist). A prominent climatologist who was assigned at Watchpoint: Antarctica. After a polar storm hit the base, resulting in the cut-off of communication and ration, the scientists decided to enter cryostasis to survive. A decade later, Mei-Ling Zhou was the only survivor. voiced by Yu "Elise" Zhang.

Jesse McCree: Field agent, covert-ops specialist. Formerly a member of the Deadlock Gang who turned a new leaf in Overwatch. Armed with his Peacekeeper revolver, the outlaw Jesse McCree doles out justice on his own terms. voiced by Matthew Mercer.

Genji Shimada: Field agent, cyborg ninja commando. The son of the former Shimada ninja clan's master. His life was saved by Angela Ziegler using Overwatch's high-tech prosthetics. The younger Shimada joined Overwatch to bring down his old family. voiced by Gaku Space.

Mainframe: Overwatch's operations support specialist. His primary military specialty is armament research and design. His secondary military specialty is telecommunications. Mainframe is a technological genius, and is more at home with a soldering gun than an automatic pistol. He can counted on to repair any computer-controlled device, rewrite computer code on the fly, and enact emergency field repairs, to get the most out of the Team's cutting-edge arsenal of equipment. voiced by Eric Stuart.

Inferno: Infiltration and demolitions specialist, wears a specially insulated costume with a built-in flamethrower that can throw a stream of flame a maximum distance of 25 feet (7.6 m). voiced by Michael Sinterniklaas.

Pharah: real name Fareeha Amari, is an Egyptian security officer. She wears the Raptora Mark VI, a jetpack-equipped combat suit, and wields a Rocket Launcher as her primary weapon. She has a Wedjat (Eye of Horus) tattoo around her right eye. As a child, Fareeha dreamed of following in her mother's footsteps and joining the global peacekeeping force, Overwatch. She enlisted in the Egyptian army, and her dogged persistence and tactical prowess caused her to rise up through the officer ranks. She was a courageous leader and earned the loyalty of all who served under her. With her exemplary record, Fareeha was well placed to join the ranks of Overwatch. voiced by Jen Cohn.

Brigitte: full name Brigitte Lindholm, is a Swedish engineer and adventurer, who wears powered armor similar to Reinhardt. She is a skilled metalsmith and mechanic, who accompanies Reinhardt as he wanders across Europe. She is the youngest daughter of Torbjörn and his wife Ingrid. voiced by Matilda Smedius.

Lúcio: full name Lúcio Correia dos Santos, is a Brazilian DJ and freedom fighter. He is equipped with futuristic roller blades that allow him to skate on walls (Wall Ride), and is armed with a Sonic Amplifier gun that can damage enemies or knock them back with Soundwaves. voiced by Jonny Cruz.

Zarya: full name Aleksandra Zaryanova, is a Russian powerlifter and soldier. She is armed with a Particle Cannon that can either emit a continuous beam of energy or launch an energy projectile in an arc. In charge of artillery. voiced by Dolya Gavanski.

Aros: a light-bending architect who utilizes his  light-bending Photon Projector to dispatch adversaries, shield his associates, construct teleportation pads and deploy particle-blasting Sentry Turrets. He his the Brother of Symmetra and he is a former High ranking hard-light architect and trade agent of The '''Vishkar Corporation. '''voiced by Jason Griffith.

Echo: an omnic affiliated with Overwatch who can quickly adapt in combat and and can also shown to have the ability to create holographic duplicates of herself to distract or confuse her opponents. she also has laser-firing arms. voiced by Amy Birnbaum

Wildebeest: a member of overwatch who wears a suit of robotic armour that is similar to Reinhardt. He also has a flail weapon. He possesses great strength and immunity to most harm, If he builds any momentum, no object can stop him. he is a Sabotage, demolitions and electronic warfare expert. voiced by James C. Mathis III.

Durandal: Some people join Overwatch for personal vendetta, the common good or they have nowhere to go. Liam joined Overwatch to be a hero but he became an office drone rather than a field agent. Until one day, he made a stupid mistake during an attack on Overwatch by the Omnics that left him amputated in body and spirit. With hope dwindling, he is given an opportunity to truly have his wish fulfilled thanks to his childhood hero, Tracer, along with Winston, Liam Peekar is given new limbs and new abilities and a new place in Overwatch. he is A fusion of a sword wielding knight with the technology of Overwatch. voiced by Samuel Vincent

Kimiko: Intelligence officer of Overwatch. an expert with the M-16, M-1911A1 auto pistol, and reflex crossbow. She is also an accomplished actress and fluent in several languages. voiced by Lisa Ortiz

Mirembe: a counter intelligence specialist, helicopter pilot, and Her preferred weapon is a 15P laser-guided, solid alloy compound crossbow with scope. voiced by Cree Summer

Esin Orbay: a Oasis University student, majoring in electronic engineering. During the omnic crisis, she looked to Overwatch as her heroes, inspired by their battles and brave deeds; so much that when she was accepted into Oasis she decided to start a personal project reminiscent of her role models - an electro suit. In recent events of terrorism, Esin became even more determined to perfect her project. so she join overwatch as a field agent. voiced by Veronica Taylor.

Static:  a quick and fast technician who knows how to dish out deadly static punches. He can dive in head first and make it out alive with his Charged Zoom, stunning his enemies in many ways, rendering them as easy targets for his teammates to pick off in battle. Equipped with an electrical wrench, makes him a semi-ranged fighter, able to throw it at alarming speeds. Swift and deadly with his strong crowd control abilities, Static is a force to be reckoned with in the battlefield. voiced by Charlie Adler

Wrecking Ball: the ring name for Hammond, a super-intelligent hamster mechanic and adventurer, who competes in battles piloting a large spherical mech suit with two forms: a quadrupedal form used for firing his Quad Cannons, his main attack, and a nearly perfectly spherical form which gives him the ability to Roll around the battlefield but without any primary attack. Hammond, previously known as "Specimen 8", had been among the genetically engineered animals who resided at the Horizon facility on the Moon when the gorillas led the uprising against the human scientists. Having displayed an ability to regularly escape from his enclosure, as well as a self-taught aptitude for mechanics, Hammond constructed a capsule attached to the scratch-built rocket built by Winston, and hitched a ride with him when Winston escaped to Earth. His capsule separated from Winston's rocket and landed in the Australian Outback, where he modified the capsule into a combat mech to fight in the Scrapyard arena in Junkertown, earning him the nickname "Wrecking Ball". With his winnings, he upgraded the mech further to escape from the Outback and travel the world. He later Join Overwatch.

Orisa: a one-month-old, four-legged female Omnic built by 11-year-old robotics prodigy Efi Oladele, to be a "mechanical peacekeeper" of Numbani. Orisa was created by Numbani local and child genius Efi Oladele from pieces of dismantled OR15 defense robots in the wake of Doomfist's attack on the Numbani airport. With the OR15 being initially created to protect Numbani from the many threats it faced, the aftermath of Doomfist's attack resulted in the decommissioning of the OR15 and a staggering drop in public confidence. Never giving up hope in the OR15s original purpose[5] and believing that Numbani needed a protector, Efi acquired one of the decommissioned bots for sale by the civil government using the bulk of her grant money received by the Adawe Foundation. Efi repaired and reconfigured the robot and installed a personality core she had designed herself. She then named her new creation Orisa. She Later Join Overwatch. voiced by Cherrelle Skeete.

Blaster: Colonel McReady is A retired U.S. Special Forces officer who arms himself with an experimental plasma blaster of his own design. He later join Overwatch. voiced by Alvin Sanders

Rumble: Before to  becoming the hero “the Rumble” Ronald was a young promise for the world of boxing. unfortunately his career was brutally interrupted when he was caught in the middle of a confrontation between humans and obnics. in a  loud explosion Ronald lost both arms. One day he recieved an invitation from the “Crimson heart Foundation”, offering him a chance to bring back his glory days, if he accepted to become a test subject for a very unique kind of prosthetic treatment. Now, with his new arms, Ronald  "The Rumble" is the protector of Dublin and the face of the Crimson heart foundation. He later Join Overwatch. Voiced by Scott Cleverdon

Wolfizer: a trained military dog. he was trained to search out and help fallen solders. Bio engineered to fully understand human speech patterns and age slowly, Wolfizer is the perfect companion for a secret millitary operation. during the war with the omnics, wolfizer joined Overwatch to help people and become the hero he always wanted to be.

Talon
Talon is a ruthless terrorist organization determined to rule the world. They are led by the ruthless Count and Talon is overseen by an inner council of at least thirteen members. its main enemy is overwatch.

Council of Leaders
An enigmatic group of supercriminals who lead Talon. There are estimated to be about a dozen members on the council.

The Count: A mysterious nobleman living in luxury and the mysterious leader of Talon. during the Omnic Crisis, The Count's previous identity was Edmond Dantès, a sailor who worked for the Morrel family's shipping company. Edmond fell in love with Mercedes Herrera and married her, until he was framed and imprisoned in the Château d'If on false charges, and it was there that he met Gankutsuou. In exchange for the strength and means to gain revenge, he allowed the cold-blooded demon to possess him. Because of Gankutsuou, he is afflicted with an odd condition which causes his body to be crystalline, revealing his bones and internal organs. Voiced by Jamieson Price.

Doomfist: A mercenary from Nigeria. Real name Akande Ogundimu, Doomfist took Talon's goal of making humanity stronger through conflict to heart, and became an intelligent and charismatic leader. Doomfist was defeated and put in prison by a team of Overwatchagents, but recently he broke out of prison and reclaimed his weaponry. Akande Ogundimu, was the heir to a cybernetics and prosthetics company with a love of competitive fighting, but he lost his right arm during the Omnic Crisis and although he got a replacement prosthesis, he was barred from competing. Looking for something to fill the void, he was approached by the previous holder of the Doomfist, Akinjide Adeyemi, to join the Talon terrorist group. Ogundimu agreed and thrived within its ranks, though he eventually grew dissatisfied with Adeyemi's monetary ambitions and killed him to take his weapon, mantle, and control of Talon. voiced by Sahr Ngaujah.

Reaper: A mercenary from the United States. Formerly known as Gabriel Reyes, he was one of the famed founding members of the original Overwatch Strike Team and led Blackwatch during his days as an Overwatch member until he turned against the organization out of jealousy, which in-turn led to the explosion of the Swiss Headquarters that was presumed to have killed him. Reaper is a mercenary who joined Talon at an unknown date, and eventually became one of their leaders. he has developed the ability to steal life essence from his enemies, and also become incorporeal to avoid harm. voiced by Keith Ferguson.

Moira: A geneticist from Ireland. Her controversial research in DNA forced her to turn to unusual places for funding, including Blackwatch and Oasis. Originally from Dublin, Moira O'Deorain made waves in the scientific community more than a decade prior to the game, after publishing a controversial paper detailing a methodology for creating custom genetic programs that could alter DNA at a cellular level. Most scientists found her research dangerous due to its perceived ethical shortfalls, with some even going so far as to accuse her of having the same obsession with scientific advancement that started the Omnic Crisis. Adding to the controversy, other geneticists were unable to reproduce the results of her research. With her career stalled, Moira received a lifeline from an unlikely source: Talon. voiced by Genevieve O'Reilly

Doctor Babylon: the chief scientist of Talon. He lost his arm when overwatch caused an explosion in his lab, He is responsible for advancing dark matter science and building new dark matter weapons and technologies. All of the weapons used by talon were designed by Doctor Babylon  and are powered by Dark Matter Crystals. voiced by Darin De Paul

Persephone Brimstone: queen of thieves and responsible for pacifying the masses through entertainment, sex, drugs, and video games. Voiced by Kay Bess.

Lucas Brimstone: the husband of Persephone Brimstone who is responsible for gathering intelligence, infiltrating organizations hostile to Talon and assassinating its enemies. voiced by Marc Thompson

Marcus Longinus: He is the largest and the most martial of Talons Leaders. His two-pronged spear is his signature weapon. His eyes constantly glow red. Voiced by Fred Tatasciore.

Sanjay Korpal: A Vishkar employee. Sanjay was one of the leaders of Vishkar's attempts to gain control over Rio de Janeiro. voiced by Oded Fehr

Maximilien: An omnic from Monaco. Maximilien has a day job as a croupier. voiced by Roger Craig Smith

Alexander Paine: an evil crime boss who seeks to take over the world and is planning to rule Talon Himself. a former covert ops spy for the government. but, in reality, was a double agent who sought world domination. Due to a freak accident, Paine's nervous system was permanently damaged. Because of this, he is in constant pain, but has the ability to transfer his intense pain to whomever he touches. His personalized equipment includes the Jet Burner and the Street Shredder. voiced by Clancy Brown.

Venus: a botanist, She is experimenting with Venom to create animal-plant cross-breedings capable of fighting back and protecting the world's plants from "the thoughtless ravages of man". later she manifests  psionic plant control, and an ability to exhale mind-controlling spores when she blows a kiss at her desired target. voiced by Piera Coppola.

Simon: was the name given to one of the gorilla test subjects at the Horizon Lunar Colony. His official designation was Specimen 9. After being subjected to genetic modification, Simon was among the gorillas that began showing beligerance towards their human overseers. He developed a following of sorts with "fellow troublemakers, including Hypatia. One night, Patelcomplained of noises in the break room. Nevsky discovered that Simon and his gang were behind it,and thus confined Simon and his fellows to their quarters. This prompted Nevskey to suggest that all the test subjects likewise be confined, so that the test subjects wouldn't take their actions as favouratism. Not long afterwards, the gorillas launched an uprising, killing the staff and taking the colony as their own. he later leaf the colony and travel to earth to find and kill winston and in turn become a member of talon. voiced by Phil LaMarr.

Other Members
Various members who act out Talon's commands without leading operations.

Widowmaker: An assassin from France. Once known as Amélie Lacroix, she was the former wife of Overwatch agent Gérard Lacroix, who spearheaded operations against Talon. She was kidnapped, tortured, subjected to neural reconditioning, all for the sake of murdering her own husband. Now, after extreme biological alteration that turned her skin blue and numbed her ability to experience human emotion, she serves as Talon's most effective assassin. voiced by Chloé Hollings.

Sombra: A hacker from Mexico. Olivia Colomar was a former member of Los Muertos who took part in cybernetic crimes until she uncovered a conspiracy, that also noticed her. Under the threat of its power, she removed all traces of her former self from existence, and subsequently joined Talon as a means to uncover the conspiracy and provide herself with protection. voiced by Carolina Ravassa.

August Gaunt: August used a mix of auto tone and brainwashing headphones to become popular. He uses them to control the minds of youth who are actually interested in his form of music. Voiced by Robbie Daymond

Hammersmith:  an arrogant inventor making weapons and selling them to the highest bidder, until Babylon hired him at first at force, but was willing when he saw the Weapon. He is a rival for Torbjorn. Voiced by Gregg Berger

Steeltoe:  He wants to upgrade his body into a pure machine. he has no value of life, he was seen murdering a doctor, and a patient who sorely needs a heart replacement. He even tried to kill a corporation. He serves as the muscle of the group. voiced by Issac Singleton Jr.

Ariadne: George Adler was to be Doctor Babylon’s prized lieutenant. Talon's  science-boss recruited the American computer genius to outshine Nero Iscariot. Unfortunately for George, Babylon became aware that Adler was actually working with overwatch on the side and killed him. That would have been the end of it, if not for George's daughter, Konstanze, whose mind was equal to her father’s. Babylon recruited her to finish her father’s work. To ensure she could not betray him, Babylon inserted a control chip in her brain. Babylon became fond of Konstanze, coming to regard her as a daughter. He even codenamed his little muse “'Ariadne.” But Araidne's hatred of her father's murderer overcame the chip's control of her brain. Ariande became a psychopath. Eventually, over time, Konstanze gained some clarity. But she is still woefully insane. She wants nothing more than to regain her sanity and make herself whole again. Voiced by Jessica DiCicco

Spydah:  He can create insect-themed machines which he treats as his pets. He wears a helmet equipped with six mini-cameras with night vision and infra-red capabilities. His eight detachable mechanical arms provide him with strength, dexterity, and climbing ability. voiced by Tom Kenny.

Flesh: a normal human who was a bodybuilding thug who idolized Paine. until Paine,  In his rage, Paine threw chemicals across the room he was in that accidentally hit Albert. This caused his body to mutate and grow to freakish proportions which also granted him super-human strength, far-surpassing winston. While very initially angry with Paine, he reminded Albert who he idolized, causing him to regain his self-control. voiced by Bill Fagerbakke.

Magness: the daughter of Alexander Paine. She has had magnetic powers since birth. The extent of which is her ability to control most metals (gold being one exception), disrupting electronics, levitation.. Her magnetic powers are increased in extreme cold, i.e. a snowy mountain. But her powers are weakened by extreme heat, i.e. fire. voiced by Kari Wahlgren.

Red Strike: A ninja-like android The Count created to serve as his bodyguard, Red strike has enhanced strength, speed, agility, stealth and battle tactics. Red Strike has a limited self-repair system to repair minor damage. Red Strike has an assortment of weapons, including energy swords and various shurikens and throwing projectiles.

Sgt. Breaker Night:  a war veteran who is an insanely powerful and dangerous fighter. Aside from being very agile and able to punch and kick really hard, Sgt. Night also has a huge flail and a pair of laser guns that drain the energy of robots when they're hit; he wields both weapons with very high proficiency. Voiced by Michael Adamthwaite

Baptistin: one of the Count's two main henchmen, Baptistin has a fondness for fencing, and he practices with the Count on some occasions. Compared to Bertuccio, who seems to be the more intelligent and technologically gifted of the two, Baptistin is much more focused on physically enforcing the Count's will, technically acting as the muscle, which is ironic, considering that Bertuccio is the Count's bodyguard. Baptistin is also very skilled in hand-to-hand combat.

Giovanni Bertuccio: one of the Count's two henchmen, Bertuccio is an African-Italian man who wears sleek-looking black shades. Bertuccio is tall, around the same height as Baptistin, if not a little taller, and he also wears a multi-colored suit that never covers his abs the majority of the time. He also wears a hat on certain occasions. Bertuccio is notoriously loyal to the Count, often acting as his right-hand man the majority of the time, if not all the time, and acting as his personal bodyguard and messenger. Proper and polite, Bertuccio usually addresses certain people with "madame" or "monsieur" and he normally speaks calmly. However, it is this unwavering loyalty to the Count that makes him the most sinister of the Count's cohorts. While Bertuccio is not shown to be an expert fencer like Baptistin and the Count, he is still extremely skilled in hand-to-hand combat. His main weapon, however, is a gun. Bertuccio is also very skilled with technology, implying that he may be the Count's technical expert.

Icepick:  A talon Agent whose body appears composed entirely of ice. He is armed with a katana and a pair of daggers, sheathed under his skin. voiced by Terry Klassen

Sickle: A Talon Agent who specializes in disguises and is armed with two large red sickles. voiced by Scott McNeil.

Trigger Happy: A purple-skinned Talon Agent who uses a hand-mounted directed-energy blaster. voiced by Terry Klassen

Countdown: A Talon Agent who often serves as the organization's middle man. He is armed with shoulder mounted rocket blasters. voiced by Alvin Sanders

Jawbreaker: A monstrous pink-skinned mutant, capable of biting through almost any solid matter. voiced by Michael Donovan

Abobo: A large blue thug with monstrous strength. voiced by Blu Mankuma

Wild Willy: A gunslinger who also works for Talon. voiced by Garry Chalk

Dragon: a ninja mercenary and a rival of Genji, he is naturally good at hiding and sneaking and he also uses smoke bombs to escape. He is an excellent swordfighter and knows how to use shuriken. he serves as The Count's assassin/bodyguard. He is shown to have a deadly rivalry with Genji. voiced by Keith Szarabajka.

Paramilitary Forces
Talon has employed a variety of paramilitary forces. During the period of Overwatch's activities, these forces included heavily armored soldiers with specialist roles. In the modern day, Talon has utilized more lightly armored soldiers, with a lack of heavy armor or armament.
 * Trooper: Make up the bulk of Talon's forces. Their total numbers remain unknown and appear to be growing. Outfitted with full body armor, helmets, and a suppressed assault rifle.


 * Enforcer: Elite operators within the Talon organization appear to possess genetic and cybernetic augmentation that make them extremely dangerous in combat, particularly in close quarters. Outfitted with heavy body armor, helmets, and a shotgun.


 * Assassin: Like the enforcers, Talon's assassin's possess enhanced speed, stealth, and balance and have proven extremely elusive, as their movements are near impossible to track. Outfitted with full body armor, helmet, and bladed tonfa.


 * Sniper: Frighteningly effective at taking out high-priority targets around the world. Outfitted with full body armor, helmet, and a sniper rifle.


 * Heavy Assault: Outfitted with a powered exoskeleton and dual mini-guns

Deadlock Gang
The Deadlock Gang (a.k.a. the Deadlock Rebels) is a notorious crime group. a notorious group of outlaws that trafficked illicit weapons and military hardware throughout the southwest United States. Talented and ingenious, they were nonetheless captured by Overwatch during a sting operation. Only one member of the gang, McCree, was offered an opportunity to redeem himself. The others were locked away in prison.

Members
Ashe: full name Elizabeth Caledonia "Calamity" Ashe, is an American gunslinger and leader of the Deadlock Gang, Born into a wealthy family with connections to the world's top CEOs, Ashe was largely neglected by her parents and left in the care of their omnic butler, B.O.B. She was regularly involved in fights at school, and also in petty crime. It was a chance meeting with a local ruffian named Jesse McCree, a string of crimes they committed together, and a desire to make her own "family" that led her to embrace the path of the outlaw, and she was one of the four original founders of the Deadlock Gang. Spurred by Ashe's increasingly larger heists, the Deadlock Gang's quick rise to prominence resulted in violent conflicts with the other criminal organizations in the American Southwest. After years of fighting, Ashe summoned the heads of the other major groups and used her business acumen, learned from her mostly-absent parents, to convince them that they could work better, if not together, then at least not against one another, so long as they kept their word, did not work with law enforcement, respected one another's territory, and punished any sort of betrayal. No longer having to focus on squabbles with other gangs, Ashe continued to build on her reputation, earning her a place at the top of the authorities' most wanted lists. voiced by veteran voice actress Jennifer Hale.

B.O.B.:  Elizabeth Ashe's loyal, lifelong omnic butler and bodyguard. B.O.B. was the butler of Elizabeth Ashe's family. Her parents paid little attention to her, and care of their daughter was mostly relegated to B.O.B. Thus, B.O.B. was there when Ashe's parents weren't. He was there when she partook in target shooting on the family estate, and was there when Ashe was released from prison. Likewise, when Ashe founded the Deadlock Gang, {B.O.B. remained at her side and partook in heists himself.

Bars: one of Ashe's henchmen, an Omnic Sniper.

The Deadlock Triplets: a trio of brothers that work as Ashe's henchmen.

Zeke: one of the Deadlock Triplets, a band of brothers that work for the Deadlock Gang.

Terran: one of the Deadlock Triplets, a band of brothers that work for the Deadlock Gang.

P.T.: one of the Deadlock Triplets, a band of brothers that work for the Deadlock Gang.

Known Enemies
Omnics: The group of robots who turned against humanity during the Omnic Crisis. It is unknown how Overwatch treated omnics since, but it's noted that Overwatch has accepted them into their ranks. It should also be noted that Overwatch was meant to keep the peace between omnics and humans.

Null Sector: An Omnic Extremist group that performed terrorist acts in the name of Omnic rights.

Shimada Clan: a family syndicate and a criminal organization. They were later subjugated by Overwatch in the absence of their master.

The Dragons: a gang of scavengers in Germany. Armed with hovering motorcycles, guns, and flamethrowers they took control of several small towns that were too underfunded to fight back.

The Junkers: a gang of cutthroat, lawless survivors living in the irradiated Outback of Australia. They are the only known group of humans living in the area, and they make their living by scavenging parts from the land, most of which comprise the remains of the detonated fusion core and its facility.

Los Muertos: a gang of self-proclaimed revolutionaries centered in Dorado. It is unknown what they do, but they resent the Mexican government for "leaving them behind" after the Omnic Crisis. They often paint skull and bone motiffs on their bodies with phosphorescent paint and are mostly involved in arms trafficking. They also seem to accept omnics into their gang, despite members having anti-omnic views.

Vishkar Corporation: a company based in southern India. After the Omnic Crisis, the corporation was responsible for developing new self-sustaining urban areas to house those affected. It is known to operate across the globe, including in Utopaea and Rio de Janeiro.

Villains
Junkrat:  an Australian scavenger, mercenary and anarchist. After the Omnic Crisis, an "omnium" - an A.I. controller that directs omnics as part of a hive mind - was destroyed in the Outback, turning it into an irradiated wasteland. Living in the ruins are the Junkers, a group of scavengers and mercenaries; Jamison Fawkes was among their numbers. The effects of the radiation awakened a sense of madness which soon developed into pyromania. In the heart of the destroyed omnium, Junkrat found a valuable secret, making him the target of bounty hunters and rival gangs. He made a deal with the Junker enforcer Roadhog, who agreed to become his personal bodyguard in return for a 50-50 share of the profits from their finds. His loud personality often drives him into trouble, one of them is by blowing away their deception when attempting a Trojan-horse plan to get revenge on the Queen of Junkertown after banishing him and Roadhog from her dominion. voiced by Chris Parson.

Roadhog: Junkrat's enforcer and bodyguard of unknown nationality. Mako Rutledge lived in the Australian Outback in the period after the Omnic Crisis. The government of Australia, in an effort to make peace with the omnics, allowed them to take possession of the omnium and the territory around it, displacing the human residents. Mako and other angry humans formed the Australian Liberation Front to strike against the omnium and the omnics that resided around it. In the end, the ALF overloaded the fusion core, destroying the omnium and turning the Outback into a radioactive wasteland, severely disfiguring Mako's face. Mako donned a mask and took to the broken highways on his chopper, forsaking his humanity little by little until he became a ruthless killer. He has since joined up with Junkrat as his bodyguard, in exchange for half of whatever treasure the ex-Junker knows the location of. voiced by Josh Petersdorf.

Recombo: an insane scientist who combined different species of various animals into one, creating a mutants. He also experimented on himself, which gave him superpowers.

The Toymaker: Cosmo Krank was the C.E.O. of a toy company named "Krank Co." that creates incredibly futuristic toys. Many of whom were considered approved only on adverts, but the 'toys' could not be controlled properly this caused many sevre accidents to happen. However, Guillermo Portero notices that Krank Co's toys were more dangerous, than fun. So, he led a campaign that eventually closed down Krank Co. for good. Enraged, Cosmo Krank blaming Guillermo  instead of learning from his own mistakes, became a villain named "the Toymaker," who uses his toys in his attempt to get revenge on Guillerno Portero.

Dr. Droid: Formerly a human named Otto Maton, Dr. Droid is now mostly android (essentially a cyborg), and wants to turn the rest of the world into robots. voiced by Charles Adler

Temblor: a villain who uses specially made metallic gloves which have two yellow circles, that, when activated and slammed into the ground, can create small earthquakes. Temblor can also create powerful soundwaves by clapping his hands together. voiced by Jim Cummings.

The Junker Queen:  the leader of the makeshift encampment of Junkertown, located in the Australian Outback. She also runs the Scrapyard, a combat arena in Junkertown.

Anubis: one of the "god program" AIs quarantined by Overwatch after the Omnic Crisis. Years later, after Overwatch disbanded, security over its facility was contracted to Helix Security International.

Sven: an engineer and old (and former) friend of Torbjörn Lindholm. Sven re-purposed a Titan unit into a massive bipedal tank which he considered the ultimate and unsurpassable weapon. He intended to use it as the means of preserving world balance, and his first action on the way to achieving it was destruction of Boklovo, the capital of Kurjikstan, which he considered an unstable, unpredictable and dangerous player on the global stage. His plans, however, were thwarted by Torbjörn Lindholm who snuck inside the giant mech and defeated its pilot.

Hakim: a criminal with ties to Talon who operates out of a compound in Giza, Egypt.

General Fernand de Morcerf: a commoner who through his alleged military exploits (as well as influence by Prosecutor de Villefort and Baron Danglars) became a candidate for president. He is the father of Albert and the husband of Mercedes. In his younger days, he and Edmond were best friends, and he fell in love with Mercedes. When he realized Edmond and Mercedes loved each other, he became cruel and distant towards Edmond. He was formerly friends with Edmond until he and his two partners framed him and sent him to Chateau d'Ief. He is one of the main objects of the Count's revenge. During The Omnic Crisis he betrayed a sulta, ultimately leading to the later man's death and Fernand's gain of his fortune.

Recurring characters
Hanzo: the elder brother of Genji, and the heir to the head of the Shimada clan. He was trained from an early age to take over the clan, becoming a skilled warrior and marksman, as well as a strategist. When his father died, Hanzo was directed by the clan elders to bring Genji into line; and when Genji refused, the two brothers battled, resulting in what appeared to be Genji's death. Guilty and grief-stricken, Hanzo abandoned the clan and travelled the world in an effort to restore his honor. voiced by Paul Nakauchi.

Symmetra: an Indian architect. he Vishkar Corporation, based in southern India, created hard light technology that allowed it to build cities, and trained its elite architects to bend the hard light into any shape needed for that purpose; with this technology, they built the city of Utopaea to serve as their base. Satya Vaswani's potential was discovered at a young age, and she was taken from a life of poverty to train at Vishkar's architect academy in Utopaea. Becoming one of the top students in her class, she combined the light-bending technology with the traditional dances of her homeland. Given the name "Symmetra", Vishkar dispatched her on clandestine missions around the world to oversee their corporate interests. voiced by Anjali Bhimani.

Zenyatta: an omnic monk and wanderer. Zenyatta belonged to the Shambali, an order of omnic monks that had settled in a monastery deep within the Himalayas in northern Nepal, after experiencing a "spiritual awakening" that led them to believe that, like humans, omnics also possessed a soul. Their leader, Tekhartha Mondatta, sought to heal the breach between humans and omnics and bring them into societal harmony through the spreading of their peaceful message in public rallies (one of which resulted in Mondatta's assassination by Widowmaker in London). Zenyatta disagreed with this approach, believing that only directly engaging humans and connecting with them person-to-person will bridge the divide between man and machine. He left the Shambali monastery and wandered the world, seeking to help those he meets find inner peace (such as his encounter with the cyborg warrior Genji). He made Genji, a cyborg, more relaxed and made him understand the purpose of his metallic body. voiced by Feodor Chin.

Athena: Winston's personal artificial intelligence. voiced by Evelyn Duah.

D.Va: a South Korean mecha pilot and former pro gamer from Busan. To protect its cities against a massive omnic that rose from the East China Sea, the South Korean army developed automated battle mechs, deployed in a task force named MEKA (Mobile Exo-force of the Korean Army). As the omnic learned from its battles with the South Korean military, it disrupted the mechs' drone-control abilities, forcing the army to turn to human pilots. They elected to recruit professional gamers, who they believed possessed the necessary skills to pilot their mechs. Hana Song was the reigning StarCraft II world champion at the time, with a reputation for playing to win at all costs and showing no mercy to her opponents. She has since become a global icon, streaming footage of her combat missions. voiced by Charlet Chung.

Balderich von Adler: Colonel Balderich von Adler was the commander of the Crusaders, a German paramilitary unit composed of armored warriors with rocket hammers and hard-light shields that served as support to the Bundeswehr, the regular German military. Balderich was approached by Overwatch to become one of its founding members during the Omnic Crisis, but was forced to lead a defense against an army of Bastions in his home village of Eichenwalde, in the Black Forest near Stuttgart. It was during this battle that the omnics unleashed the OR14 (a progenitor to the OR15 on which Orisa is based), which overwhelmed the Crusaders and their army comrades. Trapped in Eichenwalde Castle with his friend and lieutenant Reinhardt Wilhelm, Balderich intended to stand his ground, sending Reinhardt to protect the other troops, and giving him his Overwatch initiation medal. Armed with both his and Reinhardt's rocket hammers, Balderich held the line inside Eichenwalde Castle before collapsing into the throne in the great hall and dying from his injuries. voiced by Michael Piatt.

Dae-hyun: a MEKA mechanic assigned to D.Va and a childhood friend of hers. He and D.Va have been working together in the MEKA unit. voiced by Johnny Young.

Efi Oladele: an 11-year-old scientist and inventor from the in-universe region of Numbani. After her parents gave her a robotic kit, she became interested in robotics and artificial intelligence. She witnessed Doomfist's attack on Numbani, which damaged several OR15 defensive Omnics, and was inspired to use her skills to create Orisa from one of the damaged units.

Katya Volskaya: the CEO and head of the Volskaya Industries, a robotic company with the purpose of ending the lives of the Omnic. she was subject to an assassination by Sombra, Reaper and Widowmaker. However, Sombra hacks the alarms and puts the events into motion that ensures her safety. It is then revealed by Sombra, when she confronts Volskaya, that she has information that the technology she uses in her mechs was actually Omnic to start. Sombra blackmails Katya and in return, she is kept alive. voiced by Gulmira Mamedova.

Tekhartha Mondatta: an omnic monk and leader of the Shambali. In the years following the Omnic Crisis, Mondatta and a group of other omnics abandoned their pre-programmed lives and settled in a communal monastery in Nepal, where they meditated on the nature of existence and came to believe that they were more than just "artificial"—they possessed their own souls, just as humans did. Mondatta was a leader in advocating peace between humans and omnics and healing the wounds following the Omnic Crisis, and travelled the world spreading his message. Mondatta was assassinated by Widowmaker during a rally in London, despite heavy security and the efforts of Tracer. In the King's Row map, a statue of him holding the hand of a human child stands near the spot where he was killed. voiced by Sendhil Ramamurthy.

Dr. Harold Winston: the chief scientist of the Horizon Lunar Colony, a research base on the Moon where a group of genetically engineered gorillas resided to test the long-term effects of living in space. Harold took a special interest in one young gorilla who showed a great curiosity for the world around him, beginning with stealing Harold's glasses because he thought there would be more to see. Showing the young gorilla a view of Earth, Harold gave him a piece of advice he remembered years later: "Never accept the world as it appears to be. Dare to see it for what it could be." When the other gorillas on the moon base rebelled, Harold and the other human scientists were killed; his prodigy took his name "Winston" to honor his fallen mentor, and escaped to Earth in a scratch-built rocket. Winston also kept Harold's glasses, as well as a photograph of the two of them at the Horizon colony. voiced by Greg Chun.

Emily: Tracer's girlfriend. She is an English woman living in London.

Ingrid Lindholm: the wife of Torbjörn and the mother of Brigitte Lindholm..

Calado: the owner of the Calado company.

Olympia Shaw: a journalist for Atlas News, and an "expert" on the Overwatch taskforce.

mayor of Rio de Janeiro: the current government official responsible for overseeing the city of Rio.

Guillermo Portero: the CEO of LumériCo and former president of Mexico.

Nandah: the mayor of London.

Sojiro Shimada: Sojiro was the family head and crime boss of the Shimada Clan, a powerful underworld organization dealing in arms, illegal substances, and assassination. He was once approached by Talon, hoping to recruit him, but he refused, finding that their aims did not coincide with his own. While his eldest son, Hanzo, was groomed to take over as leader of the clan, Sojiro spoiled his youngest son, Genji, who ignored the family business and engaged in frivolous pursuits. This unfortunately led to tragedy following Sojiro's death, as the other clan elders provoked a near-fatal confrontation between the two brothers that ultimately resulted in Hanzo deserting the clan and Genji destroying it.

Bastion: a combat robot-turned-explorer. Bastion is a SST Laboratories Siege Automaton E54, a battle automaton originally designed for peacekeeping purposes; during the Omnic Crisis, they were deployed against their human makers becoming a symbol of the horrors of the war. Bastion was severely damaged in the field during the final days of the war, and was left dormant and exposed to the elements. For more than a decade, it became overgrown with plant life and the nests of small animals, until it unexpectedly reactivated. It had developed a fascination with nature, but its combat programming still took over whenever it encountered anything it perceived as a threat. Due to conflicts with fearful humans, Bastion largely avoids populated areas in favor of exploring the wild. It is usually accompanied by a small bird named Ganymede, who was building a nest on it when it reactivated, and both humanizes Bastion and makes it relatable. voiced by Chris Metzen.

Locations
headquarters of Overwatch: a large, sprawling complex that housed its members. It featured the Overwatch Training and Evaluation facility, offices for staff, a hangar bay, and scientific laboratories. it is situated in Switzerland.

United States: a geo-political entity that continues to exist in a post-Omnic Crisis world. Transcontinental train cars run across the country.

Indiana: one of the states of the United States.

Detroit: a city within the United States. It housed an omnium, which was shut down during the Omnic Crisis.

Houston: a city located in Texas, United States.

Seattle: a city situated in Washington state, United States. In the decades following the Omnic Crisis, Overwatch identified it as a hotspot.

Deadlock Gorge: a fabled canyon located in the United States. It can be seen from transcontinental train cars that run across the country.

Route 66: Though the travelers and road trippers who used to cross the US on historic Route 66 are gone, the Main Street of America still stands, a testament to a simpler time. The gas stations, roadside shops, and cafes have gone into disuse, and the fabled Deadlock Gorge is mostly seen from the comfort of transcontinental train cars. But amid the fading monuments of that earlier era, the outlaws of the Deadlock Gang are planning their biggest heist yet.

Los Angeles: a sprawling city situated on the western coast of the United States. It is a "cultural melting pot." The city's air quality was significantly improved at some point, removing the smog from the air.

Hollywood: a city within the United States.

San Joaquin: a county in California, United States.

Australia: a country in the Earth's southern hemisphere.

Junkertown: a dirty, dangerous, harsh, chaotic, grungy settlement located in the Australian Outback, constructed from the ruins of the Australian omnium. It is the home of the Junkers, and ruled by an individual called "the Queen".The entrance to the town is a fortified gate with a guard tower. The denizens of the town are taxed, and if they don't pay up, the Queen sends her henchmen around to collect what's due. Junkertown does have some amenities that one would expect from a proper town—repair shops, bars, tattoo shops, etc.

Sydney: a city in Australia. It was a battlefield during the Omnic Crisis.

Brazil: a country situated in South America. It suffered from the financial crisis that followed the end of the Omnic Crisis.

Rio de Janeiro: a city in Brazil.

China: a geo-political entity that continues to exist in a post-Omnic Crisis world. The Chinese New Year is an important cultural part of China, and is celebrated yearly.

Lijiang Tower: Lijiang Tower was built in the heart of a modern Chinese metropolis, its busy streets lined with stores, gardens, restaurants, and famous night markets, where foods from around the region are available at all hours. The tower itself is home to one of the leading companies in China's state-of-the-art space industry, Lucheng Interstellar, an organization with a long pioneering history that is currently pushing the boundaries of space exploration.

Egypt: a country located in northern Africa.

Cairo: a city in Egypt. It is located near the ancient ruins of the Giza Plateau and the Temple of Anubis.

Necropolis: a large, designed cemetery with elaborate tomb monuments. The name stems from the Ancient Greek νεκρόπολις nekropolis, literally meaning "city of the dead".

France: a country in western Europe.

Château Guillard:  located near Annecy in southeastern France. For hundreds of years, it was the estate of the influential Guillard family, until it gradually fell into disrepair after the family’s power waned in the decades after the Revolution. Recently, the château has found a new owner: the Talon agent Widowmaker, who has returned to her family’s ancestral home.

Paris: the capital city of France. It was a site of civil unrest during the Omnic Crisis. At some point in the decades that followed, Paris was identified as a hotspot by Overwatch.

Germany: a country in western Europe.

Berlin: the capital of Germany. As fighting raged at Eichenwalde during the Omnic Crisis, Berlin was put on its highest ever alert level.

Eichenwalde: The town was the site of one of the most famous battles during the Omnic Crisis. It was here that the leader of the Crusaders, Balderich von Adler, and a handful of his best soldiers, including his pupil, Reinhardt Wilhelm, made a last stand against an advancing automaton army. Since Eichenwalde was in the way of a larger omnic advance to Stuttgart, the town was evacuated on October 11, from 3 to 8 o'clock. Outnumbered and outgunned, almost all Crusaders were slain during the resulting combat, including the organizations leader. However, thanks to their valiant efforts, the German military was able to push back the omnic offensive and win the fight. In the present day, Eichenwalde lies abandoned, and the forest has slowly begun overtaking the village. However, the scars of war will never completely fade.

Stuttgart: a city in Germany.

India: a country in southern Asia and the largest nation of the Indian Subcontinent. India was one of the battlefields of the Omnic Crisis, and the nation's populace was left displaced by the war's end. The Vishkar Corporation, based in the country's south, began the task of creating new, self-sustaining cities to house the nation's displaced population.

Hyderabad: a city in southern India, and the capital of the state of Telangana.

Utopaea: a city in India, constructed by the Vishkar Corporation after the Omnic Crisis—one of many new, self-sustaining cities to house the country's displaced population. It was created using radical hard-light technology that enabled its architechs to shape the city's streets, utilities, and living spaces in the blink of an eye.

Architech Academy: an institute maintained by the Vishkar Corporation. Here, students are trained in hard-light manipulation, becoming architechs. Most students take a procedural, mechanical approach in this regard.

Italy: a country in southern Europe.

Rome: the capital city of Italy.

Venice: a city in Italy.

Rialto: the central area of Venice, a place with several canals and rivers with gondolas and great historical heritage where humans and omnics live in harmony. However, despite the peaceful environment, Rialto is also home to Talon's headquarters.

Japan: a geo-political entity that continues to exist in a post-Omnic Crisis world.

Hanamura:  a well-preserved village of unassuming shops and quiet streets, known mostly for its idyllic cherry blossom festival every spring. But to those who know its history, Hanamura is the ancestral home of the Shimadaninja clan, which had grown over the centuries to become a powerful criminal organization. As its neighboring cities expanded, Hanamura was encircled, and eventually it was incorporated as a district within a larger city. For now, the imposing compound of the Shimada family lies empty, but that peace may soon be broken.

Rikimaru Ramen Shop: a food joint located in Hanamura.

Kurjikstan: a small country. It is ruled by a dictatorship that, according to Sven, maintains its rule through ruthless and immoral means, and is bent on expansion, acting in an unpredictable manner on the global stage. Whether validated or not, Sven launched an attack against the country's capital city in a Titan walker. The Kurjikstani military was deployed to combat the walker, but was decimated as it continued its rampage. While the walker was eventually shut down by Torbjörn, much of the capital was destroyed, and according to Sven, Kurjikstan's power had been shattered.

Mexico: a North American country. Mexico was a battlefield during the Omnic Crisis(referred to as "La Medianoche," or "The Midnight" by Mexicans) with the war leaving widespread devastation in its wake. This included much of the country's infrastructure and power grid, coupled with massive loss of life that left thousands of children as war orphans. As Mexico began rebuilding, LumériCo began constructing a network of power plants that would deliver clean, affordable energy to the country. However, not everyone enjoyed the benefits of Mexico's rebuilding, leading to the creation of the revolutionary group, Los Muertos. After Sombra released damning internal documents and emails pertaining to LumériCo, the country simmered in civil unrest, with widespread protest against the company.

Castillo: an old fort looking out over Dorado's bay. It’s the location of Calaveras, a bar frequented by questionable patrons; a graffitied Los Muertoshangout; and Sombra's hacking den.

Dorado: a city in Mexico set high above a sweeping bay. The city is powered by gigantic ziggurats, which can be seen glowing around the bay. These were constructed by LumériCo, and as the final one was constructed, CEO Guillermo Portero gave a speech to mark the occasion. The city holds a festival that celebrates the end of the Omnic Crisis, though it possesses an underground criminal element.

Banco de Dorado: a bank located in Dorado that was robbed by Junkrat and Roadhog, where they gained entry by digging a tunnel.

Nepal: a country in South Asia. Years ago, a group of omnic robots experienced what they described as a spiritual awakening. They abandoned their programmed lives to establish a monastery high in the Himalayas, where like-minded omnics could gather to meditate on the nature of their existence. Led by their spiritual leader, Tekhartha Mondatta, they took over the ruins of an ancient monastery and turned it into the home of the Shambali, a place where omnics and humans alike make pilgrimages in the hopes of finding a greater truth.

Nigeria: a country during the Omnic Crisis. It housed the Nigerian omnium.

Numbani: One of the world's most peaceful and foremost centers of scientific discovery and exploration,Numbani is a utopian city on the edge of the African savanna, somewhere near Nigeria. Called the City of Harmony, omnic-human equality is at the core of Numbani. It celebrates an event called "Unity Day".

Russia: a Eurasian country. The country maintains an athletics program.

South Korea: a nation located in East Asia.

Sweden: a Scandinavian country in Northern Europe.

United Kingdom: commonly known as the UK or Great Britain, is a country in north-west Europe. The capital and largest city of the United Kingdom is London.

London: the capital of the United Kingdom. Its King's Row neighborhood has some of the highest human-omnic tensions in the world.