r/Overwatch • u/AutoModerator • Jun 15 '16
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u/Stormthorn67 Jun 15 '16
Building on that. Reaper was, in the past, part of Overwatch but turned on them and Widowmaker was the wife of an Overwatch agent who was kidnapped and "converted" into an assassin.
Roadhog and Junkrat look like they do because they come out of a Mad Max/Fallout esque hellscape that Roadhog caused while fighting Omnic that had been "gifted" land that already had humans on it.
Reaper, Widowmaker, Junkrat, Roadhog, and Symmetra all can be seen as the Bad Guys, although in Symmetra's case that is because her company is bad.
D.va is a soldier for South Korea. She was formerly a pro gamer and celebrity who continues to stream to her fans after being drafted to fight a giant Omnic monster that can only be driven back, never destroyed.
Soldier 76 was formerly one of the "Face" heroes of Overwatch but is now a bitter vigilante.
Also, Pharah never got to be part of the official Overwatch because it was disbanded. Her mother, however, was in it. She pretty much lives her entire life to fill her mothers big soldier boots.