In light of the announcement of the Hero of Numbani novel, published by Scholastic. Granted, this might be a little too dark for Scholastic…
Would anyone be interested in a novel exploring the origins Amélie Lacroix (neé Guillard) in her origins to becoming Widowmaker?
I even have a title for it:
Birth of a Widow
Here are the points I would cover:
- Her early years as a child, part of the wealthy Guillard family, and how her life was affected by the Omnic Crisis.
- Her later years, as a ballet dancer, who on one fateful day meets Gérard.
- How she knew the other members of Overwatch.
- The events that led to her kidnapping and brainwashing to kill Gérard.
- Her complete transformation into Widowmaker.
- Her early years as an assassin, who builds her rep as one of the most dangerous people on Earth. Perhaps a retelling and expansion of her duel with Ana.
I feel like a novel like this would be great. On top of being a tragic story, this could really shed more light on her character. We imagine a lot about her, but know comparatively little (granted, that’s hardly exclusive to her…).
Man, the announcement of an Overwatch novel fleshing out the lore made me more excited for Overwatch than I had been for a long time. I thought the lore was dead at this point, and that Blizzard really did mean to not expand on it so the Tumblr girls’ fanfics can be intact. But here we are, getting a novel that gives us the lore we’ve craved!
Well, it may not be much right now, but consider it a sign of what’s to come. If they’re rolling out a novel at last, then there’s likely hope this is just a hint at what they have planned for the Overwatch lore. I hope BlizzCon 2019 is good (and better than 2018…).
But all in all, do you think a Widowmaker origin novel could be really good? Discuss.