Factions in the OW World

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What factions/organizations/gangs/criminal groups/companies/etc. exist in the OW world, and do you think we will get heroes out of all of them?

I’ll start the list here:

Government/International Organizations

  • Overwatch
  • Blackwatch (Overwatch)
  • Mobile Exo-Force (MEKA)
  • Crusaders
  • Russian Defense Forces

Scientific Organizations (for a lack of other definition)

  • Ironclad Guild
  • Oasis
  • Archeologists (name unknown)

Criminal Organizations

  • Talon
  • Deadlock Gang
  • Shimada Clan
  • Los Muertos
  • Dragons
  • Null Sector

Corporations

  • Lucheng Interstellar
  • Helix Security International
  • Vishkar Corporation
  • Volskaya Industries
  • Lumerico

Outcasts

  • Junkers

Spiritual Organizations

  • The Shambali

Please let me know if I missed any one. Would you like to see a hero come out of any of these organizations?

In my case, right now I’d love to see a Hero out of the archeologists.

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I would love to see more Heroes from Talon and one from Vishkar!

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Indeed. Also another Ironclad would be nice.

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A couple important ones you are missing are Omnica, the United Nations, and the Gwisin. Also, the Archeologists are probably from Oasis.

How about two birds with one stone with Sanjay Korpal?

How about Sven?

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Helix Security International is funded by the UN just to let you know. Not sure if that would affect it or not.

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This may be handy:
https://overwatch.fandom.com/wiki/Category:Organization

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Gamepedia is more up to date and has more detail overall. I stopped updating Wikia a long time ago because I was the only one working on the lore side over there.
Here’s their version of the same list ^https://overwatch.gamepedia.com/Category:Groups

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I found something wrong in the Petra article in gamepedia. It mentions that the email about the excavation of the temple in which they found the Greek statues is Petra. I actually believe that the email from Ioannidis is talking about the findings in Illios, not in Petra.

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For corporations there are Adawe in Numbani and the one starts with C what was Vishkar’s rival in Rio.

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Calado is the one in Rio.

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you missed the omnica corparation

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That email is pictured here: ^http://overwatch.blizzplanet.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/ScreenShot_18-05-22_15-04-26-000.jpg

And here is a related e-mail talking about the team’s work across the world: ^http://overwatch.blizzplanet.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/ScreenShot_18-05-22_15-09-16-000.jpg

I think its between two archeologists at Petra where this e-mail comes from. Greek Goddesses being unearthed at Petra isn’t unusual either ^Goddess Alert: Marble Statues of Aphrodite Unearthed at Petra | Live Science

Adawe isn’t a corporation. Gabrielle Adawe is the former the vice secretary-general in the UN, she helped found Overwatch, and after the Crisis she helped create Numbani. The airport being named after her is like JFK Airport in New York or Pearson in Toronto.

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