⭐ Here's every mystery in the Overwatch Universe

LumaZuria-2793 · February 21, 2020, 10:16am

I think this types of disscussions belongs to lore discussion.
Good wotk btw.

Lethal-11550 · February 21, 2020, 10:16am

Aster-2434 · February 21, 2020, 10:20am

For this one, i think it could be something as simple as resources. You know, omnics are not made from air. But thats just my take.

Kaedi-11739 · February 21, 2020, 10:28am

Little is known other than the first Doomfist is (from a certain point of view), a “good guy” and I speculate he helped protect the land that would eventually become Numbani during the first Omnic Crisis.

Good question… but for those who need reference since these banners do not appear in the game anymore:

As a speculation, it probably remained broken, but simply pieced together deactivated even after it was moved to Numbani (remember in the Overwatch Cinematic Trailer that is an entirely different museum at some unknown location) and the gauntlet was then abducted by Doomfist and Talon from the Payload on Numbani (the March 2017 Numbani Map Change).

The lexigram is a complex cyrptographic and electronic communication dialect which uses animated characters.

Hopefully we will learn more soon, but it is clear she was very involved with Overwatch before the downfall. If I had to speculate, she is one of the “good” A.I. “god programs” but has her own body to inhabit unlike Athena or Anubis.

I dunno.

Not much is known. Likely has yet to answer the recall, presume they are still alive. The only mention of this person is in this news post:

Kaedi-11739 · February 21, 2020, 10:45am

There was signs of this for sometime in the backstory.

From the Overwatch News Post “OVERWATCH IS BACK: UNCERTAINTY AND HOPE AFTER UN CONFIRMS VIGILANTE ACTIVITY”

The Fall

Overwatch never had a shortage of critics. Even in its glory days, many voices called for severe restrictions on the agency’s mission, insisting that such a powerful group of individuals needed careful oversight. Rumors of black-ops missions—carrying out tasks like assassination and kidnapping—were dismissed by the public as paranoid fantasies.

But as time passed, criticism became harder to shrug off, and the agency seemed to be tone-deaf to public concerns. Controversial missions stoked public outrage until it reached a fever pitch, and some of Overwatch’s most famous and celebrated agents were forced to retire in disgrace. If that had been the end of it, many might have accepted these missteps as the unavoidable signs of an aging, bloated bureaucracy, suffering under monolithic leadership that desperately needed a change in direction. The truth was much worse than that.

In the final years of Overwatch’s existence, a top secret division called “Blackwatch” was revealed. There were stories of assassination, coercion, kidnapping, torture, and worse. Governments called on the UN to shut down the “aggressive and repeated violations of many countries’ sovereignty.” As public distrust swelled, a massive explosion wiped out Overwatch’s headquarters in Switzerland. The United Nations called it an accident; today we know it was a battle, a dispute between Overwatch commander Jack Morrison and Blackwatch commander Gabriel Reyes. Overwatch’s death knell was that of two former comrades laying waste to all they had built.

In the wake of such an incident, little could remain hidden. The full transgressions of Overwatch’s shadow operations became known. Even the most ardent defenders inside the organization bowed to the truth and called for its dissolution.

The United Nations could do nothing but shut down Overwatch. Few people at the time doubted it was the right call. The world had never been more peaceful—the biggest threat to global stability and growth was, in many minds, Overwatch itself. Its time had passed.

This is further detailed in the Retribution comic, the Overwatch Retribution closing cut scene, and the Uprising Comic.

This is his personal philosophy, “Only through conflict do humans evolve.” This is probably mostly due to his critical injuries during the first Omnic Crisis and cybernetic implants as mentioned in his backstory:

Recently freed from imprisonment, Doomfist is determined to plunge the world into a new conflict that he believes will make humanity stronger.

Akande Ogundimu was born into a well-regarded Nigerian family, heir to its prosthetic-technology company. A highly intelligent and charismatic figure, Ogundimu helped to expand his family’s business and position it for the future while dedicating his free time to his first love: competitive martial arts. He trained in traditional African fighting styles, including Dambe and Gidigbo, as well as in wrestling and other modern combat systems, incorporating the most effective techniques into his repertoire. Ogundimu competed in tournaments all over the continent, utilizing his intuition and ability to read opponents alongside his tremendous speed and strength.

But when he lost his right arm in the aftermath of the Omnic Crisis, it seemed his martial arts career was finished before he had reached his prime. His company’s cybernetic prosthetics allowed him to recover from his injuries, even making him stronger, but these enhancements rendered him ineligible for competition. He tried to devote himself to his business with the same zeal that he had for fighting, but he found nothing that could fill the void… until he was given a new opportunity by Akinjide Adeyemi, better known to the world as the second Doomfist, the Scourge of Numbani.

Adeyemi offered Ogundimu the chance to fight with him as a mercenary. Initially wary, Ogundimu accepted, and discovered that he now had an arena in which he could unleash his enhanced capabilities. Eventually, Adeyemi brought him into the Talon organization. Talon’s belief that humanity would be made stronger through conflict resonated with Ogundimu’s personal experiences. Moreover, Talon’s power struggles presented a new challenge that allowed him to use his talent in the boardroom along with his cunning as a combatant.

Adeyemi was a useful asset to Talon, but the organization saw far greater potential in Ogundimu, with his intelligence and his ability to inspire as a commander. While Adeyemi was content to profit from raids on Numbani, Ogundimu had a grander vision. This difference in aspiration would lead Ogundimu to kill his teacher and take on the mantle of Doomfist, along with the eponymous gauntlet.

As the new Doomfist, Ogundimu rose high in Talon and helped to orchestrate a conflict that the organization hoped would someday engulf the world. However, before their plan came to fruition, Ogundimu was defeated and captured by an Overwatch strike team that included Tracer, Winston, and Genji. He was imprisoned in a maximum-security facility for years, where he waited patiently for events he had incited to play out.

Finally, he sensed that the time had come for him to return. He broke out of his prison and recovered Doomfist’s gauntlet in a one-sided battle with Numbani’s newly unveiled OR15 defense robots. Now, he has retaken his place in Talon’s inner council, ready to spark a war that will consume the world once again.

Note the bold text, he wants to bring the world to war and this is the general premise of Overwatch 2’s story plot.

According to Winston’s backstory:

There additional details in this news post:

As a personal speculation, I would say yes but all Omnics seem to have the ability to self-evolve as it is clearly demonstrated with Bastion (the hero) in both his animated short The Last Bastion and the Binary Comic along with various voice interactions between Bastion and Zenyatta, Orisa, Torbjorn, and Brigitte.

Kaedi-11739 · February 21, 2020, 10:50am

Okay that is it from me for the night. I think we touched on a lot of different points. Remember, I have links to a HUGE chunk of lore information in the Dev Post Archives* which is pinned in the General Discussion forum.

Hopefully we will get some more breadcrumbs soon in the months to come. It is kind of a shame that there will be no new major content for Overwatch Archives this year (which should be coming in April), but maybe if we are all good, some teases for Overwatch 2 may come and feed our lore-deprived minds.

*Please note, I am still in a process of restoring dev posts from the old forums into the archives which includes all lore-related dev posts.

DPSMOIRA-2365 · February 21, 2020, 10:51am

I personally think that Junkrat and Roadhog’s treasure is the doomfist/a part of the doomfist gauntlet which we saw in the first Overwatch cinematic. It would be interesting to see a fight between Overwatch and Talon in junkertown, where both sides are trying to get Junkrat’s gauntlet.

Kaedi-11739 · February 21, 2020, 10:52am

That speculation has conflicts, we know that whatever it is that Junkrat found was found deep in the wreckage of the Austrailian Ominum (which stands as Junkertown today).

BobbyD55-1125 · February 21, 2020, 11:22am

Not really a mystery but more of an observation.

The Bastion we play as is a model E54 (white/green) while all the others are B73’s (orange/black). Plus Null Sector only uses B73’s (B73-NS) and doesn’t use E54’s, what gives.

As far as I know the Bastion we play as is the only instance of a E54 model we have ever seen.

TehFoot-1852 · February 21, 2020, 1:11pm

Who’s the family Reaper stalks/observes in the Christmas comic? What connection do they have with him?

We still don’t know a lot (if anything) about Pharah’s dad only that his name was…something with an S (I forgot).

What happened with Reinhardt’s retirement from Overwatch? Was he forced out?

MilkyPeach-2727 · February 21, 2020, 2:03pm

Also:

Who is Liao, where are they now and what are they up to? Chu recently confirmed that the character still exists and plays an important role in the story but we know absolutely nothing about them besides their name and being tge final overwatch founder. We don’t even know their gender or whether they’re human or anything

And what’s up with Reinhardt’s retirement from overwatch? It’s hinted at that he got thrown out and both Sombra and Brig have pre vattle convos about it but it’s super vague

Obviously there’s also still a lot of unnamed characters in the lore from old pictures and videos who we don’t even know are still canon or important enough to get mentioned again - but I think one who stands out is the mohawk guy from Ana’s old overwatch team picture with Pharah as a young girl. With Sojourn being confirmed to be the woman on the right and the picture presumably still being canon - who is mohawk guy on the left? He’s apparently important enough to get on a personal team picture with overwatch’s highest ranking member but we know nothing else really

beerslol-1403 · February 21, 2020, 2:04pm

The important questions… Thank you

Floofdoof-2590 · February 21, 2020, 11:31pm

it’s actually the rusted colour of the original red bastions, since bastion never awoke he simply sat folded up in the rain, dirt and flora getting more and more rusted, he Shares many of the icons and markings with his omnic crisis skin.
That being said he does look oddly clean, however it could be assumed travel under the sea cleaned off the dirt from his ‘overgrown’ skin

SandyK1LL-2429 · February 21, 2020, 11:38pm

I thought Reaper’s shotguns were just a reference to the Matrix. If I had to guess. Nanomachines.

Same for how Brig’s Rally generates armour. Nanomachines.

Hanzo’s Dragons? Apparently not magic. Someone speculated it was hardlight technology.

Briggy-11506 · February 21, 2020, 11:39pm

or midichlorians

BobbyD55-1125 · February 21, 2020, 11:45pm

That’s a good theory but it has one problem.

All the other dead Bastions we see are all still orange, even the ones sitting out in the fields of Eichenwald. 30 years have passed and they show no signs of having the same paint underneath.

LightOrbGame-2717 · February 22, 2020, 12:43am

It was that she stumbled upon it as she was hacking, and it noticed her, so she needed to change her body with all of those hacking prosthetics, so that way she could be more efficient, and I believe she is now trying to find out what it also is.

Floofdoof-2590 · February 22, 2020, 7:02am

Looking at Said cinematic the ones in the field seem to use almost the exact same color as overgrown Bastion (especially visible when the probe is happening), so I’m guessing that it was going through the sea that must have done the final damage, salt water and all that. I’m guessing green was a base color of the metal they used for the legs or something? Honestly it might just be artistic oversight.

FledgeSRondo-1441 · February 22, 2020, 7:49am

Why were the omnics attacking “out of season” in D.Va’s cinematic?
What is Echo? How does McCree and the rest of the team know her, even though she’s not in any of their group photos? Why was she being transported in a weird egg capsule?
Why did Reyes join Talon, a group he spent so much time fighting that killed his close friend Gerard? Why did they let him join?
Who made Reaper and McCree’s weapons? They were apparently designed by the same person, and McCree scolds Reaper in one interaction saying they weren’t given to him just to be tossed around like trash.
Why doesn’t McCree go with Echo to join the others right away?
What was it that McCree tossed off that train that Talon was trying to highjack?
Why were Sombra and McCree drinking at the same bar during Christmas?
Why was Reaper following that family during Christmas?
What exactly happened between Jack and Gabriel that led to Overwatch HQ being blown up and the whole group being disbanded?
Why did the experimental apes go crazy and revolt on Horizon Lunar colony? Who caused it and what was the motivation?
Is there a secret room in Paris that can only be accessed with the “right word” as was hinted?

DoctorSix-11373 · February 22, 2020, 7:58am

The “hint” was a reference to the underground omnic resistance. It’s not a literal door on the map, but in the lore, omnics/people who knew the right words could get access to secret rooms where the resistance would gather.