Scrap that, everybody. Brigitte is here.
https://playoverwatch.com/en-us/heroes/brigitte/
TL;DR at the bottom
There is a pretty good theory on Reddit about hero 27’s possible identity.
The only elements in common between the two teasers are Torbjörn losing his arm and Reinhardt saving him. If we’re going to exclude Emre and Brigitte as possible candidates, take a look at this picture:
https://vignette.wikia.nocookie.net/overwatch/images/8/87/Sos_9.png/revision/latest?cb=20161108034556
It’s Sombra’s conspiracy map. Notice how the eye at the center connects diagonally to the right to an Omnic with an omega symbol (Ω), which in turn is connected to Reinhardt, Torbjörn and a female figure.
During the White Dome operation Reinhardt & co. were fighting Omnics. Torbjörn lost an arm against an Omnic, but Reinhardt intervened.
Could it be that hero 27 is in fact this “Omnic Ω” that Reinhardt fought in order to save his friend’s life?
TL;DR:
Emre and Brigitte are red herrings. Hero 27 is the Omnic Reinhardt fought to save Torbjörn in White Dome operation, because he is connected to a robotic figure with an omega symbol (Ω) in Sombra’s conspiracy map.
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Is that Sombra map the only time this character’s been mentioned? Jeff said the hero has been hinted at, but this seems a little too esoteric for that.
This Sombra map is a legit hint. The enemy that Rein, torb and Ana where fighting against could very well be hero 27, If we accept that possibility then the omega omnic is a major candidate.
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Especially with that silhouette of Brigitte there. It would bring that omnic specifically into this story if she is the baby Rein named.
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It really is, though considering how they had shown Moira in an origin video the theory is not entirely implausible and their hints have been pretty esoteric in general.
Emre Sarioglu doesn’t make too much sense as a candidate because it’s the first and only time he’s mentioned, and we don’t know if he’s indeed the unnamed Overwatch soldier on the left in Ana’s picture. He also has no feats.
Brigitte on the other hand has a 3D model and a voice actress, we’ve seen her in the comics and Reinhardt’s cinematic. She’s also mentioned in Torbjorn’s letter. Yet she seems more like a lore character like Volskaya, since she doesn’t really have any impressive feats that we know of, unlike Doomfist, Ana and Sombra.
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That would be pretty cool, another omnic would be interesting. The newest tease yesterday is a letter written by Torbjorn as he is recovering from Operation White Dome talking about how Reinhardt has been given the honour of naming his yet unborn daughter Briggite who we’ve seen in the Honour and Glory short and the comics so I believe that she has become even more likely.
TL;DR Torb letter, daughters name it’s the latest tease.
Link to original reddit thread?
Jeff’s exact words though were “MAY have been hinted at”. That means that there may not necessarily hint to 27.
On topic though, has no one considered that Angela might be the next hero? Support or Tank is where I’d place my money, so another Omnic isn’t entirely out of the question either.
Emre maybe could be the guy in the origin story of ana
I figured they were sticking with code names and Angela was some one entirely different. Then again, it is 5am and I’m drunck as balls.
That female figure is Brigitte, based on her character design as she appears in the Dragon Slayer comic.
I’m not saying she will be Hero 27, just pointing out that she is on Sombra’s web.
Great spot. Can I point out that the “Omega” omnic has essentially the same facial features as Lynx-17 from the Zarya comic?
I guess white dome refers to how that omnic is white with a dome shaped head.
actually, i think that was the omnic from the canceled First Strike comic.
Very cool thoughts, good research. I had a hunch that this was the case, but I wasn’t sure. I’d say this is quite possibly true.
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Ok yeah you’re right I think.
This is a very good theory. With this latest hint,I was just gonna check Sombra’s web, so I’m glad I don’t have to now.
I really feel like the supposed hint for the new character is gonna be someone from the recall list or on her web.
I thought it might be the guy from Ana’s comic because of the “Emre,” name drop and he was in both that and the recall. But this newest hint makes me think that Hero 27 is probably not Emre (though that Ana comic guy might still be Emre) but someone else.
And this seems to fit really well.
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Wasn’t it cancelled before the Sombra conspiracy web came out?