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Name: Sage Age: 24 Contact: discord sagedbrush#2328, Timezone: pst Other Character(s): applying for John “Hancock” McDonough |
Name: Amelie Lacroix Door: Canon: Overwatch Canon Point: Post Masquerade Age: 33 Appearance: ”Hmph. Here I am.” History: ”C’est la vie.” Personality: Ruthless: “You were once a legend, but what are you now? Just a shell of a woman.” Diligent: “One shot, one kill.” Sentimental: “ Oh, Gerard…” Calculating: “I knew there was a reason I kept you around.” Broken: “When I was a girl, I was afraid of spiders...but now I know the truth. At the moment of the kill, they are never more alive.” Once upon a time, Widowmaker was a different person named Amélie Lacroix. She was a famous ballet dancer happily married to a top Overwatch agent, Gerard Lacroix. Though they hadn’t yet started a family, everything about their relationship seemed perfect. They were extremely well suited for each other. But when the terrorist organisation Talon couldn’t kill her husband in the conventional ways, they changed tactics and kidnapped her. They used their double agents, some of which who were Lacroix family friends, to find her weaknesses and exploit them. A little mind breaking and brainwashing later, she was “rescued” by Overwatch agents. It seemed like the story had come to a happy, tidy end until a week or so later. Amélie murdered Gerard in his sleep, followed by a quick return to Talon to finish her transformation into the ruthless assassin Widowmaker. No matter the techniques Talon used to train and break Widowmaker, they couldn’t remove the person she once was. They moulded her into a calculating killing machine with transformative surgeries, mental programs, and intense training, but they wouldn’t have chosen her without reason. Yes, she was a target’s partner, but she had skills as Amélie that made her an excellent candidate. As a renowned en pointe dancer, she had spent years of her life diligently training through pain and defeat without giving in. This background added in the bonus of flexibility and strength, as well as performing perfectly under pressure. In fact, in some ways her life as Amélie set her up for success in her second lifetime even if it was unconventional. As Widowmaker, she shows these inherited traits through her work. She confidently takes shots that very few would with absolute accuracy, such as hanging upside down from a grappling rope to take a shot through two corner windows. In this particular instance when she is interrupted by a pesky Overwatch agent, she confidently aborts until she subdues her attacker. Again, she takes a risky shot midair, perfectly striking her target. The assassination of this civil rights activist is committed right in front of the agent attempting to subdue her, a display of her skill. Her ability to improvise and think multiple steps ahead is integral to her work, as well as making her highly unpredictable and difficult to catch. When she does make a kill, her reconditioning leads to her having satisfaction—one of the only emotions she can feel. You see, the scientists broke her when they performed their experiments on her. They used her childhood fears to get into her head and when she was suggestible, made her into her fear. Young Amélie thought that spiders’ hearts never beat and that they felt nothing—perhaps that’s what inspired Talon. They damaged her ability to feel emotion, reconditioning her to take pleasure in the pain of others and little else. Even years later she only seems to be interested in her work, dedicated to the only emotion she has left. This has led her to be uncaring at best and cruel at worst to other humans. Emotional suffering is amusing, and mundane people are useless. This, along with her beautiful appearance, seems to be put to use by the terrorist organisation. In the comic Masquerade, she is a backup for Doomfist though she’s dressed like casino arm candy. Her sheath dress and heels cause her no problems as she takes down two men alone. It doesn’t matter who it is, friend or foe, if they get in Widowmaker’s way, she has no problem taking them down. Not too long after her indoctrination, she blinded a once-friend in an attempt to kill her, as well as threatening a teammate with death for being problematic. At the same time, however, she appears to have no ill will towards those who experimented on her. Though she is curt when talking with Moira, the scientist responsible for her transformation, her words hold no animosity. Another thing Widowmaker has kept from her days of being Amélie is sentimentality. In Reflections, the Overwatch Christmas comic, she is seen holding a bouquet of roses in front of her husband’s grave alone. Though it is only one panel, it’s the first time the audience sees her showing something like human emotion. With her reprogramming this can’t be grief, but perhaps guilt or a commitment to the husband she once had. This is also seen when another character brings Gerard up to her—she tells them they didn’t know anything about him, her tone hostile. She even still goes by her married name instead of returning to her maiden name of Guillard. While she doesn’t feel anymore, Widowmaker remembers her past and refuses to let go. She’s committed to this new life even if it isn’t what she chose, because what else does she have left? Memories and her name are the only fragments left of her past, so there’s little point of dwelling. Instead, Widowmaker focuses on what she has, focused on always hitting her mark. Powers and Abilities: Living Weapon Reconditioning: Widowmaker was kidnapped and put through reconditioning by Talon to create the “perfect sniper.” This included the adjustment of her physiological state which slowed her breathing and heart rate, while steadying her hands. It also turned her blue (because video game logic) and allowed her to withstand cold. Her emotions were numbed to the point that she rarely feels except the satisfaction of a job well-done. Infrasight: The visor Widowmaker is wearing snaps over her eyes and allows her almost a 360° view (in the animations) as well as infrared sight strong enough so as to see her targets through walls. This would be nerfed to only see through one or two thin walls max. Grappling Hook: Part of her gauntlet that shoots out with a 20m range, she can latch onto any solid surface that hold her weight, ascend/descend with or swing from it. Widowmaker has extremely good control with it and uses it to make shots midair. Inventory: Widow’s Kiss (an SMG/sniper rifle combination weapon, this gun holds 30 rounds/clip and uses 3 bullets in sniper mode.) x1 Venom Mine (a proximity sticky mine that does lasting poison damage, roughly ⅖th base in-game health.) x1 Clip of bullets (an extra clip outside of her gun) Samples: i. ii. |
