Junker Queen

Real name: Odessa Stone.

Aliases: Dez.

Status: Active.

Birth: June 14th.

Age: 31.

Nationality: Australian.

Occupation: Gladiator champion (formerly). Ruler of Junkertown.

Base: Junkertown, Australia.

Affiliation: Wastelanders (temporarily). Junkers.

Relations: Stone (father), unnamed mother, 5 siblings.

Junker Queen is a Stalwart Tank hero in Overwatch. She was initially playable during the second Overwatch 2 PvP Beta on 28 June 2022, before becoming permanently available to play when the full game launched on 4 October 2022, making her the 34th hero to be added to the game. The Junker Queen is designed to take part in close combat with enemy heroes. Many of her abilities apply wounds that cause enemies to slowly lose health. She also has a life-steal passive that adds to her survivability and aggression. Pushing the boundaries of brawling, Junker Queen can be considered a "berserker tank," whose survivability is directly connected to how many enemies she's wounding.

"It ain't a party until someone's dead." Odessa Stone, the Junker Queen (also known as "the Queen of Junkertown" or simply "the Queen") is the cutthroat leader of the Junkers. The Queen is fierce, resourceful, and no stranger to survival, happy to run headfirst into battle. Possessing a magnetic gauntlet, the Queen often wields an axe and blade in conjunction, able to call them back using said gauntlet, in order to achieve her brutal ends. She is also proficient in the electric guitar. The Queen is based in Junkertown, and has ruled over her subjects for the last decade. For the Queen, every city is her battlefield, every seat is her throne, and everyone on the planet is her subject—whether they know it or not. All the Junkers have to be careful from getting on her bad side. She has a group of enforcers that she sends round to the people of Junkertown when they don't pay their taxes, among other tasks. She is prejudiced against omnics, and has banned them from entering Junkertown.

Misc. Trivia: The Queen's knife is called "Gracie," while her axe is called "Carnage." According to Hammond, the Queen is arrogant like most humans, but she, in his view, has earned her arrogance, given that she's the only human ever able to best him in combat. Junker Queen is seven feet tall, according to official statements.

Odessa "Dez" Stone was born in a small Outback settlement after the destruction of the Australian omnium. As one of six children, she constantly had to fight to prove her dominance. Her parents were both former ALF members, and taught Dez the rules of the Wasteland, how to operate in a group, and how to survive the irradiated Outback. Dez and her friends learned to fight from a young age, and quickly formed a posse to hunt Wastelander omnics. She used pieces and equipment of her fallen enemies to craft macabre armor and weapons for herself, including a magnetic gauntlet. The Stones ended up living in Junkertown, but were banished by Mason Howl, who had just become the "king" of Junkertown. Despite her parents' pleas, Howl closed the door to them. Even 13 years later, the day gave Dez nightmares. Dez and her family became part of the Wastelanders, and fought to survive over the next thirteen years. At some point, her father, and possibly some of her siblings passed away. As recounted in The Legend of the Junker Queen, Dez made a name for herself in the Wasteland. She slew various feral omnics, mutants, and raiders, and embarked on a journey to the Burning Lands, destroying the Five Metal Demons. Eventually, she made her way back to Junkertown, declaring her intent to take part in the Reckoning. Odessa became a gladitorial mech champion in the Scrapyard. A charismatic and skilled fighter, she entered the Reckoning. In her debut, Odessa tore through the wall of challengers, leveraging her size and experience in the Wastelands to defeat more experienced opponents. Even mechs couldn’t stop her; she took them all down using her weapons and unwavering determination. Odessa made it to the grand final; the first Wastelander to make it this far. In the ensuing free-for-all, she faced against Mason Howl, Geiger, and Meri. Apparently acting under Howl's orders, Geiger and Meri both focused on Odessa, while Howl sat back, enjoying the show. Wanting the pair of them on her side when she took the crown, she incapacitated Geiger, and when pinned by Meri, asked why she was working for Howl. Howl, jumping the gun (literally), tried to shoot Odessa, but instead ended up hitting Meri's mech. However, like Geiger, Odessa refused to take her opponent's life, and took on Howl directly. While able to damage Howl's mech, the king activated the Scrapyard's magnet, the device bringing Geiger against it (due to his cybernetics), Odessa against it (due to her magnetic gauntlet), and Meri, who kept in place due to his mech's grapple. Odessa saved Geiger from being hit by a piece of debris, taking the blow herself, but leaving her at the mercy of Howl's mech. Impressed by Odessa's actions, Meri used his mech to hit Howl's (due to the magnet), causing his shot to miss, destroying the magnet, and freeing Odessa. As her gauntlet and Howl's channeled their power, hers proved the stronger device, and his mech was immobilized. Howl begged for mercy, and Odessa acquiesed, giving him the same "mercy" he'd shown her family 13 years prior by ordering his banishment. Howl realized who she was, and moments later, the crowd erupted in cheers, one of them yelling out the name "Junker Queen." The name stuck, as Odessa became the new ruler of Junkertown. Odessa's fight with Howl had been broadcast all over the Outback. The fight made her wildly popular overnight, and gave her clout with the other factions, which was exactly what she'd wanted. Now the Junker Queen, Odessa established her reign, and her creed, including barring Junkertown to omnics, and establishing a system of law (such as it was) for the town. In the decade that followed her battle against Mason Howl, few dared to challenge the Junker Queen, and none succeeded. She still found time to take part in brawls, play the electric guitar, and teach the children how to use throwing knives (made of wood). Hammond served as her bodyguard, and she was the only human ever able to best him in combat. One of the town's Junkers named Junkrat blabbed on and on about a 'treasure' he had found in the ruins of the Australian omnium. She came to suspect that his claims might have some truth in them, and she sent some of her enforcers to wring the truth out of him. Unfortunately, the enforcers were incapacitated by another Junker named Roadhog, who became Junkrat's partner in crime. The two went on to cause the Queen a string of problems, including stealing her gold and blowing up her summer shack. The pair were exiled as a result and she gave orders for them to not be re-admitted to Junkertown, and if they were seen again, to shoot them on sight. She personally told Junkrat that if she ever saw him again, she'd rip out his tongue. After a worldwide heist spree, they returned to Junkertown to assassinate her but were stopped at the town gates. While Null Sector carried out its global assault, a group of feral omnics came within 100km of Junkertown. The Queen led a force of Junkers out into the Wasteland, destroying them. After the initial destruction, some of the omnics remained operational. A mech-sized omnic prepared to fire a rocket at the Queen, but she was saved by Hammond, who used his mech's grapple to make the omnic stumble. After that, the Queen used Carnage to decapitate the 'bot. With a nod of thanks to the hamster, the Queen ordered the Junker factions to salvage the wreckage, hoping to find antigravity thrusters for a new ride. The salvage was interrupted as Hammond alerted the Queen to Null Sector's global assault. She reacted to the news with glee, but Hammond, clearly bothered by something, smashed the monitor with his mech's grapple hook. Whatever that was about, the Queen turned her attention to Meri, who informed her that the site didn't have what they were looking for. Hammond stated that he had something to do, to which the Queen responded that while she gave him a certain amount of leeway, he couldn't just go AWOL, and wanted to know his intentions. Hammond explained that he knew where he could get the components, but he had to do this alone. He rolled off across the Outback. Sometime later, the Queen enjoyed her early morning coffee upon her regal seat of a dilapidated lawn chair scavenged from a long-abandoned township. Meri informed her that her project should be finished soon, provided Hammond returned with the components. On cue, they caught sight of a cloud of dust heading towards Junkertown, heralding Hammond's returned. Hammond was evasive as to what he'd gotten up to, but confirmed that he'd returned with the components. With a grin, the Queen ordered the gates to Junkertown be opened for him. At Christmas, the Queen watched Junkrat and Roadhog play volleyball against one another with Hammond. Vendetta dispatched Mauga on a diplomatic mission to negotiate with the Queen, believing that she respected strength and was confident that if the Junkers proved more of a threat than ally, Mauga would most certainly correct them and her. Upon arriving at Junkertown, the Queen tried to kick him out, causing her and Mauga to get into an intense brawl. Nevertheless, she would ally with Vendetta's new Talon empire.

Hair and Makeup: Hairstyle: Blue hair styled into a tall, spiky mohawk down the center. Braids: The sides of her head feature tight, dark blue cornrow braids. Makeup: Dramatic, dark smoky eyeshadow with a bold, dark lip liner and lipstick. Upper Body Outfit & Armor: Top: A white, tattered crop top with a jagged, ripped hem. Graphic: Features a skull with a wrench in between the mouth, wearing a gold crown over a blue cross banner. Left Arm: Covered in heavy armor, including a spiked metal shoulder pauldron and a thick red gauntlet. Right Arm: Barely covered, showcasing muscle, with a small spiked elbow guard on her forearm. Neck: A black leather collar choker with silver metal studs. Lower Body Outfit & Armor: Midriff: Completely exposed, highlighting highly defined abdominal muscles. Belt: A dark leather belt equipped with a detached omnic hand on the left hip. Loincloth: A dark, shredded gladiator-style loincloth with silver-studded vertical straps. Right Leg: Features torn fishnet tights and a metal kneepad. Left Leg: Features a bare upper thigh with a dark leather harness strap leading into a tall boot. Footwear: Heavy, dark grey combat boots heavily adorned with sharp metal spikes and steel toes.