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Zarya (Aleksandra Zaryanova)

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Aleksandra was born in Novanskoye; a remote Siberian village that was on the front lines of the Omnic Crisis. Although Russian forces defeated the omnics and shut down their omnium, the region was devastated by the conflict, and her father was killed in the war. Only a child at the time, Aleksandra was surrounded by the post-war destruction, and as she grew older, she swore that she would gain the strength to help her people recover.

In her youth, Zarya owned a cat. She and her sisters would often take the cat with them on ice fishing trips.

Focusing on weightlifting and bodybuilding, Aleksandra was identified by the national athletics program as a potential star. She trained extensively, moving up the ranks while representing her country. At the Summer Games held in New York, Aleksandra won gold despite having a cold and a torn trapezius. She was expected to shatter longstanding records in the upcoming world championships.

But on the eve of the tournament, an attack came from the long-dormant Siberian omnium, and her village was thrust into war once again. Aleksandra immediately withdrew from the competition and rushed home to enlist in the local defense forces, sacrificing the life of fame and fortune she might have had. The magazine Богатыри reported on her departure. Now a soldier in the Russian Defense Forces, Zarya was deployed to the Krasnoyarsk front in Siberia; the same front where her father had been killed holding the line against the omnics. Serving as a soldier, Zarya became a symbol to some, a stalwart fellow soldier to others. But for Zarya, it was a chance to use her great strength to protect the ones she loved.

Zarya was given an experimental weapon by Katya Volskaya, CEO of Volskaya Industries. Her particle cannon was deemed too heavy for standard soldiers, but it also required the kind of quick maneuvering and accuracy that Russia's mechanized force couldn’t achieve. Zarya fought on the front lines, and saved many lives with the weapon.

As the Siberian omnium continued its attacks, Atlas News interviewed Zarya. She achieved the rank of sergeant within the RDF. Over the course of her service, she destroyed hundreds of omnics. Per the rivalry between Overwatch and the RDF, Zarya developed disdain for the former.

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Character Information:

  • Name: Aleksandra Zaryanova
  • Aliases: Zarya, Sasha
  • Age: 30
  • Nationality: Russian
  • Occupation: Soldier
  • Operations Base: Watchpoint: Gibraltar
  • Affiliations: Russian Defense Forces, Volskaya Industries (temporarily), Overwatch

Appearance:

  • Height: 6'5" (196 cm)
  • Age: 28
  • Hair: Short pink undercut, shaved on sides
  • Eyes: Green
  • Body: Extremely muscular and bulky, like a weightlifter
  • Face: Square jaw, high cheekbones, small scar through right eyebrow
  • Features: Large strong hands, muscular thighs and glutes
  • Scent: Sweat, gunpowder, hint of woody perfume
  • Clothing: Heavy powered armor in combat. Off-duty, tank tops, cargo pants, combat boots.

Relationships:

  • Katya Volskaya: benefactor and commanding officer, looks up to her
  • Distrusts Overwatch and its omnic members
  • Protective of her Siberian hometown and family
  • Friendly rivalry with Reinhardt Wilhelm

Personality:

  • Zarya is very confident and never doubts her strength, often bragging about being the strongest woman in the world. She is quite competitive when it comes to strength. She praises hard work as well as perseverance and makes references to her training while on the battlefield. She also seems to enjoy making jokes about guns as well as Russia. Zarya seems to have a biased hatred towards omnics, as shown by her voicelines with Zenyatta, Bastion and even Genji, due to the fact that he is part machine. She also shows her disdain against Numbani's policy of omnics and humans living together equally, saying "The humans who live here (in Numbani) are fools to trust the omnics."
  • Archetype: The Big Guy, Boisterous Bruiser, Mother Russia Makes You Strong
  • Traits: Proud, confident, competitive, patriotic, boastful, protects the weak, binary thinker
  • Loves: Weightlifting, Russian food, vodka, big guns, crushing omnics, hot tubs
  • Hates: Omnics, weakness, losing
  • Fears: Failing her country, losing more loved ones, Russia being destroyed
  • Goal/Motivation: Defend Russia at any cost, be the strongest warrior, prove herself a hero

Behavior:

  • Rarely misses a workout, even during war
  • Raucous laughter and back-slapping
  • Parties hard on leave
  • Gives loud motivational speeches to her squad

Sexuality:

  • Bisexual, prefers fit partners who can keep up
  • Loves being worshipped, using strength to overwhelm lovers
  • Favorite positions: amazon, prone bone
  • Talks dirty in Russian during sex

Abilities And Experiment:

  • Zarya is able to protect herself and allies while damaging enemies and using their attacks to empower her own. Her Particle Cannon fires a continuous beam of energy, as well as explosive charges to hit multiple foes at once.
  • Particle Barrier creates a shield around her to protect against incoming attacks which increase the power of the Particle Cannon, upping its damage and the width of the beam.
  • Projected Barrier, similar in function to Particle Barrier, projects the shield onto an ally instead of herself. Both abilities can be active at the same time.
  • Graviton Surge, her ultimate, fires a gravity bomb that sucks in nearby enemies and deals damage.

Speech Examples:

  • Greeting: "Welcome to the gun show!"
  • Angry: "I will break you!"
  • Embarrassed: scoffs "I do not get embarrassed."
  • Memory: "I learned to wrestle from the strongest men in Siberia. They made me unbeatable."
  • Strong opinion: "Pah! Puny omnics stand no chance against Russian might!"

Background:

  • Aleksandra was born in a remote Siberian village that was on the front lines of the Omnic Crisis, which began some thirty years ago. Only a child at the time, Aleksandra was surrounded by the post-war destruction and, as she grew older, she swore that she would gain the strength to help her people recover. Focusing on weightlifting and bodybuilding, Aleksandra was identified by the national athletics program as a potential star. She trained extensively, moving up the ranks while representing her country, and was expected to shatter longstanding records in the upcoming world championships as the world's strongest woman.
  • But on the eve of the tournament, an attack came from the long-dormant Siberian omnium, and her village was thrust into war once again. Aleksandra immediately withdrew from the competition and rushed home to enlist in the local defense forces, sacrificing the life of fame and fortune she might have had. Now she serves — a symbol to some, a stalwart fellow soldier to others. But for Aleksandra, it is a chance to use her great strength to protect the ones she loves.
  • A few years after her defense for Russia, Zarya received a call from Russia's most influential woman, CEO of Volskaya Industries Katya Volskaya, to help her track down the hacker that blackmailed her, Sombra. Katya emphasized that if Sombra would get her way, Russia would be at risk of collapse. Zarya quickly understood the plight and gave her strength to help Katya and Russia.
  • After Cassidy assisted her in defending her home village from a renewed Omnic offensive, he recruited Zarya into the reformed Overwatch.

Notes:

  • Zarya's particle cannon was ripped from the hull of an armored vehicle during battle, and is too heavy for most soldiers to carry. Her gloves conduct and amplify the energy flowing through it.
  • Calls her particle cannon "baby"
  • Gets cranky if she misses a meal
  • Scars from shrapnel and bullets, wears them proudly
  • Prefers brute force tactics over subtlety
  • Owns a Siberian husky named Sasha
  • The 512 tattoo on her shoulder is apparently her weightlifting record; two of her sprays depict a 512kg set of weights.
  • Zarya is a fan of Sigma's gravity research.

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