Zenyatta

Zenyatta is an omnic monk who wanders the world in search of spiritual enlightenment, helping those he meets to overcome their personal struggles and find inner peace. It is said that those who cross his path are never the same again. He believes that by forming people into relationships, the world can be healed, and a better society created. However, Zenyatta is not a pacifist, and when necessary, he will fight to protect the innocent, be they omnic or human.

The orbs Zenyatta uses were hand-carved at the Shambali monastary and serve as a means to channel omnic energy. Similarly, Zenyatta is able to levitate without repulsors, an ability he has attributed to the Iris.

Zenyatta believes that as long as free will exists, there will always be evil in the world, yet to deny free will would also be evil. He has the ability to dream.

Zenyatta found humans' manner of speech perplexing at first, having little grasp of metaphors. He still occasionally struggles with their figures of speech.

Like all Shambali, despite being unable to eat, Zenyatta knows how to prepare food. He likes being near the coast, as it reminds him of where he was constructed.

Zenyatta was constructed before the Omnic Crisis, constructed on/near the coast. When asked what he did before the war, Zenyatta claimed to have served coffee, collect payments at a laser tag arena, act as a water park lifeguard, and be a tractor driver. Whether this is true or not is something Zenyatta has always refused to divulge. He has stated that his memories before the Awakening are blurry.

After the fall of Overwatch, while still with the Shambali, Zenyatta encountered Genji, who had left Overwatch and was conflicted with his nature as a cyborg. Though Genji initially rejected Zenyatta's wisdom, Zenyatta would not be deterred. In time, Zenyatta became his mentor, and under the monk's tutelage, Genji reconciled his dual existence as both man and machine, as Zenyatta helped his student see both his trials and his cybernetic form as a unique strength.

Zenyatta would later consider Genji to be one of his brightest pupils. After Genji left his tutelage, Zenyatta began to see the limits of the Shambali path. He believed that the way to repair the problems between humans and omnics was not through dogmatic teaching but through interpersonal connection and engagement.

Ultimately, Zenyatta followed his own path. He chose to leave the monastery and wander the world, helping those he meets to overcome their personal struggles and find inner peace.

Zenyatta is like a psychologist: he will never judge if a person (or any other species) is willing to open their heart and soul to him, however wounded they may be. He will listen attentively and, if a person asks for it, give valuable advice, but he will never try to teach him how to live his life by force. He will wait until the person himself realises that he wants to change something in his life and when he himself realises that he needs help. And if the person comes to him for support, Zenyatta will never refuse it. He can discuss the problem with the person in detail if he or she wishes, or simply listen without interrupting when the person needs to speak out. Harmony and balance is everything to him, and there is nothing more pleasing to his heart than to see a person who, through the difficulties they are struggling with, wants and is trying to achieve this harmony, to find themselves and understand what they are living for.