Sombra
Every Overwatch Character’s Backstory
Though her real name is not known (and will likely never be known, if she has anything to say about it), what is known is that the 30 year old hacker under the name Sombra is a force to be reckoned with. As one of the thousands of children that was orphaned by the Omnic War, she found herself mixed up with the Los Muertos gang and used her love of hacking and computers to help them revolt against the government.
Her confidence in her skills led to her stumbling into a global conspiracy, and the conspirators took notice of her, forcing her to delete every trace of her former life and establish a new identity. Determined to find out the truth about what she uncovered, Sombra kept on hacking and later drew the attention of the organization known as Talon. It’s because of her that they’ve had such massive cyberattacks against organizations with deep ties in their governments. Said attacks later led to a revolution in Mexico against LumériCo and a security breach at Volskaya Industries in Russia. Volskaya runs the country’s anti-Omnic defense, and instead of helping Widowmaker and Reaper kill the head of the company, Katya Volskaya, she blackmailed her in exchange for information and tech.
Unfortunately for her, Volskaya also brought along Zarya to punish her for the blackmailing. What happens after that is currently unknown, but it won’t end well.
