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{{Quote|Always remember: Never accept the world as it appears to be. Dare to see it for what it ''could'' be.|Harold Winston}} {{Infobox character | name = Harold Winston | image = Harold Winston.jpg | caption = | realname = | status = Deceased | age = | occupation = Scientist | relations = [[Winston]] (protegee) | affiliation = [[Lucheng Interstellar]] | voice ={{VA stack |english= Greg Chun | other = Xavier Fagnon (French)<br>Eduardo del Hoyo (European Spanish)<br>Rafael Pacheco (American Spanish)<br>Evgeny Waltz (Russian) }} }} '''Harold Winston''' was a human scientist. ==Story== [[File:Winston and Winston.jpg|thumb|left|Winston and Winston]] A member of [[Lucheng Interstellar]], Winston had an office in [[Lijiang Tower]].<ref>2016-10-25, [http://overwatch.blizzplanet.com/blog/comments/lijiang-tower Lijiang Tower]. ''Blizzplanet'', accessed on 2016-10-26</ref> He later worked at the [[Horizon Lunar Colony]]<ref name = "Winston"/> as a member of the Simian Research Division,<ref>2016-12-17, [http://overwatch.blizzplanet.com/blog/comments/blizzcon-2016-overwatch-animated-shorts-panel-transcript/2 BlizzCon 2016 Overwatch Animated Shorts Panel Transcript]. ''Blizzplanet'', accessed on 2017-01-18</ref> spending time with [[Winston|one]] of the genetically enhanced gorillas that had been brought to the base, teaching the ape science and telling him tales of human ingenuity.<ref name = "Winston"/> On one occassion, he read [[Winston's Journey to the West|''Journey to the West'']] to the young ape.<ref name = "Tapestry">2017-01-24, [https://playoverwatch.com/en-us/blog/20497961 OVERWATCH TAPESTRY: "WINSTON'S JOURNEY TO THE WEST"]. ''Blizzard Entertainment'', accessed on 2017-02-19</ref> Winston received a visit from his good friend Dr. [[Siebren de Kuiper]] while at the colony.<ref>''[[Overwatch]]'', ''[[Sigma/Quotes|Sigma Quotes]]''</ref> Winston once made Journal Entry 1963-4, regarding a status update on the hamster subject Specimen 8, whom the staff had named "[[Hammond]]". He noted how Hammond was continuing to be one of their biggest surprises among the subjects. The staff had trouble keeping track of him due to multiple escapes from his cage, even though he had physically grown in size from the genetic modification. Hammond demonstrated impressive problem solving skills and adaptability, and had overcome all challenges placed before him. Winston couldn't help but wonder what Hammond was looking for during his escapes, and closed that he looked forward to whatever trouble Hammond would get into next.<ref name = "Wrecking Ball Origin">2018-06-29, [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZEnC_N06Uxc&t= [NEW HERO – COMING SOON] Wrecking Ball Origin Story | Overwatch]. ''YouTube'', accessed on 2018-06-29</ref> In the base's last days, Winston corresponded with fellow staff concerning the test subjects, specifically their increased beligerance. Winston agreed with [[Yoshida (Lucheng Interstellar)|Yoshida]] and [[Nevsky]] that the gorillas should be confined to their quarters, but noted that there weren't many good options available to them. Sending the gorillas to Earth wasn't a solution in his eyes (not to mention the medical issues), and expressed his belief that the gorillas were members of the colony as much as any of the base's human staff. He noted that not all of the gorillas had experienced adverse reactions to the gene therapy, but noted that they should slow down further tests, or possibly outright discontinue them. Winston's last recorded message was a request for fellow staff members to aid him at airlock E-35, which had malfunctioned.<ref name = "PossibleFate">2017-05-30, [https://playoverwatch.com/en-us/blog/20812209 NEW DETAILS EMERGE ABOUT POSSIBLE FATE OF HORIZON LUNAR COLONY]. ''Blizzard Entertainment'', accessed on 2017-06-18</ref> He was killed in the subsequent uprising that the gorillas launched, who took the colony as their own.<ref name = "Winston">[https://playoverwatch.com/en-us/heroes/winston/ Winston], ''Blizzard Entertainment''. Accessed on 2014-12-09</ref> It has been implied that the error at the airlock was a ploy by the gorillas, who then vented the scientists onto the lunar surface to die from asphyxiation.<ref name = "PossibleFate"/><ref name = "HorizonPreview">2017-05-31, [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=91nfDfnGCB0 Horizon Lunar Colony - New Map Preview - Overwatch]. ''YouTube'', accessed on 2017-06-22</ref> ==Trivia== *Harold's "how to see the world" quote is on display at various locations on [[Blizzard Entertainment|Blizzard's]] campus, along with an image of him and Winston.<ref name = "ForgingWorlds">''[[Forging Worlds: Stories Behind the Art of Blizzard Entertainment]]''</ref> *The glasses Winston wears are the same ones that belonged to Harold. Thematically, they represent the older generation (Harold) handing the world off to the new one.<ref name = "ForgingWorlds"/> ==References== <references/> [[Category: Lucheng Interstellar employees|Winston, Harold]]
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