Sojourn
Sojourn | |
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Status |
Alive |
Nationality |
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Occupation |
Overwatch captain |
Affiliation |
Overwatch |
Voice |
Cherise Boothe (English)
Soyoung Lee (korean) |
Sojourn is a former captain of Overwatch. She is an upcoming hero to be released with Overwatch 2.[1]
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Story[edit | edit source]
Sojourn was a member of Overwatch, joining at some point in the organization's Golden Age and staying with them into their twilight years. At some point, she received cybernetic brain upgrades.[2] She once stated that she's at peace with her enhancements.[3]
Post-Omnic Crisis[edit | edit source]
Sojourn featured in the Overwatch cartoon that aired before the group was disbanded. In one episode, Sojourn led her fighters in a battle against Talon. Even though they were heavily outnumbered, Sojourn and her crew didn't rest until every Talon agent was eliminated.[2]
Storm Rising[edit | edit source]
“ | Tracer. Status report. Target in sight captain. We've waited a long time for Maximilien to show his face. It's now or never. No pressure then. |
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~ Tracer and Sojourn during the operation |
After Overwatch struggled to arrest Doomfist following the King's Row Uprising, Sojourn suggested to Strike-Commander Jack Morrison that the organization change tactics by instead arresting Doomfist's accountant, Maximilien. She soothed Jack's anxieties about sending the strike team out after an in-field incident with Reinhardt, and she believed that Jack would agree with her that Tracer has grown as a leader since the King's Row Uprising. She assigned Tracer to lead a strike team of Mercy, Winston, and Genji in the mission to track Maximilien.[5] In the operation, she supported the team via radio, and they successfully apprehended Maximilien.[3]
Post-Overwatch[edit | edit source]
After Overwatch's disbandment, Sojourn laid low in Canada.[6] Years later, she was one of the group's former members recalled by Winston.[4] She ended up rejoining the organization at some point after Null Sector's attack on Paris.[7] She fought against Null Sector in Toronto, when the omnics besieged the city.[8]
Trivia[edit | edit source]
- Her name is a possible reference to the African-American abolitionist Sojourner Truth.
- Sojourn wields a railgun in Overwatch 2 gameplay. Gameplay footage indicates that it can be fired either as an automatic weapon, or as a single-charge shot (a counter is displayed going up to 100, reverting to 0 after each shot).[8]
- Sojourn is said to be "right at the center" of the overall plotline of Overwatch 2.[9]
Development[edit | edit source]
Development of Sojourn started in 2015, or possibly as early as 2014, with different iterations of the character appearing in both Winston's Recall animated short and Ana's Origin Story.[10] When designing Sojourn, the developers looked back at Overwatch and considered what archtypes were missing. They concluded that a railgun-type hero was missing.[8]
Leaked screenshots from Overwatch 2 show Sojourn with a maple leaf logo on her left shoulder.[11] During the BlizzCon 2019 Overwatch: What's Next panel, Jeff Kaplan confirmed that Sojourn was Overwatch's first Canadian hero.
References[edit | edit source]
- ↑ 2019-11-02, STORY MISSIONS, HERO MISSIONS, PUSH MAPS, AND MORE–OVERWATCH 2 “WHAT’S NEXT” PANEL RECAP. Blizzard Entertainment, accessed on 2020-05-16
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 The Hero of Numbani
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Storm Rising
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 2019-04-16 "Third! In addition to Recall and Storm Rising, she also appears in Ana's origin story." Twitter. Accessed on 2019-04-16.
- ↑ 2019-04-08. Overwatch on Twitter: "> Accessing archived file... Decryption status: IN PROGRESS Target: Located… ", Twitter. Accessed on 2019-04-08.
- ↑ Valkyrie
- ↑ 2019-11-01, Overwatch 2 Gameplay Trailer. YouTube, accessed on 2019-11-08
- ↑ 8.0 8.1 8.2 2021-02-20, BlizzConline 2021 | Behind the Scenes of Overwatch 2 | Overwatch. YouTube, accessed on 2021-03-13
- ↑ 2019-11-07, BlizzCon 2019 Overwatch 2 Panel Transcript. Blizzplanet, accessed on 2020-04-10
- ↑ 2019-04-17, Fareeha - Live at Blizzard HQ! EVENT HYPE
- ↑ 2019-10-30, New 'Overwatch 2' Leak Bares More Details About Sojourn's Origin. IB Times, accessed on 2019-10-30