Sawbones

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"Time to put you out of your misery!"

Sawbones is the latest hero of Overwatch, she's a support hero from Junkertown who fights with a homemade revolver and various drugs and medical supplies.

Her ultimate "Blow out" allows her to throw a gas canister that poisons and paralyses enemies for 6 seconds.

## Appearance

Sawbones has short hair in a ponytail with a dirt covered face. She also wears a tattered surgical mask and fingerless gloves. She wears a stained purple tank top with shorts, there is also an apron around the front of her legs. Around the hips and over her apron, there is a leather utility belt with leg holsters that contains medical supplies. Sawbones is also shown smoking medicinal marijuanna to cope with the stress and anxiety of being a doctor in Junkertown.

## Backstory

Jenny Marshal was devoted to the care of her patients during her time in the Australian Liberation Front and was a big help to the A.L.F since she was brave enough to operate in the field of battle. When the omnium factory was destroyed and Junkertown was built, Jenny Marshal became their resident physician and surgeon to the victims of Junkertown but became overwhelmed and reached her breaking point due to the savagery of Junkertown.

Seeking help from the leader of Junkertown, the Queen convinced her to kill the patients who she knows won't survive their injuries. After their meeting, Jenny learned how to make prostetics and killed those who "couldn't be saved", something that hardened her..

One day, the Queen made a deal; work for her as an assassin or leave Junkertown for good since she's a burden to the philosophy. Desperate for the money, Jenny agreed and killed/tortured any rebels, rivals, usurpers, and anyone deemed a threat to the Queen's rule, earning the nickname "Sawbones". Overtime, she started believing her patients were happy to die and she started enjoying it, while still wishing to find Junkrat and Roadhog's treasure so she can escape Junkertown for good.

## Personality

Sawbones is a sadist who's loyal to the Queen and desperate to uphold the values of the A.L.F and wanted her home back from the omnics. She's often deadpan and sarcastic in her dialogue, only seeing her job as just a job and insisting to her patients that it's "Nothing personal". Sawbones did operate with her patients' best interests but never knew how to give up, which makes her stay in Junkertown despite the cost of her sanity.

She does have a strong sense of duty towards her patients and secretly betrays her leader by helping her patients reach full health and giving them money to escape Junkertown. Despite her executions, Sawbones believes she's the only saint in junkertown and believes she's the lesser of two evils and demands her achievements to be exceptionally acknowledged by the likes of Mercy and Baptiste, who are disgusted by her actions.

  Abilities

* **Bloodletting:**Sawbones can slash targets with her bonesaw which causes additional bleeding damage for 3 seconds. This does 60 points of damage and 5 points of bleeding damage. This takes 8 seconds to recharge.
* **Anaestheitize**: Sawbones can set a biotic emitter that increase the damage resistance of allies and regenerate their health. It has an 8 meter radius and lasts for 6 seconds. This takes 15 seconds to recharge.

## Blow Out

Sawbones throws a gas canister that poisons and disorientates enemies for 6 seconds. This has a 15m radius and lasts for 8 seconds.

## Trivia

* Sawbones was originally named "Nightingale" after Florence Nightingale. However, she was renamed "Sawbones" as it was an old nickname for doctors when they used sawtoothed knives for amputations. The name was weakened when electric saws came around.
* Sawbones is based on back-alley doctors.
* Her appearance was inspired by Dr Trager from Outlast and The Followers of the Apocalypse from Fallout 3.
* Her ultimate is based on The Clown's abilities from Dead by Daylight.