[list][*][b][u]Appearance:[/u][/b][img]http://i.imgur.com/PmMkNdo.png[/img]
[*][b][u]Name:[/u] Reinhardt Wilhelm[/b]
[*][b][u]Sex:[/u][/b] Male
[*][b][u]Franchise:[/u][/b] Overwatch
[*][b][u]Special Abilities/Powers:[/u][/b] Does being a 7'4 tall wall of muscle at the age of 61 count? That's the closest thing to a special ability he really has.
[*][b][u]Equipment:[/u][/b] What makes Reinhardt even more intimidating than his base size is the Crusader armour he wears and the rocket hammer that goes with it. Even with years of limited resources and the means to repair it, the armour is a sturdy bastion compared to almost anything else to exist in the world of Overwatch. Apart from possessing vast durability, it has the ability to generate a powerful energy shield at a moment's notice. This shield can soak up a hail of gunfire or explosions without breaking--and regenerate to full power in a matter of seconds after being deactivated. Even better, the shield is entirely permeable from behind, making it the perfect mobile cover. 
The armour has another main feature: a powerful recharging rocket on the back. The rocket is likely similar in design to the rockets on his hammer, which do exactly what you would expect and can disrupt even the surest footing if brought down on the earth. Reinhardt is quite capable of charging across an entire battlefield to ram troublesome opponents against whatever obstacle is around--with enough force to break free of the restraints of even a sudden powerful gravity well.
[*][b][u]History:[/u][/b] 61 years ago, in the distant year of 2016, Reinhardt was born in Stuttgart. Later, presumably many years later, the young man joined the military before moving on to join the Crusaders--the implausible order of power armour using knights that had been formed. It was almost certain that when the Omnic Crisis began and everyone started getting killed by robots, he took part in battle with the Crusaders--enough to come to the attention of whoever was selecting agents to put down the crisis once and for all.
Initially under the command of Gabriel Reyes, the newly formed Overwatch was instrumental in stopping the crisis and Reinhardt served with it for years until, most likely after one of its other founding members was "killed", he was pressured into retiring from the organisation. From the outside, he was unable to do anything but watch as corruption took hold, leading to its eventual dissolution after two of the [i]other[/i] founders "died" when the organisation's Swiss headquarters exploded.
He took up his armour once again upon coming across a town where the government was powerless to do anything about the gang extorting it for money. Though Brigitte, his mechanic, suggested that it wasn't their business to get involved in--especially after the gangsters held a child hostage to force him to back down, Reinhardt was never going to sit idly by when there was [b]JUSTICE[/b] to be delivered. So he put on his armour once again to drive the Dragons out, taking up the mantle of a wandering knight errant.
He still keeps in touch with Torbjorn and, at Christmas, visited. [url=http://comic.playoverwatch.com/issues/overwatch/10/en-us/pages/10/10-1.png]He's apparently a good storyteller,[/url] if Torbjorn's children are anything to go by. He also doesn't seem to have aged in around thirty years, looking more or less identical to then with the exception of having gained a moustache.
[*][b][u]Personality:[/u][/b] Reinhardt comes across as an attempt to distil the essence of every heroic knight to have ever lived and finding that there's a limit to how small you can make it. The enormous man might have a moral core so unyielding that he can remind an international organisation of its purpose but he's also [i]loud[/i] enough that it gives the feeling he managed this by shouting at them from the next continent over. Though, contrary to what it might seem like, he does in fact have an inside voice. 
Cowardice only exists in this man's vocabulary as something to look down upon: even if he wasn't looking forward to the fighting, he's going to walk steadfastly into battle ahead of his allies because that's the honourable thing to be doing. Should there be no glory in the fight? Reinhardt will [i]still[/i] do it because it's the right thing: justice is its own reward. One thing that he [i]isn't[/i] is stupid about it: though he's sworn to never retire again, he won't fight or even fight back if it means that some innocent bystander is going to get hurt.
The man has a somewhat eclectic mix of interests, loving Hasselhoff and considering it a classic (to be fair, it probably is by the [i]20[/i]70's) but at the same time being a fan of a professional video gamer. All whilst being happy to spend his forced retirement wandering the Earth helping people out and visualising gang members as fantastic creatures to be defeated. He seems to have a lot of fun from teasing friends, too.[/list]

Bonus Pictures: [url=https://comic.playoverwatch.com/issues/overwatch/2/en-us/pages/3/3-3.jpg]1[/url] [url=https://comic.playoverwatch.com/issues/overwatch/2/en-us/pages/3/3-7.jpg]2[/url]

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Yada yada senpai etc. That's not a name I ever use for her. :T