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[sub][h1]”Lyall,” the Shieldwolf[/h1][/sub]
[sup]- Leigh Tessa Wynne -[/sup][/centre]
[sub]Chronological age: 66 (How long she’s lived)[/sub]
[sup]Biological age: 34 (How aged her body is)[/sup]

[h3][sub]HISTORY[/sub][/h3][sup]▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔[/sup]
Born to parents Antionio and Adona Wynne, Leigh grew up in a somewhat distant, but loving household, raised primarily by a tutor/nanny. Both her parents worked with something security related- her mother being an employee of Italy’s Lockheed Martin division, and her father being a security consultant after serving a decade in the Italian elite infantry division, the Arditi, having fought in a few wars of his own. 

Immediately after high school, Leigh went into the one place to serve the two traits that both of her parents had made sure to instill in her- duty, and honor. Having signed up for the Italian army, she shouldered her way through any obstacle. Because of her father’s connections, Leigh found herself being recruited for the Arditi training process- and was welcomed into the elite branch shortly thereafter. 

Her career in the Arditi mainly consisted of covert ops, such as the [REDACTED] operation, and many other similar jobs. Some of them required infiltration of various neighbors such as [REDACTED], to [----------REDACTED----------]. Commanding officers gave only praise for the young recruit that had the drive and determination to do anything. 

Only a few years after joining the Italian military, she applied for enlistment into NATO. The enlistment process was quick and easy for Leigh- her commanding officer sent a letter of recommendation, and two generals- one from the Arditi, another from NATO- worked together to put together a unit from the Arditi to transfer to NATO. The reason of this was clear- the Italian government wanted to make it clear they were devoting resources to the rising conflicts, those that were being called an Omnic Crisis. 

Leigh Wynne was assigned a different route from those she transferred with. After completing the enlistment process to NATO, she was set to be trained under one of NATO’s premium instructors, and the two of them went on to train thousands of incoming NATO troops to deploy all across the world to fight the Omnic Crisis. Leigh, in some emergency situations, saw action from time to time, some of it because of omnic attacks on the NATO base she was stationed at.

Leigh spent two years serving in this capacity, before being promoted to Sergeant, to train larger groups, and continued on as such. She spent much of her time focused on making herself, and her trainees, as best as they could possibly be. Despite being so young- in her twenties- she scared the living hell out of as many people as she could. 

Five years passed, and she spent most of it training members freshly recruited from being a civilian, to transfers from other nations’ militaries. The goal was clear- train them to fight as NATO. They were to discard their former alliances, and become a global peacekeeper. 

Leigh Wynne never personally fought in the Omnic Wars- instead, she trained and sent out thousands of recruits over the years to fight in her stead. 

After the Omnic Crisis, Leigh’s role switched from the organization’s best instructor, to Head of Security at an important, classified NATO facility located near Milan, Italy, accompanied by a promotion to Sergeant Major. 

Shortly after the catastrophe with the Zurich headquarters, a Talon terrorist attack hit the NATO base and made off with whatever was inside- while the base was still stunned from the giant attack on the most successful global peacekeeping strike organization’s headquarters.

Two Talon agents ambushed Leigh while she was on an inspection of the base, in the lower levels around one of the classified labs, and very nearly killed her. When they slammed her into a wall, a pipe jutting out slammed into the base of her neck. Vertebrae discs C7, T1, and T2 were shattered, and the spinal cord was damaged. Paralysis occured, and the Talon agents left her helpless on the ground.

Sergeant Major Leigh Wynne was found by cleanup crews after the Milan base terrorist attack, having been protected from the majority of the fight by her position underground, five days later, barely alive.

Two days were spent nursing her health back, and another passed with intensive surgery. Eventually, the doctors gave up, and then came in the alternative- Doctor Angela Ziegler’s medical nanites. Leigh never remembered much about that time period, but a surgeon had later remarked that she had to push, hard, for NATO to allow nanites, which were still experimental and untested, relatively, to be used on a live subject in need of major medical care. 

Another round of surgeries, coupled with Dr. Ziegler’s technology, initiated. The same surgeon briefed her on the modifications made to save her life, afterwards: titanium discs replaced every single vertebrae from the middle of her neck, to the small of her back. Throughout it, the spinal cord had to be augmented with various tiny surgeries installing small electronics to restore feeling to her limbs. In order to keep her body from rejecting the electronics, however- which it did- a constant flow of nanites has to run trhough her spinal cord. The “dura mater” of the spinal cord, which keeps the vertebrae floating in spinal fluid, had to be refilled with a thick solution filled with nanites. The nanites constantly repair and knit together the titanium, augments, and spinal cord, and keep her functioning.

Simply put: Half her spinal cord was replaced with titanium, and her spinal cord was augmented to be usable again. The spinal fluids were replaced with nanites, which keeps it all safe and working.

To keep the steady flow of nanites, the titanium discs were modified further to jut out her back farther, and have a port that could connect to an external source. The external source would provide the resupply. A secondary protective spine- something that attaches to five of the ports along her back- that lays on the surface of her skin was constructed (think of the [url=http://www.weekendnotes.com/im/009/03/ds3thrilling1.jpg]health bar in Dead Space[/url]).

The augments took away one of her sources of pride- that she was baseline human, that she could fight just as hard as anyone, even one of those fancy supersoldiers. Anyone could become strong, that it could be trained, bred, not made in a test tube or factory.

She did one thing before retiring, with a full NATO retirement package- visited each and every one of those surgeons that spent so long trying to save her. 

After that, she went underground, hiding away from the spotlight that occasionally found her, and dragged her, her past, and her augment into the light of day.

Satisfied with herself, she went back to living a quiet life. Over the years, a nagging suspicion became official, to her- the nanites that her body ran off of were infiltrating her entire system. Healing was far faster, she recovered from just about anything unnaturally fast, and never fell sick. The nanites that she was kept supplied by NATO were taking over. 

Twenty years later, she put two fingers to her neck, and felt no pulse. She did the same to her wrist; no pulse. The augmentations to save her life finally took it, and replaced it with an artificial one: Leigh relied entirely on nanites to survive, now. She looked almost exactly the same as she did when she first received the augments- if not slightly healthier.

[i](Go take another look at Mercy. She has a massive amount of nanites in her own system, and heals very quickly over time, without external assistance. She’s aged extremely little, and even has an emote where she checks her own pulse, and shrugs as if she feels nothing. In-game, she asks Mei about how she looks so young- Cryostasis. When Mei asks Mercy about how she looks so young, she doesn’t answer. When you have the devil or imp skin equipped and use her ultimate, she says “Heroes never die- for a price.” Mayhaps that price is their humanity? Reaper’s halfway immortal, and is constantly reforming, because the resurrection wasn’t perfected.)[/i]



[h3][sub]PERSONALITY[/sub][/h3][sup]▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔[/sup]
Leigh Wynne is bound by honor, duty, and strength. She believes that everyone has a purpose, and hers is to do her best to enforce the world’s laws to ensure peace. After a personal crisis following the destruction of her greatest role model- Overwatch- she went into seclusion, but nonetheless retains her sense of justice- helping those on the streets when she can, pulling bullies off children, etc.

She serves her beliefs- if she believes that being as straightforward as possible is the best course of action to get a mission completed, she’ll be straightforward. If she has to lie, she will. That being said, she does hate lying, and will attempt to be as honest as possible- but duty first. 

[h3][sub]COMBAT ROLE[/sub][/h3][sup]▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔[/sup]
+++ DEFENSIVE (with a leaning towards support): Command and Control
++ Primary weapon: [url=https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/736x/69/7f/8e/697f8ef320e1020368b438b5898aab64.jpg] Silent Semiauto Engagement Rifle Type 33 (SSER-T33)[/url]
+ Energy rifle
+ 13-round magazine
+ Moderate damage (slightly more than Ana’s)
+ Reflex sight
++ Secondary weapon:
[url=https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/originals/19/d5/c9/19d5c95cfb2692fcaa46aec5cd351c14.jpg] Tracker Pistol[/url]
+ 6-round magazine
+ Each round does as much damage as DVa’s pistol, with a firerate of 2 rounds per second
+ Each hit target shows up to all allies for 15 seconds
+ Each hit target receives 15% more damage

- Passive: Slowly regenerates, all the time. 
- Passive: Arditi training: silent footfalls, can jump off walls, and climb up round items, corners, or anything that has enough handholds.
- Carries and throws up to three short-range motion sensors (throwing range is about 10m)
- Medkit- can heal a friendly, but requires a full stop.
- Ultimate: Retreat, Hell!- all friendlies within sight have faster cooldowns, more healing received, and less damage received. All enemies receive longer cooldowns, less healing received, and a slight increase to damage received.

[h3][sub]MISCELLANEOUS[/sub][/h3][sup]▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔[/sup]
= Is clinically dead
= NATO-supplied nanites have kept her alive for all these years.
= Has a pet wolf, with the name of Lyall. Lyall is the second pet; both the first and second are therapeutic animals for her PTSD
= PTSD: From when she was paralyzed, helpless, starving, and dehydrating, during a battle.
= She’s a mimic, and easily/fluently speaks Italian, Latin, and English