Angela Ziegler

Character Information

Character's Full Name: Angela Ziegler (Callsign: "Mercy")
Character's Pronouns: She/Her
Character's Canon: Overwatch
Character's Canon Point: Post-Recall
Character's Age: 39
Did your character willingly come to Iyashikei? If yes, why?
Yes - it was a tentative agreement that she felt a little silly saying out loud, because she was pretty sure she was hallucinating, but she decided that if the place in the letter was real, she wanted to see it and be a part of it.
Will they need any special accommodations upon arrival?
None

Character's History: She's been through it.

Character's Personality:
Questions:

1. Tell us about who your character is and what someone’s first impression would be upon meeting them. How would your character act once someone got to know them?
To strangers Angela is generally kind and polite, but perhaps a bit distant or stuffy. There's no question she'd lend her aid to anyone who asked and she is clearly eager to help others, but she's almost a bit awkward in social situations until she's settled/knows someone. She is often tired from working late into the night and it's usually easy to tell at a glance when she's running on fumes. In her home world, she is often anxious that people will recognize her as a member of Overwatch and either expect too much of her or hate her for that affiliation. When you get to know her, she has a great sense of humor and loves to laugh with her friends and relax with warm drinks and friendly conversation. Once you get her talking about the sciences, particular medical stuff, she will not shut up for love of god nor country and gets very animated and excited.

2. What is something unique and interesting about them, or what is a fun little tidbit that sets them apart from the crowd?
Angela was a very young medical prodigy, studying nanobiotic healing tech and making breakthroughs in the field as early as AGE 14. She is humble about it, and at times I think she'd prefer others didn't know, because then they view her as some sort of superhuman angelic soldier - or rather, they see her as Mercy, not Angela.

3. What does your character think their flaws are? What do they think their strengths are? What are their actual flaws and strengths?
Angela thinks her flaws are many - that she is not able to do enough, that she is naive, that she does not care for herself as she should, that she did more harm than good in Overwatch and that she deserves to be a pariah for it, etc. But she knows she is smart, and that she CAN help others, and that she HAS to.

In reality, all of these things are partial truths that she warps through a lens of self loathing. Angela is somewhat naive, dreaming of a world without death - if she has ideas about inevitable overpopulation or whether she includes natural deaths in that category is not made clear. She believes peace is a thing you can achieve and then it just exists forever. Although she is starting to see the impossibility of that line of thinking. It is however very true that she sets herself on fire to keep others warm and as such is often running herself ragged - that is a flaw she is correct about.

Her opinions of her strengths are also true - she is brilliant, and she is capable of working miracles, and for her own peace of mind she has to pursue world peace whether it is or is not feasible. She is also incredibly driven, clever, and determined, thought she doesn't think so.

4. What is a common misconception other characters have about your character?
That she is fragile. Mentally, physically, etc. She will endure anything in service of protecting innocent people, keeps in good health, and is both physically and mentally strong. Deeply traumatized, but persistent and focused to the point where I think it would take her twenty minutes to realize her arm was ripped off in battle if she was busy saving a life, and then it would mostly just piss her off that she couldn't hold her staff with both hands.

Character Abilities:
- No magical abilities
- Does have increased regeneration from wounds and slowed aging process due to medical technology she worked on and applied to her own body

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