

He became an enforcer and was eventually hired by Junkrat as a personal bodyguard in exchange for half of Junkrat's profits. Mako adapted to the new environment by donning a mask and riding the broken highways on his chopper. The rebels fought the omnics until they sparked an explosion that irradiated the outback. He and other Outback residents were displaced and formed the Australian Liberation Front to take back the land. Mako Rutledge was one of the residents of the Outback when its omnium and the surrounding area was gifted to the omnics.

The last vestiges of Mako faded away and the ruthless killer Roadhog was born. Little by little, his humanity was forgotten. Mako watched as his home became an apocalyptic wasteland, and he was forever changed.Īdapting to his environment, he donned a mask and took to the broken highways of the Outback on his ramshackle chopper. Events continued to escalate until the rebels sabotaged the omnium's fusion core, resulting in an explosion that destroyed the facility, irradiated the region, and littered the Outback with twisted metal and wreckage for kilometers around. They formed the Australian Liberation Front and struck against the omnium and its robot population to take back the lands that had been stolen. This arrangement permanently displaced Mako Rutledge and a large number of the Outback's residents, a scattered collection of survivalists, solar farmers, and people who just wanted to be left alone.įurious over the loss of their homes, Mako and the others turned to violent rebellion.

Roadhog is a ruthless killer with a well-earned reputation for cruelty and wanton destruction.Īfter the Omnic Crisis, government officials gifted the Australian omnium and the surrounding area to the omnics that had nearly destroyed their country, hoping to establish a long-term peace accord.
