It has been only two weeks since Blizzard Entertainment released the first animated short for its highly-anticipated upcoming game, Overwatch, and now the second short has already arrived.

“Alive” stars Widowmaker, a sniper hero with a dark personality and an even darker backstory.

Here is Blizzard’s official history for Widowmaker:

Widowmaker is the perfect assassin: a patient, ruthlessly efficient killer who shows neither emotion nor remorse.

It is believed that in her former life, Widowmaker was married to Gérard Lacroix, an Overwatch agent spearheading operations against the Talon terrorist organization. After several unsuccessful attempts to eliminate Gérard, Talon decided to change its focus to his wife, Amélie. Talon operatives kidnapped her and subjected her to an intense program of neural reconditioning. They broke her will, suppressed her personality, and reprogrammed her as a sleeper agent. She was eventually found by Overwatch agents, apparently none the worse for wear, and returned to her normal life.

Two weeks later she killed Gérard in his sleep.

Her mission complete, Amélie returned to Talon, and they completed the process of turning her into a living weapon. She was given extensive training in the covert arts, and then her physiology was altered, drastically slowing her heart, which turned her skin cold and blue and numbed her ability to experience human emotion. Amélie was gone.

Now, Widowmaker is Talon’s most effective assassin, feeling little save the satisfaction of a job well done.

Like Blizzard’s first short, “Alive” features Overwatch’s stylized design, but while some of the humor remains, Widowmaker’s short takes a much darker turn, showing that in the world of Overwatch, the good guys have their work cut out for them.

You can watch the full animated short below:

Image courtesy of Blizzard Entertainment Inc