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=== Biography ===
=== Biography ===
A sandman from the secretive OSIC, Haze's background is shrouded in mystery. She mentions being trained by the OSIC and has dedicated her life to them,<ref>{{VoiceLineCite|name=Haze|quotes=Haze/Quotes#Bullet Dance|context=(upgrade Bullet Dance)|transcription=The OSIC trained me well.}}</ref><ref name=":9" /> but any information on how Haze became an OSIC agent is unknown.
A sandman from the secretive OSIC, Haze's background is shrouded in mystery. She mentions being trained by the OSIC and has dedicated her life to them,<ref>{{VoiceLineCite|name=Haze|quotes=Haze/Quotes#Bullet Dance|context=(upgrade Bullet Dance)|transcription=The OSIC trained me well.}}</ref><ref name=":9" /> but any information on Haze's origins and how she became an OSIC agent is unknown.


Sent to participate in the ritual by the OSIC,<ref name=":8" /> Haze has prepared extensively for the ritual by performing drills, research, stretching, divination, and fortune telling.<ref>{{ConvoCite|hero1=Haze|hero2=Victor|hero_quote1=Haze|quote1=Are you kidding me? There's a mountain of things you can do to prepare. Drills, research, stretching… and that's not even dipping our toes in divination and fortu-}}</ref>
Sent to participate in the ritual by the OSIC,<ref name=":8" /> Haze has prepared extensively for the ritual by performing drills, research, stretching, divination, and fortune telling.<ref>{{ConvoCite|hero1=Haze|hero2=Victor|hero_quote1=Haze|quote1=Are you kidding me? There's a mountain of things you can do to prepare. Drills, research, stretching… and that's not even dipping our toes in divination and fortu-}}</ref>
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=== Personality ===
=== Personality ===
Haze works for the OSIC because she "loves her country".<ref>{{ConvoCite|hero1=Haze|hero2=Vindicta|number=2|hero_quote1=Vindicta|quote1=How can you work for them?|hero_quote2=Haze|quote2=I love my country.}}</ref> She acknowledges that the OSIC is flawed, but in her eyes the ends justify the means.<ref>{{ConvoCite|hero1=Haze|hero2=Vindicta|number=2|hero_quote1=Haze|quote1=I'm not a zealot. The OSIC isn't perfect and neither is the world. You of all people should understand that the ends justify the means.}}</ref> She is extremely loyal to her superiors and her job,<ref>{{PageRef|name=The Doorman}}'s in-game [[The Doorman/Quotes#Hotel Guest Taunt - Hero Specific|voice line]] (Taunt Haze): ''"The OSIC is lucky to have you, Haze. Your commitment to your work is an inspiration, but even you deserve some R&R. Why don’t you take a PTO day at The Baroness?"''</ref><ref name=":9">{{PageRef|name=Haze}}'s in-game [[Haze/Quotes#Select|voice line]] (Select): ''"I dedicated my life to the OSIC. I won't fail them."''</ref><ref>{{ConvoCite|hero1=Haze|hero2=McGinnis|number=1|hero_quote1=McGinnis|quote1=Planning on transferring up here?|hero_quote2=Haze|quote2=I'll go wherever they need me.}}</ref> although it's implied that she doesn't love being a Sandman.<ref>{{ConvoCite|hero1=Haze|hero2=Abrams|number=1|hero_quote1=Abrams|quote1=You like being a Sandman?|hero_quote2=Haze|quote2=I'm good at my job.|hero_quote3=Abrams|quote3=That's not what I asked.}}</ref><ref>{{ConvoCite|hero1=Haze|hero2=Drifter|number=3|hero_quote1=Drifter|quote1=Smile, Haze. You're gonna like killing people with me.|hero_quote2=Haze|quote2=Being good at something and liking something are two different things.}}</ref> She sometimes warns others to not bring the OSIC's attention to themselves, and is willing to turn a blind eye if they're not dangerous or designated as a target.<ref name=":2" /><ref>{{ConvoCite|hero1=Haze|hero2=Pocket|number=1|hero_quote1=Haze|quote1=I'm a Sandman, not a curator. I'm not expected to recognize what you're holding, and I can't report what I don't know. Now, what were you about to tell me?}}</ref><ref>{{ConvoCite|hero1=Haze|hero2=Kelvin|number=2|hero_quote1=Haze|quote1=The OSIC have questions about your condition. (...)|hero_quote2=Kelvin|quote2=I take it I should make myself... 'Unavailable,' after the ritual?|hero_quote3=Haze|quote3=What you do with your time while I'm filing reports is entirely up to you.}}</ref> She believes OSIC agents have to be tough, but still care about what they are doing.<ref name=":4" /><ref name=":5" />
Haze works for the OSIC because she "loves her country".<ref>{{ConvoCite|hero1=Haze|hero2=Vindicta|number=2|hero_quote1=Vindicta|quote1=How can you work for them?|hero_quote2=Haze|quote2=I love my country.}}</ref> She acknowledges that the OSIC is flawed, but in her eyes the ends justify the means.<ref>{{ConvoCite|hero1=Haze|hero2=Vindicta|number=2|hero_quote1=Haze|quote1=I'm not a zealot. The OSIC isn't perfect and neither is the world. You of all people should understand that the ends justify the means.}}</ref> She is extremely loyal to her superiors and her job,<ref>{{PageRef|name=The Doorman}}'s in-game [[The Doorman/Quotes#Hotel Guest Taunt - Hero Specific|voice line]] (Taunt Haze): ''"The OSIC is lucky to have you, Haze. Your commitment to your work is an inspiration, but even you deserve some R&R. Why don’t you take a PTO day at The Baroness?"''</ref><ref name=":9">{{PageRef|name=Haze}}'s in-game [[Haze/Quotes#Select|voice line]] (Select): ''"I dedicated my life to the OSIC. I won't fail them."''</ref><ref>{{ConvoCite|hero1=Haze|hero2=McGinnis|number=1|hero_quote1=McGinnis|quote1=Planning on transferring up here?|hero_quote2=Haze|quote2=I'll go wherever they need me.}}</ref> although it's implied that she doesn't love being a Sandman.<ref>{{ConvoCite|hero1=Haze|hero2=Abrams|number=1|hero_quote1=Abrams|quote1=You like being a Sandman?|hero_quote2=Haze|quote2=I'm good at my job.|hero_quote3=Abrams|quote3=That's not what I asked.}}</ref><ref>{{ConvoCite|hero1=Haze|hero2=Drifter|number=3|hero_quote1=Drifter|quote1=Smile, Haze. You're gonna like killing people with me.|hero_quote2=Haze|quote2=Being good at something and liking something are two different things.}}</ref> She sometimes warns others to not bring the OSIC's attention to themselves, and is willing to turn a blind eye if they're not dangerous or designated as a target.<ref name=":2" /><ref>{{ConvoCite|hero1=Haze|hero2=Pocket|number=1|hero_quote1=Haze|quote1=I'm a Sandman, not a curator. I'm not expected to recognize what you're holding, and I can't report what I don't know. Now, what were you about to tell me?}}</ref><ref>{{ConvoCite|hero1=Haze|hero2=Kelvin|number=2|hero_quote1=Haze|quote1=The OSIC have questions about your condition. (...)|hero_quote2=Kelvin|quote2=I take it I should make myself... 'Unavailable,' after the ritual?|hero_quote3=Haze|quote3=What you do with your time while I'm filing reports is entirely up to you.}}</ref> She believes OSIC agents should be thick-skinned, but still care about what they are doing.<ref name=":4" /><ref name=":5" />


As an OSIC agent, Haze has knowledge on many subjects, including [[The Deep]] and the [[Adversary]].<ref name=":6" /><ref name=":7" /> She has read the OSIC's files on the other heroes.<ref>{{ConvoCite|hero1=Haze|hero2=Holliday|number=1|hero_quote1=Haze|quote1=I've read your file, sheriff. You seem competent.|hero_quote2=Holliday|quote2=I have a file?|hero_quote3=Haze|quote3=We're the OSIC. Of course there's a file.}}</ref>
As an OSIC agent, Haze has knowledge on many subjects, including [[The Deep]] and the [[Adversary]].<ref name=":6" /><ref name=":7" /> She has read the OSIC's files on the other heroes.<ref>{{ConvoCite|hero1=Haze|hero2=Holliday|number=1|hero_quote1=Haze|quote1=I've read your file, sheriff. You seem competent.|hero_quote2=Holliday|quote2=I have a file?|hero_quote3=Haze|quote3=We're the OSIC. Of course there's a file.}}</ref>


Haze has gotten used to entering people's nightmares, as most of their fears are similar. She finds it scarier to see what her targets dream for.<ref>{{ConvoCite|hero1=Haze|hero2=Kelvin|number=1|hero_quote1=Haze|quote1=Nightmares are easy. There is enough commonality in what people are afraid of. Usually some flavour of death, loss or failure. But scary, are what people dream for.}}</ref>
Haze has gotten used to entering people's nightmares, as most of their fears are similar. She finds it scarier to see what her targets dream for.<ref>{{ConvoCite|hero1=Haze|hero2=Kelvin|number=1|hero_quote1=Haze|quote1=Nightmares are easy. There is enough commonality in what people are afraid of. Usually some flavour of death, loss or failure. But scary, are what people dream for.}}</ref>  
 
=== Appearance ===
Haze is a supernatural athletic woman with smoky pitch-black skin, with a yellow accent under her face. It's unknown what species or race she belongs to. She has full yellow eyes, a yellow "X" marked on her forehead, and her brunette hair meshes with her head and is tied in a bun. She wears a uniform of an orange shirt with chest pockets and a black necktie, badges on her chest and arms, long black gloves, baggy waist-high black pants with two orange tracks on each side, black heeled boots with orange soles, a black backpack, and a large black belt carrying her knives. Her weapons are two silenced submachine guns.


=== Information ===
=== Information ===
Haze has friends, though she rarely talks about them.<ref name=":10">{{ConvoCite|hero1=Haze|hero2=Infernus|number=3}}</ref>
Haze appreciates quality knifework.<ref>{{ConvoCite|hero1=Haze|hero2=Shiv|number=3|hero_quote1=Haze|quote1=You got good taste in knives. (...) Not enough people appreciate quality blade work.}}</ref>
Haze appreciates quality knifework.<ref>{{ConvoCite|hero1=Haze|hero2=Shiv|number=3|hero_quote1=Haze|quote1=You got good taste in knives. (...) Not enough people appreciate quality blade work.}}</ref>


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Haze and Grey Talon know each other. She refers to him by his first name and sent a card when his son died.<ref name=":0">{{ConvoCite|hero1=Haze|hero2=Grey Talon|number=1|hero_quote1=Haze|quote1=Been a while, Wesley.|hero_quote2=Haze|quote2=I'm sorry about Nathan.|hero_quote3=Grey Talon|quote3=Thank you. We... We got your card.}}</ref>  
Haze and Grey Talon know each other. She refers to him by his first name and sent a card when his son died.<ref name=":0">{{ConvoCite|hero1=Haze|hero2=Grey Talon|number=1|hero_quote1=Haze|quote1=Been a while, Wesley.|hero_quote2=Haze|quote2=I'm sorry about Nathan.|hero_quote3=Grey Talon|quote3=Thank you. We... We got your card.}}</ref>  


They haven't seen each other for "a while".<ref>{{ConvoCite|hero1=Haze|hero2=Grey Talon|number=2|hero_quote1=Haze|quote1=Not the best circunstances for a reunion.|hero_quote2=Grey Talon|quote2=Let's be honest, Haze... This was the only circumstance we'd have a reunion.}}</ref>
They haven't seen each other for "a while".<ref>{{ConvoCite|hero1=Haze|hero2=Grey Talon|number=2|hero_quote1=Haze|quote1=Not the best circumstances for a reunion.|hero_quote2=Grey Talon|quote2=Let's be honest, Haze... This was the only circumstance we'd have a reunion.}}</ref>


=== {{HeroIcon|Viscous}} ===
=== {{HeroIcon|Viscous}} ===
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* Haze views {{PageRef|name=Wraith}} as "a worthy target".<ref>{{PageRef|name=Haze}}'s in-game [[Haze/Quotes#Enemies|voice line]]: ''"Finally, a worthy target."''</ref>
* Haze views {{PageRef|name=Wraith}} as "a worthy target".<ref>{{PageRef|name=Haze}}'s in-game [[Haze/Quotes#Enemies|voice line]]: ''"Finally, a worthy target."''</ref>
* When on the same team, {{HeroIcon|Seven}} teases Haze for working alongside him and asks how soon will they start fighting each other once the [[The Ritual|ritual]] is over.<ref>{{ConvoCite|hero1=Haze|hero2=Seven|number=2|hero_quote1=Seven|quote1=Do your superiors know you're helping me?|hero_quote2=Haze|quote2=We're not having this conversation.|hero_quote3=Seven|quote3=Aw, struck a nerve?}}</ref><ref>{{ConvoCite|hero1=Haze|hero2=Seven|number=3}}</ref>
* When on the same team, {{HeroIcon|Seven}} teases Haze for working alongside him and asks how soon will they start fighting each other once the [[The Ritual|ritual]] is over.<ref>{{ConvoCite|hero1=Haze|hero2=Seven|number=2|hero_quote1=Seven|quote1=Do your superiors know you're helping me?|hero_quote2=Haze|quote2=We're not having this conversation.|hero_quote3=Seven|quote3=Aw, struck a nerve?}}</ref><ref>{{ConvoCite|hero1=Haze|hero2=Seven|number=3}}</ref>
* {{HeroIcon|Infernus}} asks Haze for help to deal with [[Jezebel's]] issues with the Alchemy Bureau, though she wouldn't want to help him if they fail the ritual.<ref name=":10" />
* {{HeroIcon|Celeste}} and {{HeroIcon|Mina}} compliment Haze's uniform.<ref>{{ConvoCite|hero1=Haze|hero2=Celeste|number=1}}</ref><ref>{{VoiceLineCite|name=Mina|quotes=Mina/Quotes#allies|context=(pass Haze on zipline)|transcription=Hm! She makes that tie work.}}</ref>
* {{HeroIcon|Celeste}} and {{HeroIcon|Mina}} compliment Haze's uniform.<ref>{{ConvoCite|hero1=Haze|hero2=Celeste|number=1}}</ref><ref>{{VoiceLineCite|name=Mina|quotes=Mina/Quotes#allies|context=(pass Haze on zipline)|transcription=Hm! She makes that tie work.}}</ref>


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