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“ | The smith answers only to God, for his hands repair His body. | „ |
~ Builder Robert Bumaro. |
“ | Many good words have been said tonight, and some good deeds have been done, here in this seat of tragedy. Now, you must all surely see that we all have the same purpose. This squabble… it is largely pointless. We must reassemble ourselves. For, now I realize, God is the simplest machine of all: an anvil. No matter what we are, no matter what we seek to build, our purpose is to construct the Anvil... on which we shall BREAK THE FLESH! | „ |
~ From "The Heresy of Disassembly". |
“ | My name is Robert Bumaro, and the world will change for the Church of the Broken God. Because it has no choice. | „ |
~ Robert Aram rechristening himself as Robert Bumaro in ROUNDERHOUSE's Gold Proposal. |
Robert Bumaro is a major antagonist and anti-villain in the SCP Foundation series. He is the leader of the Church of the Broken God who seeks to rebuild the Broken God through any means necessary, but often works alongside the Foundation when fighting common threats. He is often portrayed as the archenemy of Grand Karcist Ion.
Robert Bumaro plays a major role in the "Resurrection: Old Foes" and "REDTAPE" series.
Appearance[]
Bumaro was described as possessing long thin and reflective iron steel strings for hair which dripped on his body, composed brass skin that contained the clockwork machinery that had replaced his inner organs, unnatural crystal-like eyes or cameras replacing his eyes, and spidery-like hands. His face was stated to have possibly looked like as of Phoenician ethnicity and he was unable to form facial expressions.
Robert Aram possessed curly black hair and beard and olive skin. Following a laboratory accident while working for Prometheus Labs Aram lost his left forearm and his leg below his knee leaving him to replace them with high-quality anomalous prosthetics. After replacing his body parts with prosthetics of Mekhanite origin which were engraved with the civilization's history, his body changed from his former thin frame to thick and stocky.
Powers and Abilities[]
Most of Bumaro's powers are heavily derived from his infection from SCP-217, also known as God's Ichor, which mutated him and turned his blood into a highly toxic biomechanical liquid which not only mimicked blood, but also has similar digestive properties to SCP-882, consuming metal to allow Bumaro to regenerate. After being infected by the Clockwork Virus, Bumaro gained superhuman powers such as superhuman strength, speed, durability and a healing factor. Bumaro was capable of defeating Ion who was a reality-bender and the most powerful of the Sarkites, and was capable of throwing his hammer to pin Ion to the ground. Bumaro was so fast that he grabbed Ion before the latter could react and easily dodged three monsters which were trying to crush him. He was also unable to feel pain anymore allowing him to proceed through Sarkite attacks without reacting, and every time he got harmed metal would just grow from his wounds effectively regenerating him. His infection also allowed Bumaro to paralyze his opponents with his touch for a time, shape his body parts into metal-based weaponry such as claws, spikes and blades. Bumaro could also spread his infection to other people such as he did with Ion who used all of his powers to fight it off, and although he was never seen exhibiting this type of power it is presumed that Bumaro can also control machinery. After forming an alliance with the Maxwellists, Bumaro was seemingly also capable of transporting his mind into the network, allowing him to leave his body and explore the world wide web.
Robert Aram at first was a normal human despite possessing cybernetic implants and deep knowledge on paratechnology. After going through the memories of the Bumaro lineage and replacing his implants with Mekhanite technology, Aram received new capabilities such as The Voice, designated SCP-7866, used by the Bumaros to command people any order without objections and could manipulate all types of technology as he was able to interfere with the radio signals of the Foundation MTFs and could control an entire Mekhanite colossus by simply using his mind.
Personality[]
Bumaro is shown to be extremely devout to his religion, as he has dedicated his entire life in serving his god. He is determined to rebuild the broken god and exterminate the flesh plaguing humanity with whatever means necessary. He is ready to commit whatever crime necessary to achieve his goals thinking the ends will justify the means. Even though he and his church caused major troubles to groups such as the SCP Foundation, he is not ruthless as he somewhat values the lives innocent people and especially those of fellow worshippers from the other sects, seeing them as equal. He tried hard to declare peace between the different sects, believing that together they could achieve their common, and was even ready to form alliances with other groups outside of the church such as the Foundation Elimination Coalition and the Triumvirate in order accomplish his own goals all in service of Mekhane.
Robert Aram was shown to be somewhat of an arrogant individual as he quit his job at Prometheus Labs because the company didn't give him his pay raise as he requested. He was also an advocate of STEM fields and had no real interest in history. However, after discovering the ancient advanced city of Amoni-Ram, Aram became enamored by its history and culture to the point of obsession as he soon began thinking that the world should know about the Mekhanites and use their technology to make the world a better place. Despite his behavior he cared about his fellow researcher Hedvig Nussbaum and the Preserver, as he broke protocol to save the former's life by using the Mekhanite technology and at first didn't tell the latter the truth on how she accidentally killed the entire Mekhanite civilization but would eventually tell her the horrible truth since she had the right to know. He also became affected by the memories of the Bumaro lineage causing him to think of himself as the rightful successor of the lineage, while also gaining the Voice which allowed him to command anyone without question. Upon learning that the SCP Foundation decided to move on with the research of the other ancient cultures and leave Amoni-Ram behind, Aram became disillusioned by the organization, deeming them as ignorant bureaucrats who had no ethics, didn't recognize the city's value and the rising threat posed by the Black Moon, and so he decided to take the matters on his own hands and he alongside his research team betrayed the Foundation and revitalized the Mekhanite culture into the Church of the Broken God, becoming determined to spread their beliefs and stop the Black Moon. During the battle between the Foundation and Church's forces Aram had no qualms sacrificing his own soldiers to give the Preserver enough time to reactivate Mekhane's Kiss and teleport themselves along with the city in another place. He came view his people as his subjects and subordinates, believing himself to be a king and ordering everyone around. He even came to view Hedvig as less of a person and more as a symbol of power which he owned and through it could more easily control the new Mekhanites as she was beloved by Amoni-Ram's citizens. Against her will, he personally performed surgeries on Hedvig to turn her into an emotionless powerful soldier. As Hedara herself pointed out, Aram shared more semblance to the original Bumaro, as both were power hungry despots who refused to throw away the women important to the Mekhanite empire, instead keeping them around to live out their desire to dominate.
Other Media[]
Bumaro & Ion Anthology[]
Robert Bumaro appears in the manga book Bumaro & Ion Anthology by HaMuKuNi. It features various artwork depicting Bumaro, and a short story showing Bumaro's transformation and confrontation with Grand Karcist Ion.
Trivia[]
- Bumaro and Ion are sometimes depicted in tales such as "The Man-Machine" and "ion X bumaro forevurr" as being in a gay relationship. Bumaro was also depicted as being in a relationship with Hedwig as seen "The Four Arcana" and ROUNDERHOUSE's Gold Proposal.
- According to the "List of Common Anomalous Misconceptions", ancient texts depicting Bumaro and Ion as a couple which continued being written to the present, were simply works of fiction.
- In SCP-5555, it is revealed that the Administrator of the Foundation, and other leaders of the other GOIs, such as "Bumaro" himself, are actually powerful immortal beings who use the SCP universe and its inhabitants as just a playboard game with roleplaying for their own entertainment, with the identity of Robert Bumaro being nothing more than just a role which one of these entities takes, and after one of them wins, the game starts over and the universe resets, with the roles changing.
- In the tale "Day of the Dragon" a reversed version of Bumaro exists in which he is the leader of Sarkicism and is known as "Grand Karcist Bumaro".
- In the joke tale "Tim Wilson KILLS THE MARVEL UNIVERSE!!!", Bumaro is one of the many notable beings killed by Tim Wilson of Wilson's Wildlife Solutions.
- In "Are We Gentrified Yet?" a devout Mekhanite and Are We Cool Yet? member named Hansarp decided to create an anatomically accurate chocolate cake of Robert Bumaro in order to express their mutual love through sex appeal.
- In the early days of the SCP wiki before 2014, back when the Church of the Broken God was initially envisioned as a modern day cult formed by individuals who began worshiping anomalies that they witnessed, Robert Bumaro was intended to be a scam leader who at first didn't believe in the anomalous before it was too late for him.
- The photo depicting Bumaro in the SCP-001 (TwistedGears-Kaktus Proposal), is a picture of Norman S. Byram from the book titled Indiana and Indianans written by Jacob Piatt Dunn.
- In Issue 32 of the comic book series titled Tales of the Foundation Force Five, Bumaro was the main villain of the book in which he was defeated by ChowderClef.
- In "Scenes from a Comprehensive Clusterfuck", Bumaro mentions the movie Die Hard, meaning that he may have watched it at some point.
- Robert Bumaro's real name from "The Battle of Baikal" when translated in English from Linear B is Hephaestus, the Olympian god of forgery and the equivalent of the deity Kothar.
- Robert Aram becoming obsessed with the religion of the Mekhanites after finding the city of Amoni-Ram is reminiscent of Abdul Alhazred from the Cthulhu mythos as the later also became a worshiper of the Great Old Ones after finding the city of Irem, a mythical location which inspired the city of Amoni-Ram.
- During the writing of SCP-001 (ROUNDERHOUSE's Gold Proposal), Robert Aram was originally intended to have been a much older man named Amaro, but the image was changed to that of a younger man since a sex scene with him and Hedvig was included which was later removed.
- In "Rate My Director", a Foundation employee complained about Aram vexing them while training, giving him two out of five stars.
External Links[]
- Robert Bumaro on the VS Battles Wiki
- Robert Bumaro in the Legends of the Multi Universe Wiki
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