Bumi
| Bumi | |
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| Species |
Unknown; human or human-like
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| Gender |
Male
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| Allies | |
| Status |
Unknown
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| Home Reality | |
| “ | My, young one, you seem strangely willing to throw your life away. If I may offer my opinion... There are surely people who care about you. People who don't want to see you hurt. You should think about the other boy's position - Has there ever been a time where you were lied to? Hasn't there ever been a time where someone took advantage of you, and tricked you into accomplishing their goals while telling you that you were doing a great good? I don't know if that's the situation with this young one... But I've heard of Uterio. If this young one is being lied to by Uterio - Most likely... - Then I'm sure you know what he needs now... Someone to show him the "true right path". | ” |
—Bumi's advice to Klak, BZPB | ||
Bumi is an eccentric old man who travelled with Toph Bei Fong during the Uterio War. He appears to be a member of a tribe of Earthbenders seeking refuge from conflict.
His current whereabouts are unknown, but it is possible that he moved to Fanrong with Toph after the war.
History[edit | edit source]
In the early days of the Uterio War, Bumi and Toph Bei Fong were forced to relocate to Malchior IV to escape an unknown threat. They took up residence in one of its many mountain ranges, and Toph used her Earthbending powers to create a series of tunnels beneath the planet's surface for them to live in.
During the Battle of Malchior IV, Bumi was in one of these tunnels while Toph watched the battle from the entrance. When Praepositus's ship crashed on the surface, and Toph collapsed the ground beneath it to bring it into the tunnels, Bumi went to investigate. He eavesdropped on Toph's conversation with Klak, who had also arrived to investigate what had happened to Praepositus. When Toph voiced her hopes that one day she would be able to practice her Earthbending in peace, Bumi sarcastically told her that "on that day, we'll pluck freshly-cooked duck from the trees and will dig up rivers that flow with honeyed milk". Toph told Bumi to shut up and stomped in his direction, so he cackled to himself and left.
Bumi returned when Toph fell asleep, approaching Klak and Praepositus and listening intently to their argument about the latter's motivations. Bumi told Klak that if Praepositus is being misled by Uterio, then he needs to be shown the true right path. Praepositus angrily denied that he was being misled, just as his reinforcements showed up and aimed their weapons at Bumi. Toph immediately woke up and used her Earthbending powers to half-bury Praepositus's reinforcements in the ground, and Bumi helped by using powers of his own to launch everyone else out of the tunnel and seal it off behind them. Toph expressed her hopes that the combatants can resolve their differences in the end, to which Bumi responded that he was sure they would.
His status following the Uterio War is unknown, but he may have moved to Fanrong with Toph and the other Earthbenders.
Abilities & Powers[edit | edit source]
- Earthbending - Bumi is an Earthbender, meaning that he can manipulate earth and rock. He appears to be quite proficient in the skill, as he was quickly able to form two large walls of earth and cause the ground to repel a ship and a platoon of soldiers high into the air.
