Real name: Bahrān Mfinyanzi
Age: 40
Occupation: Omnic Sculptor
Base of Operations: Swahili Coast
Affiliations: Overwatch (formerly)
"Progress must be made by hand."
Story: One of a few gifted individuals who can craft high-level omnics from natural materials, Bahrān Mfinyanzi was wrongly outcast for his inventions.
The Omnic Crisis left most of Africa in ruins. Overwatch lacked the resources to clean up the immense continent by itself, so it was up to the people to create their own solutions. One such idea was to attempt to repurpose the remains of their defeated enemies into helper robots. Bahrān, while not the first or only person to try this method, was by far the best at it. A sculptor by trade, he was able to incorporate his clay with the broken Omnic parts to create highly functional hybrid machines. He became a leading figure and a symbol of hope in the long and exhausting rebuilding effort.
Despite the pronounced improvements caused by Bahrān's works, there remained a significant group of people who despised what he did. They claimed, as many have about new technology in the past, that his automation removed quality and authenticity from the traditional crafts and styles, and would have none of it. As human-Omnic tensions continued to rise, rumors began spreading about the possibility of a second Crisis. These people were quick to accuse Mfinyanzi of being involved and rallied the population to put an end to his creations… and his life.
With no other options, he fled to seclusion, armed with nothing but his skills. He transformed his creations into tools of destruction and held his own against his kind. Overwatch was able to quiet the uproar, but for him, it was too late: in a few short weeks, he had destroyed his life's work. Leaving his quiet home behind, Bahrān vowed to use his craft to prove to the world the helpfulness of omnics and the punishment of discrimination.
Role: Tank
Health: 300 + 100 Armor (Golem has 100 + 300 Armor)
Gameplay:
• Stone Packer (Weapon): A two-handed device that compresses dirt into larger rocks more suitable for building. As a weapon, it shoots pebbles that deal little damage but have a little push to them. It fires 5 pebbles per second and has 60 ammo. (Golem uses an arm cannon that it stabilizes its other hand)
• Boulder Fling (alt-fire): Builds up material in the Packer before launching it as a large rock. The boulder has considerable knockback, and both damage and knockback scale with size and thus charging time. Max size is at 20 pebbles (4 seconds).
• Build Golem (Ability 1): Creates an inactive Golem. The ability goes on cooldown for 10 seconds after the Golem is destroyed.
• Channel Golem (Ability 2): Toggles control between Bahrān and his Golem. The inactive one has their health appear next to the active one, like Torbjörn's turret.
• Gaea Armor (Ultimate): Destroys his Golem, then builds a new one as armor. Their healths are combined, and he can use both of their weapons together. Lasts 10 seconds. When he uses it, he shouts, "Tazama viumbe wangu!" (Behold my creation!) to enemies and, "Equipped Gaea Armor!" to allies.
Bahrān is best used as an area denial character. Both of his clicks produce knockback, and his signature Golem allows him to block two areas simultaneously if managed well. His ultimate can be used to single-handedly stop an enemy push, though it comes at the sacrifice of his current Golem placement.
Appearance: He is well-built, though not quite the bodybuilders that Reinhardt and Zarya are. He wears a breastplate and other upper-body armor, but no shirt underneath. They are a reddish-orange color, like clay bricks. He wears brown patterned shorts, as well. He carries his Stone Packer over his left shoulder, as he's left-handed.
His Golem has a similar shape for gameplay purposes, but it is made out of stone bricks and has its arm cannon on its right arm. When he activates Gaea Armor, he becomes larger due to the added bricks, and the Stone Packer becomes attached to the left arm much like the Golem's arm cannon is on the right.