Lambent Brumak

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Lambent Brumak
Biographical information
Homeland	Hollow
Date of death	2 Frost 14 A.E.
Physical description and appearance
Species	Lambent Brumak Hollow Creature (Formerly)
Height	98-140 feet
Body color	Beige skin with bioluminescent golden veins
Chronological and personal information
Era(s)	Lambent War Locust War
Notable Facts	Only known kind of its species Used as the weapon to sink Jacinto
Weapons	Tendrils Mouth Volatile
Affiliation	Lambent Locust Horde (Formerly)

"What the hell is going on with that thing?"
"I don't know, almost looks like it's going Lambent."

—Cpl. Dominic Santiago and Cpl. Damon Baird viewing the mutation of the Lambent Brumak.

The Lambent Brumak was Lambent-infected Brumak. Only one was known to be in existence, during the Locust War. While prepping for the sinking of Jacinto City, the COG Army hijacked a Brumak to clear Locust forces. After extreme exposure to Imulsion fumes, the Brumak was infected and became heavily mutated. It grew several stories tall, its head split open with a second mouth, and multiple tendrils from its body capable of grabbing its prey. The Lambent Brumak was destroyed shortly after its creation by the COG Army using the Hammer of Dawn, causing the explosion from its death to sink Jacinto.

History

Only one Lambent Brumak was known to have existed. It was created and destroyed on 2 Frost 14 A.E. during the final stages of Operation: Hollow Storm. After receiving intelligence from Professor Adam Fenix that sinking Jacinto City would flood the Hollow and drown all life within, it became a goal for both the Locust Horde and Coalition of Ordered Governments (COG). The Locust had these plans originally with the intention of evacuating the Hollow and sinking Jacinto to both drown the Lambent, lifeforms controlled by an Imulsion-based infection, and to deny the humans their last bastion as the granite bedrock of the Jacinto Plateau prevented the Locust from digging and therefore unable to annihilate the human race. After learning of their plans during the Battle of the Royal Palace, the COG planned on using the Horde's plans against them after failing to assassinate Queen Myrrah. The goal was to sink Jacinto and flood the Hollow before the Locust could evacuate, destroying both them and the Lambent.

The Locust opened a large sinkhole in the city to begin their final push and distract the COG until the Locust could evacuate. The COG devised a plan to infiltrate the Hollow through the sinkhole and plant a Lightmass Bomb to destroy the rest of Jacinto, but were unable to deliver the bomb until the area was cleared of Seeder and Nemacyst infestation. Upon entering the sinkhole, Sergeant Marcus Fenix and Corporal Dominic Santiago hijacked a Brumak to clear the area and make an opening for the King Ravens. In order to do so, the Brumak was forced into a lake of Imulsion was heavily exposed to Imulsion fumes. Following their completed objectives, the Brumak began to turn Lambent and heavily mutated. During which, the Brumak knocked down the King Raven carrying the Lightmass Bomb. The Brumak then grew roots into the Imulsion, increased in height and size, generated a mass of sentient tentacles, and formed a pharyngeal jaw.

The Lambent Brumak shortly before Jacinto's destruction.

Corporal Damon Baird surmised the Brumak had turned Lambent. Upon remembering the volatile nature of the Lambent upon death, Fenix designated the Lambent Brumak as a target, as its death and subsequent explosion could act as a replacement for the lost Lightmass Bomb. The Lambent Brumak attempted to attack the King Ravens with its tentacles while the Gears deployed the Hammer of Dawn against it. After several strikes, the Lambent Brumak detonated itself and created a large enough explosion to sink Jacinto, allowing the crippled plateau walls to collapse and allowed the seawater to enter the sinkhole, flooding the Hollow. Following the sinking of Jacinto, the entire planet of Sera transitioned into the Lambent Pandemic, as the seawater pushed Imulsion up into the soil and onto the surface. It is unknown if anymore Lambent Brumaks occurred during the pandemic. If there were any, all possible Lambent Brumaks were made extinct by the Imulsion countermeasure in Bloom 17 A.E.

Appearances

• Gears of War 2 (First appearance)
• Dirty Little Secrets
• Gears of War 3 (Appears in flashback(s))

Behind the scenes

• The Lambent Brumak was the final boss of Gears of War 2.
• Out of all Lambent mutations, the Lambent Brumak could be considered the most grotesque, the most volatile, and perhaps the most dangerous only matched by the Lambent Leviathan and the Lambent Berserker.
• The Lambent Brumak has some plant-like features such as rooting its legs to the ground and not being capable of mobility, similar to the mutations of Lambent Drudges.
• The Lambent Brumak greatly resembles the Biollante monster from the Godzilla franchise.