Sobrukai2600

Sobrukai, a cute builder robot, landed from a remote corner of the universe into the world of Eldham on the 11th of September on the year 2021. Their memories of a past life were long forgotten, and with no knowledge or purpose in this world, bask in its glory, they set out to explore in hopes of finding somewhere special that they could call 'home'.

Sobru is currently living in The Free City of Qadakh, enjoying their time building cute things every now and then.

Sobrukai, code #2600
Sobrukai has few memories of their creator, one of them being the machine unit code they were assigned upon creation: #2600. Since their creator lived during the american golden age of videogames in the 70's, and played E.T. vigorously on the Atari, they named their technological prodigy after their favourite videogame console.And so, with no name to remember other that the machine's unit code, they named themselves with a souless name, Sobriquet (nickname), thus becoming Sobrukai.

Old memories
Code 2500 - Entry 017: Searching for Code 2600

No one has seen code 2600 since they left for Mars two light years ago. Not even the fellows from nearby Solar System stations. Code 2600 is known for isolating itself, but this unresponsiveness is not something they bear in their circuits.

This mate was always obsessed with old human tales of ancient, glorious civilisations. That’s why they ended up in Mars in the first place: to get a close view from the Old Mother Earth. It was their lifelong dream. No one could stop them.

And now I find myself in Mars, looking for them. A researcher loved by all, despite their madness. I was tasked with retrieving them from their secluded days, to bring them back home.

But now, upon entering their study room... my heart is torn into pieces, seeing this derelict scene: all the machinery covered in rust. And, most worringly, no life sign of Sobrukai.

I try to gather proof, and to make sense of this reality. What is this purple substance? Dripping from the sword, covering the carpet, spilled over the desk....

''‘what is that? What have I just seen?’''

A purple light vanishing past the window, a twinkling light that blinded me for an instance.

What the hell had this foolish robot been up to? And most importantly... where is it now?”

Eîdos, the first settlement
With no sense of direction upon arriving in Eldham, Sobrukai met Handakar, a knight whom had also forgotten about his past. They together wandered for days, in search of a promised land, and found themselves in front of a large, rocky mountain, with views reaching as far as the horizon went. They made it their mission to settle there, to build a mountain city of knowledge and wizardry, starting off with three main towers that would crown its peak. The duo would however soon find other activities around Eldham, leaving the ruins of Eîdos' tower behind.

Oleapolis, an unexpected long journey
One of these activities caused them to move away from their home, to work in a foreign city: Oleapolis, old capital of Aristios. There they spent a month building its military headquarters, their first work as builders in Eldham (although they were never paid for it T_T).

Coming across the Jewel of the North
During one of his journeys, Handakar came across the vast Qadakhi desert, and found themselves mesmerised by the greatness of the Free City. Upon settling there, Sobrukai followed to join their brother, as Qadakh was the most beautiful nation their eyes had ever seen. Truly a promised land, the greatest jewel of all Eldham, at the outmost corner of the world.

Despite their metal heart, Sobrukai is a pure and honest soul, that fell in love with Qadakh's beauty and its loving community, who encouraged and complimented their building efforts. They immediately felt at home in this newly-independent desert city with a bright future ahead, and have never left since then.

After two months of joyful and honest dedication to the nation, Sobrukai was offered to join the Qadakhi leadership together with Attas and ANO, and became a dedicated helper to the Free City citizenry.

Kelp
Sobrukai is often conflicted about their job. You might think that building is an easy task for a robot, and although it is true that they have more endurance, many days and nights spent building under rain have put a strain on this robot's metal shell, as it' been suffering from rust. Even more, Sobrukai's love for building boats is incompatible with the nature of water.

But itsn't only the water, that damages this robot's precious metal shell. It is the sand now that has gotten under their skin, after long months of living in the pebble-infested and vast Qadakhi desert.

And thus Sobrukai wandered for months, from shop to shop in the Free City's undercity.... looking for 'robot remedies'. Not even the Qadafia's totally legally-traded grit, provided by the local hospital that Sobrukai helped build, seemed to have an effect.

But it was upon building in water that Sobrukai discovered the unthinkable remedy: kelp seemed to have a rejuvenating effect on their carcass, and other astonishing robot-curing properties.

Unfortunately, as the Qadakhi population got nitpicky, they requested the government to raid the kelp out of the Qadakhi coast, which tangled under their boats. And thus, kelp became the most spiteful plant in the city, making Sobrukai fear that their salvation would be no more.

To remedy that, Sobrukai built a business in the Free City's bay underground, which can only be entered through the city's sewage system, called 'The Green Spot'. Although a vegan restaurant to the public eye, this secret establishment becomes a secret kelp provider during the nights. It has become a safe place where Sobrukai and the rest of the robot population can enjoy kelp in peace, and have the freedom to UwU out of the demon vizier's sight.