Samuel Blake

Samuel Blake (Also known as Mayor Samuel, Mayor or just Sam) is an original Main Character from "Miracula Luxia" and citizen of Avernum. He is the former Mayor of Formello.
== Important Stats ==
Main Element: FIRE.
Battle Discipline: STRONG.
Magic Discipline: VERY STRONG.
Stealth Discipline: WEAK.
== Personality ==
Samuel is a friendly young man who loves to meet new people and greet them in Formello.
Although he is a very kind and outgoing soul, he won't hesitate to help a person or animal in need and will jump into battle to do so.
However, even he has his limits, although he's a powerful High Mage and talented fighter. This is seen in C2, P9 of "Miracula Luxia) when he is unable to keep the incoming orcs at bay alone, without the help of Jared Kaos.
== Abilities ==
Samuel can cast very powerful magic, capable of shredding a moderately-sized enemy to pieces. However, to cast it properly, he must stay calm and be far from the enemies he wants to hit with the chosen spell.
Unlike many Mages, Samuel is also able to use a Melee Weapon. His signature weapon is a Sword known as the "Slay and Pray"- a poweful and light weapon used and since it's also longer than a Shortsword/Broadsword, it is able to reach foes that are trying to stay away and fight from a distance, like archers/mages.
That makes Samuel a formidable Enemy and a valued Ally.
== Death ==
=== Killed By ===
* Humanoids (Alive)
Samuel is killed during the assault of the humanoids, being one of their numerous victims.
Unbeknowst to the other residents of the city, he reanimates after he is buried, due to his contact with Jared and his father in Chapter 2. Some of the residents claim that they're hearing something growling and clawing near Samuel's grave, but the soldiers pretend like there isn't anything there and tell them to move on.
* Jared Kaos (Caused, Undead)
* Annie Mitchell (Undead)
A reanimated Samuel attacks everyone around him when his grave is dug up and he has the chance to attack.
At first, he doesn't go down. He fights against everyone who tries to kill him (mostly concentrating on Jared) and does not die due to the fact that he wasn't stabbed in the head.
After the undead man bites Jared's arm and does not let go, an angry Annie pulls out a knife and stabs him in the skull, finally putting him down for good.
== Relationships ==
=== His Parents ===
He was most likely very bonded to them since he was very angry and saddened when the orcs killed them, along with some other members of his family. He avenged their deaths by personally executing the leader of the foul creatures by setting him on Holy Fire.
Even now, he still misses them, hoping they're safe up in the Holy Realm.
=== Jared Kaos ===
Samuel is very thankful to Jared for saving Formello and offers him a room in the Inn for free to rest, despite the slight hesitation of the Innkeeper himself.
Later, it can be seen that him and Jared have become good friends, talking about recent events and learning new abilities together.
Their relationship is very strong and friendly, the two trusting each other to make the right choices.
Jared is shocked to learn that his friend has died and reanimated, but doesn't let the grief over this overwhelm him and instead fights him to save his friend, getting bitten on the arm in the process. 
Although he cares about the living Samuel, he doesn't show any sign of emotion when the undead Samuel is put down by Annie.
It is unknown whether Jared will bury his friend's corpse or simply burn it.
== Trivia ==
* Samuel is the first named Avernite to be introduced in the series.
** Samuel is also the first Avernite to die.
** Along with that, Samuel is also the first Avernite to reanimate and be put down.
* Like all Avernites, Samuel's skin is very pale.
* He is one of the two characters who can use a Melee Weapon, but prefer to cast spells, the other being his friend, Jared.
* Samuel's last name- "Blake" is a reference to the name of The Governor in the Walking Dead- Brian Blake. They share one similarity- being the leaders of their own towns- The Governor being of Woodbury and Samuel- of Formello.
**However, Samuel is also a complete opposite of Brian- unlike him, he is very friendly to his town's citizens and doesn't intend on killing them if they hesitate to do something, he prefers to calm them down with some simple words of motivation rather than strike fear into their hearts by murdering some of them.
***This makes Samuel a far better leader than Brian, despite his mistake during the orc invasion.
=== Deleted Sequences ===
* Originally, Samuel was supposed to make an appearance as a living person in Chapter 7, but the idea for that was scrapped and he was instead reintroduced in Chapter 9 as an undead.
* Originally, the one who was supposed to put the undead Samuel down was John. However, it was decided that Annie should be the one to put him down, being the person who risked her own life to save her friend from being killed by the undead man (and vice versa). Thus, an angry Annie became the one to put him down.
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