Samuel Attias

Samuel Attias is a main character and antagonist in The Asylum, he is an undead psychopathic killer that suffers from visual and auditory hallucinations, and he is an ex-patient of BellStone Asylum where he resides working as a henchman for Mohel Skinbergs cult.
He dresses in an old worn-out Cookie Monster mascot costume and occasionally refers to the fact that he is the Cookie Monster. He also hallucinates an imaginary friend, Salad Fingers, who occasionally visits and speaks to him. 
== History ==
Samuel was an ex-patient at BellStone Asylum which held and treated the criminally insane. He was brought there after murdering his parents in 1947 when he was 21 years old, he apparently had worked as a craftsman previously and had been suffering with an untreated mental illness that drove him to the point of having violent intrusive thoughts, such as cutting off his own hand with a circular saw.
Salad Fingers was a creation of his own mind that apparently appeared to help him when he feels 'muddled', however he wants to get rid of Salad Fingers as he is seemingly aware of his illness and how dangerous he is to himself and others. He was treated by Mohel Skinberg himself who seemed to have a very close personal relation to Samuel, initially seeming like a doctor becoming fascinated with a patient. However, it is later revealed that Mohel is actually Samuel's grandfather, personally caring for him in The Asylum and possibly indoctrinating him into the cult. 
== The Asylum ==
=== Episode 1: The Madness Begins ===
Samuel first appears after DeadSkullable observes the BellStone Asylum history book, where he bursts into the room and attacks DeadSkullable who attempts to fight back by stabbing him with a piece of broken wood. However, his body quickly regenerates around the wood that was impaled into his body and he then knocks DeadSkullable out. He is about to finish DeadSkullable off by curb stomping him, but the Plague Doctor yanks the wood from his torso and tells him to stand down. Samuel questions this but the Plague Doctor explains that they need DeadSkullable alive so that they can take his blood. 
=== Episode 3: Voodoo Luck ===
==== (Part 1) ====
Samuel enters his room, removes his mask and sits down onto his bed. His eyebrow then starts dripping blood and he is visited by Salad Fingers who he is very apprehensive and hostile towards, not wanting to look at or talk to him (possibly not wanting to give in to his hallucinations). Salad Fingers finishes speaking by touching his arm and this causes him to grab a nearby hatchet and toss it in Salad Fingers direction, however Salad Fingers is gone, and he accidentally chops off Zhang Weis fingers. 
Samuel asks who Zhang Wei is and Zhang Wei explains that he is the royal advisor to Stefan Loncar who Samuel was responsible for breaking out of prison. Samuel threateningly tells Zhang Wei that he drains the blood of intruders to the asylum, Zhang tells Samuel that he is aware of the cult that is being concealed from Stefan and that he knows the cult is struggling to retrieve DeadSkullables blood. Zhang then states Samuel's name which sends him into a flashback where a part of his backstory is explored, Mohel is seen asking him how he feels and prescribing him treatment.
Zhang says he knows all about Samuel and then proceeds to use his powers to make Samuel mortal again and make blood pour out from his skin. Samuel falls to the floor in pain as Zhang Wei reveals that he was the Plague Doctor, and he blames Samuel for DeadSkullables escape. Zhang Wei brings Samuel back to normal and stands over him in the Plague Doctor uniform, and orders Samuel to never disobey him or the messiah ever again. 
==== (Part 2) ====
Zhang Wei visits Baron Samedi and brings Samuel as a means of threatening Baron into joining the cult and working for them. Samuel puts a hatchet up to Baron's neck and stands over him ominously, Zhang tells Baron that if he does not comply then Samuel will kill him. When Baron agrees, Samuel lowers the hatchet from his neck and stands by as the two have a conversation. 
=== Episode 4: Condemned for Sinners ===
==== (Part 1) ====
Samuel wanders around the asylum's kitchen and roots through the cupboards where he finds a bowl of old and mouldy looking soup which he decides to drink. He coughs after drinking it however and drops the now empty bowl to the floor. He is then visited by Salad Fingers once again who calls the mouldy soup a treat. Salad Fingers attempts to compliment Samuel by saying he looks splendid this evening, but Samuel responds by throwing the bowl into Salad Fingers' face, the bowl breaks over his head and small droplets of the green soup cover his face. Salad Fingers calls this response rude, but Samuel tells him to shut up. 
Samuel then leaves Salad Fingers when he hears a noise, Salad Fingers then talks to himself through his finger puppet before disappearing. Samuel investigates the noise and observes Kolaghan and Juggalo (dressed in a trench coat) facing each other in the corridor. Juggalo glances at Samuel before Kolaghan puts his hand over the stair railing which opens a secret entryway into The Nether. 
==== (Part 3) 2/2 ====
Samuel accompanies Zhang Wei when visiting The Firefighter and Clownface who charges at Zhang with his chainsaw. Clownface instead ends up stabbing Samuel who then proceeds to grab Clownface and throw him across the room, knocking him out. 
He then stands by as Zhang and The Firefighter negotiate. 
=== Episode 5: Solemn Hours ===
==== (Part 1) ====
Samuel is in a living room in the asylum, staring out of the window silently at the rain when he is then visited by Salad Fingers once again. Salad Fingers attempts to make casual conversation with Samuel who stays completely silent as Salad Fingers speaks. Salad Fingers says that Samuel can feels the liquid flowing him through him the same way that Salad Fingers likes the feel of water droplets on his fingers, suggesting maybe Samuel will feel water or blood dripping down his skin someday. Then, a badger urinates on Samuel's leg and Salad Fingers disappears. 
Iggy then enters the room where he spots Tamantha doing some dusting, he inappropriately touches her before standing by Samuel and saying that he has something to tell him. Samuel says nothing and doesn't even bat an eye at Iggy, still staring out of the window which makes Iggy curious for a few moments before he states that Mohel Skinberg wants to see him. 
Iggy then walks out to leave but not before touching Tamantha inappropriately again and then laughing at her. Samuel then picks Iggy up by his neck and slams him onto a vase, he then threatens Iggy to never touch Tamantha again or he will die. When Iggy leaves, he goes back to the window and continues to stare at the rain. 
Later on, Samuel enters the church where Mohel Skinberg is waiting for him. Mohel suddenly reveals that he is Samuel's grandfather to the audience and tells Samuel not to forget about that fact, Samuel asks what he wants and Mohel states that he just wanted to see his grandson and that Samuel only seems to see Mohel as his doctor. Mohel analyses Samuel and states that he's resided in the asylum for years, continuing to kill and live the life of an immortal being. He asks if Salad Fingers has given him anything and Samuel states that Salad Fingers has given him cookies and survival.
Mohel points out that Samuel wears a mask and a soiled uniform that no longer looks like his grandson, he then proceeds to use his telekinesis to take of Samuels mask so that he can see his true face. Mohel tells Samuel that if thy work together, then Samuel can have whatever he wants. Samuel thinks about it and is about to ask for some kind of power or essence, but Mohel denies him this, much to his dismay. Mohel explains that he cannot have that and then tells him to leave. 
Samuel becomes angry and rips off his Cookie Monster uniform before charging towards Mohel who uses his power to stop Samuel in his tracks and extract his soul from his body, he then tells Samuel to never disobey him again before dropping him. Samuel asks why Mohel summoned him here in the first place and Mohel explains that he wants Samuel to carry on the family legacy. 
Mohel asks if Samuel will serve him and Samuel states that he will always serve him. 
== Personality ==
Samuel is a ruthless and violent killer, aggressive with outsiders and incredibly intimidating to the people around him. His mental illness has likely only worsened by his increasing age and his rotting body, making him believe that he is the Cookie Monster from the Sesame Street show, dressing up like him in an old costume. This could likely be him dissasociating with himself, not wanting to believe that he could be the monster he has become, or believing that who he is now is separate from who he may have once been, so he dresses up as a monster and wears a threatening mask as a way of accepting and embracing the creature he has become.
It is shown however that Samuel doesn't feel at peace with who he is, he likely doesn't want to be the monster that he is now and he wishes that he could go back to when things were normal. He expresses a keen interest in ridding himself of Salad Fingers and trying to get better, and it is clear that this is what he wants deep down, but manipulation from his grandfather prohibits him from doing so. Mohel has only drove him further and further down the hill of insanity and violence.
== Powers & abilities ==
* Enhanced strength
* Regenerative healing
* Inability to feel pain
* Immortality
=== Weapons ===
* Hatchet
== Trivia ==
* Samuel is possibly the oldest original character, other than Gumdrop, that was created for The Asylum. Existing in the early concept phase when The Asylum was going to be a comedy series. 
Category:Asylum Characters
Category:Antagonists