Sam Porter Bridges

Samuel "Sam" Porter Bridges is the main protagonist of the 2019 open world video-game Death Stranding, and he will return in the upcoming 2025 open world video-game sequal Death Stranding 2 on The Beach.
He is a legendary porter and member of Bridges, playing an integral role in expanding the Chiral Network to connect the United Cities of America whole by embarking on a westward expedition.
He was portrayed who also played Daryl Dixon in The Walking Dead.
== Origin ==
Sam Porter Bridges is a courier in a post-apocalyptic United States following "the Death Stranding", a cataclysmic event that altered the rules of life and death. Cynical and jaded from years of criss-crossing the dangerous wilderness of the east coast, Sam is contacted by his estranged mother, Bridget Strand, the President of the United Cities of America.
On her deathbed after years battling cancer, she asks Sam to help fulfill her dream of reuniting the nation through the Chiral Network, a massive digital system that when completed will allow instantaneous communication between the isolated city-states of America. While initially reluctant, an impassioned plea from his sister Amelie (and some prodding from the government) changes his mind. And so, Sam sets out on a journey across the continent, working to win the trust of America's disillusioned populace and bring hope to a nation that's lost its way.
== Abilities ==
Sam is considered the best porter alive (or even in existence), because he can deliver ridiculous amounts of cargo (120 kilograms, and that's without an exoskeleton!) in mint condition, in a very short amount of time. Other characters even call him "The man who delivers" or "The great deliverer". 
He's also quite skilled in hand to hand and armed combat, able to single-handedly clean MULE and terrorist camps (about 15-20 enemies in one place) and go toe-to-toe with Higgs, who can teleport and summon BTs, and Cliff, a ghost of a veteran who fought, among others, in Iraq, Kosovo and Afghanistan, and win. He has a length of rope that he can use to tie an opponent mid-combat, leaving them bound and helpless. He is also an expert marksman.
Sam has a DOOMS level of 2, which means he can sense the presence of BTs, allowing him to avoid them during deliveries. A negative side effect of DOOMS is that his dreams are often nightmares of an apocalyptic future that came from the mind of the Extinction Entity.
==Trivia==
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* He is a foil to his arch-enemy Higgs:
** Sam walks and sometimes drives across the country, whereas Higgs teleports, even reducing any walking to teleport.
*** While Sam can travel to different distribution centres with Fragile, his deliveries still need him to physically cross the distance.
** Sam is a man of few words, while Higgs delivers lengthy monologues.
** Sam is a humble man, whereas Higgs is arrogant and self-aggrandises.
** Sam's aphephosmphobia makes him keep his distance from people, but Higgs often gets in their faces, and even to Sam and Fragile, licks their faces.
** Sam's actions help people and repair America, but Higgs' actions hurt people and threaten the world itself.
** Sam helped restore Fragile's life and business that were ruined by Higgs.
** Sam suffered the trauma of losing his wife and child, which made him retreat into solitude, while Higgs had a traumatic childhood that left him vulnerable to snapping from revelations given by the EE, after which he leads a cult.
** Sam loves Amelie and selflessly works to ensure her safety. Higgs also loves Amelie, but it is a combination of worship and possessiveness.
*** Sam seeks to rescue Amelie out of genuine concern, but Higgs jealously attempts to prove himself better through violence.
** Sam and Higgs both suffer from self-esteem issues, however, Sam struggles to move on through introspection and willingness to trust people again, whereas Higgs' egomania drives him to immense acts of cruelty to fulfill a disturbed execution of superiority.