SY (March 28)

* Yukimura family
	+ Yūmi Yukimura *(adoptive father)*
	+ Carla Yukimura *(adoptive mother)*
	+ Kyouko Yukimira *(adoptive sister)*

Superpowered combat

**Samuel Yukimura**, real name **Judas Wormwood**, is the central protagonist of the *Mist of the Heart* storyline. He joins the Paranormal Salvation Army’s Support Regiment at age 14, and later becomes the symbolic leader of the organization upon his valiant declaration to save the Freiheitian Empire.

Following the events of the War, Samuel plans to take on Takali Aviur and the entire Pathos-Protivník Coalition by himself. This results in his infiltration of Pathos, where he was slowly capturing the nobility and all contributors to the Paranormal Genocide plan, going by the pseudonym Judas Reeds to hide his identity.

## Appearance

Samuel has an ecto-mesomorph frame that stands at 175 centimeters with long, coarse white hair and dark red eyes. He is considered rather short for his age and lacked much muscle mass as a child, but gained toned muscles after his twelve months of extensive training when first joining the Army, and as the series progressed, these were shown to become more developed and defined as he gradually grew stronger.

Samuel possesses a tattoo-like marking located on the back of his left hand that resembles the “symbol of chaos,” colored black and periodically spreading in the form of cracks that presently permeate his entire body. They have become very prominent, displaying the areas that he feels the most physical pressure when overexerting himself. The fingers on his left hand have also suffered partial deformation after sustaining several injuries, which extends to the rest of his arm and including his right one to a lesser degree.

In consequence of killing Ina De Angelis, Samuel grew sharper incisors and prominent canines that regularly cut his extended, barbed tongue, and developed narrower pupils which become thinner when aroused (anger, suspicion, intrigued by prey).

When in his civilian clothes, Samuel always dons his modernized, high-top, oxblood (     ) Sneakers, in addition to plain black clothing (     ), a light pink (     ) jacket with a melon (     ) fur collar, similarly colored leather gloves, as well as Pastel Reeds’ honey-colored (     ) scarf wrapped around his left upper-arm. He occasionally put his hair up in a bun or ponytail to keep it from getting in his face during daily activities. Plus, he opts to wear footwraps (     ) together with puttee instead of normal socks, viewing their removal as akin to stripping.

Samuel’s original costume is a dark brown jumpsuit with an oxblood belt, knee pads, elbow pads, and weighted-knuckle gloves, along with his old oxblood hightops. He also carried an oxblood backpack when partaking in the mission to Kismet Island, but hadn’t employed the usage of it until leaving for Pathos one year later. Unfortunately, the gloves were destroyed amidst his fight with the hired assassins sent to kill him by a fire-based Goetia.

His costume was prudently upgraded by Clotho when it proved incompatible with his meta ability’s unfamiliar strength and his incipient fighting style. Samuel requested limb braces (     ) that span the length of the limb to compensate for his body’s damaged condition, crampon-inspired footgear to empower his kicks, and a diamond-shaped respirator (     ) to protect him from hazardous atmospheres commonly found in Asylum City. He later adopts his late commander’s yellow scarf, which had been given to him prior to leaving the Paranormal Salvation Army, and wears a protective hand wraps (     ) that appear like the taped-up hands of a boxer, or medical bandages wrapped around the palm and forearm.

During the events of his crusade, Samuel’s costume becomes irreparably torn, gaining an overall monstrous appearance that is stained in blood and filth from unremittingly fighting off villains inhabiting the many towns he visited. Pastel Reeds’ scarf had also been partially damaged amidst one of these battles, which resulted in him tying it around his left upper-arm instead of wearing it around his neck like usual, same happening to his gauntlets with the left one being rendered practically useless.

His near-ceaseless confrontations had begun taking their toll on his mindset – Samuel constantly sprouted up to eight tendrils from his back even while out of combat, and it almost made him look like a spider. Furthermore, he frequently wore a fabric mask with long, ear-like protrusions that resemble a jackal's ears to conceal his identity, which caused only his eyes to be visible through the shadows cast by it. Samuel quickly began getting called a “genuine bogeyman” by the media since no one really knew who or what he was, both due to the mask and his foreigner status; locals assumed he was a villain or mythological creature upon first seeing him.

After finally recovering, Samuel temporarily wore a standard-issue PSA soldier uniform, before his costume was eventually rebuilt with color palette changes, accompanied by his Sneakers after acquiring them during the Green Hell mission as part of the Mark III costume and a repaired version of Pastel’s scarf.

## Personality

Samuel is shown to be mostly good-natured, and was often described as friendly, optimistic, fun-loving, and highly spirited by those within the Army. No matter the situation, Samuel would always go out of his way to support his friends, even if it meant putting his life on the line or potentially causing himself extreme pain.

In the time since embarking on his pilgrimage, Samuel has shown remarkable progress in his analytical and tactical skills, both in and outside of battle. Apart from maintaining his cover as a Pathos civilian for an extended period of time, he has repeatedly devised coordinated plans functioning on a grand scale, executing irregular strategies that almost infallibly succeed, factoring in the best ways he can utilize the Goetias of allies and enemies alike for his own advantage. But there are occasions where his plans have gone wrong, keeping a steady composure accompanied by subtle disarray, attempting to get everything back in order quickly before any more mishaps.

## Prowess

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Samuel possesses extraordinary physical abilities that allow him to take on accomplished combatants and superhuman opponents. This combined with his exceptionally analytical mind makes him a formidable adversary, proving to be a vital asset during the Kismet Island Raid and a competent villain hunter.

The greatest weapon in his arsenal is his ability to plan ahead, prepare, and devise functioning countermeasures to ensure his triumph over any obstacle or opponent he may encounter. Samuel has regularly shown himself to have remarkable versatility and improvisation skills when put under intense stress, changing directions in mere moments to better suit the occasion, even for simple reasons such as persuading someone, as well as learning, replicating and improving the fighting styles and teachings of other people, including figuring out ways to counteract them, demonstrated when he copied many techniques used by White Rider after only seeing them once and overcoming them.

Upon awakening more of his esoteric abilities, he received an ample boost to his physical characteristics, but the backlash of the power prevented Samuel from reliably utilizing it, which was enough to completely immobilize him. This initially manifested in the form of seizure-like symptoms such as intermittent fatigue and blurred vision, later causing his body to rapidly deteriorate and literally tear apart whenever employing higher percentages of his strength. Samuel has suffered numerous injuries as well as paralysis when overexerting himself during combat, unable to carry lightweight objects without experiencing sharp pains (miniature muscle tears), albeit being more than capable of lifting 235 tonne Pathos tank. These downsides are the primary reasons he can’t efficiently endure prolonged fights and will usually hold off from dealing heavy attacks in the beginning, as that would quickly diminish any possible future attacks. Even so, he has shown to be able to withstand its intense drawbacks and effectively fight opponents who would otherwise be too much.

Amidst the climax of the Pathos-Protivník War, Samuel underwent a personal emancipation during his fight with Takali, resulting in his physical abilities suddenly enhancing to levels beyond their natural parameters and causing her to comment on his remarkable transformation. Similar to his predecessor, Samuel’s aura is able to instill fear into others, and his gaze was frightening enough to strike crippling fear into twenty-seven Pathos-Protivník Coalition soldiers. This was seen again when he reencountered the Four Horsemen, with his mere presence being powerful enough to instill hallucinations of death and the end of the world into the squad despite his bloodlust not being directed at them.

As the series progresses, Samuel displays greater mastery of hand-to-hand combat, and showcased the ability to quickly incapacitate super-powered criminals almost immediately without them even detecting him beforehand. Additionally, Samuel was able to create a thin layer of nyctoplasm fast enough to block an armor-piercing bullet before it could hit him, then swiftly dodging the accompanying shots fired directly afterward. His fighting skills have also grown exponentially, though showing to be particularly savage and rudimentary instead of anything clever, albeit still able to make smart decisions on the fly and while under pressure

### Natural Abilities

* **Immense Strength**: Currently, Samuel possesses an immeasurable degree of superhuman strength, which seems to fluctuate depending on the situation at hand. Although he was originally defeated by Sathanas, he can presently subdue the strongest villains and easily overpower Legionaries, who have individually shown to be capable of annihilating numerous mid-level metahumans. Samuel was also able to effortlessly snap the neck of a Prime Legionnaire, lift, throw and smash through massive boulders, and subdue multiple Titans with his bare hands. During his third encounter with Takali, they were generating enough force to cause the ground beneath them to collapse like an earthquake, creating huge cracks in the earth. He later demonstrated the ability to move freely in the air with only his arm movements and deflect incoming projectiles by generating intense wind pressure via simple hand motions or kicks.Samuel’s strength rapidly increased to unbelievable levels following the death of Pastel Reeds, presumably due to experiencing deep grief and rage, granting him the ability to cause catastrophic damage across the nation of Pathos. He quickly dealt with the reinforcements summoned upon attacking an outpost after infiltrating Pathos, causing the nobility to permit Takali’s plans to deal with him by unleashing genetically-modified horrors, as well as requesting assistance from their allies. Nevertheless, Samuel showed little to no apprehension and even had the mettle to openly challenge Takali, though being forced to retreat when he began experiencing his power’s backlash and the latter proved formidable enough to hold him off with her accompanying subordinates.

In most cases, Samuel will pull his punches, often doing so in order to not kill anyone since the vast majority of his opponents would die from an all-out attack. This was first shown when he briefly lost control and accidentally broke a criminal’s jaw clean off, which he promptly freaked out about directly afterward despite the reason being that they threatened to murder a small child. Later, Samuel was temporarily made unable to control his body, resulting in him unwillingly striking a teammate, albeit missing, and instead hitting the factory’s walls behind them with enough force to cause it to almost immediately collapse. Samuel himself has admitted to having to constantly suppress his actual strength.

	+ **Unlimited Strength**: Theoretically, Samuel can potentially supersede himself infinitely over time, capable of matching or exceeding stronger opponents through prolonged combat that forces his physical abilities to push past their parameters. He has demonstrated this ability on several occasions and proven to wield an intrinsically limitless amount of strength, albeit never truly reaching that extent despite its technical possibility.

	It was implied that his indeterminate strength could be further augmented via killing, which he chiefly showcased when “justly” murdering Ina De Angelis and thus granting himself enough power to overwhelm the ensuing battles.

* **Immense Speed & Reflexes**: Samuel possesses extraordinary levels of superhuman speed and reflexes that have allowed him to dodge rapid gunfire at close range, maneuver through falling debris, keep up with gifted speedsters, and take down entire groups of enemies before anyone saw what happened.Samuel managed to fight and react to Takali during their battle, who was moving well over 1.573636218 (157.3 million) kilometers an hour, even after sustaining major backlash from his power. And later, he was able to replicate the speed of Starbright and blitz an enhanced Takali, albeit not for very long.

* **Immense Durability**: Samuel shows to be capable of withstanding falls from great heights, getting crushed, stabbed, beaten, blasted, and burned by various enemies, making him appear virtually invulnerable to physical trauma. He traded blows with Takali on multiple occasions, as well as enduring brutal beatings from the Four Horsemen’s two strongest physical fighters, Tael and the White Rider, while training with them, and even surviving three super-missiles hitting him simultaneously with severe injuries – two that held nearly 9.38 tonnes of TNT and a third with more than 1012 tonnes, respectively.

* **Immense Stamina**: Samuel has demonstrated significant staying power, being able to withstand great pain and continue standing despite having his bones shattered. This allows him to remain constantly active for days without tiring or slowing down. When on his crusade against Pathos, Samuel was able to travel intercontinental distances while being critically injured, sleep-deprived, dehydrated, and suffering major blood loss, becoming evidently unable to properly think and on the verge of collapsing – yet still managed to fight off countless villains under these harsh conditions through sheer hateful willpower.

* **Enhanced Senses**: Samuel possesses extremely acute senses that allow him to perceive things outside the normal range of perception, which he displayed by easily discerning the presence of enemy forces instantly, even when they were scattered all around a mountain. He has been documented hearing, seeing and smelling near-imperceptible stimuli from remote locations, as well as easily detecting faint vibrations made by subtle movements.
	+ **Electromagnetic Perception**: Samuel can perceive the world around himself based solely on the patterns of magnetic and electrical energy, and can even see the natural magnetic auras surrounding living beings when focused. He learned how to "tune" his vision to interpret the various ranges of the energy, such as radio waves (which includes AM, FM, and TV frequencies), infrared, all visible light, ultraviolet, power waves, x-rays, gamma rays, etc.
		- **Thermal Vision**: Samuel is capable of seeing the temperature variations in objects and environment, allowing him to detect living beings through thick smoke or complete darkness. Cold temperatures appear as green or blue while warmer ones appear yellow to dark pink or even red-orange-yellow.

### Unique Abilities

Samuel is symbiotically connected to an apocalyptic source of unlimited power, which manifests itself in the form of a centipede-like entity attached to his spinal cord; it feeds off the hormone epinephrine and reacts to his mental commands or subconscious impulses, possessing the ability to convert the chemical into nyctoplasm or its incorporeal counterpart and allowing him to freely manipulate the unearthly substances.

### Skills

* **Parkour**: Samuel is an amazingly talented traceur, honing his every sense into quickly deducing the fastest, most efficient way to fluidly maneuver throughout urban locations and perfectly executing complex techniques without any issue. He has been capable of outdistancing enemies and friends alike on many occasions by understanding how to best move through areas in the shortest timeframe, making others believe he was an extremely fast speedster or someone with teleportation abilities.
	+ **Acrobatics**
	+ **Buildering**

* **Master Combatant**: Aside from his terrifying intellect and stratagem, Samuel retains his status as one of the finest CQC combatants in the world, overwhelming dozens of opponents that have proven to be exceptional fighters simultaneously. Samuel is shown to know at least 4 different fighting styles and has merged them together in order to create new ones, being an extremely accomplished martial artist with tremendous mastery over both armed and hand-to-hand combat, even developing a personalized martial art called Street Style.   His movements are so acute that “they could only be achieved through brutal, life-or-death training”; he is extremely agile, precise, proprioceptive, astute, and requires little to no windup when executing physical actions. Furthermore, through analyzing his opponent's line of vision, posture, muscle tension, breathing, energy, movement patterns, and center of gravity, he can almost perfectly predict their next move.

* **Preparation**: Samuel’s need for control has led him to constantly plan ahead, coming up with multiple different ways to approach oncoming situations when given enough time to properly devise them, assessing every possible factor until nothing is left unthought of. This can be viewed as a weakness, however, becoming highly obsessive with the details and sometimes overthinking things to the point of it impeding action.

* **Ninjutsu**: Samuel worked under the tutelage of an extraordinary ninja warrior known as Chie Minami, learning about the various strategies and tactics skillfully utilized by the covert soldiers.

* **Stealth**: Samuel has repeatedly shown the ability to almost completely obscure himself from conventional senses, demonstrating extraordinary control over his body to profound effect, breaching into high-security buildings without being detected and suddenly disappearing out of sight the moment he’s looked away from.

* **Hunting**
	+ **Manhunting**

* **Polymath**: Samuel is secretly obsessed about meta evolutionary biology, cultivating immense knowledge in regards to the subject and even seldom practicing occult methods. His research has also led him to procuring broad education within general history, psychology, medicine, and anthropology, taking further interest in mostly irrelevant areas such as mathematics, political science, musicology, philosophy, physics, etc.
	+ **Multilingualism**: Albeit very limited, Samuel knows roughly 4 oral languages and 2 sign languages, very capable of learning more through exposure due to his good memory.
	+ **Forensic Science**
	+ **Driving**
	+ **Sewing**

* **Urban Warfare**: Samuel grew up in the city and learned strategies that are better suited for such areas, even commenting that his strength is derived from the city itself, albeit displaying moderately impressive fighting capabilities when in forests or deserts despite his inherent weakness for them.

* **Cooking**: Samuel had developed phenomenal culinary skills at a young age, usually forced to make meals for himself while his adoptive parents spent their time working, improving the proficiency during his time without proper equipment or refined ingredients amidst his pilgrimage. He learned local recipes, techniques, and rituals from the multitude of towns he visited, though has trouble remembering every single detail they taught him at times.
	+ **Traditional Medicine**: Although they aren’t shown to have any marvelous results, Samuel has concocted various beneficial teas and unusual foods that supposedly possess minor curative effects. He admits to not completely believing in their alleged abilities, but does subscribe to its “power of suggestion” and evidently healthy components.

* **REM Sleep:** Samuel has mastered the skill of compressing a full night's sleep into a little more than three hours.

### Stats

* Pre-Pilgrimage
* Post-Pilgrimage

## Paraphernalia

**Martial Streetwear**: Since the original had been almost completely ruined, it was replaced by a new version that uses most of the same designs and equipment that the former one did, but is made from significantly stronger material.

* **Sneakers**: A pair of sound absorbent shoes that can dampen or completely nullify vibrations.
	+ **Armored Soles**: A detachable piece of armoring that has sharp spikes lining the toe and outsole. It basically allows him to use his preferred shoe, as the armor fits onto most common types. They have suffered rusting since he first adopted them to his costume, but remain usable and strong enough to crack solid rock without much trouble.

**Exploration gear**: Samuel usually carries around a standard oxblood backpack packed with equipment for long journeys and camping, using his Mark II costume when partaking in such activities despite the jungle uniform’s benefits. These include an ultralight tent, mess kit, first-aid kit, rope, fishing tackle, waterskin, tinderbox, and multiple folding knives.

**Hero Cellphone**: A nearly indestructible device used by most members of the Paranormal Salvation Army, which was originally created for heroes to use by giving them specialized applications and access to a private communications network. It is designed with a very simple user interface that allows them to efficiently utilize the cellphone even while in the heat of combat, and contains the activity reports of other members and lets users request backup from nearby allies.

* **Camera**
* **Map/GPS**
* **Police radio**
* **Private bank account**
* **Recorder** (audio, video)

## Trivia

* Samuel’s eyes glow in the dark.
* Samuel can purr.
* Samuel has a sarcastic sense of humor.
* Samuel’s favorite animals are felines and bats, specifically snow leopards.
* Samuel knows how to cook.
* Samuel is a gray pansexual.
* Samuel was born amidst the winter solstice.
* Samuel's playlist.
* Samuel hates the nickname Sammy.
* Samuel frequently does hand gestures similar to the sign of the horns, even holding his phone in a similar manner by wrapping his middle, ring and thumb finger around it while sticking out his remaining digits.
* Samuel likes wearing black eyeshadow, or applying similarly gothic makeup.
* Samuel inherited approximately $770 million from his birth parents.
* Samuel seldom smokes (catnip-infused cigarettes) and drinks (absinthe, or carajillo), but does not take drugs.
* Samuel likes hand-feeding people grapes, chocolates, apple slices, etc.
* Samuel enjoys eating venison, salmon, and bharal, especially if they're raw, fresh, or still alive.
* Samuel’s meta ability is listed as “Destruction” in public records, since the actual nature of his power has never been revealed, and it presumably has no actual name.
* Samuel is mildly mysophobic (germaphobic).
	+ He’s also deeply allergic to dust.
* Samuel has the occasional crash, i.e. taking a day or two to recharge himself via sleeping the whole time.
* Samuel would be a biology professor, if he were to have gotten an actual job.
	+ He secretly loves science, specifically biology and evolution.
* Samuel emphasizes certain words sometimes.
* Samuel typically whistles to reveal his presence.
* Samuel loves horror movies, especially those with excessive body horror, such as splatter films.
* Samuel seems to suffer from an excoriation disorder, as he is constantly shown to excessively scratch himself, especially when he gets frustrated or stressed. His skin also appears to be heavily sore, mostly around his neck.

## Quotes

* (To his comrades) *“War is a terrible thing, isn’t it?”*
* (In reference to conflict) *"These sorts of things are all unnecessary."*
* (To an angered Pathos noble) *“Have a seat, take a breath, drink some coffee, and let’s have ourselves a civil conversation.”*
* (To himself) *“There’s no road left but the one that leads to the end.”*
* (In reference to himself) *“A monster with heroic aspirations. How comical, wouldn’t you say?”*
* (To his late commander) *“My head’s become all jumbled up and… mangled, but I’ll keep moving forward until our enemies have been destroyed. For you, commander.”*

## Footnotes

1. ↑ Samuel allegedly possessed blackish-brown hair when he was born, undergoing something akin to Marie Antoinette syndrome from the extreme stress caused by his parents’ deaths.
2. ↑ Refers to the  Pilgrimage, Infiltration of Pathos and No Man’s Land arcs.