Samayo Nishikiyama

**Samayo Nishikiyama**, nicknamed **Sam**, was a male Pithecan-Human member of the Dawns, a group of privateers and freedom fighters who fought against tyranny and corruption throughout the Cassiopeia Galaxy. Originally from the planet Pithecus, Nishikiyama later lived on the Solitude Plaza space station for a considerable amount of time, alongside the rest of his team and friends.

He was the husband of a fellow Dawn, Lilian Larimarias, and the adoptive father of Nanami Oriana Larimarias Nishikiyama.

## Biography

### Early Life and Troubles

In 5925 ASA, Samayo Nishikiyama was born on the planet Pithecus, the jungle and rainforest-filled homeworld of the Pithecans. Born a bastard to a Pithecan crimelord father and a Human mother, Samayo was raised within a family of criminals who denoted allegiance through intricate tattoos. Taking on the family tradition, Samayo eventually came to have his own set of tattoos that led from his shoulders to his back.

At some point, Samayo's grandfather was arrested for embezzling supposed millions of credits, although he only ended up staying four years in prison because the authorities were not able to prove all of his wrongdoing. The arrest of Samayo's grandfather was an event that Samayo would recall later as an adult, when he thought of the seemingly impossible things people were capable of getting away with while escaping repercussions and consequences.

By the time Samayo was an adult, he seemed to have severed connections with his family and felt as if he couldn't return to his home planet.

Samayo had a number of business associates and was rather well-traveled throughout the galaxy. At some point in his life, Samayo acquainted himself with Jason Rosewood, an arms dealer from Borealis who ran weapons for the Drazarian-Borealan-Devozoa territorial conflict on Thal'devo.

### Joining the Dawns

At some point, Samayo found a friend in a Makhaian man named Jet Lignite. It was through Jet that Samayo was able to meet the Dawns. After bonding and getting along rather well with the different members, especially Lilian Larimarias, Samayo eventually decided to join the group in the year 5952 ASA and become a fellow privateer freedom fighter alongside them. Over the years, his relationship with Lilian would grow and the two would enter a romantic relationship.

## Personality and Traits

Samayo was a Pithecan-Human man with pink-toned skin, black hair, and blue eyes that shined like sapphires. Like many Pithecans, he allowed for his beard to grow out, but more distinctively from other Pithecans, he lacked any hair growth around his neck and was significantly less hairy than most Pithecans in general, as a result of his mixed Human ancestry. Despite this, Samayo could pass as a full Pithecan rather easily. He dyed the edges of head hair a dark blue. He had a set of tattoos that led from his shoulders to his back that once denoted his status as a member of a Pithecan crime syndicate.

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## Skills and Abilities

Having grown up in a criminal family, Samayo was given quite some knowledge on the galactic underworld. He was a skilled fighter who knew how to wield a bō staff. Sam was also known to be quite agile, which aided him well in battle.

## Trivia

* Samayo was originally named Sodalite as a former *Steven Universe* fan character.
* Samayo derives his surname from the character of Akira Nishikiyama from the *Yakuza* video game franchise.