Samuel Sterling

Raisin Brain

Stupid

Ameliana Sterling (younger sister)

Eleanora Sterling (younger sister)

Charlotte Sterling (first cousin)

Fantine Sterling (first cousin)

Sofia Sterling (second cousin)

Adrianna Sterling (second cousin)

Alyanna Sterling (second cousin)

Plants and gardening

Being lazy

Not being grounded

Being called stupid

**Samuel Ethan R. Sterling**, mostly known as Samuel or just Sam, is a main character in the ANSRF series. His theme colors are green and orange, and his motif animal is the sloth, representing his lazy but gentle nature.

Despite being the oldest son of the prestigious royal Sterling family, Samuel's personality is anything but royal, and he is extremely unlucky. He is considered as rather unattractive and lazy compared to his siblings, and his lack of intelligence makes him a magnet for bullies. However, Samuel doesn't let his bad luck ruin his life and he continues to remain calm. Despite his bad luck, Samuel's goal is to become the best gardener and prince he can be.

## Appearance

Samuel is a tall boy with short, frizzy brown hair, dark green eyes, buck teeth, and slightly tanned skin. He normally has an average build, but he often develops a balloon-like potbelly after binging on food. He has a lot of scars on his body due to the misadventures that his terrible luck brings him. Unlike the rest of his family, he is considered as average-looking or even unattractive by others.

Samuel wears cuffed dark green shorts and a bright yellow shirt under a sleeveless orange vest. He tends to wear clashing-colored clothes and unnecessary flower accessories, and many people tease him due to his "bad" fashion sense.

Even though Samuel is usually considered plain-looking or even "ugly", he has the ability to switch to "handsome mode" when he needs to. In "handsome mode", Samuel's face becomes very attractive and catches the attention of many girls. In important events or parties, Samuel is noted to actually look decent when he wears nice clothes. Samuel is able to switch between his normal look and "handsome mode" at will.

## Personality

Samuel is known for being lazy and stupid which makes him the butt of many jokes and a target for bullying. His stupidity and tendency to procrastinate causes many people to scold him, though his dumbness can be funny at times. He can sometimes be rather smug.

Samuel also has terrible luck. Because of this, he often gets into trouble for things he didn't even do, and things rarely go his way. However, his bad luck goes away when he is with "lucky" people like Amelia, Fantine, Veronica, or some of his other friends.

Despite his stupidity most of the time, Samuel actually knows a lot about plants. He's also very passionate about gardening and plants in general, to the point of giving his potted plants names and calling them his "girlfriends".

Despite his stupid and lazy attitude, Samuel actually cares for his family. As the oldest child, he’s very protective of his younger siblings and cousins, and is very loyal to his family and friends. He also becomes smarter as he grows older. Samuel usually tends to be a wimp, but when his family is in danger, he won't hesitate to help them, risking his own safety and reputation to do that. Due to his lazy nature, he usually takes on a supportive role in his family.

## Etymology

**Samuel** (sometimes spelled Samual) is a male given **name** and a surname of Hebrew origin **meaning** either "**name** of God" or "God heard" (שם האלוהים Shem HaElohim) (שמע אלוהים Sh'ma Elohim).

## Background

Samuel is a prince from the kingdom of Ophalia in Praitha, a fictional country in Europe. He is the oldest child and only son of King Luis Miguel Sterling and Queen Melissa Sterling, and he also happens to be hyperactive, autistic, and dyslexic, which is why his parents are so protective of him. For 20 years, the King and Queen tried to have a baby, but due to their infertility, it was very hard. However, the royal couple kept on praying, and they decided to have IVF one last time. It was successful, and they finally had one child, but because that child was the first one, and because he was 2 months premature, he had many problems.

## Skills and Abilities

* Gardening
* Landscaping
* Cooking (bacon only)

## Family

Mother: Melissa Sterling

Father: Louis Miguel Sterling

Siblings: Ameliana Sterling (younger sister), Eleanora Sterling (younger sister)

Aunts: Caroline Eastwood-Sterling, Kristen Royala-Sterling, Bridgette Amer

Uncles: Robert Sterling, Christopher Sterling, Arthur Amer

First cousins: Charlotte Sterling, Fantine Sterling

## Trivia

* Samuel names his plants and considers them his girlfriends.
* His plants are named after the Metta Club members of SY 2017-2018.
* The plants named after the Metta club were carefully picked to represent the members’ personalities.
* Similarly to Eleanor, Samuel suffers from autism, dyslexia, and ADHD, though Eleanor only suffers from the latter two.
* Ally (the creator) said that Samuel is the easiest to draw out of all the characters in ANSRF. His hair was originally a dirty blonde color, but his hair was changed to brown so Ameliana would not look so plain.
* He was mistakenly described as female.
* Samuel rarely wears shoes because he doesn't know how to put them on.
* He has an IQ of 75.