Linda Samberg

**Linda Samberg** is one of the main characters of *Xrosism*. She is an eleventh-grader at Monarch Academy, and is a co-founder and leader of the Nightowls and led the resistance against the Clockwork. A witness to Jayce Niles’ sacrifice, she agreed to help rebuild with the other Generals and helped found the Talons United Army. She’s typically the “sane one” in friend groups, and wishes to specialize in business. Although she typically isn’t very humorous, she does indulge in Tumblr humor. As a General, she possesses a gold Xros Loader, which allows her soldiers to “DigiXros,” allowing them to fuse together.

Linda is a rather composed heroine, and because of her past of bullying others, is now extremely apologetic and afraid of making others angry. She’d rather focus on school and her parents’ company than date. She’s the childhood friend of Sommer Fulton and befriended Damian Valdez through her. However, she usually just watches while Damian and Sommer play volleyball in the latter’s yard than play herself. She takes kendo classes along with her cousin, *Ryley Tatum*, which allows her to know how to wield Zubamon’s sword form without much difficulty, eventually earning her the infamous nickname **The Gold Swordsman**. Though her teammates appear vastly different from her, they have many similarities at heart and are able to work as a team, Sommer excluded due to her betraying them.

## Biography

### Early Life

Linda Samberg was born in Stockholm, Sweden on May 23, 1999. She comes from an upper-class family. She grew up and is currently being educated at Monarch Academy.

Her mother, *Claudia Samberg*, is the CEO of Selfex, a famous company that specializes in makeup, skincare, and haircare, formerly married to a man she met in college. They married relatively quickly and later decided to divorce. Her father, *Noak Samberg*, is an athletic trainer, formerly married to a woman he met through his career and later decided to divorce. Claudia and Noak met at a bar and hooked up, eventually dating and getting married, conceiving Linda a little more than a year after.

They were a relatively happy family, with Linda having a bit too much freedom. When Linda was three-years-old, her sister, *Regina Samberg*, was born. Linda disliked the idea of having a younger sister, as her parents’ attention was suddenly all on Regina. From a young age, the two sisters didn’t get along at all. In elementary school, Linda’s attitude was harsh and unforgiving, becoming somewhat of a bully. She and Sommer were forced to hang out and fought often. Linda also developed anger issues, getting into fights, her parents persuading the school to let Linda off the hook.

Around middle school, Linda went to therapy and her personality drastically changed by high school, becoming more tame and patient, getting into little to no fights. She fixed her relationship with Sommer, the two eventually becoming friends again. However, her relationship with Regina is still shaky and they rarely hang out together.

She used to play tennis but now plays lacrosse. For the sake of sucking up to authorities, Linda learned how to play golf. Her family owns two houses - one in Stockholm and one in Norworth.

## Personality

Outside of life as a General, Linda lives the life of a normal 16-year-old high school student. She has a tendency of taking the burden all on herself, believing it’s her responsibility. She reflects on every decision and overthinks, being very careful with her words and actions. She has a fear of making people angry, apologizing profusely if she believes she caused a problem. Linda’s calm and precise, as well as intelligent, being one of the top students in her class. However, when becoming angry, she truly snaps, releasing all the anger she’s been bottling up inside. Additionally, when furious, she becomes physically violent.

Many people who went to her elementary school and middle school don’t believe she’s changed, giving her the cold shoulder and occasionally spreading a rumor about her raged past. When in a depressed state, she wishes to “rewind,” going back to before “everything was ruined.” She’s an avid sports fan. When Linda first received her Xros Loader, she initially disliked the idea of it, but eventually warmed up to the idea, being on the front lines and fighting with her blade.

She’s Protestant and goes to church every Sunday, assisting her youth group when needed. Her favorite dish is roast dinner, and her favorite subjects are technical drawing and woodwork. She isn’t very cultured in humor and knows some Swedish. When stumbling upon something puzzling to her, Linda will say “how unusual.” Her vocabulary is expansive. Her sentences are frequently started by “hey.” She is annoyed by people prone to tapping on desks, often telling Damian to cut it out.

Linda believes in UFOs and is an avid Buzzfeed Unsolved fan. Additionally, she’s interested in conspiracies. She listens to EDM avidly, particularly a fan of deadmau5. She is shown to be right-handed and identifies as heterosexual.

## Appearance

Linda is a teenage girl of average-height. She has an androgynous build, dark-gray eyes, neck-length (a section on her right is mid-back-length), wavy, blonde hair with long bangs in the center, and fair skin. She typically wears mascara, as well as gold honeycomb hoop earrings with white dots and a gold ring on her right index finger with white dots.

At the time she is transported to the Digital World, she is wearing her school uniform; a light-gray, long-sleeved dress shirt, a dark-brown blazer with camouflage-green pockets, a camouflage-green ribbon, a dark-brown pleated skirt, brown thigh-high socks, and silver Converses.

## Equipment

* **Xros Loader**: The Digivice used by human characters partnered to Digimon in the Digimon Xros Wars universe. Linda's is a gold color.
	+ Can temporarily combine Digimon together through "DigiXros"
	+ Can temporarily evolve Digimon through "Super Evolution"
	+ Can generate a viewscreen to track Digimon in the Real World

## Facilities

* **Samberg Residence**: The Samberg Residences are large homes in Norworth, Virginia and Stockholm, Sweden, home to Linda, Claudia, Noak, and Regina Samberg, and Perseus “Percy”.
* **Monarch Academy**: The school that Linda attends. It is a private secondary school academy that has the second-highest-ranked volleyball team in the area and specializes in most subjects available. Its mascot is the Maiden, a woman resembling Persephone decorated with flowers.

## Etymologies

* **Linda**: Originally a medieval short form of Germanic names containing the element *lind* meaning “flexible, soft, mild.” It also coincides with the Spanish and Portuguese word *linda* meaning “beautiful.”
* **Samberg**: A German and Jewish surname and a habitational surname from any of several places named Samberg.

## Relationships

### Family

* Claudia Samberg - Mother
* Noak Samberg - Father
* Regina Samberg - Younger sister
* Perseus “Percy” - Dog
* Angela Tatum - Aunt (paternal)
* Harold Tatum - Uncle
* Ryley Tatum - Cousin (paternal)
* Casey Tatum - Cousin (paternal)

### Allies

* Jayce Niles † - Teammate, friend
* Sommer Fulton - Friend, teammate
* Damian Valdez - Friend, teammate

## Trivia

* Originally named *Lindsey Samyueru* and was formerly in a discontinued Xros Wars fanfiction, *Digital Union*.
* Her surname was taken from Andy Samberg, an American actor, comedian, writer, producer, and musician.