Cestrum

## Summary

Cestrum is the aggressively confident and self-assertive right hand man to Nightshade and is fighting the second omnic crisis to protect his home.

## Personality

Sam is Nightshade's right hand man in The Æschere, he has a "where there's a will, there's a way" attitude to life. He sees a lot of potential and possibilities with the organisation and is a true believer of Nightshade's goals, even if he has to iron out some of the flaws in her plans so he can do the missions better. He has a highly curious and investigative nature, which allows him to him to point out and solve any inconsistencies in plans and layouts so it help reach the end goal of making Middlesbrough a self-sustaining part of the United Kingdom.

Sam is a firm believer that the ends will ultimately justify the means, which often makes him inconsiderate the people he swore to protect and help. Sam has questionable morals and isn't afraid to use less then noble tactics against his enemies, he generally lacks foresight and denies any responsibility for his actions, even when it gets people killed the crossfire. He never learns from the mistakes of history and only learns from his own mistakes once he makes them.

Sam favors truth and pragmatism, often showing a blunt and tactless honesty in his interactions, which makes him appear harsh and arrogant to his soldiers. He genuinely believes the omnics must be destroyed so The Æschere can finally start rebuilding society and sincerely wants to help build a better fututre for the despondant citizens of the North East. When necessary, Sam can be a dirty fighter, charismatic liar, and an emotional manipulator who frequently sugarcoats Nightshades orders to his soldiers so they'd be more willing to die for the cause. Merely treating his soldiers a cannon fodder and sacrificial for the greater good.

With Datura and Hemlock, Sam does show a gentler side as he often gives constructive and focused advice so they can serve the cause better as he sees a lot of potential in both of them. Sam believes The Æschere give a sense of belonging and a purpose, and he especially enjoys getting into debates with Nightshade as the two are said to have a close relationship due to these debates as well as their informative discussions. She's aware that Sam has been modifying her speeches so they would be more presentable and socially acceptable, and she is appreciative of it. Sam is known to talk a lot, which often builds a rapport with the soldiers under his command. Sam's interactions shows that he prefers to get to the heart of the matter than over-elaborate it.

Sam's flaw is in his sort-sightedness, he often jumps to conclusions and misses the finer details of his actions. He doesn't think of other people and doesn't understand how people might feel about his actions. As close as he and Nightshade are, she often has to iron out his plans and make rational arguments about them. Sam is often to be cunning as he likes to cause and manufacture conflict and drama among his soldiers and enemies to break tensions and motivate himself. He also believes that he works best under chaos and pressure, which is infuriating to his fellow commanders.

Sam has a stoic and over-the-top sense of humor as he often pokes fun at social conventions and revels in the absurdity of his strange situations. A lot of his jokes conceal a sense of truth, which can come across as emotionlless and detatched. Sam often comments on his situations and playfully push boundaries to riddiculous but ultimately logical conclusions. In the pre-game interactions, he's shown to dry, witty, cutting, and and almost crude, obviously forgoing any form of tact and social etiquette

Like many members of The Æschere, Sam has his criticisms of Overwatch, he ultimately feels betrayed by the British Government how they immediately chose to bomb the North East, rather than save it. He believes Overwatch is more focused the glory of being a hero rather than actually being one and wants them to suffer in the same way The Æschere did, he just wants Overwatch to crumble and fall apart for how it failed to help them. In battle, he's more sadistic towards members of Overwatch and frequently taunts them in battle before going for the kill.

## Appearance

Prior to the Omnic Crisis, Sam was a skinny man with coke bottle glassed and long hair.

Cestrum is a stocky man with a broad chest and shoulders; with a muscular and heavily built figure. He has fierce, piercing eyes and has a physically imposing and intimidating presence and frame. He wears dark green urban camo pants, black military boots, a bronze colored shirt with rolled up sleeves, and a leather bandolier. His most noticable feature is that he's blind in one eye and has a predominant scar over his left eye, which he covers with an eye patch that is decorated with the logo of The Æschere. On Sam's neck, there is a tattoo of a bull. Sam has a diamond face shape, a caesar fade haircut, and a double boxcar pyramidal mustache.

## Weapons

Sam wields a riot shield and grenade launcher

## Highlight Intros

**Batter Up:**

Sam hits the camera from behind causing it to fall on its side, he walks up to it with only his legs visible to the camera. He then turns the camera onto its back so that it is facing him, he then hits the lens with the bat but it cuts off before impact.

## Trivia

* When spawned in Kings Row he will say "In this place, death ain't nothing but a heartbeat away." This is a verse from the single "Gangsta's Paradise" by Coolio.
* Sam's personality type is the ENTP