Sam Kurtis

> At the end of the day, everyone else here, they probably care whether they live or die. I could not care less. I'm not afraid to get hurt... Are you?
>
> Samuel Kurtis to Raven, "Episode 3: Food Fight"

## Sam Kurtis

Sam Kurtis's official character drawing, from the PetPyves Animation website. (Artist: PetPyves)

## Character Profile

### Name

* Samuel "Sam" Kurtis
* A.K.A. Parasite

### Powers & Abilities

* Strength
* Viewing, Manipulating and Retrieving Memories
* Absorbing Life

## Physical Description

### Hair Color

* Black (Currently)
* Dark Brown (Formerly)

### Eye Color

* Black Scleras with White Iris Outlines (Currently)
* Blue (Formerly)

## Personal Information

### Orientation

* Aromantic
* Asexual

### Family

* Unnamed Birth Parents
* Lucas Ricardo (Adopted Father)
* Ricky Ricardo (Adopted Father)
* Tobe Ricardo (Adopted Brother)

### Friends

* Tobe Ricardo
* Amari Myrsky
* Mus'Jio
* Miranda Ridgway
* Nuby Newton (Sometimes)

## Chronological Information

### Portrayed By

Devon Black

**Samuel (Sam) Kurtis,** (also known by his hero name, Parasite) is one of the player characters in *Brightside: Masks RPG*.

## Appearance

### Body

#### Post-Transformation

Sam is a teenage boy with gray skin, short black hair that is somewhat messy as well as unevenly cut. His eyes are black scleras with white iris outlines, and his mouth is sewn shut. He has a teal gem (The Tarquin) in his forehead, with teal vein-like striations all through his body, all leading to the Tarquin. When he uses his powers, the striations and his irises glow the same teal color.

#### Pre-Transformation

Sam is a young boy with pale skin, blue eyes, and a missing tooth. His hair is a dark brown, still somewhat messy, but more evenly cut.

### Clothing

#### Casual

Sam's casual outfit consists of a black face-mask, a dark purple scarf being used as a hood, with tears near the edges of the fabric. He is wearing black short-sleeved button-up jacket with tears on his sleeves, a light-grey undershirt, black jeggings with holes at the knees, as well as thigh-high blue sneakers, and black fingerless gloves.

#### Hero

Sam's hero outfit is nearly identical to his casual clothing, with one difference, being that his scarf is not being used as a hood and instead as a regular scarf.

#### Sleep

Sam's sleepwear consists of a blue striped turtleneck sweater, black sweatpants, and socks with a print of a character from the show "The Fruble Hour" on the socks over and over. Sam notably, doesn't wear a mask, revealing his sewn-shut mouth.

## Powers and Abilities

### Super Strength

Sam has super-human levels of strength, being able to easily lift tables, benches with people on them, etc.

### Manipulation of Memories

Sam has the ability to manipulate and view memories, he also has the ability to wipe memories, help people remember things they forgot or were blocking out, and view other people's memories. He uses this to do things such as find out if stray cats have owners, unintentionally wiping Connor and Tobe's memories at one point, as well as helping Mrs. Mallory remember the day Promise died.

### Absorbing Life

Sam has the ability to absorb and give life force. He has mostly done this unintentionally so far.

## History

### Background

He grew up in the Tarquin Cult, unknowingly raised to become the host of the Tarquin itself, a god which will one day take both Sam and the world over. It will force everyone into a coma until all of their life forces are drained to feed the Tarquin. Before it was revealed to him, the Tarquin Cult killed Sam's dog (Cyrus) , thinking it's life was "unnecessary."

Sam ran away from the cult, but only after the ritual had been completed. The ritual left him with new-found powers and a new appearance, as well as the Tarquin speaking to him off and on. He ends up at a warehouse, originally owned by a gang. Sam uses his mind powers to convince the gang that they no longer own the warehouse, driving them out and letting him take sanctuary there. Inside the warehouse were rats, and to get rid of the rats he brought in stray cats that didn't have homes (making sure of that fact with his memory reading), to help get rid of the rats. He has a lot of cats in the warehouse because of this.

### R.E.E.F. Arc

The Tarquin Cult continually looks for Sam, forcing him to have to leave the Warehouse, first taking refuge in Mus'Jio's Spaceship for a little while, until Tobe Ricardo and his parents (Ricky and Lucas) took Sam in and adopted him.

## Trivia

### Representation

Sam is an adoptee, as well as Asexual and Aromantic.

### Fun Facts

* Sam, Amari, and Tobe as a group are referred to as the "Time Bomb Squad"

## Gallery

A group drawing of Team 1, from left to right it includes: Oliver Durst, Nuby Newton, Sam Kurtis, Tobe Ricardo, and Amari Myrsky.A group drawing of the entirety of Class F, Sam is in the bottom middle.Sam Kurtis's reference sheet containing his casual, hero, and sleep outfits.