Samuel Kornach

Samuel (Made with HeroForge)

Son of the elder werewolf Bran, he was originally introduced as missing in his quest to search for Liberty.

## History

### Arc 7: Tracking Liberty

Samuel was first mentioned by his father Bran, as Atom inquired about Liberty's location. Bran mentioned to Atom that Liberty had been missing for several weeks, and as she was close to the family, Samuel had gone out looking for her in a town called Curie and never returned. When the NW6 investigated Curie, they found Liberty wounded and tied in an abandoned elementary school filled with monsters. After freeing her, Liberty recounted that Samuel had found her there and tried to free her, but was overwhelmed, incapacitated, and dragged off.

Gregg and Atom later sent Tony and Morbus, respectively, to scout ahead into the school. Below the main building in an underground pool, they found the pool drained of water, surrounded by hobbs, with a woman sitting at its center tearing into meat with her sharpened teeth. Beside her was a white and grey werewolf bound by silver chains, a long open wound on their leg and red marks marring their fur. Deducing this was Samuel, Atom channeled his metal-manipulation powers through Morbus to break the chains, freeing Samuel. He immediately began attacking the woman who had bound him, chasing her around the pool.

After the witch that had captured Samuel is secured by the party, Samuel just barely held a grip on himself to keep from attacking the group. Addie proceeded to heal most of his wounds, with Atom tossing spare MREs to the wolf so he could heal the rest on his own. He goes on to feast for a time before the werewolf was satiated and painfully changed back to his human form. He then gratefully accepted some clothes from Toussaint, moving as if in great pain. After checking to assure Liberty made it out okay, and taking a small bit more time to heal up, he finally told the party what happened.

He'd come to Curie trying to find Liberty after she went missing on a job his father had given her. Several witches of a particular coven were stationed here, and they had a manifest from this town's museum that had insight on the locations of certain items. He mentioned Bran probably wouldn't want the party to know, but considering they saved his life, he gives them the details: the manifest had information on the Witch's Blade, the Abyssal Maw, and the Bell of Saint Michael, and there may be more. The manifest was supposed to be a start in the search for them, and now it's heavily guarded by the coven.

Before much more can be figured, Samuel mentioned their next challenge would be whatever's waiting outside, some sort of spirit beings, and said they should ready themselves. They waited tensely for a time before Samuel said they have an opening to get out, and Addie approved of bringing Samuel and Liberty back, possibly getting backup. The group, plus their two rescued allies, returned to Junkyard.

### Arc 8: Redwater

After having his son returned to him, Bran had hosted a nonstop party for the last 8 days in celebration. Samuel had recovered and been participating.

Once the group had gotten the information they needed from their captured Witch (Tessa), Toussaint proposed handing her over to the werewolves. The decision was agreed upon by Gregg and Addie, and she was taken to Bran. Bran told her they don't usually care for wholesale murder, but it was Samuel's say on what happened. Samuel put his gaze on the woman, pure anger in his eyes, and Tessa finally showed fear. They then left her to her fate.

Addie later found out Tessa was still alive some time later, being used as a practice dummy for the wolves. This information didn't sit easy with her.