Sam Healy

Eve Healy (sister)

Joseph Healy, Wallace Healy (brothers)

### Affiliation

Homelanders (member), Federal Office of the Abnormal, John Harrison Academy (Alumni)

## Physical description

### Eye color

Gold, with black sclera

Sam Healy is a healy guy.

## Biography

The Healy family was an old one, once respected as prime examples of the fading New York gentry. The modern household could trace its ideology back to Thomas’ own grandfather, William Healy, one of the many who had the desire to get pumped with ichor and sent overseas, but due to an overall unremarkable record he would be passed up, thus sowing the seeds of contempt. Thomas’ father would fester these beliefs more intensely, and Thomas himself upheld them like a zealot. In just two generations the Healy concept of metas went from ideal to abhorrent.

Samuel Healy was born into the family on the 11th of March, 2009, brown-haired and blue-eyed, and the youngest of four children. By the time of his birth his father had taken a firm anti-meta stance, one which rubbed off on his older brothers rather quickly. Sam would also be raised on these views, groomed through both domestic and educational means, and even kept distanced from his sister who his parents were quick to send to a separate school for her far more open mind, which the Healy’s saw as a disappointment. Before he had even laid eyes on his first meta, he was terrified by them.

Besides family beliefs, his life was rather uneventful, save when his sister grew up and left home for the big apple, wanting to distance herself from her family once she began dating a meta herself. He attended a public school, getting good enough grades that his parents would be forced to consider sending him to college, but not well enough to be considered for a scholarship. He was never interested in sports and had no skill in the arts outside of a decent ability to sketch. However, he wouldn’t have to think about these things for a while, he was just your average student.

Then he got hit by a car.

He was simply walking home with a friend, neither of them had erred in any way. They avoided the road, pressed the light at the crosswalk, and waited until the little glowing figure signified they could walk. Their only fault was timing, a few moments earlier and they would have already crossed, a few moments sooner and they’d have watched a drunk driver narrowly pass them by. Both of them died in impact, with Sam himself dying due to trauma. It wasn’t long before emergency services arrived to take away the bodies, coroners noting down one female with black hair and a male with blonde-streaked hair. The drive was one the coroners certainly wouldn’t forget, as halfway to the morgue they’d be privy to the sight of one of Sam rising from the dead with black eyes like a corpse-possessed.

Turns out there was some ichor in the Healy bloodline after all.

Thus in just one chance event the strapping 16 yr/old Sam, once the favored and most attended son of the Healy household, was reduced to a source of fear and disdain to his family. To her credit, his mother was still softened by the fact he was her son, his father however would have none of it, and was prepared to throw him out on the streets. With nobody else to turn to, he’d call his sister for the first time in years, and this was when Eve proved herself to be one of the best sisters in the world. She appeared before court, and after a complex series of legal intricacies, she would obtain official guardianship over Sam, a brother she hadn’t seen in the flesh for almost ten years.

He would move in with his sister shortly after the school-year ended, attending his junior and senior years at the Academy of American Studies, forced to cope not only with the fact that he was in a new city or that he now looked like a freak, but that he was now a member of the very same species he had been raised from birth to fear and loathe. It likely would have been too much for him had his sister not always been there for him when she could, the fact she showed much more care made him feel obliged to continue living.

A year after moving into his new life, Sam’s powers would be revealed during some of his last months in High School, once again through chance, when he shook hands with a blind peer, accidentally returning their sight to them in the process. The experience would terrify him, not to mention causing him trouble with his school for the nonconsensual use of powers on another student. He would have likely been reprimanded had the family of the once-blind student not spoken in his favor. As he did with most things, he brought up his curing-of-blindness to his sister. It was only after two hours of discussion that she managed to convince him to not so quickly label his powers as a curse, but as a blessing. It was then that he (with his sister's help) began efforts to pursue a medical degree and finally be permitted to use his powers for the good of others.

### Recent Events

In 2027, still a civilian, Sam's commute home was interrupted by a supervillain, resulting in the destruction of a subway train and Sam's second death when he broke his neck. In the wreckage of the train, Sam learned to greater extent of his powers when he managed to heal severe injuries from the few other survivors. When the supervillain returned, he revealed himself to be Powersurge before sadistically killing the survivors of the group, destroying Sam's legs in the process. Before he could further torment the youth, Powersurge experienced a great pain in his head, leading to him abandoning Sam and a mortally wounded survivor to their fate. In an attempt to heal the other survivor, Sam (filled with fear) melted them with just a touch, revealing a new power that would later become known simply as "Death".

Sam later awoke in a body bag, where he was interrogated by a group of Argus agents and detained for having greater regeneration than he had been documented with. In the process, one of the agents activated Sam's power, resulting in them having a heart attack. Despite Sam healing them back to full health, he would once again be forcibly detained by the agents, who now had the intention of using him to harvest ichor. It was by the timely intervention of the vigilantes Kyle Reuben and Daniel Seeklaw that he was spared such a cruel fate. The two freelance crimefighters helped Sam to safety and guided him home, leaving him with three options: to live a normal life, to become a vigilante himself, or to become a superhero. Moved by the two's words, he decided he would be a hero. He went in for tryouts weeks later, where he impressed the representatives present. One week later, and Sam discovered he had been officially given the opportunity to be a hero at John Harrison Academy.

In 2029, a year after the Hellrise event, as metahuman sentiment was at its lowest, Sam would complete his education. Much to his surprise he wouldn't be accepted into the New York Paragons as he had hoped, but the Homelanders.

## Physical Appearance

Sam’s face could be described as ageless, seeming to have both aged and not aged since he acquired his powers; clean shaven and pretty, with youthful and fair skin. His metallic hair is parted in the mid-length. His body is lithe, though not particularly well-muscled, with a noticeable (yet small) heart-shaped birthmark on the side of his neck.

## Personality

Before his training, Sam was not a confident individual by any means, and was terrified of the fact he has powers, and felt constant shame due to his alien features. However, after his education at JHA and his exposure to metahumans of all varieties, he has developed a pride in his powers, now holding them as a gift rather than a curse. Due to experiencing death many times, he has become very empathetic, to a degree that has occasionally put him at odds with other members of the team in situations where he deems their approach to be too harsh. Despite all his progress, however, he experiences doubts about his adequacy, and worries he was only put on the Homelanders to improve their image, thoughts he has retained despite proving himself on multiple occasions. He is far more confident than he used to be, though is still prone to nervousness, and experiences a strong fear of lightning and other electrical phenomena.

## Relationships

**Thomas Healy** - Sam and his father used to be close, one could have even called him their favorite son. However, following his development as a meta Thomas all but disowned him from the family, and Sam doubts he’d ever openly admit to having three sons anymore.

**Sophia Healy** - Though she also holds a very poor view of metahumans, Sophia still cares for her son, enough that she tries to keep in touch with him. Though, even with such efforts, the two are incredibly estranged.

**Eve Healy** - He is very close with his sister, and relies on her greatly for counseling, something she has become quite skilled at due to her job within the Metahuman Affairs branch of the FOA. Sam lived with her prior to his admission to JHA.

**Joseph and Wallace Healy** - Even when he was as Human as they were, Sam was close to neither of his brothers, who held the same ignorant outlooks of their father. He has not kept in touch with them since he left Geneva.

**The Homelanders** - Sam is fond of his teammates in the Homelanders, and feels honored to be among their ranks. Though, even still, he has doubts as to his qualifications, feeling small among the powerhouses that compose the rest of the team.

**Jenny Takamoto (Kaiju Girl)** - Sam is very fond of Jenny, even amongst other teammates, enjoying the energy she brings everywhere she goes and how happy she makes him. The two are currently dating.

**Isabella Hunte (Luster)** - Sam has recently had a falling out with his teammate, following her murder of someone at his own erroneous suggestion (made under the influence of a dark mood) and her admission of being in contact with Nazis.

## Powers

* Healing: Sam's primary ability is his power as a healer. Possessed of the most potent healing abilities so far recorded, Sam is able to emit a healing energy that can regrow people's limbs, remove already established scarring, cause the elderly to regain their youth, give sight to the blind or let those who have never walked find their feet. He can even bring back the dead, though as of yet, he has not restored life to anyone who has been deceased longer than a few minutes. Initially, these effects occurred automatically whenever he made skin to skin contact with someone, Sam is now able to activate the power only at will. Sam's powers also take a toll upon him, as he finds more severe wounds or diseases, older injuries or disabilities more taxing to heal. Furthermore, his abilities also interact with metahuman powers. Healing metas with regeneration powers is considerably easier, as the restorative effects of his power and a subject's compliment one another. Healing those with enhanced durability requires greater effort, as their more resilient tissues are harder to repair.
	+ Healing Aura: Once limited to touch, Sam has become able to project his healing effects outwards from himself, to a maximum range of around approximately a quarter mile. He can spread out his healing energy for a less potent effect, or concentrate it on a singular point to more efficiently target an individual. Generally speaking, though, being nearby him fills people with vitality.

* Death: In addition to his healing abilities, Sam is also able to emit an energy that causes living tissues to break down. At its fullest extent, he is able to cause people to decompose into piles of rotten matter. Fortunately, Sam has managed to mostly master this ability, and is able to apply it in a reduced manner. Additionally, Sam's Death and Healing powers counteract one another, and if he has healed someone, he must overcome the healing energies in order for his death powers to take effect, while the same is true in reverse. His Death abilities also need to overcome any preexisting regeneration in order to work on metas with that ability, and have a harder time damaging those with enhanced durability. Metas who are able to take on inorganic form are also immune to his powers while in said state.
	+ Sedation: Sam is able to apply his Death powers in order to induce unconsciousness in targets. Those targeted by this power, upon awakening, suffer extreme fatigue and discomfort, such as migraines and nausea.
	+ Weakening: A gentle application of his Death powers is able to cause targets to become exhausted and feeble. The effect of this power is quite excruciating.

* Life Sensing: Sam has developed the ability to sense the life energies of organic beings, allowing him to detect the presence of any living being within a quarter mile of him, as well as allow him to assess their health, though he does need to focus in on individuals to do so. Sam has learned to recognize the presence of certain people by their unique biology. This ability also allows Sam to read a person's body, allowing him to sense heartbeats, foreign chemicals in the bloodstream, or bone density.
* Resurrection: When Sam suffers fatal damage, his body ceases showing signs of life much like an ordinary person would. However, during this period, he heals from all injuries inflicted upon him, restoring his body to its prime.

## Skills

Sam is a healer, through and through. During his time at John Harrison Academy he took many classes in regard to disaster response, medicine, and biology (a particularly great skill when used in tandem with his Life Sensing), alongside classes in basic self-defense, though he still relies on his power to compensate for a lack of super strength or superhuman speed. He holds a PhD in surgery. Additionally, Sam is well-versed in counseling individuals under distress, having always had a great sense of empathy.

## Trivia

* He is fond of cloudberries, as his mother would often bake with them
* His favorite album is *Imaginos* by Blue Öyster Cult