Samba

Samba is an Isi living in Isilugar. She is Mina's closest friend. She tends to be the more cautions, often irked by Mina's frequent roaming and recklessness. She hates that Mina is so restless and feels the need to leave and explore so frequently. Most of Samba's family were caught by the One Concern before the events of Iconoclasts, so she is mostly alone in the world other than Mina.

# Official Bio

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> ***SAMBA***
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> *Age 28 - From: Isilugar - Likes: A Nice Musk - Favorite color: Aureolin Yellow*
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> *Having lost the rest of her friends and relations to various encounters with the One Concern, Samba and Mina formed a bond that is testing Mina's faith.*
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> -Limited Run Iconoclasts Classic Edition manual
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# Story

### Invading Isilugar

Samba is first introduced when Robin wakes up in Isilugar, having been hurt from the train crash in their escape. Samba and Mina are arguing over the safety of Mina running around all the time and bringing Concern members Robin and Royal into the city when the One Concern are actively hunting them. Samba accompanies Mina and Robin during their time at Isilugar.

When Agent White and Agent Black find Isilugar, Samba sends Mina and Robin down to the underground labs to activate their emergency machine to move the city to safety. Samba says she will stay behind to distract the coming soldiers from finding the entrance they go through.

### Time to Check the Town

After Robin and Mina defeat almost all the invaders, they see Agent Black holding an unconscious Samba over her shoulder, threatening to harm her if they come closer or try to follow. Black uses Samba as a hostage to make her escape and flees with her.

### Looking for Samba

Samba wakes up at the top of The Tower, tied to a chair with Agent Black guarding her and waiting for an interrogator, presumably to find out how one of the Isi managed to kill Agent White and how to locate Isilugar so the One Concern Army can finally exterminate the Isi. After a time, Robin, Elro, and Mina come to her rescue. Black attempts to kill them, but before she can the Silver Watchman dashes into Mina and Samba, knocking them into a stairwell where they escape. Before they leave, they invite the Pupils to also escape. They seem hesitant, so the two just leave the door open on the way out. In the Ferrier Shockwood outside, Mina and Samba have a heart-to-heart conversation where Samba expresses her feelings that Mina is never there for her back in Isilugar, and how it looks bad that she doesn't stay to take care of her aging mother. Samba announces her intention to go home. Mina instead turns to try and find Robin and Elro and help repay them for saving Samba.

### Asking About One Concern

While Mina searches for Robin and Elro, Samba returns to Isilugar. If Robin visits Isilugar anytime after escaping Darland Ascent, Samba can be found in the Isilugar Outskirts. She notices that Mina is not accompanying Robin. Samba laments her loneliness and being away from Mina, wishing they could run off together.

### The End

If Robin visits Isilugar after returning from Midway, she finds Samba still sitting alone in Isilugar Outskirts. There she states that Mina has not yet returned despite leaving for Isilugar immediately after Robin left the Saviorb. In the end credits, Mina and Samba are shown reunited, first meeting in the Shard Wastelands above Isilugar, and then holding hands in front of the Ancestral Vessel.