Sam Day Break

**Sam Day Break** is a member of the Syndicate and a suspect in the Crime To End All Crimes. He is also the husband of Lydia Day Break.

Sam can always be found during the investigation at his bar, Knife Through The Heart.

## Biography

Sam was in AD 999 in the shadow of the dragon, Turkey under the sign of Shadow Zero. Sam took to killing like breathing. He killed others to survive on the streets and then killed as a soldier before just killing for fun. He became a hitman extraordinaire under the banner of Shadow Zero.

He met Lydia on the battlefield and they battled each other, destroying the town of Ras 009, until eventually Lydia came out victorious by stabbing him in the heart. However, he had fallen in love with her while they were fighting and refused to leave her, resulting in his skin falling away and his skeleton hardening into a deep red as he confessed his love for her. Lydia reciprocated his feelings and accepted his confession. They fled to get married. Sam renounced his murderous ways, refusing to commit harm to others.

He is now a bartender and a member of the Syndicate alongside his wife.

## Personality

Sam is a man of few words, expressing himself through action over overt emotion. He shows little grief for the fallen Council members, remarking that centuries of living changes one's perspective on things. He becomes notably more passionate in his speech when speaking of mixing drinks, and particularly blending whiskies. His short, nondescript sentences suddenly flourish into a lyrical and evocative style, passion apparent.

Sam is humble. Despite his millennia of brewing, he shrugs off compliments, remarking that he is 'still practicing'. In his eyes, there is always more to learn and improve, and it is through his craft that his zest for life emerges. He has an excellent associative memory, recalling the exact whisky Love dies enjoyed the night before her exile. This is a skill he has honed, seeing it as his duty to recall every detail about any guest that he serves so as to craft not just their drink, but their experience, too. A skill that was also a crucial asset in his life as an assassin.

When excited or panicked, he has a vocal affect that switches his sentences into tag questions.

## Relationships

**Lady Love Dies**: Sam is considerate and nostalgic with Love Dies, offering her a respite from investigating with offers of bespoke drinks and bar snacks. Memories of their old friendship lace conversation, and even though over eight thousand years have passed, they still speak to one another in relaxed, casual tones. Though Sam avoids directly stating his feelings, he has kept Love Dies' favourite glass even after all this time, returning this to her should they spend enough time together.

**Lydia Day Break:** Sam and Lydia have managed to maintain a romantic relationship over the span of thousands of years, surviving even as the Islands change and crumble around them. Lydia affectionately calls Sam by his nickname, 'Sammy Baby'. They are not co-dependent, both individuals with hobbies and desires of their own, but it is clear that their love for one another goes incredibly deep. Neither will allow the other to be convicted in the trial without admitting their own involvement, both unable to fathom a world without one another within it. If Love Dies executes or exiles one of the Day Breaks, the other will vanish (presumably out of grief or to plot revenge) and will no longer be accessible. Both long to leave the Syndicate for the real world.

## *Paradise Killer*

Sam is one of the suspects Love Dies can question during Paradise Killer. He's initially reluctant to pin suspicion on any Syndicate member for the murder of the Council, preferring to defer to the official line that Henry Division must have committed the crime. He highlights that Henry has council blood in his stomach, calling him a 'sicko'. At this stage of the investigation, Sam genuinely does not know how the Council were killed, and he may be speaking truthfully in his assertion.

He is happy to provide his alibi to Love Dies: Lydia had taken him to the Paradise Gates around five to midnight and so there was no possible way he would be able to murder the Council. Love Dies can verify this at the Nightmare Computer by the Paradise Gates, as Sam urges her to do. He dismisses the idea that either he or Lydia would have a motive, claiming that they are both happy in Paradise. Love Dies can find a message in a bottle on a beach near the Deep Factory that contains song lyrics written by the pair that implies otherwise. The lyrics are pining and wistful, yearning for an escape.

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