Samson

Samson was an NPC featured in The Emptiness Campaign. He was a minor antagonist who was a member of the Church of Alache.

As an NPC, he was played by Finley.

## Background

Samson was originally from Starcrest, but left shortly after the emptiness came. He wandered for a long time, before finding solace at the Church of Alache. He never took up a virtue name, unlike many of the other believers.

Samson was a priest of the Church of Alache, and lived in the tent city surrounding an old temple. He like many of the other practitioners were deceived by Liion into believing that Alache was a true god that walked among them. Due to this belief, Samson looked desperately for Alache.

## Appearance

Samson was an elf with pale skin, blonde hair, and a narrow face. He had hazel eyes, and notable a large nose. He wore white robes with black pants under them. His hair was balding along the crown, despite his young age.

## Story

Samson is first encountered by Atlas and Max outside of Starcrest. He is serving drinks in an abandoned tavern, though Atlas and Max both note that the "tequila" he is serving is little more than dirty water. He comes across as a goofball with an odd sense of humor. The group learns that he is also intending on attending Census Day, so they invite him to join them to Starcrest. He agrees and gives the ownership of the tavern to a random poker player.

Once in Starcrest, the group decides that they want to get some actually good drinks, and promptly get wasted. Atlas and Max pass out, and when they finally wake up they notice that Samson is missing. Samson is wandering the town drunkenly, having stripped down to nothing but his underwear. He runs into Meno and Puddin'. Puddin' is excited to be able perform his first "magic trick" and cures Samson of his drunkenness. At this time Atlas and Max find Samson, and tell him to go back to the inn and get some clothes on. Little do they know, Samson is arrested for public indecency on the way back.

During the Census Day executions, Atlas, Max, Meno, and Puddin' discover that Samson is in line to be executed. Max runs over to try and rescue him and just barely does before Dester drives the caravan into the guillotine. A fight breaks out, and at some point during the chaos Samson flees the scene.

Samson was very affected by his encounter with Puddin' so he returns to the tent city to alert the other priests that he believes that he has found Alache. The set out to search for Puddin'.

The group of scouts led by Samson eventually find Puddin' and Octavia in the sandstorm. One of his group members try and absconds with Puddin', but their plan is foiled when a twister comes through a breaks up the fight.

After the storm, Meno finds the scouts and goes into a murderous rampage, demanding to know what happened to Puddin', The last scout alive is Samson, and the rest of The Troupe rushes over to stop Meno from killing him. In order to prevent Samson from escaping, Octavia uses her pact sword to hold Samson in place. The party argues over what to do, and Elodea casts Entangle on everyone to try and get them to communicate and work through everything. Unfortunately, Entangle helps everyone but who it needed to. Meno rushes over and stavs Samson through the head with a sword and kills him before they can ascertain any more information.