World Notes:
-- Character played in the Star Wars roleplay group, Cantina Roleplayers Guild .
Sams parents came to Purgatory as temporary contract technicians, to work at the Imperial Spaceport. When Amanda became pregnant the couple took a long term contract, and settled there to raise their daughter. Amanda was a Jedi Padawan who had gone underground and she quietly trained Sam in passive techniques.
Years later civil unrest made Purgatory unsafe. Sam's parents were also deep cover rebel spies and aquired schematics for the new Super-class of Star Destroyer. They died before they could get the plans to the rebels however, and Sam was leftwith them. In the company of a half trained on the run Jedi Padawan named Aretta Sam got off planet to safety. The rebels tracked her down and took the information disks, then left.
Aretta took charge of her and together they joined the Tarman Mercenaries. Uncomfortable with the style of Force use taught by the Tarmans Aretta and Sam departed and took up freespacing, and occasionally smuggling. Aretta took the place of a mother in Sam's eyes.
The Emperor became aware of Samantha's force use and invited her to Coruscant. The supposedly brief stay became a year when Aretta's ship was reported destroyed, and the Emperor took over as her father figure. Unfortunately, close interaction with her led to a period of instability in the Emperor and he foresaw that she would have to go into the Alliance. He engineered several extremely traumatic events for her to witness knowing she would be horrified and leave him. She did.
In the Alliance she began training with Luke Skywalker without success and departed again. Raven had taken her place in the Empire and so she continued what she knew, healing and piloting in the border wars as a neutral partisan.
Eventually she returned to the Empire. Lord Wynn Barezz attempted to turn her and managed to release her rage before his death later on. Aretta, now a Sith, also died.
Raven's son was kidnapped and thought killed, and so Sam went with Raven to take care of the remaining two. When Raven returned to Court Sam did also, enrolling in the Sith Academy in order to continue training. This did not go well, and by the time Raven spoke to Darana Cairnfell about training Sam much damage had been done.
Darana took her on as a student and stabilized Sam back in the Light Side where she currently remains. Darana also recognized that Sam's affinity for Force Healing was actually the result of a fixation on death. The early (traumatic) loss of her parents followed in succession by most everyone else she has come to care for created a need to keep people alive, and so Darana has given her command of a ship and crew, assigned her to supply runs for the Household and banned her from further medical duty.
During the time Sam was in the Alliance she met and fell in love with a young A-wing pilot who did the same with her. Naturally, he was killed in battle against the Empire. Raven attempted to set Sam up with her then student Jerrid Halvan but the two did not get along very well. She met Jerrid again at the Sith Academy and this time a strange sort of relationship developed. Sam has been seeing him regularly for nearly a year now though recently Klaw convinced her he was a bad influence and to cease.
Special
Sam's innate Force Talent is Force Tracking, similar to Astral Navigation. Empathy and telepathy are also particularly strong especially when in physical contact. Her strongest ability however is Force Healing. Combined with her medical training she is now quite powerful in that area. Amanda's Master was Barric, Count DeQuillas who was Kai or Korross' padawan.
What kind of Darksider are you?
Greetings, my child.
I am Master Wend. And there is nothing I do not know about the Force.
I sense much power in you. If you choose to use it -- as I can instruct you -- you may one day become as powerful as I am.
You now have the tools you need to unlock the deepest mysteries of the Force, teachings long forgotten by the pitiful Jedi Order.
If you have the will and the determination, you can become more powerful than even the strongest Jedi.
If you are too weak to use this power, better that you throw away this holocron now. In the Force, there is no room for the weak-willed.
Will you submit to my test?
I am ready Master Wend.
You are a most eager pupil.
Good ... good.
Now we will begin.
Search your feelings.
Find the truth within you.
As I pose questions to you, seize upon the first answer that comes to your mind -- that is what your heart knows to be the truth.
And answer honestly.
You cannot hide your true self from the power of the Force.
Will you submit to my test?
Proceed Master.
To fully master the dark side, you must first embrace it. How you choose to do this will have its consequences. Which of these paths would you take?
I will learn ancient secrets, and use that power to serve my own purposes.
Excellent . . . I can sense the darkness growing within you already, my pupil. Your power will quickly overstep that of the weak and pitiful Jedi.
Tell, me. What do you think of them? How would you deal with their kind?
I kill Jedi when opportunity arises, but I've got other things to do.
Yes ... Your hatred will serve you well. Can you feel the surge of power it brings? You must use that power. Use your hatred, your anger. With it, you will achieve your goals.
What ambitions do you have, my young apprentice?
Calling the shots isn't what I do. Give me a mission, and consider it done.
Ah, you will be a fine instrument of the dark side.
But will you be an instrument of subtlety or one of infamy, I wonder?
People won't necessarily know who I am, but as soon as we meet, they'll know not to mess with me.
You seem to know the shadow in which your destiny awaits, my child. But there are those who will try to stop you, to hamper your progress. How would you deal with such fools?
Enemies should be killed outright -- quickly and without hesitation.
Excellent. I almost have pity for those who might unwisely dare to cross you.
Soon, the many great and terrible powers of the dark side will be yours to command. Yet I sense that you will wield one of them with particular zeal. Which of those skills whispers to you, my child?
Dominating weak-minded pawns by insinuating my will directly into their feeble skulls.
Of course. You will be an exemplary agent of the dark side, my young apprentice. There is but a single step you must take to begin your training. Are you prepared for what is to come?
Answer honestly.
And be quick about it!
Here is your dark calling.
Sith Acolyte
Ah, you are truly perceptive, my child. You are worthy enough to study the mysteries of the dark side as a Sith acolyte -- the most fearsome wielders of the Force since the galaxy was formed. With my instruction, you will locate lost artifacts and learn to use them, becoming more powerful than you ever dreamed. You could have the galaxy at your feet. Even the Jedi will dance like puppets for you.
