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Sampo Koski Lore Notes

Because we love our HSR himbo, Trailblazers all over the internet have begun to form many theories surrounding our beloved scammer. There are a lot of details about this man that are peculiar, and for those like me who love to overanalyze their favorite characters and how they contribute to the lore, I have created a list of notes about Sampo that point to him being downright suspicious.

Warning: Very, very long post ahead.

He is has a lot of intel apparently... where does he get them from?

Knowledge Voiceline: "Come on, how did you guys end up in the middle of the Snow Plains? UFO? Let me guess, you took a train, haha. Seriously though."

About Natasha Voiceline: He's not from the Underworld.

He loves money; money is considered to be a form of pleasure; does this refer to the Masked Fools being hedonists?

Turn Begins 1: "We're just having fun." Elation??

Hit by Heavy Attack: "Hey! W-watch the face!" Sampo is not really the type to be narcissistic… unless this is a pleasure-related matter…

Ultimate: Unleash: "Betraying the king" is often seen in literary works and other similar fictional media, and these types of things are often used for pleasure and entertainment

Return to Battle, Health Recovery, Natasha's About Sampo Voicelines: He's also… altruistic?

Hook's About Sampo Voiceline: He can be everywhere

Character Story: Part I: He slips away easily

Character Story: He is good at disguises, as if he's an actor… as if he were wearing a mask… because actors and masks and roles… Masked Fools foreshadowing?

Character Story: Why did they choose this specific story to be the one in his profile? The tale seems so random… or is it?

Character Story: Everything is purely dialogue… almost as if it were a script. If we compare it to the others, they have character stories that match them well, such as Bailu, whose character story is in the format of a prescription because she is a doctor.

Light Cone - Eyes of the Prey: "In reality most prety don't realize when danger is encroaching. This one's no exception." After reading the description, it may seem weird since Sampo noticed the sniper BUT what if the sniper is the REAL prey?

Light Cone - Eyes of the Prey: "So that's what greed looks like. That amount is equal to several of my contracts already… No wonder someone wants him dead." Another reference to money being a form of pleasure.

Light Cone - Eyes of the Prey: "As if these thoughts were broadcasted out loud, the an in the scope turns his head, looking straight into the eyes of the sniper. 'I've been waiting for you. Would this much be enough for you to hear me out?'" The EYES of the PREY refers to the SCOPE of the SNIPER. The light cone depicts Sampo from the EYES of the PREY.

Splash Art: The city in the background is likely NOT on Jarilo VI

Splash Art: It looks like he's jumping off a ledge or something similar

Design: @littlekiara96 noticed that his design refers to death a little too much due to the amount of skeleton imagery on him…

Kit: His technique is to blind enemies, which may call back to the fact that he slips away easily without anyone noticing

Kit: Why are his weapons blades that turn into boomerangs and not anything related to his obvious line of work?

Kit: His basic attack is called "Dazzling Blades"; I might be overthinking but the word "dazzling" is something I would hear when one describes an actor…

Kit: His skill is called "Ricochet Love"; "ricochet" often refers to projectiles bouncing more than once off of a surface (verb) or a shot that bounces more than once off of a surface (noun)---so where does the "love" come into all this? Love is another form of pleasure; I don't know but this skill reminds me of the Masked Fools again just because of all the bouncing more than once off of a surface and the love thing..

Kit: His ultimate is called "Surprise Present"; Sampo can be called a master of the element of surprise as he often appears suddenly without anyone suspecting him to---the present can also be something unexpected and weird (like a RICKROLL) which gives off MAJOR Masked Fools vibes…

Kit: Why is his element Wind?

Kit: Why is his path Nihility? @gachagen pointed out that Nihility characters hide secrets (Welt, Pela, Silver Wolf, Kafka). For my own observation, Nihility states that the universe is meaningless while Elation states that the universe is one big joke; both paths seem to infer that the universe has little meaning…

Kit: Half his Eidolons are about his scamming business and the other half are about… love and enthusiasm; both aforementioned concepts seem to call back to the Masked Fools and Aha the Elation…

Achievements: Versatile Joker is a hidden achievement until it is unlocked… does this fact and the achievement itself indirectly infer to Sampo's secret connection to the Masked Fools and Aha the Elation?

Missions: Besides Pela, Sampo is the only other 4-star character from Jarilo VI who does not have a companion mission yet

Character Traits: He BOWS like an actor (as seen in the Jarilo VI Trailblaze Mission), as if he is bowing for his PERFORMANCE

Character Traits: If I had a penny for every time Sampo was aware that he was being watched like how Aha did in the Simulated Universe (Jarilo VI quest conclusion, Eyes of the Prey light cone), I'd have two pennies… which isn't much but it's weird that it happened twice…

And that's pretty much it! Feel free to add more observations in the replies, or reblog too.

[scifellgoddess]

(This is so detailed omg)

Things I want to add (a lot because he has A LOT, also most of these are taken from @sampofools on Tiktok {I recommend checking their whole acc}, also including the things you said in Part 2 because I'm using this entire post as a writing note later. ALSO, since I don't play the game myself, please correct my mistakes if there is any so I can fix it. Also, long post warning):

1, Aha also bows in one of their voicelines in the Simulated Universe! And you can also see this bowing gesture as similar to how bartenders bow to their patrons.

2, His 4th Eidolon name is "The Deeper the Love, the Stronger the Hate", which showcase the image of him losing the light in his eyes and smiling creepily.

3, Sampo is NOT his real name! It's an alias. This is confirmed by an NPC.

4, Sampo canonically disguised under the name "Madam Brughel Poisson" several times without being discovered, and also as one of the Silvermane Guards. (+Aha took a human form once! Not to say that Sampo is the Aeon, but I'm saying that he perhaps copies his mannerism off them)

5, He can travel seamlessly between the Underworld and Overworld even in the time it was blocked off.

6, Apart from his disguise in general being mentioned, he has been show to have the ability to change voices! We can see this in the new Belebog museum event and also his voiceline about Wildfire ("a bunch of artless, stubborn fools"... Fun fact: Did you know "artless" is a synonym of "naive"?). His usual one is quite extravagant and flamboyant with a lot of flair in it that it feels forced sometimes, but it can surprisingly go deeper, more intimidating and serious. Theoretically, he also has at least another one for his Madam Poisson identity.

7, The way he has an ability to not make any trace in the snow is quite offputting.

8, His second Eidolon is/can be a reference to one of Aha's voicelines: "Infectious Enthusiasm".

9, The whole dream sequence: A, He's highly likely to be reporting to the Masked Fools; B, He knows about Epsilon, which is a universe mentioned only in the The Masked Fools' databank; C, Taverns are stated to be where The Masked Fools are stationed; D, "Vanity Fair", oddly poetic of him; E, He lives by this quote: "True happiness always entails the manifestation of the dignity of mankind"; F, The way he not only broke the 4th Wall but also did it like an actor at the end of a "performance"; G, He referred to himself not as the Protagonist, but the "Shadowy Comic Relief", a user also mentioned in Portuguese, this term is translated as "Masked Comedian".

10, Through Sampo, there is an achievement named "Versatile Joker".

11, As pointed out by user @arthurcarson4 on TikTok, his footwork is quite good and his fighting style is quite coordinate. You can think this relates to the fact that the Masked Fools organized fighting rings in their bars for entertainment. Additionally, one of his lines is "Good, the stronger the better", which likely implies that he likes fighting as well.

12, The Masked Fools' line of work is to stir up chaos to create entertainment, and this sounds very similar to how Sampo, if you look closely, is the one to start and/or assist in important chain of events.

13, Said by this post, Luocha and Sampo are both mysterious characters who has an "odd glowing purple prickly spike thing" in their featured arts.

14, Said by this post and also his Wiki's Etymology ["Sampo" derives from the Finnish Sampo, which refers to a magical device capable of producing infinite gold, salt, and flour. "Koski" is a Finnish surname derived from the Proto-Finnic Koski and Proto-Uralic Kośke, meaning "(water) rapids"], Sampo's name is quite interesting in origin, as well as how it is mentioned in lore. There is stated to be 5 known Stellaron Hunters, (Kafka, Blade, Silver Wolf, Elio) which meant there is one that isn't shown yet whose name cut off is "Sam". Though I have seen a user saying that in Chinese their characters don't seem similar, so take that as you will.

15, The way that Sampo is hated/underestimated by many outsiders is quite like how most people view Aha, aside from The Masked Fools, is quite a mocking, a joke of an Aeon.

16, There is an entire organization called "Dark-Blue Scam Victims Association" that aim to kill him. They are probably responsibled for the sniper.

17, There is an artifact called The Rating Rail Gun in Herta's Space Station. It rates characters in a currently unknown criteria. Upon putting Sampo, it will put something along the line of "Rating invalid". He is one of the few characters that have this response, along with March 7th and Jing Yuan. More on that in this post.

18, Unique, funky diamond-shaped pupils:

19, He scammed someone using a fake audiobook, in which he professionally acted out their favorite characters' deaths. See here

20, He carried 4 people at once? In a long distance trip?? (This has recently been canonly imagined and illustrated by Sampo):

21, Upon close inspection, Sampo and Trailblazer have a somewhat similar relationship to Aha and Akivili.

22, His first entrance is just too much of a set up for something grand in my opinion.

23, Dan Heng had a period spent with "The Mourning Actors", (a faction that went against Aha's ideals but gained their blessing anyways), and the fact that he was suspcious of Sampo can be quite telling.

24, Don't the clothes he wear feel off? In that condition, he barely has anything for warmth. He first met the Trailblazer hidden in the snow. (This can just be character designs and nothing much).

25, His captured animation is unique! He's completely hunched over, slowly swaying, dead on his feet... Does this remind you of a puppet whose strings has been cut off?

26, Strangely enough, and perhaps completely unrelated, Sampo doesn't send breakable objects flying, leaving them intact with the slices of his blades evident.

27, More on Sampo's attire. His outer coat feels similar to one of a ring master, and you can consider all of his "fooling around" and disguises parts of a "circus show". This really connects with the parallels between him and the Aeon Aha/The Elation.

28. Likely completely unrelated, but Sampo has many voicelines complaining and pointing out how he misses his youth, or wants to be younger again.

Additional fascinating stuff that are/can be related to Sampo:

1, Posts that theorized Sampo is BOTH a Stellaron Hunter and a Masked Fools: This, this and this one.

2, Theory that Sampo is Louis Fleming.

3, One peculiar quiz from the Ministry of Education of Belobog

4, A Twitter's thread discussing about Sampo.

5, Youtube theories essays that might contain details that I haven't mentioned: One; Two; Three; Four; Five; Six.

6. Theory on Sampo being a member of Serval's rock band.

7. Aha's image has a vague shadowy outline behind the masks and trinkets. Their pose is a tad similar to Sampo. You can see it in this post.

8. “This space station really is a mixed bag. There's even a Masked Fool in disguise among the researchers, trying to cook up something big.”

9. People have been comparing Sampo to Itto, Childe and even Ayato, but he also has similarities to Venti, who seemed unimportant, pathetic, one-dimensional character that was only played for the funny at first glance, but then turned out to be an actual God further into the story. They are also both Wind users.

10. On that note, he's also incredibly similar to Kaeya, both in appearance and mannerisms. In game play and lore, they are both 4 stars characters who were heavily implied/said to have a much bigger role than their usual act might seem to have and a mysterious past.

11. The Masked Fools are mentioned in Silver Wolf's quest, something along the line of only people in her planet and the Masked Fools believe in the science of editing reality.

[connorntofficial]

they had a long day at the Doll Festival, now they get to go back to headquarters, put on pajamas and go to bed

[twistcmyk]

no, i do not have cameras in your home (yet)

[grelinhoquino]

Liu Qingge is forbidden from going on expeditions involving a succubus cave because the last time he went to one the succubi were VERY DETERMINED to keep Liu Qingge as their new and spoiled pet.

Mobei jun was the one who "saved" him from the clutches of the succubi because if Luo Binghe went they risked a possible genocide due to the overprotection (childish jealousy) of their king towards his favorite concubine (he is the only one he has).

Liu Qingge sends the succubi a package full of the finest and most beautiful fabrics every two months because his parents raised him to be both a warrior AND an educated man.

(Mu Qingfang commented at a meeting that in the two weeks he spent as a hostage in the cave Liu Qingge he gained 4kg).

[rusclwcc]

having fun pt. 3

[mr0atmeal]

MANGA SPOILERS

Enjin my Shayla😭😭😭

[mantitleech]

saw a little thing on pinterest and enjin with ear tunnels just seems so right

inspo and sketch under the cut

also ignore that my artstyle just changed, i have just accepted it lmao

expect to see my gachiakuta ocs soonish or maybe original art, idk i'll have to see

[1ohrats1]

I’m out of my depressive funk so here’s this before I disappear again

[runabout-river]

Love how in chapter 3 in the original Rudo calls Enjin kuso yarou as in shitty bastard, to which Enjin replies with his own kuso gaki as in shitty brat. In Japanese it feels like Enjin is actively matching Rudo's speech and throwing it back at his face. Don't get the same sense in the official translation.

[chromiumsheep]

[joptartsart]

Cause I'm ready to die for my friends

[mewiyev]

[khaila-yu]

random sketches

[motherfucker-somewhat-limited]

did laundry and showered today you knowwwww i'm hitting that clean sheets clean jammies clean me trifecta tonight

[motherfucker-somewhat-limited]

bro im bedcelled. im comfypilled. im literally cozymaxxing.

[probablysomethingtm]

​honkpilled shoomaxxer

[motherfucker-somewhat-limited]

straight up "snorkin' it". and by "it" haha, well. let's just say. mimimi

[the-haiku-bot]

straight up “snorkin’ it”.

and by “it” haha, well. let’s

just say. mimimi

Beep boop! I look for accidental haiku posts. Sometimes I mess up.

[pazuie]

pid

[squi1d-1]

[strawbpusheen]

Gachiakuta making me crazy I just made some bullshitttttttt