Final character for the antagonist group for Starknight tag, and arguably the true main antagonist overall.
His looks is fairly simple in human form, given the flashier part will be the Deity form. Also I guess this reveals Amaros' former hair color (he's now bald)
Info below:
Name: Sam (Full name Samar Samaros)
Age: Old. but he roughly appears as someone around their forties.
Height: 180 cm
A Mysterious Soul Eater who is actually a Half-Deity, due to being the brother of the Soul Eater King & the first ever Soul eater created.
Family: Brother Amir (now known as Amaros), late sister-in-law Theya, Niece Saba, Nephew-in-law Shaell, Grandnephews Azul and Reuben.
Role: One of the antagonists for the Sterling family, often behind whatever chaos they are trying to solve. Later the main antagonist once he gets his memory back.
'Love interest': There's some sexual tension between him and Cornel, that the latter tends to take advantage of occasionally to mess with him. (Samar finds the fact he's attracted to Cornel lowkey irritating, because Cornel reminds him of his nephew-in-law lol)
Comrades: Vincent DeVos (A plaque demon) Cornel Sala(An Ether born vampire) His boss Camilla Barone (Human mobster)
Rival: His brother & his nephew-in-law
Powers:
Soul manipulation: Like all Soul eaters he can study, track, manipulate and devour souls, but on top of those things he can ALSO full on destroy them from existence, something S.E can't typically do. (Devouring doesn't destroy the soul, it just eventually moves it forward in life-cycle once the soul eater dies)
Immortality: being a Deity essentially, he does not age from the moment he was turned, and doesn't get sick either. He is also incredibly difficult to damage, and his injuries heal almost completely very fast majority of the time
Swordsmanship: he is an excellent swordsman, capable of summoning a blade reminescent of the one his brother carries.
Immense physical strength: This guy, while he doesn't look like much, is incredibly durable to the point human weapons don't do shit to him, and he can break people's bones with ease or tear off their limbs. (He is insanely strong even by Ether standards)
Soul Eater form: his form is far more powerful than any other Soul Eater in existence (with the exception of his distant descendant, Jurou Alistair Blackthorne who has the unique ability to even affect the souls of Deities like Samar and Shaell) and this form is basically a Deity rather than a mortal, where his strength grows tenfold from what it already is by default.
Weaknesses:
Due to his injuries from the previous battle against Amaros and Shaell, his strange scar is often aching where he struggles to move that side arm and shoulder. It also constantly bleeds energy when in his Deity form, and is a weak spot to strike in a fight.
He is not the best at handling people being attracted to him, and tends to get flustered by flirting easily.
His desire for vengeance has somewhat blinded him for the actual harm his crusade could cause, and sadly his stint without his memory didn't help soften his position and give him important perspective he needs, resulting in him eventually going back to his old ways of trying to hunt down and kill his brother. (Basically, this guy is stubborn to a major fault when he's angry)
Personality:
He is mostly seen as very quiet and calm individual, who seems to be the one helping to keep Camilla's more eccentric duo of mythical subordinates in check. He has somewhat of a parental side to him he often aims at her and Vincent/Vee especially, and is most likely to check and make sure everyone is alright.
While he seems calm, if you know how to push his buttons (like Cornel) he can be very easily angered and pulled into a loud debate or even a fight. He is also notoriously stubborn once he's made a decision, and it can be hard to persuade him to change his mind.
He is somebody who tends to care about people he's close with intensely, which in part resulted to his burning hatred for his brother after being made to think Amir killed his own family, even if accidental. (This turns out not to be even fully true; his sons survived and were simply thrown forward in time) It also manifests with his high protectiveness over Camilla.
BG Story
Samar is the older brother of Amir Samaros, a former Soulcaster Sorcerer-turned-Soul Eater. He used to have close and good relationship with his sibling and his sibling's wife Theya, being a very supportive presence for Amir and his daughrer Saba after They sadly passed away in childbirth. He did not approve Saba's choice of a husband that much, namely because he and Shaell's personalities clashed naturally, and he felt Shaell was too unpredictable and reckless (failing to realize his niece was very similar) Things changed however when Amir, in an attempt to save his newborn daughter's life after she'd been severely wounded in battle AND find a way to end the massive war going on at the time, performed a forbidden ritual he'd been studying, and seemingly ended up killing both his daughter, son-in-law and grandchildren in the process. This ritual also turned Samar into a Soul eater against his will.
grief stricken and driven mad with anger, Samar attempted to kill his brother, but at the time was far too weak given he was not the one directly involved in the ritual. He then spent eons trying to discover where his brother had gone after the war, clashing with him and losing the fight each time. Amir, unable to get through to him, eventually decided to just erase his memory and send him to the human realm with the help of his son-in-law who turned out to be alive, hoping that would finally calm Samar down enough so he could see reason again.
Samar was taken in by the Barone family after witnessing his strength, and he has been working for them for a long time now, not remembering anything about his past apart from his name being "Sam" or something akin to it. However, as a young Shadowcaster Chester Knight starts digging into his past and thus has run-ins with them, his memory ends up eventually coming back....
FUN FACTS
Samar is bi
He tends to get annoyed when people imply he sleeps with Camilla (because he sees her like a honorary niece)
Cornel and him bicker constantly about how to approach situations, but while it seems they can't stand each other, there is a level of mutual respect between the two, and both are equally protective of their boss Camilla. This dynamic mimics his relationship with his Nephew-in-law Shaell from the past (minus the whole attraction part)
Samar is very parenty with Vee, and also feels sympathetic for his unrequited love, though he can also tell exactly why he was rejected...
He does find it a bit annoying that Cornel is taller than him, then again Cornel is very good at pissing him off no matter what. (and he ALSO finds it annoying he's attracted to the vampire without him even needing to use his charm powers)
His scar from the battle against his brother glows white when he uses his powers, both in human and Deity form.
When it is revealed that "Chester Knight" and his brother Reuben are his grandnephews, he refuses to believe it at first, thinking it is another ploy his brother is pulling to try to get him off his back, just like what he did last time with Shaell.
The main reason why him killing Amaros is a major bad thing, is because that would essentially strip every single Soul Eater in existence from their power as well - and would in many cases kill the person. Samar is not aware of this, and initially doesn't believe this claim either when confronted about it.
Eventually his grandnephews do get through to him though, and after that final major fight, he disappears for a while in shame of his actions.