Sam

The Guardian's first companion, the only person who knew his true name. Sam was a loyal and intelligent friend, and his eventual death marks the first of the Guardian's friends to die.

Appearance
Sam is slight of body, with curly dark hair and glasses. He is often described as gangly due to his thin limbs and short stature.

Travels with the Guardian
The man who would become the Guardian first approached Sam when a stranger delivered a device to him that he claimed was a time machine. Sam, being an intellectual, was intrigued and quickly roped into the Guardian's first spacetime-faring adventure. After meeting the Seeker and the Chronicler, the Guardian took a quick trip through time that actually lasted several months. After his return, he had acquired enough money to build a remote manor that Sam lived in after the Seeker warned them that due to the Guardian's carelessness it would be too dangerous for them to return to their home lives. Sam was instrumental in defeating the Ravager when he threatened the galaxy with a spatial prison of malfunctioning IAUs. His intelligence and resourcefulness made him an essential part of the Guardian's operation. The Guardian learned so much from him. Sam was involved in the mission on Scilis 6, where Dr. Churchill conducted illegal experimentation on a native species that had a vestigial symbiotic relationship with a recently-extinct relative of humanity, one of the seventeen known species descended from mankind via Ancient interference. Sam was gruesomely mauled by a pack of zombified crew while trying to save Dack. The Guardian carried Sam as far as he could, but his best efforts were not enough. Sam passed away from blood loss and the cold, and the Guardian's attempts to revive him did not succeed. Kyle later died on the same mission, dealing the Guardian a heavy emotional blow and establishing his first "failure:" to protect the ones he loves.

Disrupted Timeline
John reports that Sam died in the Battle in the City, struck down from behind by a Thrakr warrior during the confusion.

The Moonlight Game
After the collapse of the Disturbed Timeline, the Celestial Gamekeeper revealed he had captured the essences of the Guardian's allies and enemies before their souls could pass to death and has kept them as game. Sam and the Guardian are joyously reunited, however the group is quickly subjected to a brutal game that turns them against each other. In a soul-consuming board game with a sentient, hungry board, the Guardian has to choose between eliminating an opponent which would allow him to cover Sam's piece, or to protect Sam's piece at the cost of losing the game. The Guardian chose to eliminate Grack, while the ensuring the placement of his piece protected Sam's. To his shock, the Ravager still eliminated Sam's avatar out of pure spite, sacrificing the game. The Guardian barely has time to say goodbye before the board devours Sam's essence right in front of him.