You know this character. She’s the girl who is always there in the background at work, quietly doing what needs to be done without fanfare and keeps things running smoothly, sometimes just by being there rain or shine. He’s the Mauve Shirt guarding The Hero’s back when the Hero goes in alone to fight the Big Bad. She’s the one with simple, sensible advice that her Troubled, but Cute friend seldom takes. He’s the Sergeant Rock that the Officer and a Gentleman depends on. And when The Captain needs data analyzed, papers filed, and problems examined, he gives it to this guy, who crunches it all and has the report ready first thing in the morning, just in time for the Captain to look at it and have a Eureka Moment.

They’re The Reliable One. They’re often overlooked in Ensemble Casts with Loads and Loads of Characters (particularly if it’s a World of Badass with tons of flashy characters) because of his or her understated character, they nonetheless often contribute in a unique way for the good guys. Every now and then they’ll tend to get A Day in the Limelight where their skills or presence come in handy even more than usual, some of their Hidden Depths get revealed, it gets shown why they frequently have such an Undying Loyalty to people around them, or where their absence makes everything around them start to fall apart. They may even get a Did You Think I Can’t Feel? moment, when the people whose lives they make better trample all over their feelings.

 Yes. 

Saamuel will never, ever confess to what happened to the proto-siblings that they had in their youth – before they even encountered Finland or Baltics to the south. 

It does haunt them since they can very easily still hear the memories of those ‘siblings’ and the culture of their land is reflected from the traditions of those kids. 

But because there is no reason to bring up that happening, it’s something Saam would much rather keep to themselves. It’s also the reason that Saam will never truly see themselves as remotely decent because they know full well what they were capable of.

The idea of what Saam will never ever confess to can be found here.

1. What’s one experience your character had that made them very afraid?

There’s been a solid number of these. But let’s say the first time invaders came to Estonia when they were a kid. They were very angry at the intrusion but they were also scared because they didn’t really know what was really going to happen to them. Usually the people managed to fight them off – but when the Danes actually took over the place, that was a situation Saam was definitely not ready for. 

4. Has your character ever been hurt or betrayed by someone they thought they could depend on? What happened?

Yes. Let’s say some individuals that they thought they could rely on to help them maintain their independence in mid-century, ended up being overly complacent and complicit really in allowing forces to take over their homeland which would lead to a long period of pretty intense hardships the ramifications of which still haunt them to this day.