CHARACTER NAME: Sam Oliver FANDOM: Reaper AGE: 21 ALIGNMENT (GOOD, EVIL, NEUTRAL): Good BRIEF BACKGROUND SUMMARY: There are three very important facts to remember about Sam Oliver:
College Makes Him Sleepy: At the age of eighteen Sam graduated from high school with surprisingly average grades. He'd always been in the middle of the pack, not just in classes in general, but with his friends as well. He'd never been as book smart as Ben or Sock's girlfriend Josie, but he also knew that John F. Kennedy was more than the guy on television who advertised used cars (thanks, Sock). He went away to college for one year before dropping out and returning back home to the Seattle suburbs, telling his parents that he couldn't go back to school. Why? College made him sleepy.
Sam was actually kind of shocked when his parents went for that excuse, but they did and proceeded to let him live at home where his mom cooked him dinner every night and did his laundry weekly while his dad paid his cable and cell phone bills and then bought him a new car for his twenty-first birthday. He's had it pretty easy, all things considered. But you, know, the guilt of selling your kid's soul to the devil might make you go soft on them.
It's Sam, Not Sammy: Sometimes a person can ruin a nickname for you. Sam didn't mind the occasional 'Sammy' until Satan began calling him that on a regular basis. One might ask why Sam is talking to Satan on a day-to-day occurance. Well, that's what happens when one has their soul sold to the devil before birth. He comes knocking on your twenty-first birthday to collect, and apparently ownership of your soul grants him the right to call you whatever he wants.
Sam's not too clear on the details, but he knows that his parents promised the soul of their first born to the devil before he was born to help cure his father of some disease. At least, that's the story he's gotten. Sometimes, if he's having a particularly devil-free day, Sam looks back and realizes it could have been worse. The devil could have just dragged him off into hell as soon as he'd turned twenty one. Instead, he's been employed as a bounty hunter, catching souls who escape from hell and dropping them back off the DMV so that they can be returned.
Helpful hint: Any place that seems like hell on Earth? Most likely is.
That Sam is still alive is something of a miracle. He probably wouldn't be without help from Sock and Ben, of which he is perfectly capable of admitting. Worse even than hearing his boss' voice call his name, is the voice of his other boss, calling out 'Sammy' and handing him a box full of demon soul vanquishing goodness.
The Devil May Or May Not Be His Father: After finally getting used to working for the devil, meeting and befriending the gay demon neighbors, and finally getting together with Andi, another kink was thrown in the works. Sam found out that the man he thought was his biological father may, indeed, not be and that, in fact, the devil more likely is.
Helpful hint two: Do not bring this up around Sam. It's kind of a testy subject.
PB: Bret Harrison
It's not mine. Again, Kevin Smith and the CW owns them all.
