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Revision as of 19:07, 30 August 2018
Samuel Ward is a private investigator based in San Francisco, California and the main protagonist from the short story The Nightmare of Samuel Ward.
History
Background
In the original short story, almost no details are given about Samuel Ward or his past. In the canceled video game adaption of the short story, Samuel Ward worked as a private investigator in San Francisco, California before the events of the short story.
Several months before the events of the short story, San Francisco was plagued by a series of gruesome murders similar to those committed by Jack the Ripper in 1888. Samuel Ward was hired by one of the victim's family members to investigate the murders and find the killer. After several weeks into his investigation, Samuel Ward was soon tormented in his sleep with nightmares featuring a man with pure black eyes.
The Nightmare of Samuel Ward (Short story)
On November 3, 2014; Samuel Ward experienced his most intense nightmare with The Black-Eyed Man. In it the private detective found himself in a spectral city filled with crowds of people from various centuries. Discovering that he was having a nightmare after attempting to get the attention of one of the members of the crowd, he soon encountered The Black-Eyed Man.
After attempting to question the entity, who responded with cryptic answers about "choosing" Samuel Ward for something, he seemingly found himself within a small cabin where a disheveled man sat behind a desk. After a tense encounter with the man, Samuel Ward was forced to hide as The Black-Eyed Man arrived, and, to his horror, he soon witnessed the disheveled man's brutal murder by The Black-Eyed Man. Samuel Ward was soon violently thrown from the room and into a dark cavern. His encounters in the "Dead Pit" including the discovery that the place was a body drop for many of Jack's victims, and their rising from their cold resting places to torment the horrified detective. The undead mob soon fled in terror upon the arrival of Jack, who proceeded to put Samuel Ward in a choke hold. The detective's desperate attempts to free himself from his attacker's grip managed to reveal the true face of The Black-Eyed Man.
This revelation was enough to awaken Samuel Ward from his fevered slumber, discovering Jack standing beside him. Revealing the truth behind the murders, and Samuel Ward's role in them, the detective was soon murdered by Jack. It was later revealed that Jack had framed Samuel Ward for the San Francisco murders.