Samuel Mayden

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Character Info:
Canon/Original: Original
First Name(s): Samuel
Surname: Mayden
Nicknames: Sammy or just Sam
Age: Nineteen
Sex: Male
Place of Birth: London
Occupation: Rifleman
Family: Parents - Thomas and Martha ; Brother - David
Description: Like his father, Sam Mayden is sturdily built. Unlike his father, however, he is not particularly tall. His broad frame and lack of height to balance it out gives him a somewhat squat appearance. Mayden hopes to gain a few more inches in height to lessen that appearance. Owing to a late-occurring growth spurt, he is still slightly awkward in his own body. His gait and movements are shambling and he often seems clumsy.

Mayden is no slouch in spite of his relative youth. He has a good eye for detail and is surprisingly agile-minded. While he is not as fast a learner as he would like, he does his best to master his assigned duties. He knows that competency and a strong sense of self-reliance is necessary in a rifleman, and it's his goal to be worthy of that title.
Strengths and Weaknesses:
Strengths
- Sharp-eyed and intelligent
- Eager to do well
- Doesn't shy away from work
Weaknesses
- Somewhat clumsy
- Not used to thinking for himself
- Often tries too hard
Background: Sam Mayden comes from unusual stock. His father was born in Boston and had left the colonies when the revolution broke out. The elder Mayden eventually settled in London after losing a leg at the Battle of the Saintes. Sam and his brother were born within three years of the end of that war and spent their childhoods scrabbling around their father's tavern. At the outbreak of war with France, Sam was not old enough to enlist. His brother was not interested in something as foolish as a war, to hear him talk, and their father was less than encouraging about joining the service.

Obliged to wait until he was of age, Sam began to resent what he perceived was the family stance against upholding tradition. It defied his understanding why his father of all people would be such a naysayer. The week of his seventeenth birthday, or as near to that occasion as he was able to guess, Sam Mayden departed the little tavern in Covent Garden to go for a soldier.

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