Talk:Samuel Beechworth/@comment-6013030-20130118192332

During The Royal Physician mission, I watched the harbor as I disabled the searchlights. I saw Samuel's boat enter and travel to the rendezvous point.

Later I was searching for a path to Sokolov down by the water and came upon Samuel. I talked to him and he told me he had a dream in which Regent Burrows appeared in his boat and stared at him. Then Samuel spoke about how his father always wanted him to become an overseer. He also spoke about the incident in which someone close to him dabbled in the ways of the Outsider and was never seen again. Also, at a different point Samuel talks of his desire to be awarded a naval position by Admiral Havelock.

After my conversation with Samuel, I found that none of my outsider powers worked anymore. I had to complete the mission with only gun, crossbow and sword. I replayed the mission avoiding Samuel until the proper time so I don't know what final ending would have happened playing with no outsider powers.

My theory is that Samuel was turned or possessed by the Lord Regent who played upon his fear of the ways of the Outsider, his desire for a naval position, and his father's wish for him to become an overseer.

After this incident I never trusted Samuel again. Maybe it was somehow a voluntary decision and he felt that by disabling the Outsider powers he was saving Corvo from their bad influences, but I doubt that idea.

I think the actions of Samuel during the betrayal phase indicate his darker side. Sure, he "saved" Corvo by administering a non lethal dose of poison. But if he was an ally he would have waited for Corvo to revive or hid him in a safe place until he was healthy again. Instead, the helpless hero was cast adrift in the flooded district. Why? The reason I see is a conspiracy with Daud. The reason to keep Corvo alive was to deliver him to the assassin bounty hunters. That way Samuel could ask for a cut of the large cash reward that only Daud had the power and connections to collect. If Samuel cared about Emily or Corvo he would never have given up his ally to be captured by Daud. I found the level of deceit and selfishness to be high in Samuel, but I spared his life at the end anyway.