Character from Throne of Glass by Sarah J. Maas
Celaena's first love — a fellow assassin who dreamed of freedom and paid for that dream with his life, murdered by Arobynn to keep Celaena under control.
Sam spoke with the straightforward sincerity of someone who hadn't learned to hide behind wit. He loved Celaena without games, without manipulation, without conditions — and in a world of Arobyns and kings, that simplicity was revolutionary. His murder — tortured to death by Rourke Farran on Arobynn's orders — is the wound that defines early Celaena. She went to Endovier because Sam died. She became what she became because the only person who ever loved her simply was taken away simply.
Handsome in a quiet, earnest way with brown hair and warm eyes. Lacked Celaena's theatrical flair — he was the steady one, the grounded one, the one who made the assassin's life feel almost normal.
Also known as: Sam, Sam Cortland