Samuel Cornick

Moon Called

• Sam⁸³
• Samuel Llewellyn Cornick²¹²

Silver Borne

• Samuel Marrokson, Samuel Branson, Samuel Whitewolf, Samuel Swift-foot, Samuel Deathbringer, Samuel Avenger²⁶⁷

Silver

• Sawyl¹⁸
• Samuel Healer⁴⁸
• Samuel Silverheart⁴⁹

Moon Called

• Built like a Chippendales' dancer⁹⁴
• Eyes were deeply set, his nose was too long, his mouth too wide. His coloring in human form was much less striking than his wolf; light blue-gray eyes and brown hair, streaked just a bit from the sun⁹⁴

Blood Bound

• His wide mouth was soft under his long, aristocratic nose²⁰
• Ash brown hair covered his eyebrows²⁰
• Pale blue eyes²⁰
• Grey-blue human eyes⁹⁶

Iron Kissed

• Looked like a person you could trust- something about the hint of humor that lurked in the back of his deep-set eyes and the corner and his mouth⁴¹

Silver Borne

• Tall and rangy¹²

Cry Wolf

• Almost as tall as Charles, his features a rougher version of Bran's. That roughness made them not so bland or young-looking as his father. He was oddly compelling, but not handsome. His ditch-water brown hair was cut carelessly, but somehow he managed to look neat and well dressed anyway⁴⁷

Silver

• His eyes were some shade between noon sky and moonlit waterfall⁴⁷

Werewolf

Chat Archives

• Sam doesn't fit in Montana anymore, he can't join a pack without becoming Alpha–something he doesn't want; he's already responsible for all his patients^2007-05-20

Moon Called

• Smells like earth-and-spice musk⁸⁴
• Big, even for a werewolf. His fur was winter white, and his eyes appeared almost the same shade, an icy white-blue, all the more startling for the black ring that edged his iris⁸⁵
• Least volatile male werewolf Mercy had ever met⁹²
• Funny and charming; lightheartedness is not a gift often given to werewolves but Samuel had it in abundance⁹⁷
• Has none of the traits of older wolves; drove a car, had a stereo system and a computer⁹⁸
• One of his jobs had been teaching the new wolves control so they could be allowed to live¹¹²
• His instinct to heal was not as strong as his instinct to kill. He always made certain to eat well before performing any kind of surgery¹¹⁸

Blood Bound

• Calmest, most even-tempered werewolf Mercy knew²¹
• Smelled of the river, desert and fur-and of the familiar sweet scent that belonged only to him²³
• He was so close to turning that the distinctive black ring around the outside of his pupils was clearly visible⁴⁶

Iron Kissed

• Had no desire to be Alpha. He said that being a doctor gave him more than enough people to take care of⁴²

Silver Borne

• Samuel the man regularly overlooked breaches of etiquette that his wolf could not⁵³
• Had forgotten that his wolf could take over; had been so long since they had battled for control; he let his wolf out to play when he chose to⁵⁴
• Wolf is white and fluffy⁶⁴

Cry Wolf

• Age had never seemed to touch Samuel much-until he'd come back a few years ago after being gone on his own for over a decade⁶⁷

Hunting Ground

• at least 700 years old–was alive during the Black Plague circa 1340⁸⁷

Wild Sign

• Samuel was the healer- Bran's mother's magic took that path in him. Samuel wasn't a miracle worker; he couldn't raise the dead or cure old age or heart disease. But he used his magic to help people¹⁵¹

Lone & Rogue Wolves

Mate - Ariana Cornick

Father - Bran Cornick

Brother - Charles Cornick

Moon Called

• His first wife died of cholera, the second of old age. His third wife died in childbirth. His wives miscarried eighteen children between them; a handful died in infancy, and only eight lived to their third birthday. One died of old age, four of the plague, three of failing the Change. He has no living children and only one, born before Samuel Changed, made it into adulthood¹⁰⁶

Silver

• Had a younger brother that died of a wasting sickness³
• Grandmother turned him into a werewolf⁶
• Grandda was Dafydd⁴⁵

Kennewick General Hospital

Moon Called

• His voice was soft, with just a touch of Celt⁹³

Blood Bound

• Has a license to practice medicine in Texas, Montana, and Washington⁴¹
• Loves children⁹⁹
• Independent, which was an unusual trait for a werewolf¹⁰³
• Had a reputation as a very patient hunter¹³⁵

Iron Kissed

• Owns a Mercedes⁷¹

Bone Crossed

• Prefers low pulp orange juice²⁸
• New cherry red Mercedes²³¹

Silver Borne

• Tried to commit suicide by drowning; running his car off the Vernita bridge near Hanford Reach⁵⁰

Education

Work Experience

Moon Called

• Worked at Stop and Rob²⁹⁵

Languages

Iron Kissed

• Welsh was Samuel's first language⁴⁶

Chat Archives

• Sam is a control freak. He's trying to control the things that make his life unbearable^2007-06-24
• Sam likes to torment anyone he cares about^2008-01-06

Moon Called

• Liked playing practical jokes⁸⁴
• Honorable⁹⁶
• Funny, charming and lighthearted¹⁰⁴

Blood Bound

• Had a tendency to get possessive and dictatorial²

Iron Kissed

• His easygoing exterior masked a patient and ruthless predator⁴

Bone Crossed

• Sometimes he seems like the old Samuel, funny and lighthearted; a lot of times he was just going through the motions, like an actor given a cue³⁷

Silver Borne

• Wasn't quite right; broken but functional with an underlying depression¹²
• Feels he no longer belongs, that he accomplishes nothing by his existence; even an Omega cannot fix him⁵⁵

Cry Wolf

• Spends a lot of time trying to figure out where spirits fit into Christianity¹⁴

Moon Called

• Good judge of character²⁷⁷

Iron Kissed

• Plays the violin, guitar, bodhran, and an old Welsh harp⁴⁵
• Learned to write before typewriters and computers rendered penmanship an art practiced by elementary school children. His notes always looked like formal wedding invitations⁷¹
• Good cook⁷¹

Silver Borne

• Had the gift of never being out of place, always fitting in, while at the same time he conveyed the sense that here was someone special, someone important. People liked him instinctively and trusted him. It served him well as a doctor, but Mercy was inclined to think it served him a little too well as a man. He was too used to getting his way. When charm didn't cut it, he used a tactical brain that would have done credit to Rommel¹⁰

Cry Wolf

• Most people weren't as perceptive as Samuel¹⁷⁷

Moon Called

• Liked people-even humans¹⁰⁵
• Had never been afraid of change¹⁵⁶

Blood Bound

• Not a tea drinker²⁶⁰

Iron Kissed

• Sometimes watching Samuel perform was more like a stand-up comedy act than a concert. It all depended on how he was feeling at the moment⁴¹
• Takes his guitar or violin to work and plays when he got the chance to relieve stress⁴¹
• Addicted to those forensic, soap opera-mystery shows⁷⁰

Bone Crossed

• Has taken over the grocery shopping in Mercy's house due to her lack of adventurous food choices²⁸
• Prefers low pulp orange juice²⁸
• Listened to heavy metal and watched Star Trek reruns³²
• Empties all of Mercy's pockets before doing her laundry³⁰⁶

Silver Borne

• Snores but not very often²⁰⁷

Frost Burned

• Loves the water³⁰

Wild Sign

• “Walk on the Ocean” is one of Samuel's favorites¹⁸

Samuel and Mercy

Chat Archives

• Sam can't stay with his father, can't go lone wolf. He needs someone to balance him. Mercy is his pack^2008-01-06
• Samuel is an Emergency room doctor and a dominant Both mean he has to take care of everyone. As a wolf, he needs his pack. So much responsibility over all those years has worn him out. With Mercy as his only pack – and she is very independent – he has a respite^2009-01-24

Moon Called

• Mercy had been in love with Sam since she was fourteen⁸³

Blood Bound

• He'd been there for Mercy as she struggled to live in a world with no place for her⁴⁰
• Samuel taught Mercy a lot about independence¹⁰³
• Egged Mercy into taking Bran's Porsche¹⁴²

Iron Kissed

• Taught Mercy to pick locks when she was fourteen⁶⁹
• Mercy loved Samuel with all of her heart, but had no desire to tie herself to him for the rest of her life¹³⁷
• Mercy is Samuel's pack¹⁴⁴

Silver Borne

• Samuel's wolf ascendant had always been even more protective of Mercy than Samuel himself had¹²²

Frost Burned

• Samuel still came to visit a lot²⁹

Night Broken

• Mercy is part of his family by choice³⁰⁶

Samuel and Bran

Moon Called

• Bran had always given close consideration to Samuel's advice¹⁵⁶

Iron Kissed

• Hearing the Marrok and both of his sons, Samuel and Charles, sing together…“it's not something you forget”⁴³

Silver Borne

• Not living in Montana because he didn't want his father to know for certain how badly broken he really was¹²

Cry Wolf

• Bran tried matchmaking with Mercy and Samuel⁴²
• If Samuel killed an innocent to protect Bran, and not for the survival of all wolves, Bran would kill Samuel himself⁶³
• There had been nights he'd had to lean on the Marrok pack for stability after he had come back from Texas⁶⁷
• Took him years to defeat the Marrok at his worst when Anna did it with a couple of songs²⁸⁴

Hunting Ground

• Only Samuel and Charles can tell when Bran is lying⁸⁵

Silver

• Bran had always known when Samuel was in trouble²
• It took Samuel a long time to forgive Bran for living through the Change⁷
• Bran promised Samuel's mother that he would never allow him to stay in his mother's hands¹¹

Samuel and Charles

Cry Wolf

• Samuel is the elder brother and tormentor⁵⁹
• Charles could always tell when Bran was talking to Samuel in his head, something in Samuel's face gave it away⁶⁰
• Samuel could sometimes be persuaded to tell stories to his younger brother. And Bran as berserker had been one of his favorite stories until he'd grown old enough to understand that it wasn't just a story²⁶⁷

Hunting Ground

• Charles usually trusted his father and Samuel to take care of themselves¹¹³

Wild Sign

• Only with Samuel and their father did the impassive shield Charles kept around himself loosen⁵
• Seeing Samuel home and saved relieved a worry that always lurked in Charles's heart when those he loved were away³⁵⁶

Samuel and Ariana

Silver Borne

• Samuel told Ariana that if she ever needed him, he would come. It was a promise and a threat, though he didn't mean it that way at the time²⁶⁹
• It had been when Zee had called and Ariana spoke that Samuel came back from yielding to his wolf²⁷²

Silver

• Haida's lady's home approves of Samuel⁴⁴

Samuel and the Columbia Basin Pack

Iron Kissed

• Honey liked Samuel¹²²
• Samuel liked Jesse, too¹²⁸

Silver Borne

• Warren liked Samuel, but Samuel wasn't his Alpha. He wouldn't cede the lone wolf the right to question his actions¹⁷⁹

Night Broken

• Samuel considers Adam his brother by marriage³⁰⁶

Samuel and Humans

Moon Called

• Actually liked people-even humans- and Bran used him to interface with police and government officials when it was necessary⁹⁸
• Samuel liked humans. I remember him coming down to play with the elementary school kids-all human- at recess. Most werewolves avoid children, but not Samuel. They all knew who he was, of course, and when they saw him as a man they called him Dr. Cornick and treated him as they would have treated any other adult. But when he came to school as a wolf, they put him to work playing pony, runaway dog, and ferocious, but loyal, wolf-friend. He did it with the same fierce enjoyment as the children²¹⁰

Wild Sign

• Samuel used his magic to help people. His da said it was the reason that Samuel spent so much time on his own out in the world with the humans-because it was the humans who needed his touch¹⁵¹