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Name: Sam McBride (nicknames “Sammy Mac” or Mac)

Age: 26

Gender: Male	

Sexuality: Hetero

Occupation: Bartender and part owner at “The Red Brick” Bar 

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Personality: Sam usually has a smile on his face and enjoys a good laugh. Has a sarcastic wit about him, but he doesn’t use it to hurt anyone intentionally. If he hurts anyone he is the first apologize. Doesn’t talk about his family or his past at all, because it’s complicated and a lot of pain. He is very protective of his friends and loves the bar that he works at/owns

History: Sam was the youngest child born and raised in Washington DC to Steven and Robin Carr. Steven was the co-founder of an electronics firm that had numerous Government contracts, so the family never had to worry about where their next meal was coming from. Sadly though Robin died when Steven was only 9 years old. This led to issues with his siblings whom he felt got to know their mother better than him.

Sam’s dad got remarried to a young lady Erin Lane. Who enjoyed the trappings of the comfortable lifestyle and fostered a good relationship with Sam’s brother Jon and sister Mary. Erin viewed Sam as a “necessary evil” and did what she could to distance herself from him. Eventually during the teen years it got the point that Erin turned Jon and Mary against Sam and they became just as money grubbing as Erin, Steven couldn’t stand seeing his family torn apart and arranged it for Sam to go live with his Aunt Kathy and Uncle Peter in New York. 

As Sam was attending college he noticed that one of the best things going on around campus was the local bar scene. Sam enjoyed having some drinks and having a good time, but he loved watching other people have fun at the bars. The atmosphere and the interactions were things Sam began to crave. Sam decided then and there that being a bar owner was his calling in life. He took business courses and economic courses to understand how finances worked. Sam was a natural at it, so much so that occasionally Steven asked him for advice.

On graduation day Steven was the only family member who attended Sam’s graduation. Steven had some good news and some bad news. The good news Steven set up Sam with a sizable Swiss bank account, and part ownership in a bar in the East Village called “The Red Brick”. Steven heard through various business contacts that the majority owners were looking for someone to buy in, and Steven knew how much owning a bar would mean to Sam. The bad news was Steven told Sam he was dying from cancer. He told Sam that he changed his will and named Sam executor of his estate. That after his 10% executor’s fee everything else was to be sold not a dime to his step-mom, brother, or sister. After everything was liquidated the money was to be donated to various charities which Sam was to oversee. Steven hated how the love of money tore the family apart, but was grateful that it never really affected Sam. 

When Sam saw “The Red Brick Bar” he knew he had come home. Sam didn’t want to be just a guy who owned the bar and watched. Sam wanted to be involved so a bartender named Doug Ryder took him under his wing and taught him how to be a world class bartender. Sam and the other owners get along just fine, but they know that someday Sam will either buy his own place or try to buy them out. 

Other: Sam loves sports, running, the music of Bruce Springsteen, and Sci-fi/comic books.