Awesamdude/SMP


 * This page is about the character on the Dream SMP. For the YouTuber who plays this character, see Awesamdude. For the robot who helped with the construction of Big Innit Hotel, see Sam Nook.

"I think you could do with a nice long stay with Dream...you're probably the biggest threat to Dream escaping."

Awesamdude, often simply put as Sam, is one of the eight original members of the SMP, of which he is the fifth, and joined on April 28, 2020. He is a citizen of the Badlands and the ex-warden of Pandora's Vault - he was once held prisoner inside, and may still be. He also founded the country of Las Nevadas along with Quackity.

He was portrayed as a protagonist during the Red Dreams half of the Empowerment Arc, before his devotion to Pandora's Vault led to him becoming the main antagonist of the Prisoners Favor half.

Physiology
Awesamdude is an anthropomorphic creeper that wears a golden crown with a red gem embedded into it. He also wears a golden chestplate, along with golden boots.

Sam allegedly has multiple bodies across the server he can transfer his consciousness between. The mechanics of this have yet to be explained, and only Boomer seems to be aware of this fact.

Pre-prison
Sam was a friendly neutral party on the server and a sweet person, wanting to help people and often going around and offering them pumpkin pie. However, he was also a member of the Badlands, a faction aiming to cause chaos on the server, and was willing to do morally grey things for personal gain, such as building Pandora’s Vault as a commission and making Puffy give him the Totem of Undying that was going to be Foolish’s son.

Post-prison
Sam, after becoming the warden of Pandora’s Vault, became very committed to his duty. His personality completely shifts when someone wants to enter the prison, becoming cold and stern. He prioritizes keeping Dream locked in prison above all else, even the welfare of his dog Fran. He will harshly uphold the rules of the prison, going to the lengths of torturing Ponk and cutting off his arm for stealing keycards. His mental health is clearly degrading, with trauma caused by being trapped with the Egg and from spending so much time in close contact with Dream. This leads him to make bad decisions, as well as to seek solace away from the rest of the server. While he still believes what he is doing is morally good, from an outsider POV it can often appear not to be.

The Warden
Because of Sam's change in personality when guarding the prison, he is often referred to as a separate character, 'The Warden'. However, they are fundamentally the same person.

Sam Nook
Sam Nook is a robot built by Sam to help Tommy with the construction of Big Innit Hotel, and gets orders from Sam himself.

Early Dream SMP Arc
Sam was one of the eight original SMP members alongside Dream, George, Sapnap, Callahan, Alyssa, Ponk, and BadBoyHalo. He made his first appearance on the server during one of George's Twitch streams on April 28, 2020. However, due to conflicts because of college, Sam was unable to play, making him inactive for several months.

Return
On September 23, 2020, Sam returned to the server, much to the surprise of many people unaware of who he was at the time.

Sam started streaming the SMP on October 5, 2020. When he returned to the SMP after months of inactivity, he started making a base in the Greater Dream SMP, but ultimately decided to relocate to a secret base in a far away stone mountain that could be easily accessed via the Nether to protect his prized pet, Fran. George and Sapnap became his roommates after he started construction of the new base.

Manberg Rebellion
Although he had originally chosen to remain neutral, he agreed to give Tommy shelter if something bad were to happen. After the Manberg Festival, Schlatt wanted to take down the Camarvan and killed a pet cat offered by Ponk. This put Sam against Schlatt, as he could not stand seeing such evil. Sam joined BadBoyHalo and Antfrost in forming their own faction, called the Badlands, which would use landmarks outside each of the four directions of the server to maintain chaos between Pogtopia and Manberg.

Second Pet War
Sam helped Punz bring back a panda he found while searching for a trident. After his fellow Badlands members, Antfrost and BadBoyHalo indirectly caused the death of the panda, Sam fought along their side, secretly grabbing potions and arrows from his base in preparation for the oncoming battle. His chat snitched to Punz that he was helping them, but Punz did not care. The battle ultimately resulted in a victory for the Badlands.

Manberg vs Pogtopia War
Sam's enlistment in the Badlands put him against Pogtopia and Manberg. However, he had personally established good relations with the members of Pogtopia. When they heard that Dream allied with Manberg and betrayed Pogtopia, the Badlands sided with the Pogtopians. The Badlands' main goal was not to support Pogtopia, but to instead make sure conflict continued between the two sides. Sam was somewhat conflicted, as he was loyal to the Badlands but also wanted to maintain positive relationships with both Tommy and Tubbo.

Sam pledged his loyalty to Tommy after Dream revealed that he was siding with Manberg, gifting him potions and a creeper head which could be used to summon him. The next day, Tommy asked Sam for help, as Tommy wanted to TNT jump into battle to make a stylish entrance. Sam helped with perfecting the design, earning him more trust with Tommy.

Sam also spent time working with Tubbo to collect diamonds and ancient debris to prepare them for the war, and the two of them began to plan their future builds together.

Sam was originally aligned with Pogtopia during the war. However, alongside the rest of the Badlands, he turned once Technoblade began to follow his true ideals instead of following Tubbo's new administration, due to his hate for government.

Reconstruction
Sam continued his work on the Guardian XP Farm and also attended Schlatt's funeral. After the funeral, he arrived at BadBoyHalo's mansion with Quackity, Puffy, Bad, and Punz, where Quackity revealed his true ambitions to resurrect Schlatt and use him as a political figure to overthrow Tubbo. Bad, Sam, and Punz pledged loyalty to Quackity, allowing him to carry on with his plan. Quackity gave Sam Schlatt's organs so that they could resurrect Schlatt on a night with a full moon. However, Sam and the rest of the couple questioned the plan. Sam didn't want to betray his friends Tubbo and Tommy, Bad did not care about the plan due to him having larger priorities, and Punz was fearful due to an old saying that when a living being is revived, that person will return stronger and more vile/evil than before. Sam kept the remains within his base so it is unsure of what he will decide. This event is most likely non-canonical, as it was never brought up again.

Personal projects
Sam built the Guardian XP farm alongside Tubbo, as well as zombie grinders and spider grinders. He was commissioned by Dream to build a supposedly inescapable prison known as Pandora's Vault.

The Prison
Dream recruited Sam to build Pandora's Vault, a maximum security, inescapable prison. He was given a time limit of 20 days, and began construction in an ocean that is part of Badlands territory. BadBoyHalo was upset about his shoreline, but Sam and Dream explained the situation to him, and excited him about the rise in property value.

The Egg
When Bad became seemingly mind-controlled by the Egg, Sam worked against him, destroying the vines. Bad has since come to his senses and stopped himself and others from being controlled by the vines. Sam was psychologically impacted by the Crimson, terrified by how fast it spread and how it impacted his friends, and fellow faction members. He claims the Crimson spreads "bad juju."

The Green Festival

Sam did not attend the festival, however he did watch Tommy,Tubbo, and Dream argue about the destroyed community house. After Dream and Technoblade left, Sam ended up threatening that he would help Dream destroy L’manberg if Tommy is lying about blowing up the community house.

Post Disc Confrontation
Ironically, after the Disc Confrontation, Sam and the other members of the server locked Dream up in Pandora's Vault, where he was the only prisoner. When in the prison, he adopts the cold alter-ego of the Warden. Sam was the only guard at the time and was in charge of guiding visitors through the prison and making sure that prisoners do not escape.

The Eggpire
Whilst walking around, Sam saw many signs promoting the Egg and then saw Puffy, BadBoyHalo and Antfrost having a meeting. They told him that they made a faction called the 'Eggpire' in an attempt to control the whole server. Sam wasn't happy about this, and neither was Puffy who was only there to gain information and destroy the Egg. Despite Ant and Bad trying to convince him, he deflected their attempts about the Egg being able to help them. Puffy then brought his attention to Ant's change of color, and Sam grew even more adamant that Ant and Bad were crazy.

Sam was later tricked and trapped by Bad and Ant in an obsidian chamber above the Egg for a few days, exposing him to its influence. He was rescued by Tommy and Puffy. Sam's judgment and opinions seemed to have shifted after he was rescued, seeming confused and woozy. When asked how he felt about the Egg, Sam stated that the Egg was ‘pretty okay' which alarmed Tommy and Puffy. Puffy also pointed out the red gem on Sam's crown seemed to be pulsating or seemed to be beating in a way. Sam was supposedly forced to eat himself by the Egg when asked about the experience.

The Bank
After finishing the prison and locking Dream inside following the Disc Confrontation, Sam needed a new project to work on, and had ideas on creating a bank just outside the spider XP farm. The bank would allow members to trade for resources in exchange for actual money, profiteering through interest. He also considered letting people apply for loans, and allow for their goods to be stored and not be stolen within the bank for a small fee.

Quackity also brought up an idea of making a new country based on gambling and entertainment, which would be able to control the server's economy and eventually the server itself. He asked Sam if he would be willing to partner his bank with his country. They eventually arrived at a deal - Sam would build the new territory and partner his bank with the city if Quackity gave him 35% of the city's profits. They wrote a contract sealing the deal.

Sam started work on the on January 21, 2021, but construction was paused since Sam's altercation with the Eggpire and experience of being trapped within the Egg room.

The Hotel
At the same time as starting the work on the bank, Tommy hired Sam to construct a hotel on the site of Dream's old base. Sam's fee for this work was 32 diamonds, which Tommy paid through a loan from Phil. Work on the hotel started with the foundations on January 24, 2021, and has been built and project managed by his robot Sam Nook.

The Woo Station
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Prison lockdown
During a prison visit by Tommy, explosions were heard in the prison forcing Sam to lockdown the prison for safety, trapping Tommy in with Dream for the time being. Sam set about looking for the culprit and hiring new guards, stating that he couldn't be everywhere doing everything at once. He hired his Badlands' comrades, Bad and Ant, to help him guard the prison. They both agreed to the job, and Sam showed the new guards around the guards-only section of the prison, and taught them how the various mechanisms worked.

Tommy's death
A week after the security incident, Sam returned to the main cell only to tell Tommy that he still hadn't figured out what caused the security issue, meaning Tommy had to stay in the cell a little longer. Tommy pleaded with Sam to be let out, but Sam refused. Sam left, only to find out later that Tommy had been beaten to death by Dream, resulting in Tommy losing his final canon life.

Sam later met Tubbo, Ranboo and Jack at the entrance to the prison, where he revealed to them that Tommy had been killed by Dream. They asked Sam how Dream had killed Tommy, but Sam refused to answer and returned to the prison. Tubbo and Ranboo unsuccessfully attempted to enter the prison, and Sam told them Tommy had been beaten to death by Dream. Tubbo and Ranboo both remained in denial over this.

Sam later met with Bad and Ant, and he expressed guilt and sorrow for allowing Tommy to die. He asked Bad and Ant to investigate the security issue and what Dream's plan was. Bad and Ant tried to comfort Sam, and Sam asked them not to tell Sam Nook about Tommy's death.

The following day, Sam met up with Ranboo. Ranboo asked why Sam hadn't made an effort to get Tommy out of the main cell. Sam responded that he couldn't do anything and that he hadn't believed that Dream would kill Tommy. Sam also said that he hadn't expected a security issue to occur and had thought it would be good for Dream to get visitors.

Ranboo told Sam that as the creator of the prison, he should have created more functions in the prison to prevent this type of thing. He also asked Sam why he hadn't just followed through with the regular procedures to allow Tommy to leave the cell. Sam stated that he would have done so, but he was afraid that Dream could escape or threaten Tommy's life in exchange for freedom. Sam then broke down, telling Ranboo that Dream had laughed when Tommy was killed, and that during his imprisonment, Dream had talked almost exclusively about Tommy. He also said he had a reason to believe Dream would never kill Tommy, and that he would never let Tubbo visit Dream for the same reason.

He went on to explain to Ranboo that he had investigated the roof of the prison, but found no evidence on what had caused the explosions, and that he feared it may have been planned. He promised that he would find out who had planted the TNT, and together they decided they would kill the person who had done it. Sam also stated he had thought about taking Dream's last canon life.

Ranboo confessed that he had helped Tommy burn George's house and Tommy had taken the full blame, leading to the Exile Conflict. Sam told Ranboo that Tommy's death wasn't his fault, and wrote a page in Ranboo's Memory Book stating that Tommy's death was Sam's fault. He returned the book and left.

Helping Foolish with the Egg
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Helping Hannah with the Egg
Hannah talked to Sam about her house being covered in a red plant and Sam informed her about the vines. They cleaned up her house, but Bad and Ant showed up. Sam made an excuse to save Hannah, saying she was allergic to the vines, but it didn't phase Bad and Ant, and they took her to the Egg room. Hannah convinced Sam to let her go with them, saying to come and find her if she didn't come back soon. She didn't come back, but Sam only investigates it the next day by asking Foolish if he'd seen her.

After Sam went to save Hannah, he discovered that the color of Hannah's house was leeched out and was now grey and white. Sam rescued Hannah, whose skin had also become grey and white. She said that she still felt very ill, but that the Egg was speaking to her and she wanted to listen. Sam and Hannah argued about the Egg and about taking down the vines on her house. Eventually, Hannah hesitantly agreed to take down the blood vines with Sam, but the Egg continued speaking to her. Later, Sam lied to the Eggpire to save her, causing her to realize that she trusted him more than the Egg.

Grieving with Quackity
Sam made a small house on a faraway island to get away from the server. Quackity somehow found the location of the island and visited Sam, who questioned how he found the place. Quackity didn't answer, and Sam said that he hung out on the island and watched the sea. Sam showed Quackity a grave that he dug for Tommy after his death and Quackity reassured him it wasn't his fault, and that Sam had to accept it was Dream's fault. Sam rejected the idea, still thinking there was something he could do. Quackity then said he could've stopped it by killing Dream, stating it was the only way.

Quackity started convincing Sam that he had to kill Dream. Sam equipped his gear and travelled back with him to the prison, with Quackity continuously hyping Sam up to kill him as they row. But after reaching the prison, Sam started to have doubts and backed out of the plan, saying that Tommy wanted Dream to be in prison. Quackity argued that Tommy would have wanted Dream dead, and Sam told him that Dream was the only one who could revive people.

Quackity apologized for pressuring him, and re-iterated that Tommy's death wasn't Sam's fault. He left the prison with a warning that Las Nevadas had no place for emotions.

Quackity's first visit
Quackity asked if he could make a visit to the prison. Sam hesitated because of Tommy's death. Quackity said that he hadn't been a reliable business partner, first letting visitors die and now not granting him just one visit. Quackity again asked Sam why they hadn't killed Dream yet. Sam brought up the revive book again, and Quackity suggested somehow taking it away from him. He told Sam that if he could bring his axe and sword into the cell with him, he would be able to make Dream give him the information. After a lot of persuasion, Sam agreed.

They went to the prison, and Quackity went through the procedures. Sam, instead of giving him his sword and axe back, gave Quackity his warden sword and axe instead. Quackity visited Dream, and Dream questioned how he got a sword and axe, later shouting at Sam to get Quackity out of his cell. Quackity threatened Dream by telling him that he was going to torture him every day until he knew about the knowledge in the Book of Necromancy. Dream shouted again for Sam, but got no answer.

Ponk's torture
Sam, after hearing Ponk had taken one of the warden access cards, hunted him down and took his first canon life. Later, Sam built a torture room to hurt anyone that messed with the prison. Sam, hearing that Ponk stole more cards, put him in the torture room. Sam used several methods of torture until Ponk gave back all the books except one, and entered the room to cut off Ponk's arm, retrieving the last book.

Talking with Ranboo
While Sam was filling up holes in the ground around the prison, Ranboo approached him and desperately asked to be let into the prison. Sam firmly told him that no one was allowed to visit Dream after Tommy's death but Ranboo revealed that he wanted to be locked in the prison. He continued to beg Sam and even threatened to try and do it himself but Sam told him that he was a good person who had done nothing wrong and encouraged him to go home to MICHAEL and Tubbo. It could be suspected that he refuses this because of Quackity's visits with Dream.

Ghostbur's visit
Ghostbur scheduled a visit to the prison to talk to Dream. Unbeknownst to Sam, this was actually a plot by Tommy to murder Dream himself. Sam guided Ghostbur through the prison, with an invisible Tommy following close behind. However, when Ghostbur was on the final moving platform to Dream, Tommy revealed himself too early and was caught. Sam felt betrayed that Tommy broke his trust. He saw Tommy as a security issue, and demanded that he leave. While they were arguing, Dream took Ghostbur hostage, and demanded to be freed. Sam refused, thinking it didn't matter because he was a ghost. Dream promptly killed Ghostbur, bringing Wilbur back in the process. Sam was furious at Tommy for infiltrating his prison and breaking his trust, and blamed him for every incident which happened at the prison; in turn, Tommy was frustrated that Sam adhered so closely to his protocols. Sam stated that if Tommy were to come back to the prison, he would kill him.

Imprisonment of Technoblade
On June 6, Technoblade tried to visit Dream in the prison. Sam initially said that nobody was allowed in due to the deaths of Tommy and Ghostbur, but Techno showed him a book from Quackity saying Techno would be allowed to visit. Sam then allowed him to visit. When Techno reached the main cell, Dream exclaimed it was a trap, and Sam locked Techno inside the main cell alongside Dream.

Date with Foolish
One day, Sam and Foolish decided to hang out and have fun by blowing things up with TNT. He and Foolish got into a staring contest that quickly devolved into flirting. Sam asked if Foolish wanted to become "secret friends with benefits", as he still believed that him and Ponk were together, and Ponk would be destroyed if he heard Sam and Foolish had gone on a date. The "benefits" of this friendship were left suggestively ambiguous. Flustered, Foolish tried to deny any of Sam's allegations that their hangout was a date, but Sam continued to insist that it was. This would later have major consequences for Ponk that Sam remains oblivious to.

Last visit
On September 14, Quackity requested a prison visit to Techno and Dream, in an attempt to obtain the revive book. He ordered Sam not to step in, no matter what. When Quackity started threatening to kill Dream and Techno, Sam called for Quackity to stop, but refrained from stepping in. When Techno mysteriously vanished from the prison cell, panic ensued. They searched the prison for him, but to no avail. Sam and Quackity returned to the main cell to find that Dream had vanished as well. In panic, Sam locked down the prison and turned on the prison alarm. Quackity demanded Sam to unlock it so he could rush to prepare to defend Las Nevadas from any kind of attack. Quackity gave Sam one last order: Search the prison for Dream and Techno. Sam agreed, and unlocked the prison so Quackity could escape.

Immediately, Sam began searching the prison for Dream. After searching every room, he re-checked the main cell and found Dream hiding in a hole he and Techno had dug earlier. Sam was furious but relieved that Dream hadn't escaped. Dream begged Sam not to tell Quackity, as Dream argued that Quackity would kill him. After a long conversation, Sam reluctantly agreed to keep Dream's location a secret. Sam also expressed that he thought Dream commissioned the prison for Tommy, and purposefully altered Sam's original ideas for the prison to be more inhumane so Tommy would suffer.

5 days before the prison break
While Sam was talking to Antfrost in the prison, Ant told him that he couldn't be at the prison on November 28. Sam allowed Ant a break and replaced his shift with Bad's, as he told him that nothing unusual would happen on that day anyways.

4 days before the prison break
Sam followed a map with a place labeled "MICHAEL" on it. He arrived at the bottom of a mountain, in which he dug through a few blocks and broke into a room made for MICHAEL's protection by Eret, with MICHAEL trapped in a boat there. He then took MICHAEL away to his getaway island and hid him.

3 days before the prison break
Sam visited Ranboo at his house, the next day, to tell him that he needed to be arrested. Despite Ranboo saying that he didn't want to be imprisoned anymore, Sam insisted, saying he knew why Ranboo wanted to be locked up before and now agreed with him. Ranboo hesitatingly followed him, asking how long he would be in the prison. Sam answered that it depended on how long things took, but he would need to get some information. He took all of Ranboo's items, except some food, and guided him to the prison.

Dream's escape
On November 28, Sam and Bad were summoned into the prison by their stasis chambers, indicating that the prisoners had broken something. After dying and being re-equipped with prison armor and tools, they investigated and found Technoblade and Dream breaking out. They tried to stop them, with Bad dying multiple times in the process. They blocked up the prison's entrance route, not knowing Techno had broken in through another area. Sam then asked Bad to give him five minutes to warn everyone and pull a lever on a stasis chamber to summon him back.

He started warning everyone that Dream was escaping. He then travelled to Las Nevadas to warn Quackity. Quackity was very angry since he had been told earlier that Dream had already escaped, and they could have made better security measures for Dream after Techno's escape. Sam convinced them, nevertheless, and was teleported back, just in time. Sam and Bad caught Dream, Techno, Ranboo and Connor during the escape and chased them to the outside. They were met with many people attempting to stop Dream. Sam ordered Ranboo to remove his armor by threatening MICHAEL. After Ranboo obeyed, Sam threatened to kill him, hoping to bring Dream back. When Dream refused to return, Sam killed Ranboo. Techno attacked him, but was chased off by the mob of people.

Aftermath of the prison break
Bad met Sam in the prison the next day, saying that he had packed and was ready to leave. Sam was watching the cell in case Dream hadn't set his spawn, and might die and spawn back there. Bad tried to convince him that it was futile, but failed and left. Sam later decided to heed his words and left. He talked to himself about how he didn't have a purpose anymore and that no one really tried to stop Dream, not even Bad or Ant. He sealed the prison, locked the doors, and turned off the lights, finally closing the prison for the forseeable future. He travelled back to his getaway island and considered that it wasn't just Dream who was freed, but also him being set free from the prison.

On January 29, 2022, Technoblade, Eret, and Tubbo arrived at his home to confront him about the location of MICHAEL. After finding MICHAEL, they put Sam into Pandora’s Vault as revenge, using his own creation against him. He currently resides in the prison, although he seemed fine with it at the time of his imprisonment, as if he were plotting something.

Imprisonment
During his imprisonment, Dream met up with him, stating that he came back to the prison because he needed a place to stay. At first Sam tried to make an agreement with Dream, where Dream gives Sam the revival book and Sam stops looking for him. However, Dream liked his own idea better and decided to keep Sam as a "roommate", and told Sam that each day he would come back and visit and give Sam food.

On February 2nd 2022, Sam was thinking over things in the prison. He had no way to tell how long he had been imprisoned, due to having no clock. He had barely any food and wanted to get out. He stated how it would take only two days to break through to the wiring of the prison, and how he isn’t the bad guy. He spent a while pondering over whether Dream would come and help, and lend him food - he would otherwise starve - or if he wouldn’t, as well as thinking over who was a bad guy and who was a good guy. He tried convincing himself he was a good guy; he killed Ranboo because of what he’d done - or what Sam thought he’d done. He took MICHAEL so he could control Technoblade through Ranboo. He mentioned how, by the time he’d broken one block, he would die. He started breaking a block before the stream ended.

Two days later, Dream came to the prison and offered to break Sam out if he let him reside in the prison. They chat a bit before Sam accepts the offer, and the two broke out of Sam’s (previously Dream, Technoblade and Tommy’s) cell using ender pearls and fire resistance. Sam gave Dream a tour of Pandora’s Vault, telling him what each component of the prison did. At one point, however, Dream stopped him. He said that, yes, he would break him out, but not without killing him. After a little conversation, Dream slaughtered Sam, marking his first canon death.