⪠brief introduction to samantha nawaz.
BASICS
full name: samantha kaina nawaz. nickname(s):Â sam, sammy. age: twenty-eight. date of birth: 7 april 1994. zodiac sign: aries. place of birth: brighton, melbourne, victoria, australia. ethnicity: pakistani, white. nationality:Â australian. gender: demigirl. sexual orientation: pansexual. romantic orientation: panromantic. religion:Â islam â though it tends to come as a surprise to most people who know her sam is a practicing muslim; perhaps not the most rule abiding but she still finds some importance in her faith. education:Â bachelor of arts in archaeology from the university of western australia, masters in museum and heritage studies from the university of sydney. occupation:Â research assistant at providence peak university; freelance archaeologist; treasure hunter ( not something resume worthy, in her experience ). language(s) spoken:Â english ( primarily ); she knows some urdu from her paternal grandparents but largely doesnât speak it for any reason-- truthfully, out of spite. accent: sam has an incredibly thick, incredibly obvious australian accent-- it usually takes people about three seconds to glean where sheâs from and thatâs always suited her just fine.
PHYSICAL APPEARANCE
face claim: sophia taylor ali. hair color: black. eye color: dark brown. height: 5â˛8âł. weight: 122 lbs. build: athletic. tattoos: sam has american traditional style tattoos on both of her legs ( reference ), she also has a nature inspired sleeve that goes along her right arm and up to her neck ( reference ). piercings: she has a stud in her right nostril, her belly button pierced, lobe piercings in both ears and a helix piercing in her right ear. distinguishing characteristics: her accent, the tattoo on her arm if sheâs wearing anything that shows it off at all, the sheer amount of energy she has on any given day.
PERSONALITY
label: the explorer. positive traits: adaptable, adventurous, articulate, charismatic, charming, clever, compassionate, confident, creative, eloquent, intelligent, passionate, resourceful, witty. negative traits: competitive, sarcastic. argumentative, decadent, haughty, hedonistic, impulsive, obsessive, possessive, rowdy, vindictive. goals/desires: to make a discovery that will make her famous in some capacity, to discover things no one ever has. fears: athazagoraphobia ( fear of being forgotten ). hobbies: anything that will let her get an adrenaline fixâ rock climbing, sky diving, dirt biking, etc., surfing, swimming, reading, researching for future trips she wants to take, watching indiana jones movies ( the temple of doom is her favorite even if she knows itâs pretty problematic ), trying to teach her cat tricks ( he isnât interested ), going out with friends, flirting with literally anyone who gives her attention, sex, watching documentaries, learning new things, talking about archaeology, playing video games ( tomb raider is her favorite ), cooking, baking. quirks: she always buys a guidebook or something of the sort for whatever country sheâs interested in studying-- she makes maps of places to visit and tacks them on a wall in her apartment for reference, she always has a cigarette tucked behind her ear, sheâs always fidgeting with something around her-- her clothes, bracelets sheâs wearing-- she can never quite sit still, she has a running knowledge of major archaeological discoveries of the last fifty years and would happily rattle any of them off if someone asked-- and be embarrassed about it for the next ten hours afterwards. likes: making people blush, adrenaline rushes, the feeling of discovering something, complicated research, puzzles, getting tattoos, hiking, being outside in any capacity regardless of the weather, crappy rom-coms, b-horror movies if sheâs in a bad mood, bollywood films, biryani ( her grandmotherâs is the best as far as sheâs concerned but sheâll take what she can get ), tim tams, sweets of all sorts. dislikes: people who take themselves too seriously, anyone who looks down on her profession or interests, people who think what she does isnât serious or worthy of praise, spinach, wet socks, the fact that she loses her keys at least once a day even when theyâre clipped to her jeans, having emotional conversations, being underestimated, feeling like she has to dumb herself down for any reason.Â
FAMILY
father: rusul atfat nawaz. mother: florence evelyn nawaz nĂŠe frazer. sibling(s): theodore arham nawaz ( older ), caleb hamza nawaz ( younger ). pet(s): a grey norwegian forest cat named kenyon, after kathleen kenyon, a famous archaeologist. financial status:Â
BIOGRAPHY
Idyllic was a word people had used to describe Samâs childhood oftenâ Hell, Sam would have described her childhood as idyllic until the precise moment it wasnât; but that was the kicker, wasnât it? Hindsight was always twenty-twenty and Samantha Nawazâ a knobby kneed tomboy with an overbearing big brother, parents who doted on her during every waking moment with the expanse of a too-large Victorian home in the astronomically expensive suburb of Brightonâ well, she had never had any reason at all to doubt that her childhood was the sort that people would dream of in their dizziest daydreams. Samâs parentsâ one a professor and the other boasting a career in pharmaceuticals that more than paid for the Nawaz familyâs lifeâ adored their children in spite of the fact that they would find themselves away on business sometimes for weeks at a time with their children in the care of other family members or nanniesâ their love was still genuine and for Samâs part she never batted an eye at how busy her parents wereâ if anything, it made it far easier for her to get into troubleâ her fondest escapades of her childhood often involved sneaking out of their home with her brothers in tow and their nannyâ Josephineâ none the wiser.
A child perpetually obsessed with adventure it was no surprise at all when Sam, after a sleepover with some school friends, declared to her parentsâ quite seriously given the fact that she couldnât have been older than seven or eightâ that she was going to be just like Indiana Jones. An adventurer, an archaeologist, someone who would discover wonderful and mythical things unlike anything the world had ever known before; her parents, for their part, supported her interestsâ buying her countless books on the subject of archaeology, allowing her to go to camps during her summers and generally immerse herself in something she was clearly deeply passionate about. All of that passion culminated in the most brilliant way when Sam had the great fortune to discover a jeweled statue of the Hindu god Ganesha on a family vacation in Baliâ the immense pride the teenager felt cementing, in her mind, that she would never do anything else but become an archaeologist.
Her excitement, unfortunately, was short livedâ her father took the statueâ promising to look after it until they could find something to do with itâ the last conversation the pair would ever have when Samâs father, without a word, sold the statue and left his family altogether. From that moment on, much to her motherâs dismay, Sam began to write her father off as dead to anyone who asked or had even an iota of curiosity. The ordinarily bright girl curled in on herself in some respects after thatâ still a bright presence in the lives of those she cared for but equally prepared to flicker away altogetherâ never quite settling as a friend to anyone long enough to develop real connectionsâ it was, as far as Sam was concerned, the easiest way to guarantee no one could devastate her in the same way her father had.
The restlessness that seemed to have developed overnight in the young woman made itself known when Sam refused to accept any offers of enrollment from universities in her stateâ instead accepting a full ride scholarship to the University of Western Australia where she hoped she would be able to continue to make a life for herself without the ghost of her father hovering over her shoulder in everything she did. And, truthfully, Sam adored her time at universityâ she was an immensely dedicated studentâ perhaps a bit more reckless in her social life and extracurriculars than she ought to have been but easily one of the most passionate people in any department she found herself in. After completing her bachelorâs in archaeology she moved on to the University of Sydney to earn her masters in Museum and Heritage studies.
When her schooling drew to a close Sam accepted work as a curator at the Australian Museumâ remaining in Sydney for three years before her partner at the timeâ an American paleontologist convinced her to move out to the States, to Colorado, more specifically. Sam agreed almost immediately knowing she was only half in love with her partner but nonetheless eager for a new adventure and a new environment. Their relationship fizzled out within six months of her arrival in Providence Peak but Sam shrugged off any latent heartbreak that might have caused by burying her attention into helping plan an expedition of the Asian continent with the rest of the archaeology department. Work as a research assistant was never the most glamorous or the most excitingâ something Sam supplemented with adventures of her own to keep herself entertainedâ but Samâs still eager to follow the planning to its endâ always hoping to make another discovery like the one sheâd been lucky enough to have as a teenager. Still, she knows itâll be a small miracle if she sticks around long enough to see the project through but sheâs made it this far, right? Whatâs a little more?
