Samuel Wood

Samuel J Wood, AKA The Wanderer, was a civilian traveller around 2012/2013. He had come across Chris on three occasions, on the third he introduced himself and the two became firm friends.

The Wanderer travels the world on an RV and is always willing to travel with Chris when he can.

Childhood
The Wanderer was born on 26th January 1992 in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, USA. His father is a lawyer who left the family shortly after Sammy's younger brother was born, he moved to California and opened up a big law firm.

His mother ran a successful local bakery until she broke down when Sammy was a teenager; it is unclear what happened to her but his older sister went to run their mother's bakery while the younger brother moved to California with his father.

Future At Sea (2012/2013
By the time of FAS the Wanderer had dropped out of law school and used his father's money to buy an RV which he used to travel around the USA. The Wanderer was in New York on 14th January 2013 where he said he saw Chris for the first ever time, he was also in Barcelona some time afterwards and prior to the White Leader's trip to Germany in May 2013 when he met Chris face-to-face for the first time.

From this moment, Sammy maintained email contact with Chris.

Their next meeting was in July when Chris married Kate, Sammy was invited to the wedding and performed Chris' favourite song Could it be Magic on stage, demonstrating his musical talent.

Mission to Vegas
After faking his death in Woking, Chris set out to New York to meet with the Wanderer and the two journeyed to Las Vegas. The Wanderer tried hard to teach Chris how to relax but found it was more difficult that he thought.

During the journey, Sammy and Chris became firm friends and opened up to each other about a great deal of things; it was also during this road trip that Sammy discovered the extent of Chris' devotion to his work and his country.