When I was in college, running the occasional White Wolf role-playing game for my friends, there was a recurring character by the name of Sam Bailey.  Little was know about him, aside from the fact that he'd met Leonardo De Vinci, and that he kept appearing up in stories set in time periods from the late nineteenth century to the late twenty-first.  Because he never really exercised force, everyone assumed he had some kind of enormous power.

Generally, the perception was that Sam Bailey was a man you don't mess around with.

Truthfully, Sam wasn't some kind of magi, or monster, or demigod.  He just wasn't on Death's list, or however you want to put it.  Sam Bailey never died, and he never aged past 35 or 40.  People have tried to kill him, and there's been once or twice where he's tried to kill himself.  No matter how badly his body is broken and scarred, his soul won't depart.  Like anybody, if he takes the time to get better, the wounds will heal and the scars will fade.  If not, he'll just keep living in agony until he starts taking care of himself.

Finally, I've decided to capture this character on film.  On the one hand, Sam does have kind of a super-power.  On the other hand, told the right way, his story is the kind of story that can be told on a microbudget.  Nobody really wants to watch some guy try to feed Sam through a wood-chipper.  This is the story of Sam's first trip to New York in 100 years.  Some guy in a bar in John O'Groates, Scotland, told him that there was a guy in New York who had lived there for 40 years, and not aged a day.  He'd seen him as a kid, and again last year.  Sam's interest is piqued.  Like most immortals, Sam gets lonely.  He's just not as dire about it as some of the more famous ones.

While I'm sure this movie would be neat to direct, I'm planning on directing Heartsgaard and selling this.  Sam's a great character, and his story is fun to tell - that's why I'm writing the script.  Once it's done, it'll be an opportunity for me to earn a few extra bucks and get myself another screenwriter credit.

Thanks for all the stories, Sam.