Sammy Iawrence

The ink form of Sammy Lawrence is the result of ink-corruption after becoming addicted to the Ink Machine's ink bottles. Thanks to this, he became insane of the character Bendy and also sacrifices other of the former employees such as Norman and Dave. He was the tertiary antagonist of Bendy and the Ink Machine, appearing as the main antagonist in Chapter 2: The Old Song and as a minor boss in Chapter 5: The Last Reel. He reappeared in Boris and the Dark Survival as an unlockable playable character. He also makes two brief cameos in Bendy and the Dark Revival.

Sammy's ink form appears as a black, slightly muscular human figure wearing a smudged Bendy mask with a hole punched into the mouth, presumably to help him speak without his voice being muffled. He has no visible hair, most likely due to the ink. Besides wearing no shirt, he also wears pants with suspenders that somewhat resemble the overalls Boris wears, with a patch sewn over the left knee. His shoes and lower parts of his pants are coated with ink. Under his mask, he is almost faceless. He lacks most facial features, including ears, leaving only his eye sockets, and a nose. In Bendy and the Ink Machine, Sammy originally had four fingers on each hand in a similar manner to cartoon characters. This was changed in Bendy and the Dark Revival, where he now has five fingers.

Unlike his human personality, Sammy has become fanatical and rather mentally unstable, as well as somewhat psychotic and unhinged, to the point of worshiping The Ink Demon as his "savior" and offering him sacrifices to appease him in a method similar to Satanic rituals. As a human, Sammy did not appear homicidal in his earlier recordings but appears to have become maddened by unnatural corruption prior to Henry returning to the workshop 30 years later. Sammy seems to suffer from severe memory loss. He has been shown to suddenly forget what he was talking about mid-sentence and is so forgetful he can no longer remember his significant other or even the color of his hair.[1] The only thing he can almost remember is Henry, as he felt Henry looked familiar to him when he saw his face, although this may be a result of them being in a cycle, but ends up disregarding it and instead continues calling him a "Sheep".[2] After being attacked by The Ink Demon, Sammy's calm nature completely disappeared and had regressed to an insane shadow of his personality. Thus, his voice disturbingly changed, from breathless and calm to full of anger in tone with the additional demonic effect. His insanity was so great that he even believed Henry to be his former "savior", who he was bent on killing. However, when his mask was knocked off of his face, Sammy was apparently terrified of Henry looking at his face, though this proved to be a façade that eventually leads to his own downfall.

Sammy's audio log is located in utility shaft 9 at the beginning of the chapter. From the audio, Sammy mentions the encounter of The Ink Demon, who is referred to as being Sammy's "savior". Sammy stated that he still sings the old cartoon songs he previously wrote, supposedly meant to please The Ink Demon. Sammy also thinks that The Ink Demon will come to save him. He starts believing that love only requires a sacrifice, then ends the message with "Can I get an amen?". After the audio log ends, Sammy's voice is heard out of nowhere, repeating the same question from the message in a sarcastic tone. Sammy's ink form first appears as he walks by in front of the end of the inky corridor, carrying a Bendy cutout while quietly speaking some poetry to himself: "Sheep, sheep, sheep, It's time for sleep. Rest your head. It's time for bed. In the morning, you may wake. Or in the morning, you'll be dead." Henry sees him and tries to get attention from Sammy, asking for help. Once approached, however, he disappears, assumed to pass through the anonymous symbol as if it contains some dark magic. After activating the first flow pump in his sanctuary, Sammy can be seen above in the balcony, with his gaze constantly following Henry. Sammy will disappear later on if Henry walks farther away after wiping the second wave of Searchers out. While in the flooded sewers, it is possible to see Sammy's shadow through a grating in the wall. Soon after Henry collects the second valve, however, Sammy disappears. Later after activating the ink pump in Sammy's office, he is seen knocking Henry senseless in a single strike with Wally's dustpan at the Music Department hall, preventing Henry from heading to the stairwell to escape the studio. Before taking Henry to the sacrifice room, Sammy looks down at him and says, "Rest your head, it's time for bed." while Henry is losing consciousness.

Finally, in the ritual room where Henry regains consciousness, Sammy talks to Henry and was rather pleased by Henry's visit, all while taking away from the axe that he wields. As the conversation goes on while placing Henry's axe down against the pole-like fence, he starts talking about honoring The Ink Demon as all other "believers" must do. Sammy then realized the familiar face from Henry, as he may have remembered him long ago, referring that they worked in the studio from the past. Sammy cuts this topic off to resume discussing The Ink Demon and his plan to sacrifice Henry, so Sammy will be successfully out of his ink-like form. The sound of The Ink Demon crawling into the pipes is heard, drawing Sammy's attention as he grows excited by The Ink Demon's arrival. Finishing the conversation, Sammy walks to his room for the ritual. At the beginning of the ritual, he speaks this poem-like phrase for the second time that was previously said from his first physical encounter, using the microphone to speak through several radios seen from the ritual room. Sammy, feeling excited, starts summoning The Ink Demon, along with opening the gate that leads the way out. The Ink Demon was commanded by Sammy to sacrifice Henry, so Sammy will be released out from his ink form in no time. However, as Sammy's plan turns out to backfire when The Ink Demon refuses to sacrifice Henry, Sammy begs The Ink Demon nervously to spare him as an attempt to defend himself but was seemingly killed as noticed by a large leak of ink flowing under the door.

Sammy makes a startling comeback in the final chapter, this time as hostile, meaning he was not killed. He now resides in Lost Harbor, and upon entering, the now-insane Sammy unexpectedly appears, busting down a boarded doorway, commencing a boss battle. Completely enraged and feeling double-crossed, mistaking Henry for his savior The Ink Demon, he breaks free from this and attacks Henry, who then defends himself from Sammy. Sammy is a ruthless fighter, attacking with his axe. It is almost difficult to attack him as he will swing his axe violently if Henry is close to him. To save more health, wait until Sammy finish swinging his axe before giving him couple of hits with the Gent pipe. The fight goes on until Henry knocks off Sammy's mask. Sammy cowers away from Henry and hides his own face in shame. Upon getting close to him, he grabs Henry and tosses him to the ground, preparing to finish him off. However, Tom sneaks up behind Sammy and strikes him in the back of the head with an axe, killing him and causing his body to disintegrate.