Sam Spade

Sam Spade
Character Information
Species	Human, Ghost (Fable III)
Gender	Male
Relatives	Max (Brother) Elizabeth Spade(Mother) Deceased Father
Relationships	Max (Brother) unnamed Mother Deceased Father
First Appearance	Fable II
Last Appearance	Fable III
Status	Deceased

Sam is Max's brother. The two were constantly getting into trouble because of their use of the Normanomicon, having raised an army of Hollow Men in the Bowerstone Cemetery and unleashing a Banshee on the town of Bloodstone. During the Rescuing Charlie sidequest, it is revealed that Sam and Max have also raided the Hero's Tomb at Bower Lake, and had managed to arm a trap that caused even more hollow men to appear. After the Evil in Wraithmarsh sidequest, it was pointed out that Sam and Max's father was killed. All of the quests that have some sort of relation to Max & Sam involve hollow men in some way, usually summoned by them.

Sam, along with Max, appear again as ghosts in Fable III. They ask you to once again get the Normanomicon and they throw a ghost party. However, Max becomes corrupt with power and takes the party away. Sam asks the hero for help in stopping him. Max eventually persuades Sam to join him, only for them to be stopped by their mother, Elizabeth Spade.

Trivia

• He and his brother's name could be a reference to the episodic adventure game series, Sam and Max. Their physical attributes are based on two brothers who work for Lionhead Studios. "Sam Spade" is also a stereotypical name for the pulp-fiction private investigator.
• Sam, and his brother Max make an appearance in Fable III, seen in two quests as ghosts. They give the quests titled Bored to Death, and Gone But Not Forgotten.
• Sam and Max may be part of the prophecy in "The End is Almost Nigh". The prophecy in the book says that two brothers (Max and Sam) will unleash howling death (the Banshee) to a town of blood (Bloodstone).