SAM TRUEHEART |
- Native American shaman; adoptive father to David Trueheart | |
First Appearance: | (True of Heart) 341-SSOE, (Sam Trueheart) 418-InSp |
Last Appearance: | 341-SSOE, (Sam Trueheart) 421-Bro? |
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341-SSOE.
- After young Tommy had
followed a falcon up to a mountain nearby a Native American tribe in an unknown time
period, an old Native American man
appeared near Tommy (out of Tommy's sight) in a transparent whirlwind effect
with subtle blue energy bolts.
- The man told young Tommy
that some called him "True of Heart"; he said he was a friend.
- True of Heart told young Tommy that it didn't matter where he was; all that
mattered was who he was inside.
- True of Heart knew Tommy's name; when young Tommy didn't understand how the man knew him, True
of Heart replied that all things were revealed in time.
- True of Heart brought young Tommy to a place up the mountain where crude
drawings were on a rock wall; pointing to the drawings, True of Heart
recounted to young Tommy the tale told by his
people for generations: "'A stranger will come,' so the story goes
(pointing to drawing of a person with long black ponytailed hair). 'He
shall come in search of the light,' symbolized by rock (points to sun
and mountains, drawn close together). 'A crystal (points to drawing of
red Zeo Subcrystal), pure in power.'
(points to crude drawing of Zeo Ranger
Five's helmet) Are you the one?"
- After young Tommy had
responded that he was looking for the crystal, True of Heart smiled and
walked away chuckling.
- To the right of the Zeo Ranger Five helmet was a drawing of Lord Zedd's staff, with arrows flying between
the helmet and staff; to the right of that was what looked like a
cluster of three teepees.
- Traveling into the woods, True of Heart told
young Tommy that it was Tommy's task to find the crystal by losing all
connection with the Tommy he had once known and
connecting with the Tommy inside; he told Tommy to let nature guide him.
? True of Heart told
young Tommy not to give in to worry but then
immediately afterward told him that he was running out of time and that
if he didn't find the crystal it would be lost forever.
- When it seemed young Tommy would be unable to find the way to the
crystal, True of Heart closed his eyes, and Tommy briefly saw an arrow on a tree, pointing in
the correct direction.
- On their walk up a mountain in the desert, young Tommy asked where to go, but True of Heart had him
concentrate to find the answer, which was apparently to go further up
the mountain.
- When young Tommy got to
his destination, True of Heart was already waiting there.
- True of Heart presented young Tommy with three slender objects, each wrapped up
in brown material; one was the red
subcrystal, while the others would insure that he remained there for
all eternity; young Tommy had to trust his
heart, close his eyes, and concentrate.
- The ground rumbled while young Tommy had his eyes closed, and the side two objects
vanished in small bursts of fire, leaving only the red subcrystal behind.
- True of Heart congratulated Tommy on fulfilling his quest and connecting to his
inner self.
- True of Heart gave young Tommy half an arrowhead, telling him he had also
earned it; he said it was to remember his time here, and that one day he
would find the other half, and then his personal quest would be
complete; True of Heart was in the process of telling young Tommy what secret the arrowhead would reveal when Tommy was sucked up into the portal above with a
red energy star.
- True of Heart vanished with his blurry whirlwind
teleport after young Tommy was gone.
418-InSp.
- Tommy had a dream about
True of Heart's words that only those true of heart could do that to
which he was referring (locating his Zeo
Subcrystal), then of True of Heart's giving him his half-arrowhead.
- Then in the dream, as the Zeo Megazord was in a battle, True of Heart's
voice told Tommy to focus on his journey, not
his destination.
- The next day, there was a Native American arts festival in the Youth Center, with Sam Trueheart as the
curator of the exhibit.
- Sam, looking exactly like True of Heart, was
working at the exhibit, showing a man a headdress.
- Heading toward the Youth Center's entrance, Tommy bumped into Sam as Sam was walking toward the
parking lot.
- Sam carried a long walking stick.
- Sam was in a big hurry, he said; he had left an
important artifact behind and had to find a cab, but Tommy drove him instead.
- Tommy didn't appear to
recognize Sam, and Sam at least pretended that he didn't know Tommy.
- On the drive, Tommy
almost recognized Sam, but Sam said he had one of those faces.
- Sam noted that Tommy's arrowhead necklace was interesting; Sam said
he'd collected arrowheads his whole life.
- Tommy said someone had
given his half-arrowhead to him a long time
ago; when Tommy said he wished he could find the
other half, Sam told him perhaps he should concentrate on his journey
instead of its destination (as True of Heart's voice had told Tommy in his dream the previous night), at which
point he told Tommy this was his stop, in the
middle of nowhere in the desert.
- Sam told Tommy that some
travels ended where others began, and that this area was an excellent
place to find arrowheads.
- After Tommy had driven
off, Sam blew away into white mist.
- When Tommy was having
great difficulty mentally controlling the Red Battlezord, Sam appeared in an image
beyond the Battlezord cockpit; he told
Zeo Ranger Five, "Tommy, you must let your needs go. If you are to
save your world, you must be as one with it."
- The reader will note that Sam referred to the world as "your world" to Tommy, rather than "the world" or "our world."
- Tommy thanked Sam by name
and proceeded to pilot the Red
Battlezord flawlessly.
419-Chal.
- After David had appeared
and then disappeared in front of Tommy, Sam told
Tommy that he had to prove himself worthy before
he could know the truth about his lookalike and the arrowhead.
- A falcon appeared
on Sam's extended arm from white mist; the falcon shortly vanished from his arm and
then appeared in the sky, both with white mist.
- Sam sent Tommy on a
vision quest with the falcon as his
guide; Sam told Tommy that when he touched the
falcon, he would find his answers, as
well as more questions.
- When David was little, a
wise man (presumably True of Heart) had given him the other half of the
arrowhead, also telling David that when he found the other half, he would
complete his quest.
- After Tommy had completed
his quest and found David, David revealed that he was David Trueheart, Tommy's
brother.
420-Lost.
- Sam Trueheart was David's
adoptive father.
- As helmetless Tommy held
the arrowhead in the Power Chamber after David had been kidnapped, it glowed with golden
energy, and Tommy concentrated, sending an
astral projection of himself (appearing demorphed) to the cave where David was held; both Tommy
and David saw each other.
- When Tommy tried again,
this time an image of Sam appeared in the Power Chamber, describing to Tommy the dangers of the cave where David was being held.
- The other Rangers
couldn't see the image of Sam, but it's unknown whether they could hear
it.
421-Bro?.
- Tommy consulted Sam at
the reservation to find out why the arrowhead was so important to King Mondo.
- Sam explained that many years ago, the land had
been ruled by powerful evil spirits, but that a
great warrior had captured them and imprisoned them in the arrowhead; thus, whoever held the arrowhead controlled the spirits.
? As though he didn't
know of the peril David was in, Sam asked Tommy to tell David that it
was time David headed for home.
440-TJOB.
- Tommy was away visiting
David and Sam on the reservation.
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