Sam and Elle Sketchdump

Well, over the last couple months I've just been gradually adding things to this when I've had time. The pictures are in chronological order going from top to bottom.
1) This is Sam and Elle with their father and mother (Adrian and Guinevere Ventris). This was when they were a pretty happy family.
2) Samuel teaching Elle some basic magic. Elle was fascinated by magic at a very young age.
3) Samuel's dad saying goodbye to him , before leaving to fight in one of the conflicts between Syvia and Luxcium. I really do think this was a very emotional thing for Sam because him and his father were really close.
4)His father never came back home. This is Elle and Samuel at Adrian's funeral shortly thereafter. Again, I think this was a very emotional thing for Sam. Elle was a little too young at the time to be as affected by this, but Samuel took it really hard. He never fully recovered. From this point on, Samuel had a hard time keeping himself out of trouble and he began neglecting his magic studies.
5 &6) Just some random Sam things that occur during the actual storyline. I can't say much on them because spoilers.