Samus Aran

"What's past is prologue."

"Surprised that I'm a woman?"

"The darkness of space is my cover

I am a bounty hunter

My name is Samus Aran."

Samus Aran (サムス・アラン, Samusu Aran) is an intergalactic bounty hunter and the main protagonist of the Metroid series.

She's regarded as the finest bounty hunter alive, in a society spanning at least one inhabited galaxy under a galactic umbrella nation comprising trillions of individuals. Samus has waged a perpetual war with nomadic inter-stellar brigands and all manner of criminal scum in the galaxy's defense for the near entirety of her long and storied career, while keeping her personal and social connections minimal.

As such, she is held in such high regard to the degree that he, she, or it is sometimes mistaken for an urban legend early in the series. Supplemental material reveals her to be a woman of humble origins and surprising means. Although seemingly remorseless and without scruples, she possesses untold benevolence and humanity despite her violent profession and strives to be a protective force for good, spreading light into the darkest corners of space.