Nate Cotter

Nate Cotter is a character in QIA. He served as a secondary antagonist of Season Two, Part II.
== Biography ==
=== 2002 ===
In 2002, Nate employed Jack Harringer to steal a ring from Rome in 1981. This job would later be recounted by Tereza Porizkova as a Reclaimer 'legend' - a quantum infraction that the Eye failed to pick up and the QIA therefore failed to prevent. While in 1981, Jack was observed stealing the ring by the London Field Team of 2020. ("Rome") 
While Jack was in Rome, Cotter was tortured by Robert Tunneson, who claimed that the ring belonged to him, and was eventually burned to death after giving up Jack's address. 
In spite of apparently being murdered, Cotter was nonetheless still somehow around fifteen minutes later, when Jack gave the ring to Cotter after returning from Rome. 
=== 2020 ===
In 2020, Cotter was leading a cell of the Circle in New York. He accepted renegade Ethan Taylor into his cell, even though he knew Ethan's background as a former member of the QIA ("Witchfinder").
==== Sicily Mission ====
Nate and his crew, including Ethan, attempted to create an ontological paradox by Jumping to Sicily, 1981, and replacing a vase of flowers on a film set with an identical vase of flowers. Unbeknownst to anyone but Ethan at the time, this bizarrely coincided with the London Field Team's own mission. The Circle's objective was achieved, and no infraction was caused. ("Hall")
The cell continued their missions, with no discernible reason or goal, until a culmination of their efforts involving retrieving the legendary sword Joyeuse from the year 778 at Roncevaux Pass. However, during this mission, the cell clashed with Miranda Davenport and a small contingent of Reclaimers, on their own mission for the sword at the behest of Brent Hall. During the bloody struggle between the two factions, Nate lost everyone on his cell but Ethan (and Nick, who had gone missing prior to the mission). Assuming that Ethan would hand over the sword, Nate was angry when he refused, and threatened the life of Sarah Cunnington. This proved to be a fatal mistake; rather than risk any harm coming to her, an enraged Ethan executed Nate using the sword. ("Family")
== Appearances ==
=== Season One ===
"Jack" (photograph only)
=== Season Two ===
"Rome", "Witchfinder" (uncredited), "Hall", "Change", "Academy", "Malta", "Family"
== Unanswered Questions ==
* How was Cotter still alive to receive the ring from Jack when he had been burned to death some fifteen minutes earlier?
** Did his death in 778, at the hands of Ethan Taylor, occur before or after his death in New York?
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