Nathan Byrne

Nathan Byrne is a Blood Witch and the son of Marcus Edge and Hayley Byrne. He is the grandson of Esmie Byrne and the younger half-brother of Jessica Byrne. It has been prophesized that he will kill his own father.

Befriended by Annalise O'Brien.

His sister Jessica Byrne, discovered she could shape shift upon her 17th name day, where she shifted into his mother and told him that he was the one who killed her. She later impersonated Annalise and tricked him into the woods where she and Niall O'Brien ambushed him. After cutting Nathan's face, they confirmed he healed faster than a fairborn witch. They went to cut him again to prove it and Nathan tackled Niall and fell upon the knife in a near fatal wound. Niall ran away and his sister mocked him before leaving to eventually get their gran who applied some potions to aid his healing.

When he woke the next morning and returned home and his gran told him the Counsil was going to come for him and that he needed to speak to Mercury. She gave him an incantation and inhaled a potion where she conjured Mercury for Nathan. Mercury told him to find her and cut a map into his hand, this map turned out out to be a compass when they asked for help. When she reverted to herself the council came into the house and detained him to the table where he was told about the prophecy where he would kill his own father. As a result, instead of executing him for being a blood witch, he would be trained.

Trained in the mountains by Ceelia for the coming battle with his father, he was kept in a cage outdoors.

## Biography

The Grandmother, Esmie Byrne, explains that there have always been Fairborn and Blood Witches in the world. However, there is also Fain who they keep hidden from. Nathan asks what that means and she explains that Fain have no magic in them. Esmie tells them that Witches are not inherently bad, but some are full of darkness as that's just what Humans are like. Jessica says that she is a Fairborn Witch, but that Nathan is not. Esmie reassures Nathan that he is her grandson.

The woman who went to Nathan's old home and picked him up makes another appearance. Her name is Ceelia and we later find out that she volunteered to be the one to check up on him. She carries out a test on Nathan and tells him that Fairborn Witches heal fast as she slices his hand open. She times how long it takes for him to heal as she asks him some questions. She asks if he has been sleeping properly, if he is quick to anger and if he could hear her heartbeat. He says no to all of these questions. She stops the timer when his hand has finished healing and notices that he is healing faster, before leaving.

Jessica tells Nathan that people hated them because his father had killed a lot of Witches (Fairborn), including women, children and babies. She says that the worst part is that he would take their powers by eating their hearts after death whilst their corpses were still warm. She tells Nathan that people are scared he will turn into a monster like him.

Older, Nathan has grown tired of the same questions over and over again and is now more sarcastic when Ceelia asks him them. (Add sarcastic responses?) He still tells her that he is not able to hear her heart. She tells him to take the questions more seriously and says that they would see each other in a month like always.

At school, Nathan sits down as Annalise introduces herself. He rides his bike to a Halloween party afterwards, approaching Jessica, who tells him that his friend's house would be trashed. After someone throws up, Nathan tells his friends that he cannot invite them to his house because he lives in a caravan, but they have never been invited and he says that he would never invite them because his whole family are Witches. He tells them that when turning 17, you get one power and after, you get three gifts.

Annalise tells Nathan that he should not tell people he is a witch because she knows he is not messing around. She says she is a Fairborn and knows she should not talk to him because her father is in the Council as chief executive of the Fairborn Protection Unit and he is the Devil's son. He tells her he needs to keep his head down after his evil dad, but she tells him that he seems alright.

She leaves and Nathan looks for her. As he does, he asks around and is punched by her cousin Kieran, who tells her that him and Annalise's brother do not want him talking to her. Nathan is about to defend himself, but Annalise's brother Niall tells him to not get quick to anger and dumps a drink on his head.

At school, Annalise approaches Nathan and tells him that his brother is very rude, but she tells him that her family does not decide who she is friends with.

On the day of his sister's birthday, Nathan tells Annalise he cannot hang out. Both of them wonder what her power would be. Walking to school, Niall and Kieran tell him to stay away from Annalise, but he does not listen.

At her ceremony, Jessica is given three gifts, and she drinks some of her grandmother's blood. Later, she tells Nathan that she was accepted into the Fairborn Council Cadet training program. She taunts Nathan about her powers and tells Nathan that he is a Blood witch.

In his room, Nathan opens the door and sees his mother, who tells him that he killed her. Gran approaches Jessica, who was disguising herself and hits her, telling her that her mother would be ashamed, but Jessica points out that her mother had killed herself. Gran tells her to apologize, but she refuses.

Niall calls Nathan a Blood Witch, but he ignores him. Niall tells him that he is a traitor just like his mother, which angers Nathan and he hits Kieran's nose using his head. After Kieran falls to the ground, Nathan picks up his bicycle and throws it at him.

Ceelia goes to Nathan's home and tells him to go with her, taking him into her car to go to the Council, so they could talk to him.

At the Council, Nathan is taken to a room, where Reutger Sillwood, head of the Council of Fairborn Witches presents herself, as well as Soul O'Brien, Executive Administrator of the Fairborn Council Protection Unit. He tells him that he had hit his son, but Nathan said that he had only done it because he was being very annoying. Soul asks him if he knows what the Blood Witches did to them and what they are capable of, but Nathan is sarcastic with them. However, they start seeing a recreation of what happened to the couple, Frank and Rita when they were killed by Nathan's father. Nathan starts getting very worried and is in shock. Soul tells him that Frank was a member of the Ten, who wanted to kill his father for what his father had done. However, only Reutger was left. Nathan asks if they think he will start killing people when he turned 17 and is told that his powers were currently dormant.

At a lake, Annalise tells Nathan that she thinks her power could be strength or invisibility, but she does not know. Asking what his mother's power was, he tells Annalise that she made potions. After that, both of them kiss and Nathan starts hearing her heart. However, he tells Annalise that he is okay and they kiss again.

Ceelia waits for Nathan and he answers her questions. She sees that he had healed quickly and starts getting nervous, along with him. However, when she asks if he can hear his heartbeat, he lies and says that he cannot.

In his room, Nathan is scared by Annalise, who tells him to go with her. They run off, but he is attacked by Niall after it turns out that Annalise was actually Jessica in disguise.

When Nathan wakes up, his hands are tied. Niall and Jessica stand in front of him, telling him that they would prove what he is. Niall says he knows he is his father's son and Jessica does not defend her brother. Niall cuts into Nahan's cheek and he heals instantly. Nathan is angered and runs towards Niall, who sticks the knife in his stomach. Jessica tells him to go home and she tells Nathan that she always knew what he is. He asks her for help and she reluctantly concedes.

Gran finds Nathan and tells him to not speak, giving him a potion to heal. In the morning, Nathan wakes up and walks outside.

At school, Nathan walks covered in his blood, walking straight towards Niall and punches him in the face repeatedly. He only stops when Annalise shouts at him. Looking at Niall, he sees that he destroyed his face, so he runs away.

Walking through a meadow, he looks at his hands and finds his Gran waiting for him. Nathan is sad because he thinks he is just like his father, but his Gran tells him he is not and he had nothing to be ashamed of. Gran tells him that they would come for him, so he says he can run, but she says that he will not make it on his own. Gran tells him that a woman can help with whatever is coming, telling him to start reading. He starts chanting a spell as his Gran cooks a potion, which she starts inhaling. She turns and smiles at him as Mercury, who tells Nathan that his Gran is gone for now. She asks what he needs, but he does not know, so she tells him that he wants to know if foul blood runs through his veins. He says that he would turn 17 in 10 months and she tells him that she has a safe place, where they need to get to. Nathan realizes she is a blood witch and she draws a map on his hand with a knife, telling him to call for help when the time comes. She tells him that the prophecy worries the Fairborns, which is why she supposes there are so many of them outside. She kisses Nathan and tells him to call for help when the time comes. The Fairborn Council tells him to exit his home with his hands up.

Nathan is called by the Fairborn Council to exit his home with his hands in the air. Later, Reutger tells him that he is a Blood Witch, so he is not permitted to live in British borders. However, he would not be killed as Reutger's mother had written that his own blood would kill the Wolf. Reutger offers to train him instead, as she believes he is destined to fight his father.

Nathan is taken up north to be kept safe, but before they make it, the Fairborn witches hit him and spit on him, saying they would get his father one day, but that suited them for now. Weak and covered in blood, Nathan gets back in the van and he starts to heal quickly.

Ceelia and Nathan walk into a room, where she tells him there is no internet and that she would train him to fight his father. She does not believe training him would help him face his father, but she would follow orders. Ceelia also tells Nathan to comply because if he did not, the Fairborns would kill him. Nathan tells her that he is not a Blood Witch, but is not sure exactly what he is. When he asks where his bedroom is, he is taken to a cage and told that training would start right away.

Ceelia tells Nathan they would train his mind and body first, since he had just been beaten up by Fairborn Witches. She tells him that fights are not fair and his father had taken down every single person he had faced. As they train, Ceelia easily beats him since he has terrible technique and she tells him to focus on mind and body.

As Nathan's training progresses, he is made to run a 5-mile circuit, which he is timed for. When Ceelia sees that he was not very fast, he runs it again and remembers when he started beating Niall.

Nathan asks Annalise if he really is a Blood Witch, but she says that it does not matter because he is not his father. He mentions that when Niall was provoking him, he really wanted to hurt him, but she tells him that that's the definition of provoking. She tells him to stop feeling sorry for himself because it is his least attractive quality.

Annalise visits Nathan's home, but Gran tells him that he is gone, not telling her where. Gran tells her to leave and get on with her life.

As Ceelia keeps training Nathan, he is constantly being pushed to improve. Meanwhile, Jessica also trains as a cadet and is told she needs to do better.

Nathan tells Ceelia that he wants to call Annalise. However, she tells him to draw himself a picture, showing him the one he had drawn. When she refuses to give it back to him, Nathan loses his temper and says he wants to go home. Ceelia says he can go home, but he had to pick up the book she was reading first. Nathan fails to do so and keeps training. One day, while running the circuit, Ceelia shines a light on him and tells him he looks just like his father.

In the morning, Nathan is let out of his cage by Ceelia and is beaten by her. He is able to block a punch, which she says he would not have been able to do a month ago.

Nathan keeps training, growing faster and stronger. After a run, Nathan finds Ceelia with more hunters. He is told that Reutger was dead after his father attacked her, and now knew about the prophecy, so they needed more numbers to keep him safe. Nathan offers to fight a Fairborn and is beaten quickly, which Ceelia says makes her look bad. Ceelia tells Nathan about when she was 11, her parents were called to a meeting at the Council to talk peace. Nathan recognizes this as the massacre as Ceelia tells the story of when she saw Nathan's dad. She remembers staying silent and hidden as a child.

One day after finishing a run, Ceelia punches Nathan asking him what his weaknesses were, and he tells her that her weakness was underestimating him, as he fought back and threw her to the ground. However, when he did so, she smiled. Later, she tells him about his father's power and how the more Fairborns he killed, the stronger he became. After running one day, Ceelia tells Nathan that he had accomplished his best time so far.

Nathan tells Ceelia that he knows that he should work on his left hand, but Ceelia tells him that his grandmother had killed herself with a potion. Nathan cries as he thinks about it, and remembers his grandmother's support.

Nathan keeps training with Ceelia, getting stronger and more resistant. One day, many vans show up. Soul and Jessica show up, telling him that many people were dead and his father was responsible. Soul tells him that Reutger wanted to train him to kill his father, but things had changed and he would be going with them now. Nathan proves that he can now put up a fight against Fairborns, but they start using magic to subdue him. Ceelia tells Soul to stop, but he does not listen and they take Nathan.

Seated next to Jessica, he asks her if he had gone to Gran's funeral, but she does not respond. He mocks her for being part of the Fairborn cadets, and she tells him to shut up. In front of them, the van filled with Fairborns is attacked and everyone realises it is Marcus. The car crashes and Jessica and Nathan's car moves ahead. They drive into a storm created by magic, so Jessica gets Nathan out of the car as the Fairborns are attacked by Marcus.

Soul, Nathan and Jessica exit the storm and start walking away. Nathan is confused by what happened until they drive away in a stolen car. Nathan takes Jessica's hairclip without her noticing in order to pick at his handcuffs and remove them. In the Council building, Nathan realizes nobody knew what Soul was doing. He tries to resist, but is sedated.

When Nathan wakes up, he finds himself tied and shirtless. He tells Soul he is not his father, but Soul does not listen, since he believes powers define who you are. He cuts Nathan open by his wrists and takes some of the blood, starting with the dark magic. He knows terrible things must be done to cast it, but he goes through with it anyway as he pokes holes in Nathan's skin.

Nathan is able to escape once he leaves and runs through the Council building, followed by a security guard, who suddenly starts to explode in slow motion. All his insides fall to the ground as Nathan realizes it was Annalise who had done that.

Once they are in a safe place, Annalise throws up before joining Nathan at a table for food. Annalise can not believe she killed someone, and refuses to let Nathan touch her because she does not want to hurt him, but he says she would not do that. She kills herself a monster, but he tells her that she did not mean to do it. Nathan explains why he had been training, which she calls stupid, but he tells her it had been going quite well. Nathan tells her about the forbidden spell her father wanted, and she wonders what they were going to do, as they were 10 days away from his 17th birthday and he would die if he did not get his blood. Nathan considers talking to Mercury and they try figuring out the map on the palm of his hand. Yelling at it to help, it starts guiding them and telling them where to go.

At an apartment, Annalise and Nathan reach the destination the map pointed them to. Annalise is nervous because she had never met a Blood Witch and wonders if they are bad. Nathan tells her they are bad as they open the door to the apartment they were led to. Inside, they find a man who Nathan tells he had found his location with a map carved into his hand. The man, Gabriel, recognizes it and says he was expecting Nathan because he works for Mercury. Gabriel tells Annalise that Mercury has blood samples from all the witch families because she is a witch who can get them anything. Annalise asks if she can change her power, and Gabriel says that anything is possible, but first, they needed to get to Paris.

Annalise asks when they would leave, but Gabriel clarifies that he was only told to bring one witch, but Annalise tells him she would go as well. Nathan tells her she does not need to help him, but she tells him she would. As they go into the bathroom, Gabriel rushes them to take their clothes off, so they undress in front of one another. However, Nathan turns when Annalise is fully nude and she jumps into the shower first. Once she gets out of the shower, they begin kissing passionately. They are interrupted by Gabriel, who asks them not to have sex in his bathroom.

Gabriel tells them that his powers are complex as they hear a knock at the door. However, Gabriel lets them know that he was not expecting guests. He asks who they are running from and Nathan responds that the Fairborn Council, which makes Gabriel realize it was serious. The Fairborn Council blows up Gabriel's front door and he shoots at them. Nathan manages to knock the witches out on his own, which makes Annalise realize his training had been going well. Gabriel gives them orbs in order to escape from Soul, who mentions Annalise is his daughter. Gabriel tells her to give him his orb back, but she swallows it. Gabriel and Nathan escape as Annalise is approached by her father. However, she jumps from the window as well.

In an old car, Gabriel steps out in the woods, followed by Nathan and Annalise. Gabriel asks for the map, with which he tells them about different witch territories, and a river which they could use to reach Mercury. Annalise asks what would happen if the Ozannes caught them in their territory and Gabriel tells her to be positive.

As they walk, Gabriel tells them he went out with a fain, and asks both Annalise and Nathan they are virgins, which they do not answer. They stumble upon a tree with pagan sticks hanging from it. As they keep walking, they find a burnt house, which also had people burnt in front of it. Gabriel says is consequence of a Fairborn raid. Annalise refuses to believe that Fairborns did it, but Gabriel assures her it had been. As they keep walking, Nathan hears a heartbeat, telling them they needed to move quickly.

Nathan, Gabriel and Annalise start running until they are held at gunpoint by a group of people. Gabriel says they are simply passing by, but a girl with a shotgun tells him that they were doing so unannounced, and tells her group that there were Fairborns in their land. Gabriel tells them that they had nothing to do with the killings, since they were all Blood Witches.

They are led to a house, where Gabriel tells Nathan to let him do the talking. A woman asks why they were walking through their territory, and Gabriel mentions they are running from the Fairborn Council. A man asks him why he would bring them to their land and Gabriel responds that they were trying to follow the river, but the woman tells him that she had told Mercury that if she sent her people through there again, she would pay.

Nathan exlplains that he needs to get his blood, as he would be turning 17 in 5 days. He tells them that his father is Marcus and an old woman exits the house. Inspecting his face, she sees that Nathan has Marcus' eyes. She tells him that his father is a great man and welcomes him into their home, also offering to guide them down the river. However, she mentions that they must pay their way first. She mentions that two people would be having their Giving Ceremony, and they would attend as guests, which she says is not a request.

Annalise, Gabriel and Nathan decide that they would keep their head down until the next day, which angers Annalise, but she does not have a choice. They help out by moving furniture, where Gabriel and Nathan talk about their love interests. Annalise mentions the house is creepy, but Nathan thinks it is alright. Alone with her, Nathan asks Annalise who she had slept with and she mentions David. Nathan says he thinks David was a weird looking guy, and Annalise leaves.

At dinner, Odette flirts with Nathan, while he is asked by other people if he could hear heartbeats. He mentions that his father stole other people's powers. However, he is told that when a witch dies, their power dies with them, so it is better to take them so that they can be handed to the next in line, which is a way in which powers and people live on. However, Nathan clarifies that his father takes powers when he kills Fairborns, but the woman tells them that Fairborns had killed Marcus' mother.

Later that night, Odette leads Nathan, Annalise, and Gabriel to their room. They will have to share a bed, which makes them feel a bit uncomfortable. Before they sleep, Gabriel asks Nathan if he is a heat eater, and Nathan simply says that he supposes he is. Annalise starts stroking Nathan's chest as she falls asleep. When they wake up, Nathan is facing Gabriel.

In the morning, Nathan and Gabriel take a shower, when a man Gabriel liked approaches them. After the shower, Gabriel tells Nathan that after taking them to Mercury, he would return to Paris, saying that he should visit him when all that was over.

Gabriel is told that he woke up late, while Annalise offers to get some chickens for the feast along with Nathan. Gabriel tells them not to go far and leaves.

Nathan and Annalise try to catch chickens, which proves to be a difficult task for both of them. They flirt as they struggle and soon lay down together on the grass. Annalise asks him if he likes the house, and he says that he feels like he fits in for the first time, while she says she does not. When Annalise asks if he can hear her heartbeat, he says that he always can. She puts his hand on her chest and he says he can feel it; she assures him she knows who he is and the two start to kiss, slowly taking their clothes off and start having sex. However, as they keep going, she makes a cart explode in the distance, which she says is not okay because she could have hurt him.

When Nathan and Annalise get back to Gabriel, he can tell they had had sex. Soon after, some Blood Witches get back with Fairborns with ropes around their necks. Nathan introduces himself to a man, who tells him it is an honor, and they would drink in his honor.

At dinner, Annalise says she had never seen a man die that way before; Nathan suddenly falls from the table. Gabriel asks if he is okay, while the woman notices some marks on his body, which he had had for four days. She asks for materials in order to help him, which Odette runs to grab. The old woman says that Nathan has a parasite spell designed to take his powers.

As Nathan gets worse, Ceelia enters the house, announcing who she is and saying that she was there for Nathan and Annalise, telling the latter they needed to go. However, Annalise says that she never wants to see him again after what he did to Nathan. When asked why she should not be killed on the spot, Ceelia mentions she had not come there alone and the house is surrounded and if the conflict is not resolved peacefully, they would use force. She is told to get out of the house, which she does.

With Nathan laying on the ground, he is approached by the small girl, who is actually Jessica and who chops Nathan's finger off. As a man is about to get shot by a Fairborn, Annalise makes him explode, which Jessica sees. The Blood Witches start hiding, as the old woman is shot. As they move, they hurry in order to make it to a boat. Soul tells everyone to cease fire since his daughter was in there.

As Nathan, Odette, Gabriel and Annalise make it to a boat, Ceelia yells at them to stop. Gabriel tells her not to move towards them, but she insists that they get him help. Gabriel says that if she wants to help him, to get Nathan on a boat, so Ceelia joins them. However, on the boat, she is knocked unconscious.

On the boat, Annalise stares out while Odette does the same. Nathan wakes up confused and hears Ceelia's heart. She is tied up, and Nathan approaches her. He tells her about the Witch's Bottle, which Soul had done to him. However, Ceelia cannot belive he would do such a thing.

Annalise walks up to Nathan; he says he is okay and both are joined by Odette, who hands him a tea Gabriel made. Nathan apologizes for what had happened to her family, but Odette says the Fairborns would be more sorry. Annalise says that if Max gets his blood they would be fine. Nathan cannot believe what the Fairborns did to her, and when Annalise apologizes, he tells her that she is not her dad.

On the boat, Odette tells Gabriel that he should talk to Nathan. She says that she does not think her brother has blood yet. Nathan approaches Gabriel, who asks him how he is doing. Nathan says that he is doing alright, but Gabriel is not in a good mood because he was worried Nathan was going to die.

Odette is feeling cold, which Annalise notices. Annalise wonders if her brother had gotten his blood, and tries to hug her in order to help, but Odette tells her not to touch her. Annalise tells Gabriel and Nathan that Odette has a fever, so they rush to help her. At the same time, Max starts getting the same symptoms.

In the distance, Bjorn notices that Max's real grandfather had been killed by Jessica, and it was her who had given Max her blood. Jessica is amazed watching Max suffer, as Nathan holds on to Odette. Annalise rushes to get Ceelia, who is told by Nathan that they had not been given their blood. Gabriel puts powder on her face, which eases her pain, as well as Max's. On Odette and Max's hand a flame starts, but slowly turns out as they die. Jessica slaps Max as Bjorn shows up; she tells him he had missed the event and leaves the van.

When Odette dies, Nathan starts to attack Ceelia violently, but she defends herself and manages to beat him. Nathan is about to kill Ceelia with a gun, calling her "Fairborn scum", but Annalise makes the gun fall apart. Nathan tells her that she would be handed over to the next Blood Clan they find, saying there needed to be consequences.

In the woods, Odette is laid to rest by Nathan, Annalise and Gabriel. Annalise asks Nathan if he really would have killed Ceelia, to which Nathan says that she does not understand, but she says that she does because her father has done terrible things as well, and her life has also been turned upside down. However she says that maybe she is also Fairborn scum. Nathan tells Annalise not to be like that, but he suddenly drops.

Soul calls for Jessica while he practices his dark magic, telling her that once he drank what he had prepared, he would change. She promises that she would be there for him. Soul drinks the potion, which makes Nathan drop. Nathan sees a vision of Marcus talking to Soul and offering peace.

During this vision, the Fairborns tell Marcus that in order to achieve peace, all Blood witches must abide by Fairborn law. However, Marcus says that he is also in representation of those who had been killed by the Fairborn Council, seeking recompense for the lives they had taken and the powers they had stolen. There, Marcus becomes the wolf and starts killing everyone, except for Ceelia and Soul, who are hidden. Later, Nathan sees when his mother was killed by the Fairborn Council.

The poison is harming Nathan, so Ceelia tells Annalise that her power can also take the poison out from Nathan's body. Ceelia insists that it is her power, which she needs to use and not hide from. Gabriel encourages Annalise, who breathes deeply and after concentrating is able to remove the poison. When he wakes up, he holds Annalise's hand and the two hug.

On the boat, Nathan tells Ceelia that he saw Soul's memories as if they were connected. He tells her that he saw her when the Wolf had attacked. He also says that he saw her mother, who was poisoned because of him. Ceelia says that they had killed her because of revenge and because the war has been going on for far too long. Ceelia tells him that it is not his fault, and he asks what he should do. Ceelia asks him the same questions she always asked him. When she asks, he says he had slept badly, he has had violent dreams, is quick to anger, has had violent dreams about other witches, has fantasies about hurting people and he is able to hear her heartbeat. She tells him that he is a Blood Witch and knows what he is going to do because there have to be consequences.

Nathan asks Gabriel if he could do the same he had done for Odette if he did not get his blood. He walks up to him and asks how he could get his name in Gabriel's book. Gabriel says that the names are people important to him, and hands him a pen so he would not forget him.

On the boat, Gabriel, Annalise and Nathan drink to Odette. Gabriel starts dancing with Annalise while Nathan watches.

Nathan wakes up and hears Gabriel's heartbeat. Both of them look at each other while waking up and Nathan finds out that Annalise had left with Ceelia. Gabriel tells him that he saw them leave, but he could not have him run after her because he would turn 17 in two days and needed his blood.

Nathan cannot believe that she would leave without saying goodbye, but Gabriel tells him that both of them have their own path. They start talking about the Lord of the Rings, which Nathan uses as an analogy to say that maybe their bad times have not been as bad as they think.

As both Nathan and Gabriel walk, they find a garage, where Gabriel says that they had made it, only they needed to "find their station". Nathan asks where their friends are, but Gabriel says that they have no way of knowing. He starts coughing after what Gabriel starts cooking and Gabriel says that the cuts mean that they can travel there. There is a loud bang and both of them hide. It turns out that it was Kieran, trying to help Gabriel, but Nathan did not wait and hit him in the head. Before he dies, Kieran tells them that Jessica wants to hurt his daughter and tells them not to go to Wolfhagen. Seeing that he is dead, Nathan starts crying and throwing up.

Nathan says that they need to go to Wolfhagen in order to help out, but Gabriel tells him that they must go to Mercury so he gets his blood and they save his life. Nathan wonders if his life is worth saving, and Gabriel tells him it is to him.

After that, Gabriel reveals to Nathan where the Cut is and they both prepare to jump. Gabriel comforts Nathan and they share a kiss, before Nathan pushes Gabriel into the cut by himself. Gabriel calls Nathan a stupid idiot and starts walking, while Nathan turns away.

By himself, Nathan finds a Cut that will take him to Wolfhagen and jumps inside. He lands on grass and is in disbelief that he had made it. He jumps over a fence and walks in the woods. As he hears a heart, he hides and Nicky and Hugo's team shows up.

Gabriel aproaches a house, which he is able to unlock with a code. Looking around, he opens a door and sees that Nathan's blood is not there. Mercury asks if he was not going to greet her, also asking for Nathan. Gabriel says that Nathan did not go and asks Mercury to let her take him his blood. She asks where he is and is told that he is in Wolfhagen.

Mercury tells Gabriel that all the potential that Nathan had was gone now. Gabriel tells her to give him the blood so he could bring him back. However, Mercury blows yellow dust in his face, which makes him forget why he wanted the blood. Mercury tells him that he was just going to bed since he had come a long way, and Gabriel leaves, promising to stay a while.

Nathan walks to Wolfhagen and sees the mansion from afar. However, he is stopped by Nicky and Hugo.

Nathan is pushed by Nicky and Hugo's team as Marcus howls. Nicky remembers the prophecy that says that Nathan would kill his father, but he says that it is fake. He tells them to fight the hunters if they really want to please him, and says to leave him alone.

Gabriel starts to remember glimpses of the people he had lost, including Nathan, and even says his name out loud. He leaves his room and is helped by a boy to open a door to where all the blood is. He grabs Nathan's blood and thanks the boy, giving him words of comfort, and promising he would come back for him.

At Wolfhagen, Nathan runs as the fight between Bloods and Fairborns ensues.

The Bloods start looking for Soul, as Nathan tries to find Annalise, who is being followed by Jessica. As Soul walks, he hears Marcus speak, remembering conversations they had had together, and also remembering when Marcus had killed everyone.

Nathan is in shock as he walks into a hall. He is followed by Ceelia, who tells him he should be with Gabriel, but he tells her that he did not get his blood. She remembers when she first saw him and says that she is supposed to protect him, but tells him to go find his friend.

Gabriel finds Nathan and complains that he had pushed him. Nathan simply asks for his blood and Gabriel asks why he had kissed him, to which Nathan responds that he did not know it would be okay. Gabriel hands him his blood and tells him to drink it, but Nathan tells him it is not dawn yet, so they try to find Annalise. They are attacked by hunters, and Nathan sees that Gabriel had been shot; however, Nathan's blood had saved him and he did not have a spare.

Annalise and Nathan find each other, along with Gabriel. Annalise asks for Ceelia, but Nathan simply says that it would be alright. As the three of them walk, they find Ceelia and all that Soul had done. Ceelia tells them that Soul is hunting, recites a poem and dies.

Nathan, Annalise and Gabiel set off to look for Jessica, but are not able to find her. They exit the mansion and Nathan says that he is out of family members. He sits down, but both Annalise and Gabriel tell him not to give up. As they walk, Nathan proposes they all say what they want to say to each other. Annalise says that everything has been horrific, but she would think about them for the rest of her life. Nathan tells them that he loves them both and suggests they have a quiet night in.

He is interrupted by Soul, who growls at him. Nathan asks who Soul had killed in order to make the Witches Bottle, and Soul says that it had been his brother. Nathan reminds him that he had killed his mother and grandmother, to which Soul responds that now he would be killing him as well. Nathan starts running through the woods, followed by Soul.

As Nathan keeps trying to escape, Marcus finds him and greets him. Nathan tells him that if he is there to kill him, to do it quickly. Marcus says that he does not need to kill him since he is already dying. He tells him they'd see about the prophecy and assures him that Soul would not find them. Nathan tells him that he is not scary up close, but Marcus thinks that might be perspective.

When Nathan asks his father why he had killed all those people, he responds by pulling out a knife, wondering if he wanted to avenge them. Marcus remembers when he killed a calm Fairborn, whose power was to know how he was going to die. Nathan realizes that that man had been his mother's husband and Marcus explains that he went to her because he could not stop thinking about the look on the man's face. Marcus remembers Nathan's mother as pure light, and they loved each other. Marcus says that he believed that if he ran, they would leave both him and his mother alone. Nathan angrily stands up and holds the knife up to his father's throat, reminding him that he knew how he was going to die, and wondering if he had seen Nathan killing him.

However, Marcus says that he would not be dying that day, and reminds him that it is his birthday, so he needs his gifts and blood. After that, Marcus cuts his hand and gives him his blood, saying that his first gift to him is his life, even though many people believe he should not let him keep it. He says that his second gift is the last thing his mother had told him, which was that she was not afraid of who Nathan would become or whose side he would be on, she simply loved him for who he was. However, Nathan complains that he had never come back, which Marcus recognizes. Nathan says he needs three gifts; Marcus says that Soul had killed both his mother and grandmother and while he is powerful, his mind is weak. Marcus tells him that his final gift to Nathan is the chance to see who he really is.

Nathan walks through the woods with his father's knife, finally finding Soul, who is growling and waiting for him. Soul realizes that he got his blood, but Nathan says that not all of it. When asked where his father is, Nathan tells Soul that he is gone because he is not important enough for him. As both Nathan and Soul start to fight, Soul uses all his powers and Nathan runs hiding.

Nathan runs up behind Soul and stabs him with the knife as Annalise and Gabriel run towards the fight. Soul says that everybody would understand he had no choice but to kill Nathan, but he is interrupted by Gabriel, who pushes him and yells at Nathan to run. When Soul is about to kill Gabriel with fire, Annalise starts using her power on her father, as she cries. Soul realizes that the prophecy about the son killing his own blood referred to Annalise killing him, as she finally makes him explode. After she does this, Annalise starts crying and grabs her father's necklace as she is comforted by Gabriel and Nathan.

Nathan sees Soul's heart on the ground and silently considers eating it, as Gabriel and Annalise look at him.

## Appearance

In childhood, Nathan had shorter curly hair, and was as tall as his older sister. He was skinny and lanky with a sad and confused demeanor.

Nathan is lean, average to above average height with curly dark hair, large warm dark brown eyes and a medium deep skin. He has a short wide nose with full lips.

## Powers & Abilities

### Basic Abilities

* **Spellcasting:** The act of changing and controlling events through the use of incantations and recitations.

* **Accelerated Healing:** The ability to heal at supernatural speeds. This ability is shared by both Fairborn Witches and Blood Witches but Blood Witches heal faster than Fairborn Witches.

### Unique Abilities

* **Heart Eating:** The power to eat the heart of another witch to absorb their individual power.
* **Heart Hearing:** The power to hear heartbeats.