Nate Reynolds

Nate Reynolds was just a normal high schooler until the day his heart was shattered in two. Then, he stumbled on the moonstone, which Transformed him into the fearsome and vengeful Archenoe we all know as King Narim, leader of the Archenoes.

## Prelude

The SuperMoon is a common and empowering event for the Archenoes, as the moon is enlargened, causing them to be at the height of their powers. However, there is an even rarer event that can take place during the SuperMoon. At least once every hundred years or so, the SuperMoon will cause a moonstone to fall to Earth. Many years before the events of Blue Fighters, one such moonstone fell into a certain open-mouthed cave found deep in the woods, the same one Zac Williams used as his home many years later. Over the years, the moonstone mixed with the condensation of the cave, making both the moonstone and the air around it poisonous. There it lay for many years, undiscovered, until a certain someone stumbled upon it. Now our context has been set.

## Biography

### Life as Nate

Nate Reynolds was just like most guys: crushing on a girl he could never truly have. He and Nadina Matthews were best friends throughout their high school years, though when Nate wanted to advance their relationship, she was opposed. Nadina was the girlfriend of one of the biggest bullies in school, Michael Evans. She was said to have stayed with him because she saw the good in him. However, when Michael found out about Nate's little crush, he wasn't exactly thrilled, outright pushing Nate against a desk, cutting open his hand, and telling him to *stay away from her*. Nadina was forced to choose between the two, and she chose Michael, saying that she did not return Nate's feelings of love. Heartbroken, Nate retreated into the woods. Little did they know, it was the last time they would ever see him.

### The Turning

While on his walk in the woods, Nate discovered a cave, where he stopped to rest for a while. There he carved what would become the Archenoe motto: *Never trust the humans*. But upon venturing further into the cave, Nate discovers something that changes his life as he knows it forever: the moonstone. When making contact with it by touching his recently injured hand to the precious stone, the parasite enters his bloodstream. Nate is then Transformed into the fearsome and vengeful Archenoe we know as King Narim.

### Life as Narim

The parasite takes over Nate's body almost instantly, angering him and twisting his heart into being jealous and vengeful. He leaves the cave with a new sense of understanding, renaming himself Narim and going to assemble his army. All he wants is to hurt the people who have wronged him. He pulls his new recruits in with the false promise of a new life, a better life. He prides himself on finding those who have found themselves broken beyond repair, that have nothing left, so he can manipulate them easily. As he was the first of this new species, the Archenoes, Narim names himself king over them all, and they accept him as their leader. Those who don't accept his promise are immediately killed, though most do, over fear for their own lives. As their population grows, the world begins to fall into the Dark Ages. This is when the F.A.A.S. is formed, by a father and daughter duo who have recently lost their mother due to Narim's wrath. Many join to fight, but when Narim turns one of their members to his side, he finds out about this secret society and kills the founder. Enraged, some F.A.A.S. members stay to fight him, dwindling his population down. Narim, angered, swears revenge on the F.A.A.S. members, but no one takes his threat seriously until many years later, when Michael and Nadina's baby girl goes missing, Zac and Jenna get bitten, and Samantha Green gets kidnapped.

Narim is a very angry, but intelligent king. He thinks through the best approach to each of his battles with the gang, and in his mindscape, only shows them what he wants them to see, whereas Koram shows them everything he can, as he is still on their side, especially Nikki's. He can sometimes let his fury get the better of him, but majorly, he is very smart when it comes to battle strategies. He actually outsmarts the gang several times, taking unexpected strategies that they don't expect and genuinely don't see coming. Beneath his hard exterior, however, he does still love Nadina, seen majorly in his attitude towards Nikki. He is cold to her at times, as he does hate the part of her that is Michael, but there are times that he lets down his guard and lets himself love Nadina's daughter. There are times when Nikki thinks that he is not so bad, because of that small part of Narim that still harbors love.

## Relationships

### Koram

**Koram** is Narim's head spy and closest advisor. The two have an incredibly good relationship, majorly because Narim sees himself in Koram. The stories in which they found themselves becoming Archenoes are very similar, in that they each loved girls they could never have. It's assumed that Koram was one of the first Archenoes to be turned during the Dark Ages, one of the first after Narim, hence the reason for their closeness. Narim also appoints Koram to raise Nikki, showing that he trusts him enough to let him raise Nadina's daughter. However, as close as they are, Narim is more than willing to turn on him if he disparages Nadina in any way, including in the final battle, when Koram accidentally kills Nikki when she steps in front of Zac. Narim does not hesitate before killing his most trusted advisor, showing that even though they have a good relationship, it ode shave its limits.

### Nadina Matthews

Despite everything, Narim still does love Nadina. It's shown that deep inside of every Archenoe is their human part, and the human part of Narim that is Nate still loves Nadina. No matter what, that does not change, and it is why when Narim sends out the order to kill the F.A.A.S. members, he sends Koram to do it. Killing Nadina is too painful for him, as is her death. It's also why it seems as though some part of him has love for Nikki, because she is half her mother's child. However, rivaling that is his hate for Michael, and it is why he also can hate Nikki at the same time. He also has some resentment towards her, because he believes she is supposed to be his child. However, in Nate's death, he is ready to see his precious Nadina again.

### Nikki Evans

Narim and his so-called "false daughter" have somewhat of an estranged relationship. Nikki is fully aware that her father is using her purely for spying on Jenna and Zac, and for his social presence in front of the other Archenoes, but she is biding her time until she can betray him. She, however, is also curious why her father distances himself from her so much, and she comes to find out the reason is because of the part of her that is Michael. However, there is part of Narim that does somewhat love Nikki, and we see him mourning her death, though the major reason is because she is the last thing he has left of Nadina. He does not hesitate to kill Koram for eliminating that last part he has left of his love.

### Michael Evans

Narim's and Michael's relationship is quite interesting. Of course, Nate hates him, because Michael is dating the girl of Nate's dreams, as well as his being a bully to everyone, not just Nate. However, Nate is also envious, because there must be some good reason why Nadina loves him so much to choose him over her best friend. Nate spends most of his life absolutely *hating* Michael, beyond any other logical reason. However, when Narim breaks into their house that night, he could have killed Michael, but he chooses not to. He knows how much Nadina cares about him, and he knows he can't take that away from her. That night, Narim makes as much peace with Michael as he can.

## Trivia

* Though Nate's relatives are unknown, he shares his name with many characters, particularly main character Addie Reynolds from For the Cameras.
* Out of every Blue Fighters character, Narim would probably be the least likely to get his name in the title. And yet, his name is in the title of the second book.
* In the first-ever draft of Blue Fighters, then called Blue Fighter, Narim's name was Gotham. However, as this is the name of Batman's famous home city, this was soon changed.
* Narim was both the first and the last Archenoe, as he was the first to be created, and the last to die.