Nathan Winters

Sarah MacWinter-Daniels (Aunt)
Scott MacWinter-Daniels (Uncle)
Cody MacWinter-Daniels (Cousin)

Jakob Edwards (Maternal Grandfather)

> *"What doesn't kill you makes you stronger, right?"*
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**Nathan Winters** is a supporting character in "Pretty Blood Unofficials: Crisis Management". He's the son of Ethan.

## Biography

Nathan is the son of Ethan and Lynn and also the twin-brother of Chloe, with whom he gets along very well. Unlike his sister however, he's more of a quiet person who mostly avoids talking to others and keeps to himself. He even seems to be scared of social interaction.

Alongside his sister, Nathan was born in Bluelu, a few years prior to the beginning of the Great Continental War. He was however born with a rare genetical disorder, which was responsible for part of his face‘s skin being highly sensible to light and warmth, so sensible actually, that exposure to normal sunlight or somewhat hot water may even cause heavy burns. Due to that, half of Nathan‘s face has always been covered up by bandages, which were rubbed in a special medical balm and swapped out every few days.

When he started school with his sister, the fact that he had to wear bandages to cover up half of his face often made him a target of bullying. Although this had a heavy toll on him, he did his very best no to bother about it, even if things got physical. The constant hate also made Nathan feeling fairly insecure about his looks, due to his face. Therefore he doesn't socialize that often, a trait which was worsened later on, as his bullies crossed the line. It's known that he gets along pretty well with Chloe's friends Clara and Emily, as they openly accept him, no matter what. His best friend however is Anya Kuznetsov, with whom he hangs around very often, as both are very interested in science and guns. Anya herself was born in Varstovka, but emigrated to Hunliny alongside her father Vlad, after the end of the Great Continental War, and other kids in class often make fun of her, due to her accent. And although being shy and often picked on by others himself, due to his shyness and looks, Nathan defends her without hesitating, even if in response he gets beaten down himself. The other way around, Anya too is willing to step up for Nathan, and his sister Chloe too is always standing first in line to defend her brother if things get too rough. It is to note that Nathan‘s parents Ethan and Lynn also do their very best to ensure his wellbeing, with them always comforting and treating their son, whilst also trying their best to get the bullying problem sorted out by communicating with both the school, the bullies‘ parents, as well as even the police. However, things only calmed down just a bit, when the bullying took it too far one time. Way too far:

When taking a closer look at Nathan, the thing that stands out most is his face of course. While priorly, he was just covering up half of his face with large bandages for safety reasons, due to the genetically-induced photosensivity and sensibility towards heat, he now does it to hide awful burns which completly killed of the skin and its ablity to recover itself. Those wounds are the result of a horrible attack from his bullies. One day, while he was at school, playfully chatting around with Chloe and her friends, Hank Reynolds, a classmate and the leader of the group that bullies him, snuck up from behind, vioently pushed Nathan against the floor, before ripping off his face-bandage. And if that wasn’t outrageous enough, he then proceeded to spill a whole thermo can of hot tea onto his victim‘s face. Chloe immediately got into a fight with Hank, in order to defend her brother, while the others quickly tended to him as they immediately noticed that something was heavily off: Normally, hot tea may simply cause light burns, but in the case of Nathan and his condition, parts of his face started to slowly peel off, as third degree burns developed. Panicking, Chloe and Co. immediately called the teachers for help, while Nathan himself passed out. When he woke up again, he found himself in the ICU of a hospital, and found out that he now has lost half of his face due to burns, and even worse, one of his eyes had to be removed. Luckily however, the burns didn‘t affect his brain, so he was quickly stabilized. His family and friends would often visit him in hospital, however, due to the Great Continental War still raging on the western continents of Culuno, his father Ethan would often not be at home, due to having been a soldier. And due to the situation on the battlefield having been very dire during that time specifically, he couldn‘t see his his son in the hospital either, but would often speak with him via phone, where he would cheer him up by joking about how he himself lost an ear during battle, and that perhaps they could swap an eye for it. These events finally caused the bullying to stop a little bit at least, as Lynn and Ethan made sure that the perepetrators met the consequences later on. However, this terrible experience made Nathan more cautious towards others, leaving him with severe trust issues when meeting new people. Also, he may panick when touched or being approached from behind without any warning.