Nathaniel Moore

Nathaniel, or Nat, is the first recent person to have an ability. He is an American soldier in WWI. His ability is described as the Arm of God.

## Disambiguation

The arm of God is characterized by Nathaniel's ability to go into places where other soldiers can't, even amidst heavy fire. This doesn't manifest in any physical way; however, he seems to be incredibly lucky and have an innate sense of how to get through enemy lines. Nat often gains knowledge needed for penetration directly on the spot, or he may have a keen perception of weaknesses of strongholds that allow him to break through.

His ability is only linked to rescue missions. In other words, if there is a POW or citizen in harm's way behind enemy lines, he can activate his sense of sharp perception. These traits are linked to passages in the Bible which ask the question, "Is the arm of the Lord too short?" referring to the Abrahamic God's ability to always come through when needed, often in the context of delivering His nation or bringing judgement on other nations. Nat's ability doesn't involve judgement directly; however, connections are made between him and Thomas Manns (see the Hand of God, Disambiguation), as Thomas' ability is directly tied to God's judgement, and the connection between arm and hand is self evident.

The Arm (Nat), the Heart (Stacey), the Hand (Thomas) have an immediate connection in the Face of God series, described as the following: The heart, moves the arm, moves the hand. Basically, in the greater "purpose" Stacey's vision is to enacted as Nat facilitates it's execution, and Thomas executes it. This greater purpose is seen in the War of Silence (see disambiguation) when the 16 go to war against the dreaded race of the Silent, as well as in the God Saga, when each of the 16 rules over a land of their own--and each ruling style is reflected in the character's Meyers-Briggs personality type.

The Arm, Heart, Hand, Eye, Feet, and the rest are all disconnected by time, or the Day, which is attributed to Eli. Nathaniel is the most separated in this aspect, as he is an elderly man when Thomas is born.

The story of Nat is multifaceted, focusing on real life midieval war, but leading into an ethereal battle with the Silent. These battles are primarily with Nat fighting alone. There is a [possible] concept that includes Nat being able to forge swords and gift his comrades with the ability to also fight the Silent. This would bend the genre of Nat's story toward fantasy over magical realism, as the Silent would have a heavy presence. Otherwise, again, the battle would be central to the story, but only aware in Nat's mind. The concept of including other soldiers comes from a completely separate story imagined by the author, dubbed "The Silent Struggle," which had no connection to The Face of God series, but centered around a knight's continual battle on his knees in devout prayer, which empowered him with magical abilities to fight demons with his army. Obviously, this idea contributes to the concept of battling the Silent in Nat's story. Ironically, the connection of the word Silent in both the old story idea and the new concept were not intended to be related in any way.

The relevance of the title for the old story may be used as the name for Nat's story. Therefore Nat's story would end up being titled *The Silent Struggle.* [Possible].

The other facet of Nat's story is also central to the Silent, in that he deals with depression for an as of yet ungrounded reason. In the Face of God universe, depression is personified by one of the Silent--Nat is very directly battling this Silent One in his "silent struggle" even as he fights in wars with his soldiers.

Nat's story is a rather deep and nicely ended one, as he ends up using his Arm of God trait to battle his depression by coming through for those who are stuck in POW camps, and also fighting in physical combat with his Silent One, which is Depression. Basically, since the Silent One stands in his way, his Arm of God trait, by nature of it's power being that it is the ability to persevere for the good of others, causes him to be able to fight and defeat his Silent One. The Silent Ones fighting physically breaks tradition in the FOG universe, and would have to be reasonably explained in the story. In the concept where Nat's soldiers also battle the Silent, Nat is somehow able to forge weapons that manifest the Arm of God trait, and they all battle many other manifestations of the Silent in a fantasy-demon style war. The consequence of producing such weapons would also make them superior in man-to-man battle, essentially make them invincible. So in this story concept, Nat's home country becomes the new world power.￼

## Ideal Movie Placement

Nathaniel Moore would be played by Nikolaj Coster-Waldau, played with an American accent.