Nate Temple

Nate Temple

### Alias or Nickname

NateMaster Temple PharosThe Catalyst Horseman of Hope Wylde ( Nate's Fae side)Godkiller Black Magic Batman Notorious NAT Tainted Nipples

### Hair color

Dirty blond (closer to brown than blond), lightens and darkens with sun exposure

### Species or Designation

Wizard (lost at a point in time, the regained)Maker (lost when wizard power is regained)MasterCatalystHorseman of Hope

## More info

### Abilities

Blue magic White magic (horseman)Gateways (Wizard)Shadow Walking (Wizard) Fea magicgodly powers (due to obtaining ichor)

### Relationships

Othello (ex-girlfriend)Indie Rippley (ex-fiance)Callie Pennrose (love interest) Gunnar Randulf (best friend)Talon the Devourer (shadow)Calvin Temple (Father)Makayla Temple (mother)Alex Arete (adopted son)0Beast-KaiValkyrie Kára

### Occupation or Activities

owner Plato's Caveowner/CEO Temple Industriesowner Grimmtech wizard

### Special Objects Weapons or Tools

Spear-the Devourer Gugnir Mask of Hope godly ichor manifests skeletal wings and a bladed whip as the Horseman of Hope

**Nate Temple**, whose full name is **Nathin Laurent Temple**, is a human wizard living in St. Louis, Mo. Scion of an old and powerful family of wizards, he is introduced in Fairy Tale. He is the protagonist and first person narrator of *The Nate Temple Series*. His age is never specified, but he mentions senior year in college as being "a few years back". This would put him at roughly 25 years of age as of the start of the Series.

Fluent in four languages, Nate is owner of the Plato's Cave bookstore, and inherits Temple Industries. When TI goes under, he regroups and starts a new company, Grimmtech. He also finances the Shift school for young shifters and weres. He lives primarily in Chateau Falco. He has an eidetic memory, and physical touch is his 'love language'.

## Appearance

Nate humbly describes himself, “I have been told that my eyes were like twin emeralds pitted against the golden tufts of my  hair-a face like a jewelry box. Of course, that was after I had filled the woman with copious amounts of  wine."

Nate is "taller than most", with "fashionably shaggy dirty blonde hair". His hair appears to darken with age, however, as later descriptions have his hair dark. His build is, perhaps, swimmer-like: "a frame-thick with well-earned  muscle, yet still lean". He has green eyes.

## Biography

### Details: WARNING, Possible Spoilers

Nate's life story is complex. He essentially lived two independent lives during his childhood, due to some time-bending by his parents. He began life in Fae, as Wylde. He grew up as a Manling Born in Fae, but in hiding. To keep him company and guide him, the Temples adopted a Faeling catperson kitten who Wylde named Talon the Devourer. They also enlisted the help of the Wild God, Pan, to protect and educate Wylde.

When circumstances dictated the Temples return to Earth, they blocked Wylde's memories of his childhood, magicked him back to young childhood, and renamed him Nate (Nathin Laurent). Once again, they found their son a companion and protector - Gunnar Randulf, a young werewolf. We don't know (as yet) Gunnar's origins. No doubt due to more Temple mind-meddling. Nate and Gunnar built and played in a treehouse dubbed Chateau Defiance.

During his college years, Nate becomes romantically involved with a young Russian student and world-class hacker called Othello. Significantly, her real name is never revealed. Othello calls Nate *Pharos*, in turn. On returning home, though, he seems to shift about aimlessly for a bit, playing the rich bachelor until the events of Fairy Tale inspire him to become a collector and protector of dangerous magical books. He buys the old theater in which much of Fairy Tale is set, and renovates it, reopening it as a bookstore.

Plato’s Cave is much more than a bookstore. The lobby resembles a very high-end Barnes & Noble, with plush seating areas, refreshments and the like. The loft projection area is a small apartment for Nate. Two of the three theaters were repurposed, one into a gaming paradise, and the other into a semi-private library where Nate can meet with clients and discuss rare book sales and purchases. The third theater, accessible only to Nate, houses his own private library of powerful and dangerous volumes. Nate refers to the place as his private Atlantis, or Nerdlantis, where anyone is welcome regardless of job, species or magic level.

Following the murder of his parents, Nate becomes embroiled in a battle to prevent Alaric Slate from assuming the mantle of the Dragon King; Alaric wants to bring Freaks into the open, to the detriment of Regular humanity. Nate manages to prevail, having gathered Gunnar and new allies like ‘his’ unicorn, Grimm, Tory and Raego to kill Alaric and place Raego on the dragon throne, despite having been betrayed by his Regular friend, Peter. He also learns of a mysterious door in the hall where his parents were killed that is apparently invisible. He can’t locate the door, despite having seen video of his parents using it on the night of the murder.

Nate also begins having strange surges, inadvertently doing powerful magic, as well as having night terrors, which evolve into daymares when he doses off due to exhaustion. Following such a daymare, Nate wakes in Achilles' bar, where he had been waiting for a client. He makes the acquaintance of a nameless man he dubs Hemingway after his choice of drink, Death in the Afternoon. Hemingway is actually Death, as in Horseman of. He also meets the angel, Eae, who inexplicably accuses him of consorting with demons. To make matters worse, the Justices of the Academy demand that Nate turn over the Armory – a store of powerful artifacts and weapons - which lies behind the hidden door. They seal away his wizard’s power to extort him into complying, and set the Justice Gavin to watch him.

## Powers

As the series begins, Nate is an urban-fantasy-typical fireball-flinging wizard. However, the emergence of his forgotten childhood memories in Fae and various events result in his increasing in power and attaining new (or remembered) attributes.

(Maker/Dark Presence/Beast/Kai; Horseman; Energy whip; Feather chain whip; godkiller)

## Artifacts

(Feather; Grimm feather; Hand of God;gold coin from Hermes; satchel; magic hourglass; Souleater/Neverius; Birthright/War Hammer)

## Series Appearances

Nate is the protagonist of the Nate Temple Series, narrating all novels and novellas. He also narrates the short story, *Beerlympian*, in Last Call. In addition, Nate makes appearances in both companion series:

* Feathers and Fire
	+ Unchained
	+ Rage
	+ Whispers
	+ Angels Roar
	+ Sinner
	+ Black Sheep
* Phantom Queen Diaries
	+ Whiskey Ginger
	+ Old Fashioned
	+ Salty Dog
	+ Hurricane

1. ↑ Obsidian Son, Ch. 1