Nate Heywood

## Background

### 1984 - 2007: Nate Heywood

Nate Heywood is the only child of Henry Heywood, the first Citizen Steel & Dorothy Reyes, a physical therapist from the Phillipines. He was not even a year old when his father was killed during a battle with Ian Karkul. The battle not only claimed the life of his father but traumatized many members, leading to the disbandment of the Justice Society. Not wanting to deal with living around the place that was filled with memories of him, Dorothy moved her & Nate to secluded Franklin County, Ohio.

Not too much longer, Dorothy discovered that Nate was a hemophiliac. His diagnosis, in addition to his father's recent death, led to his mother becoming overly protective. Not able to do many physical activities gave him an interest in books & movies. His favorites were always old western & war movies which developed his desire to want to become a historian. In addition to be an expert on history, Nate also excelled in school leading him to graduate a year early. He went on to attend college & eventually graduated from Ivy University with his PhD at the age of 23.

Once Nate got his PhD, he became a historian & specialized in historical reconstruction & deduction. While it had been his dream, Nate began to feel unsatisfied with his life. He was learning so much but felt that he was not contributing to the world.

### 2009 - 2011: Nate Heywood

Nat eventually got his chance to change the world when he happened to witness a mugging by the local market. However, he was no expert in fighting & was beaten to a pulp by the man. When his mom got the call, she immediately took him to the hospital where they said that they didn't think he would make it due to the damage to his internal structure. Dorothy then called the one man she knew would be able to help her son.

Doctor Mid-Nite arrived & performed extensive surgery on him with mechanized steel devices that facilitate normal human functions but on a superhuman level. When Nate woke up, Doctor Mid-Nite informed him that he was now a being of living steel. With only his mom & Doctor Mid-Nite knowing the truth about him, Nate decided that he would use his new physiology to his advantage & help those in need.

After about a year of traaining, Doctor Mid-Nite & Sandman offered him a chance to become a real superhero. His mother was against it as this life led to his father's death but Nate felt that he would be doing right his dad & decided to take on his father's codename, Citizen Steel. Bidding his mother farewell, Nate moved into the JSA Brownstone in Gotham with Doctor Mid-Nite, as well as Alan Scott & his wife.

## Romantic Relationships

* Zari Tomaz: Girlfriend (2016), (2019 - )

## Personality

Nate is an easily excitable individual, with great passion for his work & a tendency to ramble off when describing his findings or hypotheses. He is altruistic, ready to go & save a team of complete strangers at the bat of an eye.

Throughout his life, Nate spent half of his childhood in a hospital due to his illness & never leaving home until he was sixteen. Sheltered at home & unable to make his own decisions, Nate longed for a life as an adult & took the choice to go on an adventure when one came up. He is brave, courageous & willing to try new things for a good cause. Nate is approachable and friendly, able to easily bond and make friends with all of his fellow Legends.

## Powers & Abilities

* **Organic Steel Physiology**: Nate Heywood's skin, bone & muscle tissue has been transmuted into organic steel, which provides him with enhanced strength and durability. Despite being entirely constituted of steel in his altered state, Nate appears to retain his normal level of mobility, leaving his agility unhindered. Nate is also able to transform only parts of his body, leaving the rest of it intact.
	+ ***Accelerated Healing*:** Nate's enhanced body is able to recover from injuries much faster than a normal person. Upon transforming, any injuries his body has sustained fully heal immediately. A bonus effect of the biomolecular enhancer cured Nate's hemophilia.
	+ ***Superhuman Durability*:** Nate is far more durable than any normal human, approximately 100 times stronger than steel. This makes him extremely resistant to injury from low to high-caliber bullets, landmines, knives & even ion blasts from Ray's Atom Exosuit & super-accelerated hits from the Reverse-Flash.Nate's durability is not without limits, as he can be affected by bullets or any weapons molded from Dwarf star alloy & possibly any metal/steel strong enough to penetrate his body.
	+ ***Superhuman Strength*:** Nate is far stronger than any normal human. Ray stated his physical being quintupled from its normal level, however it seems to actually be much more as in times, he had exhibited Kryptonian-like strength. Even in human form, he is considerably stronger than the average human (just above the peak human strength), enough to easily break a piece of a desk to use as an improvised weapon.
		- ***Stomp Induced Shockwaves*:** Nate can generate shockwaves by stomping hard from where he is presently positioned, inducing loud tremors that can knock people off their feet.
* **High Level Intellect:** Nate is a very intelligent individual, being a highly accomplished & resourceful historian, priding himself on deduction. He is very observant & sharp-witted. His talents for deductive reasoning & analysis have proved their worth time & time again.
	+ ***Drawing*:** Nate is proven to be a decent sketch artist, drawing accurate sketches from memory.
	+ ***Engineering*:** Nate has been proven to be highly trained with machinery.
	+ ***Multilingualism*:** He is fluent in English, German, French, Japanese, Italian & Latin.
	+ ***Musical Aptitude*:** Nate seems to have some musical skills, at least in guitar-like instruments. He also is a decent singer.
* **Acrobatics**: Nate Heywood possesses great athletic prowess. He is also flexible enough to successfully maneuver through a course of trip wires without getting hurt.
* **Hand to Hand Combat:** Since joining the Legends, Nate has begun sparring with his companions (especially with Ray) to better his combat skills. Despite not being as skilled as other Legends such as Sara Lance or Mick Rory, he can hold his own in a fistfight, partly because of his powers. Nate's style of fighting is mostly that of a brawler mixed with basic boxing.
* **Marksmanship:** Nate fought decently with a rifle while undercover with Mick.
* **Swordsmanship:** He once successfully fought against an opponent using the blade of a paper cutter.
* **Stainless Steel Skin-Suit**: He wears a specially designed containment suit developed by Atom & Mister Terrific. The costume functions as a secondary skin & is composed of a stainless steel alloy with a tensile strength of over 280,000 lbs. per square inch. The metal shell adapts to the curvature of Steel's body & re-molds itself based upon his movements. Although the suit helps Steel adjust to his body's new composition, it also significantly reduces his strength level.

### Weaknesses

* **Emotional State:** While his powers make him very strong, his ability to access & maintain them are all dependent on his focus & emotional drive. If too careless, he could end up leaving himself completely vulnerable.
* **Tranquilizing Drugs:** Tranquilizing drugs can temporarily disable Nate's ability to access his powers.
* **Alcohol:** After a night of extensive drinking, Nate woke up with a serious hangover & had difficulty to transform into steel, even though at the time he normally could do so at will.
* **Reaction Time:** If he does not anticipate a physical attack, he can be subdued before getting the chance to access his powers.
* ***Hemophilia (formerly)*:** Nate was born with a condition where his blood doesn't clot properly, severely diminishing his healing rate. He could easily bleed to death from any injury, even a simply cut. Due to his body being transmuted with organic steel, Nate's condition was permanently cured.

### Ratings

* **Intelligence:** Unknown
* **Strength:** Unknown
* **Speed:** Unknown
* **Occult:** Unknown
* **Weapons:** Unknown
* **Range:** Unknown
* **Strategy:** Unknown
* **Combat:** Unknown
* **TOTAL:** Unknown

## Trivia

* Hemophilia results in his blood notclotting properly. He could essentially bleed out from a simply cut.
* When Nate once scraped his knee at nine, his mother didn't allow him to go outside for the next month in fear that he would bleed out.
* Ray & Nate watch Patrick Swayze movies between missions.
* Nate stated that he loves Ray Palmer, Sara Lance & Mick Rory like family. He's also very closed to Amon Tomaz, looking to him as a younger brother.
* Mick Rory has given him the nickname Pretty Boy, Pretty Guy & Pretty.
* Him & Zari attended Ivy University at the same time but did not meet until they both joined the Legends.
* Ray Palmer is his best friend. They have grown especially close, forming a strong friendship to the point that Nate was even able to hold a naked Ray without being flustered. Sara constantly jokes about their bromance & "sibling rivalry."
* When Nate was operating as Citizen Steel, he lived in Central City. During this time, he became a member of Flash Legacy.