Nate Snell

## Appearance

Inside the VR gaming room, one of the Pod doors was abruptly opened and out stepped a fairly domineering man with a burly build. His neck was nearly as wide as his square-shaped head, and for some reason, he also decided to frame his hair in a way that was similar to how his head was sculpted.

Nate purposely matched up his hair with his face's jawline.

Layla had the urge to call the boy 'blocky' based on his appearance

One that was quite wide and large and had a square-looking head.

Quinn had better skin and his body was better proportioned compared to Nate as well, who had short, stumpy legs.

### Vampire

His jawline felt a lot more smoother compared to before. His blocky square hair felt softer, and his whole body felt slightly lighter. His clear skin, his robust facial features, his soft gentle eyes. He became handsome.

## Personality

* *"An angel!"* Nate said. *"A true angel has descended among us mortals!"* ~ At Teacher Silver

He wasn't like the other high-level users. He treated everyone in his classroom fairly even though he was known as the strongest of his year.

* *"The best way to shove it in peoples faces like them is to prove them wrong. And when you see their faces after, treasure that moment because that's the best feeling."* The student said with a sadistic smile on his face. It looked like he had the experience of doing this himself at some point.

Not everyone who played the VR game visited the forums; only those that truly enjoyed the game like Nate and Sam were a part of this group.

Nate likes to try and enjoy a fight with the strong that he acknowledges. He didn't care where they thought; all he wanted to do was have a good fight.

* *"Why are you doing this to me? Why are you refusing to fight me? Is it because you don't think I'm strong enough? Come on. I'll show you right now!"* *"No, I refuse. I don't care. I'm fighting, you know, and you better start throwing back!"*

Nate was never good with girls. And he seemed to fall for any beauty he laid his eyes on.

He is an individualist.

Nate wasn't the best of liars. He was loud and not a shy person, an honest side that can handle new responsibilities early.

Nate turned his head back to look at Sam, looking to him for some type of answer. Whenever Nate didn't understand what was going on, he was sure he could rely on his friend Sam.

Nate cares more about girls than he does his martial arts.

## History

They watched the final day of events and continued to talk, laugh, and tell stories to each other. Nate and Sam seemed to have even known each other before coming to military school, which was a little rare since the organizers tried to purposely split people who did know each other. But because of this, they had plenty of embarrassing stories to tell.

Nate's family were strong ability users, but not too strong. They were not wealthy like Sam's family. They made up for their strong defect with their practice in many martial arts and Nate grew up learning these martial arts. He was a genius in his field, managing to learn his ability and his family skills well.

### Blood Evolver

He was a second-year from another academy and in his academy, he was well known for being one of the strongest second years. Nate often played in the game to improve his fighting skills as this was important for him due to the fact it went hand in hand with his ability. He was obsessed with learning all different types of martial art skills. There was one area in the game that it didn't allow you to improve on though. Even though the game allowed you to use abilities, it did not have the system in place to use soul weapons.

Quinn was able to damage his solid body even though no one had done such a feat before. He was sure the person would have at least been a second year. Nate gave Quinn combat advice and told him where Sam's cloak's winged lizard crystals came from.

Nate had watched all the fights of Quinn so far in the VR game.

* *"At first, it was his skills that interested me, much like everyone else here. But, after that, I noticed something; every time he came back to play the game, he would have grown in strength by leaps and bounds. And for some reason, watching someone grow from a small little fish, into a fierce dragon is exciting for me!"* Nate explained, glancing at the match. *"Now let's see how much you've grown this time."*

### Inter-Base Military Tournament

Group C: Ben Richard, Steve Jillian, Jason Wong, Suzie Filbuster, Maze Kilbert, Nate Snell and Quinn Talen.

For days Nate had been hoping to face a half-decent opponent, but so far he had only been disappointed. After seeing the Cursed Child be put in the same group as him, Nate was sure his luck had now changed for good.

* Stage 3: Quinn Talen and Nate Snell - Nate wins by (lv. 19) Quinn's forfeit

### Civil War

After a student finished their second year of military training, they were free to do as they wished. For both Nate and Sam, it was their last year when summer came, so they had to make the tough choice of what to do next. Nate and Sam could stay in the military, living quite a cushioned life. However, it would be one of discipline and routine. Having to follow orders for the sake of the world's future. They could become a normal civilian, this route was often chosen by those that didn't achieve good grades, or didn't have a strong ability. Or even the dangerous Traveller route.

Before the Civil war had started, both Nate and Sam were going through this ordeal and they had decided to become travellers. They were best friends but their skills were wide apart and so were their family backgrounds.

He had done far better than anyone could have ever dreamed of and was strong. When he left school, he had many offers from top factions. However Nate was a person who wished to do things on his own. He didn't want the help of his family, and he didn't want the backing of a big faction. He wanted to make his own name for himself and a legacy. In his search he had found a medium sized faction that seemed perfect. They would be able to give him some support where he could grow and get a name, while also not being overshadowed by the many other talents in a faction.

Of course, he had chosen to invite his best friend Sam along as well. Then, the big event happened. The world had split into different powerhouses and people needed to make a choice. Sam had chosen to leave with Nate and the two of them ended up at the Crow's faction under the Graylash family.

#### The Crow's faction

In the initial assessment, Nate had gotten the highest rank possible, rank D, while Sam was given a rank E. The two of them completed tasks by hunting beasts and their talents were beginning to shine though. It wasn't long before they both got noticed and were requested to hunt the higher tier beasts. The two of them climbed through the ranks quickly. However, once again Sam started to fall behind, he remained stuck at rank C, while Nate was able to achieve a Traveler rank B.

When he became rank B, a small office space was given to Nate to work from once he had been promoted to Rank B. In a way, it was frustrating for Nate. He wished he could continue hunting every day. That way, he could rank up even further to build his legacy. Still, the Crow's faction was a little short-handed with everything coming down on it from above.

In the Crow's base, there were only a few Rank B's with their leader being the only Rank A in the base. For a faction of their size, it was quite good. Only the ones directly under the big families would have AA and AAA ranks. One of these responsibilities for Nate, was watching the new recruits and assessing them. This would be done along with the base leader Blip, and another Rank B. Sam would often come along with Nate. He wasn't part of the grading process, but was free to watch.

Every Traveller currently had completed their two years of military training. In the second year was when one would learn how to use their soul weapon. Without a soul weapon, this would significantly weaken their chances out on the battlefield, whichever team they went in. Currently, in the Crows, they hadn't recruited any first-year students from the military.

In the faction, Nate and Same once defeated a king tier beast by chance, Nate had chosen to give its crystal to Sam. The only reason why Sam allowed to hang around the B ranks and Blip is because of Nate's position. So the others don't exactly like Sam around here since two months passed.

Nate had gone questing only a few times with the senior, tough, narrowminded selfish Kong.

##### Message Blood Evolver

Quinn had been sent several messages for his ID: Blood Evolver from one of his friends. When looking at who it was sent from, he found out it had come from Nate. There was a string of messages all dated at different times from when he left.

1. *[Blood Evolver, the world really has gone to crap huh. Our base was attacked just like the others, but we were pulled out in time. I'm just sending you this message to see if you got out all okay.]*
2. *[I know you didn't reply to my last message, but knowing how strong you are I think you would have survived. With everything going on, me and Sam are thinking of leaving the military.]*
3. *[Update, I don't know if you're ignoring me on purpose or busy doing your own thing. But remember you promised me the two of us would have our fight. So I'm keeping you updated on where I am. Me and Sam decided to leave the military after all. Still undecided on where to go, was wondering if you had decided, maybe we could meet up and both join the same one?]*
4. *[Since you haven't replied, we decided to go ahead and join a faction called the Crow's. They're part of the Graylash family. We needed to, all the hassling was getting too much. They're still recruiting, well I guess everyone is. We're on planet Cudenti. Just thought I would let you know if you ever wanted to meet up. I know you're alive Blood Evolver, and I look forward to seeing you.]*

Quinn, Sam and Nate got to know each other better during the all inter military base tournament. At the time they had no clue who Quinn was and it was also when he revealed to everyone about his shadow ability. It was only later that Quinn revealed to Nate when they returned to school that he was also the so-called Blood Evolver. Because of this, Nate wished that they could both meet again and fight at full power. One, in the game Quinn was unable to use his shadow abilities. Two, the same was said for Nate with his soul weapon.

In the end, Quinn decided it was best if he didn't send a message to Nate. First, iif Nate knew, he would be bugging Quinn non stop. Second if Nate had left to join another faction, Quinn was worried it would influence his final decision. He also thought it would be a nice surprise for Nate.

#### Meeting Quinn After Summer Break

Nate had actually seen a photo of Quinn on the pre evolution forms (tablet) handed by Blip, but the appearance change had thrown him off and he never thought about it until Sam had mentioned it. Changes happened, but this was a bit too much for only two months.

He looked over pre evolution form on the tablet then realised that "super speed ability" Quinn was the one that had placed down he had killed the king tier beast. His doubts from earlier were gone. He didn't know why he was hiding his abilities, but he was. Now he was more interested in how he would trick everyone into thinking he had a super speed ability.

1. Obstacle Course: *There will be times when we are in jungles areas, mountains areas, and all other sorts of different terrains out in the field. The number one important thing to a traveller is their lives. There will be times where you will meet a beast that you cannot defeat or split off from your group and be alone. Here you will have to run for your life. Do everything you can to get away. This test is meant to emulate that. As you can see there are several rings, as soon as you go through the first golden ring, a timer will start. The gold ring will disappear and one of the other blue rings will turn gold. It should follow a path for you to see. The rings were all over the place. One of them was in the middle of a gap, suggesting you would have to jump from one container to the over to get through it. Others were in high places, making use of their upper body strength and climbing ability, lastly, there were a lot of rings. It would also be a test of stamina for them all.*
	1. Quinn's latest performance of "speed" shocked Nate and Sam.
	2. Realizing Quinn's group was composed of first year military school students, with Nate and Sam have just finished their second years, the Crow's leader Blip had Nate and Sam teach Quinn's group to awaken their soul weapons and practice after the assessment.
2. Sparring Match:
	1. Kazz Cain vs. Nate (Weird pheromone charm technique received) - Gave her rank D.
	2. Paul vs. Nate (Provoking Paul's anger into a berserk state) - Gave him rank F.

#### Hunting

Even though Nate had joined the Crow's faction and was one of the higher members, he hadn't been here long enough to have any loyalty to them. He cared for people and would help them out where need be, but this place was merely a stepping stone for his goals: make a name for himself by fighting many and leaving a legacy. He also has enough strength to fight an Emperor-tier beast.

Nate and Sam had smiles on their faces. They thought maybe they would have to get involved at some point to help Quinn with his plan of creating his own faction, but it seemed like he was doing everything himself already.

Since Nate is the Crow's best when it comes to hand to hand combat, the co-leader Blip wanted Nate to start training the Crow's in this combat style. The subsequent quests will be limited to low rating ones for now, unless a special request is made. The Sunshield family are masters in hand to hand combat and Nate can ensure the Crow's members can survive if they meet.

#### Quinn's Soul Weapon & Sunshield's Invasion

Watching over Quinn entering the soul weapon was both Nate and Sam. Later, Nate witnessed Quinn's soul weapon, item type's initial manifestation and called it:

* *"Don't worry my man, You're strong, so you won't die. Maybe Sam was right, and we should have tried figuring out your soul weapon a little bit at a time. I know this probably isn't something I should be saying right now, especially since you look like crap, but for a few seconds while using your soul weapon, you looked pretty badass to me."*

### The Cursed Ship

One of Quinn's potential to turn humans was Nate. However, he was already strong and mainly because of his soul weapon. Based on his nature, Nate would consider this outside help and would refuse, wanting to get stronger through his own powers.

## Abilities

Using his high fighting skills, he would be able to overcome the difference in the strength of abilities. There was also a second reason why Nate could compete on an even level with the higher ability levels; it was because of his soul weapon. Nate's soul weapon would increase his power to the point that it will allow him to fight soul weapon using level 7~8 opponents on an equal level. This was why Nate was respected by the higher-level students and looked up to by the low levels as well for overcoming that gap.

### Martial Arts

Nate was a junkie for martial arts. Even before learning what type of ability he had, he preferred the pure skill people would use in hand to hand combat. The fact that it also helped him out with his ability was only a bonus. Nate's family is a martial arts family, using martial arts to supplement their ability defect.

Nate also has high stamina, with solo maximum lasting a day. With practicing martial arts, his Hardening ability provides him free weights for exercise and training anytime, anywhere.

### Ability

* **[Former] Hardening**: The Hardening ability, like the Transformation ability, is one of the common non-elemental abilities on the market. When Nate used his Harding ability, it made his skin harder, increasing his mass and made him significantly weigh more. Using his ability, Nate was able to harden his whole body, but the hardening weakened after time. What made Nate so skilful with his ability, was through his years of fighting and martial arts, he was able to predict where someone would hit him before they did, and he could extra harden just that area. Nate lost Hardening after turning into a vampire.
	+ **Level 7**: Having temporarily metalic hard skin/body. Nate can use the hardening lqiuid material to create an extra solid silver metal weapon (shield, pole etc...) Usually the Hardening ability is only able to be used on your own body.

### Soul Weapon

* **[Former]** (Enhancement type) **Hardened Touch**
	+ **Hardened Touch** allows Nate to harden anything he touches: rocks, beast weapons, beasts themselves, and that includes joints. Hold them for long enough, and he can harden their entire body like a statue. On the surface, it seems like a useless skill, but the hardening effect makes the body heavier, and only Nate can will it away, plus with his martial arts background, getting close with his opponents is common in the first place.
		- Nate closed his eyes for a few seconds, and then his right hand seemed to have a shine like it was coated with something. It was his Harding ability. Then his fingertips started to change slightly, now looking like they were made out of silver. Using his soul weapon, the silver colour from Nate's fingertips started to spread over towards the target's arm covering the entire elbow. Letting go, the silver metal could still be seen there.
* **[Current]** (Enhancement type) ??

### Traveller

Military School graduate Nate Snell began his Traveller career with the highest enlistment rank, rank D. Every time a task was completed, the faction needed to input it into the system and award them points, allowing them to rank up. Within less than 2 months, Nate reached Traveller rank B, a few within the Crow's faction.

## Trivia

* Nate's accurate hunches are notorious for being 100% opposite of its guess.
* Nate is a battle and martial arts junkie.
* Nate and Sam were enthusiasts for the game created by Logan Green.
* Sam wanted to see the joy on Nate's face when he found out the Cursed Child and Blood Evolver were the same person.
* *"I'm in my second year now, which means I won't be in the military next year. But if you wish to find me, we will always be able to connect and contact each other through this game. Keep in touch."*

* Nate's friendship with Quinn incited the younger to join the Crow's faction.
* Nate wishes to be a one-star warrior who has at least embraced on woman in his life, to be his legacy (historical record).

## References

1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Chapter 304
2. ↑ Chapter 331
3. ↑ Chapter 732
4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 Chapter 340
5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 5.3 5.4 Chapter 548
6. ↑ Chapter 813
7. ↑ 7.0 7.1 7.2 Chapter 551-552
8. ↑ Chapter 577
9. ↑ 9.0 9.1 9.2 Chapter 593
10. ↑ Chapter 669
11. ↑ Chapter 332
12. ↑ Chapter 62
13. ↑ 13.0 13.1 Chapter 55
14. ↑ Chapter 606
15. ↑ Chapter 814
16. ↑ Chapter 219
17. ↑ Chapter 348