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I am not sure what was on the previous version of the article, but the following out of universe information can be added from "Resistance 2: Getting To Know Nathan Hale," PlayStation The Official Magazine 13 (November 2008): 62: the character is voiced by David Kaye. PTOM states that "The Resistance 2 story is all about Nathan Hale and his role in this great conflict." Ted Price, one of the game developers, adds, "Internally we wanted to know more about Hale, and focusing on him provided the opportunity to answer questions about him." Thus, I encourage someone to restore the article and add this information in a manner such as this:
Nathan Hale is the protagonist of the Playstation 3 games Resistance: Fall of Man and its sequel Resistance 2. He is voiced by David Kaye.
Development
Ted Price, one of the game developers, adds, "Internally we wanted to know more about Hale, and focusing on him provided the opportunity to answer questions about him."
Biography
Hale killed practically every chimera in England and then went to America to win again.
Reception
PTOM states that "The Resistance 2 story is all about Nathan Hale and his role in this great conflict." Playstation Universe lists Hale among the top five Playstation 3 characters thus far.
References
- "Resistance 2: Getting To Know Nathan Hale," PlayStation The Official Magazine 13 (November 2008): 62.
- "Resistance 2: Getting To Know Nathan Hale," PlayStation The Official Magazine 13 (November 2008): 62.
- "Resistance 2: Getting To Know Nathan Hale," PlayStation The Official Magazine 13 (November 2008): 62.
- Dave Wales, "Top five PlayStation 3 characters thus far," Playstation Universe (March 16th, 2008): http://www.psu.com/Top-five-PlayStation-3-characters-thus-far--a0003095-p0.php
Restoration
Nathaniel is a character in Jonathan Stroud's Bartimaeus Trilogy. Nathaniel is one of the main characters of this series. After coming of age as a magician when he was 12 years old, he was granted the new name of John Mandrake, and is known by this name to everyone but the title character, Bartimaeus and in the later part of Ptolemy's Gate to Kitty.
Attributes
Appearance
In The Amulet of Samarkand he is described as being small and scrawny with dark hair. His hair, as he increases in rank, becomes increasingly long, but during the gap between The Golem's Eye and Ptolemy's Gate he has opted for a crew cut in (politically advantageous) tribute to the soldiers fighting in America. He is further described as attractive, with "the scent of power around him" and of medium height and slender build, his forehead prematurely lined (Ptolemy's Gate, U.S. Edition, pg. 21).
Personality
Nathaniel is, at first, a small, shy boy uncomfortable with anyone who is not Mrs. Underwood or Ms. Lutyens. He is very nervous and scared by Bartimaeus when he first summons the demon. As the books progress, and he becomes more and more proficient, he also becomes more confident, and possibly overconfident. He works fervently when motivated, as is shown when he furthers his education with incredible speed in The Amulet of Samarkand. Throughout the books he also shows signs of ambition to rise through the ranks of the government, a common goal among magicians. Bartimaeus compares him more than once to Simon Lovelace, as they share a similar mindset, and habitual tics, such as stroking back their hair.
Role in books
The Amulet of Samarkand
In The Amulet of Samarkand, Nathaniel starts off as a young boy who, at the age of five, had been given up by his parents to apprenticeship under a mediocre Whitehall magician named Arthur Underwood, the assistant minister of Internal Affairs. Underwood begins teaching the boy in magic, but Nathaniel, being inquisitive, decides to advance his education to higher levels without the knowledge of his tutor.
However, at the age of eleven, in his master's house, Nathaniel is publicly humiliated by a greedy and ambitious young magician named Simon Lovelace. In a fit of juvenile fury, Nathaniel hatches a plan for vengeance. He sets several mites (a weak kind of imp) on Lovelace, but Lovelace is powerful and stops the mites, then proceeds to beat Nathaniel as punishment.
Later, after much research and preparation, Nathaniel summons Bartimaeus, a 5,000-year-old djinni, to exact his revenge on Lovelace. Mrs. Underwood - Nathaniel's master's wife - inadvertently reveals Nathaniel's true name to Bartimaeus. This vastly limits Nathaniel's control over the djinni, because spells can be cast on people when their true name is known (hence the practice of assigning names).
In the end, Nathaniel earns the respect of the majority of the other magicians including Rupert Devereaux, the Prime Minister. He is accepted as a magician in the government.
The Golem's Eye
Nathaniel summons Bartimaeus again, facing off against the Resistance and sinister magicians.
The second book picks up almost three years later and features Nathaniel as a junior magician working his way up the government ranks. He is described as one of the governments' rising young stars. In this book, Kitty Jones is introduced as an important character. She is a part of the Resistance movement, which seeks to end the oppressive rule of the magicians. Nathaniel is tasked by his superiors to crush the Resistance movement and capture the members. His task is complicated when a seemingly invulnerable clay golem starts to make random attacks on London. Much to the displeasure of Bartimaeus, Nathaniel recalls the djinni to aid him in uncovering the origins of the golem, and to save his own skin.
During the course of the book Nathaniel is almost fired from his post and executed for treason. By the end of the book however he has come back to favor when Duvall's conspiracy comes to light.
Ptolemy's Gate
In Ptolemy's Gate, Nathaniel has risen to the ruling Council and is arguably the most powerful magician in the government. He stands against a force of hybrid magicians with spirits trapped inside them, led by Nouda. Romantic feelings are hinted at in the book at various points between Kitty and himself. Nathaniel summons Bartimaeus into his body to help fight the Hybrids with Gladstone's staff, and destroys most of them, leaving only Nouda alive. However, during this fight, Nathaniel is seriously injured and he loses strength quickly, even with Bartimaeus' assistance. When Nathaniel and Bartimaeus confront Nouda, Nathaniel dismisses Bartimaeus which saves Baritmaeus just prior to the staff being destroyed killing both Nouda and Nathaniel. Bartimaeus returned to the Other Place, but is known to have survived; according to his "journal", he was summoned by a female magician with a stutter afterwards. Kitty, in the end, goes visit her old friend Jakob before she begins to travel around the world in a new life.
Trivia
- Nathaniel's chosen magician name, John Mandrake, may be a reference to the popular comic strip and real life magician, Mandrake the Magician
- Nathaniel's birthday is on November 26, as confirmed by the author.
External links
References
RFA Thanks
References
The Misplaced Pages Signpost: 8 March 2010
- News and notes: Financial statements, discussions, milestones
- WikiProject report: WikiProject Java
- Features and admins: Approved this week
- Arbitration report: The Report on Lengthy Litigation
- Thank you for the news! Sincerely, --A Nobody 18:59, 10 March 2010 (UTC)
Discussion of Kmweber's editing restriction
Since you commented in the sub-thread WP:ANI#Specific question growing out of User:Kmweber's recent edits to an AfD page and his subsequent block and unblock, i wish to draw your attention to WP:ANI#Proposed modification of restriction of Kmweber where I have proposed that his restriction be modified as discussed the the "specific question" sub thread. Your views would be welcome. DES 15:35, 12 March 2010 (UTC)
- Thank you for the notification. I have commented. Sincerely, --A Nobody 15:55, 12 March 2010 (UTC)
Do you really want to see an ArbCom case about yourself?
I recently asked you not to do this sort of thing. Please stop it. You can ask for userfication or take an AfD closure you don't like to DRV, but this is not acceptable. Your tactic of going into hiding will not work with ArbCom. Deor (talk) 17:40, 12 March 2010 (UTC)
- No and please do not leave any more bogus messages on my page as I am not likely to read or respond to them per WP:DENY as I do not humor those who actually make fun of other users' usernames. Per Misplaced Pages:Deletion_review#Instructions: "Before listing a review request: discuss the matter with the deleting administrator and try to resolve it with him or her first. If you and the admin cannot work out a satisfactory solution, only then should you bring the matter before Deletion review." I am therefore not going to just start deletion reviews without discussing with admins first per the actual instructions on the Deletion review page. What is great about this particular example is that the admin responded politely, fairly, and maturely to my request and granted it. We had a civil discussion and the project is none the worse as a result. That is exactly how these discussions are supposed to go and how they go when two reasonable people interact. No need to play games with a deletion review, nor userfication. A fair request for a resasonable compromise is politely made and a reasonable admin offers an acceptable solution. Just as we are instructed and encourage to do. Please do not invent fake problems or order other users to not actually follow the guidelines provided. I am not interested in hearing from you until/unless you offer a formal and sincere apology for various slights. If not, then do not post on my talk page ever again as it will most likely not even be read. I do not know why you still stalk my edits, especially as I do not concern myself with your edits, but instead I encourage you to help improve articles rather than badger people over good faith and constructive editing. No further posts on my talk page are welcome from your other than an apology. If that is not forthcoming then it has to be good bye between us. If you persist, you will just demonstrate to neutral observers that you are indeed hounding me. --A Nobody 18:13, 12 March 2010 (UTC)
March 2010
Please do not attack other editors, as you did here: Talk:List of Resident Evil characters#Rebecca Chambers merge. If you continue, you will be blocked from editing Misplaced Pages. Explodicle (T/C) 23:09, 13 March 2010 (UTC)
- What exactly did he state which you consider a personal attack? Was it the bit about him using common sense, as one should, instead of mindlessly following the suggested guidelines no one takes seriously? Dream Focus 05:28, 14 March 2010 (UTC)
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