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Nathanial was the middle of three sons, and grew up helping around his father's cider mill. Set to inherit the mill with his older brother seeking entrance into the nearby order of Mystra, that all changed the day of the initiation itself. On that day, when the priest was performing the initiation ceremony, the goddess intervened, and while the form of that intervention was minor Mystra's message was quite clear:

No. I want THIS one.

Nathanial's initiation was performed that very day.

Since then Nathanial has proven his worth to the church. Though he has no notable aptitude for arcane spellcasting himself, he nonetheless has an interest in knowledge and obscure lore that has landed him in a number of posts that other Paladins, wanting more in the way of glory and head-smashing, disdained. In particular he spent three years guarding a church-funded excavation site wherein he became the liaison of choice to the local sphinx, and is well-known for his exploits breaking up a coastal ring of smugglers and pirates while tracking down some missing historical artifacts from aforesaid excavation. His most recent mission before the Trapmaster debacle ended after saving the life of an important scholar during a trial of some significance, whom Nathanial had been assigned as a bodyguard.

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