Editing Nate Faulker (section)

==Lifepath==

'''II Vervain - Key of Something Powerful'''<br>

Motion is really important to existence! It can't be anything but powerful and outgoing, and a huge duty beside that. It reflects one part of Nate's mortal life. As an army officer, he was also in a position of both power and duty, set apart from most of those around him. 

'''IV Clematis - The Key of Something Give Gifts'''<br>

He knows he's been given a gift here. It's a chance to see an entire new side of reality, something to observe and record and theorize about. But there's this doubt there: he's done that before, left his comfortable surrounds to seek out adventure. He may have been better off staying home..

'''More Than Anything Else, You Are… Epic, Inhuman, and Powerful.'''<br>

Being the Noble of Motion is extraordinary. It's exciting. It opens up a broad horizon of possibilities, unchecked by all but a few peers. He's not entirely comfortable with this. Power comes at a cost to someone, and if he's not paying it, who is?

'''Motion is From... the Beautiful Side of the World'''<br>

Motion isn't specific to humans. It's also not painful, at least not inherently. It can be as a side effect, pulling people apart (literally or figuratively) or resulting in all manner of physical mayhem. But Motion by itself tends to be beautiful, whether it's the rotation of the sky, the swirl of falling snowflakes, or the intricacies of an assembly line. At a personal level it lets him see new places, people, and things.<br>

'''Motion is... Something You Can Describe'''<br>

Motion is not something you can point at, but it absolutely can be described. Indeed, description is in many ways what motion is, because it is a quality that things have - how fast, what direction, is it repeating, and compared to what? Motion is relative to other things, at least in the Prosaic World, and even in the Mythic with its fixed frames of reference it can be relative to that too. It's also a universal experience, which is something that fascinates Nate. Every physical object has moved at some point in its existence, and many immaterial things as well. <br>

'''I Lived a.. Troubled Life'''<br>

Nate had a comfortable enough life until he joined the army, as much to test himself as any other reason, even if he talked a good game about brotherly love and national service. It actually went pretty well. It wasn't easy, by any means, but he got to see the world, experience adventure and be part of something greater than himself, fall in love. He got a little too full of himself, a little too confident, and it all crashed down. As the old proverb says, pride goes before a fall.<br>

'''It Inspired Me'''<br>

He finished his term and left the army, and spent some time travelling the country on a bike. He could have sat down and returned to the safety of academia, but he wanted to keep moving. It was during this time his commencement happened. He's decided that he won't waste this second chance.<br>

'''Contact: Legacy'''<br>

Once upon a time, Nate was a captain of men, trusted and admired and skilled in the arts of lore and war. He forged lifelong bonds with those around him. He had a career ahead, planned and mapped out in detail. Then he made some mistake, subtle like the start of an avalanche and just as devastating in result, that left people he cared about dead or wounded. Fairly or unfairly, he blames himself for failing those who trusted him. He owes it to them to make this second chance count, and look out for those left behind.<br>

'''Contact: Followers'''<br>

There are still people who look up to him, who say they would follow him into hell and might even still mean it if told Hell is a place. More have turned up since he became a power. He doesn't understand it. What do they see in him?<br>

'''Affiliation: The Song of Heaven'''<br>

He's not a fan of Heaven's decision to lock up the gates and exclude everyone else. There's nothing beautiful or just about it. But the mission of going out to make the world a better place, that he can get behind. <br>