Character Name

Nathaniel Graison

Also Known As

Nathaniel, Anita's Pomme, Stage name is Brandon

First Seen in

Burnt Offerings

Character Description

Nathaniel, when Anita first meets him in BO is about 5'6" and still has a boyish look to him (he's 19) and a dancer's body. His defining features are his very long auburn hair and his violet eyes.
In TH, he has grown as well as filled out and is now 5'6 1/2 " tall. He is described as broad shouldered. Pretty, beautiful rather than handsome, yet masculine as well. His face is strong boned with high cheekbones and large lilac/lavender eyes. He has a sweet clean smell with undertone of vanilla. His Copper Auburn hair is ankle length.

Character Casting Picture

European Model Dimitris K. as Nathaniel. Go here to suggest another.

Character Occupation

Stripper at Guilty Pleasures, Anita's first Pomme de Sang and later a member of her second triumvirate as her animal-to-call. He also starred in a number of pornographic films made by Raina.

Character Race

Lycanthrope (wereleopard), black with blue/grey eyes. He is about 18 or 19 when introduced though he lookslooked to be younger.

Character Status

Living

Character Associations and Ties

• Friends with Jason and Stephen.
• A very low-ranking, submissive leopard who was pimped out by Gabriel and later by Zane before Anita took control of the pard.
• A dancer at Guilty Pleasures.

Also seen in

Every book after Burnt Offerings except for Obsidian Butterfly.

Character Factoids

• Nathaniel is a true SMBD submissive and craves to be dominated. He also enjoys some pain. (BM, NiC, ID, DM)
• After Anita took over the pard in BO, Nathaniel couldn't understand why she wouldn't have sex with him. He couldn't understand someone giving him something without wanting something from him. (BM)
• He must be watched when out at clubs, as he doesn't truly know his limits and seems unable to use his safe word when being hurt. (NiC)
• At Anita's demand, he has become more self-sufficient.
• He has learned to drive in CS.
• Even though he lives with Anita and sleeps in her bed, and is her Pomme de Sang for the ardeur, he does not actually become Anita's lover until ID. This is because Anita feels like she is taking advantage of him.
• Anita finally admits to herself and to him that she loves him in ID.
• In ID, when he shifts, he has 'hands' for the first time in his half-form.
• He lives with Anita and has a knack for 'home-making' activities, functioning sort of like her 'wife'.
• Turned tricks on the streets before Gabriel found him, and was a drug addict. (BM) Has a record for solicitation as a minor (15), he was arrested twice. (BM, ID)(ID)
• He was seventeen when he was turned. (?BM?)
• He gains some muscle and grows a little taller as the series goes on. (ID, DM)DM. TH)
• His age is stated as 20 in TH, and we are told that his birthday is in the spring (March to June) and that he would be twenty-one.
• In TH, we learn that the vanilla scent that Anita associates with Nathaniel is partially the result of his bath products and cologne.
• He is seven years younger than Anita. (TH)

Character Quotes

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