Nathaniel Pierce

"'My brother is dead, his rich, bitchy boss is letting me live with her, I still have to finish this essay, and you're asking me who my favorite superhero is? If you must know, it's Frank Crawford.'""—Nathan Pierce to Melanie Prewitt"Nathan Pierce, the son of Karen Pierce and Martin Pierce and the younger brother of Adam Pierce. During the disappearance of Adam he stays with Melanie Prewitt and finds out her secret. In order to get his brother back he dons a mask and becomes The Archer.

Biography
From a young age Nathan was a very smart child. He was always much smarter than the kids in class and instead of partaking in games or playing with other kids he preferred to stay inside and read or draw.

Nathan's parents were cops who were constantly working. Because of that he grew very close to his older brother Adam who was always there, watching out for him. When Nathan was in middle school he realized he was gay and the first person he came out to was Adam, who accepted him wholeheartedly. When Nathan told his parents they weren't very comfortable with the fact but never said anything against it. They just wanted him to be happy.

During middle school Nathan had begun to get bullied for his sexuality when he was found kissing a boy in the locker room. They didn't like that he was gay or that he was smarter than them and after Nathan lashed out on them verbally, they began to physically beat him up. After that incident his parents transferred him from Washington High to Westbridge Prep, a private school. He also took up self defense to prevent the incident from ever happening again.

When Nathan was fourteen his parents were killed while they were on duty and Nathan had to live with Adam.

The Mysterious Disappearance of Adam Pierce
During Nathan's Junior year in high school, his older brother, Adam, had begun working for Melanie Prewitt. He was her EA and after a few months, he suddenly dropped off the face of the planet. When he realized that his brother was gone he went to Petrov Industries and demanded to see Melanie. He managed to bypass security and get to Melanie. When he got to her he interrogated her about Adam, saying that she had to be the reason he was gone and she promised she'd personally find him for Nathan. She allowed Nathan to stay with her. During this time Nathan followed Melanie into the Quiver and found out about her being Archeress.