Prince Nathan is a fictional character

Fictional character

A character is the representation of a person in a narrative work of art . Derived from the ancient Greek word kharaktêr , the earliest use in English, in this sense, dates from the Restoration, although it became widely used after its appearance in Tom Jones in 1749. From this, the sense of...

 and son of Valiant in the comic strip

Comic strip

A comic strip is a sequence of drawings arranged in interrelated panels to display brief humor or form a narrative, often serialized, with text in balloons and captions....

 "Prince Valiant

Prince Valiant

Prince Valiant in the Days of King Arthur, or simply Prince Valiant, is a long-run comic strip created by Hal Foster in 1937. It is an epic adventure that has told a continuous story during its entire history, and the full stretch of that story now totals more than 3700 Sunday strips...

." Nathan is the son of Prince Valiant of Thule and Queen Aleta of the Misty Isles. He was born early in the seventh century, near the beginning of the reign of Justinian

Justinian I

Justinian I ; , ; 483– 13 or 14 November 565), commonly known as Justinian the Great, was Byzantine Emperor from 527 to 565. During his reign, Justinian sought to revive the Empire's greatness and reconquer the lost western half of the classical Roman Empire.One of the most important figures of...

, Emperor of the East. Justinian kidnapped the infant Nathan, fearing that his wife would not give birth to a healthy male heir. When this fear proved unfounded, the Emperor gave the baby to a childless Jewish couple. Eventually, baby Nathan was returned to his rightful parents, but he had already been circumcised and given a Jewish name - Nathan. This in addition to his already mixed Scandinavia

Scandinavia

Scandinavia is a cultural, historical and ethno-linguistic region in northern Europe that includes the three kingdoms of Denmark, Norway and Sweden, characterized by their common ethno-cultural heritage and language. Modern Norway and Sweden proper are situated on the Scandinavian Peninsula,...

n-Greek ancestry. In the strip, he is currently in his early teens but has already traveled through much of the known and unknown world with his family and others. He has courage and wisdom beyond his years, besides scientific knowledge and curiosity, and rare artistic talents. He is a slim and handsome youth with flaming-red hair.

Recent Adventures

In the strip's episodes published in late 2005 and early 2006, Nathan helped to save the life of a Loch Ness Monster

Loch Ness Monster

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 and was captured by Viking

Viking

The term Viking is customarily used to refer to the Norse explorers, warriors, merchants, and pirates who raided, traded, explored and settled in wide areas of Europe, Asia and the North Atlantic islands from the late 8th to the mid-11th century.These Norsemen used their famed longships to...

 pirates. His father helped him escape from the Viking captivity. On his way to Camelot, Nathan found his friend Sir Gawain. With his help he was able to reach Camelot

Camelot

Camelot is a castle and court associated with the legendary King Arthur. Absent in the early Arthurian material, Camelot first appeared in 12th-century French romances and eventually came to be described as the fantastic capital of Arthur's realm and a symbol of the Arthurian world...

and rejoin his mother, who immediately began organizing a mission to find and rescue Valiant. The expedition consisted of the Queen, Nathan, Gawain, and a few trustworthy, brave and hardy veteran knights. The expedition succeeded in finding Valiant - in Africa. (Strips published in the summer of 2008).