- Name: Nathan Brazil
- Rank: Merchant Captain
- Position: Commanding Officer
- Assignment: Merchant Freighter Stehekin
- Personal
- Race: Human
- Gender: male
- Age: Claims to be 500 or more, due to rejuve (Appears to be early middle age)
- Attributes
- Fitness: 2
- Vitality: +2
- Coordination: 2
- Reaction: +1
- Intellect: 2
- Presence: 2
- Willpower: +1
- Psi: 0
- Skills
- Athletics (Running) 1 (2)
- Bargain (Marketplace Haggling) 2 (3)
- Computer (Hacking/Data Alteration) 3 (4)
- (Simulations/Modelling) (4)
- Culture (Human) 2 (3)
- Energy Weapons (Pistol) 2 (3)
- History (Human) 1 (2)
- Language
- Standard 3
- Law (Trade Regulations) 2 (3)
- Merchant (Free Trader) 2 (3)
- Personal Equipment (Environmental Suit) 3 (4)
- Projectile Weaponry (Pistol) 2 (3)
- (Bow) (3)
- (Thrown Weapon) (3)
- Shipboard Systems (Flight Control) 3 (4)
- Primitive Weaponry (Knife) 1 (2)
- (Sword) (3)
- Stealth (Stealthy Movement) 1 (2)
- (Hide) (2)
- Unarmed Combat (Brawling) (3 (4)
- World Knowledge (Well World) 1 (2)
- Traits
- Allies (Serge Ortega, Mavra Chang, many others); Alert; Curious; Dark Secret/Dark Secret Revealed (is a Markovian)(-3/-4); Immortal
- Other Statistics
- Courage: 5
- Renown: 50
- Aggression: 5 (-5)
- Discipline: 5
- Initiative: 5
- Openness: 5 (-5)
- Skill: 5
- Luck: 10 (-5)
- Resistance: 4
- Background Notes:
- Birthplace: unknown
- Birthdate: unknown
- Nathan Brazil is the caretaker of the Well of Souls, and is a major character in six of the ten books. In one book he claims to be god, in another he claims to be a human, made into the caretaker by his predecessor, and in yet another book he claims to be one of two remaining Markovians; the discussion he has with the Kraang supports this last hypothesis.
As the caretaker, he spends most of his time living as a human being of normal powers, in human society in the regular cosmos; only on the Well World does he have any significant abilities, and only in the Well of Souls can he exercise them to any great degree.
The Well Computer recognizes him as its caretaker, even when he has switched bodies during his time on the Well World (which happens all three times he visits in the series). Since the Well Computer is dependent on him for operation, it manipulates circumstances so that Brazil cannot die; no matter how extreme the apparent danger, some bizarre coincidence will happen to prevent his death, although if he is not needed by the Well, it will allow him to be crippled (from which he will eventually heal).
When he is needed by the Well Computer, it arranges for whatever circumstances are needed to ensure his arrival at the Well of Souls, no matter how implausible a circumstance is required. To accomplish this it has arranged for meteorites to strike the Earth, false distress signals to be transmitted, volcanoes to erupt to prompt him along his journey, and the Well entrance to open out of schedule.
- Appearance and Personality:
- Height: 1.7m
- Mass: 65kg
- Complexion: swarthy
- Hair: black
- Eyes: brown
- Distinguishing Marks: Roman nose, wide mouth. Wears his hair long, with a thin moustache and beard.
- In the Com, Brazil is something of an anomaly—a throwback. In an age of conformity, men like Nathan Brazil are the mavericks, th loners, the ones who don't fit. Recruited off the barbarian worlds of the frontier, they can take the loneliness of the job, the endless weeks often without Human company. Most psychologists call them sociopaths, people alienated from society.
Brazil likes people well enough, but not the factory-made ones. He would rather sit on his ship's bridge, the stars showing on the great three-dimensional screens in front of him, reflecting on why society has become alienated from him.
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