Nathaniel Howe

Nathaniel
Race	Human
Gender	Male
Location	Vigil's Keep
Voice	Simon Chadwick
Appearances	Dragon Age: Origins - Awakening

Nathaniel Howe is a companion in Dragon Age: Origins - Awakening.

Background

The Howe name was once great, known across Ferelden as honorable stewards of their lands and protectors of their people's freedom. But then Arl Rendon Howe betrayed the teyrn of Highever, assumed a title that did not belong to him, threw his lot in with a regicide, and was slain for his deeds. And yet he was the lucky one. He did not live to see his surname dragged through the mud, his family stripped of titles and lands. It is Rendon's son Nathaniel who has suffered for the sins of his father. He has been left with nothing, a pariah forced to live by wits alone. All he knows is that the father he loved is dead by a Grey Warden's hand and that those murderers have now installed themselves in his childhood home.

It's possible that he may cause conflict with a Human Noble Warden. It is odd, however, that Rendon Howe did not mention him when discussing his other son, Thomas, and his daughter Delilah with the Human Noble Warden.

Involvement

Nathaniel in the Penny Arcade comic

• The protagonist in Penny Arcade Comic II for Dragon Age: Origins - Awakening was confirmed to be Nathaniel Howe on March 15, 2010.
• A screenshot of a party composed of PC Warden, Nathaniel Howe, Oghren and Anders can be seen at IGN.

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This section contains spoilers for:
Dragon Age: Origins.

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• Nathaniel is a thief captured in Vigil's Keep and locked away in the Dungeon. You can choose to talk to him and decide his fate. One option is to force him to undergo the Joining and become a Grey Warden. If you choose this option he will join your party.

Quotes

• See also Nathaniel Howe's Dialogue

• "My grandfather was a Grey Warden. Would he even recognize what the order has become? Would he weep at it's dereliction? Or would he draw his blade, point it towards his enemy's heart, and cry, 'Enough.'"
• "If it isn't the great hero, my father's murderer."
• (To warden) "I came here to kill you. If you let me go, you might not catch me next time."

Trivia

• Nathaniel Howe is also the name of a Protestant Christian minister who is famous for the quote, "The way to be nothing is to do nothing."

Gifts

• Howe Bow
• Delilah Howe's Letters
• Lockpicking Tools
• Whetstone
• Golden Vase
• Bronze Sextant