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Nathaniel "Nate" Archibald is the main male character (in contrast to Blair and Serena protagonist), and the tritagonist overall of Gossip Girl novel series.
Novel Series[]
Summary[]
Nathaniel "Nate" Archibald is a lacrosse player at the elite St. Jude's School for Boys. His mother, Mrs. Archibald, is a French socialite, and his father, Captain Archibald, is a former Navy captain and a wealthy banker. He smokes copious amounts of marijuana and was once caught and sent to drug rehabilitation for buying a dime bag in the park, where he met and briefly dated Georgina Sparks. Nate's best friends are Blair Waldorf and Serena van der Woodsen.
Nate's family resides in a gracious townhouse right off Park Avenue on the exclusive Upper East Side of Manhattan in New York City, and his mother's French socialite family owns a summer chateau in Nice. He is a fan of sailing like his father, and wished to do that instead of attending Yale with his girlfriend Blair, although he expressed interest in attending Brown University. By the end of the series, Nate has realized that he loves both Blair and Serena. At the end of the twelfth book, he sails around the world with a friend of his father to avoid getting in between Blair and Serena.
Style and Appearance[]
Nate is described as being muscular with golden blonde hair and sparkly green eyes. He's considered a "golden boy" and is considered by many the most attractive boy of the Upper East Side, he's also an athlete and several girls at Constance had a crush on him.
Relationships[]
Family[]
- Captain Archibald (father)
- Mrs. Archibald (mother)
Romances[]
- Blair Waldorf (ex-girlfriend)
- Serena van der Woodsen (ex-girlfriend)
- Jenny Humphrey (ex-girlfriend)
- Georgina Sparks (ex-girlfriend)