Description
Name | Nathanael von Schwarzenstein
Nickname | Nathan, Goldie
Age | 31
Birthday | 21st June 1994
Gender | Male
Height | 187 cm, 6’1’’
Weight | 69 kg, 152 lbs
Address | (living in) Zurich, Switzerland, (born in) Adelboden, Switzerland
Nationality | Swiss
Ancestry | Swiss [Parents], Italian [Grandfather]
Religion | Christian
Socioeconomic Status | Upper class
Educational Direction | PhD Clinical Psychology
Occupation in home country | ICU supervisor and counselor, Psychologist
PERSONALITY
Debonair | Alluring | Suave | Empathetic | Personable | Perceptive | Entertaining | Impressionable | Sociable | Dramatic
Superficial | Frivolous | Narcissistic | Directionless | Haughty | Vain | Pedantic | Exploitative | Unfaithful | Vindictive
Nathanael is an exceedingly observant and curious figure with just the right amount of intelligence shining through to meddle with everyone and everything welcomingly. He carries himself with a confident dignity. Open to the thoughts and impressions of others, this talkative individual dwells in social surroundings. He is a perceptive listener and most often judges a situation precisely, as long as he had not been influenced by gossip of any kind.
His recent history has brought a calmth to his character that turned out to be very helpful in therapy sessions. Given the professional situation, this man can evoke a controlled power of individualism within himself. He has a talent to understand and share the feeling of another. His lessons most often focus to enhance the personal uniqueness of his clients while explaining how to become unmoved by the steady flood of media coverage around them.
However, his pleasant character will slowly be replaced by a more superficial and passive aggressive behaviour the further and longer a casual conversation (outside of a working context) strays from his own person. He adores to have his ego stroked and often acts intolerant to criticism. The need for attention and a deeply rooted distrust towards the concept of lasting relationships, due to his family’s past, make him easy to stray from a partner. Most relationships never go further than casual dating before he loses interest and drops a lover without warning - or even worse, betrays them behind their back if his attention had been won by another person.
Nathanael has set high standards for his looks and will lose respect for people who don't appear to do the same. His attitude is most easily seen by his immediate aversion towards piercings, tattoos, inappropriate makeup or any other unnatural body modification.
This man is a micromanager when it comes to the organisation of projects. Even though his sharp-sightedness helps him to grasp situations quickly, he often starts at the detail and loses grasp of the whole. This can become a hindrance if colleagues don't act cooperative and decide to ignore his insightful remarks about the most trivial necessities.
HISTORY
Nathan was born as the first child of a Swiss dentist and a famous musician, who had retreated to the remote town of Adelboden in the Swiss mountain area to have a break from her career. Nathan spent his entire childhood up in the small town, soon accompanied by his younger sister Claire. Both were raised by their father only, as the relationship between him and their mother soon crumbled under the pressure of success. For two years their conflict dwelled silently, one full year was spent arguing loudly… then silence returned to the household of the von Schwarzensteins.
Nathan was allowed to work as a child model after the media world heard of him due to his mother’s return to the spotlights. He had to stop at the age of 12 though, when it was unclear how puberty would shape him. Working hard for school in those years, it all paid off. The boy managed to position himself in a good social spot in school, was praised for his intelligence by all of his teachers and was offered a new modeling contract at the age of 18 again.
From the summer of his 18th year until his 21st year, Nathan started studying Psychology at the Università della Svizzera italiana (USI) while continuing his career as a model. He enjoyed the challenge of studying in another language as well as learning more about human interactions. In his 5th semester, Nathan started a project with 2 friends of his to design a meditation app for the Swiss SmartWatch.
At the end of his Bachelor degree, he got engaged to Felicita Moretti. Their bond was intended to be a promise to always stay together. The engagement lasted for a whole month until Nathan broke things off at the end of their summer holidays.
With 22 he was offered his first role in a tv series. Nathan delayed the master studies he had just started for the chance of becoming famous while putting all his income into the further development of his meditation SmartWatch app. Both decisions paid off as his career got a major boost and the app became a national hit. With 23, he finished his master degree.
At the age of 24, Nathan was offered his first major role in a musical movie. Knowing how to entertain the press and thinking it was true love this time, he got engaged to his co-star. Their relationship lasted half a year. However, the movie was another lucky strike and the final step to becoming a national celebrity. While now touring around to shoot more movies, the boy only leisurely continued a doctor’s title in psychology in case his luck would run out one distant day.
With 27 years he reached the peak of his career by being chosen as the ICU representative for Switzerland in the second International Conference of Unison. One may say this was his favorite year of all the ones he had lived. Friends, lovers, mind games and traveling the world widened his personal horizon. He felt as if nothing could stop him.
It all came crushing down though, when Nathan got involved into a car accident two months after the ICU had officially ended. He ended up in hospital, with a major spinal cord injury. The doctors diagnosed paraplegia; a promise that he would never walk again. Crushed by the turn of his fate (and with a growing resistance to any experimental genetically treatments) Nathan disappeared from the world of media completely. Only one year later, at the age of 29 he resurfaced with a finished PsyD diploma and a minor side role in a popular movie starring next to his sister.
His cheerful spirit slowly returned and he learned to adapt to his new circumstances. As it was clear that a sole career as actor was impossible, Nathan focused on media counseling and released a few scientific papers over the matter over the following years. With 31 years, in the year 2025, his luck seemed to return to him finally when the ICU accepted his unsolicited application to become a counselor for the 3rd ICU.
FAMILY
[Sister] Clarissa “Claire” von Schwarzenstein, Swiss, 29, actress
Nathan’s sister and most trusted person. He and Claire share a love for people, attention and the colourful film industry. Claire became nationally known one year after Nathan. First blooming in her brother’s shadow, apparently, she soon convinced the masses of her individuality. In 2025, she is a well established star in the Swiss celebrity world.
[Father] Robert von Schwarzenstein, Swiss, 56, dentist
Robert was the main reason that his children turned towards the entertainment industry. As a firm lover of music, poetry and theatres, he would have taken the same route as Claire and Nathan if life hadn’t kept him in a small isolated town until he was 20 years old. He is very supportive of his children and regularly invests money into artistic projects that seem promising. He lives in Adelboden
[Mother] Anna Caspari, Swiss, 51, theater director, former singer
More of a distant aunt than a mother to Nathan. Anna Caspari decided early in her life that she would rank her personal career over her family. After meeting a charming young man and letting her career slip away for about three years (which resulted in the birth of Nathan and Claire), she gave the parenthood of both to Robert and moved away. She now lives in Bern and distantly supports their children in their careers by recommending them to people from the industry. Robert and Anna were never married.
RELATIONSHIPS
[Best Friend] Cyril “Kyrill” Lancelot, French, 31, human resources manager of Sangserr
Cyril had been Nathanael’s best friend even before the borders were closed. Both met through the tight friendship of their father’s and almost instantly reached a friendship of the same level. Lone hikes each season around the mount Noirmont, a mountain between the Swiss and French border, kept their connection alive over the years. Cyril works for his father’s company.
[Close Friend] Damien “Damon” Lancelot, French, 31, accountant of Sangserr
Damien is Cyril’s twin brother and a close friend of Nathan. Out of the three boys, he is the most calm and collected. Acting as an anchor to the self-declared “Golden Boys”, Damien makes sure that their regular lone hikes are kept untracked and in recent years, that Nathan will face no obstacle while meeting due to his inability to walk. Damien works for his father’s company.
[Colleague] Nikita “Nikusha” Sackaroff, Russian, 28, ICU supervisor
Nathanael had always gotten along with the former Russian ICU representative Nikusha, though their relationship had been deepened abruptly when Nikusha helped Nathan to get out of a common, desperate situation in his life; an engagement that he had lost interest in. Ever since then both can be seen bickering and teasing each other while actually being a very effective workforce when combined. The media life connects after all.
[Ex Fiance] Felicita Moretti, Swiss, 34, governmental recruiter
A beautiful woman who was very wise for her age when Nathan met her at the age of 21. Both had been students at that time and spontaneous make-out session soon ended in deepest conversations. However, her lack of small talk caused Nathan to get uncomfortable in her presence after a few months already, and he broke their fresh engagement off after only a month had passed. Nathan has no contact to her anymore.
[Ex Fiance] Julia Sauer, Swiss, 26, musical actress
The main co-actor of Nathan’s first debut musical movie “Under our stars”. For a few weeks both projected their intimate relationship of their movie roles on to their real personas. A sweet illusion that soon broke after all scenes were shot and the media hype around the two of them cooled down. Both are still friends nowadays. Julia went on to become a famous musical actress and proud mother of two young girls, managing her busy life perfectly - something, that Nathan is regularly envious of.
[Ex Fiance] Nikola Štichová, Czech, 30, former ICU representative
A participant of the ICU in 2021. Nikola and Nathan fell for each other early on. Secret bonding turned into friendly jokes in front of the cameras until they decided to make a rumour of an engagement real. It was clear that a marriage would not be possible with the world’s law, but it was an impressive stand against the separated world. The media loved it. Unfortunately, when the buzz around them calmed down again, Nathan once again lost interest. In a drunken agreement with his friend Nikita, a plan was made to end the engagement. A few nights later Nikola, who had suffered from Nathan’s growing disinterest, had fallen for Nikita. As soon as the affair got known, Nathan ended everything. Nikola never got to know of the trick she fell for, as she and neither of the boys ever exchanged another word.
TRIVIA
- He is very good in doing magic card tricks with his hands
- When in a state of an unclear mind, might actually refer to himself as one of the Golden Boys. A group name, that he created with his two childhood friends
- Ask him about recent gossip. He always knows something interesting
- Firmly believes his car accident was the attempt of a staged murder
- Has been engaged three times already
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
Alignment | True Neutral
Blood Type | B+
Color | (Rosé) Gold
Element | Air
MBTI | ESTP
Languages | (Swiss) German, English, French, Italian
Orientation | Heterosexual
Spirit Animal | Lynx
Zodiac | Gemini
Face Claim | Pedro Bertolini
Spotify Playlist | open.spotify.com/user/nesscoff…
RP PREFERENCES
Methods | HC > Short LIT > Script
Timezone | GMT+9
Platforms | Discord (public/private)
Alternatively | LINE (Smartphone Messenger), Google Documents
Language | English, German