Nathaniel Fitzwilliam Archibald

Nathaniel Fitzwilliam Archibald

Born April 5^th, 1991

Nicknames: “Nate”, “N”

Considered the Upper East Side’s ‘golden boy’, Nate isn’t as closely followed by the Gossip Girl blogger as his other friends, but he is certainly always involved in the drama!

Background: Nate was born to Howard “The Captain” and Anne Archibald (of the Vanderbilt family). Nate has been very close friends with Chuck, Blair and Serena since early childhood, and he dubbed their group the “non-judging breakfast club”! Despite his family’s many scandals, Nate’s integrity and moral compass have always stayed wholesome. Even so, he still occasionally smokes marijuana with his friend Chuck, though he generally disapproves of Chuck’s risqué activities. During his junior year of high school, Nate announces wants to stay in Manhattan despite his parents desire to send him to Dartmouth. During this time, Nate also has to deal with the reality that his long-term girlfriend cheated on him with his best friend Chuck. Jenny has always has a long-lived crush on Nate, but Nate refuses to reciprocate these feelings. During Nate’s senior year when he was temporarily homeless, Dan took him in and they’ve been very good friends ever since.

Relationships: Nate dated Blair for the majority of his life, but they are no longer in love. Nate goes on to date Vanessa and Serena, as well as a few other partners of shorter-lived romances such as Juliet Sharp, cougar Catharine Mason and a member of a family the Archibalds hate, Bree Buckley.  Jenny Humphrey makes fantastic attempts to seduce him, but Nate does not reciprocate these feelings.

Personality: Nate is imperfect but he always tries to do the right thing. While he may be wrong in some certain situation, he never plays games of deception and manipulation as virtually every other character on the show does at one point or another. He is a B-average student but gets accepted into Ivy-leagues because of his family’s popularity and wealth. Nate is also exceptionally good-looking, and therefore has also been given special treatment. Situations like these have made Nate a person who feels undeserving, and therefore he tries to make up for it by always having a sound foundation of morals and direction. Nate has many issues with not only his father and mother, but also his grandfather and the rest of the Vanderbilt side of the family.

Style: Nate wears plain yet fashionable clothing. He favors khakis, argyles, cable-knit sweaters, and general preppy, J. Crew and Ralph Lauren styles. Nate tends to stick to navy blues, tans, and grays, with the occasional red, yellow and green.