Nathaniel Blake

Nathaniel Blake is the player's character (PC) in Darkness Falls (2018-2019), the fifth game ever set in the Elsaverse. As a non-player character (NPC), Blake appears in several other titles as a side character. He is an experienced detective who works for the Sangrive Police Department and doesn't have any powers. Blake was married to a woman named Samantha, who died in strange circumstances shortly before they got divorced; they have a daughter named Brenda who is also a police officer. Now Blake has a long-lasting sexual affair with Internal Affairs' investigator Lara and also has casual sex with several women on a regular basis.

Character Overview
Nathaniel Blake is an experienced and hardened detective who works for the Sangrive Police Department. He is quite good at his job, having solved 372 out of 402 cases in his career upon Michelle Won's arrival: he is observant and intuitive, and has a vivid imagination, but prefers to take an analytic approach to the cases before jumping to conclusions. For this reason, the assistant pathologist, Jannike, calls him "Ice Man". Although according to the Captain, Blake is a bit stubborn, he cares for the people and that's one of the reasons why he connects well with his new partner, Michelle Won, who shares that trait.

Blake's old partner, Frank Smith, was forced to retire due to his drug addiction; Blake, who had been covering his partner for months while trying to help him, was also investigated by Internal Affairs but ended up cleared. His secret relationship with IA's investigator, Lara, might have had something to do with this clearance. They have known each other for years, as Lara has always been in charge of his cases, but this professional relationship became a personal one after the death of Blake's former wife, Samantha.