Noel Vermillion

Noel Vermillion is a lieutenant of the NOL who is assigned to return the AWOL Jin Kisaragi to his post, and a playable character in Calamity Trigger and Continuum Shift. Noel also serves as the main heroine of the series.

Information
Noel was born on December 25, 2194, by Sector Seven as "dimensional boundary contact medium No. 12". She was rescued at the burning fields of Ikaruga and adopted by the Vermillion family, specifically by Edgar and Claire Vermillion (according to the BlazBlue Material Collection).

The Vermillion family was once a noble one, but the head of the family, Edgar Vermillion originally hadn't an heir before he adopted Noel and after heavily criticizing the NOL, the Vermillions lost their aristocratic rights and their family was sentenced to relegation from the NOL.

During her life in the Vermillion household, Noel obtained her Nox Nyctores Bolverk, after she was attacked by a monster in a forest. A few years after her adoption, she found out about the upcoming banishment of the Vermillion household from the NOL and afraid of the Vermillions' future, she decided to take the entrance exam for the Military Academy in Torifune. And even though her physical and academical level wasn't very high, her synchronization rates with the armagus were the highest recorded ever, allowing her to pass the exam and enter the Academy in year AD 2196.

In the Military Academy she became friends with Tsubaki Yayoi, Makoto Nanaya, and Carl Clover. Jin Kisaragi, however, treated her like dirt (to put it mildly), purely because she shared the same face as his sister.

Six months before her graduation and shortly after Jin's promotion to a major and commander of the 4th division, Noel was given an offer to immediately join the army as a lieutenant in the 4th division of the Praetorian Guard. She should officially only be Jin's secretary, but in reality she would actually be a special solo soldier tasked mainly with intelligence and assasination. In return, the Vermillions' reputation and rights would be restored. Noel accepted the offer for the sake of her family.

Afterwards, she was assigned in year AD 2198 as Jin's direct subordinate, though he still treated her just as poorly, if not worse. When Jin left his post to chase after Ragna the Bloodedge, Noel was assigned a mission to bring back Jin to his post, with explicit instructions not to engage Ragna, should she encounter him.

Noel doesn't remember her past. She is actually Mu-12, the previous replica before Nu-13. They both share the same voice, face, and memories of Saya. Since she was the only survivor of the burning field of Ikaruga, she is the "eye", the true possesser of the Azure.

Her weakness is her family, as well as anything and everything cute, stuffed animals in particular. In one of her Alternate Endings during the story of Calamity Trigger, she agreed to Litchi Faye-Ling that she would dress her up if she petted Litchi's panda. In the same ending, Bang Shishigami mistakes Noel for a boy, and referred to her as "young man" because of her lack of bosoms. She has a complex about this; for example, all her victories against Litchi seem hollow, since, regardless of the outcome, the doctor still beats Noel out in cup size, though Noel never states this outright.

In the True Ending, she finds Jin unconscious after his battle with Ragna, and decides to chase after him despite Hazama's warnings. After standing at the Sheol Gates, Noel sees memories of her and of an unknown person's past and gets confused. There, she has an encounter with Nu-13. Due to unknown reasons, Noel loses control of her body which acts like a machine, just like Nu. She is then forced to fight Nu, but cannot defeat her. Right before her death blow, Ragna intervenes and saves her, but can't defeat Nu, either. Noel then saves Ragna from being taken by Nu, who wanted to fuse and jump into the Cauldron with him. After the incident, she and Jin are targeted for assassination by the NOL.

After the incident at the NOL branch Noel travels with Ragna for a bit, though he later demands her to leave, upsetting her. She runs into Makoto shortly after and tells her everything that happened. Makoto relays that she's suspicious of Hazama, saying she doesn't know what he's thinking. They part ways and Noel sees a severely wounded Carl who she tries to help but is interrupted by Bang who, once again, jumps to the wrong conclusion with it. After calming him down, Noel asks Bang to look after Carl as she has more important things to attend to.

Noel meets up with Tager and manages to defend herself, fleeing in the process from him. However, she then runs into Relius Clover who attempts to capture her, though Rachel intervenes before Relius can order Ignis to attack. She's cared for by Jubei momentarily who manages to console her frantic mind. Noel, her head finally clear, goes to the NOL and runs into her friend, Tsubaki, who was ordered to kill her. After the fight, the two friends decide to leave each other be for the moment, neither having the heart to fight each other let alone kill one another.

She finally meets with Hazama, who tells Noel her true origins and nature, calling her a puppet and inhuman to which her emotions run wild, causing Bolverk to go haywire and let Hazama smelt her in the cauldron. She ascends as Mu-12, full of hate for the world and is ordered by Hazama to destroy the Master Unit Amaterasu. She manages to fight off both Hakumen and Jin before Ragna arrives and breaks her free of her current mindset by waking her consciousness, though in the process, Ragna's left arm is destroyed.

In the wake of the battle Noel, at last, learns that Jin and Ragna are brothers and that their sister is the Imperator of the NOL who is the boss of Hazama and Relius Clover as well as an apparently brainwashed Tsubaki. She leaves Kagutsuchi with Tager and Makoto (now having defected from the NOL). Jubei saying he's managed to hide her parents in a safe location and that they told her to fight the NOL.

Material Collection Information

 * Hobbies: Shopping via the internet (so she doesn't have to meet people), writing poems (never shows them to anyone)
 * Values: Parents / Family
 * Likes: Anything cute
 * Dislikes: Bugs, especially ones with lots of legs

Personality
Noel is the definition of the "shrinking violet" archetype. She is shy, clumsy, and tends to get worked up over the smallest things. Noel is extremely self-conscious, especially regarding her notoriously flat breasts. She can be socially awkward at times, but this has actually served as an endearing trait, which earned her Tsubaki and Makoto's friendship.

All of this changes when she is reverted into her true form: Mu-12.

Powers and Abilities
Noel appears to be a professional gunslinger, effectively wielding the Nox Nyctores, Bolverk with incredible effectiveness under the Drive, Chain Revolver. Bolverk appears as a pair of large-barrel handguns, though it can take on other forms. Her style of fighting is a direct reference to the fictional fighting style known as 'gunkata', in which the practitioner uses stylized moves using firearms with the conclusion of the battle involving clashing the hammers together. Unfortunately, the Bolverk is Noel's only mean of offense, becoming utterly helpless when stripped of it. Being the true successor of the Azure and the perfect Murakumo Unit, Noel can assume a stronger form and persona known as Mu-12.

Being awakened as "The Eye of the Azure" in Continuum Shift, Noel has gained the ability to see the distant and recent memories of people she touches as seen with Carl Clover, Tsubaki Yayoi and Lambda-11.

In BlazBlue: Continuum Shift, she has some new moves. Also, her aura is now the color of Ragna's Blood Kain (originally it was green).

Movelist

 * Noel's movements.
 * Changes in Unlimited Mode.

Stages

 * Kagutsuchi Port AM10:30 - With what measures ye mete, it shall be measured to you again.
 * Symbolic Domination -Cathedral- - Hypocrisy is a homage that vice pays to virtue.

Arcade

 * Imaginary Spaces, -Sleeping Beauty-
 * AD2200/01/07, The Pain

Story

 * lost child
 * Desperation

Gallery
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Trivia

 * Interestingly enough, when Ragna ends his Astral Finish, he unfolds a black/red demonic wing from his left side. Similiarly, Jin ends his Astral Finish by unfolding a blue/yellow angelic wing from his right side. While Noel has no angelic features, her right gun emanates a blue aura while her left gun features a crimson aura.
 * Her name comes from Noel; Noël being the French word for Christmas. She was also born on December 25, otherwise known as Christmas Day.
 * During Noel's alternate path in Calamity Trigger's story mode, Noel is pursued by a drunken Litchi trying to dress her up in odd clothes. In the times she has been successful, she is dressed in the uniform of the Jellyfish Pirates organisation, Valentine a character who originally appeared in the Guilty Gear series as well as the outfits that both Taokaka and Litchi wear.
 * She holds an inferiority complex about her breast size (this is referred to several times in gag sections and by Tao) and is comically obsessed with the panda that Litchi wears on her hair (even going as far as yelling "Hands off the panda!" when fighting her in-game).
 * Noel's Japanese Voice Actor, Kondou Kanako, also likes Pandas. Additionally, Kondou is also a cook which is very ironic because Noel is a horrible cook herself.
 * This seems to parallel another seiyuu of anime-lore, Rie Tanaka (who's known for voicing a few maids) tends to voice characters who sing badly, despite having published a few albums of her own.
 * Noel's fighting style is what is known as a fictionalized style of weapon-handling known as 'gun-kata' which is borrowed wholesale from the movie Equilibrium. Her victory pose and the pose at the end of her Astral Heat are poses performed by John Preston, the protagonist of Equilibrium.
 * It would seem that Noel is the counterpart for Guilty Gear's Dizzy story-wise, being a kind-hearted girl who was actually a destructive weapon that is kept asleep. She also possesses a relationship with the game's main character (Noel being a replica of Ragna's sister; while Dizzy being possibly Sol Badguy's daughter from Justice) as well as the main rival (though this is heavily inverted. While Dizzy ends up presumably marrying Ky Kiske, Noel is treated horribly by Jin). Recent development in Continuum Shift drew more similarity whereas more people (such as Kokonoe or Terumi) started hunting down Noel for her being the true owner of the Azure Grimoire; just like Dizzy being put on a bounty and was hunted by everyone.
 * It's also worth noting that Noel could perhaps be the counterpart to Bridget, who is usually mistaken to be a girl. Noel is constantly being mistaken for a boy by Bang Shishigami and they both have blond hair as well as a mainly blue and white outfit.
 * Other similarities to Dizzy are colors, both share red, blue, yellow, green, black, and white. Both of them are also said to have the same birthday, December 25.
 * Noel has a similar outfit and combat style to Sion from the fighting game series, Melty Blood.
 * In her sprites, and story-mode artwork in Calamity Trigger, she is one of the only playable female characters not to have any undergarments that are directly shown, aside from Nu, who wears a full-body outfit when not in her battle form.
 * It would seem that Noel's Distortion Drives and Astral Heat have names that allude to Norse mythology. Thor is a Norse god, Fenrir is a Norse wolf, and the Valkyrie is a Norse holy warrior,being the only exception Fenrir's Adittional Blow, Phoenix Stabilizer, due to the Phoenix belongs to differents mythologies but Norse one.
 * Noel comes in second for having the most musical themes in the franchise; the first being Ragna.
 * In her "gag" ending in Continuum Shift, the rumor about Noel's cooking being able to take out people faster than Bolverk is shown when she volunteer to cook in replacement to the chef who had badly injured himself (much to her surprise). Carl Clover seemed horrified of the idea as he reminisces about how she made him a Mousse; much to his surprise, as he states it was harder than a diamond. While Noel is able to cook, she is only able to cook shimmered puffer fish covered in peppers & spices, which turned out horrible as it knocked out and somehow exploded Bang Shishigami and the entire Blazblue playable character cast and the DLC character Makoto Nanaya (though Lambda is replaced by Nu) except Hazama/Terumi who seems to love the fish, making Carl think that the fish drove him insane while everyone else was down on the floor after puking; incidentally, Nu is actually seen in the wall of the restaurant (possibly killing herself) and both Hakumen and Arakune appear out of nowhere.
 * If Noel meets a lady with a smaller chest size than her, she feels that they can become great friends as seen in her "Help Me, Professor Kokonoe!" section.
 * Noel, along with Jin, Tsubaki and Litchi, is the only character so far to strike people with their clothing. Her using the red cords with metal, pointed ends coming from her arm braces.
 * Noel, like Platinum (or more precise Luna) originally referred to Jubei of the six heroes as "Mr. Jubei" (Jubei-sama).
 * Of all three known Murakumo units, Noel is the only one that is known to have partial memories of Saya's childhood, as well being the one that resembles her the most (even than Saya herself after her appearance at the end of Continuum Shift) This has led some fans to believe that Noel is the ``true´´ Saya, or at least, Saya from another Timeline.
 * Despite them being ususally referred to as Revolvers (underlined by her drive, Chain Revolver, and her move Revolver Blast), Bolverk actually is a pair of pistols, not revolvers. However, in one prototype sketch of Noel seen in the Material Collection, she`s seen wielding a pair of Revolvers instead. (Along with a more gag-like approach where she wields Equilibrium-styled "Clericguns".)
 * Noel's birthday are same as Axl Low & Dizzy from Guilty Gear series.
 * When Noel 's Fenrir initial hit connects, causing to give an additional blow, she will often yell: "Nemesis Stabilizer", implying that Nemesis Stabilizer is the name of Fenrir's Additional Blow.
 * Unlimited Noel's Chain Revolver does 10 attacks, allowing to even repeat the same attack. Also Noel can use Fenrir (214C), Bullet Storm (214C in mid-air) and Thor (214D in mid-air) without spending the Heat Gauge, as consequence, those as Distortion Drives deal more damage, Fenrir/Nemesis Stabilizer deals more shots than usual, and Thor will fire several missiles instead of stunning the opponent with gunfire and one missile.
 * Noel was confirmed to appear in the crossover supplement of Queen's Blade known as Queen's Gate which features female characters from other games including Dizzy.