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Values life. Noel comes from a future timeline where humanity has been all but wiped out. He's watched everyone around him die until he was the only one left, and that upbringing left a really strong impression on him. He feels very strongly about the value of human life: he feels like it's important for people to take care of themselves and others, strongly feels like killing is not a solution, and hates the idea of self-sacrifice and martyrs.

His desire to become stronger and his care for human life also means he makes a great protector, and in fact spent much of his life training to be a guardian for the Farseer seeress, Yeul. He's determined to fight for the people he cares about, and as soon as he meets people like Serah, Hope, and Snow, they become part of this determination. He makes a promise to keep Serah safe throughout their journey, and he tries so hard to make sure he follows through with it. When, in the end, he is unable to, it hits him really, really hard, fueling a guilt complex that lasts for centuries.

Driven. Noel's upbringing makes him self-sufficient and driven. He's seen the end of the world, and he'd do anything to make sure he can change that fate. He deeply wants to change the future, and goes to the ends of the earth, literally, to do it. He's also determined to do things on his terms. Over and over throughout the events of 13-2, Caius tries to bait him into killing him—Noel refuses each time, opting to find a different way to follow through with what he wants to do. Because he values life, he desperately tries to make sure he doesn't have to see anyone else die that he truly cares about. It's a driving force for him.

In Lightning Returns, this drive to make things happen becomes tainted. Lumina, knowing that he'd do anything to be reunited with Yeul and atone for his sins, creates a fake prophecy to manipulate him into doing what she wants. Noel is so blinded by years of guilt and desperation that he falls for it, almost for good, and nearly ends up killing Lightning over it. In the end, his own values and common sense win out, and he stops himself from making a huge mistake. But for a moment, he really thought he would be able to go through with something that he knew was wrong.

Confident. Noel starts out as confident, and almost cocky about his own abilities. He's worked hard and trained hard to get to the point where he can take care of himself, and he's about to make that everybody else's problem. This is compounded by the way he speaks: since he comes from a time where there were few other people, he tends to speak in a very straightforward way, saying what he means without thinking about being nice or subtle. If he doesn't like you, he's going to tell you, and he's going to tell you why, too. He's not shy with his opinions. Why should he be?

Withdrawn. Noel isn't exactly secretive—he certainly doesn't keep his opinions to himself—but he does keep some things to himself, especially about his past and the things he's done. Some things can be kind of painful to talk about, so he glosses over them. He'd rather do something about things, rather than talking.

After the end of 13-2, guilt over Serah's death and over killing Caius causes him to become really withdrawn, and the fact that no one blames him for what happened makes it even worse. He deals with all of this by secluding himself, becoming burdened, sullen, and aloof—a lone wolf, so to speak. Over the centuries, he deals with his guilt by trying to atone for himself in small ways: helping people from the shadows, offering protection, hunting monsters, things like that. After his fight with Lightning, and his change of heart, he determines that he should no longer live in the shadows, instead opting to take a more involved role in helping people and ensuring the fate of the world ends up in the right hands.

Guardian. Noel has spent much of his life fighting monsters and protecting people. He's a talented swordsman, wielding dual blades, one long and one short.

Hunter. In addition to his sword skills, Noel has spent much of his life hunting monsters, and thus has basic hunting and tracking skills.

Multiclass roles. While he can focus on strength-based sword attacks, Noel is also able to wield basic Final Fantasy-style magic. His elemental focus is wind, ice, and he is able to use basic medic spells such as Cure.

Monster recruitment. Fighting and then recruiting monsters is a major battle mechanic in 13-2. In game, the party is able to keep only 3 monsters at a time, and only if they "crystallize" after being fought. If this mechanic could be carried over into game, it would work similarly but could be nerfed in multiple different ways. (For example, only being able to "use" a monster to fight 1 time before it runs away, only being able to use 1 at a time, not being able to "store" them the same way the characters are able to in game.) It would mostly work like a temporary taming of the beast.

Shadow Hunter sword set
Hunting knife
Clothes
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♦Location: BAVAN
♦Southeast side of Lake Dala | map
♦Abandoned by previous owners
♦5 bedrooms
♦Rough floor plan: ground floor | second floor
♦Modifications: none
♦House Message Board

CURRENT RESIDENTS
♦Noel Kreiss oracledriven
♦Paddra Nsu-Yeul enduringflower
♦Kieren Walker facings
♦Luke Fon Fabre fony
♦Serah Farron cantfixtime
♦Snow Villiers heroofcocoon
♦Roxas chosennobody
♦temporarily Jade fourthsaken
♦sometimes Riku darkbreak

♦Former housemates: Duke, Sazh Katzroy, Legolas