Norea Du Noc (ノレア・デュノク Norea Deyunoku?), is a character in Mobile Suit Gundam the Witch from Mercury. She is the pilot of Gundam Lfrith Thorn from the Dawn of Fold.
Personality & Character[]
Norea presents herself as a calm and level-headed person, often maintaining a flat demeanor in conversations. She is often quick to remind others, especially Sophie, to stay focused on their main objectives.
However, she harbors a very deep-seated hatred of the Spacians for abandoning the Earth, which also includes other Earthians who left the planet. She remains scarred by the violence inflicted upon Earth, and she harbors intense and murderous thoughts against Spacians, often vowing to kill all of them she can. She is disgusted by the artificial sterility of Fronts like Asticassia compared to the struggling but growing wildlife of Earth.
Despite her neutral façade, Norea is very quick to resort to threats and violence to accomplish her goals and is unafraid to kill. When provoked, she can become exceptionally merciless and brutal in combat and personal situations, even willing to kill other Earthians.
As a terrorist and user of the GUND System to pilot her Gundam, Norea realizes her life is very fragile and disposable to others, and she resents the idea of being used as a pawn. She believes in the ideals of the Dawn of Fold and that the Earthians need power to stand up for themselves and can only attain it through violence, including terror attacks, and she asserts that the risks are worth it if it means she can kill every Spacian. She loathes those advocating non-violent solutions, like Nika Nanaura, whom she views as ineffectual egotists. However, Norea is secretly terrified of her own mortality as a Gundam pilot, and she is scared of having to face her fate alone.
Norea is close friends with Sophie Pulone, who provides a contrast with her more hot-blooded personality. She also draws in her spare time, which includes illustrating images of death and decay, but also of natural scenery overtaking areas.
After Sophie's death, Norea went through a downward mental spiral, no longer willing to listen to reason whilst taking out her anger on others, which was only worsened by her extended isolation whilst hiding. She finally snapped following the Attack on Quinharbor and proceeded to go on a rampage throughout Asticassia to vent her anger. Just before her death, however, Elan managed convince Norea that her life did have value, revealing that all she ever truly sought was companionship.
History[]
Norea is an Earthian who got involved with the Anti-Spacian terrorist group Dawn of Fold. She was trained as a Gundam pilot along with Sophie.
A.S. 122[]
After GUND-ARM, Inc. was established by Miroene, she and Sophie spend time to talk about Suletta Mercury.
Gallery[]
Appearances[]
- Television Series
- Mobile Suit Gundam the Witch from Mercury
- Episode 10, Circling Thoughts
- Episode 11, The Witches from Earth
- Episode 12, Keep Marching on Instead of Running Off
- Episode 13, Envoys from the Earth
- Episode 14, What They Wish For
- Episode 15, Father and Child
- Episode 17, Precious Things
- Episode 18, Our Empty Selves
- Episode 19, Not the Best Way
- Episode 20, The End of Hope
Notes & Trivia[]
- Aoi Yuuki also voices Kirara in Gundam Build Fighters and Info-chan in Gundam Breaker Battlogue.
- Megan Shipman also voices Gigi Andalucia in Mobile Suit Gundam Hathaway.
- Norea has the same Japanese voice actress as Lucy from Cyberpunk: Edgerunners, while Sophie Pulone shares Lucy's English voice actor.