For a woman that stands at 5’4 she has always carried herself as if she were much taller. Her usual gait flows as smooth as water, every step as sinuous as smoke. Strangers rarely assume she is blind until they’re up close, seeing irises so faded that she might as well not have them at all. It’s easy to focus on the large scars on her face and chest, large cuts that show Noa has never been one to shy away from a fight, even her hands have smaller, insignificant scars. Pale slivers of skin that cross over her left eye and another that goes over her sharply defined, large and plush lips easily catch the moonlight. The diagonal scars from shoulder to chest lay over the colorful assort of ink she spent good money on.

Noa is not shy in showing off the masterpieces that connect throughout her body, her entire back winding up to her shoulders, dipping towards her chest, reaching down her arms, bleeding into the side of her torso. Most of it is hidden by the traditional yet flashy robes she chooses to adorn herself with, refusing to leave her time at Cais Vihara behind. The body art she has is expertly crafted with flowers, snakes, dragons, moths, butterflies, waves, rivers, mountains, trees, tigers, and the reflections of Cais Vihara.

Slenderly built and petite, Noa is not the strongest of the knights nor the fastest. Those that underestimate her because of this fact soon learn that that is their first and last mistake. Despite often being stationary in battle, it’s when she begins to move that her enemies and opponents should be worried.

Has pretty features, not that she can see them or can care much about them. A deep feminine voice that many find attractive yet unusual for her doll-like face.

Noa is rather cool and carefree to the point that she has to make an effort when she's being serious. Always friendly to strangers, a testament to her confidence and lack of fear because of the strengths and skills she has. Brazen in battle, never caring about how big the foe. At times she can disregard instructions but more often than not she tends to be dutiful and diligent. A good natured individual that does believe in the knight’s cause, her heart fulfilled in the duty she carries well.

Tends to make friends easily, from the youngest child to the grumpiest old man who yells at everyone to get off their lawn, she is often well liked and well received. Hardly ever gets angry and even if she were to be upset, it doesn’t last longer and never reaches past a simmer. Is known for being a daredevil hooligan, quick to crack jokes and loves finding herself in trouble. Despite her amiable nature, anyone close to her will say how they feel that they do not truly know her, that there is a threshold she never allows them to cross, still mysterious despite being in the order for 17 years.

The teachings of Cais Vihara have shaped her mindset to never fret about the little things, and, unknowingly, have made her prone to vices of tobacco, dragon's breath bud from Sonshan, and, of course, alcohol.

• Sword Master- Noa can wield two swords, much to everyone’s dismay (because she’s blind, is it really wise to give a blind knight two swords???), and she is considered advanced in single or dual wielding. It is very rare that Noa ever uses both swords at the same time, even rarer that both swords are activated at the time.
• Water sword: Her go-to, a sword that is quick and gentle and smells of mist. A sword she named Karuṇā.
• Fire sword: When it's used, it's never activated. Noa has joked that it's a last resort tied to her own vitality. This sword smells of embers.
• Enhanced hearing and smell- because of being blind and perhaps due to her magic, Noa’s sense of smell and sense of hearing is greater than many humanoid species.
• Savant with stringed instruments- Noa specifically focuses on playing sanshins, a three-string instrument that uses wood for the “neck” that holds the silk strings and stretched python skin on the instruments “body.” A hollow fang is used as the pick for the instrument. She can expertly play many other string instruments with ease or quickly learn how to play a new one.
• Meditation- the monks at Cais Vihara specialize in meditation and the healing prowess of water, for the body, mind and soul. The pursuit of life aids her in meditation for healing purposes but it has been noted that she follows the principles and practices of the monks unblemished by Pursuit of Life unless ordered.
• Can communicate with Ne- no one really knows how they do it, but they share a sort of telepathy with one another. Ne is a valuable friend and asset to Noa.
• Is able to easily fight in tandem with other knights, whether they have worked together before or not. This is at a masterful level and some call it Noa’s most fearsome skill.
• Not a notable or commendable skill but Noa has been known to hold her weight in liquor and carbs.

ABILITIES:

Pursuit of the Loch

• Illusion-based magic: works in tandem with smoke and sound.
• Smoke (magic): mostly used for support/summoning. Can be offensive.
• Sound (magic): mostly used for support tactics such as weakening opponents, buffing comrades or herself/Ne.
• Summoning (magic): summons snakes that can do many different things for her.
• Dream Walker: Sometimes Noa communicates with the monks from Cais Vihara through dreams rather than letters as she is not one who dabbles in the written word. This skill is underdeveloped and something she is working on improving.

Notable Attacks:

• Noa creates a domain of mist and smoke that that locks her and others within a certain radius until a rule has been met. Often she does this with her foes, making it so they’re unable to run away. Unfortunately, she also can’t run away unless she dies or completes the requirement to end the domain.
• Noa uses smoke or sound to give her proprioception of a surrounding area within a certain radius. Often used with her smoke domain or through her pipe.
• Noa uses smoke to create clones of herself although these clones are just that: smoke. They are unable to harm anyone and can easily be dispelled so are mainly used for distractions.
• Noa can use sound to stun opponents for a very short moment. She can also use sound to decrease enemies accuracy.
• Noa uses sound to buff her or other’s stats, based on the type of note she is playing. Often she uses this on long journeys to keep morale high and tensions low.

A large albino tiger often found at Noa's side, lovingly nicknamed Noa's protective. Her first friend, the only one that Noa is ever truly honest with. No one can say for certain what Ne is, a spirit or old god of Cais Vihara, perhaps even an extension of Noa, but no one needs to fear the serious faced tiger as long as they do not harm Noa. They have a unique aura, something that can naturally be sensed, even by those not gifted with the sight.