Noelle Aurelius

Noelle Aurelius (ノエルオーリーリアス, Ōrīriasu Noeru; lit. "Christmas of Gold") is a member of the Guild Gorgon Hair, a guild filled almost exclusively of females, and happens to be its Ace. Noelle is a user of both Fire Magic and Memory-Make Magic, being proficient in both fields. She is the leader of Team Noelle along with her partners, twins Anna and Mimi Tithel. Noelle is the host to the spirit of the Fire Lord, Kagutsuchi; a trait she shares with Ryuga, a member of a rival Guild, and also the reason she happens to be hopelessly in love with him.

Appearance
Despite her age, Noelle retains the appearance of a little girl still in middle school, a possible side-effect of being the host to the spirit of Kagutsuchi. Sbe has scarlet-red hair that she keeps tied into a pair of  twintails tied back with black ribbons. Fitting with her leadership role in her Guild, Noelle's attire coincides with what one would consider "mature". She can normally be found wearing an oversized red coat that she keeps draped over her shoulders, much like one would do with a cape. Noelle also wears a black tie with red trim along its edges, a red skirt with white and black trim along its hem and a pair of thigh-high black boots. One of Noelle's most notable traits is her crimson red colored eyes, a part of her appearance that tends to frighten many that she comes across.



Due to being the host to the spirit of Kagatsuchi, Noelle is able to tap into his power when feeling great anger or sadness. When she does so, she is swallowed by a large burst of dark magical energy that she breaks free from with Amaterasu, her new weapon, a rune inscribed flame covered halberd. During this change there is a sound of prayer chants in the form of a hymn that echoes throughout the immediate area, often confusing those who witness the transformation process. During the hymn itself, Noelle's hair lengthens and she begins to grow a pair of white horns from her forehead. As the hymn nears its end, Noelle gains several crimson-colored markings across her face and her clothing will begin transforming into a salmon-colored kimono, similar to that of a Miko.

Personality
When one encounters her for the first time, she appears to be an extremely shy and gentle person who stands at odds with actual fighting. In truth, this reserved and quiet personality is just a ruse that she uses to make those around her feel secure and to hide her true nature. She has the mindset of that of a sadistic psychopath so twisted that she begins drool profusely upon witnessing the suffering of others. Quick to be angered and easily annoyed, Noelle is hot-headed and often tends to overreact to certain things. Something of a sadist, she is not above enjoying a good fight, and she often attacks her opponents in a very brutal fashion. Noelle seems to thoroughly enjoy violence, as she toys with her opponents and fights with no regards for the safety of others. Despite her wild and battle-hungry attitude, she does have a sense of honor and respects strength and determination. She also appears to be against the idea of killing those who she considers worthless, having opted to leave defenseless mages alone as they posed no real threat or challenge to her.

Noelle can often be found on missions consisting of treasure hunts or monster slaying, rarely getting involved with the dstruction of Dark Guilds or threats to the general public due to a lack of interest on her part. She prefers finding relatively obscure items and adding it to her collection, even if the general consensus is that it is nothing but junk.

Equipment
Amaterasu (アマテラス, "Shining In Heaven"): Amaterasu is the name of Noelle's Halberd that manifests whenever she taps into the power of Kagatsuchi. Amaterasu is twice the size of Noelle and posseses two blades in order cut into the enemy and a large pointed needle in between both blades in order to perform thrusting and stabbing attacks. When Noelle wields Amaterasu, her Fire Magic gains a significantly large boost in strength due to the natural affinity of Kagatsuchi. The blades of Amaterasu continue to give off flames, allowing Noelle to simply swing the weapon in any general direction, in order to launch a massive torrent of flames toward the target. The strength of Amaterasu's flames are powerful enough to rival Volcanic Magic, a high level Fire Magic in its own right. When struck by Amaterasu, the body's natural healing responses are slowed, if not stopped outright, due to the weapon cauterizing the wound almost immediately. This forces opponents to have to use Healing Magic in order to revert the damage, or risk severe injury. Despite the power of this weapon, a significantly powerful Water Magic spell can douse Amaterasu, rendering it nothing more than a pile of ash as well as removing Kagatsuchi's influx of power from Noelle for a period of time.
 * Noelcannon.jpgAmaterasu: Hakanai Nozomi (アマテラス: はかない望み, "Shining In Heaven: Forlorn Hope"): The second form of the standard Amaterasu. In this form, the halberd loses its blades and transforms into a massive cannon capable of widespread destruction. Upon activation, any flames prevously produced by Noelle's Fire Magic or Amaterasu's halberd form are absorbed into the barrel of the cannon. The heat of the stored flames become so great that it has been seen to cause the moisture in the air to dry up, rendering any Water Magic or Ice Magic useless, as even Kanami's Ice Dragon Slayer Magic was rendered ineffective. Once enough of the flames have been stored and increased in intensity, Amatarasu activates a targeting system, locking on to anything that Noelle desires. Upon pulling the trigger of this massive cannon, Noelle can release the flames toward her target, completely incinerating anything in its path.

Magic and Abilities
Large Magical Aura: As the host of Fire Lord Kagatsuchi, it should come as no surprise that Kanami's Magical Aura is flame related, even being able to burn her opponents if they get to close for extended periods of time. Being a host to such a spirit as enabled Noelle to not only use her own magical reserves, but Kagatsuchi's as well giving her twice the amount of room to store Eternano within her body in order to enhance her spells.

Fire Magic
Fire Magic allows Noelle to generate substantial quantities of fire from the surrounding atmosphere and then subsequently manipulate this heated substance into seemingly whatever form she chooses, almost immediately after the flame's initial production. In this manner she is able to quickly form a great variety of fiery structures that are suitable for a diverse range of purposes, no matter if the nature of these circumstances demand offensive or defensive uses. However, all the objects that she fabricates share one similar trait in that they burn almost any surface they may come into contact with, covering it in a thick layer of fire that remains for extended periods. This also includes the immediate environment but rather than hamper Akira this aspect actually serves to benefit him, as the heated climate supports and increases the advantageous features of any latter techniques, while disadvantaging his opponent further as they suffer from the harmful effects of the now super-heated conditions.