Norten Groovywave

Norten Groovywave is an Ocean District CRiTORA who ended up in the Abnormal District.
==Bio==
The Cuttlefish CRiTORA. Norten lives in the darkness of the Abyss, calmed down by his bioluminescent accents and the sea creatures around it. Norten likes to collect seashells of strange shapes to make ornaments, which glow in the dark thanks to his ink. Just be sure not to bring up the time Norten ended up in the Abnormal District— he wants to pretend his stay in such a wretched place never happened. 
===Personality===
Norten prefers solitude and listening to the environmental noises of wherever he goes, particularly whale songs and bubbling corals. He is shy, nervous, and averse to strong lights. He is also an artistic CRiTORA, however, and he draws inspiration from the world around him when making seashell ornaments, his hobby and source of income. When it comes to his work, he leaves its meaning up to the viewers' interpretation. Though Norten is usually shy, he becomes calmer when he's around someone he can rely on. He has a crush on Jolene Coelabyss, whose presence is enough to make him forget about his worries.
Norten is a pacifistic CRiTORA and avoids conflict as much as possible. If he finds himself in battle, he prefers to blind his opponents with ink before fleeing. This behavior stays even when Norten is infected; he often freaks out if he ends up infecting someone else.
==Physical appearance==
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Norten is a small CRiTORA strongly resembling a cuttlefish or squid. His body is rounded and primarily gray, with four curved tentacles and a cyan triangular marking on his forehead. He has three whiskers acting as his mouth, and his eyes are rounded with black sclera and cyan pupils. Norten's mantle, large and conical in shape, is primarily black with a fuchsia triangular pattern and cyan circular markings on both sides.
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As V-Norten, his body shape changes drastically. His body is primarily magenta, with three dark pink stripes running along the middle. His eyes now have white sclera and magenta eyelids; one of his pupils is dark pink and rectangular while the other is ring-shaped and light pink. He now has a visible light pink mouth as well. One of V-Norten's tentacles is now connected by a dark pink rounded segment; this tentacle is magenta and dark pink in color with light pink suckers. His mantle, now dark pink with light pink accents, is sideways and has two tentacles attached to one side, giving it the appearance of a pirate's bandanna.
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==In the series==
Norten is a secondary character in CRiTORA: abnormal, first appearing in Chapter 6. A naturally timid CRiTORA, he tends to stay out of most fights, disliking combat. However, he does play a role in helping the infected survivors break a pipe full of disinfection water in Chapter 9, as well as rescuing the Caveman during Chapter 10.
==Relationships==
* Jolene Coelabyss - Norten is in love with Jolene. To be elaborated on.
==Trivia==
*Norten's original name was Retrianbus.
*Gadget Brassblade (now Gadget) was intended to have a crush on Norten before the Infestation Invasion, during which Norten would get deleted and leave a shell collar in his house; what Gadget did not know was that the collar was not intended for him. 
**Due to its dark nature, this story arc was never applied.
*His infected form was designed by Daydreaming Birdie and was inspired by concept art for V-Lastee, a retired CRiTORA and the original Ocean District member of the CRiViRUS Gang.
*Norten was originally intended for the initial version of CRiTORA: abnormal, and was the first to be deleted in the now-lost novelization. 
** While not shown in the animated version, his deletion was indirectly referenced by Ingrid.
*They are not a fan of Moon Yeon-joon's music.
===Design origins===
Norten's design combines a cuttlefish and the vaporwave aesthetic. His infected form's mantle makes him vaguely resemble a sailor or pirate.
===Name origins===
His last name comes from Groovy and Vaporwave.
===Design changes===
When first designed in Early 2021, Norten had a white body, eight tentacles with cyan tips on them, and the spots on his mantle were gray and had irregular shapes. When turned into a CRiTORA character, the spots became rounded, and the markings had their details reduced. As the style of Season 1 avoided solid whites, grays, and blacks, Norten's gray segments were tinted.
In Late 2022, due to LastyGhost's style becoming more detailed, Norten was updated to have significant additions to their design, including more neon colors, algae hair, and mouth whiskers.
In Mid-2023, Norten's design was reverted to his first one, though the mouth whiskers from his Late 2022 design were added. His body color was changed to gray, and his eyes are more separate from one another.
==Appearance==
===Novels ===
*CRiTORA: abnormal
==External Links==
*Norten Groovywave on LastyGhost Wiki.
Category:Characters
Category:Male Characters
Category:CRiTORA
Category:Ocean District
Category:Abnormal District
Category:Water Element
Category:Cephalopod
Category:Infected Form Designed by Derek
Category:Created by LastyGhost
Category:Designed by LastyGhost
Category:Invertebrate
Category:Aquatic
Category:CRiTORA Characters
Category:He/They Characters