Noah Collins

**Noah Collins** is the protagonist of *Rebirth,* and is a regressor under a contract with Law. However, he does not remember most timelines, and is heavily restricted by the contract.

## Background

Noah was born as the second son in the Collins' household, to the second wife, an average woman. Determined not to remain average, he studied and worked hard to outshine his older brother, Ian Collins. Ian himself didn't prove to be much of a competition as he would usually slack off, leading their father to give the family's company to Noah.

Noah regularly struggled with his heart condition and Ian's domestic terrorism towards him. In his teens, he was drugged and falsely led to believe that he had gotten Parish pregnant, which led to his wedlock marriage with the girl. He only learned of the truth years later, damaging his relations with most of his family as a result.

## Appearance

Noah has short, messy black hair with bangs that he typically keeps partially in his face, with some bangs swept out of his eyes. Sometimes he moves it around to be more akin to his father, exposing his forehead and having his hair more in his right eye.

He has an extremely pale and sickly complexion, and blue eyes. He wears a pair of black rectangular glasses, and later updated the frames some time in Season 2, but it is more noticeable in Season 3. He also wears a choker on his neck, which is a heartrate monitor. It is one of ARC's exclusive inventions, designed specifically for him. In Season 3, his hair became longer so he put it in a short ponytail.

His outfit changes too frequently for documentation.

## Personality

Noah is largely a kind man, caring deeply for his family and choosing to be genuine. He is an exceptional leader, to the point of others blindly putting their faith in him without question. He is skilled at remaining calm and finding solutions to all sorts of problems, and always looks towards the future rather than dwelling on the past. However, he is noted to be a terrible liar.

He is exceptionally tolerant of others, and a doting father. He can sometimes come off as sarcastic, and is confident in his abilities to the point of being considered arrogant by some. Though, Noah can tend to be a bit socially awkward and dense. Intelligent and observant, he knows how to get along with others and how to get his way. Noah has a tendency to overwork himself and place too much responsibility on his shoulders, which can distress some.

## Timeline History

### Previous Timelines

Noah was extremely trusting of his family, to the point of becoming easy to manipulate. He did all sorts of odd jobs making credits in Sanctuary for his family, and was also said to have done horrible things just to survive. He ended up being manipulated into helping to capture Neo in order to turn him over to the government. Admitting to his faults and regretful of what he had done, Noah tried his best to save Neo but ended up dying, failing to save Neo.

He was noted by Neo to be "buddy buddy" with Olivier Paix, helping the man plenty with his research on Neo.

### Current Timeline

In the current timeline, Noah tries his best to be a better leader than the last timeline. Using the knowledge he has of the previous timeline, he made ample preparations for the Armageddon. He also made it a personal rule to not kill humans, as a way of atoning for his past mistakes of taking the easy way out of situations in the previous timeline.

Regardless, he doesn't hesitate to use himself as a shield from danger just to protect the people he cherishes, which makes Li and Neo worry of him acting recklessly. Compared to any other timeline, Noah of the current timeline is considered a "good guy" who plays like a hero, trying to make friends and helping as much as he could. However, he is not hesitant to disregard his rule in the case of Ian, or disregard people who don't want saving (Mr. Barron).

## Abilities

### Blood Manipulation

Noah is seen to be able to control and manipulate blood according to his will. He uses it as a weapon to destroy his enemies, mainly the undead. If Noah uses too much of his ability, he passes out due to blood loss.

### Eye of Law

Noah is seen to use Law's plentiful powers, ranging from regeneration to overriding others' command and will.

#### Midnight Reset/Regeneration

Every midnight, Noah can heal any and all injuries as long as his heart doesn't stop before then. As a balance, each midnight reset, a part of Noah's memories is erased. Noah relies on his memories from the previous timeline to exist in the present, and is left with 2 years to do everything he strives to before he ceases to exist.

#### "Dust"

It's a glowing dust, typically gold, that only Noah can see. It is commonly used to see the cores of abnormal undead, and was once used against a mutated plant in Blackport. It largely serves as a visual indicator.

#### Teleportation

A part of Law's powers, that Noah didn't use, but rather was used by Law itself. It was used to bring both Noah and Li to safety, a fair distance away from the pit.

#### Commands

A part of Law's powers. He used it to stop Li from dying by suicide in the Pit, and ordering her to stop using her power. It affected everyone (alive) within his area. Olivier described the sound as an alien tone that sent chills down spines.

## Relationships

### Parish Collins

Noah's wife, from teenage wedlock. He largely trusted her, a mistake as she was insincere to him and cheated on him, which he later found out. This made him lose trust in her and they started sleeping in separate rooms, as well as him not paying her much attention. Later in the previous timeline, the army decided to take her for the pocket dimension earring (the one Neo now possesses in the current timeline).

### Neo Collins

They originally were quite bonded, as father and son. After Noah learned of Parish's infidelity and Neo's true relations with him, he shunned Neo and neglected him emotionally for years. Despite the truth, he still cared for him immensely. In the current timeline, Noah seeks to improve his relationship with Neo, regardless of struggles or conflicts he has.

### Abel Collins

Compared to his relationship with Neo, Noah has a strong relationship with Abel, who absolutely adores him. However, due to Abel's betrayal in the original timeline, Noah was hesitant to get close to Abel. Though, when Noah realized that he was ignoring Abel, he tries to make up for it, hoping that by strengthening their relationship in the alternate timeline, he would not be betrayed again.

### Ian Collins

Ian is Noah's older half-brother. Noah and Ian share a bitter and hateful relationship with each other, with Ian always looking down on him and repeatedly taunting him, and with Noah silently taking the insults. Noah is described as a hardworking child whilst Ian was lazy and was always partying.

Since Noah inherited the family's company, Ian started freeloading off of him. As an adult, Noah would begin returning the jabs and arguing with him regularly. Their feelings for each other were always mutually hateful, worsening when Noah learned of his affair with Parish. Ian was later killed by Noah in the current timeline when Noah deemed him a threat to the people, and he was thus pushed off the stairs in the infected mall.

### Iva Collins

Iva is the daughter of Ian Collins and Lena Collins, making her Noah's niece. They are on good terms, despite the fact that Noah killed her father (and indirectly led to her becoming an orphan). He invited her for cake, which she fearfully turned down. When asked about her father's whereabouts, he chose to lie and say the man was busy.

## Trivia

* Noah has enlarged heart (congenital cardiomegaly). The collar he wears is an upgraded heartrate monitor, called PCA 2.0 (Personal Care Assistant 2.0).
	+ The previous version of the PCA was a lot less concise on his condition, so it was upgraded.

* Noah is farsighted, as shown in Episode 51.
* Noah has traits indicative of a dissociative disorder, akin to OSDDID, though it is more likely to be something similar to dissociative amnesia. Though, these traits only showed up more prominently because of his contract with Law.
	+ To be more specific, it's likely a systematized type of dissociative amnesia. He doesn't remember Olivier, but can just vaguely recall the "shape" of his memories of Olivier. The contract also erases his memories each night, which restricts both him and his time in the current timeline.
	+ Li has noted in Episode 196, that when he first woke after his reset, it was as if he was a completely different person. While it is possible in OSDDID, the disorder tries to be more covert and subtle than that.
* World refers to him as "Law's vessel". What it exactly implies is currently unknown.
* Noah's birthday is January 25th.
* Noah likes cats.
* Noah's favorite color is blue.
* Noah has been seen taking 2 types of pills (14, 28, 52, 155), a red/white capsule (oval) pill and a round white/beige pill.
	+ The red/white capsule pill could be disopyramide, a drug that affects the heartbeat.
	+ The round white/beige pill could be percocet (acetaminophen + oxycodone), a moderate-severe painkiller.
	+ Typically, if he were to miss even a day of taking his medicine, he'd experience major chest pain. However, due to the midnight reset, he doesn't need them as much, if at all anymore.

## Quotes

* "I've changed my mind. This timeline is better off without you." - to Ian Collins, Episode 26
* "If I let you test the earring on me, would you start trusting me more?" - to Neo Collins, Episode 36
* "What *is* your plan?" - to [World], (S2) Episode 114
* “I was pathetic in my previous life. I could only watch you throw your life away for a good-for-nothing like me. But not this time. I won't let my mistakes repeat.” - Thoughts about Li, (S2) Episode 94
* “You're not just my maid, or my bodyguard. You're the first friend I ever made, Li. You mean a lot to me.” - to Li, (S2) Episode 95
* “Because I don’t want you to die, idiot. It’s fine now.” - to Li, (S2) Episode 95
* “Physical ability isn’t everything anymore. If it comes down to power, experience is what makes a difference.” - to Ike, (S2) Episode 101
* “Alright, my knight in shining armor. I’ll protect myself. Thank you for the heads up.” - to Li, (S2) Episode 120
* “I kept to myself in my past life, believing I could do everything myself. I was strong enough to protect my family. I was knowledgeable enough to make the right decision. I surrounded myself in an echo chamber. Nobody was there to point out my foolishness. I had no friend to turn to, nobody to ask for help. In the end, I died alone, accomplishing nothing but regret. I made a lot of mistakes.” - Thoughts about himself, (S3) Episode 126
* “Is he worried for me? That makes me happy.” - Thoughts about Neo, (S3) Episode 148
* “What kind of father am I to worry his son?” - to Neo, (S3) Episode 148
* “It’s fine. I don’t want your forgiveness. I want to atone.” - to Neo, (S3) Episode 151
* “Even when we abandoned him, he still came to save us. Even when we ignored him, he still helped us. Even when he was aware it could have been a trap… He still came to my rescue…… If he was a monster, then I was even more of a monster than him.” - Thoughts about Neo, (S3) Episode 169