Noelle Devereaux

Noelle Devereaux is a singer with the voice of an angel and was a candidate who placed out of the Top Nine during the Wundrous Society Show Trial. She was an antagonist in *Nevermoor*.

## Biography

### Early Life

At this point, little is known of Noelle's life before the Wundrous Society Trials besides that she grew up in the Silver District of Nevermoor. At around the age of 11, Noelle was chosen by Baz Charlton for the Wundrous Society trials.

### Wundrous Society Trials

She was seen at the Wundrous Welcome event with a group of friends, although it was suggested later that perhaps not all of them liked her as much as it seemed. She met Cadence Blackburn some time earlier, but didn't seem to make a very deep connection with her. During the Wundrous Welcome, she bullied Anah Kahlo, another contestant, and was interrupted by Morrigan Crow. She laughed at Morrigan after this, but then was hit in the head by jelly (dropped by Hawthorne Swift).

She passed the Book Trial. She then was given information by Baz Charlton about how to find a gold target in the Chase Trial. After this, having found a gold target, she was allowed into a secret dinner. She passed the Fright Trial and later placed on the leaderboard during the Show Trial, after a performance. However, she later dropped out of the leaderboard.

## Physical Appearance

The first time Noelle makes an appearance is at the Wundrous Welcome event, where she has a 'blue sparkly dress' on and 'thick chestnut hair.' Morrigan describes her as pretty, poised, and confident with an easy smile.

## Personality and Traits

Noelle seemed to be an outgoing person able to make friends quickly. However, she didn't seem to necessarily have very deep connections with the people she quickly befriended at the Wondrous Welcome. She seemed to focus to a degree on appearances- she made comments about Morrigan's looks in a negative way at different parts of the first book. She showed some unkind behavior in the book. She also seemed determined to become part of the Wundrous Society.

## Abilities and Skills

### Knack

Noelle’s Knack is Angel voice, a knack similar to, if not shared by, Israfel.

## Relationships

### Cadence Blackburn

Noelle at first seemed to be liked by Cadence, at least to some degree, but it was then shown that Cadence actually did not like Noelle. The two didn't seem to have a very deep relationship and Noelle did not show a lot of attention to Cadence, as it was suggested later in the Show Trial.

### Morrigan Crow

Noelle had an antagonistic relationship with Morrigan. While initially she seemed to possibly find Morrigan amusing, laughing at her after meeting her, she later seemingly disliked Morrigan more.

### Baz Charlton

Noelle likely trusted Baz, having taken advice from him about the Chase Trial, and it was suggested that Baz may have especially liked Noelle out of his candidates, as he mentioned her to Jupiter North, and had hopes for her.

## Etymology

**Noelle** and the French Noëlle are feminine forms of the male Noël, meaning "Christmas." It was common for children in the Middle Ages born just before, after, or on Christmas to be named this.

**Devereux** was an indicator of a person from Evreux in France. This Norman surname was likely at some time to be derived from a Celtic word meaning "yew." Another possibility is that it is equivalent to the name Dyfrig (or Dubricius) where a saint of the same name's parish in south Herefordshire is found.

## Trivia and Behind-the-Scenes

* Possibly related in some way to the Devereaux's who founded/run the Devereaux Ladies' College

## Appearances

* *Nevermoor: The Trials of Morrigan Crow* (First appearance)
* *Wundersmith: The Calling of Morrigan Crow* (Indirect mention)

## Notes and References

1. ↑ https://www.behindthename.com/name/noe12l
2. ↑ https://surnames.behindthename.com/name/devereux
3. ↑ https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Devereux