Noel Cerquetti

*JP spoiler*Devil (revived)

*JP spoiler*Great Devil (at the end of the series)

**Noel Cerquetti** is the main protagonist of Noel the Mortal Fate game series. She was a talented pianist who was tricked into making a contract with a devil by Mayor Russell Burrows , resulting in losing her four limbs and almost getting killed. Seeking vengeance, Noel made a second contract with Caron, the same devil who took her limbs, to stop Russell's ambition. Her official demon title is **Witch of Mortal Fate**.

## Appearance

Noel is a short teenage girl with untied long beige-blonde hair and a pair of rouge pink eyes. According to Jillian, Noel always looks elegant and beautiful before becoming a demon. Fugo noted Noel as childish at the beginning, later describing her as cool looking. After making the first contract, Noel loses her limbs, her sleeves was tied neatly to make it more convenient for her and she has to use a pair of prosthetic legs to move instead. However, after making a third contract, Noel exchanges her right eye to regain the left arm, and since then she wore a medical white-colored eye patch to cover her right eye socket.

At the beginning of season 1, Noel wore a frilly red dress and her dress edge tied into a ribbon decorated on the left hip, and a black vest outside her dress. She wears a pair of black high-heels and stockings of the same color and a chocker in the same color as her dress. From season 1 to season 7, Noel wore a black dress with the same style. Her right sleeve was tied into a knot and she wears a white eye patch.

In season 6, as she infiltrated the casino Misty, Noel now wears a long red dress with a white capelet with a collar styled in a ruffle and V-shaped. In addition, she wears black grid pattern gloves and makeup.

From season 8 till the end of the series, Noel's attire changed to a black coat that cover her white shorts. Her coat has a white line on the collar and wrist and she does not tie her sleeves anymore. In addition, Noel wears black military canvas boots and she uses a black eye patch instead.

## Personality

Due to her upbringing as a pampered lady and the only child of famous and high-ranked pianists, Noel is a proud young girl whose proud of herself and her family. In addition, she is a confident person who often speaks her mind and her emotions. Noel's tendencies of being emotional and expressing her emotions are what make her have trouble in control her emotions. For instance, she snapped out at Jillian after the competition, believing her trying to insult her and later nearly kills Cybilla in a rage.

However, despite her pride, Noel has no discrimination towards anyone despite their social status proven by her friendship with Jillian despite their status difference and she is happy to have someone to befriend her and willing to speak to her in a friendly and casual manner. In addition, Noel is a noble and honorable person who believes that hard work pays off and worked her whole life without cheating or rest to become a pianist, despite having her background giving her much convenience, and she has honed the skill that Jillian has to admire her for in many years before the main story.

Despite being idealistic, Noel is easy to give in to her emotions and pride and she is pretty naive, believing the words of manipulation of Russell Burrows and Cybilla Becker's temptation offer and consequently, losing her limbs, later depends on Caron in most of her daily life due to the lack of limbs. However, she manages to become mature throughout the revenge.

One of Noel's notable traits throughout the series is her determination and it was demonstrated several times during her vengeance, allowing her to surpass her limits and make unbelievable things that impressed her friends, foes, and even the great devils. Noel's boldness, despite the dangers ahead, allows her to become a demon named *Noel the Mortal Fate*, and her willpower makes Caron call her *"stronger than him"*.

Noel has a noticeable caring side of her that is noticed by both her friends and foe. Oscar and Caron noted her caring side and commented that *"even though it was unneeded in her vengeance, she still lends her hand to help those around her when they are in need"*. For instance, the Dressel brothers, Jillian, and later Ribelio. This is what allows Noel to gain others' respect and allows Noel to turn her former enemies into allies.

Despite being a prestigious lady and later a demon, Noel has a softer and cuter side fitting an ordinary teenage girl of her age, which only those who are close to her know, such as Caron and Jillian. For instance, Caron noted her love for cats and Jillian make some remarks on Noel's enjoyment of hanging out with her and having ice cream as their after-school treat.

## Story

### History

Noel was born into a high-class family in Lhaplus and both her parents are famous pianists, and being a talented pianist herself, Noel dreamed and followed her parents' footsteps to become a pianist. Due to her upbringing, Noel was rather distant from other people, though remain on good terms with them. As a result, Noel didn't have any close friends. This ended when she approached her pianist classmate, Jillian Littner, who was appointed to be her partner in their song and by chance stayed behind after class with her and invited the girl to have a piano practice together. Having always admired Noel, Jillian was more than happy to join her. Since then, the two became close friends, hanging out together every day after class.

### Main Story

#### Season 1

Noel is one of the pianists who participated in the piano competition to become a ceremonial pianist. Despite having practiced hard every day and being confident she would be chosen, Jillian instead is chosen to become the ceremonial pianist. Frustrated and resentful, Noel snapped at Jillian during the party and run off. Burrows chase after and comforted her while manipulating her into believing that the result of the competition was set up. Desperate to become a ceremonial pianist, Noel accepted the offer made by Burrows's secretary, Cybilla Becker, to summon and make a contract with a devil even though it was against the law. Noel summoned the Great Devil, Caron, and asked him to kill Stella Stage's Director. Caron granted her wish, but to her horror, she lost her arms and legs as payment for the contract. Having no further use of Noel, Cybilla threw the dying Noel from the building. As she fell into the sea, Noel desperately pleaded for help.

The next day, Noel found herself in an unfamiliar room in an apartment in the slum, armless, now having a pair of artificial legs. Caron, the Great Devil with who she made a contract before, revealed that he was the one who saved her after hearing her plea for help and made that his second contract. Noel thought that Caron came for her life due to the second contract, but Caron angrily corrected her that humans should be more afraid of the power of devils. This irritated Noel who complained that Caron should have explained the details of their contract in more detail. Noel requested that the first contract be annulled, but much to Noel's dismay, it won't possible because Caron couldn't revive the dead person. Since the first contract was made because she was told by someone else, Caron agreed to return her limbs if she take revenge against the person responsible for her condition: Russell Burrows.

Still having a hard time believing that Burrows is as bad as Caron told her, Noel decided to ask Burrows about the truth herself. Caron helped her sneak into the mayor's manor and met Burrows at his office where Noel learned that she has indeed been tricked. She and Caron were soon cornered by Burrows' guards. Noel and Caron succeeded in escaping, but Caron was injured in the process. Depressed, Noel reflected on what happened during the night and realized that while she was tricked, Noel now view her selfishness as the main cause. This made her hesitate to accept Caron's suggestion because she thought she doesn't have any right to seek vengeance. An explosion downtown caught Noel and Caron's attention. Considering what happened last night, Caron thought that Burrows is targeting someone close to her to bait them into revealing themselves. Noel realized that Burrows was attacking Jillian and requested Caron to go to Jillian's house. Noel's suspicion was proven correct when they found Jillian's house in flames and Jillian missing. While Caron went to look for Jillian, Noel bumped into a masked man who stuck a letter on her dress. Noel opened and read the letter that was written by a demon nicknamed Bomber, telling her to come to the Abandoned Steel Works if she wants to save Jillian.

At the said place, the Bomber, Fugo Dressel, challenges Noel and Caron to a fight if they want Jillian back. Having no choice, they went inside the steelworks, fighting and defeating the Bomber's comrades. Before entering the room where Jillian was held, Noel admitted to Caron the reason behind her hesitation in accepting his suggestion to take revenge on Burrows. However, Caron told Noel that dying won't make anything better or change anything, and choosing to die would be no different than being a coward who run away from her responsibility. Saving their conversation for later, they proceeded to Jillian and Bomber's place. While Noel check on Jillian, Caron fought Bomber. Noticing Caron has difficulty against Bomber because of his wounds from last night, Noel risked herself to knock down a steel pillar, which fell right at the top of Bomber, defeating him. For a moment, Noel thought it was over, but Bomber revealed that he won't sell out Burrows because the mayor won't forgive the traitor and will make sure to punish not only them but also their family and friends. Secondly, Burrows also controls the police, so any evidence against him would be erased by the same police anyway.

Now aware of how dangerous Burrows is, Noel finally accepted Caron's offer to take revenge on Burrows, determined to take down Burrows at any cost even if it means she would lose her life once the contract is over. To make it easier for her to move, Noel made a third contract with Caron to get back her left arm in exchange for her right eye. Her willingness to risk her life for revenge without fear earned her the nickname **Noel the Mortal Fate** from Caron. After placing Jillian at the hospital, Noel and Caron began their next plan to take down Burrows.

#### Season 2

Under Caron's suggestion, Noel agreed to target Aquarius Corporation which is involved with Burrows' dirty work. They infiltrate the organization's office to get the evidence needed to take down Burrows. At the main office, however, they were intercepted by Cybilla and got thrown into the underground sewer with Cybilla continuously attempting to kill them through the traps she has set. After much struggle, Noel and Caron managed to chase after Cybilla until they reached the rooftop where a helicopter was waiting for Cybilla as the means to escape. To prevent Cybilla from escaping with the hard drive containing the evidence, Caron produced his chains to catch and bring down the helicopter, cornering Cybilla.

Vengeful of Cybilla for tricking and almost killing her, Noel shot Cybilla with the handgun she has picked. She threatened Cybilla with giving up the hard drive. When Cybilla still refused to betray Burrows, Noel shot her again, intending to slowly torture the secretary into giving up the hard drive before then killing her by throwing her away from the rooftop the same way Cybilla did to Noel. Before Noel could do anything worse, Caron slapped Noel to snap her from her blind rage. Noel insisted that she has prepared to kill Cybilla since she has killed the Stella Stage director before and would lose her life as the price anyway, but Caron argued that he has yet to decide what the price of her contract would be and if she were to kill Cybilla in cold blood then she was no different than a mere murderer.

Shocked by Caron's words, Noel slowly calmed herself, realizing she has lost herself to her anger. She withdrew the gun and lost steam after relieving all of her built-up stress. They were interrupted when Cybilla revealed that Caron was the one responsible for turning Burrows into the way he is now, making Noel question Caron's connection with Burrows. Unexpectedly, the mayor himself came with a powerful devil named Caesar who easily overpowered Caron. Knowing full well they won't be able to win against Burrows with their current state, Noel and Caron jumped into the sea, escaping Burrows and Caesar.

#### Season 3

After jumping into the sea to escape Caesar, Noel and Caron stumble into a cave where it used to be Caron and Burrows' hideout. At the entrance, Noel wished to stop Burrows after she watched a news on TV where Burrows refers to her as a "criminal". There, she learns about Caron and Burrows' past and why the devil wanted to take revenge on the mayor. Nevertheless, Noel accepts Caron despite his past actions and said that if he wanted to regret or blame himself then do it once their revenge is over, which makes Caron blush.

When the pair is about to leave the cave, a bomb attached at the entrance explodes as it senses Noel's body temperature but they manage to avoid any injuries while the place is destroyed, Noel questions Caron about having his old hideout destroyed by the latter replies he is no longer needed the place as they escape to their hideout in the slums.

## Etymology

* The name **Noel** derives from the old French Noël means "Christmas". The name is often given to children who are born on Christmas day.
	+ It is also a variant (and later a replacement) of *"nael"*, which itself derives from the Latin natalis "birth".
* Her name **Cerquetti** is an Italian surname with an unknown meaning.
	+ Likely, it was given to her family due to being a famous pianist family as it is the surname of the Italian dramatic soprano Anita Cerquetti.
	+ The prefix ***Cerque-*** in the name likely comes from the word *cerque* in Spanish means "fence, encircle, hedge" combine with the suffix ***-etti*** in Italian names.

## Trivia

* Her representative color is light orange.
	+ It is the color between yellow and orange, making it opposite to both purple and blue.
	+ It also indicates her antagonistic relationship with Russell Burrows as yellow and purple are opposite to each other.
	+ It also represents her friendship with Jillian as orange is opposite to blue thus they can get along with each other.
		- It also means that Noel values her friendships more than just only focus on taking revenge on Russell Burrows.
* Noel is left-handed.
* Noel loves cats, which irritates Caron a lot thus they often end up having disputes over the subject.
	+ She also a sweet tooth, as indicated by her enjoyment of eating ice cream with Jillian and brought cocoa powder with her on Triela.