Noura Richelieu

Noura in her exosuit.

**Noura Richelieu** (born 4th December 3141, age 24) was a professional swordfighter and the champion for the ISEOE in the Sourian Championships from 3059 to 3065 until the 3065 tournament where tragedy would strike. She won three of her six tournaments. Her sword was named Mistral, after the northern winds near France.

## Information

### Job

Noura Richelieu was a swordfighter for the ISEOE for just six years before a life-ending injury struck her.

### Achievements

She won three of her six tournaments, some argue three in five because of circumstances but the records class it as six instead. Her achievements whilst great are overshadowed by her accident.

## History

### Early Life

Despite being born in Algiers and being classed as Algerian, she moved to France at two, her parents wanting the rich privileged life for their daughter. She was a very manly woman, finding intrest in many male intrests, though by this point in time that was not major. One such intrest was Swordfighting and she applied to the youth swordfighting academy where swordfighters like Phirun Soun were made. She was happily accepted by the people and trained, she was known for her silky quick movements, tiring her enemies out and then dealing the decisive blows, similar to her idol Fábio Rodrigues.

### Humanities Champion

When Phirun Soun retired, humanity were looking for a new champion and Noura was a hot prospect at the time. She was approached and excepted the offer, making her the first ISEOE female champion in the championship. She did not win her first tournament but won her second, third, got to the final in the fourth and won the fifth. She used what she did in training, quick movements to tire enemies out and attack them when they were down and out. However, the sixth tournament would change everything.

### The Injury

In the 3165 Sourian Championship, Noura was through to the quarter-finals after a win against the Giaga Aliens champion and faced the Phison Empire's champion. They fought for two minutes and had the break. The Phison's champion, Ph'Tyra got to start off the combat and attacked viciously, and then all of a sudden Noura fell to the ground. The five second rule was enacted but she didn't move. Medical staff immediately rushed in when the monitor showed severe damage and she was taken for immediate medical care. Ph'Tyra was through to the final even though he called for rematches. Meanwhile Noura was undergoing scans and it was shown what had happened to her.

A massive gash from the sword that cut deep into her from the left side of her head clean down to the bottom of the shoulder. She bled out rapidly and in the end to try save her she was put in a comatose state and was undergoing surgery. She was in that hospital from July - December, eventually the comatose and efforts to keep her up did not work and she passed away. A picture was shown on Newspapers but the injury was so terrible it was blurred so people wouldn't see it. The medical staff on site were offered therapy for what they saw.

### After the Events

The ISEOE demanded 254 million Pax from the Phison Empire (100 million Qirsh), which was eventually lowered to 45 million Qirshs worth. This was still a hefty fine and the ISEOE were adamant about replaying the tournament, but their pleas were ignored. Jack Valentino became the new champion in her stead.

In an interview, the Space News managed to get into contact with the elderly head doctor, Dr. Blank, For an interview several years after Noura’s untimely passing. When they sat him down, he was quoted as to saying, “I’m my fifty years of being a medical professional, I have never seen something so gruesome,” he said, notably disturbed by recounting said tragedy. “Sure, we’ve had injuries here and there, broken arm this, fracture that, a leg ripped off, but hardly ever was it fatal. Noura was by far the worst, even up till now. She died too soon.” Dr. Blank died soon after this interview.