Nory Horace (film)

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**Elinor "Nory" Boxwood Horace**, portrayed by Izabela Rose, is the main protagonist in *Upside-Down Magic*. She is an abnormal Fluxer who can turn into a combination of animals. She was a student attending Sage Academy for Magical Studies.

## Background

### Pre-film

Nory Horace was born to Augustus Horace and an unnamed mother. Her mother was a magical human who also attended Sage Academy. She died when Nory was a child.

### *Upside-Down Magic* (film)

Like all of the other children awaiting to enter Sage Academy, Nory, her dad and Reina are standing outside the forest, waiting to be taken by Skriff.

Nory admits to her dad that she's nervous, but he assures her than everything will be fine and explains that her mother was nervous at the beginning, too. After a small talk, Nory gathers up courage and follows Skriff into the creepy forest.

Nory walks up to the professors a little awkwardly. She stalls and Knightslinger gives her an unpleasant look. She then Fluxes and turns into a mix of Dritten (dragon and kitten) and llama. After being given her card by Fluxer teacher Professor Han, she heads out and her and Reina gaze at their cards, excited to see what class they get to go to.

At first, Skriff listens to the "Sage Way" and only teaches Nory and her friends about math, reading, and ordinary, non-magic subjects. They also are inclined to sweep up campus.

But Skriff realizes that he's wrong to listen, and begins to teach Nory, Pepper, Elliott, and Andres how to to use their Upside-Down Magic to the fullest. They begin to train under cover.

Nory decides that she'll show Sage what she's learned and bursts into the Sage Match. Skriff and the UDMs arrive just as Nory attempts Fluxing into a kitten. They cheer her on, but she grows dragon wings and soars around the room, students and professors alike watching and gasping. She is unable to Flux back, as her animal instincts have taken over.

With her enhanced powers from the *Primer of Shadowe Magicks*, Reina accidentally hits Nory with a fireball, which knocks her to the ground and turns her back to normal from the shock. Nory is alright, and Knightslinger warns Skriff that he has one more chance to keep his job.

Nory wants to talk to Reina to catch up and talk about personal things. The Sparkies point her in the direction of her. But she finds Reina being controls by Chandra, a form of dark magic known as a Shadow, who only Reina could see. Chandra spoke through Reina and threatened to take her and Sage out, and Nory promised to save her and ran to tell Skriff and the others.

When the Founders' Day Parade arrives, the UDMs have been prohibited by Knightslinger to attend. Reina had been chosen to represent the Flares, and instead turned into her Shadow form.

The Sage school's fight bravely against Chandra and were going to bring in special forces when Nory, Pepper, Elliott and Andres arrived, led on attack by Skriff, who ordered them quickly.

They use all of they're unique abilities to the fullest and Nory tires down Chandra, then speaks to Reina, who fights from the inside and defeats Chandra. After that, the UDMs become more respected and all of the UDMs are placed in their correct classes.

## Personality

Nory is a kind, brave, loyal, intelligent, and resourceful girl. Nory puts her own worries aside to help her friends. Nory is very excitable and usually sports a grin on her face. She values her friendship with Reina, the two having been inseparable since they met: Nory tried to save Reina while Reina was under Chandra‘s influence, even when ‘Shadow Reina’ tried to injure Nory. Nory has a crush on Andres, albeit a subtle one. Nory is also peppy and wants to give hope to her friends.

Nory is very chatty and her friends usually need to tell her to be quiet, mainly Reina. Nory is very stubborn, and doesn't back down easily. She always stands up for her friends, even in the most unusual situations. She is very clever and usually gets her and her friends out of danger with her lightning-quick wit.

## Qualities

* Nory is a very bright and outgoing girl who is naturally gifted at art.
* Nory is a "certified work ethic".
* Nory is perhaps one of the most persistent female in the history of literature. When Headmistress of Sage Academy Knightslinger confirms that she could be consumed by Shadows, she is sure she can fight them and continues to be a rebel, and even inspire Scriff, the UDM teacher, to stand up against the injustice and teach the UDM's to harness their powers, not be ashamed of them. So, Nory's brightness can very much rub off on anyone. However this could also translate to being stubborn depending on the context.

## Physical Appearance

Nory has wild, curly black hair. Her skin is dark, as her father is African-American. She wears a purple T-shirt, jeans, and black boots with different colored socks for the majority of the first film. She always wears a signature headband and a patterned shirt.

## Powers and Abilities

* Nory is an **Upside-Down Fluxer**. Meaning that, instead of turning into one animal at a time, as normal Fluxers can, she turns into a variation of animals at once: a dragon-kitten (a Dritten), or a beaver-kitten (a Bitten), or a squid-puppy (a Squippy). This causes her serious problems and gets her into plenty of trouble at Sage Academy. Despite this, Nory is an **extremely powerful Fluxer**. She can turn into parts of advanced animals, such as elephant, flamingo, dragon, and her tutoring coach believes she will be able to turn into a tiger by early high school. She has accepted her unusual powers and who she is. Mentioned in the film, she can morph into any combination of animals possible.

## Video Games

### Magic My Way

*Upside-Down Magic: Magic My Way* is a mobile continuation of the first film that allows a player to train with the UDMs. Nory is a playable character, and the player can help her complete training by fluxing into mixed-up animals at the right time.

## Relationships

### Reina Carjaval

##### Main article: Nory and Reina

Reina is Nory's best friend and the secondary antagonist in *Upside-Down Magic*. When the pressure to be a perfect Sage Student becomes to much, she is beckoned to the dark side of Magic, but ultimately saved by Nory. She is in the Flare School at Sage Academy, which means she harnesses the ability of fire.

### Andres Padillo

Andres was ignorant after initially meeting Nory during their journey to Sage, but they grow closer after getting to know one another more. Their crushes on each other are painted out as obvious and childish at times.

### Pepper Paloma

Pepper and Nory are close friends. She is a tritagonist alongside the other UDM's and Reina, and is very sassy and sharp-tongued. If someone is rude to her or someone close to her, she is quick to get defensive. But she can hold feelings in. Pepper has the ability to push things away instead of bring things to her, like an ordinary Flicker.

### Elliott Cohen

Elliott is a close friend of Nory's. He likes to joke and can be chill and uptight. His favorite thing to do is where multi-colored Hawaiian button-down shirts. He produces smoke and fire, being a Upside-Down Flare.

### Budd Skriff

Skriff is the UDM teacher, and, the first UDM to actually attend Sage Academy. He was put to teach the other UDM Children due to him being able to not be of any other use. Nory encourages him to teach the other UDM's, and he comes to his senses and does. He is a Upside-Down Fuzzy, and has to sing in order to communicate with the Animal Kingdom.

### Linda Knightslinger

Knighslinger is the powerful Flare Headmistress of the prestigious Sage Academy, the greatest Magic School in existence. She is very strict but secretly has a side that lets her love and improve her students. She and Nory were at odds because of their separate opinions but soon came to be allies.

### Chandra

Chandra is the main antagonist of the film *Upside-Down Magic*. She has the power to manipulate the Magic of Sage, posing as a powerful ally. Sensing Reina's strive to fit in, she beckons her little-by-little to incraft the forces of dark into her. She is very manipulative and can only be seen by the ones that use her book *A Primer of Shadow Magic*. She poses a very large threat to the magical world. Nory and Chandra have limited interactions, but Nory was visibly very annoyed at Chandra for choosing Reina as a vessel.

## Trivia

* Nory is 10/11-years in the books and 13-years in the film.
* In the books, she attends Dunwiddle Magic School instead of Sage Academy.
* Nory is an only child in the film.
* She can turn into a combination of three animals at once in the film, not two like in the books. Her known film combinations are camel-dritten, peacock-elephant-kitten, dolphin-rabbit-kitten, unknown, and dritten. Her dritten (dragon-kitten) is the only known form from the books that appear in the film.
* "Elinor" is a variant of "Eleanor", a name given to a few historical European queens.
* She can fight them and continues to be a rebel, and even inspire Skriff, the UDM teacher, to stand up against the injustice and teach the UDM's to harness their powers, not be ashamed of them. So, Nory's brightness can very much rub off on anyone.
* In the books, she is shown as a 10-year-old.
* Nory makes an appearance at 13-years-old in the film, recording her last Magic Blog before she heads off to Sage Academy, which is also when Reina makes her very first appearance as well.
* Her last appearance in the film was her in Dritten form, soaring high. She smiles at the camera, then winks, furthermore proving the end of the film before the major cliffhanger of the film.

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