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“ | Supposedly the founder of the Leonster Kingdom, Crusader Noba, was Dain's younger sister. | ” | — A North Thracian villager |
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(ノヴァ Noba), dubbed the "Lance Knight", was a member of the Twelve Crusaders, the original wielder of the lance Gáe Bolg, and the co-founder of the Kingdom of Thracia alongside her elder brother and fellow Crusader Dain. Her descendants comprise the royal family of the small Kingdom of Leonster, in the Manster District.
Biography
As with the other Crusaders, Noba was a warrior fighting in a revolution against the tyranny of the Loptyr Empire, and was one of the survivors barricaded in Darna Fortress when the tide turned against their movement. It was at this fortress that the Miracle of Darna occurred, changing the tide of the war: Noba was chosen by an unidentified member of the twelve dragon "gods" who descended upon the fortress, to undergo a blood-bond with said dragon, transforming her into one of the Crusaders. She was granted Gáe Bolg, sealed to her new holy lineage, by this dragon.
With the other Crusaders, Noba fought in the rest of the Holy War and contributed to the downfall of the Loptyr Empire. At the war's conclusion, Noba and Dain settled in the Thracian Peninsula and founded the Kingdom of Thracia, then encompassing the entire peninsula. Some time afterward, Noba was married to one of Dain's friends, a fellow knight, and the two aided Dain in governing their new kingdom. Ten years after Thracia's foundation, an event known in Leonster mythology as the "Tragedy of the Gáe Bolg" occurred: Dain and the husband entered a dispute over an unknown subject and resorted to combat in a bid to settle the matter. Noba attempted to break them up, but instead she inadvertently killed her husband with the Gáe Bolg. Noba committed suicide shortly afterward, and following Dain's own mysterious death, this led to the secession of the Manster District from Thracia, under the leadership of Noba's son in opposition of the tyranny of Dain's son.[1]
Other appearances
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Gallery
- FESK Noba.png
Artwork of Noba from Treasure.
Etymology and other languages
Names, etymology, and in other regions | ||
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Language | Name | Definition, etymology, and notes |
English (unofficial) |
• Noba |
• Used in older versions of the Genealogy of the Holy War fan translation. |
References
- ↑ "A: Noba married a knight who was friends with her brother Dain and lived a happy life with him. One day, her husband and King Dain fought each other over some dispute. Noba tried to stop the two fighting, but accidentally killed her beloved husband (the weapon that took his life was her lance). That was the beginning of events, Later, Noba committed suicide and King Dain died a mysterious death." - Designers' notes from a Genealogy of the Holy War playing guide, as translated by Serenes Forest
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