Nooj



Meyvn Nooj (ヌージ, Nūji) is an ex-member of the Crusaders and Crimson Squad and the commander of the Youth League. He is known as the Deathseeker who joined the Crimson Squad to seek a warrior's death. His left arm and leg were destroyed in a battle with Sin prior to his joining of the squad, and are replaced with machina prosthetics. He is LeBlanc's love interest, although it is unknown if he returns her feelings. He is voiced by in the Japanese version and  in the English version.

Final Fantasy X-2
At the time of Operation Mi'ihen, Nooj, Gippal, and Baralai, along with their mission recorder, Paine, entered the Den of Woe as their final test to become members of the Crimson Squad. While in the cave, Shuyin took Nooj as a host, using his eagerness to die to control him. After escaping the Yevon Warrior Monks, the team disbands at Mi'ihen Highroad. Shuyin forces Nooj to shoot his teammates in the back, but they survive. Nooj dedicates his life to discovering the secrets hidden by Yevon after seeing a vision of Vegnagun in the Den, though he was unaware of Shuyin's presence in his body.

Two years later, the Gullwings encounter Nooj at Kilika, where he and the Youth League are demanding a certain sphere should be released to the public. Due to the current mission and the ensuing chaos, the Gullwings have no time to meet Nooj face to face. Should the player decide to side with the Youth League, they are given a honorable welcome, and Nooj discusses the sphere's contents. The sphere contains images of Vegnagun, a massive machina weapon Shuyin has been manipulating Nooj to find, unknown to him. The Gullwings can later meet Nooj outside the Den of Woe, which is now sealed right, and he gives Paine a Crimson Sphere.

Thanks to cooperation with LeBlanc, Vegnagun's location is revealed to be under Bevelle, and Nooj heads there to find it. Before he can do anything Vegnagun flees to the Farplane, scared off by Nooj's hatred. He meets up with Baralai and Gippal under Bevelle to discuss the issue, but because of Nooj's betrayal two years previous, Baralai becomes angered and threatens to kill Nooj. This in turn triggers Gippal's frustration and he threatens Baralai. The stream of negative emotions fully reawakens Shuyin, who decides to take Baralai as his new host. Shuyin, now fully in control of Baralai, jumps into the Farplane, and Nooj and Gippal pursue. The three are not seen for a while until Yuna falls into the Farplane after defeating Ixion in Djose temple. Nooj and Gippal hand her spheres for Paine and vanish until the near end of the game, when Shuyin has taken control of Vegnagun. Nooj hatches a plan to shoot Baralai so Shuyin will take him over, and then die himself. Yuna rejects this plan and in the end, they work together to defeat Vegnagun and free Baralai. At the end of the game Nooj, Gippal and Baralai settle their differences and decide to lead Spira toward a brighter future together.

International + Last Mission
Nooj, along with many other characters such as Baralai and Gippal, are obtainable party members in the International version. He can be obtained in Mushroom Rock with an SP sphere during Chapter 5 after clearing the Den of Woe. Skipping the cut scenes in the Den will prevent the player from obtaining him.

In Battle
In Chapter 5, if the player obtains all the Crimson Spheres and heads to the Den of Woe they can enter a series of battles. A pyrefly illusion of Nooj is the last boss encountered in the den. Nooj uses a gun in battle and has two special gun skills and a special attack. The first skill creates a glyph under the player and explodes, causing damage. The second skill is named Greedy Aura, and it creates the same glyph under all allies, but causes less damage and also MP loss. His most powerful attack is Lightfall, where (when low on HP) he levitates into the air and creates a giant ball of light and hurls it down upon all allies, always causing 5,000 points of HP damage.

Trivia

 * Nooj shares the same English voice actor, George Newbern, as Sephiroth.
 * Leblanc often calls Nooj by the nickname "Noojie-Woojie".

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