Noelle

Noelle (born Noelle Ivarus on June 8th, 2018) is the leader of NOX and the focal experiment conducted by LUX. As a sixteen-year-old survivor, she is the only known tainted human.

Noelle serves as the main character of The Darkness Within.

Pre-Apocalypse
Little is known about Noelle's early life due to the experiments conducted by Nathaniel which caused her to forget many valuable memories.

Noelle was born on June 8th, 2018, in Manhattan, New York. From kindergarten to sixth grade, she attended Saint Lucia School with most of the members from NOX. She became best friends with Josie and Kai two years before the outbreak.

Manhattan, New York
Months after the initial PV-29 outbreak, most of those were infected experienced sudden death or other symptoms of the Shadows. As a result, all schools that were opened were ordered to go under lockdown with everyone inside as a way to protect the staff and students. However, barely twenty-four hours later, a few staff members and children began to feel ill as well. At some point during this time, Noelle, her friends, and other students, decided to leave the building by escaping through the auditorium windows.

It is stated by Noelle that most of them chose not to return to their parents due to the chaos in the city. As a result, most of the surviving kids, and almost all the members of NOX, never found out if their parents or other family members were alive or not.

Brooklyn, New York
Two years after the outbreak, resources were scarce and many groups had to resort to traveling farther than their camp to find food and supplies. Sometime in July, Noelle and two members of NOX—Olive and Jackson—traveled to Brooklyn to raid stores for supplies. The three were taken by Nathaniel, the new leader of LUX, a group that was looking for a cure.