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Black Noir

Black Noir

Black Noir is the silent knight of the Seven. Being the stealthiest and most experienced member of the corporate league, Noir is frequently sent on assassination or reconnaissance missions when not selling Vought merchandise. His enhanced physical abilities and aptitude with bladed weapons makes him a terrifying addition to the Vought family of superheroes.

Physicals

  • Beats down Starlight with his strikes (source) (S2E7)
  • Knocks out Starlight with a metal pole (source) (S2E7)
  • Pries a man’s jaws open, killing him (source) (S2E1)
  • Throws Starlight through a concrete wall (source) (S2E7)
  • Throws Starlight through a concrete pillar (source) (S2E7)
  • Snaps a woman’s neck (source) (Diabolical)

Durability

  • Gets up after being tackled by Kimiko (source) (S1E5)
  • Brushes off violent slashes from Kimiko (source) (S1E5)
  • Stands his ground and is unmoved by Naqib’s explosion, suffering only a small surface-level burn (source) (S2E1)
  • Is fine after taking multiple bombs set in place by The Boys (source) (S2E5)
  • Is fine after taking multiple bombs set in place by The Boys (source) (S2E5)
  • Tanks handgun bullets to the chest (source) (S2E5)
  • Puts his palm up to a gun, grabbing it after it puts a hole in his hand (source) (S2E5)
  • Gets up after being blasted into a wall by Starlight, who moments earlier blasted down a 6 inch thick steel door (source) (S2E7)
  • Blasted down a 6 inch thick steel door (source) (S2E7)
  • Survives after having half of his face burned and crushed by Soldier Boy, although he’s left mute after the attack (source) (S3E3)
  • Cartoon reenactment of the injury from one of Noir’s hallucinatory memories (source) (S3E7)
  • Carves into his forearm to remove a subdermal tracker (source) (S3E6)
  • Gets disemboweled by a punch from Homelander (source) ([Limit] S3E8)

Agility

  • Mothers Milk states Noir is faster than a car (source) (S2E5)
  • Jumps to the top of a large fuel container (source) (Diabolical)
  • Backflips to avoid Homelander’s beams (source) (Diabolical)
  • Jumps up to a ceiling and holds on, attempting to hide from Homelander (source) (Diabolical)

Skill

  • Defeats Kimiko (source) (S1E5)
  • Defeats The Boys (source) (S2E5)
  • Defeats Starlight (source) (S2E7)
  • Somehow took out Queen Maeve, entirely offscreen (source) (S3E5)
  • Tracks down Frenchie (source) (S1E5)
  • Tracks down Billy Butcher (source) (S2E5)
  • Suddenly appears and attacks Starlight by surprise (source) (S2E7)
  • Clears a Syrian compound, stealthily killing both civilians and combatants (source) (S2E1)

Equipment

  • Carries throwing knives (source) (S1E5)
  • A short sword (source) (S2E1)
  • In the 80s, he used a machete to kill two soldiers (source) (S3E3)
  • Uses a thrown explosive to momentarily stun Homelander and flee (source) (Diabolical)
  • Tosses a smoke grenade to escape from Homelander, obscuring Noir despite Homelander’s enhanced senses (source) (Diabolical)

Miscellaneous

  • Everywhere he goes, he’s surrounded by his cartoon childhood friends (source) (S3E7)
  • Has a bad allergy to tree nuts, although he carries an epipen (source) (S2E7)
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