Noin is a good friend of Zechs from his days at the Lake Victoria military academy. After graduation, she joined the academy's staff, and now trains new Specials recruits in the art of space combat. Though Noin is a formidable mobile suit pilot, she doesn't much care for fighting, and she often uses her influence with OZ's leader [Treize Khushrenada] to try to resolve crisis situations peacefully. She is deeply loyal to Zechs, and protective of him and his younger sister, eventually becoming a Special Guard of the Sanc Kingdom in order to protect Relena. In Frozen Teardrop