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'''Noorden''' was a scholar and [[obligator]] in the Canton of Orthodoxy{{book ref|b|mb3|c|40}} in the [[Final Empire]] on [[Scadrial]]. After the [[Collapse]], he was employed by [[Elend Venture]] to act as a scribe and bureaucrat.{{book ref|b|mb2|c|34}}

Noorden had the eye tattoos of an obligator of fairly high rank. He wore large spectacles to the tattoos, and they successfully covered most of them.{{book ref|b|mb2|c|34}} He has renounced his loyalties to the Steel Ministry, but some people, such as Elend, still find the tattoos to be off-putting reminders of Noorden's past.{{book ref|b|mb2|c|34}} His most common clothing was a simple brown robe.{{book ref|b|mb3|c|21}}

Noorden may have been a member of the Steel Ministry but his attitude is atypical of an obligator. He is a very happy and cheerful man, unlike all the rest.{{book ref|b|mb2|c|34}}{{book ref|b|mb3|c|21}} He also had a brilliant understanding of the laws of the [[New Empire]]{{book ref|b|mb2|c|34}} as well as a gift for mathematics, shown in his ability to collect and interpret data on the mistsickness.{{book ref|b|mb3|c|21}} He was also a man with a very logical and thoughtful mind.