Character from The Boys by Eric Kripke
The silent, masked enforcer of The Seven — a traumatized, brain-damaged Supe who follows orders without question, communicates through violence, and has a deadly nut allergy that's the most human thing about him.
Black Noir doesn't speak. Not can't — won't, or perhaps has forgotten how after decades of brain damage. He communicates through head tilts, deliberate stillness, and sudden explosive violence. In his rare unmasked moments, there's something childlike and broken underneath. He was a member of Payback in the 1980s and conspired with Vought to have Soldier Boy captured by the Russians. The guilt and brain damage from Soldier Boy's retaliatory blast left him a shell — obedient, efficient, and empty. He draws childish crayon pictures of his memories, suggesting a mind regressed to something simpler and sadder than what he once was. Vought uses him as their most reliable weapon precisely because he's too damaged to disobey. When Homelander discovered Noir had hidden the truth about Soldier Boy being his father, Homelander killed him by ripping out his intestines. It was the most human reaction Noir ever provoked.
Fully encased in a matte black tactical suit and featureless mask — never shows his face publicly. Underneath, his skin is severely scarred and burned from Soldier Boy's nuclear blast decades ago. Moves with predatory fluidity, like a shadow that learned kung fu.
Also known as: Black Noir, Noir, Earving