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For the demon erroneously referred to as Norn in Revelations: Persona, see Hariti.

Norn
ノルン
SH1P5XDCLD Artwork from Devil Summoner: Soul Hackers Artwork from Persona 5: The Phantom X Artwork from Devil Children Light Book and Dark Book
Other Name(s)	Final AssessorPersona 5 Persona 5 Royal
Origin	Norse culture
Race(s)	BossDevil Children Light Book and Dark Book Devil Children Fire Book and Ice Book MegamiShin Megami Tensei if... Shin Megami Tensei: Strange Journey Shin Megami Tensei: Strange Journey Redux Shin Megami Tensei IV Shin Megami Tensei IV: Apocalypse Shin Megami Tensei V Shin Megami Tensei V: Vengeance Shin Megami Tensei: Imagine Shin Megami Tensei: J Shin Megami Tensei: Liberation Dx2 Devil Summoner: Soul Hackers Soul Hackers 2 Devil Survivor Devil Survivor: Overclocked Devil Survivor 2 Devil Survivor 2: Record Breaker Shin Megami Tensei Trading Card: Card Summoner Kētai Akuma Densho
Alignment(s)	Light-LawDevil Summoner: Soul Hackers Light-NeutralShin Megami Tensei V Shin Megami Tensei V: Vengeance
Arcana	Fortune

Norn is a Demon in the Megami Tensei franchise.

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Origin

The Norns are female figures from Norse culture that decide the fates of all beings, including the gods. Most Norns appearing in tales are nameless, but in the Völuspá and Snorre Sturlasson’s Prose Edda there are three named ones; They are Urd, Verdandi, and Skuld, who live together by Urd's Well next to one of Yggdrasil’s roots. There they carve the fates of humans in wood and care for the tree by drawing water and white mud from the well to pour on the root and prevent the ash from rotting. Norns are heavily associated with death, but also with childbirth. Their role during a birth was to appear and give the newborn their fate, and potentially take the mothers life. If everything went well during childbirth an offering of porridge would be given to the Norns in thanks. Once a Norn has decreed a death, it is unavoidable, and tragedies are often blamed on evil Norns in stories. In Fáfnismál, the dying Fafnir explains that there are three kinds of Norns: those descended from Aesir, those descended from Elves, and those descended from Dwarves.

Although they are often depicted in modern art as weaving or spinning a thread, this concept is only present in Helgakviða Hundingsbana I, and in the Völuspá it is instead said that they carve runes in wood.

The word Norn may also have been applied to Völvor (female shamans) in general.

Design

Norn's design, illustrated by Kazuma Kaneko, is a black clock with white numbers and curved hands. The clock is encircled by golden statues depicting three Norns, each one having flowing hair, robes, and a single wing.

Gameplay

For complete gameplay information, see Gameplay:Norn.

Compendium

Compendium Entries
Shin Megami Tensei: Strange Journey	Goddesses of fate in Norse lore. They live below the roots of Yggdrasil and weave the threads of fate, which bind even the gods.
Shin Megami Tensei: Strange Journey Redux
Shin Megami Tensei IV	Goddesses of fate in Norse lore. They live below the roots of Yggdrasil and weave the threads of fate, which even the gods are bound by.
Shin Megami Tensei IV: Apocalypse	Goddesses of fate in Norse lore. They live below the roots of Yggdrasil and weave the threads of fate, which even the gods are bound by.
Shin Megami Tensei V	The goddesses of fate in Norse myth. They live below the roots of Yggdrasil and weave the threads of fate by which even the gods are bound.
Shin Megami Tensei V: Vengeance
Devil Summoner: Soul Hackers (3DS)	Goddess of fate in Norse myth. Giantesses, they live below the roots of Yggdrasil and weave the threads of fate, which even the gods are bound by.
Soul Hackers 2	The goddesses of fate in Norse myth. They live below the roots of Yggdrasil and weave the threads of fate by which even the gods are bound.
Persona 3	Goddesses of fate in Norse myth. They live below the roots of Yggdrasil and weave the threads of fate, which even the gods are bound by.
Persona 3 FES
Persona 3 Portable
Persona 3 Reload	Goddesses of fate in Norse myth. They live below the roots of Yggdrasil and weave the threads of fate, which even the gods are bound by.
Persona 4	Goddesses of fate in Norse myth. They live below the roots of Yggdrasil and weave the threads of fate, which even the gods are bound by.
Persona 4 Golden
Persona 5	Goddesses of fate in Norse lore. They live below the roots of Yggdrasil and weave the threads of fate, which even the gods are bound by.
Persona 5 Royal
Persona Q: Shadow of the Labyrinth	Goddesses of fate in Norse myth. They live below the roots of Yggdrasil and weave the threads of fate, by which even the gods are bound.
Persona Q2: New Cinema Labyrinth	Goddesses of fate in Norse mythology. They live below the roots of Yggdrasil and weave the threads of fate, by which even the gods are bound.
Persona 5 Strikers	Goddesses of fate in Norse lore. They live below the roots of Yggdrasil and weave the threads of fate, which even the gods are bound by.
Persona 5 Tactica	Goddesses of fate in Norse lore. They live below the roots of Yggdrasil and weave the threads of fate, which even the gods are bound by.
Persona 5: The Phantom X	Goddesses of fate in Norse lore. They live below the roots of Yggdrasil and weave the threads of fate, which even the gods are bound by.
Devil Children Light Book and Dark Book	過去　現在　未来の　すべての時間の中に　存在し　人間の　生まれてから　死ぬまでの　すべてをみとどける神 Translation: A god who exists in all times across the past, present, and future, and oversees everything from humans' births up until their deaths.
DemiKids Light Version and Dark Version	An immortal demon that physically exists in the past, present, and future.
Devil Children Fire Book and Ice Book	過去　現在　未来の　すべての時間の中に　存在し　人間の　生まれてから　死ぬまでの　すべてをみとどける神 Translation: A god who exists in all times across the past, present, and future, and oversees everything from humans' births up until their deaths.
Devil Survivor: Overclocked	Goddesses of fate in Norse lore. Said to be giantesses. They live in a well below the roots of Yggdrasil, where they weave the threads of fate which bind even the gods.
Devil Survivor 2	Goddesses of fate in Norse lore. Said to be giantesses. They live in a well below the roots of Yggdrasil, where they weave the threads of fate which bind even the gods.
Devil Survivor 2: Record Breaker
Kētai Akuma Densho	北欧神話において運命を司るとされる三人の女神。運命の泉であるウルドの泉の近くに住む。 出身地：北欧 ノルンは、人間はおろか神々の運命をも支配する姉妹であるとされる。彼女達は一般に、長女がウルズ（運命）、次女がヴェルザンディー（存在）、三女がスクルド（必然）と呼ばれ世界樹イグドラシルの根元にある運命の泉の番人をしている。生命と精神をもたらすと言われる運命の泉の流れによって神々は知恵を授かるとされ、この泉の力がなくては神々も無力になると言う。また、ノルンは人間の生涯の最初の日と最後の日を決定する者であるとも言われている。 Translation: The three goddesses believed to govern fate in Norse mythology. They live near the Wellspring of Urd, the wellspring of fate. Place of origin: Northern Europe The Norns are considered to be sisters who control not only the fate of humans, but even that of the gods. Among them, generally, the eldest is called Urd (Fate), the second Verdandi (Present), and the third Skuld (Necessity), and they are the guardians of the wellspring of fate at the root of the world tree Yggdrasil. The gods are thought to be given wisdom by the flow of the wellspring of fate, which is said to confer life and spirit, and it is said that the gods are helpless without the power of this spring. It is also said that the Norns are the ones who determine the first and last days of a human's life.
Kaneko Kazuma Dennō Akuma Zukan	世界樹ユグドラシルの根元にある泉に住む３姉妹で、ユグドラシルが枯れぬように、泉の水を世界樹に注いでいる。 また、“過去”のウルズ“未来”のスクルド“現在”のヴェルザンディーと、世界そのものの運命を司る女神でもあり、その決定には神々ですら逆らえないという。 Translation: The three sisters who live in a spring at the root of the world tree Yggdrasil, pouring the spring's water onto the world tree so that Yggdrasil does not wither. They are the goddesses who govern the fate of the world itself―Urd of the Past, Skuld of the Future, and Verdandi of the Present―and even the gods cannot defy their decisions.

Trivia

• There is leftover unused data for Norn as a demon in Shin Megami Tensei: Nine. She is of the Megami race and is level 73.

Nomenclature

NornEnemy-only

Names in Other Languages

Language	Name	Meaning
English	Norn
Japanese	ノルン Norun	Norn
Simplified Chinese	诺伦 Nuòlún	Norn
Traditional Chinese	諾倫 Nuòlún	Norn
French	Norne
German	Norn
	NornenSoul Hackers 2	Norns
Italian	Norn
Korean	노른 Noreun	Norn
	노룬Shin Megami Tensei IV Persona 4 Persona 4 Golden Persona Q: Shadow of the Labyrinth Devil Survivor 2: Record Breaker Norun	Norn
Polish	NornaShin Megami Tensei V: Vengeance
	NornyPersona 3 Reload	Norns
Brazilian Portuguese	Nornas	Norns
Russian	Норна Norna	Norn
Peninsular Spanish	Norna
	NornasSoul Hackers 2	Norns
Turkish	Norn

Names in Other Languages

Language	Name	Meaning
English	Final AssessorPersona 5 Persona 5 Royal
Japanese	終末を計測する者Persona 5 Persona 5 Royal Shūmatsu o Keisoku Suru Mono	One Who Measures the End
Simplified Chinese	测定终焉之人Persona 5 Royal Cèdìng Zhōngyān de Rén	One Who Measures the End
Traditional Chinese	測定終焉之人Persona 5 Royal Cèdìng Zhōngyān de Rén	One Who Measures the End
French	Contrôleur finalPersona 5 Royal	Final Controllermasculine form
German	Letzter RichterPersona 5 Royal	Final Judgemasculine form
Italian	Giudice finalePersona 5 Royal	Final Judge
Korean	종말終末을 계측計測하는 자者Persona 5 Royal Jongmar-eul Gyecheukaneun Ja	One Who Measures the End
Peninsular Spanish	Asesor definitivoPersona 5 Royal	Definitive Assessormasculine form

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