Norris
Norris is a character in Shin Megami Tensei: Strange Journey. He is a Red Sprite crew Strike Team member sent to investigate Sector Bootes only to be captured by Mitra and experimented on by his Demon henchmen.
Profile
Norris is a largely calm and concerned man. He is rather tall amongst the other members of the Red Sprite crew and has brown hair that is thinly shaved on the back and forms a point above his forehead. He wears a Demonica that is equipped with an assault rifle. He quickly begins to show signs of losing his sanity while exploring the Schwarzwelt. While being captured by Mitra's demons, he loses his composure and begs the demons to leave him and the other humans alone.
After being stripped of his Demonica's helmet by the demons, he is asphyxiated and becomes more pale due to being unable to breathe. After being doused in blood as an experiment, his Demonica becomes stained with it and his skin turns green and his fingernails become long as if they were claws. In this state, he becomes crazed and attacks the protagonist despite being his ally. Upon dying, Norris' own blood is also green.
Gameplay
Game Appearances
Shin Megami Tensei: Strange Journey
Norris is one of the first Strike Team members to be deployed into Sector Bootes. He reports being able to hear laughter aimed at him, but none of the other Strike Team combatants are able to hear it. Obviously distressed, after encountering the protagonist he runs off to Mitra's castle where he is captured by the demons. Arthur loses contact with him and issues an emergency mission to search for him.
Norris is next seen in the dungeon of Mitra's base, in a cell adjacent to Zelenin's. Disturbed by the corpses and experiments going on around him, he tries to get the protagonist to save him, but the demons start their next experiment on him. They forcibly remove his Demonica's helmet, leaving him unable to breathe and otherwise incapacitated. They continue with further experimentation on him, dousing him in a substance they call the "Madman's Blood" from the "the blighted land". Norris screams and his skin turns green. He becomes deranged and feral, turning on the protagonist, who ultimately kills him.
Trivia
- Norris is a technical playable character in the original version of Strange Journey through Demon Compendium Passwords.
Nomenclature
| Language | Name | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
 Japanese
|
ノリス Norisu | Norris |