Noja

Noja, commonly known as Abjurist Noja, is a wizard specializing in the School of Abjuration. As an NPC, he is played by Matthew Mercer.

Appearance
Noja is a human man in his forties with a long, thin reddish beard and long brownish-red hair.

Background
Noja was the owner and keeper of Beyond the Veil, the largest source for purchasable magic relics and curiosities within Westruun. As an accomplished wizard, Noja personally crafted many of the items and potions he sold before Westruun was attacked by the Chroma Conclave.

Quite friendly, Noja has been helpful to Vox Machina many times. During the Winter's Crest crisis, he used his power to shield most of the party from the freezing wave, leaving himself frozen solid. He was rescued by the party (along with the rest of the townsfolk of Westruun).

After the attack of the Conclave on Westruun, the takeover by the Herd of Storms, and "about a week" before meeting Vox Machina, Noja got in an "altercation" with the members of the herd in his store. They took Noja to the Iron Stocks, a prison of the city and took his one of his spellbooks, the most advanced of the two.

After subduing the Herd of Storms, Grog Strongjaw rescued Noja and some other prisoners from the Iron Stocks. He was unable to aid Grog in Identifying anything about the Bloodaxe due to his advanced spellbook being taken. However, Noja has his old, backup spellbook in his shop. After a 25 to 30 minutes walk, Noja, flanked by Scanlan and Grog, found it in the remains of Beyond the Veil's interior and two potions, a Potion of Diminution and a Potion of Speed, which he gave to Vox Machina.

Noja then participated in the initial attack on Umbrasyl, casting multiple Lightning Bolts. After expending the extent of his magic before the dragon was defeated, Noja became scared and hid, which allowed him to survive the rest of the battle.

Notable items

 * More advanced spellbook
 * Old spellbook
 * Potion of Diminution
 * Potion of Speed

Wizard abilities

 * Spellcasting
 * Arcane Recovery (up to 3 slot levels)
 * Arcane Tradition: School of Abjuration
 * Abjuration Savant
 * Arcane Ward (>12 hit points)
 * Projected Ward

Appearances and mentions

 * Campaign 1
 * Campaign 1
 * Campaign 1