Norman Matthews, known as Noble Matthias, is the former attorney who is now the leader of the cult known as "The Touch." Matthews is a high-powered lawyer during his time in the business and is called on by Emma Swopes to handle her divorce from her husband. Norman, knowing that Emma wants a divorce because the child she carries is fathered by Sheriff Houton, uses that information to blackmail Houton into helping with the illegal drugs being used at the cult compound.