Nord.xml causing Notepad++ to crash

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Running v8.1.4. This seems to be unrelated to https://github.com/arcticicestudio/nord-notepadplusplus/issues/14, as the file is indeed in the xml format as seen here:

Attempting to apply Nord as the current style leads to all text disappearing:

Restarting Notepad++ will lead to a crash. Restarting Notepad++ once again seems to return it back to its empty text state. Attempting to type in this state results in this error:

The issue persists after a clean reinstall of Notepad++