Content Warning: Please note that this character is from a gothic horror setting that contains shapeshifting, man-eating eldritch monsters and potentially sensitive themes such as religious imagery (particularly styled after Catholic aesthetics) and unethical human experimentation.

Enoch Ivanir is a secondary antagonist from Auster. A pragmatic and cunning man with often cruel tendencies, his role shifts drastically throughout the three parts of the story as he transitions from secondary antagonist to supporting character. He typically appears composed and is often seen either sneering or stern, but this is merely a front; he is actually rather unstable and emotionally volatile with a fierce temper, which he does his best to hide.

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Enoch's breadth of knowledge seems almost boundless, having spent the majority of his centuries alive reading, traveling, and studying nearly every field of discipline that even remotely piqued his interest. His personal area of greatest expertise is in human anatomy and physiology, and he has a particular talent for surgery due to his keen attention to detail and his deft fine motor skills. His familiarity with the arcane is also nothing to scoff at, and he often supplements his surgical work with occultic spells that assist in matters such as stymieing the flow of blood or even acting as an analgesic, although he does not often find himself very concerned with the latter.

Enoch is also capable of utilizing magic in an offensive sense and has a natural affinity for manipulating the earth in particular. Although he is a formidable opponent in combat, he prefers to avoid fighting, not out of fear of being harmed (oh, certainly not that) but predominantly out of disinterest. There are very few beings alive who can best him in battle, and he sees no point in drawing out what will most certainly result in the death of his opponent. Subjugating his adversaries via manipulation, however... that interests him a great deal more.

As a shifter, his true form is essentially a mass of black sludge, eyes, tentacles, and sharp teeth. Its shape vaguely resembles that of a spider's, but it is ultimately rather fluid and dynamic in nature. While he is in his human form, hints of his true form show through his shadow; he can manifest it as black tendrils that grow visibly inky and slimy the more his grip over his human form slips. The mark on his face is actually how his kind scars; it was inflicted upon him by Alistair many years ago. Nestled deep within his true form is his core, a spherical gray diamond gemstone carved with hundreds of facets; unlike the pristine surface of most other shifters' cores, however, his is marred with scars, and chunks of it have been cut out with an almost surgical precision.


To his allies, Enoch is often regarded as a spiny, irreverent necessary evil kept around for his usefulness and not for his gregariousness (or lack thereof). Although he is perfectly capable of being polite, his respect must be earned, and seldom is; he is condescending towards most and seems to enjoy making biting remarks for the pure sake of getting others riled up and nothing else. His typical erudite manner of speaking can give the false impression that he is much more refined and proper than he truly is, when in actuality he can be quite vulgar if he believes the occasion calls for it. When he is not taunting people and being a generally unpleasant person to be around, he is quiet, brooding, and contemplative. He typically prefers to be left alone and is uncomfortable being the center of attention.

To his enemies, he projects an image of a confident and put-together manipulator, when in reality he is anything but composed. It is always his adversaries, in fact, who bring out his true nature most: deep inside, his darkest desire is to see justice, and he is drawn to those of great moral character above all, especially those who do not hesitate to overpower him violently. Enoch is, in summation, a man of extreme contradictions: he is dogmatic yet enjoys being challenged, seemingly sadistic but truthfully masochistic, and outwardly domineering whilst having a preference for subserviency. He despises evil just as much as any hero would but can only imagine himself as an anathema to all that is good, and it is for this reason that he chases his maniacal dream of mutually assured destruction.