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==History==
Enoch was once an [[Adeptus Arbites]] [[Arbitrator]], who later became an [[Acolyte]] of the [[Inquisitor]] [[Calantis]]. While serving the Inquisitor, however, Enoch underwent a mind cleaning, that caused him to lose his memory and control of his latent [[psychic]] abilities. In time, Enoch was able to learn of his past life and began training to use his psychic powers. Calantis allowed this, but always had Enoch tested to ensure he did not fall to [[Heresy]]. He never failed Calantis' s tests, however, and the Inquisitor later allowed a Acolyte Psyker, an acolyte psyker to use their powers to undo Enoch's mind cleansing. The operation was ultimately a success and Enoch's full memory of his life were restored to him. He eventually became an [[Ordo Xenos]] [[Inquisitor]]{{Fn|2}}, before later joining the [[Ordo Malleus]] and becoming a member of the [[Scholariate at Arms]].{{Fn|1}}
Enoch holds the title “Prognost Pursuant”, and his primary mission is to hunt down prophesies relating to future [[Daemon]]ic incursions. Once he has found a true prophecy foretelling an incursion, and has interpreted it, he dispatches a cell of Acolytes to ensure that it does not come about; whatever the cost in doing so. To this end, Enoch employs a huge household, with a mix of [[Adept]]s and more militant [[Acolyte]]s. The Adepts are tasked with poring through thousands upon thousands of tomes of prophecy, prognostication, and sometimes pure gibberish, and the others work in the field according to their master’s instructions. The Inquisitor rarely takes to the field himself, although he has done so in the past, most notably when he bound the daemon [[Nahterus]] into a [[Daemonhost]] and imprisoned it within a shuttle orbiting a dead star. Instead, Enoch presides over his many [[Acolyte]] cells, dispatching them across the entire [[Calixis Sector]] to disrupt the dark prophecies identified by his Adepts. He is utterly ruthless, and his Acolytes have standing orders to assassinate anyone who might bring about a daemonic incursion, whether deliberately or innocently. Over the decades, he has become highly skilled in thwarting the machinations of fate. In one infamous case, his most skilled savant uncovered a coded prophecy predicting that the end of [[Fenksworld]] would be brought about by a [[Warp]] breach of unprecedented proportions. The prophecy stated that the doom of Fenksworld would be presaged by the agonized baying of the mighty [[Loxophant]]s kept in the [[Planetary Governor|Imperial Commander's]] private zoo, but gave no other clues to its nature or cause other than the timing of the breach. With time running out, Enoch resorted to ordering that every loxophant on Fenksworld be slain. Despite the protestations of the beasts’ owners, they were put to death and the Warp breach averted.{{Fn|1}}
