Enoch was the name of the legendary First City in the mythology of Vampire: The Masquerade, a pen and paper role-playing game series created by White Wolf. It was a city where Kindred (vampires) and Kine (humans) coexisted in relative peace. It was said to have been founded by Caine, the First Vampire; the very same Caine from the Bible who was cursed by God for the murder of his brother, Abel.
Caine gathered all his spawn and in turn they gathered their spawn and together they constructed Enoch. Unfortunately, nothing lasts forever. In time the fueds of the Kindred within Enoch became too great, and the city crumbled as a result of their battles. While some belive that it may have been a natural disaster or a spurned childe's (the term used for a Kindred's spawn. Plural childer) vengeful sorcery. No matter what caused the fall of Enoch, Caine and the three vampires that were his first childer vanished, never to be seen again........
Caine gathered all his spawn and in turn they gathered their spawn and together they constructed Enoch. Unfortunately, nothing lasts forever. In time the fueds of the Kindred within Enoch became too great, and the city crumbled as a result of their battles. While some belive that it may have been a natural disaster or a spurned childe's (the term used for a Kindred's spawn. Plural childer) vengeful sorcery. No matter what caused the fall of Enoch, Caine and the three vampires that were his first childer vanished, never to be seen again........
by Shadow of the Void June 24, 2006
From White Wolf's Vampire: The Masquerade game series. This is the name given to the tradition of the Kindred (vampires) hiding themselves from the Kine (humans). They have learned over the centuries that it is better for them to hide from the knowledge of mortals, lest they be discovered and hunted to extinction. Humans far outnumber the Kindred, and armed with UV lights and flamethrowers, they would die out very fast indeed.
by Shadow of the Void June 24, 2006