Noah St. Claire

"*...Noah St. Claire has as much reason to hate as any of us - don't abandon him because of it, but he can't be trusted.*"
— Velvare Bamidele to Apen Shephard
**Noah St. Claire** is one of the main characters of *The Silver Eye*. He is a military surgeon and Velvare's messenger.

## Biography

Noah is the oldest child of Thoth and Savannah St. Claire. He has one sister, Idony. Bhatair Hollingsworth was seemingly a friend of the family when Noah was a child.

Noah's father worked for Velvare for an unspecified number of years. Noah and his mother believed that one of the children in their orphanage, Enel, was actually the result of an affair between Noah's father and Velvare's wife. Noah said at one point that Velvare himself knew about this and had sent Enel to them on purpose. Savannah apparently always made Enel's adoption offers fall through so that Enel could grow up with his half-siblings.

It is not known at what point Noah started working for Velvare, but at some point he became his messenger and traveled by ship a lot.

He went to college in Levant, studying to be a doctor. There—somehow "as a result of Idony's blindness"—he met Ruya, another medical student. They fell in love and were eventually married, though we do not know exactly when. They have matching gold bands; Noah keeps his on his person, and Ruya wears hers as a necklace. Around the time of the beginning of the comic, they had a daughter named Olive.

Noah's relationship with Velvare gradually changed. After Velvare nearly died from sudden wounds appearing all over his body, Noah—around seventeen and a doctor by this point—tried to murder him while he was in a coma. Melete knew about this but did not try to stop him, as she wanted Noah to realize how little a threat he was to Velvare and her. Melete also gave him a messenger pigeondove to help in his travels. After Velvare recovered, he gave a public speech, in which, among other things, he thanked Mrs. St. Claire "for everything she's sacrificed." Noah and Idony both stood with their mother on stage, with both Mrs. St. Claire and a scowling Noah wearing dark clothing. It appears likely that the "sacrifice" refers to Thoth's death in the amphitheater assassination.

During Noah's trips by sea to and from Levant, he picked up supplies from Nedarian caretakers on the edge of the Deadlands. Velvare had set this system up. Unfortunately, several of these caretakers abused Syllor's Curse, using it to make Noah do their bidding. (St. Claires, for reasons unexplained, are particularly susceptible to Syllor's Curse.) One caretaker, Ethelinda, was in the habit of using the curse to take valuables from those who stopped for supplies. She forced Noah to give up his gold ring, and he only got it back quite some time later, when Ethelinda, in awe of Apen Shephard, voluntarily returned it.

## Personality

Noah is not a people person. Laura once compared him to Grumpy Cat. He is an ESTJ character type, and would be in Slytherin.

## Relationships

* Idony St. Claire: Noah is very protective of his sister Idony (for example, he did not want her to join the Novalog crew), even when she may not want it (for example, he does not approve of Marcus liking her). She made once him read *Dusklight* aloud, even though she hated it, because he hated it more.
* Velvare Bamidele: The plan which allowed Bhatair to become ruler of Gallitan also meant Noah's father was assassinated in Velvare's place. This has, apparently, outweighed the goodwill caused by a young Bhatair giving Noah and Idony "a whole new bread".
* Avidan Leto: Noah is supportive of his cousin as heir to Gallitan, and encourages him to take over from Velvere.
* Enel: Noah believes Enel to be his half-brother through Thoth, but has given no indication of this to Enel. Enel was raised in Savannah's orphanage alongside Noah and Idony, although as he got older Noah was often away traveling.
* Apen: Noah is initially distrustful and antagonistic towards Apen because of Syllor's Curse.
* Marcus Lanum: In his rankings of importance, Noah puts *Enel* above Marcus. He frequently antagonizes Marcus. It is possible that he would not dislike Marcus so much if Idony and Marcus weren't an item.
* Savannah St. Claire: Noah and his mother are "not on very good terms". It appears that Savannah does not pay attention to when he leaves to go traveling, as she says he "comes and goes all the time".
* Aetius: Noah is, as yet, unaware that "Axe Man" is the man who killed Thoth.

Noah gets into a fight with one of his mother's orphansNoah's sketch of his and Ruya's wedding get-upNoah backs off so Aetius won't stab EnelNoah and PigeondoveNoah and RuyaArt: Noah, Ruya and Olive St. Claire
## References

1. ↑ The Silver Eye 19x18
2. ↑ The Silver Eye 16x09
3. ↑ Characters Height Chart
4. ↑ thesilvereye on tumblr: "Runo Skating" (image refers to Ruya as Noah's wife)
5. ↑ The Silver Eye - 12x27
6. ↑ The Silver Eye - Characters
7. ↑ The Silver Eye - pages 13x02 to 13x05
8. ↑ Elsabet: "...didn't Noah go to college in Levant?"
9. ↑ Laura: "Noah met her as a result of Idony's blindness"
10. ↑ thesilvereye: "One of a few Runo sketches I did for Patreon. Here we see baby med students!"
11. ↑ "She's about 16 and Noah's about 17 here."
12. ↑ The Silver Eye - 14x08
13. ↑ The Silver Eye - 8x15
14. ↑ Q and A 24: What would happen if Noah met Grumpy Cat?
15. ↑ Myers Briggs Personality Types
16. ↑ Laura: "Mod privileges let me track down the list: Official character Hogwarts houses"
17. ↑ The Silver Eye 2x12
18. ↑ The Silver Eye 19x13
19. ↑ Laura: You can also see that in Noah's ranking of importance, Enel comes above Marcus.
20. ↑ Q and A 55
21. ↑ The Silver Eye 14x13
22. ↑ Laura: He doesn't know [Aetius and Axe-Man] are the same person.
23. ↑ Laura: "Oh he'd lose it [if he knew this guy killed his father]"