doc – a tall, slim human who was a surgeon and serves as the group's doctor. wanda's initial impression of him is that he is a cold-hearted torturer, but he is later shown as being deeply affected by the suffering of his patients and is one of the first humans to accept wanda. he is fascinated by how effective soul medicine is and is desperate to find a way to remove souls without killing either the parasite or the host. doc is prone to alcoholic binges when he fails in these endeavors. his real name is eustace, as he mentioned to wanda before he removed her from her host. a man of his word, doc is only stopped from letting wanda die like he promised her because jared threatens him with a hunting knife. some of his characteristics were influenced by meyer's younger brother, seth.