Evangelo

— **Evangelo**

**Evangelo** is one of the twelve playable Cleaners in *Back 4 Blood*. He is one of the newer members of the team who has quickly become accustomed to his new life in the post-Collapse world.

## Official description

*He may be the youngest and least experienced Cleaner on the team but has proven to be a quick study. Besides being good in a fight, Evangelo has established himself as a loyal and reliable member of the team. He tends to talk a lot, especially when he’s nervous, but is eager to show that he has what it takes to be a Cleaner.*

## Traits

The following traits are being granted to Evangelo with his Cleaners card:

**BORN SURVIVOR**

Evangelo can break out of grabs.

+ 75% Breakout Speed

**LIGHT FOOTED**

+ 5% Team Movement Speed

**FIT**

+ 25% Stamina Regen

**FIRESTARTER**

Start with a Molotov

## Appearance

Evangelo has black curly hair and wears goggles with orange colored glasses on his head. He wears a sky-blue short-sleeved jacket with the "All-Seeing" emblem printed on its right sleeve. Under his jacket, Evangelo wears a gray hooded sweatshirt from the Bengal sports brand, whose sleeves double as fingerless gloves.

On his back he carries a yellow backpack with black accents, also from the Bengal brand. A black flashlight is attached to the right shoulder strap. Around his neck Evangelo wears a silver chain with a cross. He is also wearing olive green pants with a hip pouch strapped to them and charcoal black socks that go up to his shins. Red and black sports shoes are his footwear of choice.

## Developer comments

In the video "**Back 4 Blood - Breakdown of All 8 Playable Characters (Meet the Cleaners)**" by media news outlet **IGN** lead writer **Simon Mackenzie** and co-founder and creative director **Phil Robb** at Turtle Rock Studios did a breakdown of all eight playable Cleaners in Back 4 Blood.

The following quotes are *shortened versions* of the comments they've made about Evangelo's character:

When it came to writing them he was also the lens I wanted to tell the story because he's new, he hasn't been a Cleaner before and
it starts as his first mission. So you see the world expand through Evangelo's eyes.
He's a good entry point if players want go like "What is this world?".
— **Simon Mackenzie, Lead Writer at Turtle Rock Studios**

He's also a fun character. He has a lot of fun lines and stuff so you get to hear more of the humor (dialogues) than more of the serious characters.
— **Phil Robb, Co-Founder/Creative Director at Turtle Rock Studios**

So he's very forward facing even when he's kind of afraid he's gonna like "Hey, I'm not gonna show it. I don't wanna let these guys down."
— **Simon Mackenzie, Lead Writer at Turtle Rock Studios**

In the recent "**Turtle Rock Studios Back 4 Blood Art Blast**" on artstation.com character concept artist Gue Yang shared information about the design of Evangelo's appeareance.

— **Gue Yang, Character Concept Artist**

## Journal entry

Evangelo's journal entry has been shared on the Back 4 Blood 𝕏 account on June 25th, 2021.

Man, I miss those guys...I wasn't with them during the Collapse. I wanted to come back, they told me to stay, I'd be safer. That was the last I hard from them...but you can't live in the past, my parents taught me that. I may be new to the team, but don't think I'm green, because I got this. My papa always said you've got to play the cards you're dealt.
Lucky for me I've got a handful of aces.
— **Evangelo's journal**

## Notes

In-game, Evangelo has a dialouge of him talking about his brothers, whom he had close relationships with. He says that in their younger days, they would eat cereal and watch cartoons on Saturday mornings. The three siblings wanted to fight bad guys, unmask monsters and solve mysteries. This is a reference to the cartoon series known as Scooby-Doo.

## Gallery

* Main Gallery
* Concept Art
* Promotional Material
* Miscellaneous

Character render by Gue Yang.
Evangelo render by Jason Hill.
Evangelo render by Jason Hill.
Evangelo render by Jason Hill.
Evangelo render by Jason Hill.
Evangelo render by Jason Hill.
Evangelo render by Jason Hill.
Evangelo render by Jason Hill.
Evangelo render by Jason Hill.
Evangelo hair render by Johan Lithvall.
Evangelo hair render by Johan Lithvall.
Evangelo hair render by Johan Lithvall.

Character concept art by Gue Yang.
Evangelo's Battle Hardened concept art by VOLTA Studio.
Evangelo's Total Apocalypse concept art by VOLTA Studio.
Evangelo's ZWAT concept art by VOLTA Studio.

Promotional material featuring lore text of Evangelo.
Evangelo is voiced by Alan Ayala
Promotional material featuring Evangelo for the Charley's Cheesesteak promotion.

Trait overview from the "Meet the Cleaners" trailer.
Evangelo's Cleaner card.
Evangelo's banner artwork by Airi Pan.
Evangelo's camping knife

## Sources

1. ↑ Alan Ayala on IMDb.
2. ↑ Official description from the official Back 4 Blood website.
3. ↑ "Back 4 Blood - Breakdown of All 8 Playable Characters (Meet the Cleaners)" by IGN article and YouTube video.
4. ↑ "Turtle Rock Studios Back 4 Blood Art Blast" on artstation.[1]
5. ↑ Evangelo's journal entry release (𝕏)