Eli Ever

Eli Ever, born Eliot Cardale, is an EO and antagonist in Toska. A deeply religious man, Eli uses the belief that God is watching over him as justification for exterminating all ExtraOrdinaries.

## Affiliations

### Romantic

Charlotte (Previously); Angela (Deceased); Serena (Deceased); Ferrari (Deceased)

## Appearance

Eli is a tall, broad-shouldered man with white skin, brown eyes, and brown hair. He has been described as "built for the sports teams" and an "Abercrombie model" and is generally considered to be traditionally handsome. He has deep lashing scars across his back from his childhood. His eyes become red and his appearance pales and slims somewhat when he is in his Elira form.

## Personality

Eli comes across as charming, charismatic, and amiable. He is able to gain the trust of others quickly and possesses a disarming aura that causes him to be popular. He is wickedly intelligent--graduating the top of his class in college with goals of becoming a doctor.

However, under this charismatic mask he can be apathetic, manipulative, calculating and self-righteous. He is extremely religious yet has no qualms about playing God, so long as he's able to justify the means within his personal gospel. His religious beliefs exacerbate his hero complex to the point that his only desire is to rid the world of what he deems as sinful.

## History

### **Life**

Eli was born in a small Midwestern town. His father was a minister that believed Eli to have the devil in him, and as a result frequently punished the boy with whippings, beatings, or confinement. Almost entirely home schooled, Eli's only comfort is his equally abused yet loving mother.

When he is eleven, Eli's mother commits suicide by slitting her wrists in a bathtub. Devastated, Eli later murders his father by pushing him down the stairs during one of his drinking binges.

Orphaned, he is sent to live with the Russo family who find his quiet observation of them in an attempt to learn what is and isn't normal for a child his age unsettling. He is quickly relocated to another family.

Eli is moved from house to house several times--each time learning to mimic the other children's' behaviors in order to craft and refine the appearance of a perfect child. Six months later, he is adopted by his father's nephew and his wife who are taken with his manners. Though his new parents were not religious Eli continued to maintain the devout faith his father had carved into him. Still, his brief time with them is filled with some of the happier moments in his life, including his discovery of human anatomy and subsequent desire to become a doctor. Unfortunately in his teens his adoptive parents die in a car accident. Not wanting to return to the system he emancipates himself and manages to carve out a living on his own while attending school.

Accepted to a good college on academic merit, he meets a wealthy girl by the name of Charlotte in the university's church and forms a relationship with her in an attempt to seem normal. Charlotte later brings him to her family's home to meet her parents. However, soon after he arrives, Charlotte's father makes it clear to him that they don't approve of Eli's relationship with her, seeing him as just a pitiable basket case. Her father offers to pay for Eli's tuition at a better college in exchange for breaking up with her. After realizing he has no real attachment to Charlotte, he chooses to take the money and pursue a degree at the best school in the country.

### **Death**

Rumors of EOs had already been plaguing the internet, and though they were widely considered to be a myth Eli was curious. He chose to write his senior thesis on the subject with the intent of pinpointing the direct cause of what created one. After extensive research he came to the conclusion that EOs were the result of a chemical evolution in the body following a traumatic near death experience. Using this information he had his roommate, friend, and intellectual rival Victor Vale assist him in killing him and reviving him at precisely the right moment in order to test his theory. Although Victor went first with disastrous results Eli was still determined to try his hand. After drowning himself in ice water in their dorm bathtub he was revived by Victor and reborn with his new immortality powers.

Jealous, Victor demanded he be allowed another chance at power. Eli continued to skirt the subject, too amazed with his own power, leaving Victor to take things into his own hands. Victor becomes an EO with the ability to manipulate pain, at the cost of accidentally murdering Eli's girlfriend and his own close friend. Enraged, Eli and Victor fight, ending with Eli turning Victor into the police. Victor escapes and the two engage in a bloody duel. Victor is stabbed numerous times but lives and is sentenced to a maximum security prison. He plots his revenge for ten years, eventually escaping to hunt Eli down.

A game of cat and mouse ensure between the two. Eli had spent the past 10 years hunting fellow EOs and murdering them after coming to the conclusion that becoming an EO made one evil. He attempted suicide numerous times while praying, yet was unable to due to his powers. Taking this as a sign that he was a Shepard of god sent to right the wrongs of nature, he began his bloody crusade.

After a final showdown with Victor left him blindsided and charged with the murder of Victor Vale, he was shipped off to the newly created EON facility. Deemed EO-01 he was subject to horrific experiments and generally tortured when not locked in an electrified cage. He assisted EON in identifying EOs and came to work for them as an in-house Agent. There he developed a relationship with Ira Johnson and Ferrari, two cell-neighboring children EOs from the School. He escaped the facility during a breakout in which a revived and subsequently captured Victor Vale attempted to escape by freeing all the EOs. Eli murdered him and numerous others before they could, ultimately escaping himself. He encountered Yuki, Sigrid, and Ira as they too made their escape. Although they were able to elude him he swore he would find them.

He has spent the past near twenty years since hunting them and any other EO he comes across while maintaining a low profile. He is constantly traveling while keeping his ear to the ground. He was lured back to Merit by rumors of Ira's activity as well as by Ferrari discovering him and the two forming a romantic relationship.

## Toska

Eli was originally an antagonist, but was deftly handled due to a fluke and became Elira for much of Toska, with Ira steering the majority of their actions.

### **The Zoo Bombing**

Eli had been working with Ferrari during the events of the bombing-- building a makeshift command center so they could steal information from EON's databases and hunt EOs on their own terms. Ferrari used the explosion as a chance to escape EON for good, as she believed Eli and her to be lovers. Eli continued to use her vast technological skills to hunt EOs, eventually gaining a lead on Ira and his new "collection" of EOs.

### **The Grand Re-Opening**

Eli crashed the Re-Opening of Crimson Tongue in the hopes of luring out Ira while hunting a few of the New EOs. His plan worked, and him and Ira entered into a stand-off. Eli shoots him, but Aria uses her powers to undo his death. Eli and Ira are both gravely injured by Jackson's powers, and Eli flees in a cab shared between him and Ash. He tries to manipulate her into helping him after realizing her powers are useful. The two part on even enough terms, with Eli returning to his hideaway.

### **Bowling and Gang Shit**

Eli's injuries do not seem to heal and he, just like Ira, grows worse with each day. Ira decides to take fate into his own hands and he and a team of EOs ambush Eli, with Ira flinging his soul into Eli's body and taking it over completely.

### **The Break-Out**

With Ira back in EON as he plans fall apart, Eli mocks him into near insanity. Following the breakout Ira is forced to seclude himself as he and Eli fight for control.

### **The Second Break-Out**

Eli is tamed back with some effort, and Ira remains in control.

### **New York City**

Eli emerges a few times while Ira is stretching himself too thin. He possesses Cara briefly, nearly kills Yuki and Sigrid, and continues to threaten that he'll kill Elizabeth. He begins to figure out how to learn Ira's powers just as Ira had learned to use his.

### **The End of EON**

With Ira gaining his body back Eli has largely been reduced to a puppet. However, pieces of Ira still dwell inside his soul from when they were entangled, and Eli manages to find new ways to fight back everyday. Ira still uses his body as his secondary one though he can no longer use his powers inside Eli's body. He currently resides inside Eli as and runs portions of New York City using his mug.

## Powers and Abilities

* Immortality: Eli does not age, does not need to eat, does not need to drink, does not need to breathe, does not need to sleep, and cannot be knocked unconscious.
* Healing Factor: Eli heals wounds as he receives them and is immune to gas, poison, drugs, and even anesthetics.