Evan Hill

### Family

Darlene Armisted (Biological mother), Diana Hill (Adopted mother), Douglas Armisted (Brother), Dillon Armisted (Biological father),

## Abilities

### Primary

Accounting

Evan Hill-Harris is an accountant for the Department of Homeland Security and the husband of Neil Harris.

## Early Life

Evan was born to Darlene and Dillon Armistead on June 21, 1986 in Crawfordville, Florida, a small community in the Florida Panhandle. At an early age, Evan displayed an outwardly flamboyant personality, leading his parents to speculate that he was gay. This caused his father to express an open disdain for Evan, which he never understood. Later in his childhood, his family took a vacation to Disney World. While at MGM (later named Hollywood Studios), Evan wanted to visit a Little Mermaid attraction, an idea that his father loudly vetoed.

Sometime prior to the age of 16, Evan acknowledged that he was gay and found a boyfriend, John. While dating John, several members of the high school football team witnessed them kissing underneath the bleachers and beat up Evan. School officials got involved and informed Evan's parents that he was fighting with another student, even though it was decidedly a one-way event. Evan's father continued beating him when he arrived home and gave him 15 minutes to pack his belongings and leave the house.

Evan decided first to go to John's house, but was rejected. He then decided the next best course of action would be to live at the school since that was where he felt safest. After two weeks, Diana Hill, a teacher, found him and took him in. She attended to his wounds and found that he had cracked ribs and a fractured arm. Diana would later formally adopt Evan with him taking her family name.

Evan would go on to earn an associates degree and would pursue a career in management, starting at Café Nordquist.

## Professional Career

### Unofficial Hero Involvement

While Evan was working at Café Nordquist, Jacob Dietrich and his Associate, Neil Harris, became frequent customers. This was prior to the Hero's Choice Movement where the secret identities of Heroes was supposed to be secret. However, their unusual and muscular builds made this an open secret, including to Evan.

Neil would often flirt and be friendly with Evan, which did eventually lead to Evan developing feelings for Neil. He did not expect them to be returned, especially given his Hero status. After the death of Striker IV on August 20, 2008, Neil disappeared entirely from the cafe. Evan knew he was still in the city and quickly tracked him down to a nearby Starbucks. He confronted Neil and asked him to explain what had happened. Neil used his sift ability to show Evan everything, despite that Evan was a civilian.

The two began their romantic relationship shortly after. During the events of *Elements of Change*, Evan was the first one to notice how Neil's mind had been reset, stating, "You're clearer than you've ever been."

When Neil escapes his house arrest, Evan was furious that he was not told anything from either Neil or one of his friends. When Neil eventually returned home, Evan bluntly informed Neil on exactly how hurt he was that he had heard nothing of his partner. After a severe discussion, Evan accidentally proposed, with Neil accepting. They would later take their honeymoon in Japan.

### Official Hero Involvement

In August 2018, Evan was approached by Colonel Ray who offered him an opportunity to study accounting at the University of Florida through an accelerated master's program. He accepted and began working as an intern at the Region 5 annex at Lockheed Martin. He eventually became a full-time employee who was responsible for keeping track of the Orlando budget.

Later in February 2022, he was involved in helping corral the many Neils who came through during the Striker Snapback. He lamented that the sudden increase in Heroes would severely impact their planned budget.

## Personality

Evan is a mid-thirties curmudgeon and is extremely introverted. He is outgoing and outspoken with those he knows well, but prefers to keep his guard up around new people.

Evan tries to distance himself from his Panhandle roots as much as possible, going so far as using false Brooklyn-style accent in order to mask his voice. He also keeps his hair dyed a perpetual platinum blond to hide the naturally darker hair he inherited from his father. After the events of *In Memory*, his stance on his biological family softens and his Southern accept can be heard again, though his adopted accent flares up in times of stress.

Evan is a skilled Poker player. At some point between 2018 and 2020, he beat Lucifer at a game of Poker, the reward for which is a yet-to-be-specified favor. He considered asking Lucifer to see the soul of his deceased father (assuming that his father would be in Lucifer's purview), until Neil talked him down.

## Relationships

### Neil Harris

Evan shares an exceptionally close connection with his Neil. Evan is able to navigate Neil's sift ability nearly as well as Striker himself. When they sift, which is often, they are able to momentarily fuse their beings together, if only for a moment. Although they are very close and often see into one another's minds, they sometimes butt heads.

### Douglas Armistead

Douglas is Evan's biological brother. While Evan legally separated himself from the family, he chose to remain close to Douglas. They remained on good terms even during Evan's time in Orlando.

### Darlene Armistead

Darlene is Evan's biological mother. Evan did not speak to her after the court hearing where he removed himself from her family. Their next contact would come when Dillon Armistead, his father, died. She put in great effort to try and explain what had happened and that she was truly remorseful for how she treated him growing up. Evan would later come to realize the extent that she had suffered under his abuse, as well. They began rebuilding their relationship, with Evan even inviting her to their Halloween party that year.

### Olivia Ray

Evan has a friendly relationship with Ray. They find something of a kinship with each other, both being highly introverted.

### Lucifer

Evan has proven himself to be a formidable rival to the former Archangel, Lucifer the Fallen. Evan's acerbic attitude and ability to hit a person where it hurts the most emotionally allowed him to best the Archdeacon in a game of poker. Impressed, Lucifer gave Evan a card, granting him one favor of his choosing without question.