Evan Broxton

*"In the darkness, there's always a little light of hope."*
—Evan Broxton
**Evan Broxton** is one of the last Gears, specifically the **Ice Gear**. Since the end of his organization, he began to better himself through training with friends like Matillo and Minato to maintain his warrior status.

Evan briefly left his friends to embrace a peaceful life, but he returned to sacrifice himself to the Roman Legion to save his loved ones.

He was temporarily resurrected by a messenger of Death to help his friends, and he was permitted to stay alive so long as he proves himself to be a hero.

Evan contracted yellow fever from one of Roger David's minions, Mike Wilson, which resulted in his personality splitting in two. Evan's darker side would lead a campaign of destruction across Neo Arcadia while half of the Arcadian Rebels went across the country fighting David's minions. Evan recruited most of the rejected Gears for his campaign, although he was eventually defeated when the Rebels were whole again. He returned to his normal self following a surgery conducted by KJ Becker, allowing him to keep fighting alongside the Rebels.

Evan continued to help the Rebels on missions, until he had a brief relationship with Ethel Stone and left the group to own an ice cream parlor.

## Biography

### Early Life

#### Losing his Family

*"Evan had a very, very dark past."*
—Darkness
Evan Broxton was born on August 22, 1515. He had two brothers, Judai and Drake. As a child, he would often stare into space, literally, because his parents were astronomers who brought him on their expeditions. Although it is unknown how they were able to accomplish such feats in the early 16th century, Evan greatly appreciated the opportunity afforded to him by his parents.

When his parents cancelled one of their contracts with an ominous party, they retaliated by murdering them in front of Evan. His parents' good friends raised Evan, and possibly Judai and Drake, but their fate is unknown. They taught Evan how to defend himself.

Evan continued to learn techniques as he graduated from school. Afterwards, he pursued a life of adventure, as he was unable to decide on a career path.

### Joining the Gears

#### Recruitment

When Evan was 25, Evan became a member of the Gears after they traveled through time and from an alternate universe. He was recruited by an individual known as "Nightmare Guy." The enhancements allowed Evan to live far longer than humans, as well as augmented his physical attributes, but he was the weakest among them. He decided that he had to grow outside the Gears so he could be fully equipped to obtain his specialty, which all Gears receive at the coming of age.

#### Becoming Ice Gear

Evan traveled alone until he stumbled upon the remnants of the Sled Clan, another group of warriors who defended a forest society. They allowed him to train with them, until he became a skilled fighter. With that, he rejoined the Gears, and was given the name "Ice Gear," as he was bestowed the ability to control ice and frost per his preference. Evan elected ice for his personal element based on his cold solidarity.

### United States Marine Corps

Evan was not satisfied with his life, however. In the 21 century, he signed up for the United States Marine Corps, and after further intense physical and combat training, was assigned to the Killer Kings. However, he didn't know of their true intentions. He worked his way up to the position of Chief-of-Staff, and participated in many battles.

Evan soon learned about the evil nature of his General, Garrett Brockton, and injured himself with his superhuman powers (to appear as he was declared unfit for battle) and was honorably discharged.

### The Last Gear

#### Further Training

Evan returned to his Gear friends, but discovered that they had been wiped out. Evan was rendered the very last of the Gears group. Extremely distraught, Evan nearly lost his mind to fighting, but was given direction by a fellow warrior known as Matillo.

Matillo introduced Evan to others, who would become his good friends, namely Minato. He trained with them on a regular basis and their friendships grew stronger everyday.

Evan stumbled into the vigilante Almanac one day, who offered him a job as a superhero with the Arcadian Rebels. Evan declined, but offered his assistance whenever needed.

#### Noble Sacrifice

Evan gave his life during the Roman Legion's siege, taking Proculus Afer down with him in a pit of lava.

### Return to Battle

Evan briefly activated his ability to return to the overworld for 24 hours to assist his friends, but he defied the limits and chose to escape Death. When a harbinger of death came to claim Evan's soul, his friends stood with him and declared that he was worthy of life.

## Personality

*"True friends don't stab you in the back. They stick with you 'til the end."*
—Evan Broxton
Evan places friendship in high importance. He does not take kindly to betrayals. The friends he is close with, he is often playful with them.

*"I may not consider myself a murderer, but if I have to kill someone I will."*
—Evan Broxton
Evan is an extremely experienced combatant, and as such he understands the risks of going into battle. He enjoys a great challenge and will take any opportunity to use his gifts, and is willing to take lives if it means he will achieve his team's goals. However, he can lose control every now and then, such as when he killed Mike Wilson in brutal self-defense.

## Physical Appearance

*"A very handsome man named Evan."*
—Ethel Stone
Evan is a Caucasian male with blond hair. His most frequent apparel is a green hoodie with pants.

## Powers and Abilities

*"Evan is a formidable opponent. It's only natural everyone would want him on their side."*
—Tiara Calinao
### Powers

*"H-He's, um, incredibly s-s-strong, so, I d-d-doubt he'll d-die."*
—Sentinel
The Gear transformation granted Evan a number of abilities when he became the Ice Gear. He further enhanced his physical attributes with Ki.

* **Technorganic Physiology:** Evan was a human who received genetic combination with Gear physiology, being one quarter robot of his own admission. He is in top-notch physical condition due to his military training and participation in many missions and battles. He could take on powerful beings such as Matillo, Solaris, and the Roman Legion. At full power, he could incapacitate Okarei. Even when Evan's Gear powers are deactivated by external means (e.g., electromagnetic pulses), he is still extremely fit due to ki augmentation, allowing him to contend with an unarmored Sentinel.
	+ **Enhanced Strength:** Heightened physical attributes are secondary powers bestowed unto Gears, but the most prominent is strength. He was strong enough to send a grown woman down a flight of stairs with just one kick, and tackle down the all-powerful Matillo. He was able to push Jaeger Coldsman's extremely heavy cryostasis tank with just one hand. The superhumanly strong Sentinel even referred to Evan as "incredibly strong." Indeed, Evan's infected personality was strong enough to kill Okarei by stabbing him in the heart with his energy blade, despite the latter's superhuman physical constitution, and his dark transformation allowed him to regain the upper hand in his duel against Steel Sentinel, proceeding to beat him to a pulp.

*"I've taken more hits from you than I can count, 'cause I can actually take 'em."*
—Evan Broxton
* + **Enhanced Durability:** Evan's subdermal robotics are highly dense and resistant to physical injury, having been compared to Brian Henshaw by Kaz Becker. He withstood a sonic scream from Jess Connor and seemed unfazed, and even once kicked a bullet away from hitting a bystander. He was unaffected when EPF Agent Ron Hannigan threw a pickaxe at his head, as it merely hit him and then the floor without inflicting any injury. However, he can be fairly injured by other Gears.
	+ **Enhanced Speed:** Evan can travel at vastly high speeds, even able to intercept bullets, meaning he can move, on minimum, at least 400 meters per second.
	+ **Enhanced Agility:** Evan is superhumanly agile, able to coordinate his body with great efficiency in combat. When Shadow Boy threw Evan across a room, he landed on his feet with no injury.

*"Sleep is for the weak."*
—Evan Broxton to Matillo
* + **Enhanced Stamina:** As a cyborg, Evan requires less sleep and nourishment than an average human. He is thus more resilient to fatigue and exhaustion, which enables him to maintain health during fights with even the most powerful of opponents, as seen when he fought Lance Hisayo for an extensive period of time (greatly impressing Donovan Winston). However, he passed out after taking on two Gears simultaneously. He can engage in numerous consecutive sparring sessions with his teammates without becoming tired. He surprised Fire Spider when he did not feel like he needed to rest after fighting a large group of aliens.

*"Good reflexes always help."*
—Evan Broxton
* + **Enhanced Reflexes:** Evan is able to quickly react in combat, as he was able to catch Proculus Afer's Holy Warhammer of Saturn when he swung at him.
	+ **Regenerative Healing Factor:** Evan's injuries heal faster than humans, evidenced by a faint green glow when his wounds self-repaired due to his internal gears.
	+ **Longevity:** Evan's cybernetics drastically suspend his aging and thus increase his lifespan. He has lived for five millennia.
* **Ice Manipulation:** As the Ice Gear, Evan's signature power is ice. He can generate and manipulate ice of any thickness to harm his opponents, or simply freeze them and obliterate them in their state of inability to move.
* **Ki Manipulation:** Evan learned to properly use ki, the energy of life itself. He can also perform jutsus.
	+ **Ki Sense:** Evan can detect ki near him, and can also sense the presence of anybody with darkness in their heart in his vicinity; negative ki.
	+ **Power Augmentation:** Evan harness his ki to greatly enhance his physical attributes. When his Gear functions are suppressed, he is still extremely strong and fast due to his experience with using ki to boost his own abilities.

### Darkness

As "Darkness," Evan retains his Gear powers, but gains extra ones. He created dark, negative energy which manifested itself as a sentient being which could possess him at any time.

* **Energy Manipulation:** Evan's unique ability to absorb and store energy allows him to redistribute it and emit it through his hands. His energy is empowered by his emotions, the more powerful the emotion equating to the magnitude of the energy. His most prominent emotion is hate; whenever he dislikes something or someone, he builds up a "negative energy" which he can use in an offensive manner.
	+ **Force-Field Generation:** Evan can use his energy to create a reflective shield of purple energy that protects him from harm.
	+ **Energy Absorption:** Evan can absorb energy from other forces to emit later on. He used the energy he absorbed from fighting Proculus Afer to detonate himself and kill Afer.

*"I locked onto your location, and shazam, here I am."*
—Evan Broxton to Jason Kade
* **Teleportation:** Evan can not only teleport himself, but also others through tactile contact.
* **Flight:** Evan can fly.

### Abilities

*"This battle is just getting started."*
—Evan Broxton
* **Master Combatant:** Evan is a fantastic hand-to-hand fighter. His training from the Gears, the warriors of Sled and the United States Marine Corps equipped him with knowledge of fighting, with particular extensive training in Isshin-ryū Karate (his most frequently used technique being a knifehand strike to the back of the neck with his superhuman Gear strength) and several disciplines of Ninjutsu (including Taijutsu for empty-handed fighting, Kenjutsu for his ice sword, Sōjutsu for throwing his ice spears, Shurikenjutsu for throwing his ice kunai or shuriken, Kayakujutsu for smoke bombs and explosives, and Bōryaku). He also received basic self-defense training in his youth. Evan stimulates his fighting ability by training among some of the world's greatest fighters, such as Matillo and Minato, and even fought all three of them at once on one occasion. Sled trained him to use weapons such as swords, shields, knives, shuriken, and spears. He was able to contend with the godly Roman Legion, and his infected personality killed Okarei in combat. He also defeated the superhumanly strong Sentinel, claiming to have "obliterated him" in their duel. His cybernetic muscle memory greatly aids him in combat, as well. Evan was able to contend with the highly skilled Lance Hisayo for an extensive period of time, greatly impressing Donovan Winston. Tiara Calinao has referred to Evan as "a formidable opponent."
* **Expert Marksman:** Other than being trained in using firearms by the Marines, Evan requires good aim to use his ice and energy-based abilities. He would have landed a shot on Brian Henshaw if not for the latter's force-field. Evan is also highly skilled in launching his ice weapons in combat, such as his ice kunai or his ice shards, having once thrown one of the latter into the back of a woman's head from a distance.
* **Intimidation:** Evan can command an intimidating presence due to his immense power.
* **Stealth:** Evan was trained to hide in any environment.
* **Keen Intelligence:** Despite his brutish, battle-hungry attitude, Evan is quite intelligent. His intelligence has even received praise from his friend, Jess Connor.
	+ **Skilled Tactician:** As the former Chief of Staff for the Killer Kings, Evan was trained in military tactics as well as to lead a unit of soldiers by Garrett Brockton. He was commended for his usage of strategy during battle by "the Unstoppable King." He came prepared with backup plans for fights, and he outsmarted Proculus Afer of the Roman Legion during their final duel. He noticed Mike Wilson sustained damage whenever his Stand did (and vice versa) in mid-combat, giving his teammates an advantage against Roger David and the rest of his Stand henchmen. While infected with yellow fever, Evan's darker personality proved to be an effective leader, as he was able to quickly put together a team of other infected Gears, and they were nearly successful with their mission.
	+ **Skilled Musician:** Evan can play guitar.
	+ **Trilingualism:** Evan speaks his native language and can understand Moon language and Japanese.

## Weaknesses

* **Hypnosis:**
* **Light:**
* **Fire:**

## Techniques

* Energy
* Ki
* Chakra
* Secret Ninja Techniques

* **Chaos Energy:**
* **Negative Energy:**

- **Hakai/Destruction:**

*"I know a good jutsu or two."*
—Evan Broxton
* **Kage Bunshin no Jutsu/Shadow Clone Jutsu:**
* **Kawarimi no Jutsu/Substitution Jutsu:**

- **Ice Tornado:**

- **Dark Chains:**

## Equipment

### Attire

* **Ice Armor:**
* **Tactical Suit:**

### Weaponry

* **Ice Sword:**
* **Darkness Sword:**
* **Darkness Shield:**

## Relationships

* Krystal Broxton † - Mother
* Judai Broxton - Brother
* Drake Broxton - Brother
* Billy the Bird - Pet Parrot

Allies* Gears
* Sled Clan
* United States Marine Corps
	+ Killer Kings
* Z-Force
	+ Matillo/Intrepid † - Best Friend
	+ Minato/Wavelength - Good Friend
	+ Andrew Lavellan † - Good Friend, Victim
* Arcadian Rebels
	+ Lance White/Argent †
	+ Jason Kade/Almanac
	+ Proculus Afer † - Victim
* Mike Wilson † - Victim