Evan Murphy

A young man doing odd jobs and used to being rock-bottom. He first appeared in “God on the Run”.

## Biography

Evan Murphy was thrown out by his abusive father at age fourteen, after his mother died.⁠ He spent several years squatting and doing petty crime in order to survive.⁠ Despite this, by age 22 he had managed to have something he called home for four years, two cats, and take some classes of community college.⁠ His primary recent income has been in repossessions of high-value cars, and he had performed several high-risk repossessions for Arneson Recoveries over three years.⁠ It however meant very uneven income and very low job security.

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— Evan, “Charting Stars”

When he attempted to repossess Christian Miller’s Lamborghini at a public party he was taken captive, thrown into a cellar, and severely beaten. He was however healed by Mitu, a supernatural being also trapped in the cellar. Despite initial scepticism from Evan they joined forces and Mitu endowed several supernatural powers on him. They managed to escape in the Lamborghini together, after which Mitu left for the stars, and Evan set about to figure out his life.⁠

He is currently on the run again, trying to escape Miller’s supernatural boss Anatole and to dodge as many cops as he can.⁠⁠

## Relations

Evan has two cats, Lily and Flip-Top.⁠ He might have had a girlfriend or roommates, but in such case they recently left him. His mother is dead, and his father was abusive.

He learned to know Sofia in college and considers her a trusted friend, enough so that he entrusts his cats to her.⁠

He became close with Mitu during their short time, and he seems to have come to view her as a substitute mother.

## Abilities

Evan is intelligent and highly resilient, but not particularly physically capable. He is an excellent driver and has good knowledge of the geography of Los Angeles. He has plenty of experience from living on the run and doing petty crime to survive.

He was provided several magical powers by Mitu, enough to be equivalent to a Practitioner of many years in power.⁠ He is however very inexperienced with his powers, with little insight into their limitations and best use.⁠ Amongst his known powers are healing, ability to see in the dark, direct energy discharges as a weapon, protection against mundane weapons, telekinetics, a supernatural guidance and navigation ability, and the ability to absorb or destroy at least some forms of organic matter.⁠⁠ He has started to explore various ways to manipulate light.⁠

Mitu has also implied that he has the ability to conjure a spectral blade, create blasts of fire, and give visions of the void beyond mortal skies.⁠

## Possessions

Evan owns a motorcycle, but its current location is unknown. He tried to deliver the Lamborghini to Brett Arneson, but Arneson refused to take it due to irregularities in how it was repo’d. The car is thus both a significant resource and a significant source of trouble for Evan.⁠⁠

## Theories

Part of the reason why Evan was caught was caught in the first was that he had some form of glow, visible through supernatural means. It is unclear what about him caused the glow. Mitu speculated it was a spell that detected magical power or potential; another possibility is that it detected Heaven’s light.

## Trivia

Evan Murphy’s relationship with Mitu and some of his abilities mirrors that of warlocks in Dungeons and Dragons, in particular one with a celestial pact.

## References

1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 “God on the Run”
2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 “Dead Reckoning”
3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 “Constellations”
4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 “Celestial Navigation”
5. ↑ “Charting Stars”