“It’s too valuable to abandon and too flashy to hold.” — Spoilers for Grand Theft Sorcery follow.
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.[1] His attempts to find help usually ended with him being returned home to new abuse and being thrown out anew.[2] He spent several years squatting and doing petty crime in order to survive. During this he focused on staying in school, and managed to graduate high school.[3][4]
By age 22 he had managed to have something he called home for four years, two cats, and take some classes of community college.[1] His primary recent income was doing repossessions of high-value cars, and he had performed several high-risk repossessions for Arneson Recoveries over three years as a freelance agent.[5] It however meant very uneven income and very low job security.
“This is all insane. I can’t operate on ‘trust me.’ I’ve been burned too much.”
— 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.[1]
He is currently on the run again, trying to escape Miller’s supernatural boss Anatole and to dodge as many cops as he can.
Personal[]
Due to his experiences, trust and seeking assistance from other people does not come easily to Evan.[6][2] His natural response to trouble seems to be to evade rather than confront it.[6] He will however fight when cornered or in order to help someone else. He has become used to depending on his own resources and staying low.
He has short black hair and a slim build.
Relations[]
Evan has two cats, Lily and Flip-Top.[7] He might have had a girlfriend, but in such case she recently left him. His mother is dead, and he has no contact with his father Aaron Murphy.[1][6]
He learned to know Sofia in college and considers her a trusted friend, enough so that he is ready to entrust his cats to her.[5] He is currently working together with Sunday.[6]
He became close with Mitu during their short time together and seems to have come to view her as a substitute mother.
Abilities[]
Evan is intelligent and has a strong sense of intuition. He is 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, and is good at surveillance, stealth, shoplifting, and breaking and entering. He also learned some forgery, in order to stay in school.[4]
“Yeah,” she echoed, and waved her half-eaten taco at him. “You’re new at this. Real new. You don’t know your own strength, and you’re strong, ese. Got up from bullets, got up from my demon-powered best. Got away from Anatole. I dunno what that involved, but I bet it wasn’t nothing. And then there’s the stars.” She nodded skyward. “That seems like a big deal.”
— Sunday, “Charting Stars”
He was provided several magical powers by Mitu, enough to be equivalent to a strong Practitioner of many years in power.[1][8] He is however very inexperienced with his powers, with little insight into their limitations and best use.[3][8] Amongst his known powers are self-healing, ability to see in the dark, direct energy discharges as a weapon, magical punches, protection against mundane weapons, telekinetics, the ability to absorb or destroy at least some forms of organic matter,[1] a supernatural guidance and navigation ability,[7] lightning flashes,[3][9] and control over non-magical fires.[2]. He has started to explore various ways to manipulate light and darkness.[3][9] He can see magical effects and beings, but not necessarily auras.[2][10] He has learned to provide the ability to see in the dark to other people.[11]
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.[1]
Evan’s supernatural abilities are stronger during the night.[10]
Possessions[]
Evan owns a motorcycle, but its current location is unknown. He has finally managed to divest himself from the Lamborghini.[9]
He has a wand that he looted from Carlo’s corpse.[2]
Theories[]
Part of the reason why Evan was initially caught 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[]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 “God on the Run”
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 “Perihelion”
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 “Dead Reckoning”
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 “Stellar Drift”
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 “Constellations”
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 6.2 6.3 “Charting Stars”
- ↑ 7.0 7.1 “Celestial Navigation”
- ↑ 8.0 8.1 “Pathfinding”
- ↑ 9.0 9.1 9.2 “Upshift”
- ↑ 10.0 10.1 “Penumbra”
- ↑ “So Many Crimes”