Evie, Spy

[Nightcrawler]

TW: Implied SA, transphobia, sex workers/sex work


QUICK STATS

Name
Evira "Evie" Harper

Age
26

Gender
Female

Species
Half-Kasi - a horned semi-nomadic people of the boreal forests and tundra

Height
6'1"

Occupation
Prostitute; spy and point of contact for the Connlaothian underground railroad

Residence
The Wild Rose brothel, just outside of Uthlyn, Connlaoth


IN-DEPTH STUFF

History
Evie was born in Connlaoth to an unknown father and a destitute Adelan mother. Her mother, a devout Ansgarian, was determined to assimilate into the Connlaothian church and culture. From a young age, Evie was forced to doubt and suppress her true self. She was made to wear boys' clothing and encouraged to learn to fight — to be a real man. Children her age, especially boys, sensed that she was different and ruthlessly bullied her. At age 13, desperate to be free, she ran away from home. But life on the street was even more difficult. She was now at the mercy of both the elements and other people. In one particularly bad scrap, Evie broke her leg. It never quite healed the right way, and though it excused her from conscription, to this day she walks with a slight limp. And, after multiple incidents with the law, Evie was forced into indentured servitude to atone for her transgressions.

Evie exchanged hands multiple times over the years before her remaining debt was purchased by the madam of The Wild Rose — a scandalously popular brothel nestled in a dingy corner of Uthlyn. The change was bittersweet. She was still a slave, but being a working girl gave her more control and stability than she had ever experienced. Not only was she encouraged to dress in a feminine manner, but many things now happened on her terms that previously hadn't. Occasionally, men who were especially enthralled with her "exoticism" would return and bring her tokens of their interest, lining her pockets with more coin than she had ever seen.

Still, her heart remained out on the street with the beggars and urchins. Before long, she was contacted out of the blue by an acquaintance and informed that an old friend had gone missing and was presumed in danger. Evie forged a partnership with the acquaintance — and his network of slave-liberating radicals. She bonded even more with them through the heartbreak of finding her friend horrifically murdered at the hands of his master. From that day forward, she vowed to help the radicals keep her fellow slaves out of harm's reach. Due to the nature of her job, she proved invaluable as a spy. But the deeper she sunk into their machinations, the more inextricably entangled she became.


Physical Description
Evie is tall and lanky, with brown skin atypical of your average Connlaothian. Her eyes are a deep, steely blue-green. She has her mother's hair — long, dense, dark, and wavy — which she usually keeps braided out of her face. What really sets her out of place in Connlaoth, though, are her horns: a pair of them, like corkscrew goat horns, that begin at her hairline and sweep back over her skull to terminate just past her ears.

When in private, Evie wears whatever typical Connlaothian women's fashions she can get her hands on. When she has to go out in public, however, she adopts a masculine look in order to keep a low profile and avoid harassment.


Personality
ESFJ / Neutral Good
Evie is driven by a fierce sense of justice, but over time, that drive has warped into fervor. To her, helping the helpless is an imperative and not an option. This determination has led her down the path of radicalization and sometimes skews her ability to rationalize. There are moments now where she fully commits to the idea that the end justifies the means — including means that involve self-destructive behaviors. She will run herself into the ground if it means doing the right thing a little longer.

Although her zeal might obscure it, Evie is a sensitive soul and an idealist. She wants, above all, to love and to be loved. In spite of her profession, she still hopes that some day, someone will stick around and accept her for who she is. She longs for a world where different peoples don't hate and ostracize each other, or kill each other over seemingly nothing. Yet she's been led to believe that she has to become such a person in order to make the world a better place for those who suffer. She wants so badly to see the good in everyone she meets, but she has to keep reminding herself that most people are just out for themselves.


Magic/Abilities
None


Relationships
Evie is a good sister to the other working girls and has a decent rapport with the madam. Her friendships with the other radicals are flawed at best; they see her as an instrument to use, and any interactions she has with them are tinged with that expectation. Those of them who aren't sex workers also tend to look down on her, though they still expect her to pull through with information. Most of them misgender her and treat her gender expression as just an aberration or a tool of her trade.


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