Evey Hammond (born September 1981) is a fictional character in the V for Vendetta comic book series (created by Alan Moore and David Lloyd) who becomes involved in V's life when he rescues her from a gang of London's secret police.
Evey grew up on Shooters Hill in south-east London. As a child, she lost both her parents; her mother died following a nuclear war in the early 1980s, and her father was arrested and executed by the Norsefire, the fasc...
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Evey Hammond (born September 1981) is a fictional character in the V for Vendetta comic book series (created by Alan Moore and David Lloyd) who becomes involved in V's life when he rescues her from a gang of London's secret police.
Evey grew up on Shooters Hill in south-east London. As a child, she lost both her parents; her mother died following a nuclear war in the early 1980s, and her father was arrested and executed by the Norsefire, the fascist dictatorship that seized power during the war's aftermath, because of his socialist political leanings. Sent to a youth hostel, she is forced to work packing matches into boxes for shipment, and then begins working at a munitions factory.
Struck by poverty, Evey becomes a prostitute. The first potential customer she approaches turns out to be a Fingerman, a member of Norsefire's secret police, working on a vice squad sting operation. As the man is about to rape her, she is saved by a mysterious man in a Guy Fawkes mask and black cloak,...
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