Real Name: Lord Eved

Identity/Class: Extradimensional (Microverse) humanoid, over 100 years ago

Occupation: Unknown

Group Membership: Royal Court of Homeworld (loose)

Affiliations: Diarmid, Princess Mari;
    formerly Baron Karza

Enemies: Baron Karza, ice hydra

Known Relatives: Father (unnamed)

Aliases: "Edev" (see comments)

Base of Operations: Homeworld, Microverse;
    especially First Zone
    and Ice Zone (onboard a mega-floater)

First Appearance: Micronauts II#15 (December, 1985)

Powers/Abilities: Eved was a normal human young man, but was easily captivated by young women in the Royal Court of Homeworld. He tried to be manipulative of others to suit his own ambitions, but was instead easily manipulated, especially by Karza. He was about 5'11", thin, had black hair (with white temples and back, although this may have been dyed) and brown eyes, with a 2" scar running vertically over his right eye. He was elitist, short-tempered, smoked cigarettes and liked to wear gaudy outfits and up-to-the-minute fashions.

History:
(Micronauts II#15 (fb)) - In the ancient Palace of Rulership on Homeworld, the teenaged Princess Mari was complimented by nobles from hundreds of worlds, including the local Lord Eved. However, Eved's interest in Mari was not reciprocated. Mari found a new friend in the dancer Diarmid and Eved found himself attracted to her. He then approached Baron Karza and urgently requested his aid in winning the affections of Diarmid. Karza agreed, but only because he wanted to use Eved as the tool to break Eved's family, who were resistant to his machinations. Eved offered to put in a good word for Karza at the Royal Court.

(Micronauts II#15 (fb) - BTS) - Karza devised a plan to make Eved appear a hero by saving Diarmid from an ice hydra. He gave Eved a potion that was an antitoxin to an ice hydra's poison.

(Micronauts II#15 (fb)) - At a state dinner, Eved secreted the potion into Diarmid's drink, but caused undue attention for his violent elitist manner. He was then banned from Court for a fortnight. Eved later questioned Karza of his plan and was rebuked and told to make his next move. That night, Diarmid fell ill from the antitoxin. The next day, Eved sought his father's assistance to win back the family's name and the Court's favor, and suggested a gala ice event. Diarmid recovered four days later from her mysterious illness, her body now able to negate the poison of an ice hydra.

(Micronauts II#15 (fb) - BTS) - Karza recreated a venomous ice hydra in his Body Banks and set it beneath a large frozen lake. He also devised a jacket that hid a neuro-field generator designed to disrupt an ice hydra's nervous system.

(Micronauts II#15 (fb)) - A mega-floater was organized to transport the whole Court to the frozen reaches of Homeworld (likely Ice Zone) above the large frozen lake used by Karza. Most of the Royal Court went force-field skating on the lake to whispering music, but Eved had an audience with the Royal Family. Eved was pardoned and Princess Mari kissed him in gratitude for what he had done for Diarmid. Eved then felt confused regarding his feelings for Mari and Diarmid. He then approached Karza in private and asked him to call off the whole plan, but Karza refused and Eved left. Karza then sent an illusioner to Mari and Diarmid, a device that enabled the user to make thought-directed hologram disguises. Mari decided to use it to imitate Diarmid in a forthcoming special solo dance on the ice. On the floater, Eved donned the special jacket, knowing what he was doing was wrong, but he felt powerless to stop it.

    At sunset, the crowd gathered to watch the Court dancer, Diarmid, perform solo on the ice (in reality, Mari using the illusioner). Eved was noticeably nervous and shadowed by a hooded Diarmid, who harbored affection for him. He then activated a device that let the ice hydra burst forth from beneath the ice; it then targeted the only creature on the ice in the near vicinity - the disguised Mari. As others ran away, Eved proclaimed that he would rescue the periled skater, only to be stopped by Diarmid, who declared her secret love for him. Eved was shocked and then saw Mari on the ice in the grip of the ice hydra, as the illusioner had broken. Eved still leapt at the monster, although Diarmid's attempt to hold onto Eved only ripped the jacket, exposing the circuitry inside. Eved landed on the ice hydra's head and stabbed furiously at it, aided by the jacket's electronic disruption of the beast's nervous system. Eved then knelt forlorn by Mari's battered, poisoned and unconscious body. Karza arrived and commanded that key body parts and organs be replaced, and took the legs volunteered by a remorseful Diarmid so that Mari's new body would have some level of antitoxin. Eved was horrified at this development but Karza then had him arrested and sentenced to immediate execution, with his organs consigned to the Body Banks. Eved did not protest.

(Micronauts II#15) - Many years later, Marionette still felt shame at how she had acquired her legs.

Comments: Created by Peter B. Gillis (writer), Kelley Jones (penciler) & Danny Bulandi (inker).

    The whole story is narrated by Marionette as a flashback to her fellow Micronauts.

    He's initially referred to as Edev twice by Mari, but this changes a few pages later and he is referred to only as Eved from there on.

    He made nine costume changes over the course of the story!

Profile by Grendel Prime

Clarifications:

Eved has no known connections to:

• Eve - young pregnant girl, Ghost Rider/Typhoid Mary character part of Andrea's W.A.M. group @ MCP#123/3
• Eve - princess of Atlantis, saved from Witches of Endor by Tuk and Tanir @ Captain America Comics #2
• Eve of Earth X - mate of Adam, mother of the child Mar-vell @ Earth X#2
• Eve - mutant, Xavier Institute, taken out by X-Men on Halloween @ X-Men Unlimited II#1/2
• Eve 3031 of Earth-Killraven - escaped from death-breeders, had daughter with Adam 3031 @ Amazing Adventures II#27
• Evenor - Antediluvian god, husband of Leucippe, father of Cleito, allegedly the last mortal king of Atlantis before it was taken over by Neptune, lord of the winter sprites, opposed removal of the nexus fragment from the Shroud of Cleito @ Man-Thing III#6
• Event Synthesizer - power item created and used by the Lords of Althrace, a discordant note allowed Melanicus to escape, artificially simulates the effects of a white hole, allows time manipulation @ Dr. Who Magazine#61
• Ever - mutant, Brotherhood, formerly Gene Nation, body became more disfigured over time, spied on McCoy for Havok until discovered @ Uncanny X-Men#339
• Everinnye - universe of higher than the 6th Dimension, home of Nightmare + Dweller-in-Darkness @ Dr.Strange III#33/2
• Everlasting (Aqhat, Marduk, Papahanau-Moku) @ Citizen V + V Battalion#1
• Evert, Amy of Earth-Nocturne - reporter, friend of Nocturne @ Nocturne#1
• Everwraith - astral embodiment of all those killed in explosions of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, initially planned revenge on USA, but began to fade, tried to use Sunfire to recreate nuclear holocaust to force Japan to excel, seemingly destroyed by Big Hero Six @ Sunfire & Big Hero Six#1
• Everyman (Larry Ekler) (also Zeitgeist) - self-styled defender of the people, set out to avenge his father's death on all society, defeated by Captain America and institutionalized, went up against Mr. Fantastic, later transformed into Zeitgeist by Dr. Faustus @ Captain America I#267
• Any other "Eve-' characters