The Protagonist is a character from the E.V.O. series.
They are an unnamed character of ambigious gender. In either games of the series, they start out as a very simple fish-like creature.
In 46 Okunen Monogatari ~The Shinka Ron~ and the Gaia's introductory talk at the beginning of E.V.O. Search for Eden, they sport green skin with small scales and a large body size.
In the actual gameplay of E.V.O. Search for Eden, they sport violet skin, the slick body setup, which has no scales and a small body size.
46 Okunen Monogatari ~The Shinka Ron~[]
The protagonist starts as the member of a group of for fish-like creatures, that look exactly like them. These creatures are called Terodus.
The protagonist start their adventure in a deep abyss at the bottom of the sea recovering from the effects of a storm that swept them to that location. Shortly after their arrival, a very bright light strikes the area, causing all the inhabitants to act strange. A number of the Terodus decide that the protagonist's arrival and the light causing the change are connected, the situation is smoothed over by the daughter of one of the Terodus, but the elder decides to act on the better note of caution and exiles them.
Shortly afterwards, the protagonist sets out on a journey to evolve into a higher being and the other Terodus are annihilated by a natural disaster. The protagonist never gets to know of the fate of their fellow specimen.
As the protagonist advances, their body only changes to new species when they defeat other creatures, gain E.V.O. points and spend the points to evolve their body. This is done by increasing one of four stats each.
These stats are referred to as Wisdom, Vitality, Attack and Endurance.
Once the protagonist reaches a certain threshold, their appearance will start changing and they will evolve into a new creature. However to progress, certain stats are needed to survive determined trials. Should one evolve too much in one direction, they will become an evolutionary dead end and treated to a specific cutscene matching the path they took showing their fate. Not all of them are bad outcomes, but the protagonist is unable to evolve back to correct the changes.
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E.V.O. Search for Eden[]
Unlike the first game, the protagonist is on their own for most of the time in this game. In this game, the protagonist starts in location known as the Ocean of Origin, which is likely related to the abyss from the first game.
Just like in The Shinka Ron, the protagonist gains E.V.O. points by defeating other creatures and just like in the first game, these are then spent to evolve their body. Unlike The Shinka Ron, though, the protagonist doesn't evolve by increasing on of four stats, but has a variety of body parts they can chose to evolve.
What body parts they can evolve depends on how many E.V.O. points they own and what kind of creature they currently are. There are five kinds of creatures ingame:
- Fish
- Amphibian
- Dinosaur
- Bird
- Mammal
The protagonist starts out as a fish, then becomes an amphibian once they leave the first world or era. After leaving the second world, they become a dinosaur.
From this point onward, though, the protagonist is free to stay a dinosaur or to evolve into any of the two other forms afterwards.
Scaling Mount Brave will allow them to become a bird. Once they reach the fourth world and enter the first cave, they will be given the option to evolve into a mammal.
Note, that once the protagonist has advanced to their next species, the only way to turn back into an older species is by using the green crystals found in various locations of the game. There is also a Red Crystal that can allow unique mutations and evolutionary forms which can be recorded and used with the green crystal.
While Gaia is the one who allows the protagonist to become an amphibian and later a dinosaur, the bird form is given to them by an ominous voice (presumably the Mars People, that are heard and optionally even seen ingame) and the mammal form is offered to them by the ghosts of the Styracosaurus using "Hope", whom they helped earlier when saving the Styracosaurus child in the third era.
Gallery[]
46 Okunen Monogatari ~The Shinka Ron~[]
E.V.O. Search for Eden[]
In this cutscene, they look closer to their original design from The Shinka Ron.
Trivia[]
In the original, Japanese version of the SFC/SNES game, the protagonist is ambiguous in regards to gender and just but a creature among many, with everyone being able to enter Eden, if they prove themselves to The Sun God and Gaia.
For unknown reasons, this is changed in the English versions, where the protagonist becomes a male creature and the chosen one.
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