Evan

"The city of Evan’s got great food, y’know."

- The Headmaster

Evan is the main setting of Torn: Origins. It is the city where the map takes place and is set in. The player is free to explore Evan to their heart's content.

Summary
Evan is a bustling city built on a large square-shaped island. The Evan River is a significant geographical feature of the city, with the core of the city being built around it. The Downtown area of Evan, featuring massive skyscrapers from all eras, is located at the southern end of the island, while the northern area is significantly less dense. Evan is home to a diverse range of Landmarks and other locations, including the Evan Museum of Science and Art, Port Adams, Waguespack Pier, Zwick Stadium, and more. The city is unified by the Evan Subway System, which features nine subway stations that can be used as Fast Travel points by the player.

History
The city of Evan was founded sometime in the 17th century, and originally existed underneath its current self. Filled with mostly five- and six-story brick buildings, the city was eventually threatened by rising sea levels, and in the late 19th century, the decision to abandon the city and build a completely new Evan on top of it became a reality. The old city, dubbed Old Evan, remained completely intact as a new Evan was built hundreds of meters atop it.

X.I.A. Agency
Sometime in the early 2010s, about a few years before the events of Torn: Origins, The Headmaster founded the X.I.A. Agency and built its headquarters underground, below the city. He recruited over 713 Agents by the time Torn: Origins begins, with A01 (the player) as the Agency's very first Agent.

Free-Roam
As mentioned, the city of Evan is able to be completely explored by the player, as Torn: Origins is an open-world free-roam map. Every rooftop in the city can be accessed, usually by climbing taller buildings and gliding onto lower ones (this is how most Landmark Books must be collected). The city also features 15 Secret Tokens, five Sewer Rooms, five Gang Hideouts, ten Leaky Fire Hydrants, four Diners, and four Pharmacies, among other things.

Streets & Stores
The city of Evan is home to at least fifty named streets, and hundreds of named storefronts.

Neighborhoods
Evan is divided into nine unique neighborhoods:
 * West Downtown
 * East Downtown
 * Prioring Square
 * City Center
 * Western Evan
 * Port Adams
 * Demenhurst
 * The Wards
 * Lantern District

Landmarks
Evan contains 30 Landmarks that the player must collect Landmark Books from to earn the This is My City Achievement. Each Landmark offers a unique description of the location and reveals a bit about the city's past and character. The Landmarks are, in order from 1-30:

Trivia

 * Downtown Evan, specifically the area around the Evan River, take heavy inspiration from Downtown, including the red draw bridges and double-decked streets.
 * The city of Evan, along with the X.I.A. Headquarters, was actually hinted at in the first Torn, as it was mentioned during the mission Facing Our Destiny.