Evey Hammond is a fictional character

Fictional character

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 and one of the main characters of the V for Vendetta

V for Vendetta

V for Vendetta is a ten-issue comic book series written by Alan Moore and illustrated mostly by David Lloyd, set in a dystopian future United Kingdom imagined from the 1980s to about the 1990s. A mysterious masked revolutionary who calls himself "V" works to destroy the totalitarian government,...

comic book

Comic book

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 series, created by Alan Moore

Alan Moore

Alan Oswald Moore is an English writer primarily known for his work in comic books, a medium where he has produced a number of critically acclaimed and popular series, including Watchmen, V for Vendetta, and From Hell...

 and David Lloyd. She becomes involved in V's life when he rescues her from a gang of London

London

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's secret police

Secret police

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.
Evey grew up on Shooters Hill in south-east London

London

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. As a child, she lost both her parents; her mother died following a nuclear war

Nuclear warfare

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 in the early 1980s, and her father was arrested and executed by Norsefire

Norsefire

Norsefire is the fictional fascist political party ruling the United Kingdom in Alan Moore and David Lloyd's V for Vendetta comic book series...

, the fascist dictatorship

Dictatorship

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 that seized power during the war's aftermath, because of his socialist

Socialism

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 political leanings.