List of Darker Than Black Characters - Evening Primrose

Evening Primrose

An organization promoting equal rights for contractors and their existence to be made public. Contrary to the popular belief, EPR does not intend for Contractors to rise above humanity, but rather seeking a solution for the peaceful coexistence of Contractors and human beings.

Amber (アンバー, Ambā?)

Voiced by: Tomoko Kawakami (Japanese), Laura Bailey (English)

The first confirmed Contractor, with her star's Messier code UB-001. She was originally a spy for MI6 with the codename February (フェブラリー, Feburarī?) but later defected and joined the Syndicate, adopting "Amber" as her new name. She worked together with Hei and Pai in South America during the "Heaven's War", and founded her own organization, the Evening Primrose at that time. She went missing together with Pai and millions of other people when the Heaven's Gate disappeared, only to reappear later to fight the Syndicate with the rest of the strengthened Evening Primrose. Even after leaving the Syndicate, she chose to keep her codename "Amber," stating that she had grown attached to it. Her appearance is also very similar to Code Geass character C.C..

Amber's ability is chronal manipulation, which includes temporal freezing of time and rewinding of events to an unknown degree. Elaborate usage of her power enables her to gain knowledge of future events, and then respond to them accordingly. Once time has been frozen around her, she can also pull other people out of the frozen time stream, while those still under her ability's effect will no longer detect her presence or movement. Her remuneration is aging backwards, making her appear frequently younger. Amagiri has warned her that she cannot use her ability flippantly, saying that she can only pay off her contract to a certain extent. Her overall objective is to destroy the Hell's Gate in a way that doesn't erase every Contractor from existence. Amber cares deeply about and has feelings for Hei, in spite of him believing her to be a traitor. To emphasize this, she often goes as far as to order her subordinates to avoid fighting Hei, even though this usually veers close to compromising their given mission objective. She maintains the mysterious Meteor Fragment retrieved from PANDORA's Gate Research Facility in her care in a pouch slung across her shoulder. After showing him all that he would have if he used his power to close off the gate (her, his friends, and his sister), she reveals the true extent of her feelings for him by sacrificing herself so that Hei may pursue, instead, the option of shutting down the particle accelerator that would destroy the gate instead of sacrificing Japan or all Contractors. In the Ryuusei no Gemini arc, when Misaki accesses the "Files of the Future" she is seen behind her before disappearing when she turns around.

Amagiri (雨霧?)

Voiced by: Takuya Kirimoto (Japanese), Travis Willingham (English)

A portly, red-haired man whose left eye is frequently shut. His contractor ability enables him to project concussive blasts from his palms. He appears to be Amber's right-hand man, carrying out operations necessary to the Evening Primrose. His remuneration is the consumption of boiled eggs - a fact he does not like due to the cholesterol in them. Surviving the fire in season 1, he gathers the remnants of EPR and retreats into deep jungle. He is later seen rescuing Hei and Yin in Hong Kong after receiving intelligence on the whereabouts of the duo.

Brita (ブリタ, Burita?)

Voiced by: Chie Nakamura (Japanese), Jamie Marchi (English)

A blonde-haired woman whose cover was as a secretary in the American embassy in Japan. Her ability is to teleport herself and anyone she is in contact with; however, any clothing is left behind. Brita's remuneration is to kiss other people, which she often combines into one convenient act when teleporting others. She uses her ability to, among other actions, kidnap the researcher Schroeder for the EPR and help Amagiri get to the anti-Gate particle accelerator. Curiously, she seems to have grown accustomed to the inevitable nudity to the point of preference. She is presumed killed in Pandora's attack against "Evening Primrose" "dolls" after being almost burnt to death alongside Amagiri.

Maki (マキ?)

Voiced by: Yuko Sanpei (Japanese), Maxey Whitehead (English)

A young boy with heterochromatic irises. Maki's ability allows him to perform a type of spontaneous combustion on objects that he touches with his hands. The explosions can occur remotely as he often prepares handprints before activating his ability. He uses this to cause attacks on the embassies in Tokyo. His remuneration is drinking hot milk. Maki seems to be infatuated with Amber and says he would do anything for her. He attempts to kill Hei out of jealousy, after learning Hei is the "him" that Amber frequently spoke of, convinced that he (Maki) is the only one fit of her love. He is killed by November 11.

Pai (白?, pinyin: Bái, lit. White)

Voiced by: Kaori Nazuka (Japanese), Larissa Wolcott (English)

Voiced by: Yuna Fujī (Japanese), Larissa Wolcott (English) (childhood)

Hei's younger sister. Pai is the Contractor responsible for the disappearance of Heaven's Gate five years prior to the story's setting and had since vanished. The Messier code BK-201 belongs to her star. Pai's abilities are said to be vast, with generating abnormal electricity as only the tip of the iceberg. In addition to this, she also has the power of molecular reconstruction. Her remuneration is to sleep. At the time of the Heaven's War in South America, Hei was constantly together with Pai during their many operations, acting as a bodyguard of sorts. It was for Pai's sake that Hei originally joined the Syndicate. When the Heaven's Gate disappeared, Pai's power became Hei's, because—according to Amber—she continues to exist within him by fusion through her molecular reconstruction ability. Hei himself remains oblivious to the fact, until the very end. Her other name is revealed at the end: Xing (which may in this instance mean "star".)