Ed

Ed was born in the Boreal Fief and raised alongside a group of children that followed the stone giant Herad'im, who protected Ed and the other children by raising huge fortresses of stone from the earth to shield them from the bitter cold. Like all stone giants, Herad'im could read the stone as if it was speaking to him, and at one point was able to figure out a group of cultists had invaded one of the fortresses he had made and left behind.

Herad'im, of course, took his followers back to that fortress and slew the cultists to rid his creations of corruption--but he was too late. Somehow, the Order of the Endless Dawn had been alerted to the presence of the cultists, and when they arrived they unthinkingly murdered Herad'im and took the children with them, assuming them to have been kidnapped by a monster.

Ed held bitter resentment in his heart for the Dawn ever since this event, and left the care of the Dawn as soon as he was able. Though he had no weapons, he would hunt down any cultists he could find and topple their buildings with his bare hands. It was through this display of strength and dislike for the Dawn that Ed found himself gravitating towards the Order of the Black Rose--and eventually he was accepted into their ranks.

It was here that he met Jara, Zack, and Mirabelle. The three grew close and formed their own crew of Black Rose members, often performing their jobs for the order together. It is implied that the four of them held romantic feelings for one each other. Between this period of time and the Dungeon Era campaign, Mirabelle was killed by unknown circumstances. This, of course, had serious impacts on the three remaining members who all coped in their own way--some more healthy than others. Ed, in particular, appears to cope by remembering her fondly and doing his best to ease the other two's pain.

At the beginning of the Dungeon Era campaign, Jara, Ed, and Zack had traveled to the Keflands to delve into the Dungeon and retrieve a stolen rite that was authored by both Mirabelle and Zack in order to protect Mirabelle's legacy and prevent it from falling into the hands of the Lich, Modus Tollens.

It was here in the Keflands that Ed, as well as Jara and Zack, meet the warlock Eduard. After only a few meetings, the Rose open up to Eduard about their goal here in the Keflands, and Eduard asks to join their ranks to assist in their venture to retrieve the rite. Despite the three Black Rose members being battle-hardened soldiers with issues coming to terms with their emotions, Ed convinces them to accept him by reminding the other two that they "...know how to fight with a fourth".

Eduard had left an impression on the crew for a number of reasons; Ed in particular understood that Eduard had no where else to go, and believed it truly would be good for all of them--Eduard included--to have an extra pair of kind hands in their venture.

With a new fourth member, the small Black Rose crew watch one last sunrise and descended into the Dungeon.