Ed (Street Fighter)

Ed is one of the supporting characters of the Street Fighter franchise, who debuts in Street Fighter IV as a non-playable character before making his playable debut in the second season of Street Fighter V. He is the Psycho Power wielding protégé of Balrog, captured by Shadaloo to serve as a potential substitute body for M. Bison.
==Story==
Ed is a young boy who was kidnapped and experimented on in order to become a replacement body for Bison. After the destruction of the S.I.N. base, Balrog found him and took him, hoping that he could be of some use. The experiments performed on him gave him the ability to control Psycho Power, and also caused his body to age rapidly. In Street Fighter IV, he's a young boy, in the story mode of Street Fighter V, he's a teenager, and by the time he becomes playable, he's a fully grown adult. With his powers, he aids Balrog on his quest for cash, but he's also haunted by the possibility of being possessed by Bison. After an encounter with a mysterious fortune teller, Menat, he starts questioning his fate and sets out on his own to find his destiny. Eventually he ends up founding the group Neo-Shadaloo, of which Falke is a member. 
== Abilities==
As a shoot boxer, Ed incorporates powerful kicks into his fighting style unlike his more traditional boxing peers such as Balrog and Dudley. His attacks are augmented by M. Bison's Psycho Power, which both enhance his punches and also allow him to create tendrils that can latch onto and reel his opponents towards him like a lasso. Like M. Bison he can also create projectiles out of his Psycho Power of varying sizes.
==Personality ==
Not at all like the young, defenseless boy he once was during the Street Fighter IV events, Ed has grown a large muscular body to match his ego by the time Street Fighter V takes place. He can be cocky and flashy while taking on his opponent, having his own fair share of fun in the process.
Despite his attitude, Ed can (as noted by his win quotes) be appreciative towards certain opponents, such as Balrog, Falke, E. Honda and Ken, as well as giving some advice to other opponents like Cammy and Chun-Li. Likewise, other characters such as Alex, Ryu, Ken, Rashid, Dhalsim and Zeku also gives Ed some good advice in their win quotes against him. Like Cody, Ed also fights very powerful opponents such as Akuma and he admits that it was a challenge for him but became scared at first because of his formidable power.
It's also possible that the win quotes hint towards a change in his personality from A Shadow Falls, where most of his appearances show him to be insensitive, snide, and selfish, and the point in the story he's at, as he seems to have toned down quite a bit and shows a good side to him, possibly as a sign of him becoming more mature. It's also a possibility that he quit Shadaloo at this time, as he shows a newfound distaste for M. Bison for kidnapping him at a young age. He and Falke also opposes other organizations such as the Secret Society.
==Gallery==
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Ed_(Street_Fighter).jpg|Ed, the new master of Neo-Shadaloo
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