Edwin Cobalt

> I know what loss feels like. It hurts, it changes you. For some people, they succumb to the hardship of it. But we can't let that happen to us. Remnant is cruel yet we have to keep pushing on and survive... I know I will.
>
> Edwin Cobalt

## Edwin Cobalt

* Mistral
* Illyria

### Nickname

EdEddy

Boy Blue (By Birdie)

## Personal Status

### Relatives

Remus Cobalt † (father)Lazuli Cobalt † (mother)

Jasper Cobalt (maternal uncle)

Abigail Cobalt (aunt)

Celosia Cobalt (maternal cousin)

Four unnamed maternal cousins

## Media

### First Appearance

"Preludes"

Edwin Ricardo Henry James Percival William Cobalt is a main character in Team OPRA's story. He is a student at Haven Academy and the leader of Team CRTN. His weapon of choice is a six-shot revolver named The Mystery.

## Appearance

### Physical

Edwin stands at 5'5 and weighs 130lbs. He has an average body shape with peach-fair skin, red eyes, a rectangular head shape with a pointed chin and dark brown hair with red undertones that is cut with shaven down sides and a curly longer top.

### Attire

Edwin's original attire consisted of a cream button down blouse with a black bow tie tucked into a pair of light blue dress pants. Over that he wears a red waistcoat with golden pinstripes and over that, a cobalt blue longcoat with black lapels. On his feet, Edwin wears black wingtip tuxedo shoes and a pair of white dress gloves on his hands. Edwin wears a pair of dark blue bottle-cap glasses due to his poor eyesight.

### Post Time Skip Attire - Apprentice

After the fall of beacon, Edwin and his team travel to Illyria with Team OPRA and enlist in the military. During then he wears a cream work shirt now with a red cravat tucked into a pair of dark grey dress pants which are then tucked into a pair of brown leather boots with a cool brown strip and gold circular buckle on the break between the foot and the leg of the boot. Over his shirt, Edwin wears a blue pinstripped waistcoat with a black lapel and collar. Edwin then wears a brown revolver holster around his chest.

## Personality

Courageous, Quick-Witted and Confident are all words that can describe Edwin. While sometimes coming off as cocky, Edwin shows pride in his combat skills, and tries to not disappoint to those who want evidence in his claims of being an excellent shot. Edwin is not afraid to take up a challenge and has a fierce competitive spirit. Edwin is very happy with his status as a trans man, and continues to go through life with the upmost confidence in it. Edwin is also an incredibly kind young man, one who was raised to be polite and respectful to others.

However, deep down Edwin is an extremely traumatised young boy, one who had everything taken away from him by the creatures of grimm. Because of this, he harbours a deep vengeance for his mother and father, and vows to kill the grimm that took them from him. Edwin's confidence and competitiveness can also come off as arrogant in his own capabilities.

After the Fall of Beacon, Edwin becomes more pessimistic in the fact that the creatures of grimm cannot be killed. His skills as a leader begin to break down as his team becomes disjointed and fragmented with their own issues. Deep down Edwin knows he needs to bring his team together, but begins to doubt whether or not he can truely do it. To make matters worse, Edwin begins to feel as if he has failed his parents by stopping the grimm from taking more lives. This is further worsened when he and his team are tasked to kill The Changeling. Edwin developes a fear that he has not become the 'man' his parents wanted him to be, becoming so bad that he vomits during a panic attack after confronting The Changeling. But thanks to the encouragement of Jasper, Edwin finds a new will to survive for the sake of his parent's memory.

## Background

Born to Lazuli and Remus Cobalt, Edwin was the only child to the two vale aristocrats and was assigned female at birth. Growing up, Edwin felt discomfort in being a girl, and with the acceptance and support from his parents, began to transition at the age of 10 and took on the name Edwin, after his grandfather.

Edwin growing up had a content and happy childhood. His parents, supportive in their son, continued with turning Edwin into the perfect heir for the family fortune. However, when Edwin was 12, tragedy would strike with the murder of his parents at the hands of the changeling grimm, a fearsome grimm that took on the appearance of anything it killed... Including that of Edwin's mother. Edwin and his father attempted to flee, but The Changeling managed to murder his father. With his last words being to run, Edwin fled as the monster massacered every member of the home with no remorse. Without a family or a home, Edwin had lost everything.

After losing his parents to the wicked claws of Grimm, Edwin was shipped away to the only remaining family of the Cobalt clan. His estranged uncle Jasper and his family who lived in the sleepy town of Innsmouth. Jasper was at first rather ambivalent into taking in his nephew. But after some time together and some corrections on Edwin’s pronouns and name, Jasper grew attached to his only remaining family. Jasper's family immediately took a strong liking to the young Edwin and quickly swept him up as one of their own in a matter of days. While still dealing with the loss of his parents, it was through the comfort of his Aunt Abigail and his cousins that eased the suffering. Being a hunter and the member of the Innsmouth Guard, Jasper wanted to teach Edwin how to fight so that he would not be defenceless in such a cruel and dangerous world. As a result of this Jasper passed his skills in six-shooters down to Edwin. His training proved effective on the young man as he quickly was able to unlock his aura and semblance at 14. As a reward for Edwin’s growth, Jasper handed down a simple but elegantly designed revolver that Edwin would name The Mystery.

Even 5 years after the murder of his parents, Edwin harboured a desire to rebuild what was his. At 17 Edwin was able to easily pass his entrance exams into Haven Academy. Instead of being worried, Jasper saw Edwin’s desire to protect the world from the hands of Grimm and sought his nephew off to Haven. As Haven approaches, Edwin hopes to strength and sharpen his skills to fight back against the creatures of Grimm and to protect innocents from losing everything like he did himself.

## Abilities and Powers

Edwin’s fighting style is highly dependant on the use of his weapon and semblance. He shows an extremely skilled proficiency in using his revolver, able to shoot with almost pinpoint accuracy. While some may believe that Edwin is almost too reliant on his weapon, Edwin shows a moderate understanding of hand to hand, able to defend himself reasonably. Edwin even combines his revolver into his hand to hand with pistol whipping, even aspects of Gun-Fu.

### Weakness

Despite having a modest aura reserve, Edwin's lack of armour allows for enemies to damage it more easily, thus making it able to break quicker. Edwin also appears to be overly-reliant on his semblance, going so far as to use it for basic shots that he wouldn't have any issues missing.

### Weapon

Edwin's weapon is called *The Mystery*. It is the *Quick Draw Combat Revolver (QDCR).* The Mystery is an eight shot revolver pistol that Edwin uses alongside his excellent sharp shooting skills. The Mystery is a fairly sizeable revolver casted with a black metal. The Chamber of the gun and the hammer have gold accents and it has a brown grip. The gun also features metal decorations underneath the barrel and attached to the frame. Edwin uses both traditional standard ammunition as well as various forms of dust bullets.

### Semblance

Edwin’s semblance is called *Ricochet.* Ricochet allows for Edwin to cover an object in his aura, causing it to ‘ricochet’ off of surfaces. Edwin mainly uses this for his bullets in his weapon to create trick shots. The catch for Edwin using his semblance is that he must attain the perfect angle in order to hit an enemy right, creating a high risk, high reward use of his semblance. The risk of this being that Edwin can either accidentally shoot himself or an ally. In addition to this the bigger the object is, the more aura it will cost Edwin to make it Ricochet off of surfaces.

## Relationships

### Team CRTN

* Rosi Aime: Out of his team, Edwin sees himself as most closest with Rosi. He admires her friendly and helpful nature and her desire to be a huntress for the sake of others. Deep down he also feels sympathy and solidarity for the fact that she too lost her parents. Her status as a faunus often causes Edwin to worry about her wellbeing and safety, especially in an environment notorious for its treatment of faunus like Mistral. But he also shouldn't become a white knight to Rosi as he knows she has the wits and physical abilities to defend herself. Edwin sees Rosi as a close good friend and one who's connection will only strengthen in a world like remnant.
* Tanner Ackerman: At first Tanner and Edwin possessed a difficult relationship. Tanner believed that he deserved to be leader of CRTN more than Edwin did. However, the two would later built a mutual respectful relationship. Coming from a wealthy and loving family, Edwin is alarmed at the pain and abuse that Tanner had to endure at the hands of his father for the sake of becoming 'better'. He believes that Tanner deserved better than that and has a gut feeling that his father's abuse is the reason behind his perfectionism. After the fall of Beacon and Mai Pembe's betrayal, Edwin begins to feel a responsibility to not let Tanner become consumed by grief over his loss.
* Conrad 'Birdie' Nigellus: While at first Edwin was initially... concerned with Birdie's arrogance, once the two had become partners a strong brotherhood would form between them. Despite their class differences, Edwin sympathises with Birdie in a sense and share a common goal on wishing to make Remnant an equal land of opportunity for everyone. Edwin also cannot deny the amount of talent Birdie shows as a musician.

### Team OPRA

* Ophelia Demoiselle: Ophelia was the first friend Edwin made at Haven and therefore she has become a closely trusted friend outside of his own team.
* Pierre Navarro: Edwin isn't exactly sure what to make of Pierre. There's a certain air of... mystery around him. Sure, Pierre is polite and affable, but Edwin thinks that he is hiding something from everyone. However he knows not to pry things from people that could prove dangerous to learn and because of that, he minds his own business. Edwin also admires Pierre's capabilities as a fighter and realises how his life in a different social status effected his style of combat.
* Rhea La Roja: Surprisingly to everyone, Rhea and Edwin have a strong and somewhat competitive relationship based on their mutual skill and liking towards sharpshooting and fire arms. Edwin's competitive spirit flairs with Rhea, often challenging her to see who is the best shot in Haven.
* Albert Régalien: Edwin greatly admires and respects Albert as a friend and a hunter. Even if Albert doesn't feel the same way, Edwin cannot help but feel attracted to him. Albert is fun, kind, compassionate and incredibly hard working in his goals. Those are traits that to Edwin, are something that he loves in a potential romantic partner. But despite this he knows this love cannot be returned and for that Edwin learns to see Albert as a friend.

### Others

* Jasper Cobalt: Edwin and Jasper at first had an awkward and stagnated relationship. But over the course of his stay with him and his family, Jasper would eventually warm up to his nephew. Edwin particularly appreciated the effort Jasper made to address him with the proper name and pronouns, giving him a bigger sense of safety and ease around him. Edwin is thankful that Jasper took him under his wing to teach him how to defend himself and those around him, gifting him all he knows in the art of sharpshooting. Edwin wishes to pay Jasper back by taking revenge on the thing that robbed him of his younger sister.
* Abigail Cobalt: Edwin didn't know how he could live after losing such an importance person like his mother. But Abigail was able to easily fill that void in Edwin's life. Like his mother, Abigail is a kind woman. While more assertive and stern at times, Edwin knew that unlike his mother, Abigail was like this because of the environment they lived in. Therefore Edwin became easily accustomed to living under her house and her rules, quickly being shaped into a respectful young man. Despite being the only other male in the house, Abigail wasted no time in treating Edwin like the son he is and for that Edwin is truely thankful for being given such a loving and kind environment to prosper in.
* Lazuli Cobalt: Out of his parents, it is Lazuli who Edwin misses the most. She was a strong and wonderful mother who showed Edwin how important it was to be caring, kind and loving in a world as dangerous as Remnant. Even despite the world taking her away from him alongside his father, Edwin vows to carry on his mother's teachings and if he could, enact revenge on the grimm that had slain her.
* Remus Cobalt: Remus was a man that Edwin respected as a person alongside loving him as his father. He was a smart and ambitious business man, who treated even his rivals with dignity. Edwin wishes he knew how Remus went down, whether it was valiantly defending the home until his death, or making the choice to flee for their own safety. When Edwin transitioned, Remus buckled down on being the father to his new son, teaching Edwin what it means to be a man. Like with how his Mother taught him to love in a cruel world, Remus taught Edwin the importance of respecting others, and never being ashamed of being himself.

## Trivia

### Allusion

* Edwin Cobalt alludes to the character Edwin Drood from the musical *The Mystery of Edwin Drood,* which is based on the final book of the same name by English author Charles Dickens.
	+ His weapon also alludes to the title of the book. When rearranged, The Mystery can align with Edwin's name, creating *The Mystery of Edwin Cobalt.*

### Colour Naming Rule

* Edwin is an old English-Saxon name that means *Rich Friend,* alluding to the colours of gold, which is found in money and coins.
* His last name Cobalt is a shade of blue, as well as a type of blue gemstone, further alluding to his wealth.

### Miscellaneous

* His weapon is modelled after a .357 Magnum Revolver.
* Edwin is transgender.
* Edwin's Zodiac Sign is Taurus.