Edith

**Edith**, or **Edith Mullen**, is a major protagonist in the *Divine Comedy*.

She is the twin sister of Eli and the daughter of Cain, the Father of Murder. At seventeen years old she spends most of her life living with her brother and father on a farm in Bermuda Falls, somewhat isolated from the world. Free-spirited, down-to-earth, and always smiling, Edith is a stark contrast to her more stoic brother and serious father but keeps the family together with her optimism while dealing with dangerous threats.

## History

### Background

Edith was born to Cain and her mother Meredith Mullen as a twin to her brother Eli. Tragically, her mother died during labor and only knows about her based on what her father would tell her and the pictures he keeps of her in the house. Edith and her brother were cared for solely by Cain for several months though it was quite the struggle for him. It was not until she and her brother would end up being cared for by their grandmother Eve after she made a deal with Heaven's officials to visit Cain and his family once a month that things progressed more smoothly for Cain.

As she grew over the years, Edith would be homeschooled either by her father or grandmother, and gained a cheerful and bouncy personality during her youth which likely stemmed from her uncle Abel. Due to carrying genes of a celestial and a Nephilim, her brother Eli would experience sickness that occurred with heavy coughs whenever he got overwhelmed with emotions. It was not until he passed out that Edith's powers subconsciously manifested in the form of healing but for a long time she was unaware that she was the cause for mending her brother's ailment.

### Exposure of the Truth

She was quite sheltered and protected as a child by her father but that did not stop her from wanting to explore the world more even if her father forbade it out of his paranoia of them getting hurt. Edith would also learn how to farm and till from her father and grandmother, and over the years she and her brother would be kept in the dark by Cain's true nature and thus their true heritage, being descendants of Nephilim and fallen celestial beings.

However, it is not until her family gets visited and later attacked by powerful and deadly supernatural beings that she begins to learn the truth. Moreover, her powers manifested once again when she healed her brother's severed pinky during an attack by a Mari Lwyd, a servant of the death god Mot, and was exposed to the truth of Cain's background, who their grandmother truly is, and finally the supernatural and paranormal phenomena that plagues the world around them, even in their not-so ordinary town of Bermuda Falls.

## Trivia

* The name **Edith** means "rich" and "happy" in Old English.
* Edith has been compared to her uncle Abel on numerous occasions mostly because she shares his outgoing and cheerful personality, even down to physical characteristics like the gold blonde hair and bright blue eyes.
* Edith is five minutes younger than her brother.
* She loves rabbits and even kept one as a pet naming it "Pika".
* She's a fan of 2D role-playing games.
* Edith inherited the "puppy dog eyes" from her grandmother and uncle which she used on many occasions to make her brother and father relent to her requests.
* Seeing as how Adam and Eve were the rulers of Earth and by technicality the rulership would fall to Cain and his siblings this would essentially make Edith and her brother the heirs to the planet itself.