Edgar Valentine

**Edgar Valentine** is a minor antagonist in the Leviathan Lore. He serves as the leader of the Mercs of the Iron Clad Mercenaries and is closely associated with Franko Leviathan.

## Biography

### Early life

Edgar Valentine was born into a military family in America and it was tradition to join the Army. His father went on countless tours in the United States Army while his mother worked as a medic, so he was always under the care of his grandparents while they were gone. Edgar was always in a state of depression because he could hardly ever see his parents, but his grandparents always reassured him and told him they would be back soon. When he turned 7, he obtained his first gun; a single action revolver inherited from his great grandfather, and was taught how to use it by his grandparents. However, he cannot bring it to school due to it being a firearm and he hates school because of that. Since his parents weren't around to make decisions for his own behalf, his grandparents decided that he didn't need to go to school anymore because it "doesn't teach him what he needs to know". At the age of 11, he was enrolled back into school. There, he was frequently bullied due to the way he dresses and made very little friends, one of these friends being Franko Leviathan. One day, when his parents surprised him at school when it was dismissal time, he didn't go to his parents and instead went with his grandparents and they took him home. His father was angered by this and he and his mother went to Edgar's grandparents house. They lashed out at his grandparents due to Edgar liking them more than his own parents, and his grandfather tells Edgar's parents that they are never there for Edgar because they were almost always deployed. They then decide to leave him there because they believe he is better off with them and call him a "disgrace to this family".

### American-Mexican war

When war broke out between America and Mexico due to territory disputes, at the age of 14, he was drafted into the United States Marines Corps as a child soldier alongside other teenagers, which was controversial at the time. He was drafted into the 22nd Infantry Unit and was deployed directly onto the front lines to fight the Mexican soldiers. Witnessing his fellow soldiers get killed and other child soldiers get killed was traumatizing for him and he tries quitting the USMC, citing mental problems as the reason. However, they refused to let him leave because the war was still going on and they needed soldiers at this time. Edgar then formed a rebellion with other child soldiers and they fought against their own to get out of the fighting, causing mass casualties in the ranks of the USMC, with the USMC calling the child soldiers traitors. However, Edgar's group was knocked unconscious and were shipped into Broken Arrow.

### Life in Broken Arrow

Edgar and his group wake up in the same room, tied to chairs and were left there for the past few days before they were finally fed by soldiers of unknown affiliations. They were later revealed to be Kalavardian Army soldiers. One of the officers then tells Edgar's group the reason why they are there; to help them. They were then enslaved by the Kalavardian soldiers and forced to work in factories that mass produced weapons as they were fighting directly with the Windrunner Empire. However, the labor factory was soon discovered and Leviathan soldiers freed Edgar and his group from the factory, who were shackled to their workspaces. The Kalavardian soldiers eventually surrendered, finally freeing Edgar's group. At the age of 16, he moves into a stranger's house, and lives there in fear for his life, stricken with post traumatic stress disorder. The stranger then asks Edgar why he is so scared, and he shakily tells him what happened, but he dismisses this as a "crazy story" and laughs at him. Angered, he attacks him and tells him that he will never know what he went through when he was younger. Edgar then lets him go, to which the stranger then says he will call the police on him. However, before he could grab his phone to call them, Edgar stabs him in the back with a kitchen knife multiple times until he dies. He then passes off the home as his own and lives there by himself. At the age of 19, he is contacted by Franko and he asks him to meet him at the Leviathan Estate. However, before he arrives, he is attacked by a thug until Franko sees him and shoots the thug. Franko then escorts him into the estate and he asks him if he wants to join his mercenary group, but he rejects him, telling him that he doesn't want to go through anymore trauma, much to Franko's dismay. Edgar stays there a bit longer with Franko until Leviathan soldiers escort him out.

### Iron Clad Mercenaries

Edgar takes his time to think about joining after he rejected Franko's offer to join. A few years later when Franko severed ties with Leviathan, he founded the Iron Clad Mercenaries, and Edgar was anonymously hired to lead the Mercs. However, this quickly gains the interest of Leviathan and Luna personally tries to capture Edgar. He is quickly stopped by Franko who tells Luna to stay out of his business and he wants to be independent from Leviathan for once. Luna then leaves but reminds Franko that the Leviathan family will know of his betrayal and it won't go unpunished, with Franko saying that he simply doesn't care and he never betrayed Leviathan to begin with. Edgar was responsible for hiring 77% of his soldiers, while Franko hired the other 23%. His first mission with the Iron Clad Mercenaries was to eliminate a hostile presence at Darkhaven. Edgar's men managed to kill off four Akaros and two hostile wolves. After the mission, Edgar questions Franko's motives as the other wolf that was killed wasn't hostile at all, with Franko telling Edgar to not worry about it and to focus only on the mission. Edgar tells Franko that he is "never turning his weapon on an animal again" and leaves, much to Franko's dismay. At some point, Franko orders Edgar to execute a prisoner, which was revealed to be an innocent coyote that didn't do anything wrong, and Edgar refuses to execute the coyote and tells Franko he's out of his mind. Franko then tells him that he doesn't have the guts, and he takes out his pistol and shoots the coyote in the head. Edgar then tells Franko that he and Franko are no longer friends as he leaves the room, leaving Franko in a state of distress and depression. He then contacts Edgar and apologizes for his violent actions, but Edgar simply hangs up and blocks his number.

Edgar returns to leading the Iron Clad Mercenaries's Mercs at some point but refuses to go on any missions where innocents are involved, upsetting Franko. Edgar almost gets fired from the Iron Clad Mercenaries after he refused to kill a group of hellhounds Franko thought were "out of place". However, Edgar tells him to not fire him, but quits instead. Angered, Franko decided to kill them himself and tells Edgar that he made a big mistake. Franko refused to let Edgar leave the Iron Clad Mercenaries and rejects his request to leave. Edgar then tells him that he will contact Leviathan MPs if he refuses to let Edgar leave, with Franko saying that he doesn't care about Leviathan and that he'll simply kill Edgar if he doesn't comply. Left with no other choice, Edgar reluctantly stays in the Iron Clad Mercenaries only to be paid. He stays in the Iron Clad Mercenaries for the next few years until the year 2063 to which he retires from active duty.

## Personality

Edgar is a charismatic leader figure who cares for his soldiers and gets the mission done no matter what obstacles he faces. However, he is very merciful at times, refusing to kill those he deems innocent, which gets him negative feedback from Franko. He treats his officers in the Mercs with great respect and always gets their input on the mission before heading out. He is also very nice to people, frequently complimenting women who pass him, but he doesn't have much friends except for Hunter and Zaria, which he retains professional relationships with.

## Allies and Enemies

### Franko Leviathan

Edgar and Franko used to be friends in school but became at odds with each other after he started asking Edgar to do dehumanizing acts against other species, including executing and killing innocents, and even goes as far to call it racism. Franko dislikes Edgar's merciful nature and frequently tells him to stop being a coward and do what's "right" for once. Despite this, they try to keep a friendly professional relationship with one another even though they are bitter enemies.

### Hunter Smith

As he is a colleague, Edgar treats Hunter with great respect, even giving him advice on certain situations whenever he needs it.

### Zaria Gollough

Edgar and Zaria's relationship is different than Franko and hers, having a close friendship with one another while trying to remain professional at all times. Zaria likes Edgar's presence anywhere, and she prefers being around Edgar than Franko, which infuriates him sometimes. Edgar is the only person who knows why Zaria's left eye is missing, and he also knows most of Zaria's secrets, many of which she only tells Edgar.

### Delilah Torres

Edgar has deep romantic attraction towards Delilah, but never made her aware of this, often keeping it a secret from Delilah. He tells Zaria that he has feelings for Delilah but doesn't want her to know until he's ready to tell her. However, Zaria blatantly tells her that Edgar likes her and to meet him at his quarters to talk about it, though Delilah thinks that she is lying and doesn't believe her. She still meets Edgar at his quarters and asks Edgar if he really has feelings for her, but lies and tells Delilah that he has no feelings for her and asks her who told her, and Delilah says that Zaria told her and she thought she was crazy. However, Edgar comes clean and tells her that he does have feelings for her but didn't want her to know. Delilah scolds him for not telling her sooner, as she already has a boyfriend and doesn't want to leave him for Edgar. Though, at some point, Edgar secretly orders Hiroto to kill Delilah's boyfriend at his house under the guise of a burglary gone awry. After he is killed, Delilah doesn't find out until she comes to his house, growing increasingly concerned by his inactivity on their favorite chatting app. When she finds his body, Delilah is shocked and goes into an extreme state of grief, though doesn't know that Edgar ordered the killing. Delilah tells Edgar the news and he assures her that the police will find who did it, with Delilah asking him personally to find the murderer and bring him or her to Delilah. He then asks Delilah if she wants to be comforted, to which she declines and tells him that she will let him know if she needs it. At some point, Delilah and Edgar bond more and their relationship blossoms into romance, with them eventually getting married on September 23, 2052.