Edward

* Face (Manga)
* Shadow (Manga)
* Face (Anime)
* Shadow (Anime)

**Edward** (エドワード, *Edowādo*?) is a Shadow that resides on the second floor of the Lord Grandfather's Wing. He is the current supervisor of the Children's Building. He has completed Fusion and has taken over his Living Doll, Ed's body.

## Appearance

Edward is a tall man with gray, slicked-back hair and grayish blue eyes. He wears a yellow and black floral-patterned suit that matches his bowtie.

Underneath the suit, he wears a white button-up shirt and a black vest. He has prominent cheekbones and browline, making him look a lot older than he is.

## Personality

Edward is an overachiever who does things out of his selfish desire to elevate his social standing within the house. He seeks recognition and respect from the Lord Grandfather, and will stop at nothing to attain this. His current goal is to join the 3rd floor.

His relentless pursuit of raised status combined with his current standing as a second floor adult makes him a man to be feared. He is prone to release important information when in a good mood. This brief period of indulgence has caused him to be viewed as incompetent in the eyes of the third floor shadows. Edward's drive to include emotions in certain events would be the catalyst which would make him fail Grandfather.

## Plot

* Manga
* Anime

### Phantom Incident Arc

Mysterious Shadows are discussing the upcoming Debut to a group of 3 of what looks like Living Dolls, with the middle one being referred to as **Edward**. One of the mysterious Shadows mentioned that they must cull the failed fruit with haste, after which Edward is asked how goes the preparation of the Debut. To this, he answered that everything is prepared. On their leave, Edward is seen thinking that the Debut is his big change now that he's selected as the proctor. He will put up a good show for the Third floor lords, and perhaps will even rise to the Third floor himself. The candidates do not matter, and what matters is that everything goes as he planned.

## Relationships

### Kate

Edward despises Kate to the point of purposely intending her to fail the Debut. His hatred for her was only fed when he found out that she had concealed her soot ability. He still seeks a potent method to expose her as a malcontent to further prove himself and ensure the Shadows House remains untarnished.

### Aileen & Gerald

He, Aileen, and Gerald are from the same debutante class. He seems to consider them both comrades of sorts. They are conspiring to ascend to the third floor together. He consults them both on methods to achieve their goals, and they play a hand in his interference with the Children's building. Sharing these sentiments has brought even closer together.

## Power & Abilities

### Soot Power

* Sound Manipulation
	+ Edward can manipulative the sounds nearby him using his soot, with this he can mimic the voices of others to some extent.
	+ Edward also uses this to cause a deafending sound which would render someone to faint and collapse, he does this by making a vibrating sound whilst he manipulates the soot.

## Etymology

* **Edward** is derived from Old English words "ead", meaning "wealth", "fortune" or "prosperous", and "wear", meaning "guardian" or "protector".
* **Ed** meaning as a Biblical Name is "witness". In English is "rich in friendship", or "wealthy friend". It can also comes from the Old English name "Eadwine".

## Gallery

**Image Gallery of Edward**

* Manga
* Anime
Edward's manga profileEdward's FaceEdward as a shadowEdward's TeamEdward's anime appearance.Edward's shadow form.The debut dayEdward playing the piano.Edward in the anime.

## References

1. ↑ Shadows House Height Comparation Sheet by Cloverworks