Edgewalker was an Elder God and an ancient inhabitant of the Shadow realm. He was often mistaken for a T'lan Imass as his appearance was essentially that of a desiccated corpse. His origins were unknown, only that he had existed for a long time. Telorast and Curdle had mentioned that they are in his "employ".
Appearance:
-Tatters of rotted sinew and strips of skin were motionless upon the bones of temple, cheek and jaw. He spoke in a broken, rasping voice. Strands of hair dangling and drifting. Wore rotted moccasins. Eyes were withered dark.
-Twisted right leg, wore tattered remains of what might have once been thick cloth over armour of leather and scale. Naked arms, desiccated and cured to little more than leather-clad bones. Wore a bronze and verdigrised helm. Face disclosed only empty pits, nose a gaping cavern, lips dried and withdrawn from carried teeth. Rust-bitten sword by his side[1]
In The Crippled God
Edgewalker and Cotillion discussed 'failure' in the opening scene. Cotillion thought of Edgewalker as 'the deathless guardian'.[2]
In another meeting Cotillion asked Edgwalker how he felt when everything he held fell to pieces in his hands. "Did failure arrive like a wall of fire?" Cotillion then observed that Edgewalker's tatters have the look of scorching.[3]
Notes and References
- ↑ Night of Knives, Prologue, UK HB p.7
- ↑ The Crippled God, Chapter 1, UK MMPB p.4
- ↑ The Crippled God, Chapter 1, UK MMPB p.10