Key figures of the Warren of Shadow aka Rashan aka Meanas
Interpretation by Shadaan (clockwise from the left) Gear, Cottilion, Shadowthrone, Edgewalker, Shan and Apsalar
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 Face disclosed only empty pits, nose a gaping cavern, lips dried and withdrawn from carried teeth.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]
Quotes
- Cotillion: "We need allies, Edgewalker, and we need them now."
- Edgewalker: "You have just walked away from three such allies—"
- Cotillion: "Allies who won’t rip our heads off once the threat’s been negated."
- Edgewalker: "Ah, there is that..."
- ―Cotillion and Edgewalker, walking through the Shadow realm[src]
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