Edwin Odesseiron, Simply The Best
UnderstandMouseMagic
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It has come to my notice that there are some players who are unaware of the awesomeness of Edwin Odesseiron and in fact, even have the gall to accuse the character of cheating.
So I've decided it's time to educate the simians.
You first meet Edwin when he is working undercover to eliminate an enemy spy. Thay, being an enlightened and civilised nation, have dispatched one of their best agents to counter the threat that is posed by this subterfuge as they feel it is against the spirit of the "Prime Directive" which they follow when it comes to backward societies. And unlike the enemy agents, no Thayvian attacks the innocent for refusing to get involved.
But does Edwin murder the spy?
No, he agrees to work alongside her for the greater good. Until of course she runs into a pack of Gnolls (every time, every bloody time) after being rescued.
Deeply affected by this needless loss of life, Edwin puts his own ambition to one side and selflessly offers his services to charname as he realises that they need all the help they can get.
He then loyally follows charname, putting his considerable magical powers at their disposal with no payment demanded. He accepts charname's decisions and welcomes new members into the party with open arms. Especially the female ones as he realises the patriarchy is already working against them and they need all the support he can give. Unlike the society that produced the enemy agents, Thay does not discriminate based on gender.
Edwin protects charname from his fellow Thayvians, even when it involves stopping them from carrying out their lawful duties regarding a vicious and dangerous magic user. And what thanks does he get? A refusal to co operate from the vicious and dangerous magic user. But once again, he puts his self interest to one side and defers the decision to charname.
And so he continues following charname, working late into the night when the rest of the party are resting to learn the spells needed for charname to triumph. Uncomplaining about fatigue, stoic in his forebearance. Finally when the threat to charname is defeated, Edwin doesn't wait around for rewards or accolades, like a later day Zorro he slips away, his mission accomplished.
And all people can complain about is a bloody amulet?
Edwin has an amulet because he deserves an amulet. It's likely that it was awarded to him by the Faerun equivalent of the Nobel Prize comittee for humanitarian endeavours.
I think people should take a long, hard look at themselves and honestly confront the possibility that they are suffering from "amulet envy".
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@Balrog99
You can't keep pace, give up before you hurt yourself.
@Artemius_I
Somebody hasn't got an amulet...awww...bless.
@semiticgod
counter counterpoint,
simian.
@Abi_Dalzim
Diviners always come last.
@Mantis37
Edwin looks good in high heels and knows how to wear them.
Just think of the poor little bees. What have they ever done to Druids to deserve such treatment? Just minding their own business making delicious honey and suddenly they are thrown into a fight without so much as a by your leave.
It's heartless, Edwin has too much compassion for the tiny critters.
Exactly.
They couldn't use wasps?
Friends of nature?
Don't make me laugh.
I do hope you are not implying that there is something wrong with men wearing high heels?
Surely we have moved past such restrictive gender norms?
Edwin is a "new man" (and sometimes a new woman), almost a visionary in his embrace of gender fluidity.
First off, you don't and can't "pluck" anything with a spoon.
Second, relative size.
A hamster sized spoon wouldn't be able to do any significant damage to the average size eyeball. One blink and the spoon would be swept away.
Have you even seen the size of a hamster's paws? They are tiny (let alone not having any opposable thumbs for gripping a spoon).
This is probably why Rashemen is a backwards and primitive society, they simply don't think things through.
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Even academics must struggle with Edwin's transcedence
Edwin's got that amulet for no other reason than because he's a Red Wizard. As for "humanitarian endeavours", Edwin would be the last person to do them. He has done nothing to deserve it. I always kill Edwin whenever I meet him. But it's not because I want his amulet for myself or that I think like "Since I cannot get it, I won't let anyone have it". (In fact, I think no one should be allowed to have such powerful artifacts, because with unwarranted power, evil and corruption soon seep in.) I do it for the sake of the Balance, and because Red Wizards are my racial enemies. [I probably said this thing earlier].
One more thing, I don't wish to debate if Edwin is the most powerful mage or not. Because his power is just because of that Amulet. He himself has no special talent.
EDIT: I didn't read the beginning of your post at first, but reading it now I've got a few more things to say.
You call a place where slave-trade, gladiator arenas, tyranny, oppression, creation of cursed magic items, and all kinds of evil take place as being "civilised"?
He always says he'll abandon charname when the latter would no longer be of any aid to his mission. He follows out of greed... for gold and magical treasures.
No, he agrees to work alongside her for the greater good. Until of course she runs into a pack of Gnolls (every time, every bloody time) after being rescued.
He doesn't murder Dynahier because he's alone and he's afraid of Minsc!
Moreover, it appears that your idea of Edwin's supposed "benevolence" is terribly biased. I was rather surprised to read his description as you state it. In fact he's exactly the opposite.
Finally, Pride has its downfall. Edwin had his too.
better than all the rest
Better than anyone
anyone I ever met
Ancient Greece
The Roman Kingdom, Roman Republic, and Roman Empire
The Ottoman Empire
German Empire & Nazi Germany
Italian Empire & Fascist Italy
The British Empire
The United States of America
The Republic of Texas
The Spanish Empire
Francoist Spain
The Portuguese Empire
Portuguese Second Republic
The Belgian Empire in the Congo
The Dano-Norwegian Empire
The Swedish Empire
The French Empire
The Dutch Empire
The Russian Empire
Soviet Russia
And those are just the major, largely Europe-based ones doing bad things to people and peoples largely beyond their own territorial borders. I could add more, and I could probably find 10 non-European ones in five minutes flat, too. The above list only reflects what I know, not that people outside Europe are or were saints.
(Oh, and Aglarond, one of Thay's traditional enemies, is ruled by the Simbul, a self-admitted capricious, absentee, absolute monarch with a penchant for killing people creatively and explosively, without due process of law even if outside her own jurisdiction.)
Rashemen was ruled by Hyarmon Hussilthar in 1360 DR.
But in reality the place is run by an enigmatic sisterhood of witches who choose their oen members, are not accountable to anyone, and who can replace the ruler on a whim.
The Cambridge Dictionary says:
better the devil you know (than the devil you don't)
(saying)
said when you think it is wiser to deal with someone or something familiar, although you do not like him, her, or it, than to deal with someone or something you do not know that might be worse
The Colling Cobuild Dictionary says:
(phrase)
If you say better the devil you know or better the devil you know than the devil you don't know, you mean that you would prefer to have contact with or do business with a person you already know, even though you don't like them, than with a person you don't know.
[mainly British]
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