Edgar the Axe

Edgar the Axe is a Guardian encountered in Aeternis.

Background
Edgar is one of the more erratic and dangerous Guardians that a player will encounter within Aeternis. Because the Templar knights were both warriors and monks, the Grailstone has simply magnified these aspects of Edgar's personality to the exclusion of everything else. He therefore has a completely fractured personality, swinging between two extremely different personae every few minutes; sometimes he is a kindly and tolerant priest, and the next moment he is a cold and merciless killer. He can be easily recognised by his long-axe which he wields with brutal efficiency at close quarters.

He was one of the candidates for the leader of Aeternis in its initial stages, and some of the qualities he once espoused remain within him. Edgar claims to be the only one who is sane and was able to see through both Tobias and Malik, but in reality, he was a follower of Malik. However, he shied away from joining him in openly flouting Tobias' authority and did not swear fealty to him. It saved his life during the purge, but as with Phillip, the spurning earned him a reputation for cowardice among the survivors. His ineffectual attempts at seizing leadership over the remainder of the knights invited further mocking.

By 2012, he has one ally in Aeternis, the aforementioned Phillip. As with the others, he desires to be free of the place and thus covets a chest on the derelict Tempest, rumored to contain grailstone. It would allow him to leave the accursed place without turning to dust. If that's not possible, he will swear fealty to whomever can guarantee his escape - including the maligned Tobias.

Interactions

 * Edgar is encountered in the court room, where he will immediately engage you in conversation and reveal more information about Aeternis, putting his own spin on its story and presenting himself as a calm, reasonable man. In truth, he only wants to use you to get the chest from The Tempest.
 * He will depart eventually to hunt down another Raptor (Jason Cain is the likely victim) and then wait at the mine head for you to retrieve the chest. Once it's retrieved from the ship and opened in the saw, it will become apparent that it was empty. Edgar will immediately attack, but can be gunned down with the MS-7 Sniper.
 * If killed, he will revive eventually and attack for a secondary time once you leave the alchemist lab. This time, there's little chance of escape. You end up in the gibbet room, alongside the late Mr Cain.
 * Finally, Edgar will appear in the bad ending, having allied himself with Tobias and Warren to escape Aeternis with Grail in tow.