Edér is a broad man with straw-colored hair, standing 6'2" (188 cm) tall. His scale armor, blade, and pipe are his most easily recognizable attributes — together with a laid-back, blackly humorous outlook on life.Cognitive learning examples expect no less from a veteran of the saint's war. Though people tend to dismiss him as somewhat of a simpleton due to his appearance, background, and partiality to enjoying smoking whiteleaf, edér often proves to surprisingly observant of his surroundings and rather well-articulated.Cognitive learning examples

Edér hails from gilded vale, the little village out on dyrwood's frontier. The youngest son of two farmers, he grew up alongside his older brother, woden.Cognitive learning examples despite some occasional sibling rivalry with woden, edér by and large idolized his brother and looked up to him. Like their parents, him and woden were devotees of eothas for much of their early life, but this changed forever when st.Cognitive learning examples waidwen overthrew readceras and turned it into a theocracy with him as the living incarnate of eothas. As he marched his armies down into dyrwood, thereby starting the saint's war, woden decided to enlist, much to the chagrin of his family.Cognitive learning examples both his parents and edér argued that he should remain with his people, rather than go to war against his own god. Edér, in a fit of rage, had a major fight with his brother, flinging every horrid thing he could think of at him — and failing to convince him.Cognitive learning examples A few months later, edér decided that his brother might be right after all and followed his lead, enlisting with the dyrwoodan army.

He did not believe waidwen to be the true incarnation of eothas because of his punishment of non-believers, more akin to a vengeful god like skaen or woedica than the god of light.Cognitive learning examples however, he wasn't aware that woden wound up fighting for readceras, turning away from defiance bay and marching to readceras, enlisting with waidwen's army...Cognitive learning examples and eventually perishing in the third battle of clîaban rilag. Edér continued to serve with distinction, right up to the dyrwoodan hello at halgot citadel, when waidwen found himself at the receiving end of the godhammer bomb.Cognitive learning examples edér returned to the vale alongside his captain, trying to find solace after the experience of the war and loss of his brother.

Welcomed as a hero, he quickly found employment on a farm, with his former captain becoming his headman.Cognitive learning examples however, as the hollowborn crisis intensified and the purges of eothasian followers began, rumors began to circulate that his brother actually fought for readceras.Cognitive learning examples edér was saved from the noose by his war record and his headman's vouching for him, but the rumors planted a seed of doubt in his mind about the true loyalties of his brother.Cognitive learning examples the prejudice against eothasians only intensified with time. Edér's parents eventually grew concerned for their own safety and moved across the ocean to aedyr, with edér staying behind out of habit.Cognitive learning examples his luck held for a while, even as the tree in the courtyard of the former eothasian temple in the vale filled with followers of the splintered god.Cognitive learning examples

Depending on whether the watcher reinforced his belief in the gods or encouraged him to find a new way in life, edér either found a calling in the role of dyrford's mayor, reforming the town and driving out the skaenites, or joined the night market, an underground society of eothasian worshipers, with the aim of helping his fellow believers find a better life.Cognitive learning examples

If edér joined the night market: edér joined the night market after meeting a member of the organization in typical eder fashion: bashing his head into the target after a game of orlan's head went awry.Cognitive learning examples when the man noticed the symbol of eothas that edér carried of his chest, the two started talking — and a month or two later, edér was introduced to the group.Cognitive learning examples most of the time, he helped eothasians get out of bad situations, setting them up with better jobs, though the usual power struggles within the group cost a few of their charges their lives — something edér isn't quite sure was necessary.Cognitive learning examples

If edér became mayor of dyrford: inspired by the watcher's example to be more proactive in helping out people, rather than relying on the gods to do so, edér remembered the small village of dyrford that him and the watcher had journey through previously and how the place had plenty of problems, and so he journeyed there hoping to offer whatever help he could in getting the village back on its feet.Cognitive learning examples upon arriving edér sought out dyrford's mayor, and arranged a meeting with him. The mayor, however, turned out to be a member of the secret skaen cult in the area, and tried to attack edér off-guard, but edér made short work of him and chopped his head clean off.Cognitive learning examples upon emerging from the fight with the mayor's head in his hand, the villagers hailed edér as a hero and quickly pronounced him their new mayor, and his position was soon confirmed by the local thayn.Cognitive learning examples under edér's rule he drove out the last of skaen's kind and enforcing his own brand of frontier justice and brought some life back into the ailing village by drawing in settlers with promises of free land, a trick he had learned from someone else.Cognitive learning examples life was fair and safe under his rule... Though he was always missing something, or rather someone: someone to show his work to. Someone like elafa.Cognitive learning examples

If edér went back to his parents in aedyr: edér was welcomed back by open arms by his mother and father, and soon settled down for some time in his old work as farmhand at their farm.Cognitive learning examples the peaceful times did not last for long though, as some of the bad blood towards eothasian worshipers had carried back to aedyr, and edér and his parents were subjected to occasional incidents of harassment.Cognitive learning examples when a group of brigands one day tried to drive edér's parents from their land with threats of violence, edér drew his weapon against them and expertly slew them all in combat.Cognitive learning examples this outburst of violence created a rift between edér and his parents; although they were grateful for him protecting them, they still thought that his use of deadly force had been disproportionate, and though they didn't say so out loud, edér could still sense that they had become somewhat scared of him as a result.Cognitive learning examples edér decided that the best he could do for his parents was to let them have peace, and so he left their home again, journeying back to dyrwood.Cognitive learning examples

Edér heard of the destruction of caed nua at eothas' hands and returned to help the watcher once more — and helped charter the ship to bring the watcher closer to eothas in the deadfire archipelago.Cognitive learning examples he's grown ever more sarcastic as a result of his experiences - though he hasn't lost any of his good nature or love of cuddly animals. However, the return of his god hasn't done anything to help him resolve the underlying conflict over his religion and morals — if anything, it only amplified it.Cognitive learning examples he doesn't know whether following him is the right path — or if there isn't one — and hopes that the watcher can help him.

Edér asks the watcher to help him seek answers as to the rumors circulating around his brother's loyalties, as maerwald was too damaged to provide assistance himself.Cognitive learning examples seeking to know whether he did truly join waidwen in his rampage, edér and the watcher investigate the militia records in defiance bay, which the watcher is granted access to as a result of their positive reputation in the city.Cognitive learning examples upon reading up on it, edér discovers his brother did indeed fight for readceras. Confused, he asks the watcher to visit his brother's last battlefield.Cognitive learning examples with the aid of multiple artifacts and a cipher, the watcher is able to glimpse the journey of edér's brother through the dyrwood and into readceras.Cognitive learning examples they discover he personally met with waidwen, but is unable to discover what they talked about due to an intense energy radiating off waidwen, which disrupts the watcher's abilities in the present day.Cognitive learning examples shortly thereafter, the vision shows the final battle, and then ends. Upon revealing what they saw, edér is distraught to discover how little they have learned, and is now deeply troubled by the possibility that he may have abandoned his god when he needed him.Cognitive learning examples he thanks the watcher for their assistance as they continue their journey.