A web site for the fiery cousin in House of Cards

He walks like he knows how to use his sword, which is nothing less than I'd expect from Bleys' son. In fact, I'd expect him to be able to fight with one hand while composing a sonnet with the other.

-- Brennan

I am... likely... not the best suited to discuss the subject of God, or the ramifications of power.

-- Edan

We all toy with probability. We impose our will upon the grand design of the Merciful One, change the natural order of things. We surround ourselves with outrageous circumstance, and then wonder why events affect us as they do.

--Edan

"So, not a warrior or a sorcerer, or even a mathematician, but a dancer," she

observes. "Can I ask why?"

"It is the essence of who I am," Edan says. "The dance is behind

everything I do. No matter how complicated things may become, in

that, my life is gloriously simple."

--Paige and Edan

A link to the House of Cards quotes page can be found here.

So who is Edan?

Edan ("Eh-dan" not "Eee-dan") is the son of Bleys of

Amber and Julnar of the Dar-esh-Salaam. Most of the other

cousins know very little about him.

Edan was raised in the Land of Peace, a setting which

could best be described as an Ottoman empire on

Earth with 1930's technology. He spent his childhood

in the vast cities on the western shores of the Inland

Sea; there, he was educated as befitted an up and

coming merchant prince. He developed a liking for

the arts, and threw himself into dance and sculpture

whenever time would allow.

Bleys was an infrequent visitor, and a very frustrating

father figure; he would charm Edan with gifts and

knowledge, not to mention his personality, then disappear

for months or years. When Edan's fondness for his father

began to wane and fester, Bleys would return and

charm him all over again.

Bleys came to the Land of Peace when Edan was in his

late teens, and began an intensive education of his own.

After Edan came back to the Land of Peace, he took up the

plight of the tribes of the Deep Desert (a hellish place where

the oil that drives the city economies is drilled). Edan

helped them to win their independence, at the cost of his

humanity; to win the struggle, he travelled to the land of

the djinn (actually another shadow) and learned the fiery

powers of his mother's heritage. The act has set a rift between

him and his past, his family and his betrothed.

Edan is played in HOC: the Movie by Antonio Banderas, and is written by Allen Veazey.